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MUSIC notes Choir We have a HUGE choir this year! We recently finished our first workshop with master vocalist Melissa Shriner, who taught us about “Singlish” and how to shape our vowels. Our NCC choir did a great job performing In Flanders Fields at the Remembrance Day ceremony. My students will also perform at the Hotel Dieu Shaver Christmas tree lighting taking place in St. Catharines, and officiated by the mayor. On December 10, the choir will be leading the Christmas service at Trinity Life Church in Sherkston. Concert Band The concert band gave a wonderful performance of O Canada at our Remembrance Day ceremony. The band students also marched in the Fort Erie Santa Clause Parade on November 18th. We are pleased to have Jared Knechtel (Trumpet) and Erika Rempel (French Horn), (both new staff to NCC) helping with this ensemble. Both are experts on their instruments. Julie Broomer Music Teacher On December 12, at 7:00 pm, NCC students will present a celebration of Christmas. Emmanuel, God With Us will be an evening of music and drama featuring our talented students. You are invited! Parents, family, friends and neighbours, join us at Riverside Chapel, located here on NCC’s campus, for an evening of joyful celebration! RED RIBBON ART GALA On November 4, the NCC Arts Council participated in the Fort Erie Arts Council’s 13th annual Red Ribbon Art Gala. This prestigious event was held at the Fort Erie Leisureplex Banquet Hall, and featured live music by David Ian Andrea and The Max Hillier Band. Beautiful pieces of the art by local artists were on display and available for purchase. This is the Fort Erie Arts Councils’ signature event and main fundraiser of the year. Mrs. Laurie Blue, NCC’s art teacher, is a member of the Fort Erie Arts Council and is a professional artist herself. Five years ago, Mrs. Blue persuaded the FEAC to open this opportunity to students and it has become a very exciting annual event for her art students ever since. The Red Ribbon Art Gala has enjoyed great success, and this year was no different with several hundred guests in attendance. Attendees enjoyed viewing local artists work as well as our students’ work. NCC students rose to the occasion to help serve delicious appetizers, run the silent auction and the coat check, and enjoy this wonderful opportunity to interact with the community. Students also volunteered by serving food or drinks, and helping out wherever needed. We are very proud of our students - and Mrs. Laurie Blue! Check out their works of art.
CHAPEL PROGRAM This year, we embark on a journey into the truth of Jesus Christ and what He offers us. Every day, our culture tells us how we should be living. We grow up in a world that tells us how to spend our money, what to wear, who to have relationships with, what we should be striving towards, and how to be successful. This is a message of independence, self-importance, and pride. We struggle with our own independence and realize that even though we are so digitally connected, we have never felt so alone. We struggle having to create importance for ourselves, to build up our own name, and to somehow convince the people around us that we are valuable. There is another message out there! Jesus calls us to Our class motto this year is “Step by Step”. Throughout term one I have challenged each of the students in Middle School to make a commitment to take each challenge they face “Step by Step”. Creating goals and reflecting on God’s purpose for our lives is something that sets us apart as a school, something that I am proud of, and something that will benefit the lives of our students as they navigate the world around them. ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS PBL - To highlight our recent PBL project students took on the roles of influential Canadians and presented monologues during a Wax Museum. Real world application is a focus of 21st century learning. Our goal is to provide our students with opportunities to affectively communicate, collaborate, and critical think through curricular content in meaningful ways. Mr. Haughton, Middle School Lead Teacher ART - In art we have been focusing on landscapes and perspective. Learning how to effectively understand aerial perspective and break a drawing down into foreground, middle ground, and background. The students have been introduced to chalk pastel and have learned how to properly use this medium. Mrs. Blue, Art Teacher FRENCH - In Middle School French students have been practicing their oral communication skills daily during our Prof du Jour and Marchez et Parlez at the beginning of class. Students have worked on reviewing and building vocabulary and grammar structure through various written and oral projects such as creating and sharing Mes Devinettes riddles booklet, and performing speeches on La meilleure saison. This month students will demonstrate their oral skills by putting on a fashion show, discuss health issues by role-playing a doctor and patient, along with creating posters on good nutrition for a healthy body, all en français! Mme Trombley, French Teacher MUSIC Our middle school students are joining in with our high school students in performing in the Santa Claus parade in Fort Erie, and at the tree lighting ceremony in St. Catharines. Our music classes are split right now between preparing for our Emmanuel - God With Us Christmas presentation and reviewing music theory in preparation for our upcoming band unit. Mrs. Broomer, Music Teacher be a part of His family. What does it mean to live together in the “city on a hill”, and live out the life that Jesus calls us to? In chapel, we want to work out exactly that. Each month will focus on a “key” to the city, a topic that Jesus talks about very differently than our culture. Things like family, relationships, and identity will be discussed. Please be in prayer for our chapel program! Pray that God will be honoured through our work, and that His message will be spoken clearly. Also, congratulations to Emma Winger, a grade 9 student who won our logo design contest this year! Great work Emma! MIDDLE SCHOOL Tim Durksen, Chapel Program Director EMMA WINGER MATH - In Middle School math we are making our way through the Jump Math program in grades 6-8. We find ourselves wrapping up and remembering fondly our time with fractions and look forward to our Measurement Unit ahead! Our grade 6 class exercised their entrepreneurial spirits through running their own store in class and exploring money, profits, and even some customer service. Even with a late-arriving teacher, (I’m happy to have finally arrived!) the middle school spirits are high and they bring great enthusiasm to math class. Mr. Appleyard, Math Teacher MS STUDENTS GIVING BACK - WOW CHRISTMAS For the last few years, NCC middle school has been supporting the WOW Missions (Working with Orphans and Widows) Christmas program. WOW Christmas gives children in Zambia and Uganda the opportunity to participate in a classroom while supporting the local economy. Basically, a $25 donation will send a student to school with a uniform and supplies, but the unique thing about this ministry is that the $25 is spent in the local economy. It’s mothers and widows in these countries that will be paid to make the uniforms for these students. Even though our donations go to support students, the money goes much further. This December, students will present an Awareness Fair to our local school community to raise money for this organization. We want our middle school students to become global citizens and think about what goes on outside of their little corner of the world. Please check out the link to a blog that was posted by the WOW organization about a cool project that our middle school did last year, and a video link to learn more about WOW Christmas. Blog: http://www.wowmission.com/5671-2/ WOW Christmas Video: http://www.wowmission.com/get-involved/wow-christmas/
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