Action Groups for 2010 - 2011

 

Action Groups are not open to non-members of NCCS.

See details below of  these Action Groups:

 

Sandlot Sports

Lego Robotics

Novel-T's

Community Servants Involved

King Center Trips

Day Trippers

Culture & All That Jazz

 

All signups for free activities are made by contacting the school office by phone, email, or mail.  All signups for paid activities are made by turning in your payment (cash, check, PayPal) with a note to the office for exactly what the payment covers.  You can turn in multiple payments on one check or PayPal by emailing us or attaching a note to explain how to divide the money exactly. 

 

Sandlot Sports - Milton McNeil, leader -

Grades 2 - 5:   Meetings 2nd and 4th Friday mornings at Fred Lee Park; 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; sports without all the pressure; no cost; need to sign up by August 24, noon.  Begins August 27th.

 

Lego Robotics - Jeanette Stiers, leader

FIRST Lego League (FLL) Robotic Team Opportunity

Attention Parents of 9 to 14 year olds - Only 5 spots are available!!

Deadline to reserve your student's spot is August 13th at 4pm.

First Meeting is Saturday, August 21, 2010.

What is First Lego League?  FIRST is an acronym for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.  It is a fun, challenging, fast-paced, competitive, enriching, and extremely rewarding international competition.  Thousands of teams compete to solve problems, build and program LEGO robots, and conduct research and present their findings.

Check out these sites to see what it looks like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3ymBxB1yU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4ejYPrcFM

 

Does my student have to have robotic experience?  No.  This is a rookie team being formed with a rookie coach.  We will learn together.

 

What can I expect my student to get from being on the team? 

  • Development of team skills, presentation skills, research skills and applying technology skills as exposure to working under pressure while having fun.

The Opportunity - 5 spots are available for NCCS students interested in being a team member.

Committment Required:

  • Once a week 3-hour team meeting on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon from August through mid January.
  • Two how-it's done; practice type events in Brevard County.
  • Two tournaments in the same time period on a Saturday in Florida with an 80% chance in Brevard County
  • Depending on team performance there could be a Regional Competition in late January.

Meeting Place:  NCCS office space at 1990 W New Haven, Melbourne.  (Mom's can use the library during team meetings; go to Barnes & Noble; or shop at the Mall.)

Cost - $150-$200 per team member depending on grants and sponsorships obtained well as total team members.

 

Payment Plan

$50 to reserve your space

$50 due by Sept 15

$50 due by Oct 15

Final $50 due by Nov 15

(if the full $200 is needed.) 

E-mail questions or desire to sign up to stiersschool@bellsouth.net.

 

Novel-T's - Sandy Hancock, leader -

grades 5 -12; writing a book together; not a sequentially written book where person a writes the firs part, person b writes the second part, but a group written novel where everyone contributes to each part; meets at the school office

First meeting = Monday night, August 16, 7:30 to 8:30 to organize and pick regular night.  If you miss this first meeting and want to join, you can by contacting Mrs. Hancock at SANDYHOME@Aol.com and getting the first assignment from her.

 

Community Servants Involved (CSI) - Kerri Rogers, leader -

September: Thursday 9/16, 10:30-12:00, Friends of Jesus: Church on the Rock Auditorium:

Make bagged lunches for day laborers; the lunches will be taken by Friends of Jesus to the day labor office.  (If you would like, we'd love to have some homemade cookies for the lunches and scripture verses on little cards to put in the bags.);

October: Barrier Island Sanctuary Beach Clean-up & Nature Tour:
Friday 10/29, 10:00-12:00 Begin with a sack lunch on their beautiful deck overlooking the ocean, view the inside nature displays, participate in a scavenger hunt, beach clean up and short nature hike. This place is a hidden gem.

November: Operation Christmas Child & Letters to Soldiers:
Thursday 11/11, 10:00-12:00. Church on the Rock Auditorium:
 Bring your gift items & plastic shoe box for this wrapping party. Supplies for wrapping and card/letter making will be provided along with....Christmas cookies! We'll show you how to sign up to have your box tracked so you know what town and country received it! 

More Dates to Come Soon

 

December - Friends of Jesus: Make bagged lunches for the homeless @ COTR (If you like, bake Christmas cookies & bring scripture verses.); Date TBA; sign up by December 3, noon

January - April service projects: Friends of Jesus lunch making, Project Linus Blanket making for children in crisis, nursing home visitation & ice cream social, Sharing Center pantry stocking. Dates & Times to be announced shortly.


 

King Center Trips - Susan Gattle, leader - Varied levels by program; see handout in school office for details.  All ticket money for all the performances for the year must be in the school office by noon on Tuesday, August 24 in order to insure tickets are available before the public schools place their orders.

