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Email: hllewellyn@pretzelpride.com
Website: www.pretzelpride.com
Location: 300 East Ellis Street, New Berlin, IL, USA
Phone: 2174886012
Facebook: facebook.com/newberlinpretzels
Twitter: @NBHSPretzels1

Instagram: newberlinpretzels

YouTube: Pretzel News Network

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NBHS Morning Announcements

NBHS Daily Advisory Agenda - Up-to-date information for all high school students shared in Advisory every day!

Mr. Bandy's Creative Media class dropped a podcast on the Pretzel News Network this week. Cbeck it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRhE8L9pzqc

February

17 No School Presidents Day

20 6PM Board of Education Meeting

7PM NHS Induction

21 Senior Night - Basketball/Cheer/Pep Band

27 1PM Dismissal

If you have family that are out of town and would like to view our NHS Induction, they can click on the link below to view the ceremony!

The Ceremony will begin at 7 PM.

Shout out to Mr. Bandy and the NBHS Academic Challenge for Engineering and Science Team for their 2nd Place 300 Division finish at the Regional Competition at LLCC on February 4th! Carter Clair earned a 2nd Place in Computational Science, a 1st Place in English, and New Berlin sweeped the Mathematics Competition with Matthew Kapinus earning a 1st Place, Michael Pecoraro earning a 2nd Place, and Audrey Littig earning a 3rd Place in our Division! Congratulations to all of the students that competed - Seated left to right - Halle Bandy, Michael Biesenthal, Carter Clair, Griffin Fuchs, Araiah Groves, Caitlyn Harney, and Matthew Kapinus. Standing left to right - Aydin Littig, Braiden Matthiesen, Michael Pecoraro, Adilynn Rose, Kendall Sims, Callie Wagner, and Sponsor Mr. Bandy.

Our FFA chapter is excited to announce that we will be participating in the annual canned food drive competition sponsored by Springfield Plastics during National FFA Week (Feb 18-21). This competition allows local FFA chapters to collect canned goods for donation, with the winning chapter receiving a $1,000 donation to help fund their trip to the Illinois State FFA Convention.

To encourage participation within our schools, we would like to make this a fun and engaging competition:

• Junior High & High School: We will compete by 1st-hour classes, with the class collecting the most canned goods, winning donuts.
• Elementary School: We will compete by class, with the top class winning a pizza party (though we are open to suggestions if another incentive would work better for your students).

The spring season for Stride is coming up! Stride is a character education running program for boys in grades 3-5. (Similar to Girls on the Run) It is a 10-week program that ends with a 5K at LLCC. If you are interested in volunteering as a coach, please contact Taylor Maus at tmaus@pretzelpride.com

We had a busy week! Our FCCLA Chocolate Covered Strawberries Fundraiser was a huge hit! Art classes participated in wood burning activities, and we had our Q3 Pretzels with A Purpose on Friday. Our FFA presented information to the elementary students about the upcoming Food Drive. HS Students participated in College and Career Readiness Sessions, Team-Building Sessions, Social/Emotional Learning Sessions, and the Juniors took the ASVAB! That afternoon, our Pretzel Staff participated in a workshop called AI in the Classroom presented by our very own Mrs. Pecoraro, Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Bandy, Mr. Spears, and Mrs. Llewellyn. Friday night, Pretzel Cheer hosted their annual Chicken Dinner! If you missed their Friday night performance, you can click on the album HERE!

The NB FCCLA would like to invite New Berlin Elementary students and their families to the 3rd annual Breakfast with Mr Salty on March 1st from 9 to 10:30am. The event will include a pancake bar and pictures with Mr Salty. Free will donations will be accepted but it is a free event.

Did you know that one blood donation can save up to three lives? Here’s your chance to make a difference! On March 11th, we’re hosting a blood drive, and we need you to step up and donate.

If you’re 16 or older, you’re eligible to give blood. 16-year-olds do need a parental consent form, so be sure to print off the parental consent form attached to this email.

