March 15, 2013 Dr. Jasmine Kullar, Principal Wildcat Weekly on the Web News From Dr. Kullar Board Appreciation Week We want to thank our board members, Ms. Katie Reeves and Ms. Linda Schultz for doing all that they do. As elected officials, they are responsible for setting educational and personnel policies, providing buildings and equipment, operating a transportation system and approved the school system budget. Ms. Reeves and Ms. Schultz have provided solid leadership by being good stewards of taxpayers dollars and by ensuring that students are prepared for a successful future beyond high school, thanks to our district s five-year strategic plan. I personally want to thank them both for their continued support of our school! Scheduling Timeline January/February is the time where recommendations are made for classes for next year. We have received some feedback as we continue to tweak and improve certain processes. As a result, we are now creating a course booklet that will outline the courses provided as well as the pre-requisites needed (eg. Grades, test scores etc.). We are currently examining the prerequisites and changing some of them as many have been in place for some time. Our goal is to have this booklet on our website which will be referenced in the syllabus students/parents receive in August. If you have any concerns with any of the recommendations, please contact your current grade level administrator. As always, we welcome your input as we continuously strive for excellence in all that we do. CRCT Preparations After much thought and deliberation, we finally decided on a subscription to help prepare students for the CRCT s. We purchased usatestprep.com that will allow students to practice at home. This is a very user friendly website that many of our high schools use as well. If you have any questions regarding the website, please contact our graduation coach Ms. Michelle Robbins. Visit from Indonesia Rika Salmons, Director of AFS-Indonesia, came to Northwestern this week and presented to our seventh grade Social Studies classes about Indonesia as part of their unit on Southeast Asia. The students learned about the geography, social customs, government, and arts of Indonesia. They had the opportunity to answer questions for souvenir trinkets and learned a few words in Bahasa Indonesian. AFS is the largest student exchange organization in the world and has opportunities for American high school students to study abroad around the world. Currently, Fulton County is hosting over 10 international students in our own communities including two at Cambridge High School. For more information please visit AFS.org or contact our PTSA Co-President, Kim Jones, who is also an AFS program returnee! 3/18 Katie Reeves Community Mtg., Milton HS, 7pm-8pm 3/19 Linda Schultz Community Mtg., Crabapple Crossing ES, 9:30am-10:30am 3/20 Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night, Chick-Fil-A, Windward, 6pm- 7pm 3/21 Pride Wall Celebration in the Wildcat Den, 9am-11am 3/21 Talent Show, NMS Gym, 7pm 3/23 & 24 Chorus Southern Star Festival, 6th, 7th & 8th grade, Six Flags 3/23 Track & Field Meet 7th & 8th Grades, Westlake HS 4/1-4/5 Spring Break! Features Inside this Issue: Student Spotlight Teacher Spotlight Announcements NMS Athletic News Cambridge HS Info Milton HS Info PTSA Business Partners Foundation News 2-6 7-10 11-13
Page 2 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Congratulations to Rian Miller, 8th grader. Rian won the Wildcat Day T-Shirt design contest. Her design will be used on this year s Wildcat Day T-Shirt. Congratulations Riam! Congratulations to all our students who participated in last weekend s State Technology Competition held at Macon State College. 1st place winners: Avanthika Ramesh, for Digital Photography Neha Balachandran, for Multimedia Hunter Copp, for Project Programming Daniel Makarishchev, for Robotics Congratulations Wildcats! 3rd place winners: Isabelle Santaguida, for Animated Graphic Design Abhisri Ramesh, for Non-Animated Graphic Design STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS The Northwestern Art and Creative Club will begin meeting again on Tuesdays after school until 5:30 p.m. