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Thank you so much for your participation and support for our Fall Fundraiser!! We had fantastic results!

Our Fall Fundraiser will be delivered on Thursday, September 20th from 5:30-7:30pm.

Pickup will be in the NPJH Cafeteria. Please enter through the Main Office Door of NPJH - Door 1. This is the only pick-up time. We will not be able to send home items with students since they need to be frozen.

If you would like to help with delivery please e-mail cstrong@newpal.k12.in.us. Our staff could use help any time between 5:00p.m. and 8:00pm on the 20th.

The Mega Movie Event will take place on Friday, September 21st! Qualifying students have received an email invitation.

 

Southern Hancock Schools believes that all students should have the opportunity to achieve to the highest of their potential. With this in mind, starting in the 2018-19 school year, all 8th grade students will have the opportunity to take Algebra 1.

Criteria have been created for students to qualify for the 8th grade Algebra 1 course. Students who were identified as High Ability in Mathematics during the 6th grade identification process will automatically qualify.

A second path, created by a committee of parents, teachers, and administrators, contains the following criteria:
? Automatic Qualifier
     - Meets or exceeds a score of 90% on the Algebra Readiness Test given to all 7th graders (early Spring semester)

       OR

     - Scores in the 96th percentile on the NWEA Math assessment during the Fall or Winter administration of their 7th grade year.

If a student doesn’t automatically qualify by meeting one of the above criteria, they must meet THREE or more of the following criteria:
     - 85% or higher on the Algebra Readiness Test (early Spring semester)
     - A grade of A or higher in 7th Grade Math during Semester 1
     - 7th grade Fall or Winter NWEA Math score in the 90th percentile or higher
     - 6th grade ISTEP+ Math score of Pass+
     - A teacher recommendation score of 4 in the area of Mathematics

If the student qualifies by either of the above criteria, he or she will have the option of taking Algebra 1 in eighth grade or waiting until ninth grade.