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March 2013 www.smnwptsa.org A SMNW PTSA Publication
Contents
Calendar ............................................ 2 After Prom Fundraisers ...................... 3 After Prom .......................................... 5 Bates Barbecue Fundraiser ............. 10 Drill Team Tryouts .............................. 2 From the Library ................................. 6 IB Update ........................................... 6 Jazz Cabaret ...................................... 2 Jose Pepper’s Fundraiser .................. 9 Key Club ............................................ 3 National Achievement Scholarship .... 3 PTSA Lifetime Membership and
SMNW Spirit Awards ....................... 7 PTSA Newsletter Deadline................. 5 School Funding KS State Bills ........... 4 Senior Graduation Sign Orders .......... 8 SLAB .................................................. 6 TAKE Defense Class ......................... 3 Teacher of the Month ......................... 6 Top Sophomore Meeting ................... 2
2013 National Merit Finalists
The following students have been named Finalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program: Joey Kendrick, Grant Morgan, and Chris Wartko. Less than 1% of the nation’s high school seniors were named finalists. Being named a National Merit Finalist is an outstanding accomplishment. Congratulations!!
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From the President
Thank you to everyone who attended February’s PTSA meeting. It’s always a pleasure to honor our students for their outstanding work academically and otherwise! Dr. Green and Dr. Harrington shared lots of information regarding student achievement, school assessments, staff honors, enrollment for next year, summer school, and Kansas college entrance requirements. PTSA meetings are a great venue to share information about what’s going on with SMNW students and staff, as well as around our community. Election results for next year’s PTSA Board are: Marianne D’Amato (President), Cheryl Entzminger (Vice President), Pam Hale (Treasurer), Barb Vonada (Recording Secretary), and Denise Smith (Corresponding Secretary).
I was approached last week with a question regarding PTSA membership and donations to the cause. Yes, I would encourage each and every one of you to be a PTSA member! If, however, you would like to make a donation directly to PTSA, but not join, that is much appreciated too! Your tax-deductible donation may be made via check to “SMNW PTSA” and turned in to the SMNW office in an envelope marked “PTSA.” Terrific question! Thank you for your support!
After-Prom planning is in high gear. This year’s “Hollywood Nights” gala will be an outstanding night of entertainment for our students! Students can enjoy After-Prom regardless of whether or not they attend prom. Keep your eyes and ears open for information of how you can help make this event a success.
Whether you’re travelling or kicking back for a little relaxation, have a safe and memorable spring break. Enjoy!
Marianne D'Amato, SMNW PTSA President
913.268.1278
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SMNW Calendar March
1 Jazz Cabaret, Cafeteria, 6pm 1 Orchestra Concert, Auditorium, 7:30PM 5 Blood Drive 6 Spring Group Photo Day 7 Top Sophomore Meeting, Little Theater,
seminar 15 End of 3rd Quarter, 1:10 dismissal 18-22 NO SCHOOL, Spring Break 25 NO SCHOOL, School Improvement Day 27 Orchestra Festival concert, Auditorium,
7pm 28 3rd Quarter Grade Cards given to students
in seminar April
2 District Area Band Festival, SM East, 7 PM
4-6 Rep Musical, Gypsy, 7pm, Aud. tickets $10
11 StuCo Rep elections, seminar 12 Poetry Slam, Library, 11 AM – 1 PM 13 ACT Test, NW, 8am 14 Plant sale begins; ends 4/29 15 Pre-Festival Music concert, Aud., 7 PM 19 Spring sports/Prom assembly, Gym,
9:30am 20 Prom, Shawnee Civic Center, 8:30 –
11:30pm 21 After Prom party, NW, midnight-3am 22 Meet the Coaches @NW, 6:30-7:30pm 22 Sleep-in-a-box 23 Early dismissal, teacher workday;
1:10pm 25 Late Start, 9:40am 25 4th Quarter Progress Reports handed out
in 4th hour 25-27 Rep Play, The Good Doctor, Aud., 7 PM,
Tickets $8 27 Headstart Spring Carnival, TBA
Top Sophomore Meeting
Sophomores whose class rank is between 1 thru 100 will receive a letter in the mail inviting them to attend a meeting to be held during seminar on Thursday, March 7. The purpose of the meeting is to focus students’ attention on their academic future at Northwest and to prepare them for appropriate options for after graduation from high school. Topics to be discussed include: College Admissions, ACT/SAT Testing, Scholarships/Financial Aid, Special Opportunities, Careers, and National Honor Society membership. 2013-2014 Drill Team Tryouts!!!
