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Website: www.pretzelpride.com
Location: 300 East Ellis Street, New Berlin, IL, USA
Phone: 2174886012

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Updated!! Creative Media Class - The Salty Side of Things Podcast - Here is our premiere episode of season 3 of The Salty Side of Things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210_-laIdrc

February At A Glance

Feb 6 Q3 MT

Feb 13 11:45 Dismissal - School Improvement In-Service

Feb 16 President’s Day (No School)

Feb 19 BOE Meeting 6 PM NBEL

Feb 25 1 PM Dismissal - Teacher Professional Development; ACES Competition (Students TBA)

Feb 26 Key Club Blood Drive in Dome; NHS Induction Ceremony 7PM

Dr. Viola has been meeting with High School Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshman during Advisory to go over the scheduling information for students to start working on selections for next year's classes. Here is the information that has been sent out via email to all high school students from Dr. Viola:

I will be meeting with students during Advisory to go over graduation requirements, course offerings etc. Below is information to assist with your course requests for next year. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have questions.

Tuesday, January 27- Juniors

Wednesday, January 28- Sophomores

Thursday, January 29- Freshman

Friday, January 30 - CACC students during 1st hour

Friday, February 13- 8th grade during Pretzels with a Purpose

Friendly reminder:

You can start entering your requests into Skyward as soon as Thursday, January 29 until Wednesday, February 4(Current 8th grade students will have additional time). If you need help selecting your courses, please view this video. You will need to log in to Xello, through Clever, to select and map out your classes. I recommend starting with the classes you wish to take your senior year and planning backward. This is especially important if you want to take Calculus as a senior.

Elective Choices Document

NBHS Curriculum Guide

Freshman Year Course Selection Guide

Sophomore Year Course Selection Guide

Junior Year Course Selection Guide

Senior Year Course Selection Guide

Outline of Graduation Requirements

Physical Education/Health/Driver’s Education 4.0 Credits

Must include Health (0.5 credits)

Must include Driver’s Education (0.25 credits)

English 4.0 Credits

Must include English I, II, and III

Mathematics 3.0 Credits

Must include Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra II

Science 3.0 Credits

Must include Integrated Physical Science and Integrated Biology

Social Studies 3.0 Credits

Must include World Studies, Early US History & Government,

and Modern US History

Consumer Education 0.5 Credit

Personal Finance OR Ag Business Management

Electives 8.5 Credits

Must include one year of art, music, foreign language, or vocation education - You need to check the college you plan on attending to make sure your elective choices line up with their entry requirements.

Juniors and Seniors Only

CACC Students - If you plan to attend CACC in the fall you must complete the registration link below beginning on Monday at 8:00am. It will also be on the homepage of the website. Click to view all high school programs.

CACC Registration 26-27

Seniors ONLY

Sangamon CEO SangamonCEO is a one year study of entrepreneurship for high school students to learn leadership skills and connect them with local business leaders. Sangamon CEO teaches business concepts through experiential teaching. In CEO, you will learn problem-solving,

teamwork, and critical thinking through hands-on instruction with subject matter experts and business leaders from throughout the community. You will learn skills in venture investing,

marketing, data analysis, accounting for decision making, and business pitching. This program is in partnership with Innovate Springfield, and will be held at their downtown location. More information can be found at: https://www.sangamonceo.com/

MC3 Program - Information about MC3 can be viewed HERE Selected students would attend MC3 in the afternoons similar to students who attend CACC. If you are interested, please submit the completed applications are due to Chris Edmonds (email can be accessed on the information Dr. Viola sent out to students) by March 31, 2026. Please let Dr. Viola know if you plan to apply so we can adjust your class requests for next year accordingly. Please note that there are a limited number of participant slots available for the MC3 program. To be eligible for the program, students must turn 18 by August of 2027 and be on track to graduate in 2027.

