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Mark Your Calendars
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Friday, February 28 - NHS Blood Drive
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Monday, March 3 - Instrumental Solo & Ensemble
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Wednesday, March 5 - Donuts with Dudes at Prairie Meadows
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Thursday, March 6 - NLS Drama Dept. Presents: Beanstalk The Play - Get Tickets
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Friday, March 7 - NLS Drama Dept. Presents: Beanstalk The Play - Get Tickets
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Saturday, March 8 - CatPAC Series: Evening with Groucho - Get Tickets
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Sunday, March 9 - Daylight Savings
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Monday, March 10 - Softball & Track and Field Practice Starts
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Monday, March 10 - School Board Meeting
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Wednesday, March 12 - PW PTO Meeting
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Friday, March 14 - Quarter 3 Ends
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The New London-Spicer Drama Department Proudly Presents:
Beanstalk! The Play!
Thursday, March 6 & Friday, March 7
7PM Showtimes (Doors open at 6:30PM)
Get Tickets: www.nls.k12.mn.us/ticketsales
This fun family show follows the adventures of Jack, a young boy with his head in the clouds and his nose in a book of fairytales. When the magic beans Jack trades for the family cow grow into a gigantic beanstalk, Jack finally gets the chance to have a fairytale adventure of his own.
Meet Our Cast: Autumn Tortorella, Kylie Nash, Abby Hjelle Emma Wallace, Emily Gosch, Henry Vetsch Adam Schiller, Carter Foshaug, Addie Buboltz, Paulina Pentchev, Indiana Johnson, Autumn Foshaug, Eli McGuffin, James Hughesdon, Brin Holmquist, Kylie Nash, Jemma Templer, Hazel Vetsch, Violet Lee, Athena Peterson, Clara Reed, Stella Nordin, Tegan Hoff, Katie Haglund. Claire Olson, Jasmine Stiegen, Maggie Kotzenmacher, Chelsea Gardner, Madison Nelson
Beanstalk! The Play! is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. (concordtheatricals.com)
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The Math League season recently concluded with NLS finishing strong taking 2nd place out of six teams at their final competition. NLS took third place in the 3A section with a final rank total of 21 & total points of 291! A special congratulations to senior Henry Vetsch who finished 2nd place overall and junior Jowell Gamez for being a top ten participant!
Last week, was National FFA Week. Our local FFA chapter held several of their annual events which included the Staff and Alumni Pancake Breakfast and the Petting Zoo. FFA's mission is to help students develop their potential for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
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High School Course Registration
Students in grades 8-11 have been receiving registration materials for the 2025-26 academic year. Please review the registration materials with your student and sign their registration sheet. During the week of March 3, students will officially sign up for their classes online and turn in their completed worksheets. If you have any questions, please call or email a member of our Counseling & Social Work Department:
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Wildcat Activities
Best of luck to the NLS Band and Choirs as they compete in their upcoming competitions. Those dates are March 3 Vocal Solo and Ensembles and March 31 Large Group Contests.
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Congratulations to Rylie Harrier (All Around), Abby Knudsen (Bars and Vault), Kaitlyn Preheim (Bars and Beam), and Elizabeth Kluver (Vault) for making it to the Gymnastics Individuals State Tournament on Saturday, Feb 22, at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. | NLS Blackcats dance team competed at the State Tournament held at the Target Center on Saturday, February 15 and took 12th place. Congratulations to our Blackcats! | |
Congratulations to the River Lakes girls hockey team on winning the Section 2A Championship with a 4-0 win over Willmar. | |
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The Courage Retreat® by Youth Frontiers is a fun, dynamic, character-development experience for seventh-grade students. On Thursday, February 13, NLS 7th graders participated in activities & small group work led by high energy facilitators that inspired students to use courage to do the right thing and make responsible decisions despite their fears.
As a district, one of our Strategic Plan goals is to maximize academic achievement in a personalized learning environment resulting in all students graduating career, college, and life ready, which is why the district developed our community’s Portrait of a Graduate. This activity showcases Global Citizenship and Perseverance. Global citizens value and embrace diverse cultures and unique perspectives through mutual respect, open dialogue, and empathy. They also contribute and take action to make the world a better place. Our students exhibit perseverance through a commitment in achieving success despite difficulty, opposition, and/or failure. They respond productively to feedback, setbacks and criticism utilizing a growth mindset and embrace the idea that failure is a first attempt in learning and quickly pivot to keep moving forward.
