5/1/2015

2014-2015 Calendar

5/1 Assembly Schedule and PINK OUT DANCE 7-

10pm (Proceeds go to Moms on the Run)

5/4 thru 5/8 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/4 thru 5/15 AP TESTING (fees due ASAP!)

5/4 Summer School Registration begins (Info. TBA)

5/4 and 5/4 End of Course Exams- 3 hr Delays 9th

and 10th test (see details on pg.7 of newsletter)

5/11 and 5/12 End of Course Exams-3 hr Delays all

10th

5/20 Scholarship Convocation 7pm at the Peppermill

5/21 JROTC Awards Night-Main Gym 7:30-9pm

5/25 Memorial Day-No School

5/29 Senior Assembly/BBQ

Finals 6/10 thru 6/12

6/13 Graduation 2pm in Lawlor, rehearsal at 11:30am

*Summer School offerings and schedule:

Computer Literacy June 16 through 26 8 am 3 pm $100

Health June 16-19, 22 25, 29 7/2 7:30 am 12:30 pm $100

Football Summer Weights and Conditioning

July 6 through July 30 Monday through Thursday

7am 10:30 am (plus 3 evenings 5pm 8pm July 13-

15)

***Students will enroll here at Reno High with our

bookkeeper or online through our RStore - Beginning

May 1st.

Credit Recovery Labs will be open the Monday after Finals. See your counselor for details and sign ups. Summer Grads and incoming seniors have priority followed by incoming juniors then sophomores.

Increase: Achievement for all students

# of students earning core credits

% of students completing AP courses

RESPECT-HONOR-STRENGTH

From the Desk of Mr. Hackbusch

Thank you to the families who have completed the online registration

process. We still have many families who still need to do this.

Remember, we cannot issue schedules nor confirm your student(s) are

attending with us next year without this step being taken. Log in to

your Infinite Campus Parent Portal and click your inbox. There will be

instructions for you to follow. If you need help or access to a computer,

please call 333-5050 and one of our support staff members will happily

assist you. Please dont forget to take the Parent Climate Survey! It

can be found on the WCSD Homepage.

Fees can be paid beginning May 1st and the deadline to pay your fees is

June 19th.

We survived the ACT Exam and I would like to thank our staff, parents

and our students for their flexibility that day. We now move into the

End of Course Exams, the HSPEs and AP Testing this month. Please

refer to the Testing Schedule posted on our website and attached to

the emailing of this newsletter for more details.

March Madness was a huge success this year. I want to thank Mr.

Murdock and the Eldorado Hotel and Casino for their continued

support. We want to thank our 4th period classes for their creative

silent auction baskets. They were awesome! I also want to thank our

Committee led by Mrs. Feroah. Finally, we want to thank our AAA

Parent Group for their support. We made a little more than $40,000

which will go toward the renovation of our College and Career Center.

We will modernize the room into a Cyber Caf. Our upperclassmen will

have access to a state of the art, student-friendly College and Career

Center with flat screen TVs, sitting areas, coffee station, study areas

and the latest technology to research college and career opportunities.

Bathroom Project 2015

School Recognitions for April Reno High Academic Olympics team took 2nd in the regional tournament on April 20th. Led by Mr. Shoolroy and his team of:

Kenneth Broadhead, Karla Burcham, Miranda Cross, Reagan Dreiling, Brooke Eriksen, Taine Eriksen, Clay Harrison, Tyler Hart, Annie

Healion, Annika Jensen, Ryan McClanahan, Ohidul Mojumder, Harrision Peterson-Park, Eric Urban and Katie Worrall. Great Job

Coolroy Crew!

Our Leadership Program led by Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Naughton were recognized with the 2015 National Gold Council of

Excellence Award for an exemplary record of leadership, service and activities to improve school and community. I am a little

biased but I believe we have the best Leadership Program in the Nation! Great job Huskies!

Gaby Verdin is being highlighted as our Countdown to Graduation Senior representative by the WCSD Communication

Department. Her individual story will be highlighted with peers from other schools this month as we march forward o graduation!

Congratulations Gaby!

