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April 16 NewsleterTRANSCRIPT
4/1/2016 Chasing the Extraordinary
4/7-4/9 Speech & Debate hosts State
Competition/NTL Qualifying tournament at RHS
4/11 thru 4/14 HSPE for Seniors
4/12 & 4/13 Anti-Bullying Presentations in Theater
4/13 Honor Society Induction Ceremony 5pm Main
Gym
4/16 JR/SR Prom at John Ascuaga’s Nugget 8-11pm
State Leadership Conference 4/20-4/23
5/2 Teacher Appreciation Week
5/2 thru 5/13 AP EXAMS
5/6 PINK OUT Dance 8-11pm
5/16 1:30pm in Theater-Mary Beth Tinker
5/17 JROTC Awards Night
5/18 Scholarship Convocation Ceremony 6:30pm at
the Peppermill
5/27 SR Assembly and Luncheon
Finals Schedule:
June 6-7th period final
June 7-1st and 2nd period finals
June 8-3rd and 4th period finals
June 9-5th and 6th period finals
RENO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION!!!
FRIDAY JUNE 10TH @ 2PM at Lawlor Event
Center. Guests may enter 45 minutes
prior.
Senior Graduation Practice:
Wednesday June 8 at Lawlor at 3:45pm
Summer School Offerings-
A+ Credit Recovery Lab-TBD
Computer Literacy-June 13-24 8:30am-3pm-
pack lunch
Health-June 13-16 & 20-23 8am-1pm.
½ credit each, $100 Register with bookkeeper
to enroll beginning May 1.
Summer non-football weights-Contact Mrs.
Rooker [email protected]
Increase: Achievement for all students
# of students earning core credits
% of students completing AP courses
RESPECT-HONOR-STRENGTH
Message from Mr. Hackbusch
I wanted to thank everyone who participated in the March Madness
Fundraiser last month. The event raised nearly $40,000 for campus
improvements. Stay tuned for important information on how these funds
will be utilized to improve the school. Special thanks go out to the
Peppermill Hotel and Casino for hosting the event. Linda Feroah, Michele
Lane, Tina Rooker, Jim Pace, Rick Murdock, the Worrall Family and the
entire March Madness Committee who organized the event. We also
thank all the families and 4th period classes who created amazing silent
auction baskets. We also had an impressive list of live auction donors as
well—and we thank them for their contributions! We are looking at
changing the fundraiser for next year-- both on the calendar and with the
theme. Stay tuned for more information in the future.
The next two months will be filled with testing. We will be proctoring a
science HSPE to sophomores, End of Course Exams, Advanced Placement
Exams will also be proctored. We will be sending out separate
information on a later date with specific testing information.
ONLINE REGISTRATION-VERY IMPORTANT!
Parents, we only have ½ of each class who have completed the online
registration. On Line registration for 2016-17 is open, this is the first step
of four that must be completed for each student before they will be given
a schedule. Logon to your parent portal, check your “Inbox messages”
then click on the blue Online Registration link. If you need help with your
parent portal contact Kim Borders, 333-5050 #34003 or
[email protected]. We cannot schedule classes in the
system without this step being completed.
EVENTS AROUND CAMPUS
We will be hosting our annual Anti-Bullying presentation in the
Theater on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12th and 13th for our
Frosh Seminar Students. Staff Sergeant Isabel Dixon will be here
from the National Guard to do the Helping Everyone Earn Respect
(HEAR) Anti Bullying presentation. Michele Gehr, Executive
Director of the Eddy House will also do a presentation on this
community resource for our students. We hope to have
representatives from the Crisis/Suicide Call Center here to talk to the
students about this important resource.
Library News – Check It Out
Spring ahead – April is Poetry Month! For inspiration see http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/.
Most popular authors at RHS library right now: non-fiction - Malcolm Gladwell, and fiction - Cassandra Clare.
As always, we encourage students to use Destiny, our electronic card catalog. From home it’s http://washoeschools.follettdestiny.com. Choose Reno High School. It includes a wide variety of useful information and links. Also, students may use the databases we have available to us: EBSCO, ABC-CLIO, World Book, and TeachingBooks.net. For user names and passwords get a Nevada Statewide Licensed Database printout here at the library, or call or email [email protected].
