INSIDE THIS ISSUE At a Glance ...... 1 Daily Schedule...... 2 Dates to Remember ...... 3 Read Across America ...... 4 Virtual Shadow Days ...... 5 Market Day ...... 6 Griffin Girls ...... 7 Griffin Gazette Athletics...... 8 Color Guard Tryouts ...... 9 February 15-19, 2021 A+ Information ...... 10 Cultural Education ...... 11 IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A GRIFFIN! New Programs ...... 12 Scholarship Information ... .14 Welcome to the Winnetonka Griffin Gazette. Every week, this Safety ...... 16 newsletter will be sent to the email inboxes of students, guardians and staff, and its content will be posted on the WHS home webpage. QUICK LINKS How to read the Griffin Gazette: • Home Webpage • Short on time? The "At-A-Glance" section will feature the new • Facebook announcements of the week. • Twitter (TONKA NATION) • New information will be posted at the beginning of the page. • Want more information? Click on the links and buttons in each • Student/Staff Links announcement to access another webpage. • Handbooks and Guides • Information will stay in the newsletter until the deadline is passed.

AT A GLANCE Winnetonka High School 1. If you are applying or thinking about applying to NCC for the 2021- 2022 school year, you are invited to attend one of our virtual shadow 5815 NE 48th Street Kansas City, MO 64119 days! Click here for more information. Phone: (816) 321-5340 2. Market Day will be held on February 23rd and February 26th. Entre- Fax: (816) 321-5341 preneurship students will have items for sale, accepting CASH ONLY. Attendance: Student A-G: 3. Girls soccer players wanted! Meet in room C11 on Mondays, Tues- days and Thursday for conditioning from 3:00-4:00 p.m. (816) 321-4226 Student H-O: 4. Thinking about joining color guard? Open gyms will be held on Tues- days from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in March to help prepare for tryouts. (816) 321-6731

5. It is time to make sure you are A+ ready, Seniors! Check the A+ tab Student P-Z: in Powerschool to check your stats. (816) 321-5557 Nurse: (816) 321-5343 MISSION AND VISION Counseling: (816) 321- 5345 • The mission of Winnetonka High School is to educate responsively, embrace fully, and prepare holistically so students can fulfill their Main Office Hours: unique purpose as they navigate and change the world. Monday -Friday • Our vision for Winnetonka High School is a community where stu- dents explore their possibilities, where relationships are a priority, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and where students are celebrated for their unique purpose.

DAILY SCHEDULE

Block M, T, Th, F

1 7:43-8:55 AM

Tonka Time 9:00-9:35 AM

2 9:40-10:52 AM

3/ADV/Lunch 10:57 AM-1:23 PM NKC District 4 1:28-2:40 PM Academic Calendar Lunch/Shift M, T, Th, F

1 10:57-11:17

2 11:22-11:42

3 11:47-12:07 High School 4 12:12-12:32 Semester 2 Hybrid Calendar 5 12:37-12:57

6 1:02-1:23

Where Excellence Reigns.

SCHOOL LUNCH INFORMATION

• Breakfast and Lunch are FREE for ALL NKC Schools students, each school day, through- NKC Food and out the spring semester. Nutrition Services

• Free Meals can be picked up from any of the four NKC high schools, every school day, from 10am-1pm.

AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING

• After School Tutoring is located in the cafeteria and will run from 2:45-4:15 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays. • Teachers will be available to help students with Math, English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies classes. • The late bus will leave from the main student entrance door by 4:30 PM. Students MUST sign up in the main office to ride the bus. • Students are to go from the cafeteria to the main entrance to wait for/load the bus.

2 Dates to Remember

Tuesday, February 23rd Market Day Friday, February 26th *Bring cash to purchase items*

Wednesday, February 24 Virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, February 26 KC Scholars Deadline

LEARNING MATERIALS

• Art supplies, textbooks, and testing materials for virtual learning students are ready for pickup! If you have specific questions regarding their contents, please contact the teacher via email. • Curbside pickup is available for ELA novels between 7:30 AM—2 PM EVERY- DAY to make it more accessible. You can schedule a time for curbside pickup HERE. This is how you utilize curbside pickup. 1. You can place books on hold in Destiny, and they will bring them to you. 2. Teachers can add textbooks for you to pick up. 3. Teachers can place class novels, art supplies, packets, etc. for you to pick up. • Students can also call the library at 321-5346 or email [email protected] to set it up. When you arrive at the main entrance, please call the library and someone will bring out their materials. • PLEASE sign up ahead of time so that your materials are READY.

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Tradition. Respect. Unity. Excellence.

It is time for our annual Super Bowl food drive. Since we will be celebrating on March 1, 2021, the first day students entered the halls of Winnetonka, we are collecting Boxed Cake Mixes and Icing! Please bring your donations to the Student Services Center through February 28th.

4 VIRTUAL SHADOW DAYS

JOIN US VIRTUALLY AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR 13 PROGRAMS!

If you are applying or thinking about applying to NCC for the 2021-2022 school year, you are invited to attend one of our virtual shadow days! Spend time speaking with instructors and students virtually during a regular NCC school day and see what the typical day is like for our students.

For more information, click here to visit the Virtual Shadow Day Newsletter.

WE are Tonka.

BOOK CLUB

Want to talk books? Join us for book club! We meet virtually on Wednesday at noon on Teams. Contact Mrs. Sharp at [email protected] to join.

