Academic Calendar

• STEM Night: 3/23 

• Pillar Awards Assembly: 3/24 

• Multicultural Festival: 3/31 

• 8th Grade Field Lesson - Crocker Art / Capital: 4/5 

• Spring Break: 4/6 - 4/16

• CAASPP Testing: 4/24 - 4/28

• Open House: 5/4 

• 8th Grade Portfolio Presentations: 5/11 - 5/12

• No School: 5/26 - 5/29

• 8th Grade Brunch: 6/7 at 9:00 a.m. 

• 8th Grade Promotion: 6/7 at 6:00 p.m. 

• End of Year Field Trips: 6/8 

• Last Day of School: 6/9

Pillar Awards Ceremony 

• Details: Parents are invited to join us in the Benvenuti Theater for pillar awards. Please come through the Benvenuti lobby. You will be receiving an email if your student is being given an award. Please keep it a secret until the ceremony. 

•  Date: 3/24 Time:  8:25 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.    Location: Benvenuti Theater    

STEM Night 

• Details:  Our STEM team is gearing up for an epic night! There will be displays and interactive activities for all ages, so bring your little ones to enjoy the fun.  

• Date: 3/23 Time:  5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.   Room: Cafeteria and Amphitheater

Campus Culture Survey 

• Details:  Over the past month, we have received a few reports of cyberbullying among students (mostly Tiktok and Discord) and racial language being used on campus and in group chats. We implore our parents to have conversations with students regularly and monitor online activities. Large group chats and discord are not safe spaces and often lead to hurt feelings and bullying. Please review the student survey that is going out on Monday. We will be collecting data and then taking some steps to work with our student groups on these issues. Next week we will be sending a parent survey regarding the same issues and seeking parent advisors to dialogue with us. 

• Resources: Student Survey 

Multicultural Festival 

• Calling all NCS families! We need a few crafts and games tables for our NCS Multicultural Festival on March 31st, 5-7pm at Star Academy! If you have an easy craft you'd like to do with students (all ages, K-12) or a fun game that you'd like to share, please contact me! We'd love to have you share your cultural game or craft with NCS Students. Please Email: Caroline Hines, chines@natomascharter.org

• Examples:

  • Kid-Friendly Loteria (Mexico)

  • Dreidels (Israel, Jewish Culture)

  • Fan Making (Asian and other cultures)

  • Origami Making (Japanese Culture)

• Dates:  3/31

• Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

• Want to volunteer? Click Here https://forms.gle/So8EcSt4dbJqvX298. 

NCS Multicultural Festival March 31st 5-7PM

Join the NCS community and Natomas Arts & Education Foundation as we celebrate the diversity of our community. All NCS families are welcome to attend and encouraged to dress in their cultural attire. Booths representing a variety of cultures and hosted by NCS families will be on site, as well as student dance performances, live music, cultural activities and crafts, and food.

NCS is the Place to Be - Job Fair April 1st!

Historically, many of our teachers and staff have been referred to our school through families, students, and colleagues already connected with Natomas Charter School. Ensuring we have fully qualified and diverse educators across our organization takes the entire community. If you know anyone who is interested in joining our school we are hosting a regional charter school collaborative job fair on Saturday April 1st at Star Academy from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. More details about the job fair can be found on our school Facebook page. Please share the details widely with your networks.

Something Rotten Opens This Week!

Our high school musical, Something Rotten, opens Thursday night! The show runs March 17th-18th and March 23rd-25th. The cast and crew features alumni and current students from all five academies! Get your tickets at https://www.benarts.org before they sell out!