Nighthawk News
Principal's Message
Happy Friday Nighthawks!
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! We wish all of our students the very best in the coming weeks as many will be challenging themselves with AP testing.
Ty Eveleth, Principal
Del Norte High School
Nighthawks Together, One Flock Forever!
Upcoming Events
- Improv Show - TONIGHT! May 3 7-9PM
- AP Testing - May 6 - 16
- Athletic Foundation Dinner and Auction - May 11 at 6PM
- PROM - May 18
- Choir Concert - May 21
- Band/Orchestra Concert - May 23 - 24
- Del Norte High School - Ted X Event May 26
- Memorial Day/No School - May 27
- Night at the Museum - May 29
- Del Norte Dance Team Spring Concert - May 31 and June 1 6:30PM in the PAC
Look What Your Nighthawks Have Been Up To - DNHS Campaign Fair
Del Norte High School Athletic Foundation presents College Night
A Night Out at the Ranch House - May 11, 2024
Please join us in showing support for the Athletic Foundation by attending the annual Dinner/Auction hosted at the Del Sur Ranch House on Saturday, May 11. The Athletic Foundation plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of all sports by providing essential services and programs for all our Nighthawk athletes. Your attendance at this event will directly contribute to the Foundation's efforts in supporting a wide range of programs, benefiting as many student athletes as possible. Let's come together to make a difference in the lives of our student athletes and ensure their continued success both on and off the field.
This year’s theme is College Night so dust off your favorite college gear and showcase your colors under the Saturday Night Lights, while knowing that every ticket sold directly benefits the DNHS Athletic Foundation, fueling the future of Nighthawk Athletics. Don't miss out on the fun — grab your tickets now and let's make College Night the ultimate celebration of Nighthawk pride!
Please click the link below to buy your tickets.
https://bit.ly/DNHSAF_24AUCTION
Thanks,
Matt Teeter
President
DNHS Athletic Foundation
Senior Scholarship Deadline Has Been Extended - May 6th is coming quick!
All Eligible Seniors are Encouraged to Apply!
DEL NORTE PTSA SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP 2024
The Del Norte PTSA offers Senior Scholarships to acknowledge our commitment to continued
education. We are proud to award two (2) $1000 scholarships for the Del Norte Class of 2024!
The applicants are evaluated on their ability to express themselves and provide compelling
responses to the scholarship questions. Each submission will be reviewed and evaluated by a
committee without disclosing the identification of the applicant.
Selected recipients will be notified in May 2024.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Graduating from Del Norte’s Class of 2024.
2. Applicants are required to be a Del Norte PTSA member. The cost to join the PTSA is
$15.00. (See https://jointotem.com/ca/san-diego/del-norte-ptsa/join/register to become a
member). If there is a financial hardship to become a Del Norte PTSA member,
assistance may be available by submitting a letter of explanation.
Email Fauzia Qureshi-Aziz at scholarship.delnorte@gmail.com with any questions.
3. The Del Norte senior is pursuing any academic or continuing education, beginning the
fall of 2024. The scholarship is to be used during the fall semester/quarter following high
school graduation at an accredited college or university, community college or trade or
technical school. Please submit the College Acceptance Letter for Fall 2024 .
SUBMISSION
1. Written and video submissions should be forwarded to scholarship.delnorte@gmail.com
by May 6, 2024
2. Original artwork should be dropped off at DNHS front office to the ATTN: Fauzia
Qureshi-Aziz by May 6, 2024.
Your application will be considered complete and ready for review when all five documents
below have been submitted:
1. Proof of Del Norte PTSA Membership
2. Application
3. Your Entry or Submission
4. Letter of Recommendation
5. College Acceptance Letter for Fall 2024
Scholarship money will be distributed after the committee has received all required documents.
Disclaimer: This is a one-time scholarship for a total of $1000 per student.
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Home Court Advantage - Ted X event
Del Norte High School is having a 2024 TEDx event with the theme Home Court Advantage. The event will occur virtually on May 26th. At our school, we commonly use home court advantage to build an environment where everyone is supported, safe, and valued. TEDx provides one such platform for speakers to share their ideas and bring people together for a common experience. We'll be covering a wide range of topics from entrepreneurship to science to art performances. Please fill out the following sign up form if you are interested in registering as either a speaker or attendee: https://forms.gle/wNDCmhRzgN4onK2R7.
Del Norte Dance Team presents.......
Beyond the Buzzer
Nighthawk Athletics are wrapping up the Spring Season!
Congratulations to our Boys Lacrosse and Boys Swim & Dive for an amazing regular season and earning the title of LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. We wish them all the best during CIF playoffs and championships.
