Check out the latest message from Mrs. McLamb, NTA Head of School.
Google Login Help Video
Check out this message from Mr. Pereira, IT specialist and Computer Science Teacher at NTA and Pastor Israel at the church, regarding logging into google classroom. We have heard from many families that they have had a few challenges getting into the right google account. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Have a great day Eagles.
Coffee with Leaders, March 19, 2020
Check out this special Coffee with Leaders video from Mrs. McLamb, NTA Head of School.
Changes at NTA due to COVID-19
March 13, 2020
Precious Parents,
We are continuing to monitor all of the news concerning COVID-19 and particularly news as it deals with school. Yesterday the NC Department of Health and Human Services made the following recommendation, “We recommend that schools and child-care centers cancel or reduce large events and gatherings such as assemblies and field-trips and limit inter-school interactions.”
For this reason, NTA will be limiting outside guests on our campus. Parents and grandparents will not be allowed to visit classrooms or attend chapel or award programs for the time being. All field trips and extracurricular afterschool programs such as Art Club, Bricks 4 Kidz and Razzle Dazzle are canceled. The NCISAA has suspended all spring athletic games, scrimmages and/or contests indefinitely.
At this time, before and after school care will continue as usual.
We anticipate that we will hear further news as to potential future school closure. NTA will follow Cumberland County policy on school closure. Teachers are working to prepare lessons and materials for when or if school closure becomes necessary. If schools must close, RenWeb will be open for every family. Communication from teachers will take place through RenWeb and Google Classroom.
Thank you for your patience and prayer as we navigate through this uncharted territory. Please check email, Northwood Facebook page, as well as www.ntaeagles.org for any future updates and announcements.
In Jesus,
R Mclamb
Special message from Mrs. McLamb regarding ACSI events and the Coronavirus
March 12, 2020
Precious Parents,
Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
For he will rescue you from every trap
and protect you from deadly disease.
He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection
Psalm 91:1-4
NTA has been monitoring all of the local, state and federal news concerning the COVID-19 virus. As I stated last week in the Facebook video, I have met with our janitorial staff to ensure that our facilities are cleaned and disinfected daily. NTA is taking all of the necessary precautions to keep our campus safe. Many of you have emailed or called with concerns about our students traveling to participate in the ACSI competitions. After much prayer and pondering, the decision was made to cancel any trips out of the city. Shortly after the decision was made by NTA, ACSI issued a statement that all of the competitions scheduled to take place in Raleigh and the Rocky Mount region were being canceled. These include the band competition, spelling bee and art festival. At this time, all of the students participating in the ACSI Math Olympics tomorrow at Village Christian will continue as planned. Early release for grades 9-12 at 12:05 p.m. will remain in place for tomorrow. Athletic events and travel will continue subject to guidance from our state association NCISAA.
I also want to address NTA preparedness in case of a coronavirus outbreak and the possibility of school closure. We are prepared to continue our academic program without disruption utilizing our online resources such as google classroom, aleks math, RenWeb and Ignitia. High school students will continue to progress toward graduation. Student services will remain in operation, sending transcripts and other grade reporting that is necessary for the senior class. The business office will remain in operation using RenWeb and FACTS on-line resources. Re-enrollment and enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year will continue full-steam ahead!
As a school we are praying Psalm 91 over our faculty, staff and school families. Will you do the same? It’s a good time to tell our children about resting in the shadow of the Almighty!
Please check our NTA Facebook and website www.ntaeagles.com for the latest updates and news.
Thank you,
R. McLamb
IMPORTANT: March 13 ACSI Festival details
March 10, 2020
Good afternoon Precious Parents,
Many of you have called or emailed with your concerns about the coronavirus and the school’s plans to participate in all of the ACSI competitions this Friday. As I shared in the Facebook video, NTA has taken precautions to keep our students, faculty and families safe. I contacted ACSI last week about our seniors traveling to Florida and the consensus was that the trip should go on as planned. The senior sponsors took extra precautions by ordering hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes to be delivered to the hotel they were staying. Our state athletic association also issued a statement that said, “based upon our knowledge of the situation at this time, we are proceeding as scheduled for the spring season.”
