Mrs. Heye's Class: Turkey Trouble STEM Challenge. Tom the Turkey keeps running away. The students have been asked to build a cage out of toothpicks and mini marshmallows to save Thanksgiving dinner. Students worked spaced out as a team and came together briefly for a few pics, fun stuff...Go Ducks!
Mrs. Pratt’s class is learning about cornucopias and designing their own table setting for Thanksgiving. Please vote for your favorite setting. Voting ends at 8:00am tomorrow.
Yesterday, the IHSA held a board meeting to discuss participation in winter sports/activities and the start of the winter sports seasons . After the meeting, the IHSA issued a statement that "starting today all IHSA sports and activities will cease by Friday, November 20, for what we hope is only a short-term pause." The IHSA will revisit the topic of winter sports at a December board meeting to reevaluate the subject at that time. For now, open gyms, practices, conditioning, and trainings will be put on pause. A full list of the IHSA statement from yesterday's announcement can be found at the link below.
https://www.ihsa.org/News-Media/Announcements/ihsa-temporarily-pauses-sports-activities-under-new-state-mitigations
Any questions about yesterday's announcement can be directed to district athletic director, Tyler Southwood, at tsouthwood2@havana126.net or by calling the Havana Junior High School office at 309-543-6677.
It had to be a little different this year, but Mrs. Brady's class still had a Thanksgiving experience in class today...Go Ducks!!
Getting in the Christmas spirit at the Junior High today...
Mr. Snowden's Life Skills class working on building structures, by calculating floor plans and square footage...some future contractors here! Go Ducks!
Students in Mrs. French's class are using a budget and local ads to plan their perfect Thanksgiving dinner. A good use of Math skills by using decimal operations, estimation and conversion...neat idea! Go Ducks!!
Had the opportunity to view Mrs. Tomm's 8th grade Science class this morning and their lesson on the Nature of Science: motion, rotation and the possibilities of movement through nature...great stuff, Go Ducks!!
Engineering challenge in Mrs. Tomm's STEAM class today ... winners were Andrea S., Layla G. & Alex O. Everyone had some good design ideas for using the limited supplies to build in 10 mins!
Congratulations to our new National Honor Society members! They were selected based upon leadership, academics, service, and character. We look forward to them continuing to be positive role models in our school and community. We hope to have a formal ceremony this Spring.
The latest Parent Prevention poster is available at https://5il.co/n374.
Blakelyn Bridges and Melvin Fornoff-Taylor were the winners of the camo dress up day at NC
New Central students: tomorrow, Nov 13, is the last day to bring your donation for Dunker Dollar Days. Also, wear your favorite camo!
Just a reminder for high school students to wear your best camo tomorrow (Friday) and give donations for the Mr. Dunker Memorial Scholarship to your 2nd hour teacher!
The average GPA of the 17 cross county runners was a 3.892 for the 1st quarter. Five students stood out by earning an A in every class. Those five students were: Adam Bohm, Eric Bohm, Randi Schultz, Ryan Emme, and Krista Koke (not pictured). Great work, student-athletes!
Senior Adam Bohm was named Boy’s Team MVP and Most Exceptional Teammate for the 2020 cross country season. Both of these awards were voted on by his teammates. He ran nine races this year, finishing 1st in six of them, 2nd twice, and 5th once.
Junior Kalei McDaniel was voted as the MVP for the girl’s high school cross country team by her teammates for this year. She ran in 7 races, finishing in first place one time, 2nd place three times, 4th place once, 12th place in the regional, and 52nd in the sectional.
Sophomore Lance Hamm has earned the Coach’s Award for the 2020 high school cross country season. Lance joined the cross country team when he learned that there would not be a football season, and his attitude, work ethic, and positivity really stood out this year.
Sophomore Jacob Huynh earned the award of Most Improved for the 2020 high school cross country season. Jacob improved his 3 mile time by 7:14 this year. This was his first year running, so we are looking forward to continued growth in the future!
The students and staff at New Central Elementary would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all veterans of the U.S. armed forces. Please use the following link to view our gift of appreciation: https://animoto.com/play/urdoxrekuXrZN9PavzDH6w (video production by Kaitlyn Strauman)