What a fantastic night we had for the 8th grade LOCK-IN.  We started off with some crazy Minute To Win It games, had pizza/pop/and brownies, then made our way down to the Field House.  The kids went wild playing Hungry Hippo and were quite a hoot to watch in the Zany Relay Round!  Every time I thought they might be getting tired they came back for more!  We took our hot sweaty selves to the Choir Room for an impromptu sing a long around the piano, some line dances: Cupid Shuffle, Mani Shuffle, even the Chicken Dance! …and Dairy Queen Dilly bars to cool us off!  At 11 we waved goodbye to the guys and began making Glow in the dark Fairy Jars in the cafeteria.  The girls sat and sang songs to the radio as they painted their creations!  They did an awesome job.  Nearing 12:30 am it was time for a PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT.  Each team was given a list of nutty pictures to take around the school.  I will definitely share some of those on the next post!  Afterwards we constructed glow in the dark necklaces, bracelets and glasses so that we could play CAPTURE THE FLAG in the Field House.  The girls weren’t tired YET!! That led to a Round Robin through 4 20 minute games:  The beloved TRUTH OR DARE, a 21Century version of hide and seek, Fruir Salin, and then some FACE PAINTING.  At about 3:15 I told them to get ready for bed…LIGHTS OUT AT 3:30!  They were purring by 3:45!  Mission accomplished!!! Big thank yous to my trusty side kicks:  Mrs. Sheena Puckett and Mrs. Michelle Rohrer!

I’ll blame Jack Frost and his frosty days last week for these taking so long to get to you!:( We had an amazing day at ISSMA Solo and Ensemble two Saturdays ago! With over 60+ students taking either a solo or an ensemble, our kids walked away with 62 Gold and 4 Silver Medals! OUTSTANDING! We are so blessed to teach such great and talented kids! Awesome job to everyone!

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Parents we gave these announcements to all of our classes on Friday.  We wanted  you to be aware that our students have these opportunities to help their grades despite not turning things in on time, or not doing their work at all.  Sometimes they don’t always want to take opportunities we give them 😦  so we thought YOU might like to know about them – in case YOU would like to “inspire” your child to take advantage of them before it’s too late!

Here they are …in case your child’s Choir grade could use a little help!  Good luck!

Midterm progress reports are due Thursday, February 7th.

Many of your grades are NOT PRETTY AT ALL!

To help them we will allow a few things that we DON’T NORMALLY ALLOW!

• If you have been absent at all this 9 weeks and haven’t done your make up assignment, you may do it for full credit.  BUT THE DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY 8:30 A.M. AFTER THAT THE “GRACE PERIOD” IS OVER!

• If you have a missing E-Learning Day Assignment this 9 weeks, you may turn it in for partial credit IF IT IS TURNED IN BY THE DEADLINE WEDNESDAY AT 8:30 A.M. AFTER THAT THE “GRACE PERIOD” IS OVER!     No other assignments will be accepted.
• If you are missing an assignment you may turn it in before the deadline too!    7th:  Tiger Assignments    8th:  Compound Time Signature stapled packet.   

*YOU MAY NOT TURN ANYTHING IN IF SOMETHING IS ALREADY TURNED IN. IF YOU HAVE A ZERO YOU MAY STILL TURN YOUR WORK IN.

*MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WORK IS QUALITY WORK OTHERWISE YOU WILL STILL RECEIVE A ZERO.

TEST RETAKES will be Tuesday for 6,7 and 8th grade! If you did very poorly on the test you may retake it during Raft. You must have a raft pass from us to come at 3:20  You can use Kahoot or Quizizz to review for your tests.  We hav also posted fun review games in Google Classroom under the heading “Sparetime Shinanigans!”  

We urge  you to take advantage of these once in a lifetime opportunities!!

SINCERELY, The MANAGEMENT

The 8th grade lock in is quickly approaching.  If you would like your child to keep me up all night 😦  please send in your Parent Permission Slip and Fee.  I also have had “rumors” of a few mom’s who MIGHT help out, but I have to have 3 “FOR SURE’S”  or it will become an evening party instead of an all-nighter!  So, please send me an email if you would like to be one of the BRAVE FOR SURES!  (trust me, it is a lot of fun…just a lonnnnnnnnng night!)

Saturday, January 26th we will have approximately 66 NMS students perform in the ISSMA Vocal and Ensemble Contest held at Fairfield High School.  This year we have two ensembles, 6 pianists, and a lot of students taking vocal solos.  Contest is free and open to the public.  Students in grades 6-12 from all of our area schools will get a chance to perform for judges.  These judges rate their performance on tone quality, dynamics, melody and rhythm accuracy, stage presence, breath support, etc.  Our students will receive gold, silver, or bronze medals after their performance.  Here is a schedule in case you would like to attend!  –>issma 2019 solo and ensemble contest – sheet1    

We have received your signed yellow parent slips confirming that you are aware of the Semester II concert and rehearsal dates.  Thank you for sending that in.  It helps us more than you know.

