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Email: hllewellyn@pretzelpride.com
Website: www.pretzelpride.com
Location: 300 East Ellis Street, New Berlin, IL, USA
Phone: 217488602
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NBHS Morning Announcements

This week, the "tunnel" between the JH and the HS was reconnected and opened! Students will no longer have to go outside and through the high school to get to classes .

This week was a big week for the building project! At 6:00 am on Wednesday morning, the semis started rolling in with the second story flooring casts and the precast walls. It was a great process to watch and we now have walls up! Click below to view the progression! You can also watch anytime on our Earth Cam: https://share.earthcam.net/tJ90CoLmq7TzrY396Yd88BgnIEBmSuREKUxqe22cb2E!/new_berlin_cusd16_jr-sr_high_school/camera_1/live

Ms. Kennedy's Dual Credit students' skeletons that they made to honor a famous celebrity or character in a book/movie who has passed away. They also did a presentation on the person/character they chose using the past tense in Spanish. This year, students chose to research and portray Michael Jackson, Princess Diana, Juice WRLD, Cameron Boyce, Jim Brown, Manute Bol, and Ghost Face. They did a great job!!! Also pictured is our Spanish Club officers' gathering at Xochimilco with the owner, his son and our server.

Ms. Kennedy's Spanish classes and Mr. Mangiaracina's Art classes worked together on learning about the Day of the Dead and creating Sugar Skulls to honor a loved one.

We had 3 NBHS students make it to Illinois Music Education Association District 4 ensembles this year! They traveled to Western University on Nov 4th, rehearsed with 150 other performers in their ensembles for 4 hours and performed that night.

High School Choir: Audrey Attig and Tristen Perry

High School Band: Conlin Stapleton playing trombone

Conlin Stapleton selected as the recipient of WIU Summer Music Scholarship. He has a full ride to one of Westerns Music Camps during the summer!

Quincy University Woodwind Ensembles came to NB Nov 8th to perform for our band students! They had a saxophone quartet, clarinet quartet and flute and oboe trio perform for MS and HS band kids, which was pretty awesome!

Our Career Day was a HUGE success, thanks to the amazing coordinating and planning by Ms. Aimee Gray! We kicked off the day with our Keynote Speaker, LeAnn Webster, who talked to student about having "No Regrets" and shared stories about the various careers she has pursued and how each one prepared her for things she would need in the next. She also talked about not letting failures get in your way. She shared her experiences as an Ironman - the first time she was unable to finish the biking portion in the time limit, but she did not let that stop her, and she did it again and finished!

Students attended breakout sessions with presenters from all over the county that shared their real-life experiences in their careers. They also participated in a Career Fair and had the opportunity to apply for jobs on the spot! The day ended with a Reality Check put on by the Army National Guard in which students picked a career, earned a salary, then had to make decisions on how they spent their money - buy or rent a house? New or Used car? Medical bills, and all kinds of real life decisions.

On 11:40 Dismissal Days this year, we are focusing on Preparing for College, Career, and Life! Students attend 3 different sessions on College/Career Planning and Goal Setting, Social Emotional Learning, and Community Service/Outreach/Team Building. I would like to thank our special guests that came in to meet with our students: Robert Ferrill from CACC, and Brett Huff, From MTI. And give a HUGE shout out to Jennifer Tirey for leading the seniors through sessions for stress management and relaxation techniques through Yoga. She even did a bonus session with staff and we loved it!!

Amanda Thomas is a Certified Nervous System Coach and Speaker, helping children and teens reduce stress and increase performance through nervous system regulation. She has created a R.I.S.E. Program and will be presenting to our district.

She believes that through educating our youth on simple habits and balance exercises that support nervous system health, they will be equipped to reduce the mental, emotional, and physical effects of stress - FAST! This leads to greater self-awareness, clarity, and confidence to perform at their best.

We are looking forward to having her here to speak to our students!

Any student earning a coupon will be able to leave after 7th hour one time any day of the week! A new chance starts at the beginning of each week!

Nov 13 Q2 Midterm

Nov 14 Board of Education Meeting

Nov 17 Sophomore Career Day @ CACC

Nov 20 Nervous System Assembly in the morning

Nov 21 2:21 Dismissal

Nov 20-24 Thanksgiving Break (No School)

Nov 27-Dec 1 Winter Benchmark Testing

Nov 30 Senior Formal Pictures and Club/Organization Pictures

Dec 1 - ASVAB Testing for all Juniors

If your child is at-risk for failing or failing a class, there is still plenty of time to turn things around! High school students earn credits based on their semester grade using this formula: 40% of their Q1 grade + 40% of their Q2 grade + 20% of their Semester Exam grade.

So, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the academic supports we have in place for students that are struggling.

• 8th Hour Advisory Tutoring – Our National Honor Society students offer peer tutoring from during Advisory. Please contact your child's teacher, Mr. Viola, or me and we will get them signed up for tutoring!

• After School Support –There is a staff member available to help your child from 3:30-4:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with homework. Please contact me if you want your child to take advantage of this support.

• HW/Lunch Detention – Students that are missing several assignments or major projects may be assigned to a homework lunch detention until they have all missing work completed and are passing all of their classes.

• High School HW Advisory Academic Support– High school students may be assigned to a homework advisory detention until they have all missing work completed and are passing all of their classes.

Please be sure to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences! If you are unable to attend, please email your child's teacher with any concerns that you may have.

The Pretzel Sports Boosters is auctioning this beauty off!

Brand new 2024 Bintelli Beyond - 4 seater - street legal, lifted, electric.

$100/ticket with only 250 tickets to be sold.

The winning ticket will be chosen once all tickets are sold.

Check out WWW.PRETZELSPORTSBOOSTERS.COM

I encourage you to check out their website and bookmark it. Scroll down and sign up for their "Stay in the Loop" as there will be the "Salty Shack" online Pretzel apparel store opening soon!

Pretzel Sports Boosters Officers

Jake Surratt - President

James Snyder, Vice President

Renee Cooper, Secretary

Kris Neuman, Treasurer

To view updated sports schedules on the Pretzel Athletics Website click Here

We would like to wish these Pretzels a Happy Birthday this Week!

November 13 - James Curry, Jessica Curry, and Savannah Howell

November 14 - Keiffer Keys and Kooper Keys

November 15 - Mrs. Creasey, Jake Piotrowski and Josh Piotrowski

November 16 - Kaelyn Green

November 18 - Carlie Smith