*Monday,10/18
Orchestra- 2:50 to 4:30PM - Room 805
Advanced Drama - 5:30PM to 8:30PM - Student Center
Robotics Meeting - 6-8PM - Autoshop
*Tuesday, 10/19
Tech Theatre - 3PM to 6PM - Student Center
Musical tech. - 5:45PM to 9PM - Student Center
* Wednesday, 10/20
Girls Freshman Volleyball - 4:00PM (@ Novato )
Girls JV Volleyball - following Freshman game (@ Novato)
Girls Varsity Volleyball- following JV game (@Novato)
Show Choir - 5:15PM - Student Center
Music Booster Mtg - 7:15PM - Room 805
* Thursday, 10/21
Rock Band - 2:50 to 4:30PM - Room 805
Tech Theatre - 3PM to 4:30PM - Student Center
Advanced Drama - 3PM to 5PM - Student Center
Girls Varsity Tennis - 3:30PM (vs. Terra Linda)
Girls Varsity Cross Country - 4:15PM- (vs. Branson)
Boys Varsity Cross Country - 4:15PM- (vs. Branson)
Girls Varsity Water Polo - 4:00PM (vs. Novato)
Boys JV Water Polo - 5:00PM (vs. Novato)
Boys Varsity Water Polo - 6:00PM (vs. Novato)
Little Women (Musical Performance) - 7:30PM - Emily Gates Center
* Friday, 10/22
Girls Freshman Volleyball - 4:00PM (vs. Redwood)
Girls JV Volleyball - following Freshman game (vs.Redwood)
Girls Varsity Volleyball- following JV game (vs. Redwood)
Little Women - 8:00PM - Emily Gates Center
* Saturday, 10/23
Boys Freshman Football - 9:30AM (vs. Terra Linda)
Boys JV Football - 11:30AM (vs. Terra Linda)
Boys Varsity Football - 2:00PM (vs. Terra Linda)
Little Women - 8:00PM - Emily Gates Center
* Sunday, 10/24
Little Women - 2:00PM - Emily Gates Center |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION/DISTRICT INFORMATION & EVENTS |
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NUSD SUPERINTENDENT'S NEWSLETTER
Dr. Derby's newsletter regarding NUSD performance (district-wide) in Academic Performance Index (API), a state program, and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), a federal program can be found here.
Su boletín de octubre NUSD supervisor en español puede ser encontrado aqui.
Complete 2010 Academic Performance Index report can be found here.
Complete 2010 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report can be found here. BULLYING PREVENTION - Parent Training Workshop- this Thursday, October 21st
Learn How Novato Schools are Creating Effective Strategies to Counter Bullying in Schools.
Click here for more information. Haga clic aquí para la versión española.
"COULD MY TEEN BE SEXTING?" SYMPOSIUM - October 28th, 7PM, Marin County Office of Education
No parent or guardian wants to be the last to know their child is "sexting." Come learn more about this important safety concern for our children. This symposium will be moderated by Emmy Award Winning News Anchor Cheryl Jennings. She will be joined by Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian, JPCC Director Dr. Michael Grogan, local law enforcement officers, staff and students from San Marin High School, Novato Unified School District. Click here for more information. |
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PASTA POMODORO FUNDRAISER Dine at Pasta Pomodoro during the month of October and Pasta Pomodoro will donate 20% of your bill to San Marin High School. Provide your server with this flyer when you place your order! Proceeds to support the Class of 2010 events!
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SAN MARIN ROBOTICS TEAM
Come visit a Robotics Club meeting any Monday night between 6pm and 8pm. Find out how much fun it is to design, build and drive robots. Everyone is welcome.
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San Marin Performing Arts Shadowing Day - Thursday, November 18, 9:30am to 12:45pm
San Marin Drama Club at Sinaloa
San Marin Advanced Drama students and Ms K have started a club every Monday 2:30 -3:30 pm in PE Office. Lots of fun! Improv, Pantomime, scenes and theatre games.
