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Location: 300 East Ellis Street, New Berlin, IL, USA
Phone: 217488602
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Oct 23

NBHS Band and Choir Concert 6PM @ NBEL

Oct 24

Oct 25

Oct 29

Michael Biesenthal recieved a Letter of Commendation for outstanding performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in 2023. In the Spring of 2024, he was identified as one of 50,000 highest scorers in the nation and is one of 34,000 that has been recognized as a Commended Student. Congratulations Michael!

5 New Berlin High School Students were recognized at the October Board of Education Meeting for being name Illinois State Scholars. Congratulations to Braiden Matthiesen, Griffin Fuchs, Kendall Sims, Savannah Kramer, and Michael Bisenthal. Pictured below with Mrs. Hattie Llewellyn, Principal and Mrs. Stephanie Neuman, Board President.

The 24.25 NBHS Marching Band Season came to a close last Saturday, and it ended with a bang! At the Metamora Competition on Saturday, we won Best Winds and Best General Effect in 2A and Won 1st Overall in 2A. Which means we’ve finished out our seasons with all 1sts!

At the Morton Competition on Saturday, October 5th, we won 1st Place in 1A and Best Winds in 1A, and at the Pittsfield Parade in August, we got a 1st Place with a 94/100 Best Drum Major!

Congratulation to Ms. Magrath and the NBHS Marching Band!

Click the link below to view highlights from all three competitions!

24.25 NBHS Marching Band Highlights of the Season

The NBHS SADD Organization will host our annual Red Ribbon Week beginning October 21st .

NBHS Pretzels with a Purpose (Click to view the album) - On the Morning of October 11th, we ran our Pretzels with a Purpose Program. Students participated in 4 different activities, featuring a College and Career Readiness session, a Social/Emotional Mental Health First Aid Session, a Postive/Healthy Relationship Building Session, and a session on Major Clarity, our college and career planning platform.

NBHS Fall PBIS Celebration (click to view the album) - On October 11th, we had our Fall PBIS Celebration to highlight what a great first quarter this has been! Students participated in a variety of activities: Jumbo Scrabble, Smash Brother's Tourney, Crafting Room, Chill Room, Movies, Indoor/Outdoor Recreational Activities, and Karaoke! It has been a great first quarter and we are looking forward to even more accomplishments during second quarter!

WFNB Football/Cheer/Marching Band Senior Night (click to view the album) - On October 11th, we honored our senior football, cheer, and marching band students.

NBHS VB Senior Night (click to view the album) - On October 15th we honored our senior volleyball players.

Check Out Our Highlights from High 5 Fridays!!

High Five Fridays

The 2024/25 FCCLA officers attended the Ignite Conference in Springfield on Sunday and Monday. We listened to a great Keynote speaker on Leadership and Technology, participated in several breakout sessions, and had time to plan our chapter's year of FCCLA. We are coming back charged and ready for a great year of FCCLA! See pictures below.

Hi families and friends,
Our school is participating in a creative fundraiser with Art to Remember that allows you to purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art. There are over 60 products and many are less than $20. These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. Click on the link below and enter the online order code shown on your child's order form or to search for your child's artwork. Then, have fun shopping!
https://arttoremember.com/school/576G6M

If you have any questions, please email Ms. Delai - mdelai@pretzelpride.com

Seniorita Kennedy's Spanish Club had quite a fiesta yesterday to celebrate the end of Hispanic Heritage Month. We had tacos from Cuatro Amigos, drinks and cookies, listened to music in Spanish and smashed a piñata full of candy.

Click below to view the album!

Here is our building's Weekly Attendance Update. We dipped below 95% this week - let's work to get it back up next week, Pretzels!!

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

The students below were nominated for the NBHS EXTRA Award this week by their teacher! Way to be EXTRA!!

• EXTRA Ready
• EXTRA Responsible
• EXTRA Respectful
• Molly Preckwinkle and Zoey Morris are this week's EXTRA Students!
  

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

October

22 Sam Herter

23 Mrs. Hepperly

24 Olivia Loving

25 Brayden Grider and Silas Hill

26 Matthew Madonia and Hailee Wilkinson

27 Mrs. McClarey and Mrs. Pecoraro

28 Aydin Littig

30 Ms. Lopez and Ms. Spann

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