Notes from the North Campus – 9.18.20

From your north campus principal, Ann Taylor

Life at north is going well and getting into routine. We have experienced our first Bake Sale (Monday/Tuesday) COVID style that went well (thank you, HPO); cross country practices sprinkled into the week; a nice outside chapel with a message from Mr. Doberenz (debate dialectic teacher) on Tuesday as well as a grammar cross country meet at south campus (thank you, for hosting south campus); Kindergarten substituted a Space Day creative curriculum instead of a field trip for each class (KBach on Wednesday, KMozart and K Cobbled on Thursday, and KTrad on Friday) so lots of space adventures were to be had; volleyball practices and tournament were attended the later part of the week; and we are concluding the week with our first house feast for Gregory House at lunch (thank you very much Gregory parents) and JCL meeting after school for all those Latin students participating this year.

It has been great to feel like we are getting into “normal” for the 2020-21 school year. I hope everyone has a delightful weekend!!

Upcoming Events:

• 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.

Calendar:

• 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).