A little message from our school nurse to let us all know that there is help available to us if we are in need.
https://5il.co/ei6p
The Family Fair scheduled for April 15th has been canceled for this year.
Kindergarten Round-Up for April 20th will be postponed until this fall sometime.
Check out Mrs. Jirava's web page on the NCE Website (Menu > teacher pages) to listen to a read aloud by Mrs. Jirava and Freddy as well as finding any other Music related material
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https://5il.co/eaga
Check out Mrs. Flaten's web page on the NCE Website (Menu > teacher pages) to listen to a weekly read aloud by Mrs. Flaten as well as finding extra reading resources.
https://youtu.be/IdRzaOxssbo
With our Minnesota weather moving into spring we need all the walkways and steps free of ice for food delivery. Starting March, 27, 2020 there is no face to face policy in effect. All food items will be placed in a cooler. You can place your cooler in the usual food delivery spot. Food will not be delivered if there is no cooler due to the fact of food safety. Thank you for your cooperation in helping keeping everyone healthy and safe.
Missing our kids!
Sending love from Twin Valley, MN #aworldofhearts
3rd Qtr. Grades posting soon. If you dont have a studentvue account or have forgotten, send Dan an email requesting a new activation code. Then go to our website - Menu - Studentvue and make selection. Pick "more options" at the bottom to set up your account. See attachments.
Annalenna you added so much to our school! We are glad to know you! Good luck in all you do. Come and visit us some day
Norman County East Teachers Prepping for Distant Learning
A rainbow color scavenger hunt. You and your family can participate. Let' s see who finds the rainbow color in their homes. don't forget that there are seven colors in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
Ready set? You bet!
An updated parent letter now includes changes concerning meal pricing. Breakfast / Lunch is now free to all students. See News section for link, or visit the Students and Parents folder under the Menu/Documents section of our website.
Senior Class Of 2020:
A new document has been placed on our schools website in the "District Documents" section along with a link to it in the "News" section that concerns future distance learning for students. It is titled "Distance Learning Family Letter". Thank You.
On March 12th the River Watch team gave a presentation to the Wild Rice Watershed District. They showed this year's forum project video and explained what they have learned this year in River Watch. Thank you Wild Rice Watershed District for supporting the NCE River Watch program
Family Dance set for tonight March 13th for students in K-6 has been postponed till further notice. A phone call will be going out to all families.
Pennies for Patients is calling all heroes to join our squad! Families, our school has decided to take on blood cancer and our mission is to help find a cure. Be on the lookout for more information in the upcoming week!.
THANK YOU all who came last Sunday at the Plains Art Museum. I hope you enjoyed inspiring art works.
You are invited!
We celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the 17th!
On Monday, March 9 the jazz band and 13 vocal ensembles will be performing at the Subsection 30 Small Ensemble Contest in Mahnomen. 9:30-3:00 and is open to the public. Includes ensembles groups from all our area high schools. Come out and support our NCE musicians!
Grades 9-12 attend safe driving lyceum @ Ulen Auditorium. Four key points for safe driving:
1- wear your seat belt 2- don't drive impaired 3- put down your phone 4- drive at safe speeds
Expand your creativity horizons with others. Join us!
An After-School activity for the students! (K-12)
Youth Art Month is celebrated for the month of March and the Plains Art Museum will display three amazing NCE student artist’s work through the end of the month. Stop in to see the creativity of these young artists! Reception: Sunday at 3pm
Attention students, we want YOU! If you have any images of yourself/fellow classmates at school functions or events, email them to berthav@nce.k12.mn.us to be featured!
Please don't forget to buy your yearbook
kindness is so much more than just being nice. Google invites students (K-12) to tell us how to show kindness. Is it by helping around your home? it’s comforting someone who’s down...Take your ideas and bring them to life in your doodle.I'll be able to submit your art if you want
A critique is an oral or written discussion strategy used to analyze, describe, and interpret works of art. Not only is it important to experience critiques of your own work, but it’s also important to critique others. (9th graders: “Expressive Self Portraits”)
Fun Art!
Plains Art Museum is going to display “Celebrating: Youth Art Month.”We have three amazing high schoolers displaying their art work: Jayden Nadgwick, Brandy Smith, and Rylee Smith. They are representing us at this beautiful museum. If you’re in Fargo in March please stop by!
Send your Valentine a Soda Pop!
