New Albany • Plain Local School District
Kindergarten Registration for 2010-11
February 4, 2010
New Albany Plain Local Schools is one of Ohio’s top performing school districts, earning the state’s highest report card rating for each of the past eight years! We look forward to welcoming our 2010-2011 kindergarteners!
The New Albany Plain Local School District is ready to begin registering children who will be 5 years old on or before August 1st for kindergarten. The initial step in our process requires families to complete an on-line pre-registration form. This link connects you to additional kindergarten information.
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Once our families have completed the pre-registration process, your child will be assigned a day and time for their registration appointment. This information will be shared with you in the enrollment packet that will be mailed in March.
This year registration/screening will be held at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 West Granville Street, New Albany, Ohio 43054, on April 5, 6, & 7. Please tentatively reserve these dates until you receive the registration packet with the assigned day and time of your child’s appointment. Only one parent is required to attend this appointment with the child but both parents are welcome.
During the 2010-2011 school year the New Albany Plain Local School District will be offering half-day kindergarten only. We have applied for the one year waiver for the 2010-2011 school year to give our district more time to prepare for the transition to full-day kindergarten.
*If your child does not meet the age requirement for kindergarten please visit this link for information about early enrollment.
Russian Delegation to Visit New Albany High School
March 16, 2010
Five Russian professionals participating in the Open World Program will participate in a roundtable discussion at New Albany High School as part of their nine day visit to central Ohio. On Friday, March 19, the delegation will meet with New Albany High School student leaders during a working lunch. The students and delegates will discuss issues facing today’s youth, how United States’ students perceive themselves in the present and future political landscape, and how the students deal with issues facing today’s youth.
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The delegates are interested in learning about American students, the students’ insights into world social issues, and suggestion that might benefit other youth outside of the United States. The delegates are also meeting with various businesses, organizations, and individuals to help them gather ideas and suggestions.
The delegation includes:
- Aleksey Lvov – Head of the Department of Youth Development, Cheboksary City Administration
- Natalya Mamontova – Executive Director, Women's Social-Democratic Congress
- Eduard Ovakimyan – Vice President, Moscow branch of the All-Russia Public Organization "Union of Armenians of Russia" Youth
- Irina Pechkovskaya – Director, Community Initiatives Agency, Krasnoyarsk Region
- Aleksandr Solovyev – Head, Department of Social Policy, Kommunalnye Tekhnologii (Community Technologies) LCC
- Olga Shchukina – Trade-Marketing Manager, Russwell (serves as facilitator for the delegation)
“This is an incredible opportunity for our students to share with and learn from young professionals from another country,” said New Albany High School Principal, Scott Stewart. &rldquo;This is an example of how the education of today’s youth must encompass opportunities beyond traditional geographic borders. I’m sure that our students will learn as much from this experience as our guests will learn. It’s a great experience for everyone involved.”
The U.S. Congress established Open World in 1999, and expanded the program in 2003 to all post-Soviet states. Thanks to Open World, some 14,000 current and future Eurasian leaders have experienced American civil society and have been exposed to new ideas and practices that they can adapt for use in their own work. Open World also promotes partnerships and continued communications between delegates and their American hosts and professional counterparts. Open World currently operates exchanges for political and civic leaders from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
The Columbus International Program (CIP) is a non-profit organization with the mission of Promoting International Understanding through Intercultural Exchange. In its 40 years of existence, CIP has hosted over 700 trainees and dignitaries from around the world. Some participants have come to Columbus for long-term training programs lasting up to 18 months. Other programs are very short, similar to the Open World delegation. In the last three years, CIP has hosted delegations from Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Belarus, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
District PRIDE Committee Meeting – March 19
On Friday, March 19, the District PRIDE Committee will be meeting at 10:30 AM at the 2-5 Annex.