Why Donate?

Besides the incredible feeling of knowing you helped someone in need, all successful donors will receive their choice of:
$20 e-gift card
$20 donation to a charity of your choice
Bonus points to use in the donor store

Bonus

5 get out of here passes from the school

Sign Up Now!

Scheduling your donation is easy—just click the link below and grab your spot:
Self-Schedule Here

Every donation counts. Be a hero—sign up today!

Check out this link to see the eligibility requirements to give blood. https://www.bloodcenter.org/donate/donor/requirements-faq/

Click to View the Albums

NBHS Pretzels with a Purpose

NBHS Fall PBIS Celebration

WFNB Football/Cheer/Marching Band Senior Night

NBHS VB Senior Night

24.25 NB Music Program Fall/Halloween Concert Pics and Videos

24.25 FCCLA Fall Conference and Fundraiser Pics and Videos

24.25 NBHS Halloween Fun!

24.25 NBHS Career Day

24.25 Community Outreach Day

24.25 Spanish III Skeleton Project for Day of the Dead

24.25 BLDD Limestone Project

24.25 Thanksgiving Dinner

.25 Mrs. V's Friendsgiving Week

NBHS Farewell Building Tour

24.25 Winter Pretzels with A Purpose and PBIS Celebration

FCCLA Section Contest Album

IPS Activity Lab Pic

We would like to wish these Pretzels a Happy Birthday this Month!

February

16 - Jaylynn Hartwell-Hayden and Max Pointer

17 - Mr. Cummings and Mr. Reuschel

19 - Kylee Gordon

23 - Ms. McGuire and Mr. Shafer

24 - Ms. Julian

25 - Cameron Hart

26 - Lainey Marr and Landon Robinson

27 - Abbie Luckey and Michael Pecoraro

Often times, parents do not know who to email or call about specific questions.

If you have a child in grades 6-8, they are in the Junior High, and the JH Principal contact is Mr. Radford - bradford@pretelpride.com

JH Secretary - Mrs. Bandelow - sbandelow@pretzelpride.com

If you have a child in grades 9-12, they are in the High School, the HS Principal is Mrs. Llewellyn - hllewellyn@pretzelpride.com

HS Secretary - Ms. Mills - cmills@pretzelpride.com

Scheduling Questions - Mr. Viola - jviola@pretzelpride.com

Registration Questions - Ms. Spann - jspann@pretzelpride.com

Attendance and Fees Questions - Mrs. Peecher - dpeecher@pretzelpride.com

Lunch Account Questions - Mrs. Pidcock - hpidcock@pretzelpride.com

Driver's Education - Mr. Holderread - nholderread@pretzelpride.com

Athletics - Mr. Lucas, Athletic Director - blucas@pretzelpride.com

To view updated sports schedules on the Pretzel Athletics Website click Here

You can buy Sports Passes for all home pretzel games from the Sports Boosters. To buy your pass, visit www.pretzelsportsboosters.com/athletic-passes

The sports boosters has agreed to help coaches with 8th grade nights and Senior nights by providing cup cakes and drinks for the team and flowers for the 8th graders/Seniors. If you would like to help the Sports Boosters with this, contact Renee Cooper for more information.

If you are interested in helping work concession stands at any home game, contact Kris Neuman at krisneuman@gmail.com or 217-741-3980.

The Pretzel Sports Boosters is always looking for parents to help make our program a success. If you would like to contribute in any way, please let them know at pretzelboosters@gmail.com

Pretzel Sports Boosters Officers

Jake Surratt - President

James Snyder, Vice President

Renee Cooper, Secretary

Kris Neuman, Treasurer

Scholarship opportunities will be posted here as we are made aware of them!

Please check out the link below to find out about the scholarships that Mr. Viola sends out each week to seniors!

https://studentscholarships.org/scholarships.php

LLCC Scholarships go live today. One application for access to over 150 available

scholarships.

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