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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

Here is the newest podcast for The Salty Side of Things:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqmsT2hFQ4

Here is the most recent episode of The Salty Side of Things:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9eYxkWfEp0

Here is the newest episode of The Salty Side of Things:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iusfr-YpJUY

Here is the most recent edition of The Salty Side of Things:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=543_553TieI

April

1 - Q3 Grades Posted to Family Access; Miles of Smiles Dentist @ NBHS

1-15 - Class of 2025 Nothing Bundt Cakes Fundraiser Begins

8 - ACT Testing Day for HS - Seniors need exemption form completed and handed in to be exempt from attendance.

12-14 NBHS Art Fair @ the Sangamon County Fairgrounds

16 - Art Club Field Trip

18- Not in Attendance

22 - Q4 Mid-Term

23 - NBHS SADD Mock Crash Re-Enactment 10 AM

24 - NBHS Athletic Signing Day

26 Prom/Post Prom

28 - Spring iReady Benchmark Testing Grades 9-11

30 - 1PM Dismissal

6 PM Jr/Sr HS Band and Choir Spring Concert

May

1 Golden Honors - 8PM Dome - Seniors by Invitation Only

2 11:40 Dismissal for School Improvement Inservice

5 FCCLA and Spanish Club Cinco de Mayo Celebration During Advisory

NBHS Prom and Post Prom are April 26th! We announced our Prom Court on Monday. Congratulations to the 2025 Prom Court

We will kick- Prom Week with a Prom Spirit Week

This year's Prom Theme is a Night in a Greek Garden. It will be held at the Prarie View Reception Center in Chatham, IL from 7-10 PM. Coronation will be at 7:15. Doors close at 8 PM.

This year's Post Prom theme is Olympics and will be held at NBHS in the New Gym, Dome, Commons Area, and Cafeteria from 10:30-1AM. Contact Ms. Hemmerle if you are interested in helping out! lhemmerle@pretzelpride.com

New Berlin High School students will experience a crash reenactment at 10:00 a.m. on

Wednesday, April 23 in the school parking lot at 300 W. Ellis St., New Berlin, IL. The event,

designed to highlight the real-life consequences of impaired and distracted driving, is a

collaboration with SIU School of Medicine’s ThinkFirst injury prevention program.

Students need to "think first" about the repercussions of driving under the influence of alcohol

and drugs. Riding with a distracted driver can be just as dangerous. On the day of the event, sights

and sounds associated with an emergency response are to be expected.

During the reenactment, emergency personnel normally summoned after a car crash will simulate

their tasks. Those involved in planning and implementing the event include the New Berlin High

School staff and SADD Chapter students, New Berlin Police and Fire Departments, Illinois State

Police, Sangamon County Coroner and Sheriff’s department, Chatham Ambulance Service, Saints

Flight, Sheppards Towing, Butler Funeral Home, Audio Techni Services and SIU School of Medicine

ThinkFirst program.

Guest speakers for the event are Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon, Jim Poppenhouse, New

Berlin Police, Darrin Cummings, Illinois State Police and Tony Hofmann, victim speaker.

“The purpose of the crash reenactment program is to show the real-life consequences of risk-

taking behaviors,” says CJ Compardo, ThinkFirst program director. “This event illustrates what can

happen when a bad decision is made. We want students to be informed and make intelligent

decisions, particularly behind the wheel of a car.”

Each year 1.7 million traumatic brain injuries and 12,000 to 20,000 new spinal cord injuries occur

in the United States; one-third happen to people between the ages of 15 and 24. “The tragedy is

most of these injuries are preventable,” added Compardo.

The SIU School of Medicine ThinkFirst program is a chapter of the ThinkFirst National Injury

Prevention Foundation and presents events as a public service at no cost to schools. An Illinois

Department of Transportation grant supports the program.

Rain date is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2025.

We are proud to announce that we will have 4 athletes making a committment to continue their athletic career in college! Michael Biesenthal - Illinois College - Cross Country and Track & Field; Miley Crow - Johnson University - Soccer; Danica Grimm - Eureka College - Volleyball; Kendall Sims - Simpson College - Soccer. Congratulations! Signing will be on Thursday, April 24th at 2:30

The New Berlin High School ACES Team had a state competitor, Matthew Kapinus. He competed at Eastern Illinois Univeristy on Monday, April 14th in Mathematics and Biology. Results are still pending.

Matt was also invited to compete in the Individual Player Nationals for Scholastic Bowl the weekend of April 5th. There were 251 kids who competed from all 50 states, both large and small schools and both traditional public and private schools.

FCCLA members had a great day attending the FCCLA State Conference on Thursday (4/10). Congratulations to Savannah Kramer, who competed in Apparel Construction Casual Wear and Weston Brosi and Peyton Smith who competed in Public Speaking Creed. Weston and Peyton both earned TOP 10 scores! We had a fantastic day!

April has been a busy month so far!

8th -All 9-11th grade students took the state assessment. Due to all of the testing complications, ACT has given schools that tested on this date an option to have students re-take it if they want to. We have put in for a retake day, and will let those students know when it will be.

9th - Demolition began on the old high school building. Check out pics and videos HERE

10th NBHS FFA attended Ag Awareness Day at the State Capitol Buillding

11th - NBHS SADD Students, Ms. Hemmerle, Mrs. Llewellyn, Mrs. Larson, Think First Team, and all of our local first responders and EMS met to coordinate and plan our mock wreck that will be held on April 23rd at 10 am.

NBHS Choir and HS Concert Band both received a division 1 (superior rating) and Jazz Band received a division 2 (excellent rating) at IHSA Organizational Contest.

12-14th NBHS Art Program held their Annual Art Fair at the Sangamon County Fair Grounds. We had 12 students win awards! Check out their pics HERE

16th- NBHS Art Club members traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago. Check out their pics HERE

NBHS FFA held their annual Ag Awareness Day. Students brought in their tractors and farm animals and all of the students in the district got the opportunity to learn about different aspects of agriculture. Check out pics of the event HERE

17th - Mrs. McClarey's FCS Classes have been using the Creative Bug program and have started using the sewing machines. I caught them in action, with an assist from Jake Cowman, Teachers Assistant.

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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

2.14.25 Pretzel Cheer Performance

NB Powerlifting Competition Album

Fashion Merchandising Field Trip

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

April

1 Brooklyn Darr and Charlie Neuman

3 Claire Muench and Ethan Smith

4 Ben Davis

5 Shyanne Sheppard

6 Halle Bandy and Hailey Staub

8 Ms. Magrath and Michael Biesenthal

9 Rebel Walden

12 Maci Griswold

13 Ben Walton

15 Lola Keys

18 Mrs. Killion

21 Brylon Westwood

23 Drew Bishoff and Wyatt Rapacz and Jovi Seitzinger

25 Mason Wilkin

26 Mr. Holderread and Karli Frank and Kiley Melcher

27 Kinsley Heidenreich and Addison Hopkins and Leeann Reyes

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

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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