Mrs. Sue Rodriguez, our Red House Project counselor (among many other duties and responsibilities) was awarded The Regional V

Career and Tech Ed Counselor of the Year. This is a huge honor and means she is in the running for the national award announced

in New Orleans later this year. We are extremely proud!

Speech & Debate: The following students will be competing at the National Tournament in Dallas, TX this summer: Mason Allard,

Karla Burcham, Kendall Cox, Miranda Cross, Heather Foster, and Taylor Pittman

Ariyani Challapalli won the Regional Lions Club Speech Contest and will be competing at the State contest on May 2. She also

won the Harvard Book Award this year!

Congratulations to both Chorale and Vocal Motion, our two honor choirs at Reno High. At the recent Northern Nevada Choir

Festival, they both received the highest scores they have ever gotten under my direction - 91.5% for Chorale, and 96.3% for Vocal

Motion. These are truly outstanding scores and reflect all the hard work these students have done.

FBLA Wins State with 529 points with the next best team earning 299 points. Reno HS had 20 individual state winners!

Clean water has arrived in RENO HIGH SCHOOL. We have our first of hopefully many Hydration

Stations. Bring your water bottles, save the landfills and stay healthy HUSKIES!

Our Junior Interview Project was a major success. Over 75 community volunteers conducted mock

interviews with our junior class. English and Social Studies teachers assisted the students with their

preparation as well as Mrs. Lerude and our Triple A Committee led by Mrs. Sharon Beesley. We received

media coverage from Channel 2 and the students looked wonderful!

YEARBOOK

General Information for the end of this year We have two distribution dates in May. Students MUST HAVE PHOTO ID to pick up a yearbook.

Our first event will be the Seniors-Only Distribution Event. There is no charge for this event. ONLY seniors may pick up

their books LUNCH & 7th periods and after school until 3:00 from GB7. Students are to remain quiet since classes are still going

on during this time. A-M last names at the door nearest to the exterior of the school and N-Z last names at the door nearest to

the center of the school. The date for this event is Thursday, May 21. While parents with ID may pick up their own students

books, no student will be given any other students book for any reason during this event.

Our second event is open to all students, and it will be in the school cafeteria. It is Friday, May 22 from 2:15-3:30.

While parents with ID may pick up their own students books, no student will be given any other students book for any reason

during this event. We realize that these dates may conflict with work/bus schedules, so for those students who cannot attend

either event, the remaining books will be available May 26-June 5 in the Finance Office (by the Dome) before school, during

lunch, and after school (not between or during classes).

2015-2016 Information:

If youre already thinking about next year (which is coming sooner than you think), plan ahead and buy your yearbook

early for best pricing. The books are sold in August & September for a discounted price of $85. In October-January 15, the

regular price of $95 is in effect. After January 15, a late fee is added for a total cost of $105. If you want to make payments,

please see Barbara Herman in the Finance Office to set up a payment schedule. You may purchase books online through the

www.rhshuskies.com website by following the R store tab or going directly to http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-

software/reno_high_huskies_we/ .

Yearbook-Information for the class of 2016 (and any others graduating early)

Senior Portraits Lifetouch-Prestige Portraits is the contracted photographer for Re-Wa-Nes senior portrait section. While you may

elect to have another photographer take formal and informal portraits to give to family and friends, to get your senior tux or

drape photo in the yearbook, you must make an appointment with Lifetouch-Prestige during the summer months. Please

call 851-0444 to schedule your appointment early- before you get tan lines or sunburns. Early appointments also help you get your Diapers to Diplomas spaces in on time. Our production schedule for yearbook pages has

changed from previous years, and all senior photographs must be shot before October 3, or your senior cannot be included in the reference section panel pages. If the student does not meet Lifetouchs schedule for proof

selection, a photo will be selected for the student, and no changes will be made to that selection.

Diapers to Diplomas (D2D)

Deadlines will be coming up faster than you expect, so plan ahead and start choosing which childhood pictures youll

want included. Senior portraits must be provided to us to complete the space NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 23, 2015 to avoid

late fees. You can make payments of 50% upon placement and 50% upon proof receipt. Please make sure you ask to make

payments when you turn in your materials to us.