All spring sports wrap up their regular season in the next week followed by CIF playoffs and championship meets. We wish all our Nighthawks the very best as they continue to soar high and represent Del Norte with honor and class.
We encourage you to take in a game, meet or match and support DNHS Athletics.
Go to the WAAG link here to see the week’s athletic schedule.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EcaixntkmDh5eKAYmiAgPCkAnBFcnGB8JZfkKZXR9Fc/edit
Important Dates to Know:
· DNHS Physical Night: 5/29
· Fall Sports - Athletic Clearance due date: 5/31
· NESTPYS – Athletic Awards Celebration in Performing Arts Center: 6/3
DNHS Athletic Director – Amanda Nelson
The NESTPYS News
To All DNHS Parents and Student Athletes
The NESTPYS News: We are going in a different direction.
The NESTPYS will now be held in the Performing Arts Center on Monday, June 3rd at 6:30 PM. This will not be a dinner event and is free to all student athletes and family. This night we will honor our Nighthawk Athletes with special recognition and achievement awards. All Families that purchased tickets will receive a full refund. We hope you will still join us for a scaled down NESTPYS celebration.
We hope you will come out and support Nighthawk Athletics. See you on the field, on the court, in the gym, at the pool or anywhere else you can find DNHS Athletics.
Day Thought for the Nighthawk
Student Op-Ed by Smyan Khurana 9th grade
In today´s fast pace world, it´s crucial to take time to take care of yourself. Meditation and relaxation techniques can be really useful for focusing attention on a particular object or thought. Some examples of these techniques are breathing exercises, muscle relation, and visualization. These exercises can improve your sleep, lower your blood pressure, and reduce stress. You can practice these techniques pretty much anywhere and everywhere. Incorporating these exercises into your daily routine will help improve your overall well being. So why not take a few minutes into each day to practice meditation and relaxation? Adios Nighthawks!
PUSD Grounds General Notice of Application Schedule May 2024
During the month of May 2024 applications will be occurring, weather-permitting, at any site location on any day in which an application would be prudent, safe and effective in the control of undesired or invasive weed/plant species.
Generally, applications will be made on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 6:00am-11:00am, however, these dates and times can change based on factors such as weather, personnel, or the needs of the department. It will be assumed that any site within the district may have an application on any day at any time, again using best management practices. Mechanical removal is primary but in some cases, application of control solutions are necessary to keep pest levels and activity to reasonable and acceptable thresholds that do not interfere with instruction or safety per the District’s IPM standards and guidelines.
CONTROL SOLUTIONS PROPOSED FOR USE FOR 05/01/2024- 05/31/24:
- Cheetah Pro Herbicide - Active Ingredient: Glufosinate Ammonium
- Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide - Active Ingredient:: 2,4-D, dimethylamine salt, Dicamba, dimethylamine salt, Quinclorac, Sulfentrazone
- Reward Herbicide - Active Ingredient:: Diquat dibromide
- Speedzone Southern Turf Herbicide - Active Ingredient: Carfentrazone-ethyl...0.54%, 2,4-D, 2-ethylhexyl ester ...10.49%, Mecoprop-p acid . 2.66%, Dicamba acid . .0.67%
- Merit 0.5 G – Active Ingredient: Imidacloprid, 1\N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine ........... 0.5%
- Dimension 270G – Active Ingredient: Dithiopyr……0.27%
- Heritage G – Active Ingredient: Azoxystrobin: methylpyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl}-3-methoxyacrylate* . . . .. . 0.31%
- Chipco 26019 FLO – Active Ingredient: iprodione imidazolidinecarboxamide
Refurbished Computers for as LOW as $100 đź’»
Attendance Tidbits
24 hour Attendance Hotline 858-676-6311
Off-Campus Passes/Early release
If your Student needs an early release pass for any reason, a Parent/legal guardian needs to call the Attendance hotline the night before or by 7:30 am the morning of the early release, to have the pass ready in time. Calls for early release passes received after 7:30 am will be delayed.
It is the Student’s responsibility to pick up their pass at the Attendance Office before school, during passing period, at break or lunch. Passes will not be delivered to Students. Students may not leave class to pick up their pass. Students that have picked up their pass are expected to exit school at their assigned time to leave.
Reporting all day absences
To report an absence, please call the hotline at (858) 676-6311 each day the student is absent.
All absences must be cleared within 48 hours or they will be coded as truant.
Arriving to school late
Students arriving less than 15 minutes late to school must go straight to class even if a parent has
called to excuse the tardy. Students arriving later than 15 minutes must stop at the Attendance Office before heading to class regardless of parent calling to excuse the tardy.
