EAGLE NATION NEWS

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Hello Eagle Families! 🦅

The first semester of the 24-25 school year is quickly coming to an end and believe it or not it is officially the beginning of the holiday season!

Not only is December full of the hustle and bustle of the holidays but school will gear up with basketball games, musical performances a few field trips and of course semester finals!

Upcoming Events in December:

• K-12 Christmas Program
• This will be held December 9th in the Nest gym at 6:30. Please join us as it is always a wonderful way to kick off the season!

• Winter Break:
  School will be closed from December 20th-January 3rd for Winter break. School will resume on January 6th with early dismissal at noon.

The Norwich School Staff would like to wish all our Eagle families a joyful holiday season and a happy New Year!

• The Goal of Athletics/Activities at Norwich Schools

  1. Teach life lessons of being a part of a team, working towards a common goal, time management, and communication.

  2. Build memories and relationships that will last a lifetime.

  • Basketball season is now in full swing with the High School starting their practices two weeks ago and the Junior High has already had one game.

  • Red and White Night will be December 3rd, 2024 at 5:30 pm.

  • Homecoming will be Friday, February 14th, 2025.

  • Senior Night is Tuesday, February 19th, 2025.

  
  

  • Powerlifting has begun and there are several dedicated young men and women putting in a lot of work to get stronger.

  
  

  • Scholar’s Bowl has been to two meets thus far this season under the guidance of Coach Lohrman and are getting better each outing.

  
  

  • KAYS: Indigo Nichols was elected KAYS (KS Assoc. Of Youth) Area President. For those unfamiliar with KAYS, it is an organization that builds character, promotes good citizenship, and improves life skills. She will be one of only 6 area presidents in the state of Kansas. Way to go Indigo!

  
  

  • Fall Sport Season Honors:

  • Reagan Smith was First Team All-League in Volleyball

  • Kyler Murphy was 2nd Team All-League/District Quarterback and Defensive Back

  • Braxton Poe and Kruce Liddeke were both named 2nd Team All-League/District Offensive Linemen and Honorable Mention Defensive Lineman.

  • Lucas Hilger was 2nd Team All-League/District Linebacker

  • Brayden Pauly was 2nd Team All-League/District Punter

  
  

  • Middle School Volleyball had a great season and finished 3rd place in a very competitive league. The young ladies played hard and worked together as a team.

  
  

  • In Middle School Football four young men got to play 11-man football this year as a co-op with Kingman Middle School. They learned a lot and were integral parts of the team.

  Thank you for your wonderful support of all Eagle Extracurricular activities. This community is second to none in the support it gives our youth.

  
  

Is your child sick or plans have changed during the day? If you need to contact the school office for any reason by email, please use our new email address norwichoffice@knusd331.com. This will help us get messages to your child when there are substitutes in the office for the day.

Board policy allows students and staff to charge up to $15.00. Once they have charged $15.00, the policy dictates that we provide an alternative meal (in our case, this is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich).

Each Monday parents will receive a text and email when any payor account balance is $10.00 or less.

Once your account is negative you will receive daily texts, emails and/or phone calls to make arrangements for bringing your account current, as well as a reminder to send lunches from home.

Congratulations to the students in the picture who were awarded the Responsibility Award for the month of November!

In December our focus is Empathy. One way to think about Empathy is “understanding and connecting with other people’s feelings.” Empathy is a practice that can help us grow strong relationships. Empathy is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Kind. Throughout the school, students will be developing skills like perspective-taking, conflict resolution, and leadership.

Best of luck to all students as they take mid year assessments and high school finals. Get plenty of rest, eat a good breakfast, and make time to study so you can show all you know!

Jostens is providing and easy way for students and patrons to upload photos for the yearbook staff to possibly use in the 2025 yearbook. Photos you take of school activities can be shared easily. By using this site, your photos will go directly into the yearbook image library. Start by photo sharing website. Enter your information and you are all set. Photographers will be credited for any photos used in the book. Thanks in advance for your support and helping us capture all aspects of the 2024-25 story.

