Huskie Howler
February 13, 2023
If you have any questions about any of the items below or other concerns, please contact Stephanie Posey, Principal, at sposey@naperville203.org or Jill Myatt, Administrative Assistant at jmyatt@naperville203.org. Follow NNHS Official on Twitter @NNHSposey.
February 21, 2023
Hello Huskie Families,
Below is information again regarding the 5Essentials Survey. Our parent response is currently below the response required. If you haven’t taken the survey yet, please consider doing so. If you have, thank you very much!
The purpose of this online survey is to understand your perceptions in the areas of connectedness, satisfaction, interaction, involvement, and quality. Your participation and ratings on this survey are confidential. Aggregate results will be published online in conjunction with the annual Illinois Report Card in the fall of 2023 provided 20% of parents/guardians participate.
The results of this survey will be used to understand areas of strength and opportunities for growth based on your input and feedback at the district and school level. This survey creates one piece of the forward facing representation of Naperville North High School to the public. The 2023 Illinois 5Essentials Parent Survey closes March 31, 2023. Here is the link to the survey:
http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
Here is a quick look at a few of the many events happening around the building this week:
- Wednesday, February 22nd - Senior Variety Show (NPAC) at 7PM
- Thursday, February 23rd - Robotics Open House (details below)
- Sunday, February 26th - S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Program at 1PM. (details below)
Thank you for entrusting your children to us,
Stephanie Posey
At the top right of the newsletter you will find accessibility features including an ability to translate, increase contrast and text size.
En la parte superior del boletín, encontrará funciones de accesibilidad que incluyen la capacidad de traducir, aumentar el contrate y el tamaño del texto.
在newsletter的右上角,您可以找到辅助功能,包括翻译、增加对比度和文本大小的功能。
- Check out this month’s Counselor Connection, with grade-level & college/career updates!
- The archived Howlers can be found HERE and in the attachments to this email.
PARENT INFORMATION:
Robotics Open House: We invite all who are interested to attend the Huskie Robotics Showcase on Thursday, February 23rd. We will have two sessions; one from 4:00pm to 5:30pm and one from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. You will be able to glimpse all we do at Huskie Robotics through brief presentations from our various subteams and potentially a sneak peak demonstration of this season's robot. This showcase will start in the Small Cafe. Please enter through Door #1 at the front entrance.
Celebrating Black Success: S.U.C.C.E.S.S is excited to announce the 2023 Black History Month Showcase on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at Naperville North High School! This year’s theme is "Celebrating Black Success: The Black Professional".
This year’s program will include networking and light refreshments from 1:00 - 2:00pm, an entertaining, interactive and educational program from 2:00 - 3:30pm and a SUCCESS Resource Fair from 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Contact Jasmine Gilliam or Stephanie Hebron at successinnaperville203@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Huskie Athletics: Calling all spring athletes! Registration is now open for Spring Sports. All students wishing to try-out/compete, must have a current physical on file in the Athletic Office and be registered on our NNHS Athletic Website 8 to 18 before starting. Physicals & questions may be emailed to Kathy Kavanagh at kkavanagh@naperville203.org or you can call Kathy in the Athletic Office at 630-420-6490. Click here for start dates and fees.
Senior Fashion Show: NNHS Boosters is proud to announce the 22nd Annual Senior Fashion Show to be held on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Save the date! The committee needs your help. You do not need to have a senior to volunteer. Please email Debbi Wright at mickdeb@sbcglobal.net to volunteer for this amazing event. Our first volunteer meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 28th at 7pm at NNHS. Please consider donating your time to help make this event possible.
Boosters: Show your Huskie pride! Spring Sports and Activities Yard Sign & Bag Tag sales begin on Wednesday, February 22nd and run thru March 15th. Pick-up will be the weekend of April 15th due to spring break and Easter weekends. Click here for ordering details.
National German Exam: The National German Exam is a test of authentic listening, viewing and reading skills taken nationwide by students in German 2, 3, and 4. Keeping with tradition, our North students had another outstanding performance on this year’s exam! Here are the results:
Overall:
- 3 students earned Gold recognition; 90th+ percentile nationally
- 7 students earned Silver; 80th-89th Percentile nationally
- 2 students earned Bronze; 70th-79th Percentile nationally
- 25 students earned Achievement awards; 50th-69th Percentile nationally
- Gold: Michael Fleming, Danny Mahlke, Nichole Zhou
- Silver: Tejas Agrawal, Claire Anderson, Peter Cannon, Luca Doolittle, Josefine Juntilla, Declan McHale, Isabel Shuman
- Bronze: Ryan Berwick, Anthony Kosinski
Collaborative Youth Team’s Make Kindness Count initiative by sharing stories of what kindness
means to them! Students who wish to participate can use the following link to Share Stories of
Kindness.
Girls Badminton Team: Girls Badminton is scheduled to begin on February 27th. Tryouts will be February 27 - March 2 from 3:30 - 5:30pm in the Field House. Prior to tryouts, please consider attending the last open gym scheduled for February 23rd from 3:30 - 5:30pm in the Field House. Questions? Please reach out to Coach Heather Schild at HSchild@naperville203.org.
Outreach and Student Belonging: Click here to see updates from our district’s Outreach and Student Belonging Directors on ways they support students and families. You can reach our NNHS Outreach Director, Ebony Baker by emailing her at ebaker@naperville203.org.
Home & School News:
- What is Home & School? We are a team of parents who believe in making the world a better place for our students, teachers and staff. Help us “leave it better than we found it” by finding out - with zero commitment - all the ways you can donate your time and/or your $$. Complete our Volunteer Interest Form to find out more. Questions? Contact our president at napervillenorthhands@gmail.com.