School Closed Wednesday 2-12-20, E-Learning Day. See Attached for information. Go to nce.k12.mn.us select Menu - Documents - Students and Parents - E-learning. Choose Day 1 and do the assignment listed for each of your instructors. Assignments due next school day.
Order your Yearbook!
ART CLUB.
Wednesdays after school until 5 pm
We will make: "Watercolor Galaxy"
SnoDaze: Events (3)
SnoDaze: Events (2)
SnoDaze: Events (1)
Snow Sculptures (2)
Snow Sculptures (1)
SnoDaze: Fear Factor
SnoDaze: Dodge-ball
SnoDaze: Coronation
Objective: 8th graders will think about who they are and learn how to make silhouettes of the human figure in motion. This project uses Keith Haring as inspiration. Students will tell a personal symbol through their artwork.
7th graders discovering transformations with tessellations!
7th graders discovering transformations with tessellations!
After-School Fun!
Everybody is welcome to join us!
(We have coordinated with After-School program)
C team vs Fosston
Now Hiring! Norman County East School has an opening for a Special Educational Paraprofessional with starting wage at $12.00. Position will be opened until filled. Contact Rob Nudell or Dustin Flaten at 218-584-5151
NCE is and Equal Opportunity Employer
Tessellation Painting: Kaleidocycles
2D students created a painting based on the historical procedure known as tessellation painting. Later they made a 3-dimensional ring (kaleidocycle). This is a nice interactive piece
Congratulations to the NCE-UH One Act play for being named alternate at the Section 8 / 30 One Act Play competition in Ada Thursday evening. In the event that one of the top 2 teams can not attend, the NCE-UH team would take their place in Crookston next weekend! Way to go!
1/2 time vs. LPA GBB
Varsity warming up before playing LPA
Bingo night for Spanish club at NCE
Due to the weather day on Friday January 16; Quarter 2 will be extended until January 21, 2020.
High School students are to report to quarter 2 classes on Tuesday, January 21.
Quarter 3 will start on Wednesday, January 22.
School will be closing early today due to weather. Buses will be leaving Twin Valley at 11:30 today.
Saturday (1-18-20) Youth Basketball & Snowflake League is CANCELLED due to weather.
Art Club has been cancelled today due to weather conditions
Every Friday elementary students in Mrs Jirava's music classes enjoy learning stations with fun games and activities to reinforce concepts they learn throughout the year.
Dr. Anderson's 9th grade careers class demonstrated Teamwork in class on 1/9/20. In their groups the leaders were not able to touch or help build, they could only suggest ideas. Materials used were marshmallows and spaghetti noodles.
There will be a public meeting on Monday, January 13, 2020 at 4:30 pm. This meeting will be to present the World Best Work Force Report. The meeting will be held in the media center in the Twin Valley School.
The Art Club began yesterday with a wheel throwing demonstration and practice. This club is open to students of all ages every Wednesday from 3:15-4:15 pm. Stop by!
Mrs. Schow's 8th grade students had to build a DNA replica using different candy items. They had to label parts of DNA and show how each candy represented that part of DNA.
After-School Program: Art Classes
The Girls Basketball team and Mr. Hanson's 8th grade class made Christmas cards for the Children at Sanford Hospital right before break.
Norman the elf was up to no good this morning! We are sad that today is the last day we will see him until next Christmas HOPEFULLY!!!
Seniors and 7th Grade pair up for some trivia fun!
Who knew?!? Norman the Elf knows how to play drums!!
Great "Animal Plaster Trophy Head Busts" pieces. 8th graders are demonstrating different methods of sculpture by removing amounts of material or adding until form (head and neck) is refined. Fun project
A nice story about giving which includes our 1st grade students. Great job kids!
https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/misc/NDT---Kids-Giving-Back-To-Kids-566345071.html
Norman the Elf found his shelf this morning! He looks a lot more comfortable then he was yesterday!!
Santa Sale is in full swing today! Students are shopping, wrapping, and full of cheer.
The first graders helped a student’s family decorate 40 stockings today. The stockings will be filled with goodies and given to children in shelters in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
The first graders helped a student’s family decorate 40 stockings today. The stockings will be filled with goodies and given to children in shelters in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Senior High Band
Senior High Choir
Decking the Halls
JH High Band
Junior High Choir
Norman the elf got himself in a bit of trouble.
The Welding class at work.
Thank you to Mike Nelson for his years of service to the Norman County East School District.
Norman The Elf Stopped in for a Visit
The Elementary Holiday Program from yesterday is available to watch on YouTube. Check it out!
https://youtu.be/M9_HMO9KWSI
Titan Robotics
Titan Robotics in action.
