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General News:

RE-ENROLL NOW - OPEN ENROLLMENT IS UNDERWAY

Thank you so much to the overwhelming number of families who re-enrolled for the 2010-2011 school year. We are making plans, setting goals and anticip ating another great year in Mustang Country. To secure your child's seat in the classroom, simply sign-in to infodirect (accessed from the school website) and follow the directions on the homepage. New student applications are quickly arriving so don't delay. If you have any questions, Mrs. Randi-lyn Farrell will be happy to help.

Tuition Assistance

Each year NCS distributes tuition assistance to as many families as possible. To be considered for tuition assistance, please complete the online process at www.FFNA1.com, school code #1091. This third party company reviews your information and submits a suggested tuition assistance amount to NCS. The Financial Committee then meets to distribute funds.

Northside Baptist Church Discount

Current and future members of Northside Baptist Church receive a 10% tuition discount. It is the responsibility of the NBC member to download, complete and submit the form to the church office for verification. The church will then send the verified form to Gale Church in the NCS finance office and the discount will be applied to your account. Forms must be received at NCS prior to May 15th. Please click here to download the form (PDF format).

Ambassador Referral Program

This spring, NCS will host two more Open House evenings for prospective families. As new applications are being submitted, several are coming with the referral cards sent to NCS families in January. Remember if you refer a new family that enrolls for the 2010-2011 school year, your family receives a $400 tuition discount and the new family receives 5 free NCS shirts!

TUNE IN

We are pleased to announce that Northside Christian School is being recognized next week by WTBN/AM570 for their work in the community. NCS is receiving the coveted Ministry Service Recognition Award for the work the school has done ministering to their students and to the community. Station Manager, Chris Gould, will be on campus during our Grandparents Day festivities on Thursday, February 25th to present the award.

NCS will also be the featured ministry at the top of every hour on AM570 starting Sunday, February 21st continuing through February 26th. Be sure to tune in to AM 570 Sunday, February 21st at 1pm or Monday, February 22nd and Friday, February 26th at 8pm to hear an hour-long interview with Head of School Mary Brandes. Click here to listen on line at WTBN.

NCS AND MIKE HUCKABEE

By now you should have received an invitation to dine with Governor Mike Huckabee. Tickets are selling quickly so don’t delay in reserving your table or seat at this very special event.

If you would like extra invitations or if you would be willing to hang an event poster at your church, favorite business, etc. please contact Tessa Madasz at 727-541-7593 ext. 247 or Tessa.Madasz@nck12.com.

Doodle 4 Google and Win

Doodle 4 Google is a competition where Google invites K-12 students to work their artistic will upon the Google homepage logo. Google believes in thinking big and dreaming big, so this year kids are to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, "If I Could Do Anything, I Would ..."

Students gather those art supplies and some 8.5" x 11"paper and encourage enrich Google with creative visions for what you would do in the world, if you could do anything. This year, a group of "Expert Jurors", well-known illustrators, cartoonists and animators from organizations like The Sesame Street Workshop, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and Peanuts and Pixar Animation Studios, will be helping Google select the 40 finalist doodles as well as attending the awards ceremony to personally meet the winners.

NCS computer teacher, Mr. Tom Wilson has registered Northside so please contact him if your student wished to participate (tom.wilson@nck12.com).

The winners win big: the National Winner will win a $15,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of his/her choice, a trip to the Google New York office for an event on May 26, 2010, a laptop computer, a Wacom digital design tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his/her doodle on it. We'll also award the winner's school a $25,000 technology grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab. To read more about the contest, visit this page: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Prospective Student Open House

Interested in attending Northside?

When school is in session, open house evenings are scheduled periodically throughout the year for prospective Kindergarten through Grade 12 students. Classrooms are open and tours are given by administrators and teachers. During the summer, we invite you to schedule a personal tour of our lovely wooded campus. Please contact our Admissions Office by phone at 727-541-7593, ext. 251 or by email to admissions@nck12.com for more information.

Currently scheduled Open House dates are:

• Mar 18, 2010
• April 15, 2010

High School News

Seeking Guidance?

All high school parents and students need to visit the NCHS Guidance Corner to register and receive emails of updates and changes. The guidance page is full of information and ideas intended to keep you up-to-date on all the latest opportunities. Email registration is located at the bottom of the guidance page.

High School Links:

Middle school News

CHARACTER AWARDS:

Each month, NCS middle school students are chosen by their peers and rewarded for displaying strong character. January’s winners are:

• 6th-Lauren Clendening and Alexander Gregory
• 7th-Samantha Hodges and Jeremy Nashed
• 8th-Jennifer Clees and Mark Lee-Shue

Middle School Links

• Parent-Student Handbook (includes dress code)
• Supply List
• CareerShip - CareerShip is a free online career exploration adventure for middle and high school students. CareerShip is a product of Mapping Your Future, a public-service web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services.
• Show Me The Future - Show Me the Future is a financial literacy and life skills game, designed to help 12-20 year olds prepare for their futures.

