May 2021 E-Newsletter

Welcome to this month's publication of the eNews. In this edition, you will find: Community Connections... ·Summer School Registration ·Blood and Hygiene Drives  ·Americanism Essay Contest ·Governor Evers visits NLHS Elementary Schools... ·Dr. Seuss Activities / Fundraisers  ·Digital Scavenger Hunt     Intermediate/Middle School... ·Jazz Band is Back     ·Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Spanish and Career Activities ·Magic Milk Straws Secondary School... ·Sources of Strength Rocks     ·CTE Spotlight Wall ·Art, Band, Science & Technology, and other Class Activities ·Varsity Dance Team District... ·Congratulations, Amber Yerkey and Gloria Peterson ·2021 - 22 Virtual Options

Dates to Note May 9 - Happy Mother's Day May 10 - Board of Education Meeting May 10 - NLEA Meeting May 12 - Blood Drive / High School May 19 - Senior Awards Program - High School May 22 - Junior/Senior Prom - High School May 27 - Graduation - Bulldog Stadium May 28 - Rain Date for Graduation May 31 - No School / Memorial Day June 3 - Last Day of School for Students

Don't forget to click "View entire message" on the bottom of your e-mail to view the full e-newsletter!

Director Monthly Reports

District News Quick Links: Bulldog Bulletin

Facebook

Community Connections

School District of New London Summer School 2021 Need some support with literacy or math? Looking for some fun enrichment classes? The School District of New London Summer School Program has it all! Go to our webpage and check it out! Summer School 2021 Flyer

The NLHS National Honor Society held a successful blood drive to support the Community Blood Center. Seventy-two lives will be impacted with the collection of 24 pints of blood. So far this school year, 47 pints have been donated through the two blood drives. Thank you to the generous staff and students.

The Lincoln Student Council sponsored a Help the Homeless hygiene drive. Overall, students collected 278 items for donation!

Eleven New London High School ninth graders recently participated in the American Legion Auxiliary’s 2021 Americanism Essay Contest. Pictured are Macy Reybrock (1st place), Wyatt Adamovich (2nd place), Rianna Schultz, Hanna Gorman, Brittany Schoenrock, Elsie Abba, Levi Lathrop, Jack Kedinger, and Isabella Sloma. Not pictured: Autumn Magolski (3rd place) and Julia Ludick (4th place).

Governor Evers visited Mrs. Vantassel’s Oral and Interpersonal Communications class at the NLHS. He had a discussion with students about mental health issues and how the pandemic has impacted their well being in the last year. Students shared with the governor how school programs such as Sources of Strength and other support systems have helped them meet the challenges they have faced. They also gave suggestions to improve mental health awareness in our school and beyond. Governor Evers encouraged students to be leaders in promoting mental health in the future and emphasized that their generation was the one that could make a lasting impact.

Take a walk down memory lane and revisit some of New London's finest moments by accessing our recently digitized yearbooks! Check out district yearbooks spanning from 1919 to the present by using the following link - http://newlondonbulldogs.touchpros.com/. Click on 'Academics' and then click 'Yearbooks.' Search any year that you would like to view. Please note the website is still under construction.

Elementary

The annual Dr. Seuss on the Loose event took place at the Washington Center in New London. Students had a chance to engage in activities with their future 4K teacher. Over 60 people participated in the 2 hour event.

Parkview students enjoyed reading for the PTO sponsored Read-A-Thon fundraiser. This was the main fundraiser for Parkview PTO this year. PTO supports teachers, students and Parkview School in so many ways.

Sugar Bush students enjoyed their 'Get Mrs. Grable Stuck on Reading' fundraiser. Students had fun listening to Mrs. Grable read while taped to the wall! Proceeds from the fundraiser were used to purchase new Dr. Seuss books for the school library.

Lincoln third grade students had fun as they practiced finding area and perimeter in their math class.

Digital Learning Day has traditionally been spent at school with students learning all about technology but it's safe to say New London Connect students have become experts over this past year! This year the kindergarten and 5th grade students celebrated the special day by completing a Virtual Scavenger Hunt with their buddy readers

Intermediate / Middle

The Middle School Jazz Band is back together again! This talented group of 6th, 7th and 8th grade band students were excited to play together again after almost a year apart. They meet every Wednesday morning at 7:00 AM and cover a range of jazz, swing, blues, and rock 'n roll tunes.

Fifth graders have been participating in the Pump up the Vocab Challenge. Each week they review a past month's word of the day. As a class, they earn points playing a Gimkit and participating in a writing challenge.

Mrs. Rice reminds the 5th grade about their 'zones of regulation.' Discussing how the brain works helps growing children realize when and how to regulate their emotions. New London students learn and use the zones in most of our elementary schools. Sixth graders celebrated Pi Day by calculating the area and circumference of circles using pi.

The Fuel Up to Play 60 team sponsored a milk taste testing during lunch. All students were invited to choose a flavored milk straw. Milk is a great alternative to sugary drinks and helps keep the body healthy. Magic Milk Straws are available at most grocery stores or online.

Sixth grade math classes had a friendly competition; they all participated in a Regional Sumdog Contest. Mrs. Zaddack's block 3 class took 1st place among the NL classes and 4th place out of 28 classes from 12 regional schools. Block 3 worked really hard to earn a DELICIOUS cupcake treat baked by our awesome teacher aide, Mrs. Schmidt.