This Friday, band students will travel to Raleigh to compete in the ACSI Band Festival. They have been preparing for this festival since the beginning of the year. The adult sponsors will take extra hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes to be used in the food court where they will eat lunch. Elementary and middle school students that are traveling to Rocky Mount for the spelling bee and art festival will take the same precautions.
I just finished listening to Governor Cooper’s live statement about the coronavirus and the people of NC. He stated very clearly that the people at risk were people over 65, anyone with recurring health issues or heart condition, and those with a weakened immune system. They advised that people that met those conditions should stay out of large crowds and large public events. The statement also stated that schools are not being advised to close unless a public health inspection is required.
If you wish to transport your student to any of the events above and pack their lunch that would be fine. Please let the teacher know that your child will not be riding the bus by Thursday. We have chartered buses for the band festival so it is imperative that we have a correct number of students riding the bus. If you choose to keep your student home from the competitions, again it is imperative that the teacher know in advance. This is especially important if your student is in band, where their absence impacts the entire band competition.
Thank you,
R. McLamb
Re-enrollment 2020-21
January 24, 2020
Don’t you see that children are God’s best gift?
the fruit of the womb his generous legacy?
Like a warrior’s fistful of arrows
are the children of a vigorous youth.
Oh, how blessed are you parents,
with your quivers full of children!
Psalm 127 (MSG)
I want to take the opportunity to commend you for choosing Christian Education. Children are God’s greatest gift and we should not take for granted the responsibility to raise children who love the Lord with all of their heart, mind and soul! Your children will spend 16,000 hours in school from kindergarten through twelfth grade and according to Dr. Edward Gamble, they will graduate with two important things: a diploma and some kind of worldview. He goes on to say that while the diploma will help get them into college or perhaps their first job, the worldview will shape every choice they make for the next 60 to 80 years. Decisions about relationships, faith, business, personal habits and even politics will conform to the worldview they formed during those 16,000 hours in school. It is the mission of Northwood Temple Academy to help develop and foster a Biblical worldview that will become a lens in which your child looks at all of life.
Re-enrollment begins this week. I encourage you to re-enroll early in order to reserve your spot. This year we had to close enrollment for grades 2nd through 4th and also 6th and 8th. We are operating this year almost at capacity. We experienced the highest enrollment in the history of Northwood Temple Academy. We give God the glory and praise!
All returning students will be automatically re-enrolled for the 2020-2021 academic year. Students will not be considered enrolled until the registration fee is paid. This fee will be applied to your FACTS account under the 2020-2021 school year. It is important to let the main office know if any family information has changed, such as address, telephone numbers or medical information.
Please take note that early registration will only run from January 24 through March 31! So if you want to take advantage of the discounted application fee you will need to re-enroll by March 31, 2019! Tuition and fees for the 2020-2021 school year are attached to this message.
Will you help us fill all the seats for the 2020-2021 school year by inviting your neighbors and family to come to Open House on February 20th? Stop in the main office to pick up some promotional cards to share with others. Stop by the office to find out how you can receive free tuition for one child next year!
Thank you,
Renee McLamb
Happy Thanksgiving Season
November 15, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving Season!
But if someone who is supposed to be a Christian has money enough to live well,
and sees a brother in need, and won’t help him—how can God’s love be within him?
1 John 3:17 LB
Giving is becoming a lost virtue in our applauded self-actualized post-Christian culture. The self-actualized
mindset has greatly affected the heart of our children. Even in Christian School we often have to give our students something (free dress-down day, free PJ day) in order for them to participate in giving to someone else.