We still have quite a few volunteer slots that remain open.  We will need to fill the following positions, so if you can still lend a hand in any of these areas please sign up using the Signup Genius tab on this page.

6th Grade Volunteer needs:  ISSMA Chaperones  – 4,   ISSMA Photographer – 1, Final Blast Dress Rehearsal Chaperones – 2, Final Blast Concert #1 Chaperoe 2, Final Blast Concert #2 Chaperones 5, Final Blast Ushers show #2 – 4, Final Blast Box office Show #2 – 1, Final Blast Dinner Crew – 9, Final Blast Photographer Show 1 and 2 – 1, Tear Down Crew – 4.

7th Grade Volunteer needs:  ISSMA Locker Decorations for periods 1 and 2, ISSMA Chaperones – 3, Issma Photographer – 1, Final Blast Dress Rehearsal Chaperone – 1, Final Blast Chaperones Concert #1- 3, Final Blast Chaperones Concert #2  – 2.  Tear Down Crew – 2, Ushers for show #2 – 3, Box office Show 1 and 2 – 1 each, Dinner Crew – 8, Photographer for show 1 and 2 – 1 each. 

8th Grade Volunteer needs:  ISSMA Locker Decorations for periods 6 and 7, ISSMA Chaperones – 3, ISSMA Photographer – 1, Final Blast Dress Rehearsal Chaperone – 2, Final Blast Concert Chaperone for Show #1- 3, Final Blast Concert Chaperone for Show #2 -3, Final Blast Ushers for show 1 and 2 – 3 each show, Dinner Crew – 10, Final Blast Locker Decorations periods 6 and 7, Photographer Show 2.

And now…… the top beasts for weeks 15 and 16!  These kids have been outstanding in class!

6th Grade: Rylie Esparza, Braden Franks, Ava Gilbert, Maicey Hardy, Seth Miller

7th Grade: Ryan Gibson, Faith Miller, Bella Nickell, Skye Stachel, Natalie Yoder

8th Grade: Tame Baylis, Lila Bontrager, Aubrey Byers, Lauren Hainlin, Bennett Leisure, Damon Ringer, Jatzairy Sanchez.

Here are the times for this year’s Solo and Ensemble Competition at Fairfield High School, on Saturday, January 26th.  Packets are being sent home on Monday for all participants.

Click here–> issma 2018 solo and ensemble contest – sheet1 (1)

Whether you’ve lived it or just heard about it, everyone knows the 80s and all the crazy toys, games, hair styles, and fantastic music. This weekend the music and theater programs are presenting the musical Back to the 80’s. Come join the class of 1985 of William Ocean High School as they re-live their senior year and all the great moments we all remember from high school.

Performances are Saturday @ 7:00 and Sunday @ 2:00 in the Northridge auditorium. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchases online at northridgeTP.ludus.com.

Hope to see you this weekend as we go Back to the 80s.

We are off and running, and this should be a terrific semester for our kids.  Below is a link to the parent letter we are sending home today (in case your copy doesn’t make it that far!)    In this letter we let you know our “Mandatory” dates for this Semester, and ask for you to check for any conflicts.  We also give you a chance to volunteer (Yay!  Yay!  Yay!) for one of the many areas that are open on signup genius!  First come first serve, so sign up fast!  Would you all please help us by completing the bottom portion of this letter and returning it to us by Friday?  We will need one returned for each student so that we know these dates have made it into your hands 🙂 Thanks everyone!!

Click Here–>2nd semester choir parent letter 2019(1)

If you would like to get a jump on signing up for the perfect slot before they are given to all of our parents next week, you can click on the Signup Genius tab above and make your selection first!  We hope your Christmas break has been fantastic!  Who stole all of the snow?!

We had a very Cool Yule last weekend and Christmas is almost is here in just a few short days! Our Christmas concert DVD’s were dropped off this afternoon and should be coming home with your student (7th graders will get theirs tomorrow morning). We also have a few extra copies (about 10 DVDs and a couple Blu-ray’s) that we ordered just in case it had slipped your mind to order. We’ll sell them tomorrow until they’re gone! First come first serve!

Also we have added a heaping helping of more Christmas pictures on the NMS Choir Beast Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Nmschoir/) check them out for some wonderful snapshots of a fantastic show! Lots more can be found here as well! A huge thank you to our wonderful Photo-moms who helped us out by taking pictures!!

Have a very Merry Christmas from the NMS Choir!:)