We ask all NCHS families to join the PFA for $50 (Directory included)
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We cannot maintain our current programming or support new initiatives without additional donations.
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Dear NCHS Family,
September ended on a busy note as we celebrated our wonderful school with Spirit Week and Homecoming. Activities from the week included games in all of our sports, a pep rally, bonfire and the Homecoming Dance. The Dance was given new life this year with the “Footloose” theme, which was so popular we sold the highest number of tickets since I have been the principal of NCHS! Thank you to the parents who helped create this successful event. We have wonderful traditions at our school and NCHS students love Spirit Week. While I love the enthusiasm they display, I am most proud of how they treat each other during the week. They show tremendous passion, and truly celebrate the school and community with pride.
Now that we are a month into the school year, goal setting is a way that your children can work hard to reach their fullest potential and gain a greater sense of control over their lives. Many of you set goals with your children and continue to have conversations throughout the year around their goals. This is a perfect time of year to see if your students are on the right track to achieve their personal and educational goals.
We have a tremendous partnership with our PFA and I hope to see you at the many events that take place throughout the year. Thank you for helping make New Canaan High School a special school within a special community.
All the best,
Bill Egan
Principal
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October PFA General Meeting
Healthy Families: Understanding and Evaluating Stress & Anxiety
A panel of experts will speak
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Wednesday, October 10th
9:30am, NCHS Wagner Room
Please join us for an informative session on how to identify and manage your child's and your family's stress and anxiety. Our panel of experts includes in-school and local community resources: Ellen Brezovsky, LCSW, Executive Director, New Canaan Cares; Andrew Tepper, LCSW, The Riverwalk Group; Jacqueline D'Louhy, LCSW, Youth and Family Services Coordinator, Town of New Canaan and Emma Kate Freatman, MA, NCC Kids in Crisis.
Moderated by Dr. Susan Bliss, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Student Support Coordinator for NCPS.
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Pick Up Your NCHS Directory at our October General Meeting!
Didn't Get One? Please
Join
the PFA!
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PFA 2018-2019 Planning Calendar
Click
Here
to See the Amazing Topics & Speakers at our Networking & Counselor Meetings
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New Canaan Public Schools Present:
From Theory to Practice: Emotionally Intelligent Parenting
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Please welcome Dr. Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Thursday, October 18th
7:00-8:30pm, Saxe Auditorium
It is widely recognized that Emotional Intelligence has a powerful influence on performance, decision making, relationships, and health. Dr. Brackett is returning to New Canaan by popular demand to share strategies to help increase our Emotional Intelligence as parents. He will review the five key skills of Emotional Intelligence, including tools that will be taught to students in the district this year and next. He will also discuss how parents can support this work at home.
Dr. Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence and Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. Dr. Brackett has published 125 scholarly articles and has received numerous awards. He has developed a number of products, including: social resolution tools to help adults and youth resolve online conflict, the bullying prevention hub to support educators, families, and teens, and InspirED, an open-source resource center to support high school students in leading positive change in their schools.
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Grade Level Parent Meetings & Information
9th Grade, Freshmen
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PFA 9th Grade Networking:
Know Your Resources
Tuesday, October 16th
9:30am,
NCHS Wagner Room
Please join Assistant Principal, Ari Rothman, and other members of the NCHS faculty and administration to learn about the significant resources our wonderful high school has to offer our students. Whether you want to learn more about the Writing and Math Centers, the Library, assistance from the athletic trainer, technological assistance with your student's device or the ACES program, they will be here to guide us.
Even if your kids are older, all are welcome to this informative session on NCHS's many resources.
There is no need to spend time and money on outside help. Our school has many resources to offer if you know where to look and who to ask!
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PFA 10th Grade Networking:
Teen Driving: A Roadmap to Safe Driving
Thursday, October 11th
7:00pm, NCHS Wagner Room
Grab your teenager or come on your own to this important panel discussion! We are lucky to have a very informative panel with representatives from Lewis School of Driving, New Canaan Police Department, and Brown, Thayer and Shed Insurance Company. We will discuss everything from how to be successful on the driving tests, safety on the road, tips to keep your insurance rates down, to what to do in the event of an accident. We look forward to seeing you there!