Illness during school
Students who become sick after arriving on campus must report to the Health Office.
If the student is in class, they must obtain a pass from their teacher to go to the Health Office.
The Health Technician will assist the student and contact the parent. Students who leave through the Health Office will obtain their off campus pass there, not the Attendance Office.
Sick students are not checked out through the Attendance Office.
Grad Night Sponsors and Donors
Attention Parents - Your Support is Crucial for Grad Night 2024!
We're gearing up for an incredible Grad Night 2024 to honor our graduating seniors with a memorable celebration in a safe, drug-free, and alcohol-free environment. This event marks a major milestone for our students, and we need your help to make it happen!
We're actively seeking sponsors to bring this special night to life. Your sponsorship will ensure that our class of 2024 can enjoy this significant celebration. It's a fantastic opportunity for local businesses to show their support for our students and connect with the community.
Please visit our sponsor and donor page for more information. https://form.jotform.com/232166075766159
Community Service and Volunteer Opportunities
Monterey Ridge School/Community Garden 🦋
The Monterey Ridge Elementary School (MRES) Garden is in need of volunteers who need community service hours. The MRES Garden is part of the 4S Ranch Community Garden and is directly across the street from the school campus.
Who: Volunteer opportunities can be arranged for individual and small groups of students, teams
(we once had a good part of the DNHS basketball team help out), Community Service Clubs and
organizations, National Honor Society, Student Clubs and other such combinations. We have a long
history of working with Del Norte’s NHS and on-campus clubs, students from APES and AP Gov., as
well as many students from Poway, Rancho Bernardo, and Mt. Carmel high schools over the years.
In addition, we have worked with many students outside of PUSD who need community service hours for high school and college applications. We have strong connections to local Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops and have provided many service opportunities for troops, as well as sponsoring Silver and Gold Award (Girl Scouts) and Eagle Scout (Scouts) projects over the years.
What: Students and volunteers will work outdoors in the Monarch School/Community Garden. There are a wide range of opportunities in the garden, including, but certainly not limited to: seed
planting/transplanting, garden bed care/maintenance, composting, planting pollinator and butterfly
plants, sign painting, working with our vermi-composting bin, garden planning and implementation,
learning about pesticide free gardening, organization, soil amending and seed saving…. No
experience needed!
Where: The MRES 4S Ranch School/Community Garden is located directly across the street from
Monterey Ridge Elementary School in 4S Ranch.
Why: The MRES School/Community Garden is a great place for students to volunteer! Students are
outside, surrounded by nature, working to keep the gardens growing. Their work is also benefiting
families within PUSD who are connected to 4 Community Care for donated food support. Students LOVE being in the garden -- they benefit from hands in the soil, a strong sense of accomplishment,
seeing birds, butterflies, caterpillars, and a plethora of living creatures. The garden benefits
their mental health tremendously by providing a calm, safe space to take a deep breath and spend
time outdoors in nature. (They also learn a lot while they are working!)
Please contact Nicole Moore (Ms. Nicole) at nmoore@powayusd.com or (760) 809-0314 for more
information or to schedule an individual or small group community service/volunteer opportunity.
Earn Volunteer hours at Valley Elementary! 🔬🧪
The Valley Elementary Educational Foundation is hosting the 3rd annual STEAM Fair at Valley Elementary on Saturday April 27th from 9 am - 1 pm and we need high school volunteers to help make this event a success! Spend the day helping students with hands-on science and art activities and earn community service hours at the same time.
Nighthawk Tutoring - Proudly Sponsored by the Del Norte Education Foundation
Nighthawk tutoring is held from 6:15pm to 8:15pm on Mondays and Wednesdays at the DNHS library. Nighthawk Tutoring is a great opportunity for students to work in small collaborative groups, get individualized tutoring, and/or work independently on homework. All the resources in the DNHS library are available during tutoring. These include access to textbooks, printing, and computers. In addition to the Math and Social Science teachers that are at Nighthawk Tutoring, we also have peer counselors and National Honor Society volunteer students there to help. Hope to see you there!
Welcome to the DN'ERo Store
The DN'ERO store is part of Del Norte's PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) program. It is a schoolwide system aimed at establishing positive student culture. Students that are displaying outstanding Nighthawk characteristics are rewarded with "DN'ERO's". The DN'ERO store is fully funded by our Education Foundation and is open every other Friday. Not only is this program aimed at reinforcing positive behavior, it also gives some of our students an opportunity to work a "store" with some real world retail experience. Ask your Nighthawk about it today! Everyone wins when we all work together.
