Juniors and seniors: Each year the PTSA sponsors 5 students on a trip to Sacramento. The purpose of the trip is to meet with state lawmakers and staff to express public education concerns and ideas, hear from a variety of experts on state education policy and network with IUSD students, administrators, and school board members. Students attending the trip will go through several information gathering meetings and will be expected to research on their own. This is an exciting opportunity! If you are interested, please visit http://www.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
2019 SACRAMENTO SAFARI TRIP
PTSA Members: Each year the PTSA sponsors 2 adults (parents) on a trip to Sacramento Feb. 25-26th 2019. The purpose of the trip is to meet with state lawmakers and staff to express public education concerns and ideas, hear from a variety of experts on state education policy and network with IUSD students, administrators, and school board members. If you are interested, please contact Mae Towada at advocacyPTSAnhs@gmail.com
Monday, November 26, 2018
Grad Night Meeting
The Grad Night
Committee meeting for Tuesday, November 27 has been cancelled. The next meeting
will be Monday February 4, 7:00 pm at NHS, room 906. (this is a date change
from Tuesday February 5)
Junior and Senior
parents interested in learning more about the event are encouraged to
attend! You may also volunteer for the night of the event (June 6, 2019)
by emailing
Future meeting dates are:
March 5, April 16, May 7, and May 21
Grad Night Tickets - PRICE INCREASE!
On Dec 1st the price will
increase to $175.
SENIORS!
Don't miss out on the best party of the year! Online purchase only
(no fees) at the NHS PTSA website: http://www.northwoodptsa.org/grad-night.
PayPal, credit card,
check and cash accepted.
Congratulations to NHS Reflections Contest Winners!
PTSA would like to
congratulate the following two NHS students whose Reflections entries placed
with Irvine Council PTA:
Kaitlin
Blam, 1st place for Photography
Sarah
Kosoy, 1st place for Literature
All winners’ entries
will be on display at the Irvine City Hall. The winners will be honored at our
Reflections Art Ceremony on January 17th, 2019. Both entries will
advance to Fourth District. We’re very proud of our talented artists! Thank you
to all students who participated in this year’s Reflections Contest.
Career Lunch Presentation for Students
Dietitian / Ms. Jigna Mehta
Do you know what you
want to do after high school? Want to find out more about a specific profession?
Come and ask the professionals in the field about their careers.
What are the necessary
qualifications? What are the salary and growth options? What are the positives
and negatives of the profession? What should you do to prepare for this career?
When:
Monday, November 26, 2018 at lunch time
Where: Room 1035
Career:
Dietitian
Come and hear about a
career as a Dietician from Ms. Jigna Mehta. Ms. Mehta is a registered Dietician
and a nutritionist who graduated from Loyola university, Chicago. She has been
a dietitian for the last 13 years and has been working with Kaiser Permanente
(Irvine).
Parent Educational Night
Substance
Abuse and Vaping / Stephan Lambert
The Northwood PTSA
invites you to attend a presentation by Mr.
Stephan Lambert, the Orange County Department of Education's Prevention
Coordinator, on vaping and other issues regarding substance abuse. Studies show
that large numbers of our youth are using these substances and this
presentation is intended to educate parents on the dangers of vaping and
substance abuse.
Stephan Lambert is the Prevention Coordinator at the Orange
County Department of Education (OCDE). He has ten years of experience in
substance abuse prevention, positive youth development, developmental asset
building and community organizing. In his role at OCDE, he supports schools and
districts with alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention services.
When: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Northwood High School Media Center.
Please note that due
to the sensitivity of the material being presented, this event is for adults
only.
Happy Thanksgiving
NHS
PTSA wishes that all Northwood families have had a very happy Thanksgiving. We
are blessed to have such an amazing community that supports our PTSA and our
students.
Monday, November 12, 2018
Do You Know What You Want to Do After High School?
Want
to find out more about a specific profession?
Career
Lunch Presentations Room
College
&Career Center, Room 1035
Come
and ask the professionals in the field about their careers.
What
are the necessary qualifications?
What
are the salary and growth options?
What
are the positives and negatives of the profession?
What
should you do to prepare for this career?
Date:
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Career:
Army Master Sergeant
Come
and hear about a career as an Army Master Sergeant from
Mr.
Hai Liang. Mr. Liang has served in numerous Army bases within
the
U.S. and in countries such as Germany, South Korea, Bosnia, Iraq.
He
has served in various positions such as a tank commander, platoon
sergeant,
program manager and operations manager.
He
has received numerous medals, including the NATO Medal,
Meritorious
Service Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal
Thank You NHS Family!
Many thanks to the NHS families for your donations, and for
taking time out to come and serve lunch to the NHS students on the “State of
The Student Day”. NHS PTSA was able to provide the luncheon to the whole
student body on this important day because of your generous support.
“What is your Why?”- was the theme this year and we are thankful for this
time that NHS takes out of the traditional schedule in an effort to provide an
environment that supports the whole child.
We also, like to thank specially
Archana Gima for her wonderful effort in organizing this important day.
Sunday, November 4, 2018
PTSA Meeting on Nov 13th
Please
Join the Northwood PTSA on Tuesday November 13th at 7:00pm in room 906. You will hear updates from our Principal,
Dr. Roach, and our student representative, and find out about the
programs and events organized by PTSA for our school.
We
will also have a special presentation by our own IPD officer, Officer Tanya
Ayalde. Officer Ayalde is the designated School Resources Officer for
Northwood High School. She will speak about the various types of support that
IPD provides to our school and students. She will speak about vaping and will
show case some vape machines.
It
is a great opportunity to meet our new assistant principal Kortney Tambara
and welcome her to Northwood High School.
Also,
you have a chance to hear from IPSF representative regarding developments
in our district.
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State of the Student (SOS), Donations and Volunteers are Needed
State of the Student day is Tuesday Nov 6th. PTSA will
support the school by providing lunch for Northwood students.
We appreciate donation of snack size bags of chips and water bottles to supplement the free lunch. Please sign up here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4BAFA929A6F49-state and drop off your donations at the office by Monday November 5th.
We appreciate donation of snack size bags of chips and water bottles to supplement the free lunch. Please sign up here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4BAFA929A6F49-state and drop off your donations at the office by Monday November 5th.
We also need volunteers to serve lunch. If you can, please
volunteer during lunch on Tuesday,
November 6th. Please
reach out to Archana Gima, PTSA Executive VP at vpptsanhs@gmail.com
Thank you for all of your support in making this a great day for the
students
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