From the Hornet Admin Team

We appreciate all of the hard work that you put in on Super Test Day.

9th - Thank you for your attention and cooperation during your sessions. I've heard nothing but great things from our session presenters. We got a little restless at the end of the day but overall we had a successful day.

10th and 11th - Thank you for your focus during the practice ACT, ASVAB and PSAT. These tests are extremely long and half of the battle is learning to sit and focus for that length of time. Practicing is the only way to master and work through this pressure. You may not care about these tests but the reason we give them is to provide you with options. You may not know what your future holds so we want you to have options so when the time comes, you have nothing but open doors.

12th - This was a perfect day for working with our elementary feeder schools, going on college visits, job shadowing or helping with the conference. If you worked with our feeder schools or helped with the conference, please get your supervisor to fill out your community service form so that you can get the hours.

Hello Northtown Scholars,

I will be at lunch on the 2nd floor of the commons during all lunches to meet with you to hear your ideas, thoughts, suggestions and solutions for what you'd like to see at Northtown. This is your opportunity to share your feedback or stop by and say hello. I'll be taking notes of the things you have to say to figure out what we're doing great and how we can better meet your needs. I'll be there the following dates:

• Tuesday, Oct. 16 - all lunches
• Friday, Oct. 19 - all lunches
• Wednesday, Oct. 24 - all lunches
• Thursday, Oct. 25 - all lunches
• Friday, Oct. 26 - all lunches

If you see me sitting there looking lonely, please sit with me and tell me a random story or something. For your friends that don't read their e-mails, please tell them what's going on and to come share their feedback.

Can't wait to hear how things are going.

Ms. Smith

If you are interested in being a tutor after school or need to be tutoring, it takes place on Mondays in the S. Campus from 2:50 - 4:40 pm. Contact Ms. Maria Deister at Maria.Deister@nkcschools.org if you are interested in being a tutor. So far we are offering tutoring with the following students:

Angel Kalu (Senior) – Algebra, Chemistry and Personal Finance

James Moloney (Junior) – Biology, Chemistry and History

Transportation is provided: If Northtown is your assigned school, go to the S. Campus before noon on Monday to get a bus pass to ride the late bus. If you are here for IB or any other district placement, you may not qualify for late transportation. If you have any questions, see my administrative assistant, Ms. Jenny Moore in the South Campus Building. If you need help, this is the time to get it.

Junior or Seniors: If you are an upperclassman, we are offering you the opportunity to get your community service hours by mentoring another student at school. At this point, we are going to start with seniors being mentors and then we will train juniors to mentor. I'm trying to find out how many are interested in mentoring so if this sounds like something you'd like to do, sign up. We will have an informational meeting during advisory Friday, Oct. 26th and I'll send you a calendar request and a location for the meeting.

Freshmen or Sophomores: Sometimes it helps to have an older student to connect with that has been through what you're going through right now. They can provide advice on how to talk to a certain teacher, tips on working through friendships and dealing with some of the issues that high school students face. Also, the accountability of knowing someone (other than adults) care about your grades, attendance and discipline may help you stay on track. Upperclassmen understand because some of them have made the same mistakes but we want you to make the most out of your time in high school.

Fill out the link if you're interested: https://goo.gl/forms/5p65rnbb6vvVAi573

Thanks,

The Mentoring Program Facilitators

(Coach Joiner, Ms. Kerley and Mr. McCune)

We are going to be starting a conflict mediation group at the school. For students that are having conflict with one another or as an alternative discipline measure, you may request to go to the Justice Committee. This group will follow a process to help individuals work through issues. If this is something you are interested in, applications will be available in 2 weeks. For more information see Ramez Alshalabi (Senior) or LaJahda Boyland (Senior). Here's a video that may help explain the process a little better.

We are going to be offering a workshop for students about some of the restorative practice work we have been doing at the school and we want your feedback about what support you need. Let us know topics that you would like us to cover during these sessions. Examples could be how to write the college application or scholarship essay, how to work through drama with friends or how to have difficult conversations with family members.

The sessions will be from 2:30 - 4:30 and students will be able to take the late bus home.

Please help us know what types of workshops you need by filling out the link: https://goo.gl/forms/HS7vdp9y7cBiUEjr1

Transportation is provided: If Northtown is your assigned school, go to the S. Campus before noon on Monday to get a bus pass to ride the late bus. If you are here for IB or any other district placement, you may not qualify for late transportation. If you have any questions, see my administrative assistant, Ms. Jenny Moore in the South Campus Building. If you need help, this is the time to get it.

Please take time to let the cafeteria staff know how much we appreciate all they do.

See the flyer below.

