Dear Secondary School Families:
I hope you are enjoying the snow day (or if you are in the office today, hopefully the kiddos are)! Regents/mid-year exams will be administered next week beginning with 11th grade students taking ELA on Tuesday. We will conclude the week with the College Physics semester exam on Friday. We will be running a regular schedule for both the middle school and high school throughout the week.
Due to the impact of a weather related delay, early dismissal, and a closure this week, the second marking period is being extended through Tuesday. As a result, all students will still report to their quarter 2 classes on Monday and Tuesday (please share this info with your child). The third marking period will officially begin on Wednesday. Parents/guardians can expect to see second quarter grades posted on the portal by the afternoon of Tuesday, January 31.
JANUARY REGENTS SCHEDULE (FINAL): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EQp3S6oO4ptyv0REMwUXRxXD6UBOtJcy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117204023686917898733&rtpof=true&sd=true
Big Red Day: Big Red Day will be returning on Saturday, January 28. Secondary students are encouraged to participate in “Wear Red Spirit Day” for Friday, January 27th to kick off this annual community tradition. Go Bengals!
SOUPER BOWL: The 6th annual Souper Bowl is almost here!
Every year, the Friday before the Super Bowl, the PTSA organizes this wonderful event for faculty and staff throughout our district. This year, the PSTA will be serving a variety of soups with goodies made by Carol's Place. Please consider helping the PTSA reach its goal so we can make this the best SOUPER Bowl yet! If you are a fan of NFL football, enjoy the games this weekend. Go BIG BLUE!!!
Contributions can be made here: https://app.memberhub.gives/souperbowl23
Key Club Blood Drive: Key Club is hosting a Blood Drive with the American Red Cross on Thursday February 2nd in the Multi-purpose gym in the secondary building. Here is the link for those interesting in donating blood:
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=tamarac
Graduation Caps and Gowns: Seniors can now order caps and gowns through Jostens. Orders can be placed online at www.northwaygrad.com A representative will also be in school on Wednesday, February 1st in the main lobby during lunches.
Class Rings: Attention Class of 2025! Your turn to order your custom class ring and receive your FREE Tamarac Performance Hoodie will be Wednesday, February 1st in school during lunches. Packets were passed out at school, so please see Mrs. Danckwerth if you didn’t get one so you have your disposable ring sizer to figure out your ring size. The representative from Jostens will be setup in school to collect orders with a min. $100 deposit (or pay in full/use JPay payment plan). Save time by designing your ring online at www.jostens.com and printing out the order form to bring to school. All ring orders come with a FREE custom performance hoodie ($65 value!). We’ll get your size for the hoodie when we take your order. Orders can also be placed online at www.jostens.com. As long as you order online by Feb. 3rd, you’ll be able to add the free hoodie to your cart when you check out. If you have any questions, please contact us at (518)581-1468 or contact@northwaygrad.com
Please check out the link below for more information! shorturl.at/kAHU3
Sincerely,
Ken Rizzo
Secondary School Principal