The Northland Christian Preschool Summer Program is designed to be a fun learning environment for children ages 18 months thru 5 years of age. The program includes daily curriculum with Bible lessons, songs, finger plays, arts and crafts, group and individual play. Opportunities for letter and number recognition, science, social studies and other areas of preschool learning will be explored. Fine and gross motor skill development is supported and special activities are planned that will provide hours of fun and entertainment. The teachers are loving, trained professionals who enjoy teaching in a Christ-centered environment. This nine week summer program is June 8 - August 7. The regular program day is 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. with extended day hours available 
First of all I would like to say what a privilege and blessing it's been working with each of you. In just a short time I have come to consider Northland my home and you my family. However, after a year of searching I feel the Lord has called me on to a different path. I'm sure many of you have heard but I wanted to fill you in on some details that you may not know. 
The National Honor Society and the National Junior Honor Society are founded upon the five principles of scholarship, service, leadership, character and citizenship. The qualifying academic requirement for induction is a grade average of 90 or better in all classes, excluding P.E. and athletics, over the past three semesters. Conduct grades, teacher recommendations, and a servant attitude are also important considerations. Please click the following links for the list of students recently inducted into the Northland Chapter of the NCS secondary
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NCS All School Announcing the 2009 Musical! The Wizard of OZ!! NCS Fine Arts is proud to announce that we will be producing the Wizard of OZ! The most exciting news is that it will be an all school musical!! Any student who will be in the 3rd-12th Grade in the 2009-10 school year is able to try out. For Questions, please contact Lauren Hance, lhance@northlandchristian.org |
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Families were on hand to celebrate Bob Reaves Night at the Ballpark on April 7th. This annual event began last year with Bob’s retirement from Northland after 13 years of |
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Spring Football got kicked off on Monday May 11th, as 25 upperclassmen welcomed a strong group of 20 freshmen for two weeks of drills. Spring Football is the first time this group practices together, and sets the stage for the fall season. Fundamentals and technique are stressed, as well as team unity. |
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The Lord is Good; His Love Endures Forever and His Truth is Eternal |
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NCS All School Sign up now for NCS Summer Camps! |
The Sports Camps are held at Northland's Secondary Campus except for the the Elementary Basketball Camps which will be held at the Elementary Campus Gym. • Summer Program Brochure (PDF) ONLINE PAYMENTS • Baseball Summer Camp • ES/MC Boys/Girls Summer Basketball Camp • HS Boys Summer Basketball Camp • Football Summer Camp • HS MS Cougar POWER Camp • Boys and Girls Soccer Camp • Volleyball Camp |
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Iron Kids Day Camp |
 Iron Kids Day Camp will be returning to Northland’s Elementary Campus, 2700 F.M. 1960 West, Houston, TX 77068. There are several plans and sessions available to suit individual needs, from June 8-August 7, 2009. The regular program day is 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. with extended day hours from 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Please call Daysha Sanford - Summer Camp Director, at 832-389-2005 for more information or via email dsanford@northlandchristian.org. • Iron Kids Information Brochure (PDF) • Iron Kids Online Tuition Payment & Registration |
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Debate Awards Click here for photos . . . Grant Zeinert Best Effort Award: Maegen Odenweller Public Speaking Excellence Award: Elizabeth Knudson Alan Smith Debate Excellence Award: Josh Roberts Team Member of The Year: Molly Dunn Novice Outstanding Public Speaker Award: Alex Abston Novice Outstanding Debater Award: Sarah Holley 2009-2010 Team Captains: Jonathan Crews, James Cossey & Josh Roberts Continuing to win Northland debaters continue to set the standard at national tournaments! Most recently, at the Tournament of Champions National Tournament hosted by the University of Kentucky, Alex Heim was a Semi-Finalist in Congressional Debate and Josh Roberts was the 17th Top Speaker in Lincoln Douglas Debate. |
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 On Tuesday April 21st a group of students and parents attended the 2009 Tommy Tune Awards (TTA) at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The TTA’s is an awards ceremony for the city wide, year long musical competition. Northland submitted the 2008 Musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying! We are proud to announce:Derek Manning was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Bud Frump. This was a great honor for Derek and for the NCS Fine Arts Department.  Paul Lindsay was awarded a $3,000 scholarship for the Tommy Tune Awards Scholarship Committee for his outstanding achievement and contribution to the Arts! He was only 1 of 8 that received this amazing scholarship. Way to Go Paul!!!Nikki Wilson and Derek Manning made Northland proud by performing in the final number of the evening “Keep You Eye On The Prize”! Way to represent Northland!!! |
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NCS secondary Thoughts from the Campus Minister Rich Reaves  |
2008-09 Spiritual Life "Good News" I don’t watch the news. I don’t even enjoy reading the news. As far as I can tell, the very definition of the word “news” has warped into an exclusively negative word. To escape the negativity I watch Sportscenter, but now most lead stories in the world of sports are not about what happens on the field of play, but off the field of play. Now most stories in sports don’t involve bats hitting baseballs, but needles injecting steroids.