"Could my Teen be Sexting?" Symposium - October 28th, 7PM
Advanced Drama Students, Kate Kushnir, Junior Brasil, Cortnay Cymrot, Stephen Jun and drama teacher Ms K will be part of a symposium about sexting and on line chat hosted by Channel 7 anchor Cheryl Jennings. Event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7pm at the Marin Office of Education. More information is provided in the School Administration section at the top of this Enews.
Government Inspector - November 1st, 4th through 8th
Don't forget to mark your calendar (November 1st, 40inh) for the fall production of the Government Inspector . This great Russian play written in 1836 by the famous playwright Nicolai Gogol and adapted recently by Jeffrey Hatcher will make you think nothing has changed in politics in almost 175 years.
Don't miss this great production with the award winning San Marin Drama Department! |
Fall Musical - Little Women - presented by San Marin Music: STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY, October 21st!
The Musical version of Little Women will be presented Oct. 21 @ 7:30PM, Oct. 22 & 23 @ 8PM and Oct. 24 @ 2PM in the Emily Gates Student Center . . 
Tickets will be $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets are for sale in the SMHS main office
San Marin students chosen for Honor Choir
Izzy Block and Madeline Ford will represent Marin County in the American Choral Directors' Regional Honor Choir in November. Both girls auditioned in Santa Rosa and were chosen based on their performance of an Italian Art song, sight-reading, tonal memory and music theory. The performance will be on November 20th at 4PM at the First Methodist Church at 625 Hamilton Ave in Palo Alto . The concert is free and open to the public
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 All Sports Boosters Next Meeting - Monday, October 25th - 7:15PM - Front Office
The next meeting of boosters will be Monday, October 25th. We are looking for board members and volunteers for our "adult only" fundraising event on Saturday, January 29, 2011. If you are interested or have any questions regarding Sports Boosters, contact Tom Gorman at tpg_sfo@yahoo.com. |
| JOIN PTSA - Membership Drive!
We need 60 parents ($20) and 300 students ($5) new memberships to reach our goal for this school year - please join today!
12th grade student PTSA members are eligible to apply for school and state college scholarships.
Membership dues and donations are the SMPTSA's major source of funding. You will not be asked to participate in a SMPTSA fundraiser this school year, so please join and donate if you are able.
If you have not yet joined for this school year, then please go to the link below to print a copy of the membership form.
Note: checks payable to SMPTSA; turn in form & check to the school front office.
JOIN TODAY!
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2010-11 Reflections Program - Call for Entries 
It is time for the annual PTA Reflections Program, where you can
showcase your artistic talents in six different artistic categories.
The six arts areas are Literature, Musical Composition, Photography,
Visual Arts, Dance Choreography, and Film/Video Production. Individual area guidelines can be found here.
Entry form can be found here and should be submitted to the front office on or before Wednesday, December 1, 2010. All entries must be the work of only one student and must be original works and must relate to the theme "Together We Can." For more information, please call Jane Gannon Raven at (415) 827-3416 or jane@innovationsthatwork.com |
Harvest Market Pumpkin Fundraiser - October 1st through 31st
For all you pumpkin lovers! Purchase a pumpkin and support our teachers!
Boo! | Purchase a pumpkin for $5.00 or more at Harvest Market and they will donate 100% of their pumpkin profits to San Marin PTSA. Funds will be used for teacher supplies! See attached flyer for details. |
| COUNSELING OFFICE / COLLEGE and CAREER CENTER |
College Athletic Recruiting Process Presentation
Saturday October 30, 2010
 Time: 10:00AM - 11:30AM
Novato Gymnastics Center
Rear Entrance (Teen Center)
Fee: $25 per family
Tom Kovic, former 19 Year Head Gymnastics Coach at The University of Pennsylvania will deliver an interactive seminar on how to prepare for the college recruiting process for all athletes planning on competing in college. Tickets are available at the Novato Gymnastics Office or at the door the day of the event.