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The PRIDE (Parents Responsible In Demonstrating Excellence) Committee is open to all NA-PLS parents, with the purpose of discussing and promoting the positive accomplishments of NA-PLS students and staff, and providing input on district programs and initiatives. Some of the topics to be discussed at the upcoming meeting include: 1) How to increase involvement of families new to the district, 2) How older siblings might be used to help younger siblings with transition issues and/or other concerns, 3) Update on Strategic Planning, 4) Update on Campus Master Planning Committee work. If you are interested in attending, please email jwarner@napls.us to reserve a seat.
Six NAHS Seniors named National Merit Finalists
March 10, 2010
Joseph Calland, Alice Chen, Sara Mykrantz, Nathanael Park, Josephine Volovetz, and Jenna Young were recently named Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program Competition.
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More than 1.5 million juniors from 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The six NAHS students first qualified as Semifinalists in September, 2009. Joseph, Alice, Sara, Nathaniel, Josephine, and Jenna will be competing for single-payment scholarships of $2,500, which are awarded on a state representational basis. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation will evaluate the Finalist's academic record, information about New Albany High School’s curricula and grading system, two sets of test scores, the high school’s official written letter of recommendation, information about the student's activities and leadership, and the student’s essay. The National Merit Scholars will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. The Board of Education will honor the six students and their families at the March 22, 2010 board meeting.
NAHS winter sports net three OCC League Championships
March 10, 2010
Congratulations go out to the Boys’ Swimming and Diving Team, the Girls’ Swimming and Diving Team, and the Girls’ Basketball Team. All three teams earned OCC League Championship titles in hard-fought contests. Go Eagles!
NAMS MATHCOUNTS Team places sixth out of 50 schools at regional contest
Eighth grader, Vickie Wang, takes first place in individual competition
March 10, 2010
The New Albany Middle School MATHCOUNTS team competed against 50 other schools to take sixth place in the regional middle school math competition. They will compete in state competition on Saturday, March 13.
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In addition to the team’s success, Vickie Wang took first place out of more than 350 competitors. MATHCOUNTS is a middle school mathematics competition held in the United States, and is one of the country’s largest and most successful education partnerships involving volunteers, educators, industry sponsors and students. Its sponsors include the National Society of Professional Engineers and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Fourth Grade “Mathletics Team” ranked ninth in world math day event
Nishant Chittari places 75th in individual competition
March 10, 2010
In the world’s largest online math competition, New Albany’s fourth grade Mathletics Team landed in the top ten finishers in the world! New Albany fourth graders first competed for 45 open spots on the school’s team. Then, beginning as early as 6 AM on March 3, the team competed against 1,133,201 students from 56,082 schools, located in more than 130 countries. Collectively the worldwide competitors answered 479,732,613 math questions. Helping boost the NA-PLS team to its top-ten finish was Nishant Chittari, whose personal score earned him 75th place in the individual competition. The team will earn a trophy for their ninth place finish.
NAHS Peace Week to features “signature” performances
March 10, 2010
The famous 1970’s pop-rock band Orleans will be one of the featured performers at the NAHS Peace Week celebration during the week of April 19. Best known for it hits “Dance with Me” and “Still the One,” Orleans was formed in Woodstock, New York in 1972, by guitarist/songwriter John Hall, vocalist/guitarist Larry Hoppen and drummer/percussionist Wells Kelly. The band will be performing free for NAHS students, but will also hold a benefit concert on Thursday, April 22, at the McCoy Center for the Arts.
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Opening for Orleans will be NAHS graduate Aaron Lee Tasjan. A talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Tasjan expresses himself through American “roots” style music. Described as having a golden voice and natural musical and lyrical gifts, Tasjan has garnered rave reviews from an array of performers and critics.
K-1 Parent/Teacher Organization (PTO) to begin next school year
February 19, 2010
With enrollment continuing to increase, and 2,500 students already served between the K-1 and 2-5 elementary buildings, the Elementary PTO Executive Board has decided to create separate PTOs to serve each of the elementary buildings. Beginning next school year, the K-1 building will have its own PTO. For more information or to volunteer for the K-1 PTO, please contact Laurie Clouse at (614) 939- 5150 or lclouse@earthlink.net.