Attention, dancers!! SMNW Drill Teams want YOU for the 2013 - 2014 squads. Tryouts will be held April 5, right after school. Current 9 – 11th graders will have clinic on April 1-4, from 3:00 – 4:00 pm. Current 8th graders will have clinic on April 1-4 (the same days) from 5:30-6:30 pm. Previous dance experience is not required to try-out, just a willingness to work hard and be part of a team! We’ll visit Trailridge on February 15, during 8th grade lunch; tryout meetings for NW students will be Wednesday, February 27, at 7:00 am and 2:50 pm (only need to attend one) in room 127. Information about tryouts will be given and paperwork filled out at these meetings. If you have any questions, please contact Christin LaMourie ([email protected]) or Stefanie Forbes ([email protected]).
SMNW Jazz Cabaret
Join the SMNW Jazz Ensemble on Friday, March 1, for Jazz Cabaret, featuring area jazz bands, swing dance lessons, and lots of fun. At the end of the evening, the jazz ensemble will play a set of swing standards so you can show off your new dance steps. Pizza and beverages will be available for purchase. Bring your friends, your appetite, and your dancing shoes - it's gonna be a great night!
Mrs. Beadleston’s and Mrs. Terryberry’s students created artwork for the American Heart Association’s Heart Month. The artwork was auctioned off during the month of February. The total amount collected was $252.81.
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Key Club
Key Club is a community service group sponsored by Kiwanis. Meetings are held every other Friday morning in room 155 and after school in the library for anyone who cannot attend the morning meeting. Members have a wide range of service opportunities, including collecting pop tabs, box tops, volunteering at grade school carnivals, baking cakes and buying gifts for City Union Mission kids to name just a few! SMNW Key Club is providing you a GREAT DINING AND MOVIE DEAL. For $25 you can select a $25 dining certificate (includes a wide range of restaurants) plus a movie ticket (includes AMC, Dickinson, Cinemark), worth up to $12. You get a great night out and SMNW Key Club earns funds for local, national and international projects. Go to www.fundraiser365.org/smnwkeyclub to purchase the dinner certificate and movie ticket. This might be a great deal for gifts, parent’s night out, or just because! Caring–Our Way of L ife
National Achievement Scholarship Program
Makela Hayford has been named as an Outstanding Participant in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. These students scored in the top 3 percent of more than 160,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2013 National Achievement Program when they took the 2011 PSAT Test. The National Achievement Program, conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation was initiated in 1964 to honor academically promising Black American high school students throughout the nation and provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding participants in each annual program. Congratulations to Makela Hayford on her outstanding achievement.