So, brew a cup of coffee, set aside some time, and reflect on the school year by soaking in God’s faithfulness. Read about a young girl paralyzed in an auto accident who is now walking again. Read about a student-initiated garage sale that generated more than $,4000 for the children and widow of Mr. Brad Wims. Read about two sixth-grade students, who after hearing of an NCS graduate who was recently diagnosed with MS accrued more than $4,000 to help fight multiple sclerosis. Although these stories are merely a sampling of God’s activity on the campus of our school, they are more than enough to convince us that God is still very much in charge of the news, and our victory in Jesus Christ is eternally secure! |
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NCS secondary Ziemer Zone By Cherilyn Ziemer, Director of Instructional Technology |
One-to-One Laptop Program
Northland launched its One-to-One Laptop Program in 2006. Now completing its third year, the program enhances learning and teaching with technology and also embeds technology into the core curriculum. Each student in grades 8-12 has access to their own laptop with a comprehensive software package. The program has provided new creative opportunities and truly reoriented the classroom learning experience at Northland Christian School. As you will recall, the original One-to-One program was a three year program using NCS-owned Gateway laptops for our students. We are now at the end of the initial three year program and the school is pleased to announce several key changes to this program, the most important of which is that the school will be changing from Gateway laptops to Apple MacBook laptops. Parents will now have the option to either purchase Apple MacBook computers for their students or to use school-owned MacBooks as part of our One-to-One Laptop Program for the 2009-2010 school year. |
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It's Time to Join the Athletic Booster Club for the 2009-2010 School Year! |
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From purchasing new track hurdles to basketball software to improve a players shot, The Athletic Booster Club supports all 25 sports teams at Northland. By becoming a member of the Booster Club, you are not only supporting the teams, you are supporting the improvement of your athlete. Membership has it's advantages too! Preferred parking, Booster Club shirts and entrance into the hospitality tent. Click the link below to choose your level of participation and then become a 2009-2010 Athletic Booster. For more information or to become a Booster Club member, click here. |
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NCS secondary Finishing Strong David Nelson Associate Secondary Principal  |
“To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” (Revelation 2:7) |
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elementary campus Blessed by Our Past, Learning from our Future - Kent Hart |
What an incredible year we have experienced. Thank you for your prayers and support all year long. God has done some wonderful things in the hearts and minds of our kids this year. Whether through struggle or mountain peak experiences, I pray that you have witnessed your child grow spiritually, mentally, physically, and socially. |
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Moms, grandmas, aunts and friends gathered to be a part of Northland’s first Muffins with Mom. Moms were able to take some extra time that morning to sit and enjoy time with their students before they were off to their busy day. Many stayed for chapel and were uplifted by the beautiful singing of our students. |
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elementary campus Under the Big Top |
"Under the Musical Big Top" an NCS Variety Show was an incredible showcase of talent. Every elementary student was on stage participating in a collaborative musical performance. The Honor Choir started us off and the evening continued with the third, fourth, and fifth grade orchestras all playing separately and concluding with a combination of the fourth and fifth grade orchestras playing "Bach Country Fiddles". The Fifth Grade Recorder Ensemble and Chorus entertained us with three folksongs on the recorder and surprised everyone by their terrific two-part harmony on the choir pieces "American Game Song Medley" and "Charlotte-Town". The Kindergarten through Fourth Grade brought the house down with their musical "Circus Circus". We had clowns, acrobats, pantomimes, jugglers, and more wanna be ringmasters than you've ever seen! All in all the evening was a great success and a fabulous display of the talent we have here at the Elementary Campus. The auction was also a huge success with over $12,000 raised in support of our school! |