Titans vs Rothsay
NCE-UH VS. ROTHSAY
On Tuesday, the building trades class toured Dynamic Homes. Here are a few pictures of their tour.
House For Sale: This house will be ready to move in late May. Call Mike Boman at NCE for more information: 218-584-5151.
Junior high girls basketball in Twin Valley tonight! Go Titans!
Gift Wrapping Services
Interacting with Tape Cast Sculptures (Installation art modify the way students interact with a particular space by creating an immersive and a multi-sensory experience).
Spanish 3 learning to do the Flamenco dance!
Norman County East school and buses will be two hours late this morning, Monday, December 9, 2019.
Pep band sounds great tonight! Go Titans!
The PTO thinks NCE is 'Snow' cool! Have a great winter from the NCE PTO!
NCE's Wonderful Occupational Therapist Mary Alice was caught being the I in Kind!!
Talented and hardworking (After School Pro.)
It’s always a fun tradition at NCE for our students to have the opportunity to sing at West Acres. Great job to our 4-6th graders!
Computer Concepts finished creations. Tomorrow we are making the wrapping for their gifts!
Being creative (After School Pr.)
Computer Concepts another glass container
Process of applying the decals.
Computer Concepts class using word and water slide paper to create glass container for the holidays.
53rd Annual Turkey/Ham
Twin Valley Community Center - 6:00 PM Saturday, December 7, 2019
Buy a raffle ticket for $5 and be eligible for a $500, a $100 or a $50 cash drawing (Need not be present to win for the cash drawings) PLUS you'll get 5 free games of bingo!!
Tickets are currently available from NCE Dollars for Scholars, FVCL or MHS members or from Kathy in the NCE High School Office Blackout prize is $100 in Booster Bucks Bingo Prize is a flat screen TV
Sandwiches, chips, pop, bars and coffee will be sold during the event
All proceeds go towards scholarships for Norman County East Students
Congrats to the Lady Titans for picking up their first win of the season vs. DGF tonight! 79-66 #TitanPride
Junior High Students working on team work by trying to untangle their human knot!
First grade getting ready for the Elementary Holiday program that will be on Friday, December 13th at 1:30!
Junior High Boys Basketball for all 6th/7th/8th grade boys starts Monday, December 9th! Must have updated physical to play.
In 8th grade Earth Science the students are learning about plate tectonics. Today the students modeled the movement of tectonic plates using cool whip and graham crackers.
8 NCE seniors toured BSU and NTC today to learn about options for Post Secondary Education.
In chemistry the students are learning about physical and chemical changes. Today they completed a stations lab where they conducted different tasks and identified them as a chemical or physical change.
In 7th grade Life Science we are studying organelles. Today we made Golgi Apparatus fanny packs. The students will earn bonus points if they wear their fanny pack all day
We had a great turnout for Meet the Titans night! It was a great way to kick off the basketball season! #TitanPride
Business Communications finishing their maps!
Accounting 1, 2, 3 are enjoying playing Monopoly Accounting Style. Using Monopoly to learn transactions using a hands on approach.
More students and staff caught being the 'I' in KIND
I sure have been catching a lot of students AND staff being the 'I' in KIND this week! We sure do have an Amazing school!! Way to go!!
Guitar with Mrs. Habedank!
Guitar with Mrs. Habedank!
Good work (After School Program)
Having fun! After School Program
Business Communications Class.
We are studying Visual Arts, students are partnered up and have to create a map of the school.
Mr. Schow's 7th graders were each given 2 word problems they needed to write and solve a proportion for each. Then they needed to order their solutions from least to greatest without writing their solutions on the board.
Be the 'I' in KIND
Last week, Future Volunteer Community Leaders went to Churches United to help the homeless program.
Mrs. Schow's 11th and 12th grade Environmental Science doing a Filtration Lab
volunteering to bring some color and their favorite animated characters to the Special Ed room
Veteran's Day Program
Veteran's Day Program
Solo Contest Participants
Food Drive
Veterans Day
Join us Monday at 2pm for the Veterans Day program.
Catch up with the latest student stories, sports scores, and news updates. It’s everything NCE, in your pocket. If you haven’t already, download the app on Android: http://bit.ly/35gr84v or iPhone: https://apple.co/357oC0B
finishing their mural paint (2D Art Class)
Great job 4th grade!
