The Rebel Crier

The NFHS 2023 Yearbook, Closing Time, was honored with a highly prestigious Second Place Award by the American Scholastic Press Association. NFHS's yearbook was the only entry from Connecticut in the Senior High Schools with 500-1000 enrollment category to receive a Top 3 award!

Congratulations to the editors, alumni Savannah Goodness '23 and Hailey Hancock '23 and current Senior Editors Avery Yorio '24 and Isabel Marotta '25 who were on the staff of the 2023 yearbook! Special thanks and congratulations to the Yearbook Advisory, Ms. Randlett!

Congratulations to junior wrestler Joe Mahoney, who won his 100th match as a Rebel at the Bristol Central Invitational on January 6th!

We have implemented a new alert to notify parents/guardians when their child has arrived late or leaves early from school. This is part of our ongoing efforts to improve communication about attendance and reduce student absenteeism.

Check out the latest edition of Rebel Notes- the NF Fine Arts Boosters Newsletter!

Included this month are the updated arts calendar, information about the upcoming NFHS musical, Matilda, celebration of our Western Region musicians and more!

Students and families of the Class of 2027 are invited on January 30th to Transition to High School Night. While this event has typically been for 8th grade students and families, we think our new format will help our 9th grade students and families get a better sense of the programs that are available at NFHS!

While the welcoming session is focused on our incoming students, we encourage you to attend the sessions that will take place around the building by our teachers highlighting our programs in Art, Business, Child Development, Construction Lab, Culinary Arts, Engineering & Robotics, Fashion & Interior Design, Media Lab, and Music & Music Technology. These sessions begin at 7:00pm. More information and a schedule will be sent out in the coming days via SchoolMessenger.

A great night is planned on 1/20/2024 for the Newtown/NF against E.O. Smith/Tolland at UConn. So far $11,659 has been raised for Special Olympics CT, making this year the most successful Bender Classic ever. We're well on our way to $20k!

If you cannot attend but wish to make a donation, visit benderclassichockey.com

No donation is too small!

Now in its 24th year, the Essay Contest was started by the Foundation’s James W. Cooper Fellows in 2000. The purpose of the essay contest is to get young people in Connecticut thinking about and exploring legal issues relevant to them.

PRIZES

• Winner: $2,000
• (2) Runner-up: $1,000

Click below for full information. Submissions due by February 22, 2024

https://www.ctbarfdn.org/essaycontest/essaycontest.html

Last day of class for all first semester courses, and halfway point of full year courses

Data Day for staff.

Students dismissed at 10:50am.

A night to preview what NFHS is all about for our incoming 8th grade students and families. We will also have sessions that current 9th grade students and families may be interested in. More info to come soon!