Sixth graders celebrated their Ancient China unit by creating a huge dragon in both Art and Social Studies. It is displayed in the main hall at the MSIS.

Seventh grade math students explored the world of three-dimensional solids. Students determined the net of the 3D solid, took measurements, and then used their knowledge of area of 2D shapes to build an understanding of surface area.

Seventh grade Language Arts students launched their Argumentative Writing Unit by solving a Murder Mystery: Who Killed Mrs. Bass? Students were given roles of specific characters, and shared their alibis with their peers. Student groups read through the evidence, analyzed motives to create a final suspect list, and narrowed down their final suspect lists by debating and sharing evidence to uncover 'Who Killed Mrs. Bass?'

Seventh grade Language Arts students culminated their argumentative writing unit with Flash Debates! Student groups researched topics and presented their argument to the class. Topics included: Should children have chores? Should students get paid for good grades? And, do students watch too much television? At the end of each debate, students voted on a winner. The teams presenting the strongest evidence and the most persuasive debating skills won.

Eighth graders enjoyed the back-to-back partner draw activity as part of a mini-unit about careers. Students needed to communicate ideas clearly in order for their partner to draw a simple image without looking.

Seventh and eighth graders in Exploratory Spanish competed in a March Madness challenge with students from 1,017 schools in 12 different countries! Students connected with the culture and language of Spanish speaking countries while voting for their favorite songs to advance to the next rounds. They filled out brackets with 16 Spanish songs guessing which would be voted the winner. Winners won a Jarritos de piña soda.

Secondary

Sources of Strength sponsored a 'We Belong' week. After a challenging school year, the goal of the campaign was to use the optimism of spring to foster a sense of renewed unity, embracing diversity and tolerance within the school community. Some incredibly artistic rocks were painted during the week long rock painting competition. Awards were given for 'Most Inspiring', 'Funniest' and 'Most School Spirit.'

All rocks will become part of a permanent rock pathway in front of the high school.

During the cardiovascular unit, NLHS Veterinary Science students learned how to properly take blood pressure and draw blood from simulation animal legs, which they constructed themselves! Each student was successfully able to do a blood draw from their simulation legs they made in class.

Students in Employability Skills class worked on their leadership and teamwork skills while leading a teamwork activity for the class. One group challenged the class to build the tallest marshmallow tower using only toothpicks and marshmallows.

The CTE Spotlight Wall at the high school is designed to showcase exemplary students in Career and Technical Education and the organizations represented by CTE. Pictured are the newest students to join the wall: Youth Apprenticeship student Keaten Pues, FFA student Lora Korth, HOSA student Brianna Sorge, Youth Apprenticeship student Brody Hillman and DECA student Emily Kling. Congratulations to these students for their accomplishments in CTE!

Students in the Introduction to Engineering Design course have been learning about different 3D modeling programs (Inventor and Onshape). They had the task of reverse engineering an object of their choice.

Environmental Science students learned about the external structures and internal anatomy of yellow perch and crayfish during the River Hydrology unit.

Grades 9, 10, and 12 traditionally have the day off when Juniors are scheduled to take the ACT test in spring. This year Advanced Placement teachers, however, offered their students the opportunity to come take AP practice exams that mimic what the real AP tests will look like in May. Twenty AP students came in to test on their day off. AP teachers will host two additional practice AP test opportunities this spring for AP students looking to better prepare themselves for their May exams. What dedication for both students and teachers!

Twenty-two students from Mrs. Nelson's art classes participated in a glass fusing activity through Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass. They learned about the process of glass fusing and were able to make their own 'Covid' self portrait. Their work was on display at the museum.

Four NLHS band students, Will H., Chayton B., Shaun B. and Raigan L. were recently involved in a collaborative, virtual ensemble.

NLHS band director, Alex Rambo, along with music colleagues throughout WI, organized this virtual ensemble to bring people connected through UW-W band camp together through music. While NLHS students recorded their parts locally, other students in this video recorded from as far away as Seattle, WA and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The ensemble was directed by the director of bands at UW-Whitewater.

Students competed in a virtual Visual Arts Classic put on by the Wisconsin Art Education Association. Students submitted long-term projects into the competition. On the day of the competition, students were assigned an additional project and had roughly two hours to complete it. Above are a few of the long-term projects students completed.

Enjoy the NLHS Varsity Dance Team State Sendoff Video!

Congratulations to Coach Ruckdashel and the NLHS Varsity Dance Team for placing first at regionals in their hip hop routine and also qualifying for state in their pom routine.

District

The School District of New London is proud to announce that elementary teacher Gloria Peterson and high school teacher Amber Yerkey have been awarded a 2021 Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award. Educators are chosen for their ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, their ability to motivate others, and for their leadership and service within and outside the classroom.

Visit our website! School District of New London 901 West Washington St. New London, WI 54961 920-982-8530

Pupil Nondiscrimination Statement It is the policy of the School District of New London that no person may be denied admission to any public school or be denied participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be discriminated against in any curricular,extracurricular, pupil services, recreational or other program or activity because of the person's sex, race, religion,national origin, ancestry, color, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation or physical, mental,emotional or learning disability.

Join our mailing list!