- NNHS Staff Breakfast Chairs need your help gathering donations for the upcoming staff breakfast, during Parent Teacher Conferences on March 9th! Please review the needed items below and sign up on the SignUp Genius link below by Monday, March 6th. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4FADAB2BABFA7-nnhs11
All non-perishable items can be dropped off to NNHS Front Office on Tuesday, March 7th, or Wednesday, March 8th, during school hours. Any question? please email Co-Chairs, Cory Briggs & Lauren Ferguson at NNHSteacherbreakfast@gmail.com.
- Attend our next meeting to learn about Social and Emotional Resources. Join us Wednesday, March 8th in Room 108 at 9:30am to hear from our very own Principal Stephanie Posey and Student Activities Director, Jennifer Baumgartner.
- Thank you to the many volunteers who have donated their time to Home & School this year. Your efforts made a BIG difference! Already this semester Home & School has activated the Teacher Wish List, celebrated School Counselors, and supported the Staff Chili Cook-off. Coming soon…Blood Drive, Teacher Breakfast, celebrating Social Workers, and…
- SPRING DANCE needs you! Can you give your time serving water & snacks, decorating or can you donate needed items? Look for the SignUp Genius soon or contact our Dance Committee Chairs at NNHSDanceCheckin@gmail.com , NNHSDanceDecorations@gmail.com and/or NNHSRefreshments@gmail.com. Donation Drop off will be March 18th from 10am-12noon.
- FUNDRAISING CHAIRPERSON needed for the 23-24 school year. Can you schedule dining out nights and run our online gift card fundraising program, Raise Right? Contact napervillenorthhands@gmail.com with questions or interest.
Spanish National Honor Society: Spanish National Honor Society (SNHS) is now accepting digital applications! Requirements for membership in SNHS:
- Complete at least 3 semesters of Spanish at the high school level
- Maintain GPA of 3.75 while a member of SNHS and maintain GPA of 3.5 in Spanish
- Discipline and behavior in good standing at NNHS
- Must have Leadership and various Service activities
- Must be enrolled in a Spanish class in order to maintain SNHS status
- Applications are due Thursday, March 2, 2023. Please contact Lori Clark at lclark@naperville203.org with any questions.
SNHS Application LINK: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DH971eEystCBEGZ4wpwH1jF5VkpAy9g9L1-Wyo0eXC4/edit?usp=sharing
SNHS Google Slide LINK:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15C_oliLKCwPVG8h-_dnTifWUuBedDmn0bDPvNew9gWU/edit?usp=sharing
Senior Celebration - Volunteers: CALLING ALL NNHS PARENTS - We need many, many volunteers to make Senior Celebration a success! You do NOT need to be a senior parents to help because this is such a fun event for all the see! Please signup to (1) help with set-up the evening of Friday, April 14th or (2) help in one or both volunteer shifts at the event on Saturday, April 15th. Sign up on the below SignUp Genius link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A5AD2AA7F85-2023Email nnhsseniorcelebration@gmail.com with any questions. Looking forward to a wonderful event for the Senior Class!
Senior Celebration - Prizes: The Senior Celebration Prize Committee would like your help with providing awesome prizes for Seniors to win throughout the night! Please see the below Signup Genius to see how you can help make this a memorable event. We've also added an Amazon Wish List! View the list, select an item, purchase it and have it sent directly to a committee chair! It is that easy!
http://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/4nQ75wv?ref_=wl_share
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4FAEAF2DA3FC1-2023
Send gift cards and monetary donations (check payable to “NNHS Senior Celebration” with "Prizes" in the memo line) to the NNHS front office. Donations can also be sent via Venmo to @NNHS-SrCelebration with “prizes” in the memo. We also need donations of event tickets, college gear, and fun basket fillers – anything graduating Seniors would find fun! We would appreciate any and all donations by March 1st.
If you have questions, or to arrange pick up/drop off of items please contact Sherilyn Hebel at sherilynhebel@comcast.net. Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity!
Senior Celebraton - Photos: Please help us celebrate the Class of 2023! We need photos of your students for the Senior Celebration 'Memory Hallway' and 'Huskie Hallway' by Friday, March 24th.
- Memory Hallway needs:
- 3 printed photos of your student – baby, elementary school, and recent photo. Photos can be any size up to 4x6 and printed on any type of paper. Label back with the child's first and last name. A poster will be made for each student with their submitted photos.
- Printed fun group photos of kids in elementary thru 8th grade. Do not send in originals as these will not be returned. Photos can be printed on any type of paper and any size up to 4x6. Label back with feeder school name to help with sorting. Collages will be made with these photos for each of the feeder elementary and junior high schools.
- Submit photos in the bin marked “MEMORY HALLWAY” in the NNHS Main Entrance by MARCH 24, 2023.
- Questions? Contact Angie Gardner at asdgardner23@yahoo.com, Aimee Higgs at higgsaimee@yahoo.com or Dawn Ferus at dmferus1@icloud.com.
- Huskie Hallway needs:
- Photos of seniors at school-sponsored activities during any of their 4 years at NNHS. Send in 4x6 photos printed on any type of paper. Please write the club, sport or event on the back of each picture. Photos will not be returned.
- Submit photos in the bin marked “HUSKIE HALLWAY” in the NNHS Main Entrance by MARCH 24, 2023.
- Questions? Contact Julie Nguyen at julie.charmelo@gmail.com