Practicing Tape Sculpture in Art (he can breath)
A great turnout for Bingo for Books tonight! Make sure to check out the Book Fair this week.
We are loving our new app! Access sports scores, cafeteria menus, news updates, and even emergency notifications, right from your pocket. Download the app on Android: http://bit.ly/35gr84v or iPhone: https://apple.co/357oC0B.
Come on out for Bingo for Books tonight!
On Thursday, November 7, the NCE junior and senior high choirs will have their fall concert. The concert will take place at 7:30 PM in the gym, right after Parent Teacher Conferences. We hope to see you there!
The NCE band and choir will have 17 students performing in the Subsection Solo contest at Ulen-Hitterdal today. Performances will take place between 12:30 and 4:30 PM. This event is free and open to the public.
Norman County East Chapter of Minnesota Honor Society Inductees 2019-2020
Seniors
NCE Halloween
Elementary students are learning about careers. Thanks to the 9th grade for sponsoring the event.
NCE Vex IQ robotics teams.
Directing attention.....
NCE Inservice
Check out the monthly newsletters available at the end of each month. Go to documents and then parents and students.
A tough loss for our Titans tonight. Thanks for a fun season. #TitanPride
Minnesota Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Tuesday , October 29 at 6:30 pm in the Media Center at Norman County East School.
Nce advances. They play on Wednesday at 7pm in Wadena. Good luck ladies!!
NCE verses Rothsay
Reminder: There is no school on Thursday and Friday of this week and also Wednesday (23rd) of next week. Enjoy!
Minnesota football at it’s best. 0-6 at the half. Let’s go Titans! #TitanPride
Wednesday, October 2nd is Walk to School Day! We are celebrating by encouraging all students who are able (weather permitting) to walk or bike to school tomorrow. Take a photo and use the hashtag #mnwalks
It's the first night of ECFE for the year! All families with kids age 5 or younger are encouraged to attend. Playtime, singing and a snack for kids and adult interaction for parents/caregivers! It's FREE and open to all!
It's Spirit Day Titan Fans! It's a busy afternoon and evening. Join us for the pepfest and parade this afternoon, come out to tailgaiting for a $5 Titan meal and game time is 7pm! The Kids Carnival has been postponed due to the weather. #TitanPride #NCEHomecoming2019
Titan Volleyball at 5pm in Crookston. Go Titans! #NCEHomecoming2019 #TitanPride
Today is pajama day! #NCEHomecoming2019
Here are Tuesday's events! Come on out and support the Titans tonight in Twin Valley! #TitanPride #NCEHomecoming2019
Here's what's happening today for Homecoming. We hope to see you at Coronation this evening! #NCEHomecoming2019 #TitanPride
It's Homecoming Week NCE! We hope you can join us for one or more of the events happening during the week. Don't forget to have your kids participate in the dress up day themes! #NCEHomecoming2019
Homecoming is already next week! We are excited to be in one location this year so all of our students will get the opportunity to participate in the fun. Look for more information soon. #titanpride
Thank you to all who helped with the installation of the preschool playground today! Please wait until tomorrow before going out to play on it so the concrete has time to set. There will be a couple of bouncy animals added in the next week as well.
We are making good progress. Some of our high school kids are getting hands on experience while the elementary kids are anxiously waiting to play on the new equipment.
Playground installation is in progress. It’s a beautiful day, come out and join us!
Please join us to install the preschool playground tomorrow if you are able, we need people of all abilities! Come anytime between 10am - 7pm. We will post updates throughout the day.
Happy 1st day of school! We are so excited to see everyone this morning.
It was a great night for football! Titans win 15-0 over the KCC Bearcats #titanpride
Volunteers Needed!
When: Wednesday, September 4th 8am-8pm
What: Preschool playground installation
We will work around recess. Contact Sarah Kjono if you are able to help out. Sarahk@nce.k12.mn.us or 218-204-0214
Thank you!
Updated agenda: There will be a parent meeting at 6 pm for PreK-6th grade in the gym. The 7th grade orientation will be held at 6:30 in the gym.
We've had some questions about the Preschool playground. The equipment has been ordered and is scheduled to be delivered during the last week of August. We plan to have it installed before Preschool starts on September 9th!
The 2019-2020 school year starts in 3 weeks! Join us for Back to School Night on Wednesday, August 28th.
NOTICE: Big gym in Twin Valley is closed until volleyball season. DO NOT ENTER.
Very successful day for the playground installation! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who helped in one way or another. Just a little bit left for tomorrow.
