The last day of school, Thursday, May 23rd is a HALF DAY.  

• N-CHS will dismiss between 11:15-11:30 (after testing completion)
• Discovery will dismiss 11:05-11:20 (after testing completion)
• N-CMS will dismiss at 12:15
• South Newton, Shuford and Thornton will dismiss at 12:00
• ACT & Conover will dismiss at 12:00

 

Michael Townsley's class at Conover School is planting a garden outside their room this year.  They are also having a 75 gallon rainwater cistern installed to use for their watering system.   

The Drafting II and III students presented their final model projects today at N-CHS. 

Alex Hefner of N-CHS won the individual championship and led his team to its first state golf title Tuesday In the 28th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A men’s golf championships at the Longleaf Golf and Country Club. Hefner had a one-under par 70 on the first day and combined that with a one-over par 72 Tuesday for a 142 total.

The course was set at par 71 and 6,600 yards for the NCHSAA championship. Newton-Conover had the only sub-300 team score on Monday, and the Red Devils held on with a 312 on the final day to record a 611, four shots ahead of runner-up North Lincoln.  Shelby was third with 627 and Salisbury, the defending team champ, was in fourth with 632.

Congratulations to Coach John Echerd and the NCHS Golf Team and to Alex Hefner who won the 2A Individual State Golf Championship by shooting the lowest score of all the 2A golfers in the State Championship. We are proud of all of you. 

The Newton-Conover City Schools 2nd Annual Red Blazer Awards were held Thursday, May 9th at Catawba Country Club.  This year's honorees were Dr. Harvey Christensen, Bill Zimtbaum, Johnny Gabriel, and Everette Simmons.  



Accepting the awards were,  Dr. Harvey Christensen, Bill Zimtbaum (Accepted by Beth Bock), Johnny Gabriel (Accepted by his grandson Christopher Royster) and Everette Simmons.  

Congratulations and Thank You from Newton-Conover City Schools

 

On Thursday afternoon, battling visiting West Caldwell in a must-have match, the Red Devils grabbed that prize – a share of the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A title with South Iredell – with a 3-0 victory over the Warriors.

The victory left Newton-Conover and South Iredell each at 13-1-0 in the conference, and the share of the title is the first in school history in girls’ soccer for the Red Devils. 

Catawba County's Special Olympics was held today at N-CHS.  Over 100 athletes participated.  Thanks to all sponsors, volunteers, vendors and participants for making a successful event.

South Newton's Spring Parent/Student Night was a huge success! Free pizza, donated by Christ Alive Church, was served to all parents and students to begin the night. All students, grades K-5, participated in student-led parent conferences and science experiments hosted by Catawba Science Center after hearing a choral performance from kindergarten and first grade. Topping off the night was the kickoff of the new take-home reading program, ROARing Readers. 

South Newton’s newest take-home reading program, ROARing Readers, has begun with a huge success! The simple goal of the program is to promote a love of reading by putting extra books into the hands of our youngest South Newton Tigers. Students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade get a new book bag each week loaded with age-appropriate books.

Many of these books are informational texts focusing on science, math, American, and multicultural themes. Some of the books are even bilingual written in both English and Spanish, and of course there are some great fiction and well-known children’s stories in the bags, too. Teachers are reporting that students are super excited about the program and have trouble waiting a whole week to check out their new book bags!

 

South Newton Elementary celebrated Career Day on Friday.  Thanks to those who gave their time.  Pictured below are  Newton Police Department and Catawba County Animal Services.
     

Congratulations to Marquis Pope for winning the 2013 Catawba County Male Athlete of the Meet Award.  Marquis is a senior at N-CHS. 

(Updated) Newton-Conover High School is pleased to announce that Parker Ellwanger and Sam Oesterling have been accepted to the North Carolina School of Science and Math Residential program for the 2013-2014 school year and that Brittany Connor and Amy Bandy have been accepted to the North Carolina School of Science and Math Online program for the 2013-2014 school year.  These students have worked extremely hard to earn this opportunity and Newton-Conover High School is very proud of these students. 

Newton-Conover High School is pleased announce juniors, Andrew Thavychith and Charlie Smith have been selected to attend Governor’s School for 2013. Andrew was selected in the area of mathematics and will be attending Governor’s School East at Meredith College in Raleigh. Charlie was selected in the area of performing arts/instrumental music (trumpet). He will be attending Governor’s School West at Salem College in Winston-Salem. This summer program offers a unique residential experience to gifted and talented high school students from across the state.  

Governor’s School begins June 16^th and concludes July 20^th.    Congratulations to both deserving young men!

 

Discovery High School Junior, Turner Glynn has been selected to attend North Carolina Governor's School West for mathematics this summer at Salem College in Winston-Salem. During the five-week summer residential program, Turner will explore the most recent ideas and concepts in the discipline of mathematics. This program is open to rising seniors only who qualify as an academically gifted student. Turner was selected as Newton-Conover City School's 2013 Governor's School atttendee. Congratulations Turner!

 

Dr. David Stegall was named the new Superintendent of Newton-Conover City Schools at the Board of Education meeting on Monday night. 
Dr. Stegall has been with Newton-Conover Schools since 2007 serving first as Curriculum Director and then in 2009, Dr. Stegall was named Associate Superintendent working with Curriculum and Instruction, Strategic Planning and Staff Development.  He will take over from Dr. Barry Redmond, who is retiring June 30.  Pictured below is Dr. Stegall, his wife Manda, son Owen and daughter Ava.


   

"The Power of a Handwritten Note" by David Stegall