All D2D materials MUST be brought in at the same time- if all materials are not together, we will place the materials

aside (we will not hold pages or locations) until the person placing the space completes it. If materials are not all in by the due

date, the space will be considered late and will not be placed until the late fee is paid in full.

We will accept late items or spaces turned in until Friday, November 13 (regardless of reason- no exceptions or late

fee waivers will be made) for a $160 per full-page late fee. (Late fee prices will be: $105 for 1/8 space, $205 for space, $405

for space and $810 for full-page space.)

Please do not send us photos in excess of the indicated number allowed for each space. We do not want to decide for

you which pictures to use and which to leave out. Take a moment, review your choices, and send us only the same number of

pictures as there are available in the layout you have selected. Do not ask us to place a vertical picture in a horizontal space (or

vice versa). If you provide a picture that doesnt fit in the assigned location, we will place a hold on the space until that issue is

corrected by the parent or student. If this hold exceeds the deadline, a late fee will be added to the price.

Check your mailbox and the Reno High School website for information on deadlines, prices, and layout options. Make

sure you update your address information with Reno HS, since the address files we have at school are the only addresses we

use for mailings.

General D2D guidelines Standard pricing and materials guidelines for each size:

FULL $650 HALF $325 QUARTER $165 EIGHTH $85 1-10 pics, 10-75 words 1-6 pics, 10-50 words 1-4 pics, 10-25 words 1-2 pics, 10-25 words

_________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR 2015-2016 If you are interested in paying your fees by phone, please contact our bookkeeper Barbara Herman at 333-5050 Option #3 beginning May 1st. If you are interested in paying online, please visit our website at www.rhshuskies.com and click on the RStore icon STEP 1 Course requests are returned to counselors at Reno High.

Current students did this during February and March and incoming 9th grade students did this on March 24 STEP 2 Parents must complete the online forms through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal -must use parent access not student access.

The online forms must be completed by April 24th. STEP 3 Parents are mailed a fee form (bright yellow) during the first week of May.

Beginning May 1, fees can be paid online, by phone, by mail or in person. This must be done no later than June 19th. STEP 4 If all of the above steps have been completed, students will receive their ID pictures, schedules and class fees information approximately two weeks before the start of school on August 10.

AP Environmental Science will be holding its annual plant sale Saturday May 9 beginning at 9am. The sale will be located at the Moms On The Run registration area next to the Reno High School Football field.

There will be a variety of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants to choose from. All proceeds support the AP

Environmental program and Urban Garden Project with 10% of proceeds donated to the run.

RENO HIGH SCHOOL BAND

Reno High School Band - Road to WORLD Championships http://classproject2014.dolanautogroup.com/campaigns/reno-high-school-band-road-to-world-championships

LIBRARY NEWS FOR MAY

Top Titles checking out in the RHS library right now: Cracking the ACT, Cracking the SAT, Rules of Attraction by Simone

Elkeles, The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud, Bliss by Lauren Myracle, Codetalker by Joseph Bruchas, Crazy for the

Storm (NF) by Norman Ollestad, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, and Flyte by Angie Sage.

Some new arrivals: Andreos Race (adventure) by Pam Withers, I Will Always Write Back (NF dual memoir) by Caitlin Alifirenka

and Martin Ganda with Liz Welch, Where You Go Is Not Who Youll Be (college admissions) by Frank Bruni, The Cowboy and His

Elephant by Malcolm MacPherson, and A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me (NF) by Jon Katz.

Library Easy!! Help raise money for the Reno High library when you grocery shop. Show a SaveMart SHARES card at

checkout, and well earn up to 3% of your qualified purchases. Thats it! The card is already associated with us. No sign up is

necessary. Send your student in to pick up a card.

Download Audiobooks and eBooks free from the Washoe County Library System. You need an Internet connection and

Washoe County library card. Its easy: Browse, Check Out, Download. http://washoecounty.lib.overdrive.com

Heroes: Every Hero Has a Story read and earn prizes programs and prizes for all ages.

