ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fleas jump, elephants roam, NIGHTHAWKS SOAR!
SAVE THE DATE: Back to School Night - Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - Details to Follow
Good Morning Nighthawk Families:
A quick scheduling update here...
Many of our students experienced some kind of schedule conflict or
unexpected course change since Opening Day. The good news...
while we've faced some unique challenges scheduling students this
summer and now into early September, the counseling department is
making steady progress resolving these conflicts. In fact, we
anticipate completing schedule corrections by the end of next week.
A little context...
The Poway Unified School District converted its student data
management system in July. SASI (Schools Administrative
Student Information System), a cross-platform system that provided
administrators and teachers with access to student demographics,
attendance, schedules, discipline, grades, extended test histories,
and state reporting codes for over a decade was no longer going to
be supported by its parent company. As a direct result, PUSD
converted to a new, web-based student information system called
Genesis. This transition was difficult on a number of fronts -
too many to unpack in an email like this - and in spite of
everyone's best efforts, resulted in more confusion and frustration
than we like or are accustomed to. While no one on Team Del
Norte is happy about the outcomes we achieved, really, our
experience was not that different from our colleagues' experiences
across the District.
What to expect this next week...
Counselors will continue to make changes to student schedules
through the end of next week. They are processing changes as
quickly as possible, but this is cumbersome work. The reasons
for the volume of schedule changes are three-fold:
1. The conversion to Genesis dropped
important programming data that ensured the proper placement of most
students. Our counselors now have to review each student
transcript by hand to ensure our kids are in the right spots.
2. We are balancing sections, making
every attempt to evenly distribute students, so both teachers and
student have an equitable experience.
3. The District has granted us two new
sections (one in Spanish and one in English) in just the past few
days. While this provides much needed relief for our most
impacted teachers and effectively lowers student-teacher ratios, it
also means students - some of whom had no prior schedule issues -
are now being shuffled to create the even distribution referenced
above.
So... as we come to the end of this arduous process making final
staffing and scheduling adjustments, I want to thank you for your
patience, faith, and good will. We know class changes can be
extremely upsetting to some students. Nobody wants to have to
change classes after spending a week settling in and beginning to
build new relationships with teachers and peers. We get
that... but at the same time, we have to get this right.
Fortunately, we're almost there.
Looking forward to ending this week on a high note. I
hope to see you all in the stadium tonight! GO NIGHTHAWKS!
Counseling home - Mr. Tahapary and Ms. Kihneman are available to assist students with academic, college, career and social/emotional needs. We are prepared to help students with a four-year high school program, college and career planning, as well as trade and technical vocations. If you have questions about your graduation status or about the kinds of electives which are most appropriate to your particular goals, any counselor can help you.
DEL NORTE FOOTBALL
Friday, September 3, 2010 JV Football vs. RBHS at DNHS @ 4:00
Friday, September 3rd is Del Norte High Schools first Varsity Home Football Game vs. RBHS at DNHS @ 7:00 pm
This game is the San Diego County Prep Pigskin Reports Game of the Week. Come for all the excitement of our first Varsity football game!
Football Ticket Prices
Adults $7.00 Students w/ID & Seniors $5.00 Students w/ASB sticker $4.00 Children under 5 free
(exact change or small bills are greatly appreciated)
Go Nighthawks!
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