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Welcome to the home of the
North Columbus Stars! |
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Our Vision for
North Columbus Elementary |
As stakeholders
invested in the comprehensive education of young people and
the development of the whole child, we have an opportunity
to make North Columbus Elementary School unlike any other
school in the Muscogee County School District where children
customize their own learning, cultivate long-term
relationships between peers and adult advocates, and explore
personal interests outside the realm of academics. In
collaboration with parents, students, and community members,
educators have an opportunity to begin the home-school
connection that creates lifelong learners and responsible
citizens.
-Dawn Upshaw |
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Mission Statement:
North
Columbus School encourages discovery for creative and
innovative thinking so that children become life-long
learners empowered with essential life skills. |
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Click here
to view the
January29th Friday Flyer. |
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Congratulations, Mrs. Deann Hunt, NCES' Teacher of
the Year! |
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You
can purchase a NCES shirts!
t-shirts = $10
long-sleeved
t-shirts = $15
sweatshirts = $20
hoodies = $25
NCES caps = $12
NCES caps may be worn to school on Friday. (Spirit
Days) |
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The
Green Team will start recycling phone books.
NCES students should bring their phone books to the
New Green Team Recycling center located in the small
hallway between the Art room and the cafeteria
either on their way to breakfast or lunch. |
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Learn more about Be There at
www.bethere.org.
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Breakfast and lunch are offered at North Columbus
Elementary School and may be purchased using cash,
cashiers checks or by paying through
www.mylunchmoney.com
Personal checks will not be accepted.
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Click here for the 2009-2010 MCSD School Calendar. |
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Tuesday, February 2nd is an Early Release Day.
Students will be dismissed at 1:15. |
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Progress Reports will be sent home on Wednesday,
February 3rd. |
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SCOPE pictures will be taken on Thursday, February
4th. See the Friday Flyer for a complete list. |
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All
Parents of 3rd and 5th grade students are invited to
attend a CRCT informational meeting on Thursday,
February 4th, beginning at 6 PM. |
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Class and individual pictures will be taken on
Monday, February 8th. |
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The PTA
sponsored Daughter-Daddy Dance will be Friday,
February 19th from 6:30-8:30 PM. |
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The
NCES Spirit Store will be open for business the
first and third Tuesday of each month from 8-8:30 AM. |
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NCES
uses Renaissance Learning's Enterprise. This
is a web-based approach to all of the Renaissance
programs our school uses. The programs we use
are STAR Reading, Accelerated Reader, and STAR Math.
There are 100,000 quizzes available from AR.
1,000's are added each year!
Another valuable tool provided by Renaissance is AR
Bookfinder. Visit
www.arbookfind.com
to search for titles at the appropriate level that
your child will find interesting and enjoyable. |
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Renaissance Home Connect
Click here for a link to the Renaissance Home
Connect website where you parents and students can
view Accelerated Reading test results using a
student issued logon and password information.
(Contact your child's teacher if you would like to
have the logon information.) |
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North Columbus Media Center |
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Muscogee County School District contains 61 schools and
alternative centers, consisting of 34 elementary schools, 11
middle schools, eight high schools, and eight program
centers.
For more
information, visit the MCSD web site. |
 CLASS,
an acronym for Connecting Learning Assures Successful
Students, is a comprehensive curriculum model and philosophy
founded by Barbara Pedersen.
For more information, visit the CLASS web site. |
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