TOPS High School Newsletter

I hope you are all having a wonderful school year!

Can you believe it is already time to wrap up our first 6 weeks grading cycle? The last day for this grading cycle is Friday, September 21st. Assignments will lock at 7:59 am on Monday, September 24th. So, please do all you can to submit your assignments and stay caught up in all of your courses. The 2nd cycle will begin at 8 am on the 24th.

On Monday, September 17th, we will have a student holiday. Please take this time to get caught up on your assignments and submit any missing assignments.

Finally, we are having a Park Outing on Friday, September 14th. Please use the link contained in this newsletter to sign up for a park near you. We look forward to meeting and greeting you.

As the year progresses, I hope you find TOPS to be a wonderful learning environment and I look forward to opportunities to support you. Have a great evening.

Rebecca Finka

Principal

TOPS High School

September 14: In-Person Park Outing 10am-12pm

September 14: Virtual Outing 10am-11pm

September 17: Student Holiday/Staff Work Day

September 21: Six Weeks 1 Grading Cycle Ends

We have our first K12 TEXAS outing for 2018-2019 school year. We would love for you to take this opportunity to meet staff and other K12 students and families in your communities. “Back to School Park Day/Park Clean Up” Friday, September 14th 10am-12pm. This event is open to all students and families. Please click on the link below for details, and choose a location near you.

Class Connect sessions will be cancelled, with the exception of Help Lab.

Frequency of Mass Emails

Teachers and advisors will only send out mass communications on Tuesdays and Fridays. Any important messages in between will be posted in class announcements in the Online High School (OHS).

Returning Voicemails and Emails

Our teachers and advisors are teaching classes and planning lessons and are not always able to answer your phone call or return your emails right away. Our school day is from 8:30am-4:00pm. Please make note of this friendly reminder from our School Handbook: Teachers (and advisors) will respond to student and parent emails within 24 hours of receipt. Note: This does not include after-hours, holidays, testing days, or weekends.

• Examples of return-email: “Parent emails at 7 pm on Monday. Teacher returns at 9 am on Wednesday.” This is permissible because the teacher would not receive email until Tuesday morning at 9 am.
  

TOPS High School Principal

Rebecca Finka is entering her 19th year in education. She comes to TOPS from Houston ISD where she held various secondary roles including Middle School and High School Teacher, Lead Teacher, Curriculum Specialist, Assistant Principal, Dean of Instruction, and Dean of Students. Her biggest goals are student success, teacher support, and parent engagement. She is passionate about educating the whole student and preparing them for college and career opportunities. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston-Downtown and a Master of Science degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. She is a native Texan and lives in the Houston area with her family.

Email: rfinka@texasonlineprep.org
Website: tops.k12.com/
Phone: 281.542.3237
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/becky.finka
Twitter: @finkatops