Dear NCHS Family,

It's hard to believe how quickly the school year's first quarter has flown by, with the second quarter beginning on November 3. Grades are available for viewing in PowerSchool by the end of the day on November 13. Please note that comments are only required for students who receive a grade under 80. We encourage parents to reach out to teachers if they would like detailed feedback in a class.

Please join us to learn useful tips and strategies to help your students cope with the pressures of this important year. We will address potential stressors—including academics, standardized testing, college visits, and social life—and ways to manage them all. Participants will include members of the NCHS counseling team and Eileen Donellan, NCHS social worker. This event will not be recorded.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

Join Principal Egan and his team for a Parent Coffee. There will be a Q & A session followed by a brief tour of NCHS.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

Guidance counselors will discuss topics including the Power School GPA and how it converts to a 4.0 scale; how Honors and AP classes are weighted; what GPA colleges see and care about; and how many AP classes a child should take. They will also show us a roadmap to our students' academic pursuits and introduce Naviance, which you will use during your child's college search.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

The NCHS PFA is happy to continue the tradition of giving our seniors a safe and fun venue in which to keep celebrating after Prom. The Post Prom party held at Waveny House is an enormous undertaking. We will host over 400 students from midnight until 4 AM. There will be food, games, entertainment, music and prizes. Everything is geared toward keeping our students safe on Prom Night. And every year the theme is a surprise! 

Post Prom Co-Chairs Katrina Parkhill and Lydia Kremer need your help to create a night of incredible memories for our seniors. Help us make this a special evening for our seniors who missed out on their last significant milestone - 8th grade celebration. 

We are making it easy to get started! Just follow the Post Prom Parent Checklist for 12th grade families:

  1. Please make a Post Prom donation of $175 to fund our budget.

  2. Be a parent volunteer! It takes a village to put on this party!

  3. Email photos for the Post Prom video 

  4. Save the date for Ram Jam 2024: Friday, March 22.

*Denotes NCHS as testing location 

Please join the school counselors for a conversation about college admissions with the Deans of Admission from Dartmouth College, Fordham University, Rhodes College, and the University of Vermont. More info to come.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

Thank you to those who have contributed games so far for use by NCHS students! We would love to have the following if you are so inclined to contribute: 

1 x No-Stress Chess  

4 x Jenga games  

10 x Farkle sets  

Please mark your contribution care of Arri Weeks or Darcy Smith and deliver to the Main Office.

The NCHSl Senior Internship Program is looking for companies/organizations to host senior students for the spring 2024 Senior Internship Program. The program will run from May 21 to June 7. Students intern 25 hours per week during school hours. The internship location should be within a 30-mile radius of New Canaan. For more information please email Heather Bianco.