Northside's Blog http://nsdis.edublogs.org Home of the Knights Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:04:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Beta Club - 20 Years http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/04/03/beta-club-20-years/ http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/04/03/beta-club-20-years/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:04:50 +0000 nsdis http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/04/03/beta-club-20-years/ beta-club.wmv

Beta Club, an organization that recognizes academic achievement, promotes character, develops leadership skills, and encourages service involvement of students in grades 5 through 12, has been a part of our school for 20 years. Last month students were inducted into Beta Club. Part of the induction program included this video featuring the many faces of our Beta Club students throughout our 20 year history. Watching this video, and remembering when they were walking the halls of Northside, makes me wonder what these students are doing now. I wonder what they chose to do with their lives. How many became college graduates? How many serve our country everyday? How many are engineers, teachers, business owners? How are married and have children who will soon walk the halls of Northside? Were you inducted into the Beta Club? What do you think you’ll be doing in 2o years?


Authored by nsdis. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/04/03/beta-club-20-years/feed/ Talented Students http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/03/19/talented-students/ http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/03/19/talented-students/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:42:09 +0000 nsdis http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/03/19/talented-students/ Are you a fan of American Idol? What about Dancing With The Stars or Who’s Got Talent? These televison shows are very popular with Americans of all ages. Each week viewers are in awe of the amazing talents of the singers, dancers, jugglers, and magicians. Each week viewers submit their opinions of the various talents by voting who should stay and who should leave. It isn’t easy to stand before a crowd and perform. But nothing compares to live entertainment.

Last week, Northside held its annual talent show. We had students who sang, danced, cheered, tumbled, played various instruments, and skated. There were single acts as well as group acts. Each and every student shared with us their talents and shined on the stage. The audience was amazed with the talent and performance of our students. Thank you, Northside students for an enjoyable evening.


Authored by nsdis. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/03/19/talented-students/feed/ What is Your Style? http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/what-is-your-style/ http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/what-is-your-style/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:39:15 +0000 nsdis http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/what-is-your-style/ Have you ever stopped long enough to look at the athletic shoes worn by students at Northside? I am sure in any school, the same observations could be made. Athletic shoes are not like they used to be. Check these out:

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Authored by nsdis. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/what-is-your-style/feed/ November and December Activities http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/12/14/november-and-december-activities/ http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/12/14/november-and-december-activities/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:27:19 +0000 nsdis http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/12/14/november-and-december-activities/ Time flies when you are having fun. Two months have already passed by and it is soon will be winter break. Check out all the activities our students and staff have enjoyed these last two months.

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Authored by nsdis. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/12/14/november-and-december-activities/feed/ The Reflector http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/11/19/the-reflector/ http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/11/19/the-reflector/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:51:33 +0000 nsdis http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/11/19/the-reflector/ Northside Middle School has been around for 50 years. Off and on throughout the years, the students have published a school newspaper called The Reflector. In the early days of Northside, students used typewriters to write their stories and literally cut and paste the stories onto paper so that the newspaper could be copied and distributed.  Today, technology has allowed the students to publish a newspaper for the whole world to see. Isn’t technology great?

 We are so fortunate to have a parent volunteer, Dr. Robert Stevenson, a Lander University Mass Communications professor,  and Mrs. Lynn Waldron, a Northside sixth grade teacher,  who are willing to help our students in publishing a monthly newspaper. Take a peek and tell us what you think about their first issue for the 2007-2008 school year.

The Reflector November 2007


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It has been a very busy month here at Northside. The nine weeks period is over and teachers have been holding conferences with parents on the progress of students. We are hearing wonderful things about our students. This month has also shown us how wonderful our students and parents are with raising money for our school and for the community through the PTO cookie dough sales, United Way spirit links sales and Mr. Knight and Miss Northside. Additionally, there have been a variety of fun activities held this month: football and volleyball games, step team, dance team, and cheerleader practices, the book fair in the media center, spirit week, and student clubs. What have you participated in this month? Which activity did you enjoy participating in?


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There are several activities taking place at Northside in the coming weeks. Besides Teen Read Week, students will be raising funds for United Way with the Miss Northside and Mr. Knight contest and the USC/Clemson penny wars.  The week of October 22 - 25, is Spirit Week ending with a pep rally. Be listening for the different theme days during that week. The PTO is also sponsoring a fall dance for our students on Oct. 19. Does this sound like fun? What are you looking forward to? What are some other activites you would like to see at Northside?


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Today we had an assembly with national motivational speaker Milton Creagh, also known as Bigg Milt. His message centered around removing the masks from our eyes in order to see the destructive forces created when one becomes involved with substance abuse. He emphasized the relational problems families and communities are faced with because of substance abuse. Decisions made today, right now, will effect ones future. Were you listening? What spoke to you? Have you thought about what he said? What did you think of his presentation? What points did you take away from his words?


Authored by nsdis. Hosted by Edublogs. ]]> http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/09/18/were-you-listening/feed/ Open House http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/open-house/ http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/open-house/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:00:56 +0000 nsdis http://nsdis.edublogs.org/2007/09/11/open-house/ dsc00516.JPGWe had a very successful PTO Open House this evening. It was nice to see the large turn out of parents and students and to hear the compliments of our new building. We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful group of parents and students. Our PTO has also been working hard to support the students and teachers through various activities. Have you joined the PTO yet? Have you signed up to help with some of the PTO committees? Have you purchased cookie dough from a Northside student yet? Did you see the Northside t-shirts on sale tonight? The Knight on the back of the t-shirt is amazing.  Open House and PTO are an excellent to ways for the teachers, staff, parents and students to begin community building for the school year. It looks as though we are off to a great start in developing our community here at Northside.


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