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Congratulations to our R.O.A.R Award recipients for the month of January! | |
Carmen was nominated for Attitude. She is one of the kindest students I have had the opportunity to work with. She is always supportive and I have not seen her this year without a smile on her face, no matter what the circumstance is. She has a great attitude towards absolutely everything. She exemplifies all areas of ROAR but her attitude shines through! | |
Theodore was nominated for attitude. Theo's attitude in class this year has been nothing less than amazing. I wish I could nominate him for all four areas of ROAR! Theo is always ready to roll in class with a smile, and will help anyone that asks. | |
Rebekah was nominated for attitude. Bekah is an outstanding student who shows a positive attitude every day. Rebekah's class work and her generosity is above and beyond. We appreciate her sense of humor, kindness towards others, and the way she is willing to jump in and help anyone. | |
Evalina was nominated for ownership. Evalina shows great ownership and respect for her studies and peers. She is positive and encouraging to others and always does her best work. Evalina helps make NLS a great place! | |
Prairie Woods Elementary participated in Global School Play Day on February 5, 2025. During Global Play Day our students were given more time for free play without the use of screens, structured games, or adult direction. The idea is to let children explore their creativity, problem-solving skills, and social interactions in an unstructured and spontaneous environment. | |
Thank you all so much for your support for the 2nd grade program. In case you are interested, here is a link to the video Ms. Melody made, sending her a huge shout out for her help! | |
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Congratulations to our ROAR January Students of the Month! These students consistently display Responsibility, Ownership, Good Attitude, and Respect!
Kindergarten: B. Caffin, H. Luberts, W. Thein, K. Thompson, B. Fellow and K. Ottoson 1st Grade: A. Griffith, R. Regnier, R. Finn, B. Kuno, and B. Christensen 2nd Grade: G. Christenson, H. Hellickson, L. Bengtson, E. Carr, and C. Cramer. 3rd Grade: S. Contreras, A. Lane, A. Mead, L. Minter (not pictured), H. Pfeifer, B. Johnson
4th Grade: A. DeSchepper, B. Willert, N. Schammel, Q. Van Dyke, C. Wallentine
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Our Leagues have changed!
You'll want to attend these meetings to learn more about our summer rec programming and leagues.
Softball Summer Rec Parent Meeting for Grades 3-7
March 3 @ 6PM in the HS Cafeteria
Baseball Summer Rec Parent Meeting for Grades 3-8
March 3 @ 7PM in the HS Cafeteria
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The Spring/Summer Community Education booklet will come out in April. We will be fully transitioning our courses and registration to the ARUX platform. You can click here to see a preview!
Also coming up, Summer Registration for PALS and Lil' PALS will open on March 31 through ARUX.
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2025-2026 Cub Kids Preschool Registration will open at 7AM on Monday, February 3, 2025. Please do not delay in registering for PreK, as we are generally on a waiting list by March 1. You can register here beginning on February 3. If you do not already have an account, you can create an account prior to February 3 in the ARUX system by clicking "Sign In" in the upper right-hand corner. Please reach out to Jennifer Hellickson with any questions. 320-254-2252 X 2463 or hellicksonj@isd345.org. | | |
We had a very busy month at Cub Kids Preschool! The Village Children's Museum brought their mobile planetarium to Prairie Meadows! Our preschoolers and Stop by and Play families took a journey through space right in the gym. | | |
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We were joined by our moms, aunts, grandmas and special friends for Muffins in the Morning. It was a fun morning of muffins, coffee, crafts, and play. Our preschoolers love when special guests are able to join them at school! We are looking forward to Donuts with Dudes in a few weeks.
Dr. Kirby Johnson from Green Lake Dental visited us to talk about dental health! We learned about healthy and unhealthy food for our teeth, the importance of brushing, and how often to brush! Every student went home with a new toothbrush and toothpaste!
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Your Donation is Worth Double
During the Dollar for Dollar Match Campaign
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The overall mission of the New London-Spicer Educational Foundation is to enhance the quality of education in our school district by helping to fund programs for the benefit of all NLS students.
Preparing our students for college, career, and life after high school was a focus of the Foundation last year. Funds were awarded to the Family and Consumer Science classes to help support the project-based, experiential, and student-guided learning that occurs. This course builds an essential knowledge base for all students whether they pursue the Culinary Arts and/or raise a family. We also supported an Elementary Robotics grant to enhance our STEM classes. These tools are used for coding, sequencing, estimation, problem-solving, and fostering a love of robotics. STEM is a part of the elementary specialist classes.
We feel it is important to support innovative ways of learning that prepare our young people to make their mark on the world by utilizing new technology, exploring the arts, improving math and reading skills, and increasing the knowledge base of career and technical fields.
With your continued support we have provided over $150,000 to the NLS school district investing in engaging materials and innovative opportunities accelerating our students’ education above and beyond the standard. This year all donations (up to $50K) to our STEAM endowment will be generously matched by Bob and Connie Dickerson through their $1 for $1 Match Campaign!
Please consider giving a year-end tax-deductible gift towards our match campaign and support grant initiatives and merit scholarships for years to come! All donations are accepted with gratitude and excitement! How do I donate? Make checks payable to the NLS Educational Foundation and return by mail (PO BOX 58, New London, MN 56273) or make an online donation through our website: www.nls.k12.mn.us/foundationdonation
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Address: 101 4th Ave SW New London, MN 56273 | |
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