For the free Destiny App, search for Destiny Quest, choose Basic Install, type washoeschools.follettdestiny.com, and choose Reno High School. User name: student ID number. Password: student’s last name.
Remember, Washoe County Library cards are free for residents and allow patrons to use even more databases and a newer service, audio book downloads; see http://www.washoecountylibrary.us.
There are a lot of overdue library books out there. Due dates are stamped on the blue card in the book pocket. Students are supposed to receive reminder notices in third period once a week (teacher dependent), but if you see library books around your house, please have your son/daughter return or renew them. Fines accrue at 10¢ per school day.
Donations: Yes, please! We’re looking for newer fiction and non-fiction books. In non-fiction, we are currently interested in YA and adult biographies, and anything sports related or health related (newer publications only).
Junior/Senior Prom
will be help April 16th from 8-11 p.m.
at the Nugget in the Rose Ballroom.
The theme is the Yule Ball. Tickets
are on sale at lunch and after school
in R5 starting this Wednesday, 4/6.
The last day to buy tickets is Friday,
4/15. Tickets are $25 for a single and
$45 for a couple. Students must have
their ID to purchase tickets, and they
must have their ID for entrance into
prom. If students need a guest pass,
they should see Tina Rooker no later
than Wednesday, 4/13.
Student Body 2016-2017
Student Body President- Heather Foster
Student Body V.P. – Lauren Lim
Student Body Secretary- Rylee Jackson
Student Body Treasurer- Andrew Brooksbank
Comm. of Public Relations-Oliva Devia
Historian-Sienna Addison
Huskie Science Students Hear from
Arizona Professor
A world-renowned hydrogeologist, Dr. Ty Ferre, from the University of Arizona who gave a 2016 Darcy Lecture in Groundwater Sciences at the Best Western Airport Plaza on Tuesday evening, April 5, spoke to Reno High School students that same day. It was an amazing experience for our students and Dr. Ferre shared positive remarks with me afterwards via an email. We appreciate Mr. Meinert’s efforts in setting up this amazing experience.
Junior Interview Project 2016 Thank you to Mrs. Lerude, the AAA Parents, our teachers
and volunteer interviewers from the community! The
students were dressed to impress and did a wonderful job
during their interviews. Afterwards they attended a career
fair in our Alumni Museum. What an amazing day!
Mary Beth Tinker to speak at Reno
HS May 16th in the theater at
1:30pm
Mary Beth Tinker is an American free speech activist known
for her role in the 1969 Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent
School District Supreme Court case. Mrs. Walsh has been
working directly with Mrs. Tinker and we are excited to
host her that day.
FROSH DAY Welcomes Class of 2020! #PupsOnCampus
We hosted 400+ 8th graders on 4/5 for our annual Frosh
Day. We would like to thank JP Pinocchio for providing
lunch that day as well as our wonderful student mentors
and amazing staff members! The Class of 2020 look pretty
amazing! Thank you JD Schnabel and Dale Palazzari for
joining me in our presentations in the Alumni Museum!
Recognitions and Awards!
Mock Trial-Regional Champions
Matt Ochs-Boys Basketball Coach of the Year
Jeff Tomac-As our wrestling coach earned his
200th win in his 20th year as coach. WOW!
Jim Pace-Nevada Athletic Director of the Year
Tyler Arden- Nevada Journalism Student of the Year
Jake Hoberg won 1st place in the Rotary Speech Contest
Speech and Debate Forensics Winners-
These are the individual results & below them are the end of the year regional results. There are 18 schools in the Northern Nevada Forensic League, and about 225 students who compete each month from those schools.
