Week 8 at NAHS!

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Like many of you, I look forward to watching OSU football games on Saturday. What’s interesting about this year’s games are the pregame and postgame rhetoric about the team’s performance. Since winning the national championship and having a star-studded roster, it seems like the expectation is for the team to blow out their opponent each week.

Every aspect of the game is critiqued, analyzed, and scrutinized to the point where it sounds as though they lose each week. This is just a part of being a champion. It’s also a reminder to me that winning is never easy and like learning, it’s a messy, non-linear process. There are many factors of the game that have to be executed, but there are also times when the athletes have to improvise to make a play. This, too, is also like learning. It’s about what to do when the plan falls apart or there is an unforeseen obstacle. The challenge is in applying the skills, knowledge, and past experience in a moments notice to quickly overcome the obstacle.

It’s all a part of the learning process and the more we learn and do something, the better equipped we are to improvise and make a play. I encourage our Staffulty and to continue to believe in our ability to improvise as professionals, to embrace our mistakes and see them as opportunities to learn, to try something new, or even to fail forward. The more we are able to do this and respond positively to it, the more it will become a part of our learning culture.

Staff News
Congratulations to Intervention Specialist Bobby Britton and his wife on the birth of their son Behren (Behr) Archer Britton, born at 12:07 pm on Tuesday, October 6th! He is 7 pounds 11 ounces and 22 inches long. Their son Caden is happy to be a big brother and all are resting at home.
Behr Britton

Students in our National Honor Society went to Lind’s Fruit Farm to pick apples for our custodians and presented them with a couple of bushels! They were pleasantly surprised by the thoughtful gesture! Thanks to NHS for this generous act of service!

Day Custodians Matt and Dave Photo credit: Beth Johnston
Day Custodians Matt and Dave
Photo credit: Beth Johnston

Students As Learners
The A Cappella Singers were blessed to have guest composer Mr. Stacey Gibbs in class with them last Thursday! Mr. Gibbs is an internationally acclaimed composer and arranger of African-American Spirituals. Additionally, Mr. Gibbs will be conducting workshops at the McCoy on October 24th with our choir and choirs from Whitehall, Northland, and Pickerington Central. This is yet another unique learning experience for our students! Thanks to Choir Teacher Karrie Horton for making this happen!

Photo credit: Katie Roberts
Photo credit: Katie Roberts
Students in Katie Roberts and Lori Cheney’s CP English 12 class collaborated with Jen Lane’s class for a day of “Miltonian Magic!” They are studying Paradise Lost and asked students to synthesize Paradise Lost Book IX by creating a one-minute trailer. Students turned this into a friendly competition and were thoroughly engaged in the process and production! I applaud the collaborative efforts of Ms. Roberts, Mrs. Cheney, and Mrs. Lane as this is an excellent example of a Quadrant D learning activity! For more details about the assignment, please click here.

Upcoming Events
Monday, October 12th- Mariel Hemingway 7th and 8th periods at the McCoy
Tuesday, October 13th- Bow Tie Tuesday; Wednesday block schedule
Wednesday, October 14th- Testing Day
Thursday, October 15th- Regular Block Schedule
Friday, October 16th- No School for COTA Day
Monday, October 19th- BOE Meeting 6:30 pm
Friday, October 23rd- Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness; End of 1st grading period; Alex Sheen Presentation 1:30 pm in the Gym
Saturday, October 24th- ACT

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