November, 2016

PRINCIPAL’S NEWSLETTER Sam Barlow High School

Bruce C. Schmidt Jr., Principal

sbhs.gresham.k12.or.us 503-258-4850

INSIDE From the Principal Gresham Barlow School District Bond BITS & PIECES I know you have all received several communications from me about the Gresham Barlow School District Bond that is on the ballot. Please be sure to look over that information and the College & Career Center impact that 2.1 million dollars will have on the entire district. I encourage you to consider the following: Dance Team • Barlow will be receiving $70,356,000 dollars for new construction and remodeling to improve our facility. Library News • Improvements will include 25 new classrooms, a covered stadium, major renovations of our auditorium, and the creation of common spaces for students where they can Future Dates learn, study, and collaborate. • All classrooms in our building will be improved in one way or another. This would News from Nurse include improvements such as paint, furnishings, technology, curriculum and other and more! things to make student life and our learning environments more conducive for learning. • Safety and security updates to limit the number of entrances, internally locking classroom doors, and emergency communication equipment. • Expanded educational opportunities for all students. Mission • This is an opportunity to enhance all facilities in our district and to improve the learning environment for all students. Please be sure to vote. Statement: Every student prepared Progress Reports for a lifetime of learning, I am sure you have all received your student’s six-week progress report in the mail. Whether career opportunities, and this is a time for celebration or concern, please let your student know that you have seen their productive contributions to progress report. This is a great time to have a conversation about what has worked well, as well the community. as what may need to be improved. No matter how a student has performed at this point, things can change, for the better or for the worse. I have often seen students who have done very well the first six-weeks “take a break” only to find that at 12-weeks, their grades have slipped. I have also seen students who have had poor grades turn on the juice and catch up. The key is talking to your student and engaging with them about their overall performance at school. If you need help having these conversations, please do not hesitate to contact your student’s counselor. They are there to provide that assistance.

Parent Teacher Conferences I wanted to personally invite all of you to our Parent Teacher Conferences that will be held in our gym on the evening of Tuesday, November 22 and the morning of Wednesday, November 23. This is a great opportunity to meet our staff, talk to teachers who work with your student, to learn about our programs, and to pick up your student’s twelve-week grades. We will send you a detailed email outlining specific times and the conference format as we approach the November 22 date. We hope to see you there. Bits and Pieces Scrip is the way to go!! SAT TEST DATES Make your $$$ go further. Use Scrip cards. Scrip cards are simply gift cards in which Dec 3, Jan 21, Mar 11, May 6, June 3. the corporation donates funds back to you. Buy a $100 Starbucks gift card. Enjoy $100 SAT registration online at of coffee. Starbucks gives $2.80 back to you to be used at Barlow and $4.20 to the www. collegeboard.org Gresham Barlow Education Foundation. WIN, WIN, WIN. Great for fundraisers too! ACT TEST DATES Any Questions?? Contact: Andrea Umenhofer, 503-784-3255 or [email protected]. Dec 10, Feb 11, Apr 8, June 10 Thank you for supporting Sam Barlow High! Register for ACT online at Remember: Friends don’t let Friends pay more than they need to for school fees. Help www.actstudent.org. spread the word. Purchases of Gift Cards through the Scrip program benefit the Gresham Remember -these are TEST DATES. Barlow Education Foundation and your student. The holidays are coming with gift cards You need to register one month before making great stocking stuffers. the actual test. Students of the Month Can’t Attend Board Meetings? Sam Barlow is recognizing students who have shown their Bruin PRIDE by awarding The next meeting is November 3. a Student of the Month for each grade level. Students can be nominated for Student of You can watch regular school board the Month by receiving a PRIDE Note from a staff member throughout the month. The meetings LIVE on cable channel 27 staff then votes for one male and one female student from each grade to receive this and Frontier cable channel 35. recognition. Our outstanding Students of the Month for September are: MetroEast Community Media replays FRESHMEN the board meeting at the following times: Kevin Venancio- Kevin has shown determination through his hard work in many of his Second Showing-Monday at 7pm classes. Third Showing-the following Thursday Thalia Rosales- Thalia demonstrates purpose by working hard in Algebra 1. at 4pm. If you live in Damascus- SOPHOMORES Board meetings are now being shown on Liz Card- Liz consistently shows excellence through her critical thinking in AP US Willamette Falls TV for patrons in the History. Damascus area! They are scheduled for Aaron Xiong- Aaron displays determination through the quality and effort he puts forth cablecast on channel 23 every Saturday on every assignment. at 1pm. JUNIORS Driver’s Education Estefany Garcia-Delgado-Estefany shows excellence through her MLA format on her The next Driver’s Education session first paper in English. will start on January 9, 2017. Register Cole Edmondson- Cole shows excellence through his MLA format on his first paper in at the ODTI website: English. www.oregondrivertraining.com. Classes will be Monday evenings. SENIORS Avery Carlson- Avery shows purpose through her hard work in Marketing to get the Free and Reduced Lunch Program coffee shop and student store up and running. Notice to all parents/guardians – Dominik Copper- Dominik shows respect to those around him through his friendly, Free & Reduced applications from positive and grateful attitude everyday. the 2015-2016 school year expired on October 21. If you have not yet completed and submitted a new application for the 2016-2017 school year, please do so either via paper application or online submission at www.mymealtime.com. Boys Basketball Tryouts ******Snowball****December 3rd******** If you are a parent of a young man who wants to try out for Sam Barlow’s winter semi-formal dance is scheduled for basketball, plan on attending a meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 8, Saturday, December 3, from 8-11 pm in the cafeteria. Dress for Room 509, at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there! GO BRUINS! the dance is semi-formal, and a tuxedo is NOT required.

