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New Castle School’s Hurst receives Teacher Excellence Award
Congratulations to Parker Elementary
Mrs. Lora Wilson , principal, and her staff received notification this week from the Indiana Department of Education that they have become a STEM certified school for the State of Indiana. They are only 1 of 11 schools in the state to accomplish this distinction under the new more rigorous rubric process . Parker staff worked towards this certification the last 36 months which included curriculum development, strategic planning, professional development, community partnerships, and material acquisition in the areas of STEM education. Congratulations Parker!
First Lady of Indiana ZOOMS With Sunnyside Elementary
Dr. McCormick Visits Westwood Elementary
The Westwood Wildcats were honored to have Westwood Alumni and current State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. McCormick! Read more here.
Congrats Trojan Volleyball! State champs 3 years in a row!
The New Castle Lady Trojans volleyball team (35-1) beat Hamilton Southeastern (29-5) to secure their third straight State Championship. The Trojans not only finished #1 in 4A Volleyball, but #1 in the Nation.
New Castle Senior Selected for 2019 Under Armour All-America Volleyball Game
Congratulations to Senior Volleyball player Melani Shaffmaster for being selected for the 2019 Under Armour All-America Volleyball Game. Melani was presented with an Honorary game jersey by NCHS Athletic Director Shane Osting and Principal Kirk Amman this morning. The Under Armour All-America Volleyball Game will take place at the Wide World of Sports in Orlando on December 31, 2019.
Back to School Breakfast
A great time was had by the New Castle Community Schools staff at the back to school breakfast A huge thanks goes to our sponsors! Click here to read more
Great Job Mr. White!
Congratulations Mr. Jacob White, Principal at Eastwood Elementary , for being selected as the District 6 Elementary Principal of the Year!
Health Science Kids Camp
The New Castle Career Center is hosting the first ever Health Science Kids Camp. It is for 5th and 6th Grade students for more details click here!
How is Indiana Integrating Assessment with Technology
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New Castle High School Science Academic team to compete at State Finals!
The High School Science Academic Team will compete on May 4th at Purdue University in the 2019 Indiana Academic Super Bowl State Finals! Good luck at state!
New Castle Career Center Student Designs Logo and Wins Contest.
Density Via, a student at New Castle Career Center, designed a new logo for the Indiana Department of Education Office High Ability and Advanced Placement that won the contest. Read more about it here. Congratulations on your hard work and creativity.
New Castle Girls Basketball Recognized
On February 9, 2019, Columbia City High School had the pleasure of hosting the girls basketball regional. The athletes and coaches of the 4 schools involved showed unbelievable character throughout the days events. All 4 schools consistently thanked our workers for their efforts to help make their tournament experience a memorable one. Even in defeat, athletes from New Castle, West Noble, and Angola exemplified sportsmanship behavior that their communities should be proud of. As the host of this regional, it was refreshing to be around adults and students who place great pride in being positive representatives of their communities.
NCHS Rising Stars of Indiana
The Rising Stars of Indiana is sponsored by the Indiana Association of School Principals. It is a complement to the Indiana Academic All-Stars recognition program for Indiana high school seniors. The selection is made by teacher nominations, student knowledge, accomplishments and leadership skills. This year the principal association will recognize 1,014 juniors from 260 schools. New Castle High School was honored to present their selection of four junior winners with certificates from Principal Kirk Amman. They are: Sarah Gerth, Andrew Glover, Abby Hamilton, and Cooper Rusch.
Congratulations Katelyn
New Castle Senior Katelyn Goodpaster was the winner of this years Lilly Scholarship.
Two NCMS Teachers Receive MAC grants
Two Teachers from NCMS Sara Owens, a Social Studies teacher, and Kyle Fenstermacher, a Science teacher, were awarded grants from McDonald’s. These grants are used to provide hands on activities for the classroom. It is going to be great to see what these inspired teachers do with the grants.
“I am going to use the MAC Grant for an activity called “Gold Rush”. My students are going to be able to dig for “gold” next semester when we talk about Western Expansion. I’ll have different containers set up for the students with bird seed and they will have to search for gold beads. Students will collect a certain number of beads for candy and extra credit.” -Sara Owens
“I will be using the grant for materials called Lego Mindstorm EV3. It basically combines Legos with computer technology, so my plan is for students to be able to build and code the computer to achieve certain tasks. For example, students may need to program and code their “robot” to maneuver through a set of obstacles. The possibilities are endless, one teacher I’ve talked with had students use this program to monitor water quality within a fish tank.” -Kyle Fenstermacher
Eastwood and Parker Students Do Coding
Students across the district enjoyed Computer Science week December 3-7. These projects help with problem solving skills and are enjoyed by teachers and students alike. The STEM activities vary from writing block code, programming robots, and learning beginning programming languages. Below are images from Eastwood first grade and Parker 3rd grade.
eLearning practice
NCHS Celebration
On Friday, Nov. 16, some very special people were honored in a program at Bundy Auditorium. Indiana Superintendent Dr. Jennifer McCormick (1988 NCCHS Grad) was the keynote speaker to celebrate Mr. Ron Grimes and Mr. Bill Wesseler for their 50 years of teaching. NCCSC Superintendent Dr. Matt Shoemaker and NCHS Principal Kirk Amman presented Mr. Grimes and Mr. Wesseler with Distinguished Hoosier Awards on behalf of Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. Also recognized that afternoon were State Finalist golfer Annie Gillock and the Lady Trojan Volleyball team ~ repeat State Champions. The program also featured performances by the NCHS Chorale and Red Hot Blues show choir.
NCHS Achievement Day
In the fall of 1960, the Standards Committee inaugurated Achievement Day to honor the
scholars in our school. The tradition of this special program has remained ever since.
Academic achievement rings and honor crests are presented to those seniors who have
maintained at least a 4.0 average for six semesters. Honor crests are awarded to those
seniors who have attained at least a 3.6667 average for six semesters. A framed
certificate of honor is awarded to those juniors who have attained at least a 3.6667
average for four semesters.
In the class of 1961, five students received honor jackets and eleven were awarded the
crest. The Class of 2019 has sixteen ring winners and twenty-one crest winners.
Trojan Volleyball State Champions
Congratulations to the 2018 class 3A State Volleyball Champions – our very own Lady Trojans! Winning their second straight state championship in dominating fashion (3-0).
Trojan Cheer Team finishes 5th!
So very proud of our New Castle Trojan Cheer Team ~ they placed 5th at State.
Which was held in New Castle Field House.
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