How did it get to be the end of 3rd Quarter? And it is so good to see the sun!!! Lots of info coming your way...
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Town Hall Meeting - April 2nd
PTA Awards Nominations
End of 3rd Quarter - April 4th
WASL Testing April 15th-18th
KABA Coaches Appreciation Night-April 17th
Newport at Newcastle- April 18th
Banquet for Books Benefit Dinner - April 19th
College Recruiting Seminar - May 7th
Knight Valor Assembly- May 20th
Bellevue Schools Foundation - Spring for Schools Luncheon - June 5th
Spring Sports Photos wanted
Kudos - Drill, ASB Officers for 2008-2009, Girls JV Water Polo
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Julie Rooney
Newport PTSA Class of 2011 Liaison
http://newport-ptsa-2011.blogspot.com/
PS - A bit about the blog. It's really quite simple - just click on the url above and you'll see the last message I sent. Scroll down & you'll see several prior messages. The column to the left is sort of a "table of contents" of past messages, arranged by month & year. Any questions about the blog, just let me know.
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Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday April 2 (tomorrow!), the Bellevue School District is hosting a Town Hall Meeting to discuss issues around alcohol. If you missed the excellent PTSA meeting on the subject, this is your next best opportunity. Sammamish HS - 6:00 p.m.
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PTA Awards Nominations
It's getting close to that time of year when we consider honoring folks in our Newport High community (obviously those with PTA involvement, but perhaps there's a deserving individual not in PTA) for their work and advocacy on behalf of kids.
Please find the nomination forms for these awards at the PTSA website http://www.newportptsa.org/NHSContent.asp?KEY=NHSHOME
Outstanding Advocate (working on behalf of kids)
Honorary Lifetime Membership (working on behalf of PTA and kids)
Golden Acorn (honoring service to/in our PTA)
Past honorees:
2007
Brandeis Berggren - Golden Acorn
Al Garman - Golden Acorn
Christine Zomorodian - Honorary Lifetime
Patty Siegwarth - Honorary Lifetime
2006
Colleen Flower - Honorary Lifetime
Judy Mock - Golden Acorn
Judy Powell - Golden Acorn
2005
Barbara Slaymaker - Golden Acorn
Andrea Garcia - Golden Acorn
Karen Lorberau - Golden Acorn
2004
Jodine Bergen - Golden Acorn
Janet Suppes - Golden Acorn
Sandy Moss - Golden Acorn
Audrey Bennett - Golden Acorn
Questions? Contact Scott Allen scottallen1@comcast.net
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KABA Coaches & Staff Appreciation Night
Thursday, April 17th at 7:30 in the Commons. Join us to recognize both coaches and community members who have contributed to Knights Athletics and have some ice cream too!
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Newport at Newcastle
A Jazz Gala at 7:00 p.m. featuring renowned artist Wycliffe Gordon. More information and tickets for this event are available on the band website www.newportband.org/jazzgala
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Banquets for Books
Come to Banquets for Books, a semi-formal Kenyan benefit dinner catered by Newport High School's Culinary Arts class. See the "Rough Cut" Invisible Children Documentary and Entertainment from "Oven Fresh" on Saturday, April 19th, Newport High School Commons. Doors open at 6:00 and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. E-mail MissMeris55@comcast.net for more information about reserving tickets. Tickets will cost $12 if you pay during the week of March 31st-April 4th and prices will go up to $15 during the weeks of April 7th-17th
Invisible Children is a non-profit organization that helps the Northern Uganda people. As of now, efforts are going toward helping the peace process, bettering the living conditions and giving children an education.
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Newport to host College Recruiting Seminar
"The Realities of the College Recruiting Process"
Presented by Scott Brayton Founder of Varsity Student Institute
Wednesday, May 7th, 7:00 pm at Newport High School - Main Gym - Free Admission
Educate high school athletes and families about the recruiting and college selection process. Help guide them to helpful resources and information. Awareness of NCAA clearinghouse and the NCAA rules and regulations. Real stories about the process.
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Knight Valor Assembly
The Knight Valor Assembly (where the awards for 100 hours of community service are given out) will be on May 20th. Students hoping to earn Knight Valor status this year & be honored in the ceremony should have their paperwork for these hours turned in by April 18. If they miss this deadline, they can go through the ceremony next year and up to their Senior year. Questions about Knight Valor hours can be directed to Margaret Connelly at margconnelly@gmail.com.
There will be Freshman who have earned this status!
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Bellevue Schools Foundation - Spring for Schools Luncheon
This years S4S Lunch will be Thursday, June 5 at Meydenbauer Center. Newport's PTSA will have at least two tables, and we would love for you to join us. The minimum donation per person is $200. Just email me if you want to come. Full details can be found at http://www.bsfdn.org/
Don't forget to do all your amazon.com shopping from http://www.bsfdn.org/. Simply click on the amazon.com link from the BSF web page and a portion of your purchase will go to BSF.
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Spring Sports Photos Wanted
Parents and students, if you have photos from any spring sport which you would like to submit for inclusion in the Newport Yearbook, please email a digital copy or mail a hard copy to Ms. Driscoll, English Teacher & Yearbook Advisor driscollk@bsd405.org
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Kudos to Drill!
Good news! The NHS Drill Team are the new State 3A Drill Team Champions! They received incredible scores! Their Drill can be found on YouTube.com under Newport Drill State. Click on the 2008 performance. Many thanks to the parents who purchased a tile to commemorate this achievement!!
Kudos to ASB Officers for 2008-2009
We're going to have some FUN assemblies next year!!
President: Richard Woodworth
Vice President: Andrew West
Secretary: Rachel Lee
Treasurer: Yazan Fattaleh
Spirit Commissioner: Connor Witt
If your student is interested in running for a Sophmore Class office, have them come to an informational meeting on Thursday, April 3rd at 3:15 pm in room 3114.
Kudos to Newport Girls JV Water Polo
A huge congrats to our girls JV team, with a first place win in the JV tourney Saturday - through rain, sleet and snow they won it all - wrapping up the tourney with a 12-8 victory over rival MI in a snow storm!!
