Indian Cultural Day 2018 by Zach

For Indian Cultural Day, we did some pretty cool stuff. First, we got to do Rangoli chalk art with

Some students wearing traditional clothing styles.

three partners while some people including me got to set-up our backdrops for the skits with Mrs. Meindl. We saw how to do some Rangoli art in Math class on Wednesday.

Then after the Rangoli, we all went into the NPR to get ready for the expression skit performance and Takio. Fourth period puppet show went first, then the 4th period dancing to Jai Ho. Their skit was really good and their dance was awesome. Then Mrs. Bibayoff’s two core class skits Demons in the Desert and Prince Five-Weapons and the Sticky-Haired Monsters. I was in Prince Five-Weapons. The skits for Core were for extra credit, and I really enjoyed doing them.


Up next were the skits and dances for 5th period expressions. Since that puppet show had a lot of people in it, the dance only had eight people in it but it was one of the best ones. Then after that, my period, 7th period had to do the dance and skit. I was performing in the skit and my role was Yama, the Hindu god of death. I really enjoyed doing the skit of Savitri and Satyavan in a puppet show. Then after our puppet show, 7th period did their dance to Jai Ho. All of the dances and the puppet shows were amazing! Then Takio performed a really good performance with their Japanese drums. And to top it all off, we got some delicious Indian food that parents provided for us. So all in all, Indian Cultural Day was awesome!

Dances, skits, art, and food. . . Celebrating the end of our India unit and start of Winter Break @NCS_LE 😀 pic.twitter.com/qiQ19KBeYb

— Karisa Bibayoff (@LEroomI3) December 20, 2018

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Award Ceremony Gives Out a Lot of Awards By: Zeeyad and Vishruth

The trimester one award ceremony was first scheduled for Friday 11/30/2018 but it got canceled and the date was changed to 12/3/2018, which is Monday. This really marks who did great during the first trimester. It is great to have a nice ceremony to celebrate personal achievements.

One of the most prized awards includes the high honor roll which will be awarded to students with 90% and above in all their classes. There is also just the normal honor roll which is awarded to students with 80%- 89% in all their classes. The principal's award is awarded to the same students as the high honor roll.

The most auspicious award is the pillar award. Every teacher picks a student for each pillar tech savvy is how well you work with technology, global thinking is thinking outside the community, cultural diversity is the cultures and religions in the earth, Problem Savvy is the thinking of thinking in solving problems skillfully, and building partnership is how well you can work with others.

Some of the people who won the super prestigious pillar awards in 6th grade include Anirudh, Andrew, and Vishruth Gudipati (Me). The high honor roll and honor roll had a great turnout as almost everyone was in one or the other. There are way too many to list though especially 8th grade.

All the teachers were able to give awards in 6th grade the most abundant award was critical thinking and innovative thinking. I want to thank the teachers who were able to give pillar awards including our core teachers Mrs. Bibayoff, Mrs. Leporiere, and Mrs. Meindl. And of course, our principal who gave out the honor roll and high honor roll.

We asked questions to some of the pillar award winners. We asked: How do you feel about winning the pillar award? Do you feel like you deserved it?

Andrew H. said, “I think that I deserved it and I felt very happy and proud when I heard my name called.”

Anirudh M. said, “I believe that I deserved the award and was glad and proud to accept the award.”

That was our report on the LE award ceremony. Hope everyone was able to accept an award! Thank You for reading this blog! Please check out the pictures below!