News Archive

"Coins for Kids" for Disaster Relief

May 16th - May 30th

Ms. Hartgering and the 7th grade girls’ advisory will operate a coin drive from May 16th to May 30th to raise money for disaster relief in China and Myanmar.  All proceeds will be donated to UNICEF, an organization that supports children, schools and families.  100% of funds raised will go to disaster relief in these areas.

“Coins for Kids” jugs will be placed in four locations: in the Headmaster's Office of the 4th Floor; in the Middle School Dean's office; in the Lower School Dean’s office; and, at the front desk.

We encourage everyone to support this worthy cause.

7th Grade Girls Advisory: Abby, Amari, Ardejiah, Kayla, Jane, Monet, Tameisha and Tatyana.

Regional Science Fair
March 8th

For three months, several NHCS students (and their advisor Mr. Goodgame) worked after school and on Saturdays to complete their research projects in time for the regional science fair. Out of 250 experiments entered in the Boston city-wide science fair this year...

Jaleel Wingard won 1st place in the Biology division and 1st place for Best in Show for all middle school categories!  Jaleel’s experiment is: "What is the effect of Electromagnetic fields on the fertilization and development of sea urchin embryos?"

Jessica Fernandes and D’Andre Almond won 1st place in the Biology division, 2nd place Overall and 2nd place Best in Show!  Jessica’s and D’Andre’s experiment is: "What is the effect of 670nm LED light irradiation on the metamorphic rate of T. molitor?"

Camila McCarthy won 1st place in the Chemistry Division! Camilla’s experiment is: "Recycling Biodiesel production waste products and biomass to create alternative fuels."

Cheyenne Napier won 2nd place in the Chemistry division!  Cheyenne’s experiment is: "What is the effect of alpha lipoic acid on the survivability of UV-C irradiated S. cerevisiae?"

Middle school science teacher Mr. Goodgame will be taking all of the students to the next level - the Massachusetts state wide science fair in June. Students will leave NHCS at 6:30 am on Saturday and will return at 6:30 pm that evening. If you have questions, please contact Mr. Goodgame [sgoodgame at thenhcs dot org].

We wish all of the students the best of luck!

First Fridays
Friday, June 6th
6-8 pm

Come meet families of new and current NHCS students and celebrate the end of the school year! There will be a BBQ, family basketball tournament and MORE!

Please email Ursula Wright at urszaiwri@yahoo.com to coordinate food and supplies.

Lower School Vocabulary Parade
Friday, June 6th
2:15-2:45 PM

We will be celebrating vocabulary on Friday, June 6th. Almost every week, students from the Lower School present a new vocabulary word that his or her classroom has learned. The presenter or “Word Wizard” wears a special “word wizard” hat, says the word, gives a definition and uses the word in a sentence. The students have been enthusiastic about all the words they have learned this year.

To extend this activity and to share our excitement about learning new vocabulary words, the Lower School will be having a parade of words around the NHCS campus. Weather permitting the parade will be outside from 2:15-2:45.

Please join us and cheer and applaud your children as they march by.

Community Garden

It’s spring time and Champions After School Program is planting a community garden.  The 3rd and 4th graders spent all day on Friday, May 16th tilling and irrigating the soil. 

The After Schools seeks donations of:

• Top soil or planting soil
• Compost materials
• Seeds or starter plants
• Help with soil testing (they have a soil testing kit)
• Anything else that might help the garden come along nicely would be great to have in the office for the children to use

Champions and the 3rd and 4th enjoyed preparing the garden and look forward to learning how to plant the garden.

Ancient Fishweir Project

On the Boston Common

May 7th - May 28th (closing ceremony to be held May 28th, from 1-3)

This May, students in the Champions After School Program traveled to the Boston Common to build a Fishweir, a Native American wooden fencing system to catch fish.  The Ancient Fishweir Project is an educational initiative of several organizations in Boston and is supported in part by the Friends of the Public Garden. 

The elaborate closing ceremony will be held on May 28th from 1-3, and will feature several members of the Wampanoag Tribe.  This exciting ceremony is open to the public.

See pictures of NHCS students building Fishweirs >>

Our Favorite Books

May 16 - May 30th

On May 16th Lower School teachers shared their favorite books at Lower School Town Meeting.  The books presented were either adult books or favorite children’s books.

Staff and parents are invited to share your favorite books with the school.  If you have a book you would like to recommend please make a copy of the book cover and write a short statement about the book and why you like it.  Book descriptions will be on display in the reception area and on the bulletin boards throughout the school.

The goal is share the joy of reading and to inspire them to make reading a wonderful lifelong activity. Questions are to be directed to Reading First Coach Harriet Yoffee [harriet at thenhcs dot org].

Read Across America
NHCS' fifth annual week of celebrating reading
March 3rd – March 7th

Read Across America is an exciting week dedicated to literacy and celebrating reading. The events include:

• March 3rd – March 7th – Read-A-Thon at Home
• Monday, March 3rd – Read Across America Pledge
• Tuesday, March 4th – Classroom Read Alouds
• Wednesday, March 5th – Drop Everything and Read
• Thursday, March 6th – Book Parade
• Friday, March 7th – Read Across America Town Meeting and Pajama Day

Boston Public Charter Schools Video – Parents' Voices
Boston Charter School Alliance

The Boston Charter School Association, an off-shoot of the Massachusetts Charter School Association, is producing a series of videos on charter schools in Massachusetts. This four minute section is focused on the voices of parents who send their children to Boston charter schools.

Please watch the video by clicking here.

Artful Adventures, Museum of Fine Arts
Thinking Through Art, April 10th
Mythical Creatures, March 13th

On March 13th and April 13th the middle school students visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to learn about mask-making and to learn how to think critically about artwork.

On the "Mythical Creatures" field trip students saw the art collections that relate to myths and creation stories and they made their own masks. On the "Thinking Through Art" field trip they viewed and learned how to analyze a diverse collection of artwork. Both field trips expanded the visual art curriculum at NHCS.

The "Mythical Creatures" field trip relates to the 7th and 8th grade students' current unit on Surrealism, and "Thinking Through Art" helps students to become critical viewers of art.

Funding for the Artful Adventure comes from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston which donated admission tickets and from the generous support of Target Community Relations which has given us money for art fieldtrips.

The students' Mythical Masks were displayed at the school's Spring Art Show which was held the last week in April.