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Congratulations to this year’s Science Fair winners. Northland 5th graders are challenged every year to compete against each other in one of three categories. After doing extensive research, planning and log keeping the students have to present their project following the criteria given them by Mrs. Owens. More importantly, they have to orally defend their project to a group from Exxon-Mobil. Hard questions are asked and students have to give composed, concise answers that show the benefit of the results of their project. |
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elementary campus Hop to It!: Each Friday, several third, fourth, and fifth grade students gather to experience art with parent volunteer, Melanie Oliver. Students work with different mediums such as clay and pastels, create gifts such a jewelry boxes and cards, and learn about different techniques like shading and blending. Creativity is (of course) encouraged, while all levels of artistic abilities are celebrated. This month, the students focused on Mother’s Day gifts. Little do the students know, they are developing their fine motor skills while having fun and getting to socialize and collaborate with students from different grade levels. |
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Summer is almost here and the children are having spring fever. Preschool has been very busy. The four year olds had a wonderful time at the Downtown Aquarium. We were able to see many species of fish and a playful group of sting rays. The train ride was awesome because we were able to ride under the shark tank. |
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NCS preschool Re-Enrollment for 2009-2010 and Summer Program Preschool reenrollment for the 2009-2010 school year began March 16, 2009. At that time enrollment in the 2009 Summer Preschool Program began as well. On April 1, 2009 enrollment opened to new families and current students not enrolled at that time could be subject to a wait list. If you have questions please contact Sharla Sheffield at 281-440-1377 ext. 24 or email ssheffield@northlandchristian.org. Summer Program information |
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100% of Northland graduates are continuing their education at higher learning institutions. |
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secondary campus Athletic Updates Northland’s Golf team Congratulations to the golf team for advancing to State which was held at Cinco Ranch. The team was led by sophomore Zack Baldwin and senior Alexander Smith. The conditions were tough, the round was long, and the team came together to move up in the rankings. Congratulations to the team and to Coach Joachim for a great season. See you on the greens. Cougar Tennis Once more congratulations are in order for the Cougar Tennis team. Taylor Coffman, Jonathan Nguyen, and team Alexander Smith and Jonathan Lane all qualified for the STATE tournament in their divisions. This year our team took more qualifiers to state than ever before. Although the results are not what we wanted, our students played to their best of their abilities and left everything on the court. A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Abaroa, Mrs. Lane, and Mrs. Smith for all their help in making this season a great one. MIDDLE SCHOOL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Middle School Baseball The MS baseball team finished 4-3 for the season. In the District tournament we only played 1 game before the tournament was called off due to rain. The Middle School Softball A Season to Remember - We entered the season with two returning players from last year, Taylor Huff and Amanda Organ now both 7th graders. There was a lot of uncertainty about who might try out for the team and when sixteen girls showed up, we were very pleased. Two quickly decided that they had other things to do, so we ended up with 14 players for our roster. The great thing was that all of the girls were excited about softball. Even the inexperienced girls were not deathly afraid of the ball as some beginners might be. Our baby Cougars worked on fundamentals of throwing, fielding and hitting. All of them wanted to practice and all of them wanted to improve. That is exciting for a coach.