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 9 th and will run until school is out for summer. We will be working on visual journals, preparing artwork for the 6 th grade camp this summer and painting picnic tables for our garden! All students are welcome and invited! We will meet in Ms. Smittkamp s room. TEACHER SPOTLIGHT This week we would like to highlight Ms. Stephanie Young. When observing her classroom this week, her students were all engaged at different centers working on different activities based on their recent novel study, Chasing Lincoln s Killer. For instance, one group was on the computer playing jeopardy using the vocabulary they learned, another group was going through magazines trying to find facts versus opinions (realizing there were more opinions than facts) while another group was sorting out the events that occurred or did not occur in the novel. Her creativity and energy has been a valuable asset to Northwestern! We became so engaged ourselves that we ended up staying longer than expected! - Jasmine Kullar, Principal
Page 3 News From The Counseling Office: Milton: Verification forms are done early, so we will hand these out Monday of next week to students in homeroom. These will include teacher recommendations for math, science and language arts. Please make any necessary changes, but you cannot change from on-level to honors on this sheet. You will have to sign a waiver after school is out at Milton), sign with or without changes and return by March 25 th to the counseling office. All forms need to be returned. This is extremely important to return with or without changes as this is your registration confirmation. Please e-mail any questions to Janette Hinton at hintonj@fultonschools.org Cambridge: 2 nd verification forms will be given out to students around the end of March. Please make any necessary changes and return signed with or without changes. Stayed tuned to find out the exact date they will be given to students. Please e-mail any questions to Janette Hinton at hintonj@fultonschools.org Northwestern s got talent and we want to share it with you!! Come watch your Wildcats perform! See the best of the best at Northwestern on Thursday, March 21 st at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the Gymnasium door. You don t want to miss this event, so mark your calendars now to see the STARS of Northwestern Middle School!!! Attention Parents: Wildcat Day T-Shirts Students will have an opportunity to purchase the annual Wildcat Day T-shirt, celebrating NMS annual school event. Wildcat Day will be held on April 19th this year. Students will receive a Wildcat Day T-Shirt order form in PRIDE the week of March 11th. Order Forms are due back to PRIDE teachers by March 19th. Reminder - CRCT PREP CRCT is less than a month away, April 10 17th. Be sure to use USA Test Prep site at www.usatestprep.com, and www.gaoas.org for CRCT prep. Email Michelle Robbins if you need assistance. robbinsm2@fultonschools.org. Rika Salmons, Director of AFS-Indonesia, came to Northwestern this week and gave a presentation to our seventh grade Social Studies classes about Indonesia as part of their unit on Southeast Asia. The students learned about the geography, social customs, government, and arts of Indonesia. They had the opportunity to answer questions for souvenir trinkets and learned a few words in Bahasa Indonesian. Be sure and ask them about her visit! AFS is the largest student exchange organization in the world and has opportunities for American high school students to study abroad around the world for a year-long, semester, or summer program. Currently, Fulton County is hosting over 10 international students in our own communities including two at Cambridge High School. For more information please visit AFS.org or contact our PTSA Co-President, Kim Jones, who is an AFS program returnee also.
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Page 5 STUDENT PRODUCT FAIR COMING SOON!!!! Hey NMS Students Are you an ASPIRING Entrepreneur???? DID YOU KNOW the creator of Silly Bandz, Robert Croak, generated over $100 Million in sales revenue? Well, your chance is coming soon to be an Entrepreneur. On Friday, May 10 th, the PTSA and Student Council will host a Student Product Fair for all PTSA Student Members. The goal of this event is to empower NMS PTSA students to develop entrepreneurship and financial skills through experiential learning. It s EASY as 1, 2, 3. (1) Pick up a Product Fair application package at the Welcome Desk outside the Front Office. (2) Complete the application with a parent and place it in the box at the Front Office. (3) Start making a product and building up your inventory. If you have questions, please contact Lucretia Gaston at tutalugaston@aol.com, Ellen Hines mshines@bellsouth.net or Lyneve Hirsch lyneveh@hotmail.com.
Page 6 PHYSICAL EDUCATION CORNER Fit Fact: The enamel on our teeth is the hardest substance in the human body.