Elementary News & Links

Battle of the Books

This year four NCS elementary school students will represent NCS in the county-wide Battle of the Books Competition hosted by Pinellas County Public Schools. Congratulations and good luck to:

• Daniel Cowan
• Sarah Gamble
• Joshua Mulholland
• Lindsey Leadbetter

Congratulations to NCS Family

An NCS family of twin kindergarten girls recently received top honors in an international film competition. The Bermudez's film "The More Perfect Yellow" was selected amongst 164 films as the official Winner of the National Film Challenge. The film also took top prize by winning the highly coveted Audience Award, as well as awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Production Design & Best Use of the Mockumentary Genre. "The More Perfect Yellow" will premiere in April 2010 in Las Vegas at Filmapalooza. Congratulations Coco and Kerri!

LINKS:

• Paradise Aftercare
• Parent-Student Handbook (includes Dress Code)
• School Supplies
• Teacher Websites

Mustang Country - Athletic News

This week in Mustang Athletics

The Wrestling team just capped off their season placing third in the state in class 1A. Several wrestlers took home honors. Here is a recap:

• Dalton (45-2) Dennis capped a very successful tournament for Northside Christian. Aaron Hartman (103) was second, Cliff Barker (135) third, Brian Travis (112) fourth and Anthony Melillo (130) fifth. The Mustangs took third in the Class A standings just 11.5 points behind Live Oak Suwanee and 21.5 points behind champion Gulf.
• Dalton Dennis is our newest state champion at the 125 LB. Congratulations Dalton on a great year!!!
• We will be planning a celebration for the wrestling team in the next few days. Stay tuned.

The Varsity Baseball team is off to a great start at 2-0 defeating 5A Largo 7-1 on Monday and Tampa Prep 5-2 on Friday night. The varsity will take on Admiral Farragut tomorrow at home at 4:00 p.m.

Junior Varsity played its first game on Saturday against Tarpon Springs. Middle school played on Friday against Keswick and lost 8-7.

Varsity Softball is off to a great start at 3-0 defeating Calvary, Santa Fe Catholic and Indian Rocks. The team is led by freshman Jessica Anderson. The Lady Mustangs will be on the road tomorrow at Seffner Christian at 4:00 p.m. Middle School Softball plays tomorrow at home against Shorecrest at 4:00 p.m.

The Varsity Track team won the Admiral Farragut relays on Tuesday. The girls and boys co-ed won the Lipham Co-Ed Relays. Co-Ed winners were Jennica Mullins and Will Scott in the high jump. Track will be in action Thursday at the Indian Rocks Invitational.

We will have information about the Boy’s Weightlifting team next week.

Junior Mustangs:

February 27th will be the last Saturday for the Junior Mustang Flag Football and Cheerleading. Sign ups will start the following week for basketball.

Fine Arts News

SINGING JOYFULLY!

More than 25 middle and high school students performed last weekend at the district Florida Vocal Association Solo and Ensemble assessments. Students are judged individually and ranked from poor to superior. Northside soloists and small ensembles came home with only top honors including seven “Superiors” and six “Excellents”. After the high school choral group "Chambers" sang, the judge gave them many compliments and with nothing left to say just asked them to sing for him again.

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US! This year's musical, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", is already underway. Students have already auditioned and practices have begun. More than 50 middle school and high school students will be participating as well as select 4th and 5th graders, and that's a lot of students to clothe, especially since each student needs three different outfits. Yes, that's more than 150 outfits.

How can you help us? Many of you may be a member of a church or know of a church/school that may have adult Bible costumes that NCS can borrow for the musical. In fact, if your church has already sponsored a musical where either Egyptian, 60's/70's Disco looking, or Biblical costumes were utilized, we would love the church's name, location, and if you have it, a contact name. A musical production is a costly event, but if you can help us with finding costumes to borrow or have other contacts in the field to help us locate costumes, you can be a great help to us. If you have any information, please contact Gina.Burkett@nck12.com or call 727-639-3751. THANK YOU!

Preschool News:

PRESCHOOL UPDATES:

• We would like to remind you of the Piano Lessons offered at our school. If you are still interested in this extra program, please contact the preschool office. We look forward to showcasing our piano students at our Christmas Chapel.
• Thank you to those parents who have supported our program with the Wal-mart gift cards, your contributions are always appreciated.

PRESCHOOL WORSHIP

Each Wednesday the preschool students and families gather in the Northside Baptist sanctuary for a special time of worship and to learn more about the Word of God. Following chapel, the students spend time in the “Garden” digging deeper into the word. Each week students come home with an activity about the lesson. This fall students are studying the life lessons given through the book “How Full Is Your Bucket.”