NC Newsletter January, 2018
The 2018 Nashua Catholic Spelling Bee Winner

Nashua Catholic’s school spelling bee took place during D period, on January 9 and January 10, 2018, in Mrs. Maloney’s room. The bee went for two days because the students were such impressive spellers. The second day featured the three remaining contestants – Ishanvi Bachwal, Daniel Enright, and Sabrina Sterrett. After many difficult words were spelled correctly by these students, Nashua Catholic finally had our representative to the state bee – Sabrina Sterrett. She won by spelling the word “subnivean” correctly. Ishanvi was a very worthy runner-up this year.  
Sabrina will represent Nashua Catholic at the State Bee that will take place on February 24, 2018, at the Capitol Center for the Arts, in Concord, New Hampshire, beginning at 9:00 A.M.  
Congratulations to all our spelling bee participants this year! Good luck, Sabrina!

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S'MORES & TOURS OPEN HOUSE
for Prospective Families
January 19, 2018 6:30-8:00 P.M.
Help grow Nashua Catholic!
Share this news with friends and family! Invite them to tour and more!
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BG Latin at Nashua Catholic
Bishop Guertin High School and Nashua Catholic are happy to announce a joint effort to get NC students engaged in Latin! This is a free, 10 week, after school program taught by BG teachers and students of the National Latin Honor Society. More information will be coming soon. If you have any questions or wish to sign up, please contact Mrs. Wiswell at jwiswell @ncrjhs.net

SAVE THESE DATES
Food Drive for Fast for Social Action during Catholic Schools Week.

January 15 - MLK Day - No School
January 18 & 19 Report Cards issued.
January 18 - Mass at 9:00 All are welcome!
January 19 - S'mores and Tours Open House at Nashua Catholic - 6:30-8:00
January 22 - Shadow Day for 5th graders from St. Christopher School
January 23 - Caritas Christi members help set up for Project Homeless Connect
January 24 - Shadow Day for 6th graders from St. Christopher School
January 28 - February 3 - Catholic Schools Week
January 31 - Mass at 9:20 A.M. 8th Grade will be at BG for Mass. All are welcome.
February 2 - Valentine Bake Sale at lunch.
February 7 - Fashion Show meeting 6:30 P.M.
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Catholic Schools Week Activities at NC
(Jan. 29-Feb 2, 2018)
Monday, January 29th:  “Celebrating the Nation”
 Dress Theme:  “Red, White, and Blue Day”- Wear red, white, or blue TOPS with uniform pants   Patriots jerseys, Red Sox jerseys, or any regular Red, White, or Blue top would work.   

Tuesday, January 30th:  “Celebrating Your Students”
Dress Theme:  You Be You - Full out-of-uniform day.   

Wednesday, January 31st:  “Celebrating Your Community”
Dress Theme:  Wildcat Pride - Wear uniform top OR NC Spirit Wear TOPS only WITH uniform pants!
(We have mass today:  8th grade at BG, and 7th grade at NC (9:20 A.M.)  

Thursday, February 1st:  “Celebrating Vocations”  
       Dress Theme:  House Color Day - Wear a TOP in the color of the Religious Order of your Advisory, with uniform pants.  You will research your top color(s) in Advisory prior to Catholic Schools’ Week.  

Friday, February 2nd:  “Celebrate Faculty, Staff, and Volunteers”
        Dress Theme:  Pajama Day - Wear school-appropriate PJs and school-appropriate footwear (shoes or sneakers, NO slippers!)  

Please follow all out-of-uniform guidelines found in your Student Handbook on page 23.

ACTIVITIES:  
1) “Guess Who?”  When you are in the Cafeteria, check out pictures of our very own NC employees when they were your age.  In Advisory, fill out the “Guess Who?” sheet.  (Due to Mrs. M-C or Mrs. Gauvin by 8:30AM Friday, 2/2!)
     2)  “Fun Facts” - In Advisory, as a team, fill out the “Fun Facts” sheet about NC  employees.    (Due to Mrs. M-C or Mrs. Gauvin by 8:30AM Friday, 2/2!)
     3)   “Thank You Notes” - In Advisory (or at home), write Thank You notes for Veterans living in nursing homes, local clergy, local emergency services
          Providers, NC employees, and your parents.  We have a special focus on our nursing home veterans, so please do these thank you notes first!  
          Due to Mrs. M-C by 3pm on Friday, 2/2!
     4)   Food Drive - To benefit St. John Neumann FAST for Social Action.  Stay tuned in Advisory as to which type of food(s) to bring.  

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Shorty's Restaurant Fair Share Night for NC
January 16th
Enjoy dinner at Shorty's. Drop the receipt at the hostess desk for NC.
Feel "giving good" and full!
Thank you!

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Report Card Pick Up - January 18th and 19th
Parents should plan on picking up their student's 2nd Quarter Report Card on the 18th or 19th of this month. If you are unable to stop by for the report card, please send a note with your child requesting that we give it to your child, or an email to  scoker@ncrjhs.net  with the same information will also work.
This report card will contain registration material for our current 7th grade student moving on to 8th grade next year. This material is time sensitive. One of the first pieces of NC's new LINC (Lock Into NC) Program offers a chance for a $250 gift certificate to Red Brick, our uniform company, for a quick registration return. Our goal is a full registration return for the Class of 2019 by February 1st, the Thursday of Catholic Schools Week. Our winner will be announced the next day! We urge you to "lock in" early! See you next year!
The 8th graders will receive an urgent field trip permission slip. Please return as quickly as possible.
New! Mother/Daughter Paint Night

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting our Mother/Daughter Paint Night this year on February 1st at Graffiti Paint Bar on Main Street in Nashua. The cost is $28 per person and this includes your painting supplies, snacks and drinks! Please send in payment to Mrs. Tencza if you're interested in a creative night out! You don't have to be an artist to enjoy this paint night!
A Suggestion from the NC Guidance Office

Mrs. McCarthy, our guidance counselor, would like to share this article titled, "What's the Most Important Thing You Can Teach Your Child?" by Tracey Tucker. It's a good read any time, but certainly on a cold January day! Click here.
Athletics
Mr. Farris would like to thank all of you who came out and volunteered during the 13 th Annual Wildcat Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament. It was another great event, and we were very happy to expand the tournament to 12 teams this year! None of this could be possible without those who gave back and helped out! Thank you!

Go Wildcats!
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AmazonSmiles Program at NC
Happy News! We are now a part of AmazonSmiles, where, if you shop on Amazon, and choose us as your charity, .5% goes to NC. Please remember Nashua Catholic at the check-out.

Here is our link :
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