Mrs. Achgill Visits NCTS English Classes

NCTS students understand that visualizing their reading material helps them

engage, personalize, and comprehend texts. 

Mychaela explains, "Visualizing makes the story feels real.  

You actually really get into the story, and it feels like you are living it."  

In addition, students practice visualizing because they know that when they visualize 

their reading material, they are more likely to finish the reading assignment.  

Kourtney shares, "If you really get into visualizing, it feels like you are watching a movie 

that you don't want to turn off." 

To support students' visualization skills, Mrs. Achgill led students through a 

Sketch to Stretch lesson. While Mrs. Achgill read a passage from a book, 

students sketched the visual images that they pictured in their minds.  Trenton reflects, "Visualizing turns the book into a movie and makes it easier to analyze." 

NCTS Attends JELCC Field Day

Reader's Theater with Mrs. Achgill, NCHS Information Center Department Chair

Today, Mrs. Achgill visited NCTS English classes to support students' current MYP Unit:  How Do My Choices Impact My Personal Development?

  

With Mrs. Achgill's guidance, students transformed into actors as they participated in Reader's Theater and acted out the novel, ADHD & Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table.   

Eager to share their own personal narratives, students shared their essays with Mrs. Achgill during writing conferences. 

Mrs. Achgill, thank you for providing NCTS an entertaining and literary experience! 

Who Will Be Our September Student of the Month?

Challenge Education Awards

Congratulations! 

Communicator Awards:  Kourtney, Rodney, and Saleeth

Leadership Awards:  Kordell, Phebra, and Alex 

During the challenge education course these students showed excellent communication and leadership skills. With their guidance, the entire NCTS team accomplished the challenges. 

Thank You, Light Cafe!

The NCTS Team Accomplishes the Challenge Education Course!

While participating in the Challenge Education Course, NCTS students practiced teamwork, communication, perseverance, and problem-solving skills.  Students exercised these important life skills as they accomplished a series of challenging tasks. 

"The games were challenging. Once we began to listen to each other and communicate effectively, 

we were able to complete the games. We discovered that teamwork and communication 

are the keys to completing the challenges." -Asia

"The games took a lot of perseverance and teamwork.  At first, we were not getting along or helping each other. Then, we started to encourage each other, and we started to do a lot better."  -Alex

"As long as we worked as a team, the games were not challenging at all. We just kept trying to help each other.  We were able to finish the games because we acted like a team." Xavier

"Communicating was a challenge for us, but we overcame the challenge by creating game plans.  In conclusion, we all had good ideas, and we were able to put our ideas together 

to come up with a solution." -Cordell

"We contributed our personal strengths to the games. I was able to offer my communication skills to help my team.  By communicating verbally and with hand gestures, I was able to help my team members line up on a balance beam in order of their birthdays." -Sidney

"My favorite game was when we lined up on the balance beam in order of our birthdays. This was hard because most of us couldn't talk and some of us were blindfolded.  This game took a lot of different communication skills."  -Jodeci