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PFA 11th Grade Networking:
Managing Junior Year Stress
Thursday, October 4th
9:30am, NCHS Wagner Room
Whether this is your first child or third going into their junior year, come find useful strategies and tips to help your student cope with the pressures of this important year. Learn about the potential stressors- including academics, standardized testing, college visits, and social life and learn ways to manage them all. Come meet our new Assistant Principal, Kristi Carriero, and hear from our panel of experts including Cynthia Rivera, Chair of NCHS Counseling Department; Eileen Donellan, Social Worker; and Susan Bliss, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Student Support Coordinator for NCPS.
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PFA 12th Grade Networking:
Coping with College Acceptance & Rejection/NCHS Senior Internships
Thursday, November 15th
9:30am, NCHS Wagner Room
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Colleges Visiting NCHS
Seniors are encouraged to come and hear firsthand the latest news from colleges in which they may be interested. Students who are unable to attend the info session should come into the CCC beforehand and fill out a regret form indicating their interest in the school. The schedule is available on Naviance and on the New Canaan High School website.
Mark Your Calendars!
Fall Testing Dates
October 6th - SAT & SUBJECT TESTS *
October 13th - PSAT *
October 27th - ACT
November 3rd - SAT & SUBJECT TESTS *
December 1st - SAT & SUBJECT TESTS
December 8th - ACT
*Denotes NCHS as testing location
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PSAT:
The PSAT will be offered here at the high school on Saturday, October 13th, 2018 for registered students. The test is 2 hours 45 minutes long and will begin at 8:00am. Students will check in at 7:30am and should remember to bring their sharpened pencils and calculators with them as well as a picture ID. Phones should be left at home or POWERED OFF.
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Financial Aid Night
The School Counselors invite you to join them at Financial Aid Night on October 4th at 7:00pm in the NCHS Wagner Room. All are welcome to attend, especially if your child is a member of the Class of 2019. For more information please contact
lori.keen@ncps-k12.org
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College Fair:
The National Association for College Counseling is hosting a STEM college fair on October 14th from 1:00-4:00pm at the Javitts Center, NYC. For more info, please visit
www.nacacnet.org/STEMfairs
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New Canaan High School Theatre Presents:
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"The Addams Family"
Friday, October 26th, 7:00pm
Saturday, October 27th, 2:00pm & 7:00pm
NCHS Auditorium
In this original comedy, the macabre Addams family is put to the test when outsiders come to dinner, hurling Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Grandmama and Lurch headlong into a night that will change the family forever.
• Purchase Tickets
• Get Season Info
• Advertise in our Programs
• Get Audition Details
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New Canaan Rams All Sports Booster Club
Join NC Rams ALL Sports Booster Club
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Fall sports are off to a great start! The Booster Club provides significant support to all teams at NCHS through the generosity of our members, including stipends for additional coaches on every NCHS team. Please join now to help maintain our fine athletic department and facilities!
Follow NCHS Athletics for exciting news and updates. Click
here
to join.
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NC Rams All Sports Booster Club
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NCHS Athletic Department
A Letter from our Athletic Director
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We have had a great start to Fall sports! Congratulations to Katelyn Sparks (Girls Soccer) and Jack Richardson (Boys Soccer), our FCIAC September scholar athletes! Our new Pixellot live-streaming platform is now up and running. To see live games on Dunning or in the main gym, please signup at
ncrams.com. We are working hard to interfacing Pixellot and NCHS-TV to bring you the October 6th game against Greenwich and the Turkey Bowl!
