End of Semester
Last Chance to buy a Yearbook
Dessert Knight
Girls Water Polo Pre-Season Meeting
Registration-Parent Info Night
Valentine's Dance
Spring Sports Packets
Student School Passwords
Community Service Opportunities
Education Road Show-Save the Date
Student Drop-Off and Pick-Up - Reminders!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
Julie Rooney
PTSA Class of 2011 Liaison
http://newport-ptsa-2011.blogspot.com/
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End of Semester/Grades
The semester will end on Friday, February 6. Parents are advised that:
Teachers will be working on final grades through Wednesday, February 11th.
Please be patient as student on-line grades may change significantly while teachers complete their work.
As usual, official grades will arrive at home via US Mail.
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Last Chance to buy a Yearbook
The deadline for purchasing a yearbook is February 6th. Do not miss out! Buy your yearbook now. If your student has any question about whether or not they have already purchased a book, they can check the list outside of the accountant's office.
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Dessert Knight
On Saturday February 7 at 6:30 PM Newport Choir will host Dessert Knight, a spectacular evening of vocal stylings and calories galore! Please purchase a ticket to Dessert Knight from a choir member who might return the favor by serenading you at table side! It's a great deal for a terrific Knight of food and entertainment.
See Ms. Fisher or Ms. Jones in room 1111 for more information about how you can purchase a ticket to this fantastic event, and thanks for supporting Newport Choir!
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Girls Water Polo- come join the fun!
Girl's Preseason Waterpolo team meeting is on Monday February 9th at 3:10 in room 1112.
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Registration - Parent Information Night- Thursday, February 12th
Our students will be Juniors next year! Plan on attending the informational meeting from our counseling staff at 7:00 p.m.
Check-in with your student. Their PLAN test results have been distributed and the kids are already hearing from colleges via email.
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Valentine's Dance - rescheduled!
Has been scheduled for February 20th. This is an all-school dance (non-date dance). Students that bought Tolo tickets will be given tickets no charge to this dance. More information to follow.
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Spring Sport Packets
First time gray packets (if this is the first time you have played a sport this year) and yellow "repeat" packets (if you were already in a fall or winter sport this year) are available outside the ASB secretary's office. Due by February 27th, 2009.
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Student School Passwords
Students, it's time to change your school password. Passwords not changed by March will no longer work. Students can do this on the library or classroom computers.
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Looking for Community Service Hours?
Newport Heights Elementary PTSA is holding an auction on Saturday, March 21, 2009. They are looking for students to come and babysit elementary age students during the auction. They will need at least 10 volunteers from 5pm-10:30pm (at the latest). Your student can work the entire night for a total of 5 1/2 hours or if there are enough volunteers, there will be 3 hour shifts. Please contact Sondra Richards at sondrar@westseattle.com by February 10th, if you are interested and available! It's a great opportunity to help your local elementary school, meet new families and get more babysitting jobs!
The Mountains to Sound Greenway is having a volunteer service day for high school students on Presidents' Day, February 16th!! There are two different locations and different time commitments available. Please see the counseling center for more information.
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Education Road Show - Save the Date
The third annual Education Road Show, entitled "Parents Always Matter," will be held Monday, March 16, at Sammamish High School from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. James Mazza, University of Washington Psychology Department. There will be workshops on the AVID program; Parent-Teen mediation; on-line grades, attendance, and curriculum; and information booths representing programs that support parents and students
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Pick-Up and Drop-Off Areas (this is the kinder and gentler version of what I would like to say)
Visitors to campus before and after school have reported to us that parents aren't using our new Pick Up and Drop Off areas.
When the building was designed, the architects went to great lengths to add spaces for parents to safely line up to pick up and drop off students that wouldn't cross paths with anyone who was attempting to park or walk into the building. Ironically, neither one of these areas is being used much – instead parents are using one of the parking lots…..and are in the way of people who need to use visitor parking.
Flagpole Pick Up/Drop Off Area
One of the Pick Up/Drop Off areas is on the east side of the building, and is accessed from Factoria Boulevard at the traffic light. It circles the flagpole. There's even a covered waiting area nearby so that students don't get wet on rainy days. Students who get out here in the mornings have easy access to the Commons, and in the afternoons students can walk directly out of the east end of the classroom wing to meet up with parents.
South Ball fields Pick Up/Drop Off Area
The other Pick Up/Drop Off area is on the south side of the building, and is accessed from Coal Creek Parkway. This is the turnaround between the baseball field and the new softball field. It's particularly handy in the mornings for parents on their way to work who will exit the driveway & proceed west on Coal Creek Parkway. It's also really, really large, and can hold dozens of cars. It's the ideal place to wait to pick up a student after school.
