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JULY
• Annual fundraiser concert renamed, Concert For A Cause. Monty Blackmore of
DM Productions directs the event
AUGUST
• Intensive teacher orientation on Classroom Management
SEPTEMBER
• Succeed-At-School parent orientation meeting
• BACONJ work crew volunteers to paint, clean, and help organize storage
areas
• Teachers take Red Cross CPR/First Aid course
• Patricia Fields of Meeting of the Minds donates book bags and books and
chats with students about community service endeavors
• NCCA celebrates its 3rd anniversary
• Back to School Night brings 95% parent turnout
• Dr. & Mrs. Asa Talbot, missionaries to Haiti, visit NCCA- the school
presents an offering of close to $100 to Talbot’s
OCTOBER
• 4 upper school students attend ACSI Middle School Leadership Conference
• Ms. Medley, Sis. Ward, Mrs. D attend Mount Saint Mary Academy Open House
for Administrators/Teachers
• NCCA institutes Shop-To-Earn on-line fundraiser
• Blueprint parenting workshop has a solid turnout for both sessions
• NCCA staff attends ACSI Metro Teacher’s Convention
• Association approves 2 new board members
• 3rd Annual Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser
• Mr. & Mrs. D attend UCC fundraiser sponsored by Investors Savings Bank and
are seated with bank officers who show interest in the school
• Pastor Appreciation Day
NOVEMBER
• Mrs. D facilitates 2 workshops at the Mid-Atlantic Christian Schools
Association Teacher’s Convention
• Mr. & Mrs. D honored at 30th Anniversary BACONJ gala; organization
contributes $2,000 to library project
• J-Rohi Liturgical Dance Team does an awesome job at the First-Park
anniversary service
• Mrs. D interviewed @ Harvest Radio station
• 1st marking period cards went home. 66% Honor Roll
• School Closed for Parent Teacher Conferences. 97% compliance
• Hosted 4th annual Grandparent’s Day
DECEMBER
• Hosted first Support Something Special business event
• Hosted 3rd annual Holiday Bazaar. $864 net proceeds (before pizza
expenses), 59% parent participation
• Taped 3 radio broadcasts on the topic of leadership using 3 alumni and 3
currently enrolled students
• J-Rohi Liturgical Dance Team ministered at Melle Bounds’ home going
service
• 2nd Annual Holiday Program
• Christmas program/love offering allowed each staff member to receive $100
bonus
• Held Board of Directors training session
• Approved for $1,000 music grant from Investors Savings Bank
JANUARY
• NCCA students participate in 34th Annual Frontiers International Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast
• Students appear on the front page of the Courier News the next day
• Second Board of Directors training session facilitated by Rogina Smith of
Positive Image Consulting
• State of the School meeting-85% turnout. Parent appeal brings movement
from school families to step up personal fundraising commitment; e-mails,
personalized fundraising letters, cartridges, vehicle donation, Good Search
use
• Mid-year Awards Ceremony
• Voices of NCCA, student creative writing column, premiers in New Covenant
Connection Highlights
FEBRUARY
• Initiated Open House Week strategy. Prospective families can drop in any
time from 8:00 am-2:00 pm any day of the week. Other times by appointment,
including Saturday’s
• Second annual Founder’s Day
MARCH
• NCCA celebrates 3 NAACP Middle School Overachievers
• School Spirit Week
• Staff Development Day
• All Rise Banquet- $19,387 net proceeds
• Turrell Fund Award nominees are named
• Missionary from Dominican Republic speaks to students
APRIL
• NCCA partners with YMCA to offer computer skills to K-3rd grade students
• Students do an encouragement project for a child who is terminally ill
with cancer
• SAT’s and school-wide enrichment workshops
• Upper School competes in ACSI Middle School Fine Arts Festival
• 5th & 7th gr. Assist PMUA in cemetery cleanup (community service project)
MAY
• Cinco de mayo and National Day of prayer celebrations
• Turrell Fund Award Nominees visit with Turrell Fund president & CEO and
other team members at the headquarters location
• One of our students is selected to participate in the academically
rigorous, highly selective and acclaimed NJ SEEDS Summer Challenge program
• Turrell Fund Award Winner is announced at Chapel and a reception is held
for all nominees and their parents
• Mrs. D’s book, WHAT GOD CAN DO With A Slice Of Bread And A Teaspoon Of
Peanut Butter, is released
JUNE
• NCCA hosts a premier book signing to reenact various parts of Mrs. D’s
book, which chronicles the miraculous NCCA story
• Year-end Awards Ceremony
• Graduation
Schools NCCA
Alumni Have Been Accepted To/Are Attending in NJ:
- Cardinal
McCarrick High School, Cranford High School, Plainfield High School, St.
Peter’s Prep, Timothy Christian School, Trinity Christian Academy, Union
Catholic, Wardlaw Hartridge
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