Page 7 C H S N o m i n a ti o n s f o r 2013-2014 P T S A O ffi c e r E l e c ti o n s C a m b r i d g e H i g h S c h o o l P T S A w a n t s y o u! W e a r e c u r r e n t l y l o o k i n g f o r o ffi c e r s f o r t h e 2 0 1 3-2 0 1 4 s c h o o l y e a r. W e h a v e t h e f o l l o w i n g p o s i ti o n s o p e n : Co- P r e s i d e n t, V P o f C o m m u n i c a ti o n s, V P o f A d - m i n i s t r a ti v e S u p p o r t, V P o f A c a d e m i c S u p p o r t, V P o f H e a l t h a n d S a f e t y a n d V P o f S e n i o r E v e n t s. B e i n g i n v o l v e d i s a g r e a t w a y t o s h o w y o u r s t u d e n t t h a t t h e i r e d u c a ti o n i s i m p o r t a n t a n d a n o t h e r w a y f o r y o u t o s t a y c o n n e c t e d w i t h s c h o o l h a p p e n - i n g s. W e c e r t a i n l y h a v e s o m e t h i n g f o r e v e r y o n e, e v e n i f y o u w o u l d p r e f e r a C o m - m i tt e e C h a i r p o s i ti o n r a t h e r t h a n a n E x e c u ti v e B o a r d p o s i ti o n. P l e a s e c o n t a c t S h a w n n a B o s ti c k ( s l b b a b @ a tt. n e t ) f o r m o r e i n f o r m a ti o n t o d a y. Cambridge High School Cheerleading Tryouts coming up!! What: Cambridge High School Cheerleading Tryouts (Football Sideline/Competition/Basketball Sideline) When: March 25 th, 26 th, 27 th, 28 th Monday Thursday Where: Cambridge High School Aux Gym Time: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. All mandatory tryout paperwork must be turned in by Wednesday March 20 th to Coach Chambless (room 2125). If you do not currently attend CHS, please drop off in the front office to place in the cheerleading folder. Tryout paperwork is posted on website at www.cambridgebears.com (cheerleading). Cambridge Jr. Cheer Tryouts Cambridge Jr. Cheer tryouts for the 2013 2014 football/basketball/competition squads will be held April 26 th, 27 th and 28 th, Friday Sunday at GA All Stars. There will be a mandatory parent meeting and try out registration on Tuesday, March 19 th at 7:00 pm at Hopewell Middle School in the cafeteria. Please continue checking the www.cambridgejrcheer.com website for registration forms, parent letter, and important dates to be posted.
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Page 9 2013 Milton Junior Eagles Cheerleading Parent Information Meeting Tuesday, March 19 th 6:30p.m. Milton High School Auxiliary Gym Open to Rising 6-8 Graders (Must be zoned for Milton HS District) Please join us for our information meeting to learn about our newly reorganized feeder cheer program and season. Registration Information, Tryouts, Coaches, and Program updates will be discussed. Find additional information at www.miltonjunioreagles.com under the MJE Feeder Cheerleading tab.
Page 10 Milton Theatre will be having auditions for Advanced Drama (our performance based productions class) on March 26 th from 4:00-6:00. Rising 9 th graders with acting experience are eligible to audition for this class. To secure an audition time, the students should contact Larry Smith at smithl4@fultonschools.org CIRQUE AUDITIONS Wednesday, March 27 th Milton Auditorium 4:00 7:00 PM (Rising 9th grade students get here as soon as possible after school) Wear clothes suitable to work skills in (t-shirts, shorts or sweats, hair up, athletic shoes) Water bottles are okay, but no other food or drink No special abilities/skills are required, just a willing spirit and a desire to have fun Cirque is a full year theatre course with a production at the end of the second semester. Contact Larry Smith at smithl4@fultonschools.org with questions.
Page 11 PTSA News Foundation News MILTON PTSA NEEDS YOU!! Milton High School PTSA is currently looking for officers for the 2013/2014 school year. We are seeking nominees for the following positions: Co-President, Recording Secretary, VP- Family Issues, and VP-Senior Events along with a variety of other Board positions that are available. PTSA is a great way to get integrated into the high school atmosphere and stay connected with your students and their world! We have something for everyone. Please contact one of us for more information and a listing of qualifications for each position. NMS will be participating in a pine straw fundraiser over the next few weeks. Please consider buying all your pine straw and mulch through NMS for your spring landscaping needs. There are multiple delivery dates to choose from and for an additional price, installation is available too! As you have probably noticed, Northwestern's landscaping could use some sprucing up too. There is an option to buy separately just 1 bale (or as many as you would like) to donate to NMS. Fulton County does not pay to add pine straw and clean up our school, so we would truly appreciate your support in helping keep our school grounds beautiful. One bale only costs $4.60! Please visit www.myteamworks.org/ NMSTechnology for more information and to place your order and pay online. Questions: email the NMS Foundation at NMSFoundation@gmail.com Milton PTSA Nominating Committee: Kimberly Jones 770-619-5459 kimstandenjones@yahoo.com SEE NEXT PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION! Deb Fowler 770-475-9516 Fowler664@bellsouth.net Foncia Fralin 770-262-4888 justtwogirlz@yahoo.com Northwestern is so thankful for the support of our business partners. Please help us to support them!