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The 8th grade class had a wonderful experience tracing the roots of the American Revolution in and around Boston. We climbed inside the Bunker Hill Memorial, sat in the pews of the Old North Church, and walked the freedom trail all over Boston. We stood on the green in Lexington, where the shot was fired that began the revolution. Then we attended a presentation at the Minute Man Park near Concord that traced the first battle of the colonists and the British "regulars." What an incredible experience to help history come alive!
Our 6th graders were sent into outer space to explore. First, the students learned about the inner planets also known as terrestrial planets. We learned about their rocky crusts and what makes their surface different than the outer planets. The outer planets are known as gas giants and are made of…; you guessed it gas. They have rings and moons galore. After exploring the known planets of our Solar System, the students were sent on a mission to find another planet, unknown to human kind. The students were to make up a planet and give the facts and description about it, so that we could relate it to our own planets. The planets these kids dreamed up were out of this world! The students had to name it, and just to give you a taste of their thoughts, there were titles such as a mixture of 2 names, candy land with a world full of candy, names that explained what the planet was made up of, and much more. Once we got the facts and had a model to grasp the visual part of it, the students had to make up a story about their visit to this unknown planet. Some of the stories were done as journal entries; some were done as a space mission from NASA, and some were written as a comedy. All were wonderful, imaginative stories that one newsletter could not contain. The models they made were out of all sorts of things Styrofoam, Play-Doh, cakes of all shapes and sizes, candies, and brownies; we especially liked the food planets. Some students even brought in food that was a delicacy by their planet’s inhabitants! The project was so much fun and the kids really took the ball and ran with it. They were able to be creative, intuitive, astronauts that thought outside the box. If you stopped by our room you will see what I mean; you will be transported to another galaxy with all our planets still orbiting around the room!
The 8th grade IPC classes were put into the cockpit of a car race. Their objective was to build a car made of clay, film containers, toothpicks, straws, and other house hold items. After their car was constructed, using their own engineering; these cars needed to be tested. First we tested which cars from each period would win a race. They needed to have wheels that would spin, weight to carry them down an incline, and good engineering to make sure the car wouldn’t come apart during the testing. All of this may sound easy until you put it to action. The students would make changes upon changes of modifications to their cars to make sure they were in the best shape for their team. After we ran a few races we needed to test the car’s speed. We learned that Speed = Distance/ Time. So we had to set up an experiment to test it. We had meter sticks and stop watches clocking the times and distances of each competitor’s car. Afterwards we graphed the speed and made comparisons of how each car did. These kids had such a fun learning experience trying to construct these cars. 
The Junior Class hosted the Junior/Senior prom at Hotel ZaZa on Friday, May 1st. Everyone arrived at the event looking their very best. The hotel was appropriately decorated to fit the “Where the Wild Things Are” theme. The evening began with a smorgasbord of “comfort food” that was enjoyed by all. Throughout the night, prom goers were entertained by a photo booth, caricature artists, and a very lively pair of DJs. A good time was had by all.
From the moment you walked in the door at the Spring Fine Arts Concert, the tone was set. The Jazz band could be heard playing tunes that made you want to dance. As the band played, audience members perused art and photography displayed throughout the gym. The choir and orchestra concert took us through the ages with hilarious drama skits intermixed. The audience shook their groove thing in the ‘70’s segment, fell back in love with love songs from the ‘80’s, and laughed as the Men’s Choir moved and grooved to 90’s boy band hits. The orchestra played songs from movies from those decades, including the theme from “The Godfather”,” Star Wars” and “Forest Gump”. There were even musical arrangements composed by several of our Fine Arts students. Paul Lindsay and his senior back-up singers, Mike Cano, Derek Manning, Drew McConnell, Jonathan Nguyen and Evyn Pierre, brought down the house with a choreographed version of “Escape” by Julio Iglesias! The night closed with the choir performing “You Raise Me Up,” a special tribute to Grant Zeinert’s memory. It was a fantastic concert enjoyed by all; Northland truly has talent!