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College Events on and off Campus
Colleges Visits @ San Marin in the College and Career Center
Monday, October 18th 9:00, Portland State University
Wednesday, October 20th, 11:30- FIDM, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Friday, November 5th, 9:30 - Seattle University
Wednesday, November 10th 8:00 - Dominican University
Other schools still yet to be scheduled; University of Denver, University of San Francisco, and Santa Clara University, updated schedules will be posted in the Enews and on Connect EDU.
College Essay Workshop: Wednesday, October 20th in the College and Career Center at 1 PM
Sign up for all the events in the Career Center or on Connect EDU. www.connectedu.com |
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Community Service Opportunities
School Fuel Needs Your Help
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- Haunted house- Friday October 29th at the District Office! Want to dress up and scare some kids. Sign up to work the Haunted House!
- School Fuel Phone Bank - School Fuel's Annual Campaign begins in November. Looking for students to work the phone banks. This is a great way to get your service hours and help to raise money for our schools. School Fuel is a vital part of our funding. We need their support to provide the programs at our schools. Give back to them as they have to us and volunteer for a phone bank in the month of November.
See Mrs. Cunnie to sign up for both of the service events!
The Godmother's of Timothy Murphy School are hosting the Pumpkin Patch
Dates: Saturday October 2 through Friday, October 29th.
Times: 10 am to 5:30 pm each day, shifts to be determined on your availability, 4 hour minimum
All proceeds directly benefit the boys at Timothy Murphy School. We need High School Students to help with monitoring the jumpy houses, collecting tickets, delivering pumpkins to people's cars (in wagons) etc. Pumpkin patch is located at St. Vincent's Field at the Marinwood/St. Vincent's exit off Hwy.101. Contact Cindy Vanhootegem at vanhoots@comcast.net or 897-8479.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay
This program matches high school students one-on-one with elementary or middle school students
Why volunteer? Mentoring is fun and rewarding! Simply by meeting with a child for one and half hours each week, for the school year, you can positively influence a child, help him/her improve family and peer relationships, increase self-confidence, and perform better in school.
When? Each program meets from 3:30 - 5PM weekly.
Where? Monday: At the Novato Youth Center
By playing sports, creating art helping with homework, or just hanging out with a child- you WILL make a difference! For more information contact: Erin Lake, 415/453-3800 ext. 224 Fax 415/453-3839 or elake@bbbsnorthbay.org. |
School Fuel's Annual Fundraising Campaign is underway! School Fuel is the primary nonprofit fundraising organization for the Novato Unified School District, and works in partnership with the schools and parents to identify and support programs that benefit all students in the District. In addition to the suggestions below... click here for additional School Fuel programs!!
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Pamper Yourself While Earning Cash for Students |
Rolling Hills Clubinvites the whole community to come check out their Spa Services including massages, facials, waxings and more. If you schedule two body or facial treatments between October 16 and November 15, Rolling Hills will donate $10 to School Fuel. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit http://www.rollinghillsclubmarin.com/ or call 444-9505. Make sure you mention School Fuel.
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Several local grocery stores give back to our schools when you shop. Keep these offers in mind when you are doing your shopping--
Paradise Foods has given back over $30,000 to the Novato schools in the last year. They participate in eScrip, and give back 5% whenever you shop using a credit or debit card that is registered with eScrip.
Harvest Market is running two fall promotions for our schools. They are giving back 100% of all money raised for pumpkin sales to the school of your choice. Also, for the months of October and November they will donate your reusable bag credit and make a matching donation to School Fuel whenever you take your own bags.
Lucky Supermarket gives back 3% for all purchases if you use your Lucky S.H.A.R.E.S. card when you shop. If you don't have card, you can get one from Susan Mathews
Safeway participates in eScrip at rates ranging from .5% to 3% depending on your level of spending. Make sure that you have registered your Safeway club card at www.escrip.com. This registration must be renewed each fall.
Target now sells groceries and continues to give money back to the schools through its Red Card for all in-store and online purchases. You can pick up an application at Target.
These are all great ways to help the schools without costing you anything! |
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San Marin High School eNews Weekly Roundup
October 18, 2010
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