NEWBERG HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Newberg High School Newsletter
October 31, 2014

This week in Newberg Nation….
 

Breaking News, Breaking News!

Our very own Tigers Girls Cross Country team was just announced this morning as taking first place in the OSAA Dairy Farmers Academic Top 10 Teams in Oregon! With a stellar 3.98 GPA the girls took home the academic gold when it comes to measuring the cumulative GPA of varsity teams across the state or Oregon in fall sports! Meanwhile, our varsity football team also made the top ten in their respective sport coming in fourth overall with a 3.33 team GPA! Congratulations to all of our athletes for putting their academics first, and especially to our girls cross country team for this significant achievement! Now those are some Flying Tigers right there!

Newberg Nation, or BUST!

That’s right you Flying Thespians, next week dawns the opener of “Oklahoma,” Newberg Nations fall musical! So break out your bonnet or your bib and be there opening night Nov. 6, or Friday or Saturday with each showing beginning at 7pm!

Kudos, Props & Love…

Congratulations to some other Flying Tigers here at Newberg Nation as our very own H2O poloists won their respective conference championships this week! Both the boys and the girls water polo teams once again took first in league play and are now gearing up for their race to the state championships! Good luck water poolers!

Meanwhile, this Saturday our ladies futbol’ team heads to the far reaches of Southern Oregon as they head to Medford to take on the Black Tornado of North Medford High School in an OSAA state playoff matchup!

That same evening our Tigers volleyball team heads to McNary to take on the Celtics after defeating Glencoe last night in three sets! Way to go ladies, and good luck this weekend!

Chelsea Hicks Foundation-

Andrea Hamill, a Silver school senior, is collecting NEW costumes for the Chelsea Hicks Foundation for her Senior Project. These costumes will be taken to NW Oregon hospitals for children fighting cancer. The costume drive will be held at Newberg High School starting November 3. If you would like to donate
please send your donations with your children to school.    Thank you.
CHF Mission: When serious illness impacts a young person's childhood and a family's well-being, CHF's creative programs provide hope, support and opportunities to share special moments together and create memories to last a lifetime.

City Volunteers needed

The city of Newberg is seeking applications from citizens and local high school students to serve on a commission or committee. This is an opportunity to serve and be part of the decision-making team governing your community. Appointments are planned for November. Applications are available on the city’s website at  https://www.newbergoregon.gov/citycouncil/page/serve-city-committee-or-commission or from the City Recorder’s Office at city hall (414 E. 1^st Street) and submitted via mail, email, or in person by November 10, 2014 at 4:30 p.m.

Traffic Safety Commission – 5 vacancies including 1 student commissioner with terms starting in January 2015

The purpose of the Traffic Safety Commission is to promote traffic safety through investigation, study, and analysis of traffic patterns. The Commission makes decisions on the location of parking, crosswalks, safety zones, traffic lanes, truck routes, and all manner of traffic control devices within the community.  In addition, they conduct and promote traffic safety programs. The student representative is a non-voting, student commissioner position. Student members will be active participants. Experience may also be used as a senior project or included as volunteer activity on a college application.

Newberg NationThoughts…

~Principal Risen

                Have you been wondering what all this buzz about “The Flying Tigers” is? Well, the Flying Tigers were a United States Army Air Corps unit that flew missions during World War II in the Pacific Theatre of operations. Short on resources, the odds stacked against them and facing a vastly superior opponent, they refused to allow any of these challenges to get in the way of completing and fulfilling their missions!

Credited with inspiring hope in Americans at home and abroad due to their bravery, commitment to excellence and “can do” spirit the Flying Tigers dared to be great, as should we! It is in this spirit that In the near future we will begin giving out Flying Tiger awards, recognitions given to any stakeholder of Newberg Nation that demonstrates the same daring, greatness and spirit that the Flying Tigers embodied for Americans during WWII, and ever since!

So how are you adding value to Newberg Nation? Are you a Flying Tiger?

Flying Tigers…