this week in Newberg Nation

Tiger Music
Congratulations to VocalPoint on their 2nd place finish this past weekend at the OSAA State Vocal Small Ensemble Championships as well as our Brass Trio that took 2nd while competing at the OSAA State Band Small Ensemble Championships.

Congratulations are also in order for Thomas Gaumer who took 4th in the OSAA Soloist Championships on the trombone and Luke Hartley who took 4th in the baritone category of the OSAA State Vocalist Championships.

Reminder that tomorrow, Saturday May 9th, the NHS Choir will be competing at GFU at 9am 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!​Tiger Music

OHSET Off to State

Good luck to all of our equestrians at state next week in Redmond, we will be cheering you on!

NHS College & Career Center:

• 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.

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!

Students and Parents- AP Exams began 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.

Who: Girls and boys, Kindergarten through 8th grade 

Where:   Newberg High School Auditorium

When:   Saturday, May 16th, 2015 ~ 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Bring:  Lunch, snack and water bottle

Cost:  $25 ~ The cost is per child

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!

• Congratulations to our very own Sasha Perez, she has been chosen as one of the 2015 Yamhill County Fair Ambassadors.
• Former student Kyle Fish, a junior biochemistry major at Azusa Pacific University, won the Frank G. Brooks Award for his cellular presentation on the effects of maternal depression on fetal brain development at the Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) National Biological Honor Society at CSU-Monterey Bay.
• Megan Tarmichael is Newberg’s next Amazing Kid- see the whole article in the Newberg Graphic!  http://pamplinmedia.com/nbg/142-news/259284-130959-tarmichael-shines-as-newbergs-next-amazing-kid

  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. 

Grad Night is still accepting registration at the Main office daily as well as Jem 100 on May 12th for the Grad Night Party.
Raffle Tickets for Graduation front row seats and parking spaces will be for sell at Jem 100, May 12th.
Scholarships are available, contact nhsgradnight15@gmail.com for more information. 

Night of Enchantment

Prom – May 9th

Prom Tickets on Sale Now!

Newberg Nation’s prom is schedule for tomorrow, 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!

Newberg NationThoughts…

~Principal Risen

With prom occurring tomorrow NHS is abuzz with excitement and anticipation of its arrival and all the great things prom means for our students. Prom is a fascinating high school event. In its own way it teaches so many lessons to our students while being one of the most anticipated events of the year, especially for our juniors and seniors.

Many families will find their entire day consumed with prom preparation and events tomorrow, this in light of having spent the past several weeks getting organized for tomorrow’s final preparation! I vividly recall this when our own two children graduated.

Traveling to downtown Portland for the dance has also added suspense to the event, as well as broadening the logistical opportunities for students seeking to go to dinner, etcetera. While this creates excitement at all the possible places to dine, stop and or shop on their way, it also causes additional concerns for our students, their safety, and their security.

I would like to ask on this prom eve that all families take a moment during their preparations tomorrow and discuss traveling safely, being cautious when out and about, and to encourage our students to make healthy choices so that we may have a joy filled and fun focused formal event tomorrow!

We are excited to be able to provide opportunities such as this and value what they mean to our students, their families and our community. Thank you for taking the time to ensure that your student is prepared from a safety, security and healthy standpoint while also preparing them for this very special moment in time! Let’s have a great prom!

Flying Tigers…