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Students lead cell phone policy review
Everyone knows that our school does a great job teaching students to have strong academic skills, organization and time management. Our classes, strategies and resources are specifically designed to meet the academic needs of our students. But a lot of what students learn in any school are the social skills, problem solving skills and sense of their community that will make them good college students, employees and leaders in their future lives. We spend a lot of time working on these "8th Period" skills as well.
Family Service Fundraiser Results
I received this update from Anne Osborne who helped coordinate our Change-ing lives fundraiser in February:
Junior High Drama Wins State Honors
A selected number of our junior high students competed in the North
Carolina Middle School Play Festival on March 17. The primary goals of
the yearly held festival are to foster collaboration and communication
among theatre arts programs, and to provide a supportive, nurturing
atmosphere for young artists. The event functions both as a showcase
and as a means of assessing and improving the standards of theatre
arts programs in the state. There were nine shows from middle schools
competing on that day and the students are judged by prestigious
educators, actors and directors in the field. The following students
were on the competition team representing Noble Academy: Rae Gordon,
Eleanor Shafer, Grant Geiss, Noah Taylor, Steven Garfunkel, George
Kirkpatrick, Walker Medlin, and Max Beaman There are five excellence
in acting for males awarded. Out of over 100 students competing that
day Max Beaman was on of the five winners. The students also won an
award for excellence in Costume Concept. There are two excellence in
ensemble acting awards given. Our students received one of them. The
plays themselves are rated as either good, excellent, or superior. Our
students received a superior rating. There are three excellence in
directing awards and your ever so humble Skelley received one. To
conclude Noble Academy took home five awards that evening. I am very
proud of these students and all the hard work and dedication they put
into this production. I would also like to thank the parents, whom
without their contributions, this show would not have been a success.
Three Noble Academy 8th Graders Win Writing Honors
Josh Kinley, Paula Kirkpatrick and Ian Moser have won the "Best Collaboration" in this year's Piedmont Young Authors Contest. Their book cover will be on the Piedmont Parent Facebook page, as well as in the Spring issue of Piedmont Parent magazine. Their book, Wall-E and Sally the Robot, will be honored at a reception Sunday, March 25 at theChildren's Museum of Winston-Salem, 390 S. Liberty St.
Spelling Bee
On February 16, Noble Academy hosted the Central Piedmont Non-Public Schools Spelling Bee. There were 24 spellers in grades 3-8 from 12 schools: The Piedmont School, St. Pius X, Our Lady of Grace, New Garden Friends, Carlisle School, B'Nai Shalom, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Bethel Hill Charter, Greensboro Academy, Phoenix Academy, Roxboro Community Charter, Triad Math & Science, and Noble Academy.
Professionals Breakfast
On Tuesday, January 24, Noble Academy hosted a breakfast for local school leaders, government officials, psychologists, pediatricians, audiologists, tutors, and other professionals who were interested in learning more about our school.
Homecoming 2012
Noble Academy students and families got a chance to show their Noble Knights spirit during Spirit Week, which culminated in Homecoming 2012.