Charger News
Our students are making headlines, and we want to share all the great news with you. We will keep this page updated with important announcements, news stories, and student shout-outs. Please check back often, and help us celebrate our students’ many achievements.
It is that time of year for the 2024 Cheer Fund Food Drive. NDE has been asked to collect breakfast items (Pop-Tarts, breakfast bars, instant oatmeal, and any other breakfast item that is individually wrapped) for this year's drive. The drive runs from November 18 to December 6.
Decatur County REMC, along with Indiana’s electric cooperatives and our statewide magazine, Indiana Connection, invite students to enter the Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest. Winning artwork from Indiana K–12 students will illustrate the 2026 calendar.
Each year, 13 first-place winners and honorable mention winners have their artwork featured in the calendar and receive cash prizes.
Who is eligible?
Indiana public, private, or home-schooled students in kindergarten through 12th grade during the 2024–2025 school year.
What are the prizes?
- A first-place artist will be selected for each grade, K–12, and will receive $200. In addition, the artwork of each grade level winner will illustrate either the cover or one of the 12 months of the calendar.
- Additional artists will earn honorable mention awards and will receive $75. Their works will appear in the printed wall calendar.
- A “Best of Show” will be selected from among the first-place winners and receive an additional $100.
What are the details?
- A complete set of rules and required entry forms are attached, and also available by visiting the Indiana Connection art contest page.
- If dropping the entries at the beginning of February makes it easier, please reach out.
- Entry deadline is February 28, 2025.
Get ready for some great music! NDES will have a third-grade folk dance festival in the elementary gym on Thursday, November 14. The fourth through sixth grades will have their Christmas program on Monday, December 9. Grades one through three will have their Christmas program on Thursday, December 19. The Christmas programs will be in the high school gym. All programs will start at 7:00 p.m.
There will be a Title I Family Fun Night on Thursday, December 12 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the NDE gymnasium. We hope you and your family can join us for food, fun, games, and pictures with Santa. Enter through the main doors in the front.
On Sunday, November 17 from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. in the North Decatur Jr./Sr. High cafeteria we will hold a benefit spaghetti dinner. The dinner is in honor of Natalie Volk-Rennekamp. Donations will be collected and given to the Rennekamp boys. We hope to see you there.
We ask that you do not line up in front of the school before 2:30 p.m. for car rider pickup. Please pass this information on to anyone that may pick up your child in the car rider line. We appreciate your help in this matter.
Principal Rob Smith has announced the names of students attaining honor roll status at North Decatur Elementary for the first grading period. Please see below for the complete list of honor roll students.
Congratulations to all!
We are so grateful for all the our PTO does for our school and students. We would like to welcome the new officers for this year.
- Co-Presidents –Ang Freed and Maria Lewis
- Vice President – Amber Siebert
- Secretary – Dawn Bates
- Treasurer – Ann Bedel