National Honor Society Induction Ceremony

New Century Charter School held its fourth National Honor Society Induction Ceremony on Thursday, 24 April. Previous inductees took responsibility for the ceremony. Talia Peipmeier was inducted into this national organization which as as its core service, leadership, scholarship and character. All students must meet an initial requirement of a 3.25 overall GPA. All who meet that requirement are invited to apply. At this time they must present evidence of having demonstrated high moral character, providing service to others and providing leadership within and outside of the school. Congratulations to Talia.

Exracurricular Agreement with 423 agreed to for another year

At the April board meeting, the New Century board of directors agreed to enter into the same agreement with district 423 to provide extracurricular activities for NCCS students for the 08-09 school year. It was difficult decision with much conflicting testimony during the month or so of gathering information. The end result recognizes a sense that these types of activities are good for students and have been a part of NCCS since the beginning, and therefore should continue at least for the upcoming year. There was also a consensus that a year from now there should be in place a program that develop an extracurricular program that is unique to NCCS.

annual meeting

NCCS had its annual meeting on Thursday, 17 April. There were many people in attendance as it came at the end of our rescheduled open house. There were many student displays on projects that gave visitors and families a good sense of what NCCS is all about. Jim Bobier and Chris Kraft were elected to the board and we look forward to their positive contributions on behalf of students at NCCS.

Old Man Winter Wins Again

We had a delightful evening planned - displays, entertainment, tours, refreshments - all the makings of a perfect Open House - and Old Man Winter intercepted and threw us a curve. Anyway - we have rescheduled our New Century Open House for next week - Thursday, April 17th from 5 PM - 7 PM. All of the same activities will be anticipated.

To all the families that did come out in the storm - thank you! I hope we gave you a taste of what our school is all about, but please come again- this time there will be more students, staff, and goodies. Let us show you the whole deal.

Terry Kempfert
Student & Family Services

Student of the Month-February

Brittany Schultz has been chosen as the February Elks Student of the Month at New Century Charter School. Brittany is a senior and has just arrived at New Century this year. She has rapidly gained notoriety as a student who knows how to explore her interests and create quality projects. She walks the hallways with a smile on her face and greets all students and staff alike with her infectiously positive attitude. Brittany is performing her service learning at the Southwest Minnesota Initiative offices. We have received rave reviews on her work there. Congratulations Brittany for serving as such a positive role model and for embodying the concept of project based learning at New Century Charter School.

Honk

New Century Charter School just completed a run of its spring musical, Honk. Over 40 students involved in either the performance or stage crew putting on 8 total performance for students and the public have made this one of the big events of the year. Creating positive activities in which all students can get involved and try something new is what NCCS is all about, and Honk is yet the latest example of opportunities for New Century Students.

E-term excitement

One of the hallmarks of New Century Charter school is referred to as e-term.(Exploratory term). It is a recognition that a week of in depth hands on activities is an effective way to awaken excitement and increase learning opportunities for students. We just finished one week of e-term and to walk through the building and see the excitement is, well, exciting. Students were designing and creating camping equipment to be tested in a future spring e-term, creating digital scrapbooks which required learning a significant amount about software programs, learning about submarines from local experts, learning a variety of ballroom dances which seconded as an incredible exercise program, tours to other charter schools in the state and photography. This has become an incredible opportunity for instructors to demonstrate areas of interest that they have and to excite students about all of the possibilities that life has to offer.