Tiger Tracks

NLABC 3rd & 4th Battle of the Books winners are: Trent Wu, Martin Lawrence, Carter Hooyer, Kjerstin Holden, Arielle Allen, Penelope Fernandez and Willow Sims. These students will represent our school at the District Battle of the Books on Thursday, 2/6/2025. Go Tigers!

K-5

Welcome back to music! Students are starting our semester reviewing procedures and instruments with a fun song about the cold.

Choir

Choir students are starting off the year working on their Belts in Choir Karate and beginning to prep for our upcoming events. Scheduled concerts this semester are below, we are looking forward to a great year.

• ASD Choir Festival (6th - 8th grade): Friday, April 11th, report @ 5 pm for 6 pm concert. Location: West High School.

• NLABC Spring Concerts:

• 6th grade: Tuesday, May 6th, 1:15 pm (student concert)

• All Choirs: Wednesday, May 7th, report between 5:15 and 5:30 for 6 pm family and friend concert

• 7th-8th grade: Thursday, May 8th, 1:30 pm (student concert)

Join NLABC Choir!

Singing can be a great way to improve your health. Did you know that singing in a choir positively impacts your heart rate variability, and that HRV is an indicator of aerobic fitness? Singing in choir also positively impacts the immune system. Choir is a great way to learn, make friends, and grow in physical health! And, just like all music classes, singing in choir is correlated with higher math scores! Bonus! :)

If you have questions, you can reach me at

congdon_darinda@asdk12.org

And you can always find more information on our NLABC music website at https://sites.google.com/asdk12.net/nlabcmusic

Darinda Congdon

Students from Grades 4th -8th will be competing in the annual School Wide Spelling Bee. This should be an exciting event with TWO Celebrity judges from KTUU! The Bee will begin at 8:15 in the MPR.

The Students Advisory Board (SAB) students have had a successful 2024, learning new communication skills with professional meetings, expanding knowledge with business leadership and onto 2025, illuminating NLABC’s wonderful school culture by becoming videographers to produce a recording for the ASD School Board and across ASD SAB students.

Our 7th and 8th grade students have scored high in both State testing areas regarding Math and Language Arts. As well as maintaining the reputation for academic performance, they are well-behaved studious students allowing teachers to teach the curriculum. They ended their year with celebration and with good cheer!!

As we approach 2025, middle school teachers strive to maintain enhancing academic performance while focusing on NLABC’s creed.

Happy New Year from NLABC Middle School!!

January 28: ASD Middle School Battle of the Books (West)

January 30: Q2 Middle School Academic Award Assembly @ 8:10 am

January 31: School Store opens . Please see below for details.

February 4: 5/6 City Battle of the Books Competition @ West High

February 6: 3/4 City Battle of the Books Competition @ West High

February 6: School Spelling Bee for 4th - 8th grade (MPR)

February 8: ASD Alternative Schools & Programs Expo. Please see below for details.

February 21: Blue Ribbon Achievement celebration @ 8:30 am. Please see below for details.