Time to Enjoy Summer 2023 | |
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I want to take a moment to say thank you to all the staff, students, community members and parents that make New London-Spicer Schools a special place. This year has been another one for the books as our students highly achieved academically and socially as well as in their extracurricular activities. Not every school can put on their resume a Nationally recognized State Football Championship!
A tip of my hat to this year's graduating seniors. As I mentioned in graduation, they were freshmen when I started as the high school principal. They were a wonderful group of students and I wish them all the best.
Please take time to recharge over the next couple months. I only enjoy the quiet buildings for a short time and then I get antsy to get everyone back in August.
Take care,
Jamie Boelter, NLS Superintendent
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
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Friday, June 2 - Report Cards Posted to Parent Portal
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Tuesday, June 20 - Hockey Co-Op Public Comment at School Board Special Session
2023-24 IMPORTANT DATES
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Tuesday, August 1 - Back to School Info Sent to Families
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Thursday, August 10 - Parent/Athlete Meeting
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Monday, August 14 - School Board Work Session
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Wednesday, August 23 - High School Back to School Event & Picture Day
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Monday, August 28 - First Day of School for Grades 9 -12
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Monday, August 28 - School Board Meeting
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Mon. Aug. 28 - Tues. Aug. 29 - Back to School Conferences for PreK - Grade 8
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Mon. Aug. 28 - Tues. Aug. 29 - for K - Grade 8 Picture Days
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Wednesday, August 30 - First Day of School for PreK - Grade 8
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Highlights from the High School | | |
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Congrats to our Bowling State Champion!
On Friday, May 12th, NLS Bowlers competed in the State Tournament at Bowlero Lanes in Brooklyn Center. Congratulations to NLS student Mac Hatlestad our new STATE CHAMPION! Mac bowled excellent in the PI Boys singles event at the adapted bowling state tournament. The team is coached by Paul Beuning. Congrats on a spectacular season!
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Junior Varsity Wildcat Baseball Undefeated
This year, our JV team went undefeated with a record of 15-0! On Tuesday, May 23rd they won 13-3 in the final game of the season against Litchfield solidfying their undefeated season!
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Middle School Minutes
On May 23, our students participated in a Community Service Day. Students were seen helping throughout our communities; playing games with residents at GlenOaks, helping custodians with locker clean up, cleaning up local parks and the state trail, as well as yard work for various community members in need of assistance. This is a wonderful tradition we hope to keep for many more years to come!
Congratulations to our May R.O.A.R Award Nominees!
Brody Wileman was nominated for being a friend to all students. He volunteers to help others in class and has a positive attitude. Stella Moline was nominated for being a positive influence and going above and beyond in everything she does. Lukas Wharton was nominated by Mr. Beranek for being a great representation of what a Wildcat should be about.
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Prairie Woods News
Recently, our school celebrated YES Week. That week, NLS Middle School YES group joined our Kindergarten students for some activities. For fun the students read, “The Lorax” and made truffula trees which are the famous trees in the story.
On the last day of school we continued our tradition of waving to our students on buses and in personal vehicles on the last day of school. We also started a new tradition of wishing our 4th Grade students and retirees farewell with a congratulatory walk through the elementary halls one last time. There were many cheers and high fives given by our younger students.
Report cards were sent home with students on the last day of school. Your child’s next year teacher was listed on the report card for students entering 1st through 4th grade. In addition, your child’s FAST test results and the elementary 2023-2024 Student Supply List accompanied the report card.
Lastly, I would like to thank all students, parents, and staff for a great school year. I truly appreciate everyone’s hard work, flexibility, and determination to get through all the challenges. We are WILDCATS! I couldn’t be prouder! Thank you, all!
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May Students of the Month | |
Kindergarten May Students of the Month: Skylar Palmquist, Dazy Kalkbrenner, Colt Rambow, Wyatt Everson, Parker Harberts, Russell Saari | 3rd Grade May Students of the Month: Rosalie Dimler, Josephine Ray, Kyler Noor, Brody Zuroff, Jack Pfeifer | |
1st Grade May Students of the Month: Tayva Milhausen, Lindy Johnson, Jaydalyn Hillenbrand, Logan Sindelir, Elaina O’Neill, Harlee Butz | |
2nd Grade May Students of the Month: Stella Wittman, Abby Mayen, Piper Sampson, Tucker Melbie, Kole Daak | 4th Grade May Students of the Month Bobby Schmitt, Tatum Wookey, Haley Peterson, Cristina Keefe, Olivia Zimmer. | |
Prairie Meadows Early Childhood
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Our preschoolers celebrated a great year with our annual Trike-a-thon and End of the Year Celebration. It was a fun night filled with bike races, root beer floats, face painting, games, bounce house, emergency vehicles, cement truck and animals! Our favorite part was watching the Life Link Helicopter land and take off! Thank you to the Willmar Stingers, Alley on Ash, Magnifi Financial, Hawk Creek Animal Shelter, Spicer Fire Department, Kandiyohi Co Sheriff’s Department, Duininck Concrete, and Life Link for helping to make our night fun! Special thanks to the New London Ambassadors, NLS National Honor Society, Spicer BP, Skindeliens BP, and Teal’s for all your help and donations!
We also had a ribbon cutting on our Natural Playground! This wonderful new addition to our outside play area was planned and designed by Preschool Teacher, Holly Carlson, as a part of her Capstone Project for her Master’s Degree. The project was made possible by a large donation from The Kromm Family Foundation as well as the Willmar Area Community Foundation Opportunity Grant.
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NLS Community Education
We are super excited to announce our NEW Strength and Conditioning program that will replace ETS. We have moved to a new platform called Teambuildr which allows us to individualize each athlete's workout plans to be season/sport specific. The best part...it's available as an app! Users can do the programming from anywhere! More information is available on our registration page. Wondering about ETS? - You have not missed the deadline! We are working on building this program in place of it and registration should open next week!
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Congrats to the CE Recreation Volleyball League Champs! Team: “All about that Ace” Players: Faith Nachreiner, Abby Oberg, Josie Jensen, Autumn Dreier, and Jamie Terres. | |  |
Congrats to the CE Power Volleyball League Champs! Team: “Chewblocka” Players: Allison Stricherz, Morgan Ellingworth, Megan Karlgaard, Sophie Reecher, Rachel Mitchell, and Tracy Haugen. | | |
Address: 101 4th Ave SW New London, MN 56273 | |
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