Your "stay-cation" is almost over! Hasn't it been relaxing and wonderful? Two more spirit filled days left for your student!
Thursday: "We should be in Hawaii Day" or Luau Day
Friday: "We should be in Disneyland Day" or Disney Day AND Mixed up Lunch Day!
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Visitors on Campus
School Dance
Cisco's LAN Party
Girls Tennis Meeting
Bellevue Community College Visit
WSPTA Focus Day
Counseling Center/Community Service Opportunities
Yearbook Privacy
Newport Jazz Band News
Upcoming Elementary School Auctions
Julie Rooney
PTSA Class of 2011 Liaison
http://newport-ptsa-2011.blogspot.com
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Visitors on Campus:
Students are not allowed to bring a visitor to class with them without prior approval by an administrator. This generally happens while we have school, but the rest of the world actually has days off, and again at the end of the school year when we are still in class and everyone else has long started their summer...
All other adult or parent visitors need to sign-in and get a visitors pass in the main office.
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Valentine's Dance/Tolo make-up is this Friday, February 20th from 9:00-12:00. Tickets on sale this week. Chaperones still needed! contact Andrew West if you can volunteer 8:30 p.m.-12:00 adiegowest@yahoo.com
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Cisco's LAN Party
It's time to get your game on again Newport! Come for 9 hours of fun and games, food, tournaments, and win cool prizes. Play RockBand, Left for Dead, Day of Defeat, CS Source and much more. Friday, February 20th from 3:00 to Midnight in the CTE Wing.
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GIRLS TENNIS
For students interested in trying out for Girl's tennis there will be an information meeting at 3:05 on Tuesday, February 24th in Ms. Zavaglia's room, 1113.
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Bellevue Community College Visit
BCC will be here on Monday, February 23rd, during both lunches in the large conference room in the main office.
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WSPTA's FOCUS DAY – FEBRUARY 26, 2009 There's still plenty of time to register (it's free!) for this year's Focus Day to be held February 26th at the State Capitol in Olympia. The Rally for Basic Education Funding, to be conducted on the steps of the Capitol at noon, will be an important opportunity to remind our legislators of the importance of fixing the state's antiquated funding system for K-12 education, and we really need to have as many members with us as possible. To find out more information about WSPTA's legislative agenda and Focus Day, click on the following link. http://www.wastatepta.org/legislation.htm
To reserve a place on the Bellevue PTSA Council bus (also free!), which will leave the old K-Mart lot at 9:30 on the morning of the 26, email Connie Gerlitz at gerlitz2@comcast.net.
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Counseling Center Information/Community Service Opportunities
Attention all students looking for fun and interesting volunteer opportunities to fulfill your service learning requirements! Cascade Land Conservancy has volunteer opportunities in February, March, and April for students who like to get outdoors as well as for those that like to support environmental issues and open space conservation without the risk of getting muddy.
The Museum of Flight has the event for you if you are female and love to fly or want to learn about careers in aviation. Women Fly provides opportunities to explore a variety of aviation and aerospace careers first hand from professionally active women. This event will be held on Friday, March 13th at the Museum of Flight.
On Friday, February 27, 2009 Seafair is offering an educational symposium for high school sophomores and juniors. The Seafair BECU Ambassador Program Youth Leadership Symposium will provide students with the opportunity to hear first hand from top business executives in the Greater Seattle area discuss topics affecting our world today. In addition, the Youth Leadership Symposium will feature a volunteer expo where students can meet with local nonprofit organizations to learn how they can become involved and earn volunteer hours for graduation. Following the symposium, 6 students will be selected to serve as Seafair Ambassadors, each winning a $1,000.00 college scholarship and a trip to Kobe, Japan in the Fall.
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Yearbook Privacy
If you received a letter to your home regarding being a privacy student, and you want your picture to appear in the Yearbook, you need to return the signed form (parent signature required) by Friday to give permission. If you don't take action, your students picture will not be published.
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Newport Jazz Band News
First Annual Newport Jazz Festival - Newport is hosting a jazz competition on Saturday, March 21st. The competition will begin around 8am and will culminate with the winners concert at 6pm. Newports Jazz 1 will also perform with a guest soloist.
Newport Jazz 1 Band has been invited to perform at the Starbucks "Hot Java Cool Jazz" concert at the Paramount Theater - March 27th. This invitation is a great honor as they will be performing along with 4 of the top high school jazz bands in the region. Your Newport Jazz Band recently competed and placed among the top four at the Clark College Jazz Festival and the Bellevue Community College Jazz Festival. Hot Java Cool Jazz is a great opportunity for your family to enjoy an evening of great music, incredible talent, and to show your support for the band.
We want to fill the theater and throw our support behind the band. Starbucks has offered a grant to the band program if more than 200 adult tickets are purchased by Newport supporters.
Prices are as follows: $18-Adult, $11-Student, $11-Senior There are two ways to purchase tickets:
1. Contact Coya and Norm Kirby at 425-643-8190 or email: kirbyco@comcast.net
2. Purchase the tickets online at the Paramount website: http://www.theparamount.com/artists/?artist=934 (if the link doesn't work, copy and paste it to your browser). If you do decide to purchase the tickets online, please keep a copy of the receipt and forward to Coya so that they can keep track of Newports ticket purchases for the grant offer.
Save the Date! Newport Jazz Gala, April 24th - Tickets available now. The guest soloist for the evening is Lew Soloff. See the Newport Band website for more information. http://www.newportband.org/
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Upcoming Elementary School Auctions- support your neighborhood schools!
Newport Heights Elementary- Saturday, March 21st. Please contact Sondra Richards at sondrar@westseattle.com or www.nhe-pta.org/2009auction
SOMERSET'S SPRING AUCTION - SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM 5:30-11:00 AT THE HYATT IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE. THIS IS ALWAYS A FUN AND LIVELY EVENT AND A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL! Proceeds from the auction supplement the funds received from Washington State and the Bellevue School District, making tangible differences in every classroom for every student every day.
Interested in getting involved?
If you would like an invitation to the auction, email Chris Bradley at bradfamly@comcast.net.
If you would like to donate an item, advertise and promote your business or volunteer to help at the auction, go to http://somersetptsa.org for further information. Procurement forms are due by Feb. 27th. Community service hours will be available to those students who would like to work the night of the event. Email bradfamly@comcast.net to volunteer.
