NHS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
March 10, 2025
11TH GRADE STUDENTS! IMPORTANT IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION!
An immunization form was sent home on Thursday and must be returned by March 12, 2025. Any 11th grade student who did NOT receive the form will need to pick one up from the front office. All forms MUST be returned to the front office by Wednesday, March 12th.
NHS will have a vaccination clinic for 11th grade students on Friday, May 2, 2025, at 8:30am.
WELCOME TO ACT WEEK
ACT PARENT LETTER
North Carolina ACT State Test Administration for Grade 11 Students
Northside High School
365 Commons Drive South
Jacksonville, NC 28546
Dear Parent or Legal Guardian:
The State Board of Education is required by General Statute §115C-174.11 (c)(4), to plan for and require the administration of the ACT test to all public school students who are enrolled in the eleventh grade. Your student will take the statewide ACT test, free of charge, on March 11, 2025. The ACT is used as part of North Carolina’s school accountability program. In addition, colleges and universities may use ACT scores for admissions decisions, course placement, academic advising, loans, and scholarships. Students participating in the statewide ACT administration have the option to select up to four colleges or other reporting agencies to receive their ACT scores for free. Students are not required to send scores to college or reporting agencies as part of the statewide ACT test administration.
Sending Student Scores to Colleges for Free
To send ACT test scores from the state-sponsored administration to colleges or reporting agencies, your child must create a MyACT account. A unique student code provided on the MyACT Non-Test Information: Instructions for Students form, which your student received in school, will link your child’s state ACT test scores to their MyACT account. Account creation is optional and not required if your child does not wish to send their ACT test scores to colleges or reporting agencies.
If a student chooses to create their MyACT account, only the following information is required for North Carolina students taking The ACT during the school day, statewide administration:
· Name (first, middle initial, last)
• Date of birth
• Student code (provided by ACT)
• ACT high school code name (provided by ACT for reporting purposes)
• Mailing address
• Email address. The student must provide an email address to create an account.
• Score Preferences. The student may select up to four colleges or scholarship agencies to receive their ACT score at no cost. This is optional, but only available through MyACT account creation.
• Preferences. Students may provide a parent’s first name, last name, and email address if they would like their parent to receive notifications about their scores. These notifications are the same notifications the student receives from ACT. Adding notification preferences is optional.
Note: Parents and legal guardians should be aware that ACT allows students to input additional information through the MyACT website. Any information voluntarily shared by your child within the MyACT website beyond the account creation criteria above may be used by ACT. The NCDPI does not require or condone the sharing of additional information with ACT, but if a student, parent, or legal guardian decides to supply additional information, the NCDPI recommends students and families review and understand the ACT Terms and Conditions and ACT Privacy Policy before doing so.
How Do Students Receive Information About the Test?
Students will receive the following information from their school: a letter for North Carolina juniors containing NC college and university codes, a MyACT Non-Test Information: Instructions for Students form with instructions for creating their MyACT account, and a Taking the ACT booklet, which includes the following information:
· checklist for taking the ACT,
· terms and conditions,
· testing rules and policy, and
· information about sending and receiving scores.
ACT Testing Exceptions
Students who have taken either the SAT or the ACT before February 14, 2025, and have scores that meet the college readiness benchmark standards below, do not have to participate in the statewide ACT administration.
SAT college readiness benchmark scores include the following subtests: ACT college readiness benchmark scores include all of the following subtests:
Test SAT Score Test ACT Score
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 530 English 18
Mathematics 540 Mathematics 22
Reading 22
Science 23
Students may not combine test scores from prior, separate administrations to meet college readiness benchmark scores. All college readiness benchmark scores must be attained during the same test administration. For consideration of an ACT testing exception, students must complete the ACT Testing Exception Request Form available from the school or the school’s website.
If you have questions or concerns about the upcoming ACT administration at Northside High School, please contact Nell Altman-Boyce, (910) 455-4868, Ext, 32021
Sincerely,
Nell Altman-Boyce
Testing Coordinator
PARENT SURVEYS
Parents, it is the time of year when Onslow County Schools asks for your feedback regarding your children's school. Please follow the link below to complete the parent survey for Northside High School. Thank you in advance for completing the survey.
PARENT:
STAY CONNECTED: Update Your Contact Information
Parents and guardians, please take a moment to ensure that your contact information is up to date with Northside High School. It’s important that we have the correct address, phone numbers, and email on file so you don’t miss important school updates, announcements, and emergency notifications.