Parents, please remember that our young women need to wear Basketball Veterans Day Clinic dresses that are suitable for a school dance. It is awkward for The Barlow Bruin Boys Basketball team will be hosting the our staff, and embarrassing to students, to have to approach a annual Veterans Day Clinic - Cost: $10.00 young woman wearing a dress that is too revealing the night of When: November 11 Time: 9-11am Grades: 3 through 8 the dance. Sending a student home ruins everyone’s night! Please help us ensure a pleasant evening for everyone by selecting The emphasis of this camp is on basketball fundamentals appropriate attire. and drills. We believe these fundamentals are vital to the development of a young player. Games and competition will also Procedures for Guest Passes be included. We will also spend about 15 minutes discussing In order for a Sam Barlow student to bring a non-Barlow date the importance of Veterans Day in our country and some of the to Snowball or Prom, a guest pass form must be completed and meaning of this day. The camp will be directed by Head Coach, turned in to an assistant principal for approval by 3:30 pm Tom Johnson, with help from some of his varsity players. the Wednesday before the dance. For this year’s Snowball, For answers to any questions please call 503-258-4895. that deadline will be Wednesday, November 30. Assistant principals need at least 24 hours to process the guest pass once it is submitted. It is then the student’s job to return and pick it up. The completed guest pass must be presented at the time the ticket is purchased during lunches the week of the dance. Assistant principals will not process guest passes after the Wednesday, November 30, deadline.

Guest pass forms are available in the main office starting Monday, November 14. By planning ahead, students wishing to bring a guest to Snowball have ample time to collect the necessary signatures. No guests younger than 9th grade or 21 and older are permitted at Barlow dances. In addition, faxing the form to or from our school officeis not allowed. It is the Girl Talk student’s responsibility to obtain the required signatures. Gordon Russell MS Sun Program is offering “Girl Talk” to middle school girls. If your daughter would like to be a mentor Reminder: No Tolerance Policy For Inappropriate Dancing to younger students, please have her check out the information at Students and parents are reminded that Freaking, Grinding, or the College and Career Center to learn how she could volunteer other dancing of a sexual nature is not appropriate for dances at and show her leadership. SBHS. There will be no warnings. Students who choose to dance

