NEWBERG HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Newberg High School Newsletter          
         May 1, 2015

This week in Newberg Nation!

Got Mandarin?

Newberg Nation is excited to have the opportunity to offer Mandarin as a second language option for NHS students next year. This language has been identified by the U.S. State Department as a “critical language” of our future. To sign up for Mandarin please see your counselor as soon as possible as seats are limited! Sign up today!

NHS College & Career Center:

• Attention juniors and junior parents:  Next Friday, May 8th, is the last day to register for the June SAT and/or ACT.  Students that plan on attending a 4 year college or university are strongly encouraged to take the SAT or ACT at the end of their junior year.  To register, click on one of the links above or stop by the College and Career Center for help.
• Junior Night will be Thursday, May 14th from 5:30 to 6:45 PM, in the West Commons.  All juniors and their parents are encouraged to attend.  There will be presenters from Portland State University and Portland Community College, explaining what you need to do now and your senior year in order to be ready for college.  If you have any questions, please call (503) 554-4517.

Check out more available scholarships on our website!

Internships are available at Newberg High School!
We’re pleased to announce Providence Newberg Medical Center’s 2015 Student Volunteer Summer Program. This volunteer program is designed specifically for a limited number of students between the ages of 15 to 18 who have a genuine interest in serving and pursuing a career in health care.
Interested students will need to complete a volunteer application which can be downloaded from our website at www.Providenceoregon.org/newbergvolunteers. The application needs to be returned by May 15.

Climax Portable Machining and Welding Systems Internship Program is now accepting applications!  For students aged 17 and older. These are paid positions and students will experience real, value-added work, life skills classes, and community service projects.

 Students who are interested in applying can use the link below to connect directly to the posting and application.
http://climaxportable.com/careers/student-intern-summer-2015/

All applications must be submitted by May 3, 2015 to be considered for an internship position this summer.

Students and Parents- AP Exams begin Monday, May 4th.  Depending on the exam, start times will be 8:00 am or 12:00 pm.  Please refer to your AP Student Bulletin for specific exam dates and times.  Students need to arrive by 7:30 am and 11:30 am in order to start on time.  Students who arrive after the exam has started will not be allowed to enter the testing room.  If students miss their exam, they will have to attend the makeup exam session May 20th- May 22nd and pay the additional testing fee.  If students finish early, they will not be allowed to leave the testing room early. Students need to eat breakfast or lunch before they arrive for their exam. Students are not allowed to eat or drink during the test. However, they may bring water.  

*If a morning exam begins late, students will not be allowed to leave the exam early in order to attend an afternoon exam.  If students miss an afternoon exam, students will have to take the makeup exam and pay the additional fee.

*WEDNESDAY EXAMS- AP Exams scheduled on Wednesdays will still begin promptly at 8:00 am, and students need to arrive by 7:30 am.  Exams will not begin later regardless of the late-start bell schedule.

THERE ARE NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED IN THE EXAM ROOMS.  IF YOUR CELL PHONE IS VISIBLE OR AUDIBLE AT ANY POINT DURING THE EXAM, YOUR EXAM WILL BE INVALIDATED.

AP Fees: If students have yet to pay their AP registration fees, please see Mrs. Anderson as soon as possible.

NHS Greenhouse plant sale 2015
Fridays & Saturdays in May; 9 am to 5 pm

NEW Terra Nova Varieties * 12” Hanging Baskets * Bonsai * Vegetables * Annuals * Herbs * Patio Pots * Perennials * Sedums * Native Trees & Shrubs

Grown by NHS students at our greenhouse
For prices, availability and more about our program visit:

www.newberg.k12.or.us/nhs/nhs-greenhouse

Dramafest is a five hour day camp that will include acting and improv lessons to prepare students to act in a 15 minute play. Have fun with the high school actors and a professional drama teacher. There will be games, improv, acting classes and rehearsal for a one-act production, complete with costumes and props. The performance will be at Newberg High School during the Tournament of Plays. This is a fundraiser for the Drama Dept.

PERFORMANCE:  Saturday, May 16th at Newberg High School Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Our performance will take place at the end of the, “TOURNAMENT OF PLAYS,” an evening of performances from the fabulous high school thespians. Dramafest students get in free on the night of the performance, family / friends pay a $3 admission fee.

REGISTRATION:  Registration forms are available in the Newberg High School

Main Office or at: Jones.5@hotmail.com Turn in registration form and check to your child’s school office. You may also register at the event. Please make checks payable to: Newberg High School, subject line: Dramafest.  Questions?  Kathleen Jones 503-899-2450   

Newberg Nation to host appreciation concert…Looking for enlistees, soldiers and veterans…

If you are an enlistee, soldier or veteran of the United States armed forces we would like to invite you to be honored on May 20th at Military Appreciation Night! NHS was fortuitous enough to have a chance to host the Navy Rock Band that evening and would like to take this opportunity to also honor our current, former and future soldiers!

