Cross Country by Audrey

On Wednesday, September 20, the NCS cross country team went to Capitol Christian middle school for the second track meet of the cross country season. Our cross country team had come here once before, and had placed well with first, second, third, and fifth for the sixth grade girls.

This time, we got first, second, fourth and fifth for the sixth grade girls, and first for the sixth grade boys. The runners on our team all got new personal records, getting better times by at least 10 seconds. A few of our team members got better times by minutes, and a some got better times by 2-4 minutes.

The top five in the race received medals, and around half of the NCS team got them. The times are down below, showing the improvement from the first to the second race.

First	Last	Grade	CC 1.4 mile 9/6	CC 1.4 mile 9/20
Abby	Orozco	6	13:08	11:48
Hannah	Patterson	6	17:37	13:12
James	Race	6	11:04	10:42
Audrey	Reimers	6	10:33	10:08
Ashley	Richter	6	17:36	15:28
Jordan	Washington	6	14:12	DNR
Noah	Yang	6	DNR	13:58
Nareg	Chopourian	7	10:22	9:43
Adam	Hawarneh	7	DNR	11:45
Grace	Kampmeinert	7	15:41	DNR
Nicholas	Keller	7	10:16	9:56
Ariana	Lugo	7	DNR	10:56
Gabriel	Mabalot	7	15:56	11:53
Casey	Munoz	7	12:53	10:58
Yusuf	Nemr	7	15:20	12:01
Devraj	Patel	7	15:35	13:21
Rohan	Sheemar	7	10:43	DNR
Michael	Solis	7	12:04	12:02
Gabriel	Monero	7	DNR	DNR
Mia	Yang	8	DNR	11:54

*DNR= Did Not Run

Spirit Week and Rally by Ava and Amanda

Let’s

Last week at LE the school had a chance to show their school spirit for the entire week and also at our first school rally of the year! On Monday it was Pajama Day where everyone got to wear their comfy clothes they sleep in. On Tuesday it was inside out day where everyone got to wear their clothes inside out. On Wednesday it was crazy hat/hair where everyone got to do something crazy with their hair. On Thursday it was Superhero day where we all got to dress as some of our favorite superheroes. And on Friday it was Hawaiian day where everyone got to where lays, grass skirts, sandals,etc. It was amazing see all of the outfits students put together to show their school spirit.Our JV Volleyball team all wearing capes for superhero day.
Here's students from Mrs. Leporiere’s class showing their school spirit!




Friday the 15th we had our first school’s official rally! The rally theme was Hawaiian since Friday was Hawaiian day whoever dressed up somehow Hawaiian got a slip of paper and wrote their name on it. One of the first things we did after the entire school was settled in the gym, we had a hula dance off. A contestant from each production class was representing their class by hula dancing against other students. The person with the most applause won the competition. The competitors were dancing to a performance performed by Leading Edge’s Taiko club. At the end it was all down to Laiba and the 7th grader Logan R. Mr.Shane had to break the tie, and the winner was…… neither Logan nor Laiba it was Sean!!!



After the fun hula competition Mr.Shane gave a warm introduction to the Boys Soccer ,JV Volleyball and Varsity Volleyball!!!


After the sports teams introduction Mr.Shane thought it would be fun if Ms.Neary went against two 8th graders in an athletic competition. At the end Mrs.Neary won!!!! Before the rally was done each grade went head to head in a hula hoop game. Each person from each grade has to get through a hula hoop while holding hands.It was 8th against 7th against 6th. At the end 6th grade won!!! Overall our first spirit week and Rally was AMAZING!! Can't wait for the next.

Early Humans Museum by Delanie

This week we are doing an Early Humans Museum. You might be wondering what is that or is the museum real? Well in class (no it’s not real), we have been working on projects to represent early humans. As shown in the pictures below you can see that people/groups have modeled where certain early humans lived, what they looked like and tools they used. Each group had a different type of early human. There was Homo Erectus, Neanderthals, Homo Habilis, Australopithecus and we split Homo Sapiens into two groups because there was a lot. We were assigned to do three artifacts or objects based on your species. Then you had to do a little caption (didactic label) on what you did. For example, our group made an environment, tools, and a skull. We are going to be presenting our project for families, friends, and the school. I am very excited to present because I think that everyone did a great job. They really showed what their early humans looked like, what tools they used or where they lived.

While doing this project, I realized that because of the early humans we have everything that we have today. They invented tools, clothing, and houses. I also learned a fun fact: You are most likely related to the Neanderthals group. Personally, I thought that this project was fun because it really made each table and group come together to show their strength and their weaknesses. I think that it was a great chance to find what you're good at building, creating things out of clay, researching, and drawing. I also enjoyed this project because I learned a lot of new information about early humans and making the artifacts was really fun. I would suggest to others/teachers to do more things like this because this is the kind of stuff that makes learning fun. I hope in the future to do more stuff just like this!