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Good Morning Pirate Army: Thursday November 19, 2009 A Day

 

Lunch Today:

            Burrito, Salad, Fruit Crisp, Milk

 

Today’s Meetings:

            Thursday- ASVAB Test

 

Future Meetings:

            Friday- Sophomore Class Meeting

            Saturday- Saturday School

 

Sports & Events this week:     

            Thursday- Jr. H.S. GBB Home vs. Compass

            Thursday- Treasure Valley Honor Choir and Band at NNU

            Saturday- H.S. GBB Away vs. Tri-Valley

School Announcements         

-Chris Were is doing a food drive as part of his Senior Project from November 10^th to November 19^th. There will be a box by the office please leave your non-perishable food items in the box.

 

-The Treasure Valley Honor Choir and Honor Band will be performing at NNU on tonight at 7pm.  Come and support the Notus students who were accepted into this prestigious group- Richard Shelden, Joy Chang, Kaylee Christensen, Lindsey Christensen, Chris Radford and August Sorensen.  Cost is $3 for students, $5 for adults.

 

- Teachers, Parents, and Students it is that time of year again to take the DWA and DMA.

            DWA is the Direct Writing Assessment. All students are given the same prompt, and asked to write a short responsive essay. These essays are all graded at the state level and each are awarded a numeric point value based on a predetermined rubric. Notus teachers will receive the score from each student’s essay, and can then focus on areas to improve individual students’ weakness in terms of writing.

• The DWA is intended for all 7^th and 9^th graders and will be executed on December 1^st B Day at 8:15 and will last exactly 90 minutes give or take.

            The 9^th grade DWA will take place in Mrs. Skelton’s room.

            The 7^th grade DWA will take place in Pirate Academy.

            DMA is the Direct Math Assessment, and in many ways is the same as the DWA. Students will each receive the same math questions, and will be asked to answer the questions. These will also be graded at the state level and returned to Notus High teachers for review.

• The DMA is intended for all 8^th graders and will be executed on December 2^nd A Day at 8:15 and will last exactly 90 minutes give or take.

            The 8^th grade DMA will take place in Mr. Pascal’s room.

 

 

 

Big 3 Rules: 1) No Electronic devices 2) Dress appropriately 3) No PDA

Big 3 Goals: 1) Do it again…AYP 2) Keep it clean 3) 100% participation

 

Teacher Duty Schedule

 

Staff Member	11/16/09
Mrs. Ireland	Hub
Mrs. Villines	HS Foyer
Ms. Schoonover	No duty
Mrs. Hiser	M.S. Hall
Mr. Tincher	Lunchroom
Mrs. Coles	Lunchroom
Mrs. Hardcastle	ES outside
Mrs. Hall	Bus p.m
Mrs. Shelden	Bus a.m

 

Looking Ahead

·       11-23-09 H.S. BBB Jamboree at Melba

·       11-24-09 H.S. GBB Home vs. Liberty

·       11-24-09 Jr. H.S. GBB Away vs. Victory

·       Wednesday 11-25 thru Friday 11-27 No School

 

 

Benjamin Merrill

Notus Jr. Sr. H.S. Principal

208-459-4663

IDLA Principal

208-590-4524

merrillb@nsd135.org