Homelessness or Housing Insecurity Assistance
Dear Poway Unified School District Families
Poway Unified’s Youth in Transition (YIT) program assists children and youth experiencing homelessness with food, transportation, school supplies, and additional support during the school year. Those students who qualify lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes children and youth who are:
- Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason. This can be doubled (living with one other family) and even tripled (living with two other families) up.
- Living in motels, hotels, due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations.
- Living in domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, transitional living programs, housing paid for by programs/vouchers, etc.
- Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings, or in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
- Unaccompanied homeless youth who are living away from the physical custody of a parent or guardian.
- Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are children who are living in similar circumstances listed above.
If any of the above housing descriptions reflect your current housing situation, please fill out the attached short form and email it to Laura Upson at lupson@powayusd.com. You can learn more information about Youth in Transition here. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions.
Del Norte Housekeeping
Communication Expectations for Resolving Concerns
Concerns involving Grading, Curriculum, or Instruction
Classroom procedures
Classroom behavior
Individual student grades
Curriculum
Textbooks/materials
Step 1: Classroom Teacher; if not resolved…
Step 2: Site Assistant Principal supervising specific content area, if not resolved…
Step 3: Site Principal
*Please know that you will be referred back to a previous step if that step has yet to be completed. At Del Norte High School, we believe in resolving concerns at the lowest level.
Student Behavior
If behavior is occurring in the classroom
Step 1: Classroom Teacher; if not resolved…
Step 2: Site Assistant Principal supervising specific content area, if not resolved…
Step 3: Site Principal
If behavior is occurring outside of the classroom
Step 1: Site Assistant Principal of your student’s last name alpha, if not resolved…
Step 2: Site Principal
Athletics
Step 1: Coach; if not resolved...
Step 2: Site Athletic Director; if not resolved…
Step 3: Site Assistant Principal over Athletics; if not resolved…
Step 4: Site Principal; if not resolved…
Please reference the DNHS Athletics Guide/Handbook regarding student, parent, and coach expectations.
Food Deliveries
At Del Norte we cannot accept items to be picked up or delivered to students during the instructional day in the front office. Please ensure that your Nighthawk has their lunch, phone, homework, clothing, athletic equipment, computer/Chromebook, books, etc. that they need for school before dropping them off.
ADA Accessible Parking on Campus
Attention Nighthawk Families!
It has been brought to the attention of the Administration Team that some of our ADA compliant parking spaces are being used by individuals that are not legally permitted to use them. In an effort to provide access for all, we ask that you not park in our ADA spots unless you are legally permitted to do so. As a reminder, California Penal Code 22507.8 states that illegally using an ADA parking spot can result in a $421 fine. Thanks for you attention to this matter.
Building Culture and Nighthawk Spirit
Part of the positive experience of high school is being involved and engaged in the learning community. In my message to our student body the first day of school I spoke about the importance of establishing strong and meaningful relationships. To build relationships, it requires us to step outside of our comfort zone at times, as well as engage in similar and different experiences. That is why we encourage each of our Nighthawks to join clubs and organizations, participate in extracurricular activities, and engage in community service projects. These experiences will not only help them develop new skills and interests, but they will also provide them the opportunities to connect with like-minded peers and make memories that will last a lifetime.
As parents and guardians, you are important members of the Nighthawk Nation! We hope that you will become involved in our various adult organizations, PTSA, Del Norte Education Foundation, Athletic Foundation, Music Foundation, and other various booster groups that exist to help our faculty and staff provide a world class high school experience for your student(s).
Parking and Dropping Off
Traffic is extremely heavy the first few weeks of school as we welcome back all our Nighthawks to the Nest. Plan accordingly and drive with extra caution as the community settles in. Please be respectful of each other and our neighbors when parking on side streets around campus. On time attendance to classes is critical to student success, please see that your Nighthawk gets to school on time.
If you will be dropping your student off in the front of the school, use the traffic circle off the main school entrance on Nighthawk Lane. Do not enter the staff lot off Nighthawk Lane. The traffic circle gets congested in the morning and immediately after school, so be cautious and patient when dropping off your student.
Campus Security
As a reminder, Del Norte High School is a closed campus and all visitors to campus must check-in at the front desk. To continue our efforts to increase campus safety, the door to the front office has been equipped with a new door buzzer. This means the front door remains in a locked position throughout the day. When approaching the door, you will knock on the door and school staff will “buzz” you into the office. We remain committed to welcoming and supporting all families coming to Del Norte High School and appreciate your patience in working with us to assure all Nighthawks remain safe.