Frank Lee- 5th place novice Storytelling
Kathy Morse- 6th place novice Storytelling
Michael Huang- 1st place senior Storytelling
Almas Chowdhury- 4th place senior Storytelling
Elaina Snyder- 1st place novice Dramatic Interpretation
Rylee Rawson-2nd place senior Dramatic Interpretation
Karla Burcham- 7th place Dramatic Interpretation
Chloe Kinerson- 1st place novice Expository Speaking
Clayton Wilcox- 4th place novice Expository Speaking
Krista Bebis- 5th place novice Expository Speaking
Ariyani Chalapalli- 1st place senior Expository Speaking
Kuulei Hunter- 2nd place senior Expository Speaking
Taylor Pittman- 3rd place senior Expository Speaking
Bryce Childs & Cason McMurtry- 2nd place novice Duo
Interpretation
Samantha Clements & Parker Kalin- 3rd place senior Duo
Interpretation
Ian Cotter & Kabriel Hoover- 4th place senior Duo
Interpretation
Anna Nachtsheim- 3rd place novice United States
Extemporaneous Speaking
Madelyn Swewll- 5th place novice United States
Extemporaneous Speaking
Maggie Eason- 6th place novice United States
Extemporaneous Speaking
Heather Foster- 1st place senior United States
Extemporaneous Speaking
Jake Hoberg- 2nd place senior United States
Extemporaneous Speaking
Emma Jerz- 4th place senior United States
Extemporaneous Speaking
Malcolm O’Hair- 3rd place novice Congressional Debate
Maggie Eason- 3rd place novice Congressional Debate
Samantha Clements & Brie Albright- 1st place novice
Public Forum Debate
Taylor Pittman & Rylee Rawson: 1st place senior Public
Forum Debate
Ariyani Chalapalli- 1st place senior Lincoln Douglas
Debate
Karla Burcham & Jake Hoberg- 1st place senior Policy
Debate
Overall Season Awards:
-Reno too awards in 17 out of 18 categories!
1st place Poetry & Prose Interpretation
2nd place Storytelling
1st place Impromptu Speaking
2nd place Duo Interpretation
2nd place Dramatic Interpretation
3rd place Humorous Interpretation
1st place Original Oratory
1st place Expository Speaking
2nd place Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
2nd place United States Extemporaneous Speaking
1st place Individual Events Sweepstakes
3rd place Public Forum Debate
1st place Lincoln Douglas Debate
1st place Policy Debate
1st place Speaker Points
1st place Overall Debate Sweepstakes
1st place Overall Grand Sweepstakes
Huskies joining Mr. Hackbusch
during the WCSD Student Voice
and Data Conference held at TMCC
last month.
Back Row Right to Left-Riley Jackson, Taine Eriksen, Lauren Lim
Front Row Right to Left-Megan Stettler, Principal Hackbusch, Heather
Foster
Reno HS Student Leadership hosts
the NASC State Leadership Conference April 20-
23. This is a huge event and the advisors and
students have been planning for the event for
over a year. The school is going to look amazing
and the conference will be a huge success!
We also hosted our annual Blood Drive last
month. Thank you for all who participated!
Booth Street Players and Ms. Neace ROCK!
Great job with the musical FAME last month.
Wishing We the People success on their D.C.
competition in two weeks! Thank you Rep.
Amodai for speaking to our students 4/7. We are
still in need of fundraising $ to fund this trip.
Please contact Mr. Clark for donation
information. [email protected]
Thank you Houston Kraft for speaking our school
during Awareness Week to share your positive
message!
LINKS, Resources & Other Cool
Stuff!
Link to THE CUBE (College and Career Center)
http://www.rhsccc.com/
JAG Program comes to RENO HS
New course offered at RHS. JAG Program
for 10th, 11th, 12th graders.
www.jagnv.org for more information
http://www.sonocine.com
The Reno High School Business Council
wants you. If you are interested in more information
about partnering with our school please contact Principal
Kris Hackbusch (775) 333-5050 ex. 8 or
[email protected] or follow Mr. Hackbusch
on Twitter: PrincipalHackbusch@khackbusch
We will have our first meeting this spring so stay
tuned.
RESPECT HONOR
STRENGTH
Principal Hackbusch
(775) 333-5050 ex. 8
Twitter:
PrincipalHackbusch@khackbusch
(Get daily updates, photos and information by
following Mr. H. on Twitter!)