Senior salutes are parents’ opportunity to commemorate student achievements and important milestones. Jostens is managing the senior salute sales so please do not contact or send materials to the school. This opportunity is for senior parents only! Page space is limited so ONLY ¼ page MAXIMUM is allowed PER senior. Room only allows for ¼ page to be dedicated to each senior. Parents in different households may share the ¼ page space and create it together or each buy an 1/8 page. The staff needs to know how much space to reserve so all online senior salutes MUST be complete and paid for by January 31, 2025. The staff needs to know how much space to reserve so all salutes MUST be finalized and purchased by this date. A printable instruction sheet and link to order online will come home with your senior. Senior salutes can be created online from both desktop and mobile devices. Parents have various salute designs to choose from giving them more creative freedom over their salute. Watch the school newsletters and school social media for important information regarding seniors. Contact Mrs. Brewster at tbrewster@knusd331.com with questions.

Please be aware that yearbook fund gets a commission from Strawbridge for the photos you purchase. It is one of the yearbook fund raisers. Thank you in advance for your support in purchasing pictures. Mark your calendars as it’s IMPORTANT for all students, teachers, and staff to be present on picture days!

1/29/25: Spring individual portraits, winter sports and second round of clubs/organizations.

3/27/25: Spring sports and final round of clubs/organizations.

Still need to order follow steps below:

Having Strawbridge issues? Contact customer service at the number or email above.

We hope everyone is having a great year so far! NHS cheer is excited to announce we will be having our Mini Cheer Clinic in December this year. Our theme for the performance is "Cowgirl Christmas". Forms will be sent home at the beginning of November, but there will always be forms available in the office if needed. The performances will take place during the high school varsity games on Friday, December 20th. Please see the photo for more information and if you have any questions, please reach out to Coach Erin Walter by calling the school or emailing ewalter@knusd331.com. GO BIG RED!!

All students enrolled in the Kingman-Norwich School District between the ages of 7-17 are required to attend school on a regular basis in accordance with Kansas statutes and district attendance guidelines. Daily attendance records shall be maintained for each student and building Principals are responsible for enforcing the attendance policy. The Kingman Norwich Board of Education has approved seven (7) reasons for students to be excused from school. The reasons are as follows:

1. Personal illness – Up to 7 absences for personal illness will be considered excused when parents make appropriate notification to the school office. Any absences due to illness in excess of 7 days will require documentation from a doctor or other qualified medical professional;

2. Health-related treatment, examination, or recuperation;

3. Serious illness or death of a member of the family;

4. Obligatory religious observances;

5. Participation in a district-approved or school sponsored activity or course;

6. Absences pre-arranged by parents and approved by the principal; and

7. Students of active-duty military personnel may have additional excused absences at the discretion of the principal for visitations relative to leave or deployment.

An unexcused absence is one which has been classified as such by the building administration. An absence will be classified unexcused if it does not fit one of the board’s seven stated reasons for excusable absence or if the building attendance procedure is not followed by the student and the parent or legal guardian.The long-term truant student may be dropped from school enrollment once the student has not attended for 10 consecutive school days.

When a student is absent, in order for the absence to be classified excused, the following procedure is to be used:

1. Parents or guardians are asked to phone the school by 8:30 a.m. the day of the absence informing the school’s

representative of the student’s reason for being absent.

2. If the school does not receive a call by 8:30 a.m. on the day of the absence, the school makes every attempt to contact

the parents or guardians during that school day.

3. In the event that phone contact is not made during school hours that day of the absence, on the day the student returns

to school, the student should bring a written note from the parent or guardian that explains the absence.

4. When the student returns to school from being absent, other than from a school activity, the student must report to the main office for an admit slip.

5. The student will have 24 hours from the time the unexcused absence is issued to provide either written or verbal communication from the parent excusing the absence. If no communication is received within this time, the absence will remain unexcused.

If you haven’t already, make sure and download our district app to stay connected. When you sign up for notifications you will receive the most up to date information as it becomes available

As proud Eagle alumni of Norwich High School, we want to help get the word out to all alumni of important events that will interest you so you can remain involved and support your high school alma mater. Please help us in making sure that we have your most current up to date information by either sending us an email at norwichalumni2015@gmail.com or sending us a note to Norwich Schools 209 S. Parkway Norwich, KS 67118. We have recently started an Alumni Facebook page as well. We would love for any alumni to register and follow us!

All events and times are subject to change. Please check the school website for the most up to date information.