We celebrated a great homecoming football win vs. Westhill (38-14)! Thank you to Pep Rally MC'S Saddie Selert, Tom Saitta and Max Findlay... and Congratulation to the New Canaan HS community for make Homecoming week such a huge success!!!! At our first home football game vs. Danbury (42-6), we honored players from the Classes of ’69, ’70, and 71, who had a 33-game winning streak that spanned those three years. We also had a moment of silence for Jason Cooper, who graduated from New Canaan High School in 1984 and attended Duke University, where he played both football and lacrosse for the university. A few years before his passing, he returned to New Canaan to work with his mentor and friend Lou Marinelli. He found his passion working with NCHS athletes. The NCHS Scholarship Foundation founded The Jason Cooper Scholarship, which will be given to a NCHS student, preferably an athlete, who embodies Jason’s qualities of humility, passion and a commitment to friendship.
This past week we held the 12th Hall of Fame Dinner and inducted: Elizabeth “Betsy” Blackwell (class of 1967), Football, Basketball, Baseball; Dan Borgman, Tennis Coach from 1972-2013; Michael Cotton (class of 1976), Cross Country, Track; Kara Devlin (class of 1985), Swimming; Victor Marinovich (class of 1962), Football, Track; Maggie Pennoyer (class of 1998), Softball; Mark Rearick (class of 1967), Football, Basketball, Baseball; Tom Towers (class of 1983), Football, Basketball, Lacrosse; and Monroe Trout (class of 1980), Basketball, Tennis. Congratulations to all our honorees!
Keep up the great work, Rams!
Go Rams!
Jay Egan
Director of NCHS Athletics
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September 4th, 2018 Board of Ed meeting:
Mr. Egan thanked the custodians and administrative assistants for their hard work over the summer. The new basketball court and track field are looking great and are finished and ready for use. There were twelve new teachers this year as well as a new assistant principal hired this summer. The alternative school is up and running and new courses in STEM and electives such as interior design are being offered. For more details,
click here.
September 17th, 2018 Board of Ed meeting:
Mr. Dan Clarke gave an update on Facilities Maintenance Projects funded by the operating budget. For more details,
click here.
The Next BOE meeting will be Monday, October 8th, 7:00pm, NCHS Wagner Room. Public comment is welcome during allotted times.
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Community Events
New Canaan Cares Presents
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Riding the Roller-Coaster of the Adolescent Brain
Tuesday, October 9th
7:00pm, NCHS Wagner Room
Speaker: Ruth Potee, MD
Do you have children between 10 and 25 years old?
Come learn about the developing and vulnerable adolescent brain. Understand why risk taking, constant use of devices and mood swings are all part of adolescent development.
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Young Women's League Empowering Women Series: Nurturing Your Passion
Thursday, October 25th
7:00-9:00pm, NC Historical Society, Lindstrom Room
Speaker: Dr. Theresa Federici, LCSW
Most of us have fleeting ideas of what we want to be, do or have in our lives. But they remain just that: fleeting. In this workshop, you will gain the tools and time to create a powerful Vision Board that will help anchor to your dreams.
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Life After High School - Transition Training Series
Students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) or 504 Plans and their Parents
Wednesday, October 10th
6:00-8:30pm, Fairfield Warde High School Lecture Rooms A&B
755 Melville Ave. Fairfield, CT
Are you a student or the parent of a student that is receiving Special Education Services or have a 540 plan? Are you planning for continuing education at a 2 or 4-year school after you have received your diploma? Then this presentation is for you!
Fairfield Public School's Special Education Services would like to invite you to attend a presentation from Ms. Goldie Adele, from the Disability Resource Center & Mr. Bo Zamfir from the Center for Educational & Assestive Technology (CEAT) at Southern CT. State University.
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Thanks for all Your Hard Work!
The PFA's sincerest gratitude goes to:
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Kelly De Francesco for chairing the NCHS Open House. Kelly and her team,
Kristin Leopold and
Melanie Rokocxy ran a wonderful event for our high school school community. We especially appreciate their organization and coordinating all the wonderful food items. Additionally, we would like to thank
all of the wonderful parents who donated food and beverages. The chairs could not have run such a successful event without the tremendous support of so many parents.
We would like to thank alumni parents
Whitney Williams and
Melissa Jones for returning to help with PFA memberships and Directory distribution.
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