If you have enlisted, have been accepted to a military academy, are a current soldier or veteran and would do us the honor of joining us as we say “Thank You!” please RSVP for this event by emailing Mrs. Mangelsdorf at mangelsdorfr@newber.k12.or.us. You may also call her at 503-554-4400 or stop by and see her in the NHS Career Center!
Admission is free with soldiers and their families that RSVP receiving preferred seating!

 Registration and Freshmen Orientation:

SAVE the DATES!!!

Wednesday, September 2: Freshmen (class of 2019) will register in the morning (they will stay for Frosh Orientation that afternoon)

Wednesday, September 2: Seniors (class of 2016) will register in the afternoon

Thursday, September 3: Juniors (class of 2017) will register in the morning

Thursday, September 3: Sophomores (class of 2018) will register in the afternoon

Got A Story? An Accomplishment?

An Award? Scholarship? Internship? Joining the U.S. Military?

As we talked about in last weeks newsletter we want to know, we want to celebrate, and we want to honor all things Newberg Nation! This message was delivered to all NHS students at last weeks assembly by Activities Director Mark Brown, Assistant Principal Janay Cookson and Principal Mark Risen.

Again, we want stories, we need to celebrate your and our accomplishments, and we are proud of everyone in Newberg Nation! Please feel free to send your stories to brownm@newberg.k12.or.us and rennet@newberg.k12.or.us. Go Tigers!

Tiger Music

On Saturday, May 2, Thomas Gaumer, trombone and Anthony Bithell, clarinet, are performing at the Oregon State Solo Contest at Lewis and Clark College. 

Meanwhile, Our three solo vocalists will be performing at the OSAA State Solo Contest at Lewis and Clark College on Saturday, May 2nd. Their performance times are:

JJ Olson, Bass Voice at 8:20 a.m. in the Chapel   

Luke Hartley, Baritone Voice at 9:40 a.m. in the Council Chamber

Tyler Mays, Tenor Voice at 2:20 p.m. in the Council Chamber

On Saturday May 9th the NHS Choir will be competing at GFU at 10am in the OSAA State Choir Championships while our band will be traveling to Corvallis on May 16 for the OSAA State Band Championships with their performance time set for 8am. Good luck Tigers!

  OFFICAL 2015 OREGON DUCK ROSE BOWL HELMET
NEWBERG HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2015 GRAD NIGHT PARTY RAFFLE FUNDRAISER

Please help Support Newberg High School class of 2015 by purchasing a raffle ticket for $20.00. All proceeds go to the end of the year Drug and Alcohol free Grad Night Party.

Thank you for your continued support!
If you have questions or wish to purchase tickets, please contact Barry Albo:

503-720-6016
b.albo.nyfl@comcast.net

Or you may purchase your tickets at the High School main office- please ask for Tabitha Renne

• Every Tuesday, Ye Olde Pizza donates a portion of their proceeds to help support NHS Grad Night.  Take the family out for some great pizza between 4:00-9:00pm and help provide a safe and fun grad night for our 2015 Seniors. 
• Paper Shredding Event and Krispy Kreme Sale
  May 2nd from 8am – 12pm
  Location- Newberg Tire Factory
  Contact: Amanda Seifert, 503-780-4440 with questions
   

Night of Enchantment

Prom – May 9th

Prom Tickets on Sale Now!

Newberg Nation’s prom is schedule for May 9thand is planned to be “A Night of Enchantment”.  Everyone attending the prom needs to fill out a prom form before purchasing tickets as well as guest passes for those bringing a date that does not attend NHS. Both forms are due Wednesday, May 6th. Ticket prices are $20/person and $35/couple between April 15 and May 1. After May 1 ticket price goes up to $25/person and $45/couple.  Prom forms and guest pass forms are available at the bookkeeper’s office and tickets will not be sold at the door!

TigerCon Round 2…

Newberg Nation 5-7 from 5-7pm!

Newberg High School Seniors would like to invite all of Newberg Nation to round 2 of TigerCon Senior Project Showcase. This new event will be held on Thursday May 7th from 5 pm to 7 pm in the Commons & West Commons @ NHS and all are welcome to drop by at anytime between those hours!

This event is intended to showcase all the great work the Seniors have put into their senior projects and for our community, parents, peers and staff (past & present) to see all the class of 2015 has accomplished! The seniors will be presenting their projects at booths set up throughout the NHS main building thus allowing you to pick and choose which projects you find most interesting!

