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I would like to thank all who attended The silent and live auctions throughout the Southern Hancock Education the evening were successful in raising Foundation (SHEd) Arts Gala this money for the foundation. Thank you SHED week. This event is held annually to to all who contributed items to be raise money to support instruction in auctioned during the evening. Your Southern Hancock Schools. generous donations are greatly ARTS GALA appreciated. The Gala was great fun Our middle school and high school and a way to support students and the students did an exceptional job of SHEd Foundation. providing the evening's entertainment. Thank you to all who I am proud of all of our young If you are interested in becoming musicians and artists who took time to involved with SHEd, please contact attended the Southern share their talents with the audience. Mark Kern, BWE Principal, for more information. Hancock Education Foundation Arts Gala.

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E n g l i s h S e r v i c e Did students read a book along with P r o j e c t s this project? Yes. However, for this project, students and learning, went beyond the classroom and beyond the Seniors in Lauren Temple's English school. For students who lack class had a service project for this motivation in school, who say "school unit. They were working on collecting is not for me", this project brought out donations of cans and toys for an a passion. They saw that while organization called The Caring Place. education is important, helping Two parts of this organization are people, serving people, being kind, events called The Thanksgiving and making a difference in their Giveaway and The Christmas Store. community is also important. This The Thanksgiving Giveaway is an project was totally student led. . event where families (or people) can come get a full meal that they can Along with the project, students had serve their families on Thanksgiving the opportunity to work at the Day (Groceries that they can then go Thanksgiving Giveaway. They will make at home) free of charge to them. also be working at the Christmas The Christmas Store is an event Store. Seeing students being kind to where children that The Caring Place those in need, offering a smile, has worked with all year come and extending a helping hand, and "shop" for themselves or family volunteering their time has been members, spending "zoons". It is rewarding. located on top of Burlington Coat Factory in Washington Square Mall.

Students held many fundraisers to help make these events a success. They had everything from a WEEKLY CALENDAR competition in the lunchroom against grade levels, competition between the English classes, a car smash/teacher­ 12/6 Band Holiday Concert, 7 p.m. pie­in­the­face, a movie night, kickball game, Mozzi's Pizza Night, 12/8 Choir Holiday Concert, 7 p.m. spirit week, selling candy, and a competition between the kindergarten classrooms at NPE.

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Written by: Steve Parry, Engineering Technology Teacher Wrestling Coach/Power Club Sponsor

P o w e r C l u b a t D C M S

P o w e r C l u b a t D C M S

Students in the DCMS Power Club are working hard to develop all muscle groups. They do strength training with weights and aerobic activities. The kids rotate through several stations which have different activities including the WEEKLY CALENDAR medicine ball, preacher curls, resistance bands, squats, and butterfly curls, to name a few. xxx Members get a T­shirt for joining the club and a pizza party at the end. The student who improves the most in push­ups and curls wins a trophy. An overall champion is awarded a trophy for most push­ups and highest curl weight. Each grade level has two trophies. The club is a pre­season activity for wrestlers, and keeps other athletes in shape between sports seasons. There are many reasons kids join the Power Club. Mostly, they all want to get bigger, faster, and stronger.

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12/5­12/9 12/7 12/8 Hoops for Hope Fundraiser during lunch Buck Period Anti­Bully Lessons Staff Meeting, 7:10 a.m. Student of the Month Luncheon Mozzi's 12/6 Choir Department Christmas Concert, McDonald's Night, 5­8 p.m. NPHS Auditorium, 7 p.m.

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H o l i d a y C o n c e r t The fifth grade students, Visions Choir, and Handchime Choir worked very hard and performed in beautiful NPE held its' annual Holiday Concert harmony! Special thanks to Mrs. Krug, on December 1st. Both the school and our music teacher, for her hard work on the parent performance were amazing! this performance! The gym held a packed crowd as students sang songs that helped us all remember what is most important WEEKLY CALENDAR during the holiday season. 12/7­ 6th Grade to NPHS to watch a performance, 1st Grade Field Trip to the Children’s Museum

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Student Principal of the Day WEEKLY CALENDAR B u l l d o g N e w s First­grade student, Jacob Cutler, was the Student Principal on Thursday, 12/5 December 1. He helped Mr. Kern with Student Council Meeting morning announcements, classroom Student Council Charities Present visits, and a stop at the 4th grade 12/6 2016 Candy Can Forest Campaign: Covered Wagon program! Thanks for BWE PTO Winter Workshop (12/6­12/9) November 28­December 2 the help, Jacob! Math Pentathlon 2/3, 3:30 p.m. All week Bulldog students were asked Visions Music, 3:30 p.m. to bring in non­perishable canned food Spell Bowl News items to help stock the shelves of the The Bulldog Spell Bowl team had the 12/7 Hancock County Food Pantry for the 3rd highest team score and a first place Robotics Club, 7:30 a.m. Holidays! Thursday and Friday proved in their class at the Greenfield area 12/8 to be the busiest days. The class that contest before Thanksgiving Break. On Math Pentathlon 4/5, 3:30 p.m. brings the most will win a candy cane the state level, the team placed in the party! top 25%! Wes Stiller also captured a 12/9 near­perfect round! Robotics Club, 7:30 a.m. BWE PTO Family Movie Night, 6:30 p.m.

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S C E N e w s We were also able to sing “Happy Birthday” to one of the WWII Veterans who was celebrating his 92nd birthday! Celebrating our Veterans! To learn more about the wonderful Our 3rd and 4th grade students at SCE organization of the Honor Flight, visit presented a Veterans Day program to honorflight.org. our school and community. 240 students sang a variety of patriotic Sugar Creek Elementary students also songs to honor our special guests, the collected 756 pairs of new socks for veterans. Along with the program, men and women to donate to the veterans and their families were invited Indianapolis VA Hospital and VA to a reception in the cafeteria. A special Home. We love our Vets! slideshow presentation was shown to honor all the family members of SCE Sugar Creek Spell Bowl Champions students and staff who have bravely On November 17th, the Sugar Creek served our country. Elementary 5th/6th grade Spell Bowl team placed first in their division and Students also had the opportunity to also first over all of the teams at the perform for the Indy Honor Flight local competition. They scored a 54 out Veterans at New Palestine United of 56 possible points, which after tie­ Methodist Church. Around 50 students breakers, placed them sixth out of 104 performed songs from their Veterans teams in the state. We had six perfect Day program to WWII, Korean, and spellers and two near­perfect spellers at Vietnam War veterans. the competition. We are so proud of this amazing group of students! The students and their families gave the veterans a standing ovation, and after the program, the students had the great honor of talking to and shaking the hands of the veterans. WEEKLY CALENDAR 12/5 Student Council Food Drive, All Week Go Green Club, 3:30 p.m.

12/6 DARE (6th Grade), 10 a.m. Robotics Club, 3:30 p.m.

12/7 1st Grade Field Trip, Children's Museum

12/8 DARE (6th Grade), 8:45 a.m.

12/9 PTO Movie Night, Double Feature, 6 p.m.

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