in this manner will be removed from the dance and sent home. Repeated violations will result in loss of dance privileges. Speech and Debate Results We had 24 schools in attendance with over 700 people at Barlow the week-end of October 8. Barlow took 33 competitors in 50 events. Congratulations to the following students who made it to final rounds or placed at the tournament: Rachael Wilczewski and Austin Schubert - 2nd Place Policy Debate - Highest Speaks! Robbie Cantrell - 1st Place Open Radio Caleb Brown - Finalist Novice Radio, and Finalist Novice Impromptu Marissa Szymczak - Finalist Novice Poetry Samiyah Johnson - First Place Novice Programmed Oral Interpretation Katie and Liz Card - First Place Open Duo Interpretation McKenna Alger and Claire Putnam - Finalists Open Duo Interpretation Kayla Heston - Finalist Open Orignial Oratory Ming Fung - Finalist Open Extemporaneous Speaking Ethan Stahl - Finalist Novice Extemporaneous Speaking Aaron Demski and Ian Foley - Finalists Novice Parliamentary Debate Liz Card and Jade Minzlaff- First Place Novice Public Forum Debate Pink Out Fundraiser Paying for College Barlow High School Marketing students conducted a “Think How Are You Paying for College? Pink” fundraiser to support Women’s Cancer research for Breast ASPIRE Helps all Barlow Students Learn how to Pay for College Cancer Awareness month. They sold shirts to wear for the Pink Out game against David Douglas on October 28th. At the Thinking about how you are going to pay for college? ASPIRE game, they raffled off Winterhawks Tickets to generate funds is a FREE one-on-one mentoring program at Barlow that helps for donation. Proceeds from the raffle and the sale of shirts was all students plan for life after high school, including paying for donated to the Kay Yow Fund for Breast Cancer Research. If and applying to college. you would like to donate please go to www.kayyow.com. While the idea of independence is exciting, the thought of figuring out how to pay for your own place and school can seem BEAT THE ODDS frightening. Thankfully, there are options, and we can help you Congratulations to Antonio Hernandez Caballero for being find them. Joining ASPIRE is easy, just contact your College chosen as a Stand for Children “Beat the Odds” scholarship & Career Center and have your parent or guardian sign the winner! Antonio’s work ethic and commitment to learning permission form and turn it in! brought him to the selection committee’s attention. Antonio will receive monies for each of 4 years to be used for his college ASPIRE students work with a mentor to learn about grants, tuition. As an added bonus, the Beat the Odds scholarship scholarships, loans, need-based and merit-based options for committee came to Barlow to film a video about Antonio and his paying for college, and help determine their best options. efforts to better his future. ASPIRE mentors will help students anticipate all the costs associated with attending a college or university, including the cost of living, books and tuition. Learn more at: www.OregonStudentAid.gov/ASPIRE. MEChA Day of the Dead Altar Display Sugar skulls, traditional food and drinks are things you might find on the altars built to attract those who’ve passed away back for a visit. The altars are built in homes and around tombstones and they represent “el Día de los Muertos,” or Day of the Dead. It is a tradition that was developed by the Aztecs in Mexico about 3000 years ago and celebrated on November 1 (for the “angels” or deceased children) and November 2 (for deceased adults). The Aztecs believed one should not grieve the loss of a loved one, but instead, celebrate their lives and welcome the return of their spirits once a year with their favorite food, drinks and even music. Everything on the altar has a special meaning. Some of the items are: Sugar skulls: The colorful designs represent the vitality of life and individual personality. Food: The deceased person’s favorite meals are placed on the altar as offerings for their return. Pan de Muerto: Semisweet breads are baked in the shape of bones and dusted with sugar and represent the soil. Photographs: Images of loved ones who have died. Papel picado: Delicately decorated tissue paper representing the wind and fragility of life. Candles: Representing fire and a light to guide them back to visit the land of the living.

Happy Holidays from Barlow Baseball Winter Fundraiser, 2016 The baseball team will be selling swags, garland, and wreaths with poinsettias. There are a variety of choices: swags with holly: $25., Candy Cane wreath: $25., Weaths: $20- $35., Garland roll: $75. If interested, please contact a baseball player or Dana Northrup at 503-849-8839 or [email protected]. Orders need to be submitted by November 15, the delivery date will be December 1. Heisman Award Winners Olympians Visit Barlow Please take a moment to congratulate the following students for What a great honor it was for Sam Barlow High School to host winning recognition from the Wendy’s High School Heisman Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Crouser and Olympian Sam award program: Crouser at an assembly on October 7. Ryan is an alumnus of Olivia Johnson- Oregon State Finalist & High School Winner Sam Barlow High School and earned his gold medal in the shot Tyler Haglund- High School Winner put with an Olympic record throw. Sam Crouser competed in the javelin and is an alumnus of Gresham High School. The two For these students, taking the easy way out or cutting corners men are cousins and come from a family with a rich tradition isn’t an option and Wendy’s is proud to honor their dedication. in the throwing events. Both young men came and talked to Olivia Johnson, State Finalist, will go on to compete for the title the student body about their Olympic experience and the 2016 of State Winner, where one male and one female from Oregon Rio Olympics, in general. The most impactful part of their will receive a Wendy’s Heisman Scholarship. Each State Finalist presentation was how they both communicated that hard work, will receive a bronze metal, a Wendy’s Heisman patch and a perseverance, and the support of family were huge in their gift card. Each State Winner will receive $1000 and the chance athletic successes and also in the classroom as students at their to move on to the National Finalist’s competition where they respective schools and universities. will be one of 10 students to compete for a $5000 scholarship. One national male winner and one female winner will receive $10,000. Go Bruins!

