September Character Trait

The September Character Trait is Love.  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.  Deuteronomy 6:5

Dates to Remember 

9-14      5th grade to Triple R Ranch
9-22      PreK-4 to Norfolk Zoo
9-23      Mid-Period
9-24      Apple Day
9-27      9-27 to 9-30 Lower School Book Fair

After School Activities

Art Club - Mondays beginning 9/13/10; 3:20 - 4:50, 2nd thru 5th grades
Mad Science Club - Mondays from 9/20 to 11/1/10; 3:15 - 4:15, 1st thru 5th grades

Health and Emergency Information Forms

Please be sure to complete the Heath and Emergency Information "pink" form(s) for your student(s) and return them to the office as soon as possible.  These forms have important contact information, let us know about allergies and illnesses, and give us permission to treat your child if something should happen at school.  Students are not allowed to attend field trips without these forms completed. 

Supporting NCLS

Please save your General Mills box tops, Campbell soup labels, Farm Fresh receipts (nothing dated before 9/1/10), and used ink jet cartridges for the Lower School and send them into the office.  You may also register your Target “Red” card with our number (23834) and NCLS will get a percentage donation.  Subway also has an online opportunity.  We appreciate your support!

Dates to Remember

9-8   Jeans Day – students may wear jeans with their uniform or spirit wear top



September’s Fruit of the Spirit is Love

“And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5 (NLT)

Chapel Schedule

Chapel dress for students is boys – long pants / girls – jumpers or skirts (no skorts please). Parents are invited to join us for Chapel. Chapel is held every Friday @ 8:45 a.m. You are also invited to meet with other parents to pray for the school. They meet in Room 10 @ 8:25 a.m.

9-10   Mad Science Club

The Hot Lunch Schedule

Please check the Beach Campus website for Hot Lunch dates

Health and Emergency Information Forms

Please be sure to complete the Heath and Emergency Information "pink" form(s) for your student(s) and return them to the office as soon as possible. These forms have important contact information, let us know about allergies and illnesses, and give us permission to treat your child if something should happen at school. Students are not allowed to attend field trips without these forms completed.

Supporting NCLS

Please save your Campbell’s UPCs, General Mills Box Tops and Farm Fresh receipts (tape collection begins 9/8/10). The school code for Harris Teeter is 2856, Bloom Grocery Store is 01576 and the ID # for using your Target Red Card is 23835 (you can register your Target Visa or Check Card online) – the BC gets a percentage donation. Thanks for your support!

Community Service

Community service is being done a little differently this year. The usual 20 hours are still required, but the community service department will be offering six 'Service Saturdays' throughout the school year to help your student(s) complete these hours. Our first Service Saturday is coming up on September 18th! Details:

Saturday, September 18th
8:30-11am
North Shore Sports & Physical Therapy (parking lot behind building) 7419 Granby St.
Registration is from 8-8:30 and includes a light breakfast! Everything required for cleaning (trash bags, vests, gloves, and drinking water) will be provided.

Come prepared to clean the corner, wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and be ready to have some fun!

Opt Out

Students are able to “opt out” of PE and take a study hall if they participate in school sports. Your child’s PE teacher will give him/her a form this week. The form MUST be filled out and returned by the due date. No late forms can be accepted due to the fact that creating the opt out sections and providing supervision for the sections is quite a lengthy process.

Varsity and JV Opt out forms are due Friday, 8/27, with opt out study hall beginning on Wednesday, 9/1. Middle school try outs will conclude on Friday, 8/27. MS forms are due Friday, 9/3, with opt out study hall beginning on Monday, 9/6.

Block Schedule 

The block schedule layout is available for viewing and download in the column to the left under the heading "High School Documents."

Dates to Remember

9-14   Middle School Class Visitation @ 6:30 pm

Health and Emergency Information

Forms Please be sure to complete the Heath and Emergency Information "pink" form(s) for your student(s) and return them to the office as soon as possible. These forms have important contact information, let us know about allergies and illnesses, and give us permission to treat your child if something should happen at school. Students are not allowed to attend field trips without these forms completed.

Jeans and Dress Down

MS students will be allowed to wear jeans every Friday for $1. They may also pay another $1 and wear a dress down shirt. All clothing must be in good condition with no rips and be modest. Monday collected for jeans days is used to reach out to our community. For example, they will help supply Thanksgiving dinners for those in need during the holidays.