We wanted to pass along the details to all staff on FCCLA’s upcoming Trunk or Treat. This event will take place on Monday, October 22 from 6-7:30. Arrive by 5:30 to set up your trunk in the Norclay parking lot (if weather is not permitting, we will be in Norclay gym). The entry is $10 per trunk, and your group will need to bring candy to hand out to the many feeder elementary students that will be attending. There will be a prize for the top trunk. We need all entries submitted no later than Friday, October 19th. Any questions, please see Mrs. Joiner or Ms. Mondello. Thank you so much for supporting this great event with our feeder schools and we would love to have every group, team, organization, etc represented!!

Thanks!

Northtown FCCLA

Do you have any old neckties, you do not wear anymore? Over the next couple weeks, North Kansas City High School Theatre Department is gathering used neckties for our Fall musical Pippin. We need 15-30 per cast member. We would like as many bright colors, fun patterns and stripes as possible. The more colorful and interesting the better.

Please drop off your ties at North Kansas City High School c/o Randy Jackson

Or Antioch Middle School c/o Helena Cosentino. Feel free to emailRandy.Jackson@nkcschools.org or Helena.cosentino@nkcschools.org if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Northtown Theatre Association

Please remember to park in the lots and let's be good examples by not parking on 26th street.

Dave Garrison

Today is the beginning of October, and that means we will be starting our annual food drive! For the entire month we will be participating in a competition against the three other high schools and their feeder patterns for who can raise the most food items. The winner will receive a trophy that will travel between the winning schools for many years to come. At the conclusion of the competition at the end of the month, we are planning to send out a press release congratulating the winner and announcing our totals. We are including our feeder schools to join us in this competition that we expect to win! Please begin talking to your students and getting them excited to help out our community in a competitive way. We are looking forward to the creative ideas that teachers come up with. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you and happy donating!

Acceptable Donation Examples:

Can foods

Boxed dinners

Please Avoid:

Glass items

Damaged goods

Expirable food items

Respectfully,

Max Super

STUCO

Send any shout-out you have to ashley.n.smith@nkcschools.org.

Monday, October 15, 2018—A Day

Chess Club/NC831 2:40

Robotics/NC832 2:45

Monday Night Attendance Recovery & Tutoring/LMC 2:40

Tuesday, October 16, 2018—B Day

National Bosses Day

Monthly Block Discussion

Advisory AP Tea Tuesdays/NC842

Advisory T.E.A.C.H/NC820

Advisory Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)/SC104

Northtown Rocket Club/B134 2:40

BLT (2:55)

Wednesday, October 17, 2018—A Day

Jostens Senior Grad Orders, Gym III/Lunch

Genders and Sexualities Alliance (GSA)/NC 842 2:45

HOSA/B245 2:45

Thursday, October 18, 2018—B Day, Early Release

Orchestra Fall Concert/OPHS 7:00

Friday, October 19, 2018—A Day

Advisory Young Democrats/NC 815

Advisory Young Americans for Freedom/NC831

Fire Drill (2A)

Future Hornet Tailgate/4-7pm

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Community Open House/10-12am

Sunday, October 21, 2018

10/15/2018 Volleyball: C Gold TBD Multiple Schools NKCHS

10/15/2018 Volleyball: JV TBD Multiple Schools NKCHS

10/15/2018 Volleyball: Varsity TBD Multiple Schools NKCHS

10/15/2018 Football: JV 4:00pm Oak Park NKCHS

10/15/2018 Soccer: Boys JV 5:00pm Belton Northgate Middle School

10/15/2018 Soccer: Boys Varsity 6:30pm Belton Northgate Middle School

10/16/2018 Volleyball: C Gold 4:00pm Van Horn Van Horn HS

10/16/2018 Volleyball: JV 5:00pm Van Horn Van Horn HS

10/16/2018 Volleyball: Varsity 6:00pm Van Horn Van Horn HS

10/17/2018 Swimming: Boys Varsity 4:00pm Multiple Schools Gladstone Comm Center

10/17/2018 Swimming: Boys JV 4:00pm Multiple Schools Gladstone Comm Center

10/17/2018 Soccer: Boys Varsity 5:30pm Ruskin Northgate Middle School

10/18/2018 Soccer: Boys JV 5:00pm Oak Park DAC at Staley HS

10/18/2018 Volleyball: JV 5:30pm Oak Park Oak Park HS

10/18/2018 Volleyball: C Gold 5:30pm Oak Park Oak Park HS

10/18/2018 Soccer: Boys Varsity 6:30pm Oak Park DAC at Staley HS

10/18/2018 Volleyball: Varsity 7:00pm Oak Park Oak Park HS

10/19/2018 Swimming: Boys JV 5:00pm Platte County Platte County CC North

10/19/2018 Football: Varsity 7:00pm Raytown NKCHS

10/20/2018 Cross Country: Girls Varsity 9:00am Kearney Liberty North HS

10/20/2018 Cross Country: Boys Varsity 9:00am Kearney Kearney