Grease is the Word Join us in attending the Fall Play performance this month, with shows November 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 @ 7:30pm and matinees November 12 and 19 @ 2:30pm. The play will be in the SBHS Auditorium.

There will be a “sing-along” at the November 17 performance. Tickets are available at the door, or you can go to http://sambarlowtheatre.com. You might even see some staff performing. We hope to see you there. Oregon Promise The Oregon Promise: Go to college for almost free! The Oregon Promise application is open online! This is a funding bill available to Oregon students planning to attend an Oregon Community College. Funds will be available to students with a 2.5GPA or above, who have completed grade 12 in Oregon, have done their FAFSA and who apply before March 1. Funds will be a minimum of $1000 per student, up to a maximum of approximately $3400 per year. To learn more about the Oregon Promise, go to: www.oregonpromise.org

The OSAC Scholarship: Located on the same website as the Oregon Promise is the OSAC Scholarship. This is a list of over 500 scholarships open to Oregon students from which they may choose up to 40 and apply with one online application. The OSAC Scholarship is open from Nov. 1 through March 1. There is also an earlybird deadline on Feb. 15, which allows students to possibly win an extra $1000 scholarship for early completion. Go to: www.oregonstudentaid.gov Watch for Barlow’s OSAC Scholarship Info Night on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 6:30pm. Dance Team NEWS The Sam Barlow Bruinettes Dance Team will soon be competing in their first competition of the fall season. The Bruinettes will be dancing Saturday, November 5, at David Douglas High School and Saturday, November 19, at Reynolds High School. The team will be participating in the Pom and Contemporary categories during the fall season.

The yearbook staff of Sam Barlow High School is now accepting Barlow Veterans’ Display in the orders for Senior Baby Ads for placement in the 2016-17 Yearbook. Due before January 27, 2017. The cost is $40.00. Library - November 2016 Barlow Veterans’ Display in the Library - November 2016 Any questions: [email protected]. Every November, the Library Staff at Barlow assembles a Veterans’ Day Display that showcases the contributions of the Senior Photos Barlow Staff and their families to the defense of our nation. The 2016-17 Yearbook Staff invites seniors to replace their student We have been doing this particular activity for well over a identificiaton photo with a more professional choice for their yearbook decade and it has always been well received by students, staff photo. Senior portraits are due on or before December 9, 2016. Submit and community members It’s a great way to honor our local photos 3 ways: Bring CD/DVDs or thumb drives to Chris Holzbach heroes and shows a different side of our staff that students in Room S3, mail them to SBHS, 5105 SE 302nd Gresham, 97080 or don’t often get to see. If you happen to be in the building email the photo to [email protected]. during the month of November, please take a few minutes and come to the Library to have a look. The Library will be open Literature Speaker during the morning of Parent Conferences on November 23, We at Sam Barlow are fortunate and pleased to be able to offer the so please check us out! Pictures of this month-long display following opportunity for our students: Don DeLillo in conversation will also be on-line on the Library Events web page found with Noah Hawley at the Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium, Thursday, on our Library/Media Center website. Just go to our school’s November 17, 2016, at 7:30pm homepage to find the link. Don DeLillo is the author of 16 novels, a novella, a collection of short stories, several plays, and a screenplay. The New York Review New eBooks arrive in the Library Through a grant from the Gresham Barlow Education of Books famously dubbed him the “Chief shaman of the paranoid Foundation, our SBHS Library now has over 600 eBook school of American fiction,” and a fellow giant of the American canon, titles available for student use, with more on the way! Most Philip Roth, has praised the “combination of terror and comedy and are high interest fiction titles likeThe Maze Runner, Stephen sheer song” in DeLillo’s work. His many honors include the National King novels, but there are also many nonfiction titles as well. Book Award (White Noise), the Pen/Faulkner Award (Mao II), the If you wish to learn more about our eBooks, go to the SBHS Jerusalem Prize, the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, Library website and click on the Library eBooks link. This the William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of link will take you to a webpage that explains how to access Arts and Letters, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, and the National our eBooks, download mobile eReader apps, etc. To access Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American our eBooks, just use your school Google login and passwords. Letters. Give them a whirl!