Forms

Please remember to print and complete all MS forms. This includes the computer use and universal field trip form. Your child’s learning experiences could be interrupted if the forms are not turned in on time.

Opt Out 

Attention Parents of Sports Participants:

MS students are able to “opt out” of PE and take a study hall if they participate in school sports. Your child’s PE teacher will give him/her a form this week. The form MUST be filled out and returned by the due date. No late forms can be accepted due to the fact that creating the opt out sections and providing supervision for the sections is quite a lengthy process.

Varsity and JV Opt out forms are due Friday, 8/27, with opt out study hall beginning on Wednesday, 9/1. Middle school try outs will conclude on Friday, 8/27. MS forms are due Friday, 9/3, with opt out study hall beginning on Monday, 9/6.

Middle School Visitation

Parents please come to the middle school visitation night September 14th 6:30-9pm. You will meet your child’s teachers, experience their schedule first hand, and get an opportunity to sign up for all the exciting events and trips planned for this year.

You will also receive a volunteer form that night. Please be praying about how you will get involved here at the school this year. We LOVE our volunteers! We could not do all that we do in the Middle School without you! Please bring your personal calendar the night of class visitation, so you are prepared to sign up. We need your help.

We will be collecting 20 dollars on visitation night as for all of the teacher birthdays, field day, snacks, talent show prep night, island day, parent/teacher meetings, and other events held throughout the year. This will prevent us from asking for money throughout the year.

Block Schedule 

The block schedule layout is available for viewing and download in the column to the left under the heading "Middle School Documents."

The Family Directory will be published this October. If you would like to be omitted from this publication, please contact Lisa Edenfield at Lisaedenfield@norfolkchristian.org no later than September 24, 2010.

Cyber bullying insight to aid parents and staff

According to the U.S. National Crime Prevention Council, 43% of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying in the past year.

To help parents, educators, and others better understand, prevent, and take action against this growing concern, ebrary is pleased to subsidize a collection of open access e-books on cyber bullying and enable other organizations to contribute materials as long as they have copyrights.

Available today at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cyberbullying, ebrary’s Cyber Bullying Searchable Information Center includes such titles as Click, Click, Who’s Really There?: Protect Your Family from Online Predators, Pedophiles, Privacy Loss and More, by Koh (LHK Publishing, LLC, 2006); Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools, by Susan Swearer (Guilford Press, 2009); and Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet, by Simon Johnson (McGraw-Hill, 2004). It also includes a growing selection of documents uploaded by ebrary employees from authoritative sites including the Pew Internet & American Life Project, U.S. Department of Justice, and other agencies.

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Funding a College Education

The Educational Opportunity Center brings you a briefing that will focus on grants & loans from the federal government, state financial aid programs, and scholarship searches

“Hosted by the Navy College Office”

Open to all military personnel, retirees, family members, and other base employees/personnel who have normal base access

**This program includes information that will assist high school JUNIORS & SENIORS and their parents who are facing the rising expenses of college in the very near future**

Military scholarship representatives will be on hand to provide info on their awards, and they do plan to stay afterwards for your specific questions on their program

A question & answer session will follow each presentation

Appointments for one-on-one financial aid counseling and FAFSA application assistance can be scheduled with an Educational Opportunity Center counselor after the presentation

>>> PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL IN ADVANCE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT(S) <<<

Contact: Darryl Greenwell at (757) 363-3944 or (757) 489-3329
Email: dgreenwell.eoc@edufind.org

10th and 11th Grade Students & Parents

All sophomores and juniors will take the PSAT on October 13, 2010 during the morning half day schedule. Students are already registered and will receive some preparatory help during school. They will be given a practice test and some instruction on types of questions and strategy along with a practice PSAT booklet with a complete scorable test in it. There is no cost for this service. Scores will be available in early December.

Windsong

Congratulations to the singers of Norfolk Christian's Windsong 2010-2011.

Middle School Chorus

Any 6th or 7th graders who love to sing, like to sing, or just might want to give it a try.....

Middle School Chorus will meet on Wednesdays, after school, for one hour in the choir room- beginning Sept. 1st.  They will join the Concert Choir for their Christmas and Spring concerts, sing at a lower school chapel, and a day-trip later in the year!

Contact Mrs. Robinson with any questions - krobinson@norfolkchristian.org