Principal

Del Norte High School

Nighthawks Together, One Flock Forever!

• District Recess: April 8 thru April 12
• One Acts: April 25 - 26 7-9PM
• Trimester 3/6-week Progress Reports Sent Home: April 26
• Improv Show: May 3 7-9PM
• AP Testing: May 6 - 16
• PROM: May 18
• Choir Concert: May 21
• Band/Orchestra Concert: May 23 - 24
• Memorial Day/No School: May 27
• Night at the Museum: May 29

The NESTPYS News: On June 3rd, we will have our first Annual NESTPY Awards Celebration! We are mirroring the ESPY awards! This will be a red carpet, dress up event. We will have over 500 people in attendance. Dinner and entertainment will be provided! Tickets for this event will go on sale by the end of the month. This is replacing the awards night for athletics from previous years. We will celebrate our athletes and their amazing accomplishments from the 2023-24 school year.

Important Dates to Know:

· Spring PE waivers due: 3/15

· DNHS Physical Night: 5/29

· Fall Sports - Athletic Clearance due date: 5/31

· NESTPYS – Athletic Awards Celebration: 6/3

Did You Know: Currently DNHS has 31 Sports Programs of which 27 are Division 1

Go to the Sports Week at a Glance (WAAG) at our school athletics home page to see the week’s sports schedule. For easy viewing of the WAAG, click here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EcaixntkmDh5eKAYmiAgPCkAnBFcnGB8JZfkKZXR9Fc/edit

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.

DNHS Athletic Director – Amanda Nelson

What’s poppin Nighthawks? Hope you've had a great week! Your week is about to be even better. Today is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This day is acknowledged for the tough grind, commitment and motivation small business owners put in to make their dreams come true. Today, instead of just recognizing their efforts, we can support them by shopping somewhere local. We should take some time to help their business thrive. A few places that come to mind right here in 92127 and 92128 are.....

• Mostra Coffee
• Flippin' Pizza
• Hoorah's
• New York Bagels Cafe

Let’s give these hard working people the support they need and deserve! Have a great weekend Nighthawks!

Student Support Services is run by Michelle Castro in room G118.

• Safe space for ALL students that provides social/emotional support
• And sometimes you just need a snack to make your day! This is where we could use your support! Please consider purchasing something from the Amazon wish list linked below :)! Thank you for your consideration.

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.

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

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.

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.

Click on this link to volunteer!

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!

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.

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:

1. 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.
2. Living in motels, hotels, due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations.
3. Living in domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, transitional living programs, housing paid for by programs/vouchers, etc.
4. 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.
5. Unaccompanied homeless youth who are living away from the physical custody of a parent or guardian.
6. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.