Page 12 Northwestern Families, When contemplating your upcoming Spring Landscape needs, please consider ordering your pine straw and/or mulch products from our Northwestern website. Every order placed on our website, will generate funds for our Landscape for Technology efforts and will also go towards improving NMS landscaping needs. Take advantage of the Buy a Bale/Bag for the School button on our website. You can choose to purchase as few as 1 bale of pine straw or bag of mulch for the school. If everyone in the school does this, it will make a huge difference in our abilities to beautify our school grounds. We have placed a link on our school website for your convenience or you can go to: www.myteamworks.org/nmstechnology Our website is open for ordering now, so please visit our site today and place your order. You may choose between multiple delivery or installation weeks, but we ask that you place your order as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the landscape products or scheduling, please contact TeamWorks at info@myteamworks.org Please keep in mind, when on our website, you can share the site with your friends and neighbors in the community via email or Facebook so they can help our cause. We have partnered with a local company, TeamWorks. They are able to offer us competitive prices for a top quality product along with professional delivery and installation. As always, thanks for your support. NMS Foundation Northwestern is so thankful for the support of our business partners. Please help us to support them!
Page 13 Business Partners Wildcat Weekly on the Web Restaurant & Food Partners Vintage Pizzeria 12540 Broadwell Road 770-817-6000 www.vintagepizzeria.com Shane s Rib Shack 270 Rucker Road 678-297-2041 www.shanesribshack.com/crabapple La Parrilla Mexican Catering Christina de Sequeira 404-502-0085 catering@laparrilla.com Jimmy John s 875 N. Main St., #304 770-569-4747 Harry s Farmers Market 1180 Upper Hembree Rd., www.wholefoodsmarket.com/store/ alpharetta Smoothie King of Crabapple 770-752-7400 www.smoothieking.com Menchie s Frozen Yogurt Sweet Apple Village 12030 Etris Road, Suite c-120, Roswell Scoops 12670 Crabapple Road, Suite 100 678-319-0066 www.scoopssweettreats.com Bagel Boys Cafe 11770 Haynes Bridge Road, Alpharetta 770-569-1009 or 4620 Kimball Bridge Road, Alpharetta 678-240-0205 Heavenly Gourmet Popcorn 875 North Main St., #305 770-442-5056 www.hgpopcorn.com Publix www.publix.com Hudson Grille 865 N. Main Street, #108 770-777-4127 Chick-fil-A Windward Avenue 770-410-3533 www.chick-fil-a.com Sweet Tomatoes Alpharetta 950 North Point Drive 770-777-9500 www.souplantation.com Educational Services Mathnasium of Alpharetta 13077 Highway 9, Suite 620 678-538-MATH www.mathnasium-alpharetta.com/ Crabapple Tutoring 270 Rucker Road, Suite 205 678-240-0936 www.crabappletutoring.com Barnes and Noble Mansell Crossing 7660 North Point Parkway 770-993-8340 C2 Education 5250 Windward Parkway 800-777-7000 Www.C2educate.com The School Place of Roswell 12315 Crabapple Rd., Suite 128 Alpharetta, GA 30004 678-319-0077 www.theschoolplaceofroswell.com Music Matters 631 N. Main Street Alpharetta, GA 30009 770-619-3456 www.musicmatters101.com Entertainment X-treme Gaming 360 770-664-6008 www.xtremegaming360.com Brunswick Zone Roswell Lanes 785 Old Roswell Rd., 770-998-9437 www.bowlbrunswick.com Andretti s Entertainment 11000 Alpharetta Highway www.andrettikarting.com Avalanche Entertainment, Inc. 3080 Northfield Place, Suite 111 Roswell, GA 30076 Atlanta: 770-751-0000, ext. 716 Toll Free: 866-353-3269, ext. 716 www.avalancheentertainment.com Area 51 Family Entertainment: Aurora Cineplex & The Fringe Miniature Golf 5100 Commerce Parkway Roswell, GA 30076 770-518-0977 www.a51fun.com Services Chapman Orthodontics 12220 Birmingham Hwy., Building 50 770-664-6008 www.drchapmanbraces.com Northside Hospital www.northside.com Office Depot 5530 Windward Parkway www.officedepot.com LaVida Massage Kroger/Crabapple Shopping Center 12460 Crabapple Rd., Ste. 205 Alpharetta, GA 30004 Call 770.740.0654 or book online at: www.alpharetta.ga.lavidamassage.com Georgia Natural Gas www.onlygng.com Northwestern is so thankful for the support of our business partners. Please help us to support them!