NPHS Newsletter
April 5, 2024
North Putnam senior, Nolan Hackleman was named a Regional All-Star by the Indiana Association of School Principals at a banquet last week in Indianapolis. Nolan is the son of Neal and Kami Hackleman of Roachdale. In attendance to celebrate Nolan’s prestigious recognition were his parents; his sister, Kassidy; and members of the high school faculty, Mr. Chew, Mrs. Weaver, and Mr. Morgan. Mr. Morgan was selected by Nolan as his most influential educator.
Nolan is the only student from Putnam County to receive this high honor, which recognizes senior students who excel first in the classroom, but who also are actively involved in their schools and communities.
The Final Exam schedule has been posted for the past two weeks. Students are expected to be in attendance each day regardless of whether they have a final exam or not. Teachers will help students prepare for exams, and/or review completed exams to help extend learning. Students will also complete end of the year activities such as locker clean out, backing up of files, etc.
Final Exams will be as follows:
Monday, May 20 - Periods 3 & 7
Tuesday, May 21 - Periods 1, 4, & 6
Wednesday, May 22 - Periods 2 & 5
Greenhouse will be open M-F, 3:30-5 and on Saturday 8AM-Noon May 1st -May 22nd. You may come in to purchase plants during those times, or you can order them using this form
Did you know that North Putnam has a public Disc Golf course on the property? This was the brainchild of Mr. Brooks and Mr. Lawrence. The Disc Golf course officially opened in the Fall of 2023. It took a considerable amount of work by Brooks and Lawrence and a team of volunteers to clear and make the course a reality. We would like to thank all those that made this a possibility.
If you want to learn more about the sport of Disc Golf, reach out to Mr. Brooks or Mr. Lawrence, they would love to see the course used more, and are eager to help grow the sport of Disc Golf.
The course is open every day, but closed during school hours.
Recently a group of volunteers met on Sunday, April 21st to clear more and prepare the course for the 2024 season.
The Indiana College Core (ICC) is a block of 30 credit hours of college-level coursework in six competency areas. The Indiana College Core allows HS students to enter college as a sophomore, allowing students to have more options when they arrive on campus, whether that's a 2 year or 4 year program. The six competency areas that students must receive a minimum of 3 credit hours (1 course) in are:
- Speaking and Listening
- Written Communication
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Scientific Ways of Knowing
- Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
- Humanistic Ways of Knowing
In this issue we will look at the second competency, Written Communication. In order for students to complete this competency they must earn at least 3 credit hours, or one high school course in this competency. At NPHS we have two courses that students can take (6 credit hours) that will add to the 30 hours toward the Indiana College Core. The first course is ENGL 111, English Composition. This course is similar to the commonly known IU course W131. ENGL 111 is a prerequisite for almost all English courses students will take while in college and transfers very easily to all Indiana public colleges and universities. The second course students can take to earn credits toward the Indiana College Core is ENGL 215, Rhetoric and Argument. Both of these courses are offered at North Putnam High School, taught by N.P.H.S. faculty. Both courses are available for juniors and seniors to take, and are at no cost to students. We encourage students considering a 2 or 4 year college program to enroll in ENGL 111 and ENG 215 as juniors, which will open up the opportunity to take two additional dual credit English courses when they are a senior.
Stay tuned when next issue we discuss the different ways NPHS students can meet the Quantitative Reasoning competency.
