Knightly News

November 2nd: School Party 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (NCJH Cafeteria/Gym)

• $5.00 entry fee
• $1.00 pizza
• $.50 pop

November 5th: PSTO Meeting 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (Main Office)

November 11th: Stadium Clean-up 7:00 am (Kinnick Stadium, South Endzone)

November 14th: DPO Meeting 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (NCJH Library)

November 15th: End of Trimester 1

November 16th: No School for Students (Teacher Records Day)

November 21st- 23rd: No School

November 24th: Stadium Clean-up 7:00 am (Kinnick Stadium, South Endzone)

Parents,

Please make sure students are bringing Chromebooks to school (charged) each day. Teachers have the students use the Chromebooks daily, so it is an important instructional tool for them to have.

Thank you,

Colby Miller

NCJH Fundraiser

The North Central Junior High staff requests your help!!!

Some schools sell magazines or food to support their

school. We are not asking you to do that. Instead, we ask you to consider a donation. With this Donation, almost 100% of your money goes straight to North Central Junior High (with a typical fund raiser, the amount would be 30-40%).

Your donations support the following programs & events at North Central!

All field trip expenses, Athletics, Fine Arts, 8th Grade Dances, Family Fun Night, Student Council, School Teachers Supplies, Technology, Funds for the Media Center, Music, PE, Art, Industrial Tech, Family Consumer Science and much more.

The goal for this Fund Drive is $20,000. So far this year we have raised $4,000 and we are so thankful for all the contributions and support. It will help North Central out in many different areas including: classroom supplies, sports/athletic uniforms and equipment, fine arts equipment and field trips to name just a few. Below the letter lists the times you can donate throughout the year. We are asking each family to donate only once; however, those choosing to donate more than once we would certainly not turn you away. We hope the success of this fund raiser will help us continue to be able to fund and maintain all the programs we do now. (and possibly a few extra items as well)

No Contribution is too small or too Large!!!!

$5___$10___$25___

$50___$75___$100___

$150___$200___Other___

We would like to acknowledge your donation, please fill the information out below.

NAME_______________________________________PHONE #_____________________________

ADDRESS: ____________________________________E-MAIL______________________________

Donations can be online at http://www.iccsdfoundation.org/choose-a-campaign/ or returned to the office via your student or made at the designated donation events.

Checks need to be made out to ICCSD Foundation, please write "North Central Donation" in the memo line.

Donation Events

7th and 8th grade Registration- August 16th (Goal $15,000)

Back to School Night- September 4th ($2000)

Fall Conferences- October 11th and 18th ($2000)

Winter Conference- January 16th ($2000)

Spring Conference- April 18th ($2000

PSTO Minutes:

https://www.iowacityschools.org/Page/17011

Thank you to all the volunteers that donated food and drinks for our parent teacher conferences. Our staff much appreciated all of the wonderful food. It made the night that much better. Thank you for all you do for our staff.

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Students have worked very hard on the World Hunger Unit. A Heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to the parents and families that volunteered to drive students to the four farm field trips. And lots of gratitude for parent support from home with driving students to food banks, soup kitchens, farmers markets (brrrr!) and other programs and activities to support the Hunger Project. I'm looking forward to seeing the hard work culminated in final projects this week!

Our next unit is Political Power. It's a short, but very important unit. Please engage with your child at home about the midterm elections, political parties, voting, local issues, civic responsibilities, elected officials, function of government, etc.

Here are some October Global Studies pictures::

Powerschool: PowerSchool (PS) is a great source of information for you and your student. By logging in to PS with your PARENT account, you will be able to quickly check grades, assignments, attendance, teacher comments and school bulletin. You can independently update contact information at any point during the school year through e-registration. Daily announcements are entered in the bulletin section for you and your student to stay up to date on important information and happenings at North Central. (Please note that obtaining important dates/happenings at North Central is the responsibility of student and parent. All information can be found on the website calendar and in bulletin section of PowerSchool. Occasionally you will receive Blackboard Connect calls to keep you up to date, but you should always take a proactive approach on staying up to date with school happenings.)

A reminder as the winter months are fast approaching, students are not allowed access to the building before 8:30 am. Please do not drop students off to meet with teachers unless you have ensured with the teacher that they have notified the front office. Students will not be allowed in without TEACHER notification to the front office. Please remember that there is no supervision for students before 8:30am.

Blood Drives:

- A big thank you to everyone that took time out of their busy schedules to donate at our first trimester blood drive. It was a successful drive. with DeGowin collecting 33 units of blood.

- The second trimester blood drive will be held at North Central on Tuesday, Dec. 4th from 3:00-7:00 in the cafeteria.

Email: miller.colby@iowacityschools.org
Website: https://www.iowacityschools.org/NorthCentralJH
Location: 180 East Forevergreen Road, North Liberty, IA, USA
Phone: 319-688-1210
Twitter: @ncjhknights

It is the policy of the Iowa City Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy, please contact Chace Ramey, Chief Human Resource Officer, 1725 N. Dodge St., Iowa City, IA 52245, 319-688-1000, Ramey.Chace@iowacityschools.org.