“Fighting like a girl” can be a good thing, right? Find out why on Saturday, April 6, from 1:30 – 3:30 pm, in the SMNW gym. The SMNW Cougar Classics and Express Drill Teams, in association with The Ali Kemp Educational (TAKE) Foundation, are offering TAKE Defense training. The event is open to the public and is a great mother-daughter or team bonding experience. It’s all about your education, safety and peace of mind; things that every young girl and woman should have and hold dearly. TAKE
Defense Training provides girls and women of all ages with unique reality-based, high quality hands-on self-defense training. Such training provides safety awareness that everyone needs and deserves. TAKE Defense was established in 2005 by the Kemp family; to date, they have trained over 50,000 girls and women (ages 12 and older) with hands-on self-defense. Locally, regionally, and across the country at colleges and universities, TAKE Defense works to ensure that Ali’s values and spirit live on: to increase safety awareness in young girls and women and to encourage volunteerism in our community. Mr. Kemp says that the goal is clear, “If we can save one life out there, I don’t care what it costs; this whole program will be worth it.” To reserve your space, preregister now at www.takedefense.org – only 300 spaces are available! Cost is $12 per person, collected at the event, cash or check (payable to SMNW DT Booster Club). Bring the online waiver form from your on-line preregistration. Participants under 18 are required to have the waiver signed by parent or guardian for entry. Contact Karen Gleason at 913.558.4943 or at [email protected] with any questions.
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After Prom Fund Raisers
During the dates shown, Sassy Nails will donate 10% of sales for services provided to SMNW students and their parents on these days. SMNW students also receive a 10% discount on their services (Must spend a minimum of $20 to receive this discount). Sassy Nails is located at 6469 Quivira Road, 913-631-4444.
March 14 - 16: Pamper yourself over Spring Break! April 18 – 20: Get ready for Prom! May 10 – 12: Time for graduation! Dinner Out Benefits After Prom! Take a break from cooking and go out and eat. Dine in or carry out, 10% of your total sale benefits the After Prom Party. Just print off the attached flyer(s) or pick one up in the office. Be sure to tell them you’re with Shawnee Mission Northwest! Thank you for your help.
March 5-9: Bates City Bar B Que (6493 Quivira Road, Shawnee, 913-962-7447, batescitybbq.net)
March 12: Jose Pepper’s (16605 Midland Drive, Shawnee, 913-631-1011)
Kansas State House Bills Affecting Children & Public Education
The overall nature and sheer volume of bills in the 2013 Kansas Legislative Session that challenge the quality of Kansas K-12 public education is significant. If you want your opinion heard on these bills, please contact your Kansas Representatives and Senators. To find your State Legislator, go to http://capwiz.com/npta2/ks/home/ and enter your address. You may also call the Legislative Toll Free Hotline at 1-800-432-3924. Issues arising in various bills include: Dictating K-12 curriculum: Prohibits the use of Common Core education standards and requires new standards in five core academic areas (HB2289), establishing ‘celebrate freedom’ week and related curriculum (HB2280), establishes a personal financial literacy incentive program (HB2282). Creating new mandates: Prohibits students from promotion to fourth grade if not reading at proficiency on third grade state assessments (SB169, HB 2004), requires services for dyslexia that are redundant and possibly conflicting with federal and state laws (SB 44), requires additional children’s internet protection at cost to the schools (SB 104), imposes school attendance and minimum grade requirements as conditions for driver’s license (HB2045), mandates job protection for legislators (SB119). Eliminating non-partisan safeguards from elections: Moves school board and other local elections to November at the same time as state and federal elections (HB2271), eliminates merit selection process and nominating commission, allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges subject to senate (SCR1601, SCR1605, HCR5002). Restricting education advocacy: Restricts school board lobbying (SB109), requires school districts to hold an election and gain voter approval before joining in school finance litigation (HB2290), prohibits school districts from the use of state appropriated moneys to advocate at the state and local government levels (SB45), prohibits professional teachers’ organizations from offering automatic payroll deductions for union dues (HB 2023). Challenging school finance: Amends article six of the state constitution regarding suitable educational finance (SCR 1608), amends school funding formula (HB2003), changes the calculation of at-risk funding (SB 103), requires districts to vote to increase property tax revenues over previous year (HB2047). Vouchers: Enacting the school district special needs scholarship program (HB2263).
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After Prom 2013 Saturday, April 20 - Sunday April 21 11:30 pm- 3:00 am SMNW West Entrance $10 in advance; $15 at the door; T-shirts will be given All SMNW Juniors and Seniors are invited to experience a “ Hollywood Night.”