February 10 Sadie April 7 Legend Born February 24 Sadie April 21 Legend Born March 10 Clap When You Land May 5 Patron Saints of Nothing March 24 Clap When you Land May 19 Patron Saints of Nothing

5 MARKET DAY

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7 TONKA NATION ATHLETICS

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Basketball: Girls JV / V 4:30pm H Excelsior Springs High School WHS Main Gym Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Basketball: Boys JV / V 5:30pm A Ruskin High School Ruskin High School Thursday, February 18, 2021 Basketball: Girls JV / V 5:30pm H Smithville School District WHS Main Gym Friday, February 19, 2021

Basketball: Boys JV / V 5:30pm H Smithville School District WHS Main Gym

Saturday, February 20, 2021

Wrestling: Girls 10:00am A MSHSAA Sectional Tournament Platte County High School

Watch Tonka Nation Online HERE

Need more information including directions? Click HERE or visit https://www.gkcsconference.org/public/genie/694/school/6/

Girl Soccer Players Wanted

• Conditioning begins February 1st from 3:00- 4:00 p.m.

• Meet in Room C11.

• We will meet on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday each week.

• Bring good tennis shoes, hand towel and water.

• Be prepared to go outside if the temperature is above 40 degrees.

• We will be doing fitness work and technical skills with the ball each day.

• Actual practice starts March 1st. You will need a sports physical if you do not already have a current one on file in the Activities Office.

8 10 COLOR GUARD TRYOUTS

March 22nd - 25th

10 CULTURAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS Winnetonka High School fosters an environment of open-mindedness, compassion and inclusiveness among individuals and groups. We strive to actively build and celebrate a community whose mem- bers come from diverse cultures, backgrounds and life experiences. BEST SELLING BLACK AUTHORS WHO SHAPED LITERARY HISTORY Maya Angelou One of the most prolific writers of our time, Black or otherwise, Maya An- gelou's storied career spanned several decades and included the publication of everything from poetry and essays to several autobiographies, including 1969's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The deeply personal (and highly successful) book earned the author the distinction of penning the first nonfic- tion best-seller by an African American woman.

Alex Haley While there's some disparity over official sales figures, it's safe to say that Alex Haley's 1976 classic, Roots, has sold well over five million cop- ies. What's even safer to say is that the story of Haley's ancestors is one of the most important works depicting the horrors and subsequent fall- out of the Atlantic enslaved person trade. In 1977, Haley won the fiction Pulitzer Prize for Roots, which was also adapted into two miniseries.

Michelle Obama Although it was only released in November 2018, the first-time author and the former first lady's memoir, Becoming, has already made history. With reading enthusiasts buying more than three million books shortly following its publication, not only did the tome sell more copies in just one-and-a-half months than any other book in all of 2018, it also is “among the fastest- selling nonfiction books in history and already among the best-selling politi- cal memoirs of all time,” according to the Associated Press. Toni Morrison In 1988, Toni Morrison won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel Beloved, which told the harrowing story of a formerly enslaved person following the Civil War. After writing the 1987 release, which was also adapted into a 1998 film starring Oprah Winfrey and , Morrison went on to earn 1993's Nobel Prize in Literature for her 1997 book, Song of Solomon. Alice Walker Also adapted into a 1985 film starring Winfrey and Glover and directed by Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, which Alice Walker had published three years prior, won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in the fiction category. In addition to her 1930s-set book, which also spawned a Broadway stage adaptation, Walker's later bestsellers included 2006's We Are The Ones We Have Been Wait- ing For and 2010's The World Has Changed.

Terry McMillan , Terry McMillan's breakout female-centric third novel that she published in 1992, spent several months on The New York Times bestseller list, and, by 1995, sold more than three million copies. The same year, a Forest Whita- ker-directed big-screen adaptation hit theaters, with , , , and Lela Rochon leading the ensemble cast. Another of the Michigan native's bestsellers, 1996's How Stella Got Her Groove Back, was adapted into a 1998 film also starring Bassett, this time alongside Whoopi Gold- berg and Taye Diggs.

Source: https://www.biography.com/news/maya-angelou-best-selling-black-authors

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15 TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

• For support or questions on Canvas, email [email protected]. Include your student ID number, contact phone number, and a brief description of your issue.

• For support or questions on SchoolsPLP, email [email protected]. Include your stu- dent ID number, contact phone number, and a brief description of your issue.

• For support or questions with your MacBook, please call the NKC HelpDesk at (816) 321-4357 to cre- ate a ticket or get assistance over the phone.

• For additional technology inquiries, please contact the NKC HelpDesk at (816) 321-4357 to cre- ate a ticket or get assistance over the phone.

Want more information on Canvas and SchoolsPLP support including web tutorials?

Please click HERE or visit https://www.nkcschools.org/Page/5194. Visit bit.ly/NKCITmultilingual for videos in Arabic, Karen, Spanish, Somali and Vietnamese!

SAFETY PROTOCOL

• Students and Staff must wear masks cov- ering their mouth and nose at ALL TIMES and practice physical distanc- ing when possible.

• Classroom setup will fol- low physical distanc- ing guidelines to the great- est extent possible.

• Students and staff should wash hands and use hand sanitiz- er frequently.

• At the end of each class, students and staff will spray desks, chairs, and all other surfaces with district provided cleaning supplies.

Want more Information? Please click HERE or visit the NKC Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources page at https:// www.nkcschools.org/ Page/5187