Summer Reading Program at Washoe County Library, May 1 July 31, 2015

Register at: www.washoecountylibrary.us/summerreading

FROM THE VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT:

Eight Reno High School arts students and two of their teachers traveled to the Nevada States Legislature on May 22nd to talk to some of the legislators about the importance of the arts and in particular arts education. Unfortunately the Assembly was not in session the day we were scheduled to visit, but these students made the most of their visit by locating some of their area representatives to speak to them in their offices and then during a luncheon given by the Arts Advocates of Nevada, took advantage of an empty microphone to address the attendees with spontaneous, heartfelt illustrations on why the arts are particularly important to them as a part of their education, mode of thinking, and understanding of the world and their futures. It was IMPRESSIVE.

AAA PARENT GROUP and SENIOR TRIP NEWS.: Our next Triple A meeting is Monday, May 11th at 7pm in the library with the Grad night just before at 6pm. Attention seniors attending the Grad Night at Disneyland! Sign up for a spot on the bus with your friends- Monday, May 18th or Tuesday, May 19th at lunch and after school.

Retirements and Staff Changes

First let me send a Reno Huskie farewell to John

Heywood, science teacher, who will be retiring at the

end of the year. John has been a big part of our

Science Department for many years. Good luck in the

next chapter of your life!

Farewell to Christine Bonine who retired from WCSD

prior to Spring Break this year. She moved to

Louisiana with her husband and former NIAA Director

Eddie Bonine.

We would like to thank our wonderful Parent

Involvement Facilitator, Fabiola Doyle, for her hard

work and dedication this year. She will be relocating

to California at the end of May.

Good Luck to Will Harper, one of our Special

Education teachers. He will be changing jobs and

teaching with North Star Online school next year.

We will miss special education one-on-one aide Elsa

Taylor next year. She has always been a very

valuable part of our CLS classroom and Special

Education Department. She will be finishing up a

degree in nursing next year.

Thank you and good luck in the future to Steve Havel

and Armando Gonzalez. Both young men came in

and completed their student teaching and then

became paid interns. Steve filled in for Mrs. Bonine

and Armando replaced Mrs. Vanderpool. Both

individuals did a great job and I have no doubt they

will be hired soon in our district.

Hiring Process and New Huskies

We recently had the opportunity to hire a new math

teacher for next year and we are proud to announce

Laura Worrell will be joining our math department

next year. Mrs. Worrell comes to us from McQueen

where she has taught over 15 years. Her talents and

expertise are a welcome addition to an already strong

department. Welcome Mrs. Worrell!

We have also moved Mr. Schott from Social Studies

to full-time in Special Education. He will assume Mr.

Harpers position as a resource teacher and

interventionist. Mr. Schotts energy and background

as a special education teacher at the Re-engagement

Center previously made him a natural fit for this

change. Thank you Mr. Schott for stepping up!

In the coming weeks we will be hiring for Science, .5

Social Studies, .5 Special Ed Resource and for an

interventionist position. We will also be posting a

full-time grant funded bilingual parent facilitator

position this summer. In our Athletics Department

we are hiring for our Varsity Girls and Boys coaching

positions and our Head Cheer Coach. Get the word

out if you know of good applicants. We will share our

new hires with you soon.

END OF COURSE EXAMS: Important!

3 hour delayed starts May 4th and 5th

(May 4th-all 10th graders-Writing and all 9th graders-

Algebra)

(May 5th-all 10th graders-Reading and all 9th graders

in Geometry or higher.)

3 hour delayed starts May 11th and 12th also.

(May 11th-all 10th taking Algebra)

(May 12th-all 10th taking Geometry)

3 Hour Delayed Starts (7:40-10:20) School starts for

everyone else at 10:40. May 4th and 11th class

periods will be 1, 3, 5, 7 and May 5th and 12th class

periods will be 2, 4, 6, 7.

CONTACT INFO

You can reach me at:

khackbusch@washoeschools.net

www.rhs.huskies.com

Follow me on Twitter: Principal

Hackbusch@khackbusch

(775) 333-5050 ex. 8

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