Whether or not your student attends Prom, they’re invited to the Hollywood Nights After Prom at SMNW on Saturday, April 20. Dress is casual. What is After Prom? It is a fantastic themed party that is drug-free and alcohol-free. Students may attend After Prom regardless of whether or not they go to Prom. The evening includes carnival games, large inflatables, blackjack, food, photos, prize wheel, and fabulous prizes. One SMNW senior and one SMNW junior will win a significant gift (to be determined). Prizes will be awarded at the end of the evening; students must be present to win. What can YOU do to make this event a success? • Encourage your student to attend� whether or not they go to Prom. Let them stay until closing to
be eligible to win great prizes! • The After Prom Solicitations Committee is working with many local businesses for donation of
cash and prizes, but donations from parents are needed as well. All donations are tax deductible. To make a cash donation, please send a check (payable to SMNW PTSA) to: SMNW PTSA, Attention: After Prom, 12701 W 67th St, Shawnee, KS 66216. If you would like to donate a prize or have additional questions, please contact Lianne Terry at [email protected] or at 913.248.1524.
• Volunteer to help� we need over 200 parents to help that night! Contact Kathy Oberbroeckling at [email protected] or at 913.593.9277.
Who can answer my questions? If you have questions, please contact one of this year’s co-chairs listed below or email us at [email protected]. We thank you for helping us provide a safe and fun event for our students! Co-Chairs Judy Oberheu at [email protected] or 913.631.7152 Lori Ingram at [email protected] or 913.206.8247
PTSA Newsletter Deadline
Northwest News is a publication of the staff and PTSA of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. The current issue is available at www.smsd.org/schools/smnorthwest. Past issues of the newsletter, as well as other information about SMNW PTSA, are available at www.smnwptsa.org. Information and articles for the February newsletter are due by Friday, March 22, for publication on March 29. Submissions should be emailed to [email protected].
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SLAB
Student Library Advisory Board meets every other Wednesday at 2:50 in the library. This is an enthusiastic group of students who love libraries, books and all things reading! We have a few “Dr. Seuss-like” orange and black hats for$5 each to help buy books for the library. These are a great way to show Northwest spirit at the basketball games and other sporting events. We are also still collecting new and gently used books for “Books For Love”. Contact Mrs. LaFever at [email protected]
IB Update
We just completed enrollment for the class of 2015 IB students. Next fall, we will have 89 juniors joining 91 seniors for a total of 180 students involved in the program. That represents an increase of 24 students over this year. Each student will have some fees due associated with their IB courses, and these fees are assessed in August at fee payment time. They may be paid online with a credit card, or in person with a check or cash. Students or parents with any questions on the fees are asked to contact Bill Sanderson at 993-7363 or [email protected]. In other IB news, we added a class in Film Studies to the IB curriculum for the fall of 2013, and are planning to add another course in Environmental Studies for the fall of 2014. These exciting new course offerings further expand the range of experience our IB students have within the IB curriculum, and promise to add much diversity to the current course selection. Bill Sanderson, Program Coordinator
Teacher of the Month
The Future Teacher’s Club is happy to announce the February Teacher of the Month award goes to Randi Platko. Congratulations to Randi for her hard work with our students here at SMNW.
From the Library
March 1 is the 13th annual Read Across America celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Celebrate with a good book! Make books and reading important in your home; have books, magazines or newspapers available. Check out books from the public library. Encourage your child to check out books from the school library. Set aside time for reading. Choose reading over television or computers. Hopefully this article will be useful for parents as you “Help Your High School Student Enjoy Reading”. For most students in high school the amount and difficulty of reading increases considerably. Highlights of the article: Talk about your reading difficulties, make reading interactive, encourage reading for pleasure, model good reading habits and help your child make time for reading. http://www.schoolfamily.com/school-family-articles/article/10797-help-your-high-school-student-enjoy-reading#.USTjuFw1ZUA.email. Check out the MakerSpace, coming March 2013 to Central Resource Library! Maker Mondays, drop in programs 5:00-9:00pm. The MakerSpace is a place you can go to learn new skills and software, make cool stuff, and customize your world. Use the space to play, tinker, and experiment with media, design, and electronics in an open and collaborative environment. There are no age limits here. A 10 year old can teach classes and a 70 year old can play with toys. This is DIY learning at its best.
