HANDS & HEARTS TIME!

It is Hands & Hearts time again! You will want to reserve Wednesday, April 3 on your calendar as our community service day. Parents and grandparents are welcome to volunteer alongside our students as we focus on helping the Salvation Army, The Arc, and Rush Homes. This day also serves as our annual school-wide fundraiser. Sponsorship packets were sent home last week with the youngest child in your family. We appreciate you completing and returning your letters by Friday, March 1. Hands & Hearts has been accepted as a volunteer project by Disney World this year. We have the opportunity to give away 20 tickets to the theme park and need your help to do so. Would you please visit https://www.allforgood.org/projects/RJK2LX8X and sign up as a volunteer for our Hands & Hearts project? The more that sign up, the more tickets we receive, and the more students we send to Disney!

SHINING IN THE STUDIO & THE LAB

FEBRUARY 25, 2019VOL. 21 NO. 23MAJORIS

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Fifth grade girls formed their team, The Electric Gryphons, for the Tall

Tower Science Challenge.

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emember the movie, Apollo 13, where Tom Hanks leads the doomed mission to the moon? At a critical point in the mission the carbon dioxide scrubbers in the command module are overwhelmed. The engineers at mission control are taken into a room where their supervisor informs them that they had to improvise a Co2 scrubber that was square and fit it to the intake that was round. Failure would mean certain death for the three astronauts aboard the rocket. He dumps on the table a box of parts and pieces of things that are known to be on the spacecraft and, holding up the square box and the round filter says, “Gentlemen, we gotta find a way to make this fit into a hole for this, using nothing but that,” pointing to the random parts. That describes the New Covenant science fair. Over 400 parents and students from across the grades were on hand Friday night to work on “Apollo 13” projects to see who could

design and achieve the various goals offered in our science challenge. Across the entire gym were tables with packages of parts and instructions awaiting the teams of students who eagerly set about designing and constructing projects in propulsion, impact control, and other scientific experiments all in the space of about thirty-five minutes. Additionally, during this season of the year dozens of our students from grades 1 through 12 produced art works in paint, pen and ink, charcoal, clay and video formats. Their work remains on display for several more days if you missed it. This is the time of year when our students really begin to shine. Although they are surely feeling the grind of school with winter dragging on, the academic challenges are both clear and present. They are also paying off. The annual Art & Science Fair held last Friday evening is a great example of how our students excel.

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5TH GRADE - TALL TOWERS: build and name the tallest, most elegant, and stable tower with various paper products 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd PlaceTeam Name Champions W.I.L.L. Power The Electric GryphonsTeam Members Charlotte Morse Wyatt Renalds Ryleigh Taylor Joy Basten Ian Walker Ella Dudley Sarah McCurley Luke Cordes Olivia Hostetler Judah Forshey Liam Welsh Eva Andrade 6TH GRADE - BRIDGE BUILDING: build a bridge out of glue and popsicle sticks that would span a gap of 30cm and hold 500g or more 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd PlaceTeam Name The Black Bandits J4 The 4 MusketeersTeam Members Gigi Olson John Brophy Corey Hackenbracht Reese Murphy Jack Duncan Noah McCormick Will Bettenhausen James Deyo David Tolle Elizabeth Deneen James Brophy Abe Lagrone 7TH GRADE - SHAKE TOWER: build a tower (at least 30 cm tall) out of pasta and marshmallows that would stand up to an earthquake 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd PlaceTeam Name Pneumon..... JRDS Cardinals The Chudley CannonsTeam Members Elizabeth Niedzialek Nicholas Black Noah Barker Brielle Walker Micah Cortez Emie Freerkson Piper Knapton Caleb McCormick Ally Horne Kate McCurley Robert Sorenson Adora Hampton 8TH GRADE - STRAW ROCKETS: design rockets from plastic straws to launch for distance 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd PlaceTeam Name N/A The Tres Tacos The Decomposed ForksTeam Members Ethan Edwards Jael Brenning Waylon Spiva Xander Hite Will Kittrell Elan Sayles Jude Vollmer Sam Coleman

MS SCIENCE CHALLENGE WINNERS4th,5th, 6thMIXED MEDIA1st- Jenna Ng, Jar of Wonder2nd- Samantha Irby, My Animals3rd- Vivian Jiang, Colorful Shapes

PAINTING1st- Emma Haupricht, Tree Swallower at Sunset2nd- Michael Seckman, Seashore3rd- Preston Pittman, Misty Mountain

PHOTOGRAPHY1st- Ignatius Knebel, Fisherman’s Wharf2nd- Matteo Russo, Heaven on Earth3rd- Ignatius Knebel, Croatian Cat

SCULPTURE1st-Olivia Hostetler, America’s Favorite Food2nd- Joel Ng, Squadron3rd- Mimi Black, A chairFilm 1st- Matteo RussoBEST IN SHOW- Jenna Ng, Jar of Wonder

7th, 8th, 9thMIXED MEDIA1st- Claire Copenhaver, High Five2nd- Hannah LaGrone, The Determined3rd- Delia Loy, Mother Nature

PAINTING1st- Mae Jacobs, Springtime2nd- Mary Glenn Morse, Canadian Goose3rd- Claire Copenhaver, Giraffe

PHOTOGRAPHY1st- Mary Glenn Morse, Flower Close Up2nd- Augustus Knebel, Alleyway3rd- Adora Hampton, Sailing by Castle Hill Light

