Jan 2020 Volume 3 Issue 1
RAISE the PRIDE
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Ahoy Pirate Families,
Tish Mineer
Happy New Year and welcome back to the second semester! The teachers and staff are looking forward to an exciting 3rd quarter where learning accelerates and students continue to increase their Lexile Levels in reading. This is important because the raising of their Lexile Level supports their reading more challenging content material and increases their learning. The math skills they gained over the first semester will be used in application to solve more complex math problems and advance their math skills. Our Vision Statement of, “By working together as a Norterrra Canyon family, we are building foundations to empower our students to navigate our ever-changing world and positively impact the community.” was lived as we had many school wide service projects that positively impacted our community. Our National Junior Honor Society and Student Government (StuGo) sponsored Superhero September and the canned food drive, while our PTSA led the campaign to collect clothing for a school in need in our district. In the second semester, our IB MYP third year students will be creating service projects for others to participate in that will continue our vision of Pirates positively impacting the community around us. Our Mission Statement of: “Norterra Canyon is a vibrant, child centered, and engaging learning community that demonstrates instructional and academic excellence, embraces the diversity of all students, values the uniqueness of each child, and maintains integrity through Pirate PRIDE.” will continue to be reinforced in our weekly Seaworthy awards and through classroom and grade level activities. We hope you will be able to join us this second semester as we will have a variety of learning experiences that parents will be invited to attend or participate in with their student. I look forward to seeing you around campus! ARRR, Principal Mineer
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What an exciting end of 2019 we had. We raised $36,913 in our Pirate Boot Camp!! You were all amazing and we had so much fun. We ended the year with our giving tree for students at Constitution Elementary. Our community has the biggest heart and we are so proud to be Pirates serving others. We look forward to seeing you all at our Great Skate Event on January 31st from 5-7:30pm. Be sure to mark your calendars for our Daddy Daughter Dance on February 22nd. Sadly our term as your PTSA board will come to an end after this school year. Please reach out to us if you are interested in running for any office for the 2020-2021 school year. Elections will take place in May.
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Teacher Feature Teacher Feature Mrs. Michelle Bussiere 2nd Grade Mrs. Bussiere teaches 2nd Grade here at Norterra Canyon. She has been a part of our Pirate Family for two years and we are so glad to have her. When asked why they nominated Mrs. Bussiere her colleague had thisEastburn to say: Michelle is an teacher IB Ms. is one ofamazing our dynamic that works hard for each and every student. MYP Humanities teachers. She works tireMichelle makes coming to work enjoyable! She goes above and beyond for her team experiand lessly to create amazing learning her students! ences for all her students. Ms. Eastburn is
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also the lead of our volunteer work with the Veteran’s Heritage Project. Through her selfless acts and dedication to service, all our students learn what it truly means Mrs. the Wendy Whitlock to embody IB principles of caring and principled. We6th are so thankful to have Ms. Grade Eastburn on our NC team!
Wes Harder
Mr. Harder is one of our wonderful 5th grade teachers. The subjects he teaches are Social Studies and Science. He is the cross country and softball coach and has recently stepped up to be the Co-Athletic Director. We are so fortunate to have his positive attitude, flexibility and quick wit here at Norterra Canyon.
Mrs. Whitlock teaches 6th grade ELA at Norterra Canyon. She joined our community two years ago and we are proud to have her as a Pirate. When we asked her colleague why they nominated Mrs. Whitlock this was what they shared: Wendy is such a wonderful part of our Middle School team. She has invested herself into the success of our new IB culture and is always willing to help. Her outer space poetry was a highlight for all ages at our Star Party! Wendy is a dedicated teacher that I am honored to have as a colleague.
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2019-2020 Instructional Calendar REVISED Mar 12 2019
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First Day of School Early Release (90 min) - PLC / Prof. Development 1/2 Day Release - Parent/Teacher Conferences 1/2 Day Release - See campus web pages for release times Last Day of School Graduation Days No School - Federal Holiday or Break
Graduation Dates May 18th (Monday) BC=2 p.m., MR=4:30 p.m., BG=7 p.m. (BC, MR and BG will have early release on May 18th.) May 19th (Tues.)SD=2 p.m., DV=4:30 p.m. Grading Periods 1st Quarter……..…… Oct. 11, 2019 (45) 2nd Quarter…………. Dec. 20, 2019 (45) 3rd Quarter…...………Mar. 13, 2020 (48) 4th Quarter………...…May 21, 2020 (43)
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2nd Semester Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 31 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb.28 Mar. 6 Mar. 13 Mar. 27 May 8 May 15
* No Early Release Days in April due to State Testing
No school - Federal Holiday or Break Days Sept. 2 Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 Oct. 14 Nov. 11 Nov. 27 - 29 Dec. 23 - Jan 3 Jan. 20 Feb. 17 Mar. 16 - 20 Apr. 10
Labor Day Fall Break Fall Break Veterans Day Thanksgiving Recess Winter Break ML King Jr. Day President's Day Spring Break Spring Break Day
Student last day - May 21 Teachers last day - May 22 1st semester = 90 days 2nd semester = 91 days
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