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News from the North Campus – 9.11.20

From your north campus principal, Ann Taylor

What a busy week even though only 4 days long. Things are moving into routine here at north campus.  It has been fun even if chilly to have a touch of fall this week. I hope it is a restful weekend.

Upcoming Events:

  • September 14-15 Bake Sale – See the email that was sent on changes being made for this special time due to COVID protocols
  • September 15 Chapel (formal uniform)
  • September 17 Spirit Day
  • September 18 Gregory Feast. Each house has one feast a year. It is a good time of house fellowship with usually an activity, craft, bring things in for a service ministry – teachers for the house attend.
  • September 18 JCL Meeting Junior Classical League – Dialectic students participate in meetings. They meet in the Dialectic Hallway 3:45-4:45 with Anne Bradford
  • Calendar Notes for the rest of September and October:
  • September 21 Chapel (formal uniform)
  • September 21-22 Individual Student Pictures (formal uniform) Students wear formal uniform on the day of their pictures. Traditional grammar, Dialectic, and Bach on September 21 and Mozart cohort on September 22
  • September 21 Bach Parent Check-in 8-9. NOTE CHANGE IN DATE This is a voluntary attendance for our new and returning Bach parents to touch base and see how all is going with home day for Bach and share experiences. Come to the chapel.
  • September 23 Sixth grade Parent Check-in 8-9 NOTE CHANGE IN DATE This is a voluntary attendance for our new dialectic parents to touch base and see how all is going with the big change from grammar to dialectic. Come to the chapel.
  • September 24 Mozart Parent Check-in 8-9 This is a voluntary attendance for our new and returning Mozart parents to touch base and see how all is going with home day for Mozart and share experiences. Come to the chapel.
  • September 25 Dialectic Spirit Day This is once a month on a Friday for 6-8 graders only. We do a modified schedule for academics for dialectic only – have some kind of activity from team building, fairy tales acted out, 4-square tournaments, etc. They may wear their spirit day attire. Usually, there is a special lunch offered (they pay for the meal – not a gift – but no need to have to do it). The grammar does not participate in this at all.
  • September 29 Chapel (formal uniform)
  • October 2 Knitting & Crocheting Club 3:45-4:45
  • October 5 Chapel (formal uniform)
  • October 6 JCL Leaders meeting at lunch
  • October 5 Chapel (formal uniform)
  • October 6 JCL Leaders meeting at lunch
  • October 7 House Leaders Meeting at lunch
  • October 8 North View Event 9-10
  • October 9 Dialectic Spirit Day – 8th grade Egg Drop. Science project for dialectic 8th graders to determine how to keep the egg from breaking after being dropped from an 8 foot ladder – in the parking lot during Friday Forum (a weekly Friday event with special activities planned by Jake Schulte and dialectic team including sports, team building, skits, talent shows, and one Friday a month Dialectic Spirit Day with a special offering for lunch if students wish to purchase it)
  • October 9 Basil House Feast in the gym 12-1
  • October 9 JCL All District Certamen Tournament Midtown 4-6pm
  • October 12-13 Bake Sale (Chrysostom House)
  • October 12-13 Mornings with Mom Fellowship for moms and students. Moms come between 7-8:30 in the gym – it is a fun fellowship time
  • October 13 Chapel (formal uniform)
  • October 14 Spirit Day (Academy or House shirts with PE bottoms and shoes)
  • October 14 End of First Quarter.
  • October 15-16 Fall Break NO SCHOOL
  • October 19 Chapel (formal uniform)
  • October 19-21 TESTING WEEK We are using Stanford 10 National test.
  • October 22 TESTING for Mozart only
  • October 21 Kindergarten Mozart & K Trad cobbled Paddington Bear
  • October 22 Kindergarten Bach/Kind Trad Paddington Bear
  • October 23 Fall in-service @ North Campus – 1/2 day for Students NO LUNCH
  • Dismiss is at 11:35 for Traditional Grammar and Dialectic in normal locations.
  • October 26-27 Parent Teacher Conferences for Bach and Mozart (NO SCHOOL for Bach or Mozart students).
  • October 29-30 Parent Teacher Conferences for Traditional Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric (NO SCHOOL for Traditional grammar, Dialectic, Rhetoric) (Mozart WILL have classes on October 29.)