2015-2016 Archived News

NCS Celebrates its 5th Graders, Retiring Staff and End of School Year!

06/03/2016

Last night, NCS celebrated its 5th graders, retiring staff, and the end of a successful school year.

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Final NCS Community Gathering of the Year

06/02/2016

What a great final NCS Community Gathering of the school year we had this morning!

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NCS 1st Graders Build Catapults

06/02/2016

1st graders put their critical thinking skills to the test as they designed and built catapults.

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K/1 Students Visit the International Crane Foundation

06/02/2016

Our K/1 students, as well as our parents and staff who attended the field trip, enjoyed learning so much about cranes!

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1st Grader Boat Design Challenge

06/01/2016

NCS 1st graders rise to the challenge to design and build boats to hold the most weight.

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NCS Girls On the Run Community Project and Upcoming 5K Run

05/31/2016

NCS Girls On the Run enjoyed participating in a worthwhile community project.

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Mrs. Klawiter's Cake Boss Contest

05/31/2016

Mrs. Klawiter's class joined a high school class to learn cake decorating.

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Mrs. Klawiter's 2/3 Class Does Some Planting

05/31/2016

Mrs. Klawiter's class enjoyed some time outdoors planting in the NCS garden.

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NCS 4th and 5th Graders Go Canoeing

05/31/2016

NCS 4th and 5th graders were able to experience the outdoors in a fun way by canoeing!

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NCS 5th Grade History Play is a hit!!

05/26/2016

Our NCS 5th graders recently performed this year's history play.

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NCS 5th Graders Program Robots

05/25/2016

NCS 5th graders are exploring the world of robotics by programming robots.

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New Century School's "Greatness Circles"

04/29/2016

New Century School uses "Greatness Circles" to grow a community feel within its classrooms.

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Sidney Moore's Interview with Channel 15 News

04/15/2016

NCS student, Sidney Moore, was interviewed on Channel 15 News Monday night for girls interested in science.

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Mr. Gundlach's and Mrs. Klawiter's Classes' Creations of Terrace Town

04/15/2016

Mr. Gundlach's and Mrs. Klawiter's classes have been working hard on their Terrace Town. They have a great time lapse video showing their progress.

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NCS Starts Construction of Terrace Town

04/12/2016

NCS students have started constructing their Terrace Town buildings.

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NCS After-School Programs Kick off their 3rd Session

03/22/2016

On Monday, March 14th, we began our third and last 8-week After-School Session of the school year with a STEM Program, Bricks 4 Kidz Club, and Homework Club.

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NCS 2/3 Classes learn about population density from architect Josh Johnson

03/21/2016

Our 2nd and 3rd graders had a visit from architect Josh Johnson today and he taught them about population density.

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2/3 Classes do Community Walks to prepare for Terrace Town

03/18/2016

This week, our 2nd and 3rd graders have been taking Community Walks to provide them with better understanding for our Terrace Town unit.

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4/5 Students Rise to the Challenge to Build the Tallest Structure

03/15/2016

Mr. Lohr's students were given a challenge a few days ago to build the tallest structure they could with Keva Building Planks.

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Happy Pi Day!

03/14/2016

Mrs. Konop's 5th grade math class celebrated Pi Day today with various activities, including eating pie!

Read More about Happy Pi Day!

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4th Grade Native American Showcase

03/11/2016

NCS 4th graders created a Native American Showcase for students from other grades to visit and learn.

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NCS After-School Cursive Club is Enjoyed by Students

03/08/2016

NCS students met on Monday afternoons after school for the last eight weeks for Cursive Club!

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NCS Students Learn About Recycling and Engineering Through After-School STEM Program

03/08/2016

NCS students met on Monday afternoons after school for the last eight weeks for a STEM Program called "Go Green: Engineering Recycled Racers."

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K/1 & 4/5 Classes Learn About Different Types of Architecture

03/04/2016

NCS K/1 students had a visit from architect, Josh Johnson, today and discussed different types of architecture.

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2/3 Classes Prepare for Terrace Town Using Technology

03/03/2016

NCS 2nd and 3rd graders are using technology and playing Sim City to prepare for Terrace Town

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NCS 4th and 5th graders Explore Architecture

02/26/2016

NCS 4th and 5th grade students had a visit from an architect and used our new Keva planks to help them explore architecture.

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K/1 Classes Tour the Cave of the Mounds and Learn about Rocks

02/19/2016

Our K/1 classes had an interesting tour of the Cave of the Mounds today and learned about rocks too!

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K/1 Classes Are Introduced to Terrace Town

02/10/2016

Mrs. Austen’s and Mrs. Schneider’s classes received a great introduction to “Terrace Town” by a real architect, Arlen Kay.

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K/1 Classes Celebrate 100 days of School!

02/08/2016

Today, Ms. Austen and Mrs. Schneider's classes celebrated 100 days of school by counting, creating, and designing.

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Mrs. Klawiter's 2/3 Class Has Fun Yarn Wrapping the NCS Trees!

01/28/2016

As part of the Great Kindness Challenge, Mrs. Klawiter's class showed KINDNESS to the trees by wrapping them with yarn for warmth.

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4/5 Students Learn About and Dissect a Cow's Eyeball

01/27/2016

The NCS 4th and 5th graders learned about the anatomy of a cow's eye and got to dissect a cow's eyeball!

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Interested Incoming Kindergarten Families for 2016-17 Tour NCS

01/22/2016

School Choice Forms will be posted on Feb. 3 and are due by March 4!

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Fun in the Snow at Recess at NCS!!

01/22/2016

NCS students have fun on the sledding hill at recess at NCS!

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NCS Students Have A Fun Educational Experience at Aldo Leopold Nature Center This Week

NCS Students Go to the Aldo Leopold Nature Center

01/22/2016

NCS students had a fun educational experience at Aldo Leopold Nature Center this week.

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4/5 Students Explore Biomedical Engineering Field with UW Madison University Students

01/19/2016

UW Madison students brought hands-on learning to NCS 4th and 5th grade students in the field of Biomedical Engineering.

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NCS Participates in Great Kindness Challenge and "Kind Coins for Kenya"

01/19/2016

NCS classrooms will be focusing on ways to be kind to others.

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Winter Box Tops Competition at NCS

01/11/2016

NCS classes are competing to see who can bring in the most Box Tops and reach a school goal!

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NCS Celebrates the Continent of Asia

12/17/2015

NCS students enjoyed the opportunity to experience the continent of Asia!

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Poetry Pole at NCS

12/15/2015

NCS has its own Poetry Pole thanks to an idea shared by one of its teachers.

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