Email: hllewellyn@pretzelpride.com
Website: www.pretzelpride.com
Location: 300 East Ellis Street, New Berlin, IL, USA
Phone: 2174886012
Facebook: facebook.com/newberlinpretzels
Twitter: @NBHSPretzels1

Instagram: newberlinpretzels

YouTube: Pretzel News Network

TikTok: nbhspretzels

See diagram below. Effective on Monday, February 3, the buses will be in the bus lane on the WEST side of the building and the car drop off/pick up will be moved to Ellis Street for the remainder of the school year. Ellis Street will become 2 -Way on Monday as well.

NBHS Daily Advisory Agenda - Up-to-date information for all high school students shared in Advisory every day!

Mr. Bandy's Creative Media class dropped a music podcast on the Pretzel News Network this week. The students are working on a variety of content, but we went all music on the first one to give it a try. Cbeck it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtJgjLXncvI

February

4 Academic Challenge Team- Regional Contest

5 FAFSA Night 6-7:30 - Contact Dr. Viola if you need information

7 No CACC (Skills USA Competition)

8 Music Boosters Trivia and Chili Dinner - see flyer below

12 Q3 Mid-Term (Moved for 2 Emergency Days)

14 11:40 Dismissal

• 4:30 Cheerleaders Chicken Dinner See Flyer Below for Information

17 No School Presidents Day

20 6PM Board of Education Meeting

7PM NHS Induction

21 Senior Night - Basketball/Cheer/Pep Band

27 1PM Dismissal

Vote for Reid Hepperly for SJ-R's top breakout playing in basketball in the Springfield area!!

On Wednesday, Janaury 29th, there was an Open House held in the Old High School for the community to view the old building. Unanticipated findings with the renovation project in the cafeteria and old junior high changed the trajectory of planning an Open House during a weekend in February or March. The building is now closed down until the end of March due to abatement that was supposed to occur late spring. The power to the building will also be shut down in March. Plans are being made to have one more Open House prior to demolition; however, there will not be power in the building when we do this. We will try to have it on a Saturday or Sunday so people that are out of town can attend. Once we have more information on the renovation timeline, we will send that out.

There were several questions asked during the event that we are working on answers for -

What are we doing with the lockers? If you are interested in the lockers, please email Mrs. Larson at jlarson@pretzelpride.com

Is the clock on the hill from the Class of 1922 going to the new building? Yes.

Where are the class composites that hung in the hallways? They are in storage and will remain in storage. They have not been nor will not be thrown away. They were taken down 12 years ago when the high school hallways needed painted. The Photography Classes and Art Club captured the Class Composites of 1953-2010 digitally and a presentation of the pictures has been on Pretzels Alumni website since 2012. When we are finished with the building project, the presentaiton will be updated with prior classes and recent classes and displayed on monitors at the entry of the school and by the Dome. Click below to view the class composite images if you would like to!

Mrs. Pecoraro will be offereing an ACT Prep Course to Juniors during Advisory beginning the week of January 21st. We have access to this course through our Learning Express data base. Students that do not have an advisory due to CACC or Zero Hour can do this on their own; however, all juniors that are in Advisory will register and start the course with her during January and February. This is a great opportunity for our students and we appreciate Mrs. Pecoraro's expertise in sharing this with our students! Juniors will need to register for the course (the slide below was shared with them via email). An outline of the course is also included below.

Here is our building's Weekly Attendance Update through January 31st.

With approximately 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the United States plus scores of

government agencies, finding help can be confusing and intimidating. People who need help

often do not know where to begin.

211 call centers are staffed by trained specialists who quickly assess the callers’ needs and

refer them to the help they seek. It’s simple to remember, accessible to everyone, toll-free,

available 24/7, with multilingual capabilities.

211 in Sangamon and Menard County is funded by United Way of Central Illinois. By bringing

this service to the community, especially at a time when more individuals and families need

health and human service support, United Way is fulfilling its mission of mobilizing resources to

meet community needs.

👉 Check out the video below for more information about 211! #Team211

211 Video 2024

Click to View the Albums

NBHS Pretzels with a Purpose

NBHS Fall PBIS Celebration

WFNB Football/Cheer/Marching Band Senior Night

NBHS VB Senior Night

24.25 NB Music Program Fall/Halloween Concert Pics and Videos

24.25 FCCLA Fall Conference and Fundraiser Pics and Videos

24.25 NBHS Halloween Fun!

24.25 NBHS Career Day

24.25 Community Outreach Day

24.25 Spanish III Skeleton Project for Day of the Dead

24.25 BLDD Limestone Project

24.25 Thanksgiving Dinner

.25 Mrs. V's Friendsgiving Week

We would like to wish these Pretzels a Happy Birthday this Month!

February

2 - Alyssa Moore

5 - Miley Crow

8 - Hailey Starr

11 - Tayshaun Hopkins and Ethan Shull

14 - Maya Dirks

16 - Jaylynn Hartwell-Hayden and Max Pointer

17 - Mr. Cummings and Mr. Reuschel

19 - Kylee Gordon

23 - Ms. McGuire and Mr. Shafer

24 - Ms. Julian

25 - Cameron Hart

26 - Lainey Marr and Landon Robinson

27 - Abbie Luckey and Michael Pecoraro

Often times, parents do not know who to email or call about specific questions.

If you have a child in grades 6-8, they are in the Junior High, and the JH Principal contact is Mr. Radford - bradford@pretelpride.com

JH Secretary - Mrs. Bandelow - sbandelow@pretzelpride.com

If you have a child in grades 9-12, they are in the High School, the HS Principal is Mrs. Llewellyn - hllewellyn@pretzelpride.com

HS Secretary - Ms. Mills - cmills@pretzelpride.com

Scheduling Questions - Mr. Viola - jviola@pretzelpride.com

Registration Questions - Ms. Spann - jspann@pretzelpride.com

Attendance and Fees Questions - Mrs. Peecher - dpeecher@pretzelpride.com

Lunch Account Questions - Mrs. Pidcock - hpidcock@pretzelpride.com

Driver's Education - Mr. Holderread - nholderread@pretzelpride.com

Athletics - Mr. Lucas, Athletic Director - blucas@pretzelpride.com

You can buy Sports Passes for all home pretzel games from the Sports Boosters. To buy your pass, visit www.pretzelsportsboosters.com/athletic-passes

The sports boosters has agreed to help coaches with 8th grade nights and Senior nights by providing cup cakes and drinks for the team and flowers for the 8th graders/Seniors. If you would like to help the Sports Boosters with this, contact Renee Cooper for more information.

If you are interested in helping work concession stands at any home game, contact Kris Neuman at krisneuman@gmail.com or 217-741-3980.

The Pretzel Sports Boosters is always looking for parents to help make our program a success. If you would like to contribute in any way, please let them know at pretzelboosters@gmail.com

Pretzel Sports Boosters Officers

Jake Surratt - President

James Snyder, Vice President

Renee Cooper, Secretary

Kris Neuman, Treasurer

Scholarship opportunities will be posted here as we are made aware of them!

Please check out the link below to find out about the scholarships that Mr. Viola sends out each week to seniors!

https://studentscholarships.org/scholarships.php

LLCC Scholarships go live today. One application for access to over 150 available

scholarships.