Ms. Delai's high school art students, Hailey Starr and Rhealyn Clements were honored today at the Scholastic Art Awards held in Springfield, IL. Congratulations to Rhealyn Clements for earning a Silver Key for her ceramic Kokeshi Salt and Pepper Shakers and to Hailey Starr for earning Honorable Mention for her "Pain in Fame" digital painting and collage.

5 NBHS Seniors recieved recognition at the January Board meeting and were presented with a Certificate of Recognition by President Stephanie Nueman. Video and pictures linked below (We started presenting before Ayden arrived, but he made it for the picture!)

Congratulations to these 5 outstanding young men: Michael Pecoraro, Max Baumberger, Carter Clair, Ayden Littig, and Alex Steger.

Ms. Delai was awarded the Healing Through Art: A Rural Dialogue grant in December. Through this project, our Art Club students will work alongside lead artist Austin Wells to design and create permanent public art installations that reflect community identity, inclusion, and belonging. His first visit to our school was the past Tuesday. He will be working with our students as they design the project over this semester and the finished project will be completed by June. We are excited to see the end result!

Seniorita Kennedy's Spanish Dual Credit classes taught their first lessons of the spring semester. One class of sixth graders learned about animals commonly found in the rainforest, and the other learned vocabulary associated with the outdoors. Both classes had fun playing pictionary to practice the vocabulary. We are looking forward to February's lessons!

Shop closes this Wednesday, so be sure to order soon!

Today in Pretzel Activities - Sign-up form for an email subscription of Pretzel activities throughout the week. Will include scores, bus times, and event information for the week.

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Congratulations to Cash Thomas for being an IHSA Regional Champ! Good luck as you advance to Sectionals next weekend!

League of Extraordinary Bowlers Week 3: Tuesday January 20th

The Scholastic Bowl team continued with the LOEB tournament tonight and kept their perfect record intact as the varsity team improves to 9-0 for the tournament.

Thursday, January 29th

The Scholastic Bowl team competed in Auburn tonight at a triangular meet with Nokomis and Auburn. They won both their games outscoring their opponents 530-140 and 490-130 respectively.
The JV team split their matches. They bested Nokomis 170-130 and lost a close one to Auburn, 110-130.

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The 2026 yearbook is officially on sale! It will be 55.00 until 9/12. The early bird intro price will not last forever! Buy it now and save!

Thank you!

Mrs. Hepperly

Otto Baum has completed the sign foundation work. If you have any recommendations, please send me their information to jlarson@pretzelpride.com.

We are still looking for volunteers to help build our Memorial Wall. We have the limestone arch from the original New Berlin High School main entry and the Pretzel Field signage and brick display.

Click on the links below to view this year's pics

25.26 NBHS Opening Day

NBHS Cheer Showcase Showdown - 1450.com

HS Art Classes Flag Design Contest

HS Ceramics Class Projects

HOCO25 Decorating Contest

HOCO25 Pep Rally Bonfire

HOCO25 Paint the TOWN Orange and Blue

HOCO25 Spirit Week Activities

HOCO25 Sunday Parade, Open House, Powder Puff

25.26 Volley for the Cure Night

NBHS Art Club Loami Food Pantry Project

Spanish Club and Classes October Activities

25.26 NBHS Volleyball Senior Night

Child Development Empathy Belly Activity

25.26 Football, Cheer, Marching Band and Golf Senior Night

25.26 NBJr/SrHS Jazz Band and Choir Fall Concert

Made an Impact - Senior Football Video

Art and Spanish Class Collaboration Album

FCCLA Leadership Album

NBHS FFA National Conference Album

25.26 NBHS Veterans Day Assembly

25.26 NBHS Career Day

25.26 Fall PBIS Celebration

25.26 Pretzels with a Purpose

25.26 NBHS Day of the Dead Project Winners

25.26 Angel Tree Cookie Baking

FCSgiving Celebration 2025

Spanish Dual Credit Teaches Thanksgiving Lessons

Waiting for Winter Break Album

Spanish Club December Fun

Mrs. McClarey's Foods Class Final Project

JH/HS Cheer Pep Assembly

2026 County Tourney Albums

Decades of Legends Prior to 1950

Decades of Legends 1951-1980

Decades of Legends 1981-2025 Part I Part II

County Tourney - Thursday Night

County Tourney - Friday Night Album

IL State Scholars Recognized by BOE

Healing Arts Grant Project with Austin Wells and NBHS Art Club

Pretzel Pride! HS Boys Basketball VS Plains

We would like to wish these Pretzels a Happy Birthday!

