Earth Day 2011 Contests

Earth Day is April 15th. Encourage your kids to participate in one of our Earth Day contests so we can celebrate keeping our world and NCS green! Each contest will result in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and all entries will receive a ribbon. Please turn your submissions in to your child's teacher by THURSDAY APRIL 7th. All entries MUST have student's name, teacher and grade stapled to the front of the submission or they will not be eligible for judging (let us know if you need the form for this) .

Essay Contest
"How to Make Every Day Earth Day at Home"
Open to K-9th
One full page for grades 3-9
One paragraph for K-2
Illustrations optional

Poster Contest
"How to Make Every Day Earth Day at Home"
Open to K-9th
Poster should not exceet 22x28 (standard posterboard)
Group entries will not be accepted

Coloring Contest
Open to K-4th
Coloring sheet can be accessed here:
www.aveda.com/docs/coloring-bird.pdf

Good Luck to all participants!

Play Blackout Bingo

Now through March 18th, please send your items for our Eco-phones fundraiser to your child's classroom. The first class to fill in all their bingo card boxes and the first class to collect 75 items will win an ice cream party.

Eco-phone items include

• toner cartridges
• inkjet cartridges
• laptops
• cell phones
• ipods and MP3 players
• digital cameras and camcorders

Click on the link to the left to see a full list. The money we raise will purchase office supplies for the school.

Thank you for supporting the recycling efforts at NCS!

Earth Day 2011

The Recycling Committee needs your help! We are collecting clean, used t-shirts to cut up and repurpose for the kids for Earth Day. We have collected 200, but still need 200 more. If you have some to send, please send them to your teachers letting them know what they are for.

We also need help on Earth Day, April 15th, to help with set-up, clean-up, and the day's activities. Please contact Sue Wilson at billsue92@live.com if you can help.

Help Us Keep NC Green!!

You can send the following items to be recycled from home:
Please deposit thes items in the school recycling area:

• Elmer's glue sticks and bottles (see separate post)
• Chip Bags (all sizes)--please wipe out crumbs
• Cookie Bags (all sizes)--please wipe out crumbs
• Plastic twist-on bottle caps

Please take these items to the office to be recycled:

• Tape dispensers and cores (new item!)
• Pop tabs
• Eco-Phone Items: Toner Cartridges, Ink Jet Cartridges, Laptop Computers, Cell Phones, iPods, Digital Cameras, Digital Camcorders

Please put Aluminum Cans in the large dumpster outside the gate. (The small container in the recycling area is just for the school.)

Please DO NOT send water bottles or juice pouches from home. If you use juice pouches at home, please visit the recycling/fundraising page on our school website (neusecharterschool.weebly.com) or click on the Terracycle link on the left of this page to learn how to sign up to send them in directly.

The recycling area is still by the 4th grade area. Remember when you are at the school:

Please Feed the Robots!!

Elmers Glue Crew

Did you know that if you add all the glue sticks and bottles from the supply lists for this year, it would add up to be 1376 glue sticks and 80 glue bottles (based on last year's enrollment)?!!!

Collect empty glue sticks and bottles (they do not have to be Elmer's brand) from now until the end of the school year. The school will receive 2 cents from Terracycle for each item collected. Last year we collected 520 glue sticks and no bottles. Good work, but I know we can beat that this year!

If you use these items at home, please clean the empty bottles and send them to your child's classroom. The class that collects the most from each of the following groups will get an ice cream party!

• K, 1st, and 2nd
• 3rd, 4th, and 5th
• 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th
  

The contest ends on Earth Day, but we will collect them through the end of the year.

NCS Essay Contest

"I Can Make A Difference"

Theme for K-5

Grades K-2: At least one paragraph, illustrations optional

Grades 3-5: At least one page, illustrations optional

"I Can Make A Difference Globally"

Theme for The Middle School

Middle School: At least one page, illustrations optional

NCS Earth Day Poster Contest

"I Can Make A Difference"

Theme for K-5

"I Can Make a Difference Globally"

Theme for The Middle School

1st , 2nd & 3rd place awarded

All entries due by Friday April 16th

Good Luck to all participants!!!