Hope you all enjoyed Back-to-School Night, meeting the teachers and hearing about all the exciting things your students will be learning this academic year! A SPECIAL THANKS to Hospitality Co-Chairs Debra Kam and Patty Schell for organizing the beverages and snacks, to all the parents who donated sweets and drinks, to Peet's Coffee in Orchard Hills for donating the coffee and to FivePoint Communities for donating 40 cases of bottled water. Thank you!

Congratulations to NHS seniors and teachers!

Last spring, all 11th graders participated in the inaugural California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). Not only did the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) rank #1 among all the school districts in Orange County, but our very own Northwood High School scored the highest among the four Irvine high schools! KUDOS to our seniors and the dedicated teachers! To view the schools, districts, and state wide test results, visit http://caaspp.cde.ca.gov/sb2015/Search.

Attention: PTSA Meeting this Tuesday

Please join us at our first Parent Teacher Student Association meeting of the school year this Tuesday, September 15, 7:00 PM in Room 906, (on the first floor of the building with the big “Northwood” sign). Hear updates from our Principal, Dr. Leslie Roach, and our student representative, Courtney Fassett, and find out about the programs and events organized by PTSA for our school. To view the meeting agenda, please click here.

IMPORTANT information on the NHS STUDENT DIRECTORY!
The 2015-16 Northwood High School Student Directory is currently being prepared by your PTSA and will include contact information (name, grade, address, home and cell phone numbers and email address) on ALL students from the IUSD AERIES (parent portal) database.

• If you would like to OPT-OUT your student from being included in the NHS Directory, please click "NO" at the link below by Monday, September 14th. 
• If you want select information to be published in the student directory, please provide the information you want published at the link below.

Deadline to indicate your preference: Monday, September 14.
Go to: https://northwoodhs.wufoo.com/forms/nhs-student-directory-20152016/

NHS Directory form

NHS Directory Now Accepting Advertisements!
Do you have a business you would like to advertise reaching over 2000 students and their families? Advertising is now available in the 2015-16 Northwood High School directory. 

If interested, please contact Doaa Abouzeid, PTSA Directory Chair, at hegab.family5@gmail.com. For information on ad size and pricing, see the attached updated form. Deadline: September 14, 2015. 

Career Lunch Speaker

Students: 

Are You Considering a Career in Broadcast Journalism? 
Come and meet Wesleigh Ogle on Thursday, October 1, during Lunch period, 11:55 AM - 12:25 PM in the College and Career Center, room 1035. Northwood graduate ('08) Wesleigh Ogle is the Morning Anchor and the Noon Anchor, Producer, Writer, and Editor at KVAL News in Eugene, OR. She joined KVAL (CBS) in 2013, but she started her career at KCBY in Coos Bay in 2012. To read more about Ms. Ogle, please see flyer. Questions?  Contact Wendy Bokota, PTSA VP of Programs, pwboko@cox.net

Rules

Entry Form

Calling all artists for REFLECTIONS 2015-2016! 
Entries are now being accepted in the areas of Visual Arts, Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Musical Composition, and Photography.

2015 Theme: LET YOUR IMAGINATION FLY!

OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM and SUMMARY OF RULES can be found in the NHS Main Office and are attached here. Submission includes 3 copies of the literature/music composition and 2 DVD/Flash drive copies of Dance Choreography and Film Production.

For additional details on each area's rules, visit http://irvineucpta.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=7
Entries due by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th at 4:00 PM
Any questions, contact Lisa Hopper at LISASHOPPER@sbcglobal.net