Noah Hawley is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Peabody Award- winning author, screenwriter, and producer. He has published four novels, most recently Before the Fall (Grand Central Publishing, 2016). Hawley is currently an executive producer, writer, and showrunner of FX’s award-winning series, Fargo, and is adapting Don DeLillo’s Zero K for film.

There is no cost for students; transportation and admission have been generously covered by a grant from Portland Arts and Lectures. To include your student in these trips, please contact Mr. Pohl@ SBHS, Room #505 or at 503-258-4850. Health News from our Nurse Winter Sports Information Flu Season is just around the Corner Tryouts/Practices for Winter sports (Basketball, Swimming & It’s almost that time of year, folks: fevers, coughing, and those Wrestling) begin Monday, November 14. All clearance paperwork, terrible body aches; I am of course talking about the perennial physicals & fees need to be submitted to the Athletic Office favorite, the flu. But worry not, dear reader, because you can get by Monday, November 7. immunized against the flu! Don’t like shots? Well you can try the new flu mist, it is no worse than a nasal spray and may save your To be cleared for participation, the following things must be life (and certainly your weekend). turned in to the Athletic Office - • SBHS Emergency Form Now I know what you are thinking, “I get the flu shot every • GBSD Risk Warning & Travel Release Form year and I get sick anyway!” – While getting the shot does not • Current Physical (on OSAA mandated form) eliminate the chance of getting the flu completely, most likely • Participation Fee (paid to bookkeeper & receipt of payment what you had was a cold; what’s the difference? Let me have the submitted with clearance paperwork) Centers for Disease Control explain it: “The flu and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses but All forms are available online at www.sbhs.gresham.k12.or.us they are caused by different viruses. Because these two types under the tab for Athletics. of illnesses have similar flu-like symptoms, it can be difficult to All fees must be paid to the bookkeeper (receipt of payment tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone. In turned in with clearance paperwork). general, the flu is worse than the common cold, and symptoms such as fever, body aches, extreme tiredness, and dry cough are If you have any questions, please contact Karyn Dougharity, more common and intense. Colds are usually milder than the flu. Secretary for Athletics & Activities at 503-258-4895 People with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy nose. or email at [email protected]. Colds generally do not result in serious health problems, such as pneumonia, bacterial infections, or hospitalizations.”-CDC Equestrian Team The Equestrian Team is in full swing with Gaming and Drill coming: November 3,10,17 at the Canby Arena; Performance/ Ah, but some of you are saying, “I don’t get sick usually, and I’ll IHOR coming November 8, 15, and 29 at the Shooting Star take my chances with the flu. I could use the time off anyway!” Arena. Well, to that I do have one last thing for you to consider; there are people out there who are unable to get the flu shot due to District Meets start in February, 2017. Booster Club meetings problems with their immune system. If you get the flu shot, you are at “Nuts on Sports” in Boring at 6:30pm, November 1 can help reduce the chance that they will catch it (from you in and December 13. Anyone interested can contact Samantha this case) which may well save their life and certainly will make MacDonald at [email protected]. their already difficult life easier. Consider it a good deed, doing your part to make somebody’s life that much better. If you have any other questions, look at the Oregon Department CHOIR EXCELS of Public Health or CDC websites, or simply talk to your doctor Congratulations to the Choir Department on a fine opening or school nurse. concert! The Fall Choir Concert was held on the evening of Thursday, October 20 and included Bruin Choir, Treble Choir, Barlow Sound and Concert Choir. Students sang pieces Exceptional Volunteers that ranged from Rachmaninoff and Mozart, to “Mama’s Don’t Students who go above and beyond in the area of volunteerism Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and an a capella can go to the College and Career Center to learn about applying “Love Shack”. The choir department services 170 students and for the “Prudential Spirit of Community” award. Winners could participates in Mt. Hood Conference choral activities, with their receive up to $5000 and a free trip to Washington DC. The Concert Choir regularly qualifying for the OSAA State Contest deadline for the application is November 8. each spring.

