North Country Union High School
NCUHS Graduation - June 8, 2024 11:00 am
March 18, 2024
Good morning North Country. Today is Monday, March 18th and it is a B day.
Announcements:
Congratulations to our student of the week Anya Kennedy who was nominated by Mr. Marcoux. Anya has shown great dedication in her learning of dystopian lit, very well done Anya!
Congratulations to our spotlight students Maev Gaylor, Alexis Pauline, Olivia Guillette, Parker Allen, Anna Mulder, Lynzie Spomer, Brooke Couch, Baylee King, Tanner Coburn, Waker Arnold, Megan Kneeland. They all recently participated in a mock crash training at the Newport Ambulance bay. Way to help out in the community!
A new feature, our featured staff member of the week. A shout out to our Fantastic Falcon of the Week Mr. Potter for hopping in and accompanying a student that needed assistance on the Visual Arts Enrichment Trip to Montreal. He was wonderful with the students and we all really appreciated the team effort! Mr. Potter was nominated by Ms. Caspari, Ms. Gaines and Mr. McCrae.
Congratulations to Kaelin LaPlante for advancing to the 3rd round of the Regional Rotary Speech Contest. While Kaelin did not place in the top two regionally, she gave a wonderful speech with exceptional context and acknowledged the winners for their performance. Kaelin did a wonderful job representing the school and herself!
Spring Cabaret Auditions auditions will be tomorrow from 3-5pm in the auditorium. We are looking for dancers, actors, singers, musicians, comedians and more, and teachers and staff are welcome to participate as well! Performers will be expected to share what their act will be about and perform a 30 second preview. Please see Taryn Colby if you have any questions!
One Act Play - Student Matinee: ALL NCUHS students/staff are invited to a matinee showing of "Cry of the Peacock" on Wednesday, March 20th @ 2pm in the auditorium! The SHOW PROGRAM - lists cast & crew members as well as important information about this production. Please sign-up with Rhonda in the main office by tomorrow at the latest! Staff and students will be dismissed from class at 1:45pm to find their seats in the auditorium. The show runs about 45 minutes long and there will be a Q & A afterwards with the actors & crew about the production.
Early Release Days - March 21st and April 8th - Cognia Testing
Please see the information below regarding upcoming Early Release Days and our State Assessment. Cognia Testing for students in grades 9 and 11 will take place on March 21st and April 8th. All students in grades 9 and 11 are required to complete the assessment. These days were chosen as they created the least amount of disruption to the rest of the schedule and allows our teachers and staff to focus on supporting students during the testing period.
Students in Grade 9 will be taking both English and Math assessments and need to be in school both days (March 21st and April 8th)
Students in Grade 10 do not need to attend school. 10th grade students who would like to use the time to get caught up with work should contact their school counselor.
Students in Grade 11 will be taking a science assessment on March 21st only. Grade 11 students do not need to attend on April 8th unless they wish to contact their school counselor to schedule time to come in to do make-up work. 11th graders who have a ride or who drive may leave when their testing is completed.
Students in Grade 12 who are in jeopardy of not graduating will need to come in to do school work; the rest of the grade 12 students do not need to attend unless they are required to attend their NCCC classes.
Busses will run at 12:20 on March 21st and at 11:20 on April 8th.
Lunch will be available both days
Guidance counselors will be reaching out to notify Grade 12 students and parents to let them know they are expected to attend based on their progress towards graduation.
If you have any questions regarding these days, please contact anita.mayhew@ncsuvt.org. Thank you for your patience with the changes to the schedule.
In Sports:
Spring Sports
Pitchers and Catchers begins this week for all pitchers and catchers in grades 9-12.
Softball 3:15pm-5pm
Baseball 5pm-7pm
All other spring sports begin on Monday, March 25th. To register an athlete parents can go to the Athletics page on the school website and click the registration tab and follow the registration instructions. To check a previous registration parents can simply log into your Rank One account to check previous registration forms.
There will be a meeting on Tuesday for all athletes interested in joining the track and field team during AIE in room 253. Please sign up on Adaptive Scheduler.
The Winter Sports Banquet will be held on Thursday, March 21st at 6pm in the cafeteria.
Have a great day and engage in your work!