If you are not receiving calls or messages from NHS, please contact the school to verify and update your information. Also, check your phone settings to ensure that our number hasn’t been accidentally blocked.
Staying informed is key to your student’s success—thank you for helping us keep communication open!
PROM 2025: A NIGHT UNDER OLYMPUS
NHS Prom will be held on April 26, 2025, at Jacksonville Country Club from 7:00pm - 11:00pm.
Ticket Information: $75 2nd Semester. Any Junior or Senior at NHS is eligible to attend.
Non-NHS or underclassmen guests must be invited by a junior or senior and get an application in the front office.
Tickets are available at https://onslow.schoolcashonline.com
Attire must be formal.
Food and beverages provided at the venue.
Questions? Contact Cecilia.Fountain@onslow.k12.nc.us
NHS ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
Enter for your chance to win a PS5 bundle! The athletic booster club is auctioning off this bundle, and all proceeds go towards weight room upgrades."
Link to buy tickets is below.
MORNING TARDIES
- PARENT DROP OFF CLOSES PROMPTLY AT 7:12AM.
- STUDENTS MUST BE DROPPED OFF IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AT 7:12AM.
- STUDENTS WHO COME IN AFTER THE TARDY BELL MUST SIGN IN AT THE FRONT OFFICE AND WILL RECEIVE A TARDY PASS.
- THE TARDY PASS DOCUMENTS THE TARDY BUT DOES NOT EXCUSE THE TARDY.
- FREQUENT TARDIES WILL RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY REFFERALS AND CONSEQUENCES.
MORNING ROUTINE
- IF STUDENTS WANT BREAKFAST, THEY MUST GO DIRECTLY TO THE CAFETERIA AND GET THEIR GRAB AND GO BREAKFAST.
- STUDENTS ARE THEN REQUIRED TO GO DIRECTLY TO THEIR 1ST PERIOD CLASS.
- STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON ANY HALLWAYS OTHER THAN WHERE THEIR CLASS IS LOCATED.
- STUDENTS FOUND IN UNAUTHORIZED HALLWAYS WILL RECEIVE DISCIPLINARY REFERRALS AND CONSEQUENCES.
POWER HOUR
· Students are REQUIRED to schedule their POWER HOUR sessions for the week in Flextime Manager. Students should also check their Power Hour schedules daily for any changes due to teachers scheduling them for required tutoring. Students cannot choose to go to any Power Hour class for which they are NOT scheduled. Flextime Manager is a program accessible via the internet at school or at home, so students can access the program anytime.
CELL PHONES
This is a reminder that students are allowed to have their phones on their person at school but are NOT ALLOWED to have the phones ON or IN USE during the school day. Students who break this district-wide rule have and will receive office referrals which result in consequences applicable to their infractions. Please help students remember their priorities during the school day are to focus on being successful in their classes.
DRESS CODE GUIDELINES
Please take a moment to review all the dress code guidelines in the NHS Student Handbook on the school website under the Families tab. Below is a sampling of recent dress code concerns.
*Students must wear SHOES to school. House shoes/slippers are not safe and therefore not allowed. Footwear must have a thick, hard sole to protect the bottom of the foot.
· Headgear, including sunglasses, is not permitted to be worn inside any building. This applies to both male and female students. This includes, but is not limited to, hats, hoods, bonnets, do-rags, and bandannas.
· Crop tops are not permitted. Students are not allowed to rectify the wearing of the crop top by putting a jacket over the crop top or zipping the jacket up.
· Shorts, dresses, or skirts are acceptable dress if the length is to the middle of the thigh.
· Baggy pants or shorts that establish a belt line below the hipbone or show underwear while the student is walking or sitting is not allowed. SAGGING IS NOT PERMITTED.
· Blankets will not be used as substitute for sweaters or coats. Do not bring blankets to school.
· Chains hanging from clothes are not appropriate accessories for school.
SCHOOL FEES
How to pay your child's school fees online....
In the upper right corner of the NHS website you will see a section called "I would like to", click and chose from the drop down, pay my child's school fees.
School Cash Online will open, you will need to do the following:
-Register for an account
-Fill in all required information, to include child(ren)'s names and student numbers.
-Once complete you will need to confirm your account.
-Fees will show next, you will need to add each fee to the cart and then click pay. You will be prompted to enter information to finish the transaction.
Follow directions until you receive a confirmation that fees have been paid.
*SENIORS MUST BE SURE ALL FEES ARE PAID PRIOR TO GRADUATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL melissa.pruitt@onslow.k12.nc.us.