Sept 27, 10:30 start time; Ferdinand the Bull; grades K-6; $9 per ticket adult or child

Oct 11; 10:30 start time; Strega Nona; grades PreK to 4th; $9 per ticket adult or child

Jan 31; 10:30 start time; Anne of Green Gables; $9 a ticket;

Feb 3; 10:30 start time; Knuffle Bunny; grades PreK-2nd; $9 per ticket

Feb 15; 10:30 start time; The Peking Acrobats; All ages; $9 per ticket

March 14; 6 pm start time; Introduction to Music Improv Master Class; $5 each for grades 5 - 12; students bring their own instruments; not for beginners, but no improv experience needed.

March 15; 10:30 start time; Project Trio Concert; All ages; $9 per ticket; bridges the gap between classical and popular music

May 4; 10:30 start time; Breakin' Backwards (Soul Street Dance Group); All ages; $9 a ticket

You need to fill out the order form in the school office and return it and the money (check, cash, or PayPal) by noon on August 24.  This is an absolute deadline.

 

Day Trippers -

Fun trips around Central Florida; expect to spend most of the day on these!  Carpooling is encouraged. Details on each trip will be posted when the webmaster is back from vacation.

Trips by month (unlisted dates waiting on confirmation)

  • August 24 (Tuesday); meet there at 11:15 - Reptile World Serpentarium; Cost $4 per student; $5 per adult; deadline to sign up - August 17 noon; directions emailed to those who sign up; 50 minute drive.  Venom show for us!
  • September 14; 11 a.m. till 1 pm - Geocaching; bring your GPS unit and a compass;  bring snacks or lunch; bring beverages; dress for hot day; High tech treasure hunting;  we'll meet at a mysterious place that you will find via GPS coordinates sent to you via email.  Sign up by September 7 noon.
  • October 7 - Green Meadows; Thursday, 85 minute drive to the place; meet there by 10:15; Cost is $10 per person over age 2; Payable by noon on September 10; Each person will receive a pumpkin that he or she selected from the pumpkin patch.  Dress with shoes suitable to the barnyard; no sandals please - closed toe shoes only.  You might want to bring another pair of shoes to wear home and a plastic bag to put your barnyard shoes in for the journey home in the trunk of your car.  Picnic tables there as well as food they serve.  Students will learn about pigs, cows, goats, sheep, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, donkeys, horses and more!  All students are encouraged to have first hand experience by touching all of our animals.  Plus they will milk a cow, ride a pony, have a tractor drawn hay-ride and a train ride.  Bring a plastic grocery bag with handles or old pillow case to help them carry their pumpkin home. 

    Remind students to bring a bag lunch with a disposable drink container. This is preferable to lunch boxes and thermoses which are often left behind at the farm.   YOUR LUNCHES MUST BE BROUGHT IN COOLERS OR PLASTIC TUBS (i.e. Tubberware).  The farm has many critters (squirrels and peafowl) which may enjoy your lunch before you!  Note:  We have very smart squirrels at the farm too; they will chew through boxes to get to the yummy lunches. 

  • October 2 (Saturday) - Kennedy Space Center; $34 per person (adult or child); deadline to sign up is noon, September 3.  Money due by September 10th, noon.
  • November - Barberville Pioneer Arts Village
  • December - HorseWorld
  • January - Orlando Science Center
  • February - Holy Land Experience
  • March - Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
  • May - Fantasy of Flight
  • June - TBA

Culture and All That Jazz -

Varied levels by event.  Listed by month (unlisted dates waiting on confirmation; dates listed when confirmed by the organization we are visiting.)  Details on each trip will be posted when the webmaster is back from vacation.

  • August 31 (Tuesday) meet in Orlando at 10:15 a.m. Menello Museum of American Art; Cost $2 per student; adults $5; deadline to sign up - August 20 noon; directions emailed to those who sign up. 80 minute drive there.
  • September 30; 7:30 pm - American Portraits Concert - Melbourne Municipal Band; Melbourne Civic Center; free; deadline to sign up is noon, Sept. 24.
  • October 15, night - Secret Garden; Melbourne Civic Theater; tickets are $0 for students & children and $22 for adults; deadline to pay is noon on September 17.  Friday night performance
  • November - TBA
  • December - TBA
  • January - TBA
  • February - TBA
  • March - TBA
  • April - Spring Drama at NCCS
  • May - The Importance of Being Earnest; Cocoa Village Playhouse
  • June 16- American Jazz; Melbourne Municipal Band; bring picnic dinner; free; deadline to sign up, noon, June 10.