On May 7,8,9 NCS High School Drama produced the 2009 Spring Comedy to raving reviews. Laughs could be heard throughout the show: from Ellen Marsh’s witty lines, Sean Palizza stripping down to tights, Josh Walther posing in a toga, Emma Wilhelm prancing in a tutu, to the rest of the cast hamming it up every minute of the show. 
A very special “thank-you” goes out to all donors and buyers to the NCS “Clean House” Garage Sale!! It was a great success! Donations of all kinds were received and resold, with the remainder picked up by Northwest Assistance Ministries at the end of the sale. A total of approximately $3,900 was collected, and the school was well publicized. Bargains were found everywhere!
Field Day, another favorite Northland tradition, was held recently at the elementary campus. From the egg run, to the tug-of-war, to the pillow toss, great fun was had by all. Thanks to the parent and middle school volunteers for helping make this day special for the kindergarten through 5th grade students. The parents even got into the competitive spirit of things! It was a great day of competition, physical activity and a shared good time.
Multi-cultural Week has the 1st grade classes working on some pretty amazing art projects. Stop by Mrs. Goodrich’s room to see the display of “Wild and Wacky” mask. Students researched masks from around the world, from Louisiana to Mexico, even Africa. Students were given hard cardboard face molds, beads, gel pens, buttons, colored pebbles, pipe cleaners, feathers, colored plastic strings, and glitter glue and let their imaginations go to work! The results were some very interesting and sometimes scary looking mask!
The Fifth graders put their learning in motion, Newton's laws of motion that is. For two weeks, the fifth grade class has been creating balloon racers that applied three of Newton's Laws of Motion.
4th Grade students used their creativity to design space ships that would successfully land on a unique planet surface. Using their knowledge of mass, volume, and density, students used Styrofoam cups, pipe cleaners, foil, Nilla wafers and gumdrops to create a space ship that could rest on a surface of “goo” without sinking.
Friday night, the 3rd graders were treated to a special viewing of the moon. Over the last month, 3rd grade has been studying and graphing the different moon phases. Friday, the McLean family generously offered their time and telescope to let the students view the full moon phase. This large telescope allowed the students a better look at the full moon and it’s varied surface.
Inspired by a story about Alex Scott, a little girl with cancer who raised money by selling lemonade, first grader Maddie Pallanez opened her own Lemonade Stand 2 years ago. Each summer, Maddie has committed to selling lemonade as part of “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” a foundation that raises money for cancer research. This year, Maddie would like to share this opportunity with her fellow classmates, and you. She is asking her Northland classmates to join her in working a lemonade stand Friday, June 12th through Sunday, June 14th. Parents and students wanting to participate, please contact Alicia Pallanez.
We LOVE our teachers! During Teacher Appreciation Week, Northland elementary teachers have been smothered with cards, flowers, fruit, candy and teacher’s favorite - hugs from their students! Parents appreciate the amount of love and individualized attention that our students receive. They know that teachers not only spend hours preparing for the weeks lessons, but also praying for our children.
If you hear the sounds of animals coming from Ms. Donell’s room, don’t worry. Her 2 year old class has built an ark. After it was finished, they loaded up all the supplies that would be needed. Food was brought on board for Noah, his family and all the animals. This week the door was shut and the rain started. The forecast calls for rain all week with 100% chance of flood. Next week calls for a rainbow.
On May 7th, the 3 year old Preschool class presented their spring program, “Spring Has Sprung." Parents were entertained with songs and finger plays. Joining the parade of bugs were Mrs. Salinas' ladybugs, Mrs. Sullivan's caterpillars and butterflies and Ms. English's bees. Mrs. William's class were ducks and last but not least were Mrs. Tosh's raindrops. We had a wonderful time enjoying the children dressed in their costumes. Mrs. Manitz presented a video of all the 3 year old classes throughout the year. Thank you, parents, for a great year with your children. 
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