WREATHS for On a separate note, student leaders in Concert Choir participated SALE in the Willamette University Choral Leadership Summit on The Barlow Girls Basketball October 1, and the ChoralFX Honor Choir at Portland State team will be selling University on October 3. Oregon Arts Watch interviewed Barlow Christmas wreaths again choir students regarding their experience during ChoralFX. this year. We will be taking Check out the article online! (www.orartswatch.org) orders for two weeks beginning Tuesday Nov.15th until November 29th. Prices are 18”...$20, 20”...$22, 30”...$30. Annual Canned Food Drive Common App Workshop set for November 8-21 Seniors who are planning to apply to a common application school have the Barlow’s annual Canned Food Drive will take opportunity to sign up for a Common App Workshop on Monday, November 7, place November 8-21. It will be a competition during periods 3 and 4. The College and Career Center has the registrations. between classes. Our theme is “Stuff the Turkey”. Please support this rewarding event. Career Day Thank you. We will have a special, one day The very popular Veterinary Career Day is coming to Barlow, Thursday, December competiton against Gresham High School. 8, 9am-1pm. This is open to 10, 11, 12 graders that are interested in the growing “Can Gresham” Day will be on Thursday, field of Veterinary Medicine. Meet Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians and November 17. learn about education requirements, salary ranges and more. Students need to register now at http://hillsborochamberor.com/stc or go to our College and Career The “Great Toy Toss!” Center for more information. This year, Barlow will join with many other local schools and businesses and participate in KGW’s “Great Toy Drive.” Barlow students are asked to bring toys – particularly stuffed animals – to toss into a ring during a school assembly on Friday, November 18. We are hoping to bring in a huge pile of stuffed Future Dates animals and toys to be distributed to local November 1...... Instant Wolf, Computer Lab families through KGW’s Great Toy Drive November 2...... OSU Admissions Workshop, Room S4 program. November 2...... Fall Press Day, U of O November 2...... Josten’s Grad Order MakeUp Day Bruin Bear Wear November 3...... Financing Ed. Night, 6:30pm, Media Center The Marketing students will be opening Bear November 3, 4...... Mock Interviews Wear, the official Spirit Store of Sam Barlow November 4, 5...... State Volleyball High School on November 14. Students November 5...... Cheer All-State at Thurston HS can check out the new shirts, hats, t-shirts, November 5...... State Cross Country Meet sweatshirts, and more! Marketing students will November 5...... Dance Competition at David Douglas HS also be setting up a table at Parent Teacher November 6...... Daylight Saving Times Ends, Fall back! Conferences November 22 and 23, so you can November 6, 7...... OASC Fall Conference, Seaside, OR. see what the students have been working hard November 7-10...... College Access Week, Computer Lab on! Go Bruins! Purchases can be made at that November 8...... Instant Viking, Computer Lab time. November 8-21...... Food Drive November 9...... He-Man Volleyball vs. Gresham Barlow Brewin’ November 10...... FAFSA Completion Day, Computer Lab The Barlow Brewin’ (formerly known as November 11...... NO SCHOOL, Veteran’s Day the Bruin Espress), will be opening by the November 11, 12...... State Waterpolo Marketing students in mid-November. Come November 11, 12...... Fall Play, “Grease” enjoy some fresh new flavors and see what November 14...... Winter Sports Practices/Tryouts begins your fellow students have been working on! November 17...... “Can Gresham” Barlow vs. Gresham Food Drive November 17...... Fall Play, “Grease” Sing a-long November 17-19...... Fall Play, “Grease” November 18...... Fall Recognition Assembly and Great Toy Drive November 19...... Dance Competition at Reynolds HS November 16-18...... Toyama Nishi Visitors November 22...... 12 Week Progress Reports, NO SCHOOL November 22, 23...... Parent Conferences, NO SCHOOL November 24, 25...... Thanksgiving Holiday, NO SCHOOL November 28...... Josten’s Final Grad Orders December 2...... Thespian Banquet, 6pm December 3...... Dance Competition December 3...... Snowball Dance, 8-11pm December 7...... Frosh/Soph Music Concert, 7:30pm December 8...... Financial Aid Night, 6:30pm December 14...... Jr./Sr. Music Concert, 7:30pm December 12-16...... Holiday Week