PTSA HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP & SMNW SPIRIT AWARD
NOMINATION FORM
Each year the SMNW PTSA honors parents, teachers, staff or community patrons
who have made significant contributions to SMNW and our students. Several
Kansas PTA Honorary Life Memberships and Northwest Spirit awards will be presented
at the PTSA meeting on May 1st to selected recipients to recognize their hard work
and efforts for our students. Donations paid by each local unit toward these life
memberships help fund Kansas PTA educational scholarships for students entering the
teaching profession.
SMNW PTSA is currently seeking your help with nominations for these awards. If you
know of a person who has gone the extra mile for SMNW, please fill out the form below
stating in a few sentences why he or she should be honored. Return the form to the
PTSA mailbox in the school office or email the information to Cheryl Entzminger at
[email protected] by April 5, 2013. Thank you for your
recommendations!
I nominate________________________________________ for a PTSA Lifetime
Membership or a SMNW Spirit Award. I feel this person should receive this recognition
because:______________________________________________________________
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My Name______________________________________________________________
Phone _____________________________ Email _____________________________
Order your SMNW Graduation Sign TODAY!The Shawnee Mission Band Booster club is offering two designs for their graduate yard sign fundraiser!
The first is an 18” x 22” all weather vinyl corplast yard sign with metal stakes. The sign is diecut around a cougar paw, and personalized with your graduate’s name. The cost for this sign is $20.00.
The second sign choice is a colorful 18” x 72” all weather vinyl banner, complete with the grommets to allow for easy hanging. This banner is also personalized with your graduate’s name, and sells for $35.00
What a great way to announce the big event to family and friends!1. Complete the order form below.2. Attach your check (made out to SMNW Band Boosters, Inc.)3. Mail to: Stacey Bienhoff, 14205 W. 73rd St., Shawnee, KS 662164. If you have any questions, please email: [email protected]
Deadline for orders is April 1. Signs will be available by May 1.
# of yard signs ordered_____ Amount enclosed ($20.00 each) $________# of banners ordered ______ Amount enclosed ($35.00 each) $________
Name of graduate exactly as it should be printed on the sign (remember, last name is optional)
___________________________________________PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
Parent name________________________________________________________
Daytime phone number______________________________________________
Parents email address________________________________________________
You will be notified when and where to pick up your sign.The Band Boosters appreciate your support with our fundraiser, and on behalf of its members we congratulate the class of 2013!
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Dine-In Carry-Out Catering Carry-OutCatering
After Prom Fundraiser
March 12th
All Day Long Event- Lunch, Dinner or Afternoon Snack!
I'll Be There! Which Jose Pepper's?
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Jose Peppers-Shawnee
16605 Midland Drive
Shawnee, KS
913-631-1011
(Can Ahead Seating Available)
Your Group Will Receive 10% Cash Back For All Sales They Bring In For That Day!
This Fundraiser Is Exclusive To The Jose Pepper's Shawnee Location Only.
G eThis to Your Server When You Pay And Help Us Raise Money.
Total Amount Of Bill: $ _
Support your 2013 After Prom Party
Voted one of Kansas City’s 100 Best Restaurants
Bring this flyer in any time between
March 5-9, 2013
Valid on these dates only.
Order Total ___________
Order in or Take out!
10% of your order will be donated to
Shawnee Mission Northwest!
6493 Quivira Rd - Shawnee, KS - 66216
913.962.7447 - batescitybbq.net