We want to invite you to stop by during the event and come see what real world applications our seniors have been working on.

BTW - There will be approx 100 projects to see!

Our Seniors would love to see you there and appreciate your support!

Ceramic Showcase 2015

At The Oregon Potter's Association

May 1, 2, & 3 NEW VENUE!!! We’ll be in the Exhibit Hall at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. – Free event Free Admission –

Student work on display:  Natalie Myburg-Shaw, Ericka Brand and Noelle Engleman

Saturday May 2, root Linzee Means on in the wheel throwing competition

Join Representative Suzanne Bonamicci and a reception for Student artists who have entered the congressional art competition.  Reception and awards: May 4th, 5-6 pm at the Beaverton Executive Suites, 12725 SW Millikan Way suite 390.  Newberg students who will be participating: Alesha Garland, Hannah Lindsey, Delaney Gilbert, Rachel Cox, Jessica Stone
 

Newberg NationThoughts…

~Principal Risen

With next week being Teacher Appreciation Week I couldn’t help but talk this week about teachers, well, actually, educators. You see, one of the things about being an educator is that helping others is an innate trait, a characteristic that is the very reason we want to work in education, and arguably, the single greatest reward we receive from our profession is the sensation that we made a difference in someone’s, or others, lives.

One must understand how difficult this job can be. It is a human job. It is personal, from all angles. It is filled with endless perspectives, opines and ideas. Educators are very vulnerable in their profession, laying their philosophy, efforts and devotion on the line for every student, day in, day out, for months on end annually. Each day having to find the enthusiasm, expertise, solutions and intestinal fortitude to put themselves out there for the benefit of their students, their families, our community, and our society. Over and over again.

To do this takes Courage. Muster. Charisma. Patience. Understanding. Compassion. Caring. Selflessness. Self-Awareness. Organization. Communication. Energy. Inspiration. Encouragement. Innovation. Creativity and ongoing Critical Thinking in an omnipresent human construct, collectively and individually, whilst doing both simultaneously. It is therefore incredibly Dynamic.

It is truly unique work (???) and educators are certainly a unique bunch.

Yes, I know am biased! Having had my first experience helping kids in 1986 and changing my major from aerospace engineering to education in an instant I certainly realized that education was my passion, my calling, my present and my future, for what I saw in the eyes of those first few kids I helped some three decades ago could not have a value assigned to it. It was worth much more than any human economic construct. I could breathe it in and feel it in my veins as it sweepingly overtook my entire being.

This is a story so often told of educators. At some point all educators had this initial sensation. Quickly learning that this is a burning desire that does not fade, wane or die. It may manifest itself in different forms and we may learn new strategies, build bigger tool kits, add tricks and new methods by which to reach more and more kids and help each unique one in their own unique way, but that burning desire to know that we made a difference in that one child, and all of our student’s lives, never goes away. In fact, the more we become aware of it the better we get at using it as motivation to make a difference in yet another life, day in, and day out.

You see, educators have “It!” Please allow me to explain. Some are scientific in their approach to helping kids, breaking down concepts and structures into understandable parts for their students and then helping them put it back together. Others are more artistic in how they teach students helping their students to paint the picture of understanding, encouraging their students to visualize and abstract on the lessons they deliver. Some educators use a blend of both science and art. Whether scientist or artist in approach, neither is what I would call “It,” although both categories are equally important.

You see “It” is one of the coolest things about being an educator. Some describe it in visual terms as a “Pied Piper,” while others define it as, well, undefinable! It is truly impossible to define. Even all of the aforementioned adjectives describing the characteristics of teachers does not even come close to defining “It.” So I will provide as close of a definition as I can.

“It” is a truly unique blend of personality, scientist and artisan that results in outstanding education happening for our youth. It is this amoeba like abstract visual of skills, traits, motivations, efforts, values, communication, and championing on behalf of the life of others, where one can think beyond themselves truly for the benefit of others, and then get those others to totally buy into it! That, is “It!”

Educators possess this indescribable trait. This ability to motivate, teach and assess while simultaneously giving holistic feedback to their students in a manner that helps them grow into the successful individuals they eventually become. “It” is the essence of educating, with a different “It” becoming the outcome. For every young person’s life we touch with “It” we help them become “It,” or whatever it is they wish to become in their own life. And so the beautiful cycle of having the honor to educate goes on!

Thank you educators, teachers, and all of you that make a difference in the lives of our youth by teaching them the infinite lessons we provide them in hoping they will simply have a better tomorrow than we had today. I applaud you all this Teacher Appreciation Week!

Flying Tigers…