KUDOS TO... 
Anne Barden Spady '17 who placed 5th out of 40 contestants in the regional Spelling Bee this past Saturday! We are so proud of our spelling Saint - way to go Anne Barden! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: CALENDAR CHANGE Friday, March 30, 2012 will be a noon dismissal for students to allow faculty and staff to participate in NSA's VAIS accreditation process. Check Edline for more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A.J. Hicks #44 Congratulations to A.J. Hicks '12 on his commitment to play football at Averett University this fall! "It means a lot," Hicks said. "I've been working hard for five years. All the working out in the weight room, and putting my effort in my books....It really means a lot to me." This past season under NSA Head Football Coach Lew Johnston, A.J. made the All-Conference Second Team at defensive end, earned All-State Honorable Mention and was Co-Defensive Player of the Year for Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. Read A.J. 's entire interview with Suffolk News-Herald reporter Titus Mohler here.
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 | Kaitlyn Rountree '13 won with her photography piece, "Scarves" |
Congratulations to our talented NSA art and photo students who were honored with awards in the Suffolk Art League's 2012 "Exhibit of Excellence!"  | Lu Zhang '12 with her painting, "Turkey" |
One hundred seventy students entered the juried exhibition this year from Suffolk's area schools; they each entered two pieces of art. Out of these 340 pieces of artwork, the juror selected 137 pieces of art to create this year's show. NSA students created 49 of the pieces that were selected.  | Shelby Brown '12 with her watercolor and India ink, "Pondering" |
All 68 NSA art and photo students from tenth through twelfth grades submitted artwork for this year's "Exhibit of Excellence" - 45 of our students were selected to be in this year's show out of a total of 106 area high school students. After the final judging, five awards were presented to our NSA students!
 | Daniel Hotte '14 with his mixed media piece, "My Mind" |
Honorable Mentions were presented to: Kaitlyn Rountree '13 and Lu Zhang '12. Judge's Choice Awards were presented to: Shelby Brown '12, Daniel Hotte '14 and Megan Luning '12. In addition, 27 junior and senior art and photo students entered this  | Megan Luning '12 with her mixed media, silver gelatin print, "Old Souls" |
year's Hampton Roads Student Gallery. At present, all 27 pieces of artwork are on display in Norfolk's Selden Arcade (D'Art Center) through February 17th. Congratulations to our talented Saints! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  All Spring sports will begin on Tuesday, February 21 after school with the exception of Golf which will begin Wednesday, February 22 at Sleepy Hole Golf Course. Student athletes are reminded that they must have a 2011-2012 physical form on file before they can participate.
2012-2013 athletic physicals will be given on Monday, May 21 from 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in the Upper School for students in Grades 6 - 11. The cost will be $15 which is used to purchase athletic training supplies and equipment. The 2012-2013 physical forms can be downloaded from the Athletics website as soon as spring sports teams have been established. Pages 2 and 3 must be completed by a parent before the student is allowed to receive the actual physical.
Winter athletic banquets for student athletes and their families will be held in the cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. on the following dates:
Wednesday, February 29 - JV and Varsity Swimming Tuesday, March 13 - JV and Varsity Girls' Basketball and Cheering
Wednesday, March 14 - JJV, JV and Varsity Boys' Teams Check online for schedules and updates at |