District-wide book donation drive is in full swing!
February 19, 2010
For the fifth year in a row, our schools are teaming with the Plain Local Education Association (PLEA), the Central Education Association, and Children's Hospital to collect new and gently-used books to be distributed at Children's Hospital Clinics throughout the area. The target age for books is preschool through fifth grade. Students have decorated book collection boxes that have been placed in each building's office area. So clean off those dusty bookshelves and join us February 10-26 as we top last year's collection of 7,000 books!
Fifth graders invited to try out instruments for next school year
February 19, 2010
Fifth-grade students are invited to try musical instruments before making the decision whether to join sixth grade vocal or instrumental music. Their music teachers will offer appointment times for incoming students to handle and play various instruments. At these appointments, teachers hope to help students determine the “best match” before the student makes a decision to join choir, band or orchestra.
The appointments will be available March 2, 3, or 4, between 4 and 8 p.m., and can be scheduled by connecting to middle school music teachers’ classroom portals. Additional information about music class choices and instrument selection is available on the teacher portals at curriculum.new-albany.k12.oh.us/msportal.htm.
Nationally-renowned author to visit NA 2-5 in early March
February 19, 2010
Dr. Patricia Polacco has written and illustrated over 50 children’s books, and travels the country to encourage students to pursue their reading and writing dreams (though she did not learn to read until she was nearly 14 years old, when it was learned that she had dyslexia). Her books reflect adventures and situations of different family members from the old country of Russia, the Civil War, World War II and her years growing up in Michigan and California. She comes from a family where one parent was Jewish and the other a Christian.
As a result of the generous support of the 2-5 PTO, all 62 classes at the 2 - 5 building will attend sessions with Pallaco, March 1-5. In her last session, she will create a drawing for the school to permanently display to mark her visit.
District’s Food Services Department wins second “Stellar Award”
February 19, 2010
For the second year in a row, the district’s Food Services Department has been recognized by the Ohio Department of Education as a “Stellar Award Winner for Best Nutritional Practices.” ODE established the Stellar Awards in 2003 to recognize schools that use best practices to provide a healthy school nutritional environment, quality of meals served, healthy a la carte and vending items, access to continuing education and training opportunities for food service staff members, and the promotion of healthy eating practices for students. NA-PLS Food Services Department is among 22 Stellar Award winners from across Ohio.
Strategic Planning Action Teams hard at work
February 19, 2010
Nearly 140 community and staff members have joined the district’s Strategic Planning effort! All of the Action Teams have begun their work to develop Action Plans to address the 10 strategies created by the 35-member Strategic Planning Committee. We’ve had tremendous community and staff interest and support of our strategic planning effort. For more information regarding the district’s strategic plan, please visit this link.
Work underway on Master Campus Plan
February 19, 2010
Since 2003, when the most-recent school was constructed, enrollment in NA-PLS has increased by more than 1,300 students. With current facilities already overcrowded, and enrollment projected to increase by more than 1,100 students over the next 10 years, the district has convened a Campus Master Planning Committee to evaluate conditions and develop options for consideration. Committee members represent many facets of our Learning Community, including parents, business leaders, community leaders, teachers, and school classified staff representatives. Recommendations will be presented to the Board of Education, for consideration of a potential bond issue. To follow the work of the Campus Master Planning Committee, please visit this link.
McCoy Center for the Arts celebrates anniversary
February 19, 2010
On Monday, February 22, the McCoy Center for the Arts will celebrate its two-year anniversary. A joint partnership between The Village of New Albany, Plain Township, The New Albany Community Foundation, and New Albany-Plain Local Schools, the McCoy Center for the Arts provides tremendous benefits to the district’s students, staff, and the community at large. In cooperation with the McCoy’s staff, educational programming has been developed to bring in numerous daytime speakers and performers to support classroom teaching and learning. Students also use the facility to stage performances, plays, and ceremonies. The McCoy Center for the Arts is a tremendous asset to our community, and we wish it many more years of success!