I really do not want to do that this year! Over the next few weeks you will have the opportunity to have conversations in your home about the truth of the verse above! I am encouraging all NTA families to discuss
with their children the Biblical truth of giving. They will have many opportunities to put that truth to practice over the next few weeks at NTA! You might have already received information about Harvest Train and
how we support Falcon Children’s Home by giving through Harvest Train. Each class will be asked to bring a
certain commodity to meet a need at the children’s home! Middle and high school parents please encourage
your children to use their own money, to perhaps give up a Starbuck’s Coffee, in order to meet this need.
I hope we have a bus load of items to take to Falcon Children’s Home on November 26th!
All through the Thanksgiving and Christmas Season there will be other opportunities for your children to
give. Some classes adopt a child from Falcon Children’s Home, while other classes help with toy drives for
children who will not have a Christmas. There will be opportunities to serve, such as packing food baskets
and visiting the Veteran’s Home.
God calls us to love not only in word but in deeds, “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue,
but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 Let’s work together to teach our children to have a heart of thanksgiving and a spirit of giving to others!
I pray God’s richest blessings over you and your families! May this Thanksgiving season remind us of all we
have to be thankful!
R. McLamb
Love Your School Out Loud
Precious Parents,
Do you know what the number one marketing strategy is for any product or place? If you answered by naming any social media forum believe it or not, you are incorrect. While these strategies are very important and do generate interest they are not the most effective. It is the time of the year when we invite families to visit Northwood Temple Academy during Open House. We will use social media as a tool to get them in the door but what will inspire them to choose NTA for their children? Authors Keller and Fay in their book, The Face-to-Face Book stated in their marketing research, “While the growth of social networking sites is impressive, the largest social gold mine is literally right beneath our noses: in the word-of-mouth conversations that happen in our kitchens and living rooms, in our churches and synagogues, next to the office water cooler, on the sidelines of youth soccer and baseball games, powered by the intimacy of face-to-face communications.” In other words, YOU are the greatest inspiration for encouraging a prospective family to choose NTA for their children! Loving your school out loud is the most powerful marketing strategy available! Many of you have shared your NTA story with me but would you be willing to “Love Your School Out Loud” with your friends, family and neighbors?
If so, I have two ways that you can “Love Your School Out Loud.” The first way is to pick up ten Open House invitations and pass them out to people in your sphere of influence. The second is to sign up to give tours and share your NTA story with families that attend Open House on January 25th and February 22nd. You would not have to commit to the entire day but perhaps a couple of hours. Some of you have already committed to help and I am deeply appreciative. You can pick up the invitations in the main office as well as sign up to give tours. Thank you for “Loving NTA Out Loud!”
R McLamb
Welcome back!
And the Lord added to their number day by day….
Acts 2:47
Precious Parents,
Welcome to all the new families and welcome back to all of our returning families! What an amazing start to the 2018-2019 school year! It is so wonderful to hear all the noises of children in the hallways again! The Lord has blessed NTA with a great increase in enrollment this year and we are so grateful for the opportunity to serve more children! Our physical plant can only hold approximately 450 students from pre-school through twelfth grade and we are at almost at 420 students! Much of this growth took place in the two weeks before school started which resulted in growing pains. Changes were needed in the master schedule to accommodate more students and that led to the need for extra full and part-time faculty. The ladies in the front office worked diligently (well past closing time) to enter all of the new families into RenWeb before the start date of school so that teachers could have correct rosters and no student’s name would be left off of a class list! Again, all of this in a couple of weeks before school started!
Another area of the campus that has been impacted by the sudden growth is pick-up and drop-off areas. We are working to make it as smooth as possible but with more children it is going to take extra time and patience. Please note that numbered parking spaces near the school are assigned to student drivers. It has been our experience over the years that pick-up gets faster with time as families get accustomed to the procedures and patterns. I am asking returning families and new families to be patient with one another and with NTA faculty while in the line picking up your children. Your children’s safety is our main priority and concern. I can assure you that we are assessing the amount of time drop-off and pick-up is taking and will make any necessary changes needed to make it as smooth as possible.
We are so thankful that you chose NTA to partner with you in the education of your children.
Grateful,
R McLamb