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 - Dr. 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. Binkley, Athletic Director - dbinkley@pretzelpride.com

All seniors need to check their email accounts for scholarship updated from Dr. Viola. Scholarship information is also uploaded in Xello.

The applications for the Country Financial Scholarship are open and available. Here is a link to the scholarship page: https://cfll.org/Grants-Scholarships/Scholarships.

The scholarship application period closes on March 1, 2026. Please share the link with anyone and everyone.

Quick reminder…

Students graduating from or have graduated from a high school in Macoupin, Montgomery, Sangamon, or Menard Counties are eligible.

Students who will be 1st-4th year of college/post-high school

Students must attend an accredited college, university, or trade/vocational school

3.5 GPA

Complete application and essay

10-$2,000 scholarships

Children, step-children, and grandchildren of COUNTRY Reps, our staff, and home office employees are not eligible

Here is the information about the Community Foundation’s 2026 scholarship program. The application is now open, and submissions will be accepted through March 1.

Students may access the application through our website using the URL or QR code provided below on the flyer.

URL

https://cfll.org/Grants-Scholarships/Scholarships

We are also pleased to share that our scholarship processing software has been upgraded. As a result, students now need to complete only ONE application to be matched with those scholarships for which they are eligible. This year, more that 45 scholarship opportunities are available for Central Illinois students. Criteria vary greatly by scholarship and we encourage all students to apply.

The College Now Scholarship application is open and ready for students to apply who are planning to take College Now for the 2026-2027 academic year. Please be sure to encourage students who are considering taking College Now courses to apply. High school students who are taking LLCC classes either at LLCC or online with an LLCC instructor who are receiving high school credit for their course are considered College Now students. This is a needs-based scholarship provided by LLCC’s Foundation. Here is the link where students can go to complete the application: https://llccfoundation.org/scholarships. Please be sure students complete the LLCC College Now application if they will continue to be in high school next academic year. It is the second option on the screen.

Students will be awarded these scholarships the first week of May and will be notified in their LLCC email accounts. Students do need to apply as an LLCC College Now student online before they can complete the scholarship application. They will need to have a student ID and active LLCC email account. This scholarship opportunity will close on February 28th. See the flyer below for instructions on how to apply.

LLCC will be offering ACT Test Prep classes in person starting at the end of January. Here is the information to register.

2026–27 FAFSA® Form Now Available (https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa)
The 2026–27 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form is now available to everyone. You can complete the form to apply for financial aid for attendance at college or career school between July 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027.
FAFSA forms submitted online will typically be processed in one to three days. Once your form is processed, you’ll be able to review your FAFSA Submission Summary, and your FAFSA information will be made available to your selected schools.
You also can make updates or corrections (such as adding a school or a missing signature) to your FAFSA form.
Prepare to Fill Out the 2026–27 FAFSA® Form
Here are some ways you can get ready to fill out your FAFSA form:
Create a StudentAid.gov account (if you don’t already have one).
Learn about the documents you may need to fill out the FAFSA form.
Determine your dependency status and whether your parent(s) or spouse will be required to contribute information on your FAFSA form.
If you’re a dependent student, use the Who’s My FAFSA Parent? wizard to identify which parent(s) will be a required contributor on your form.

Public Illinois colleges have partnered with the Common App and ISAC for a new process called "One Click College Admissions." The process is different for Seniors than for Juniors. The PDF documents below with links and screenshots should help assist with the process.

Students - when setting up a Common App account, please use a personal (non- New Berlin school) email that you have access to.

If you have further questions, please reach out and Dr. Viola will be discussing this further throughout the school year as well.

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