SCULPTURE1st- Gioia Calabretta, Daffodils2nd- Makenzy Bates, Contains Artificial Flavor3rd- Elizabeth Niedzialek, The PineappleFilm 1st/2nd- Jude Vollmer BEST IN SHOW- Claire Copenhaver, High Five

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H O N O R A R I A SOR SCIENCE CHALLENGE RESULTS 1st Place – Titus Brenning, Stone Clark, Tessa Hack-enbracht, Brandon Hostetler

2nd Place – Calvin Hurt, Roman Seay, Thomas Van-Voorhis, William VanVoorhis

3rd Place – Makenzy Bates, Gioia Calabretta, Mad-eline Duncan This year the students encountered three separate challenges: (1) build a mousetrap-powered cata-pult to launch a ping pong ball; (2) use straws, craft sticks and balloons for the well known ‘egg drop’ challenge; and (3) answer up to four riddles! These students did a great job and earned their medals! The first place team also received gift certificates to Little Dickens.

10th,11th, 12th MIXED MEDIA1st- Ben Duby, Back Up2nd- Olivia Kalafian, Plantation Ave3rd- Sarah Hankins, Whale and Balloons

PAINTING1st- Carmen Horne, Forest2nd- Stone Clark, American Flag Northern Lights3rd- Carmen Horne, Sunset

PHOTOGRAPHY1st- Brandon Hostetler, Sandstone Waves2nd- Gabriel Sansone, Tigerkit3rd- Hannah Craven, A Bird’s Eye View

SCULPTURE1st- Olivia Kalafian, Mommy and Baby2nd- Brandon Hostetler, Snowball3rd- Matthew Ivins, Bear

FILM 1st- Ivy Shumacher

BEST IN SHOW- Brandon Hostetler, Sandstone Waves

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SOR ART SHOW WINNERS

DEADLINE FOR BOX TOPS Monday, February 25 Information was sent home with your child last week regarding Box Tops, Kroger points, Amazon Smile and Givens Books-Little Dickens. Thank you for your continued support!

LOST AND FOUND Please go by the Moomaw Gym and look through Lost and Found. The items that are not claimed will be donated at the end of the quarter, March 15.

ASH WEDNESDAY New Covenant will be holding Ash Wednesday services at 7:00 am on March 6 in the school chapel. The service will include hymns and the imposition of ashes. This is a great way to prepare for the 40 days of Lent. Everyone is welcome to attend, and the service will conclude by 7:40 am with plenty of time to get to class or to the office. We look forward to seeing you there.

FACTS Did you know that you can see all your charges and payments in detail in FACTS? When you are in Renweb and select FACTS, you will need to select FACTS Home to actually go to the FACTS website and view details. Then you should be able to drill down into transactions and payments made.

NOMAD COFFEE Company will be on campus Wednesday 2-27-19 to help us get the day off to a good start. Stop by campus and enjoy hot beverages between the hours of 7:30 am and 10:00 am. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/drinknomadcoffee/menu/ to see a listing of drink options and prices. We look forward to seeing all of you.

JV & VARSITY WINTER ATHLETIC AWARDS see you all on March 7 at 7pm. for our JV and Varsity awards night!

FROM THE BUSINESS OFFICESo it is Tax Season! Most of you probably groan when you think about that. I do too. But now that your tax returns are fresh on your mind, answer two questions for me:

1. Did you have state tax withheld from your paycheck in 2018?2. Are you getting a refund of the entire amount that was withheld or is the state keeping some of what was withheld from your pay?

If the state is keeping ANY of what was withheld, that means you had a tax bill and paid state tax in Virginia in 2018. What if you could get that tax bill down to zero and get all of your withheld state tax back, would you be interested? It would be nice to get a bigger refund next year, wouldn’t it? That’s exactly what can happen.

Director of Finance, Linda Hackenbracht or Development Director, Dayna Renalds can explain how to see this change your taxes next year by giving to the New Covenant Scholarship Foundation.

If you would like more information on this valuable program email Linda or Dayna today.lhackenbracht@newcovenantschools.orgdrenalds@newcovenantschools.org

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Board of Directors

Class of 2019 • Amy Bonebright • Christine Kennedy • Chuck Shaughnessy

• Class of 2020 Wenbren Coleman • Lisa DeJarnette • Kristin Hampton •

Dr. Ann McLean • Darryl Whitesell • Class of 2021 • Mike Lovell • Kristin Durand

Ex OfficioRev’d John Heaton

Rev’d Rodney Longmire

Mission stateMentNew Covenant Schools is an educational

community serving families of Central Virginia,

providing an exceptional educationin a classical curriculum within the framework of historic Christianity,

furnishing the student with the tools of education and the

inspiration to be a life-long learner.

E T C E T E R A EVERYONE

Celtic EvensongYou are cordially invited to a Celtic Evensong service in the Marie MacDonald Chapel on Sunday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. The service begins at 6:30 pm and features Irish musical selections. Among the participating musicians are adjunct instructor, Jessica Phaup on the violin and faculty member Chelsea Barnwell on the harp. Marion Patterson will play violin and her husband, Tim will feature Irish bagpipes. Our headmaster, John Heaton will play cello with musicians from All Saints Church. His wife, Heidi, joins on the flute. What better way to celebrate the ministry of St. Patrick than this service of reflection, readings and beautiful music. We hope you will join us.

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