Israel Pereira
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Important letter from Mrs. McLamb, NTA Head of School

June 11, 2020

So God created man in His own image, 

in the image of God He created him, 

male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:27

Precious Parents,

Although it has only been eight days since school has officially ended for students, faculty, and staff, it seems as though it has been months. The past weeks have been filled with life-changing, life-altering events. First, COVID19 totally changed the way we did school almost overnight! Then the tragic event of George Floyd losing his life at the hands of someone trusted to protect life. Again, both events are life-changing and life-altering events not just for our country, but also for our community and our school. Many of you have sent me emails asking why I have not released plans for how the school will meet the CDC requirements for COVID19 and what school will look like in 2020-2021. I want you to know we are working on it! As soon as we have something concrete, we will send it out. 

Over the past couple of days, I have received emails and messages asking why I have not issued a statement of solidarity or spoken on the events that have touched the hearts of our NTA families in the past few weeks. It is definitely not because I have not been thinking about it. My first gut reaction was that I had to be prepared to help our students deal with the horrible events that have taken place in our country. And so I have been busy compiling ideas to bring unity and understanding. I apologize if my silence appeared to be my stance, for that truly was not my intention. I wanted to be able to say the right things—I wanted to make sure that I did not speak out of ignorance but out of understanding. I wanted to make sure that everything I said was based on the very Word of God. I had made plans to release a video during the week of the 18th to address the issues at hand. However, I now understand that my delay has been hurtful to some, and for that I am deeply sorry. Dr. Taylor, the president of ACSI, made the following statement in a webinar on racial reconciliation, and it expresses the way I feel and have felt over the past few weeks. He said, “I’m not smart enough or wise enough to have all of the answers, but I do know pain and hurt when I see it.”

The motivating factor for every believer in Christ to speak out at this time in history is very simple. It comes from 2 Corinthians 5:13, “the love of God compels us.” Again, I don’t confess to know everything or understand everything that African-Americans are feeling at this time, but I want to understand because “the love of God compels me.” No believer should have a difficult time saying, Black lives matter, because Black lives matter to God. I know “all lives matter” to God, but love demands that we have compassion, empathy and love for those brothers and sisters who are hurting right now. So when people—who were created in the image of God—are hurting, it must be the love of God that compels us to help bring healing. Every generation since Adam has needed racial reconciliation. Jesus came to earth and lived in a time of great ethnic division, yet His message was very clear. 

God so loved the WORLD that He gave His only son…John 3:16

I look forward to sharing more through video next week and will be putting together NTA Round Table Discussions. We, as a Christian school, will work to bring hope, healing and understanding.

In Jesus,

R McLamb

Final 2019 - 2020 Award Ceremonies

Have you had a chance to watch the final award ceremonies?  Please take some time with your Eagle to enjoy them.  We are so proud of our NTA Students.  

Award Ceremony links are below:

Pre-K -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcPFbAY3Tdc

Kinder - 5th Grade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fedo-wjZk9c

Middle School - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZySpkgH40

High School -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq_FPfUCPYg

Admissions Coffee FB Live

NTA Administrators hosted an Admissions Coffee FB Live Event on May 7th.  The Admissions Coffee gives potential NTA families valuable NTA information regarding our mission, vision, and our departments.  Check out the recording of the event and please SHARE with your friends!  

NC Opportunity Scholarship deadline has been extended until March 31

Great news Eagles, the NC Opportunity Scholarship Deadline has been extended from March 1 to August 31.

The Opportunity Scholarship Program provides tuition assistance of up to $4,200 per year for awarded students who enroll in a participating nonpublic school. For more information on eligibility requirements visit their website at http://ncseaa.edu/OSG.htm

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.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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