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New Berlin High School
Email: hllewellyn@pretzelpride.com
Website: www.pretzelpride.com
Location: 300 East Ellis Street, New Berlin, IL, USA
Phone: 217488602
Facebook: facebook.com/newberlinpretzels
Twitter: @NBHSPretzels1
Instagram: newberlinpretzels
YouTube: Pretzel News Network
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NBHS News
Keep Up To Date with the Morning Announcement Broadcast!
NBCUSD 16 School Calendars for 24.25 and 25.26 School Years
The Board of Education adopted the district school calendars for the next two years. Click on the links to view:
NBHS Senior Send-Off Week!
It's finally here! The last FULL week of high school for the Class of 2024! This is a Seniors-Only dress up week!!
May 2nd - Golden Honors Ceremony 8 PM Dome
Tuesday May 7 - FCCLA Senior Breakfast in the Foods Room! Last day for Seniors if they do not have to take a final exam
Wednesday May 8 - Senior Final Exams for any course below a C average
Friday May 10 - HS Grad Practice; Senior Walk; Senior BBQ
Sunday May 12 - HS Graduation 2 PM
Golden Honors and High School Graduation Streaming Links
Please share the links below to your family and friends that cannot attend!
NBHS Rotary Scholar Athlete- Layla Hein
Lucas Bixby Graduates from the Sangamon CEO Program
Congratulations to Lucas Bixby who is a Sangamon CEO graduate. Lucas pitched his idea of “Support Wear” in a Shark Tank style event on Friday. He was later honored as a CEO graduate along with his classmates at a dinner and ceremony.
NBHS Scholastic Bowl Team - National Competition
Big shoutout to Coach Julian and our incredible Scholastic Bowl team for their outstanding performance at the National Academic Quiz Small School National Tournament in Rosemont, IL! Out of 88 top-notch teams, they clinched a stellar 21st place overall, while finishing the very small schools division with a remarkable 7th place finish! Special kudos to Tyler Hulett for an impressive 49th individual ranking, and to Matt Kapinus for his stellar 85th place finish! Way to show your smarts and represent New Berlin High School with pride!
Greater Springfield Chamber Youth Job Fair
The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce put on their first annual Youth Job Fair.
New Berlin high school students travelled to the Crowne Plaza to meet with over 30 businesses hiring for summer positions or offering internship opportunities. In addition, military services and colleges were on hand.
How To Earn Semester Exam Coupons
There are always questions about how students can earn a semester exam coupon. They qualify by earning the Prestigious Pretzel Incentive or by earning the Assessment Incentive. The details are in the NBHS Student Handbook and on the slides below!
NBHS Spanish Classes Have Been Busy!
NBHS Spanish I students have been working hard on their Mock Cooking Show presentations. They had to research a food or drink from a Spanish-speaking country and then present about it in Spanish as if they were chefs on a cooking show. Many of them choose to make the food or drink and bring it in to share with the class. This is always such a fun project. Spanish Dual Credit also had fun teaching Ms. Burke's 6th grade about animals on Friday. Also, here is their April bulletin board.
Ms. Johnson's Biology Frankensteins
Ms. Johnson's Biology classes have been learning about DNA sequencing and genes. They used the sequences to design what the resulting gene patterns would create!
Class of 2027 Bingo Night
Attention Parents of Freshmen - Ms. Julian and Mr. Viola need some help with Bingo Night! Please reach out to them as soon as possible! tjulian@pretzelpride.com and jviola@pretzelpride.com
Thank you!
Important Reminders!
Athletic Eligibility Notification Updates: We will begin posting athletic eligibility in Skyward Family Access to notify students and parents of academic eligibility. We will plan to post it for F's only from now on. We used to send notification for D's as well; however, with this shift we will only notify those who have a failing grade and are academically ineligible for the next week. A reminder that weekly eligibility runs from Sunday to Sunday.
Senior Class
FAFSA Completion is a graduation requirement. Be sure to get your FAFSA completed or sign off on the waiver before May 10th.
Graduation orders are in the office if you still need to pick yours up!
NBHS Yearbook Update
If you have ordered a 22.23; 21.22; and/or a 20.21 NBHS Yearbook, they are available for pick-up M-F 8am-4pm in the high school office.
Public Speaking Student Interviews
Mr. Bandy's Public Speaking Class goes on location and interviews some of our teachers and coaches. Follow them on Instagram @thesaltyside16
NBHS Academic Support
Help!!! My student is struggling!!!
We are at the Quarter 3 Mid-Term! If your student is struggling, here are some opportunities we offer for help:
8th Hour Advisory Tutoring – Our National Honor Society students offer peer tutoring from during Advisory. Please contact your child's teacher, Mr. Viola, or me and we will get them signed up for tutoring!
After School Support –There is a staff member available to help your child from 3:30-4:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with homework. Please contact me if you want your child to take advantage of this support.
HW/Lunch Detention – Students that are missing several assignments or major projects may be assigned to a homework lunch detention until they have all missing work completed and are passing all of their classes.
- High School HW Advisory Academic Support– High school students may be assigned to a homework advisory detention until they have all missing work completed and are passing all of their classes.
Golf Cart Raffle Fundraiser for Pretzels Sports Boosters!
Pretzel Sports Boosters Updates
The Pretzel Sports Boosters is auctioning this beauty off!
Brand new 2024 Bintelli Beyond - 4 seater - street legal, lifted, electric.
$100/ticket with only 250 tickets to be sold.
The winning ticket will be chosen once all tickets are sold.
Check out WWW.PRETZELSPORTSBOOSTERS.COM
I encourage you to check out their website and bookmark it. Scroll down and sign up for their "Stay in the Loop" as there will be the "Salty Shack" online Pretzel apparel store opening soon!
Pretzel Sports Boosters Officers
Jake Surratt - President
James Snyder, Vice President
Renee Cooper, Secretary
Kris Neuman, Treasurer
Happy Birthday Pretzels!
We would like to wish these Pretzels a Happy Birthday this Month!
29 - Cade Belcher and Lucas Bixby
May 1 Bree Gibbs
6 Rhealynn Clements and Kassidy Wallace
7 Abigail Jones and Adilynn Rose
9 Haylee Rister
13 Brady Crews and Addison Elmore
14 Kendall Sims
17 Griffon Childers
19 Audrey Attig
22 Layla Hein
27 Mrs. Prather
28 Danica Grimm and Zoey Morris
29 Charyti Rodgerson
30 Paige Nation and Brock Stephenson
31 Nolan Robinson
Pretzel Athletics and Activities Updates
Offices of Student Support Services Information
Updated Scholarship List
Below is a link to scholarships available to New Berlin students. Mr. Viola shared this with seniors this week. This has been a live document on the student services webpage but here is a link to it as well. Many scholarships have upcoming deadlines.