The Raider Nation Newsletter

Dear Atholton Community,

We are wrapping up our Winter Athletics season and transitioning to Spring with tryouts this week. Many of our Winter teams are still in action (or just wrapped up). Kudos to our coaches and athletes for Allied Bowling, Cheerleading, Indoor Track, Girls & Boys Basketball, and Wrestling. Allied Bowling had a great season; Cheerleading worked hard at their competitions this year; and we had two 2nd place finishers at the State track meet (Delbert Cowsette & Gabby Millwood for the 55m dash) and a 3rd place finisher (Katherine Wood for shot put).

Both Boys and Girls Basketball have playoff games this week at River Hill and Oakland Mills, respectively. Wrestling is sending Kailey Arrendondo, Yenah Choe, Mark Enamorado, Chase Garrison, Naima Harvey-Bowen, Jonathan Maslan, Juliana Oxenberg, Sam Salazar, and Justin Soriano to the State Championships this weekend! We wish all of these folks well and you can celebrate them tonight at the Winter Sports Banquet.

Although it isn't officially Spring until the Vernal Equinox on March 19th, the Spring Musical is almost here. See the info below about getting your tickets. The music department is prepping for assessment season, which will all take place before the school takes a much-needed Spring Break starting on March 23rd. Four more weeks...you can make it!

Sincerely,

Nick Novak

Principal

PS-And if the "Seasons Change" title made you think of this 80s gem, you're in luck. (Sometimes I just include these things to see if you're reading or just skimming. Have a great week!)

Our Black History Month Assembly was scheduled for February 22nd, but, due to some technical difficulties, we postponed the event to ensure our program was ready for our audiences. Thanks to our performing arts team for their flexibility with reschedules (the stage is being prepped for Once Upon a Mattress and then rehearsals for county music assessments). Long story short--the assemblies will be held on March 13th. We look forward to seeing our students' hard work and celebrating Black History.

Tryouts for Spring Sports begin March 1st. All student-athletes MUST have completed paperwork to tryout. HCPSS has developed a portal to submit all your tryout forms. Parents/guardians must use their parental portal to submit paperwork. Click here for step by step directions on how to submit forms online.

Not sure where and when your tryout is happening? Click here for tryout schedule.

This year's Raider Roast is a massive collaboration between Athletics & Activities Boosters, JROTC Boosters, Music Boosters, and PTSA. It truly is an event for ALL parents to support multiple areas of OUR school network. Guests must be 21+ to attend. Get your tickets at the discounted rate through 2/29. After that, prices go up to $75/ticket. See the flyer below for more information!

Many moons ago, on Freetown road, the drama department has been preparing for a magical show! Come see Atholton's Spring Production of Once Upon a Mattress March 7, 8, and 9th! Student Tickets are $10, and general admission is $14. Purchase tickets at the Booktix website or scan one of the QR codes on the posters around the school! Don't be shy, and see you there!

Send in your plastic bags and plastic over wrap (around water bottle cases) with your student and have them place it in one of their teachers' Plastic Bag Recycling Bins or the Big White Recycling Bin in the vestibule out front. You could help the Green team earn a New Trex Bench! You would also be saving all of the plastic bags and plastic film from the landfill Not sure what can be recycled? Check out the flyer below. Any Questions about this program, see Mrs. Schwab.

With playoffs coming up, we wanted to take a moment to remind parents about how student behavior can impact extracurricular event attendance. Students are expected to follow the HCPSS Student Code of Conduct. In instances when a student violates the student code of conduct, the administrative team may deem it necessary to prohibit student attendance to future extracurricular activities. This may include, but not be limited to, dances, athletic events, concerts, performing arts plays/musicals, and club sponsored activities. The administrative team will notify students and parents/guardian in advance of these actions.

HCPSS is equipping all high schools with attendance kiosks to help expedite the check-in/attendance procedure in the morning. Beginning March 5th, all students will need to be prepared to use the attendance kiosks if they are late to school/class first period. Here's what you need to know/do:

• Students should report directly to class before 7:50am.
• Anyone arriving after 7:50am will need to check-in at the attendance kiosks in the front lobby.
• To use the attendance kiosk, students will need to download the Synergy Student Vue app on their phone (available for Apple and Android operating systems).
• Students without phones will be issued a barcode to use for check-in.
• Once students check-in, they will receive a printed pass to take to class.
• Excuse notes can still be emailed to ahsabsence@hcpss.org or sent in with students.

We will be sharing more information with students and using time during Raidertime/class to ensure students are prepared for the March 5th roll-out of the attendance kiosks. Thanks for taking time to help make sure your student uses the file below to download the app.

The deadline to order cap and gowns is March 1. We have A LOT of students who have yet to order. The link to order is below. Thank you!

https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/catalogBrowse/1066529/ATHOLTON-HIGH-SCHOOL/Graduation/2086264349/CATALOG_REPOSITORY/

2/26 Vision & Hearing Tests

3/1 Spring Sports Tryouts

3/7-9 Once Upon a Mattress

3/13 Black History Month Assembly Rescheduled

3/13 11:35am Dismissal

3/22 Spring Pep Rally

3/23-4/1 Spring Break

Last week we fed 30 families in 15 minutes.
Our next distribution will be March 14th.

We need your help filling our shelves so we can feed families at our next distribution.

Amazon wish list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/17IRNMC08ZK81?ref_=wl_share

Items we are always looking for :
Peanut butter
Jelly
Pasta sauce
Canned protein (tuna, chicken, salmon)
A variety of canned fruit
A variety of canned vegetables
Canned soups and/or gravy
Canned pasta
Canned beans
Dry pasta
Macaroni & cheese
Shelf-stable milk
Juice
Dry cereal
Oatmeal
Baking mixes
Dry beans
Rice
Ramen noodles
Boxed stuffing
Potato products
A variety of snack foods (to include raisins, nuts, granola bars, chips, fruit snacks, cookies, crackers, etc.)
Diapers (all sizes)
Baby wipes

Thanks for your support!

Atholton PTSA

Atholton PBSA-New Website!!!

Atholton Boosters

Atholton Drama Boosters

Atholton JROTC Boosters

Atholton Music Boosters

Atholton Robotics Boosters