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March, 2014 PTO newsletter - updating FHS parents
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March Event Highlights
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Tentative -
check website for updates and complete calendar 3/4 Fine Arts Night 3/5 Club picture day 3/7 Sadies Assembly 3/8 FEF Dinner and Auction 3/10-14 Sadies Spirit Week 3/12 PTO meeting and Principal's Roundtable 3/15 Sadies Dance 3/18-19 CAHSEE (Sophomores) 3/20 Blood Drive 3/20 Prom Nominations 3/24-28 International Week 3/24-27 ASB Election Activities
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- There are two scheduled late starts in March: March 10 and 24
- CAHSEE schedule: Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19. Watch your email for additional information.
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Principal's Message - Dr. Nick Stephany
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I am proud to announce that George Waibel, Foothill's Instrumental Music Teacher, has been named the Foothill High School 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year. George has single handedly built the Foothill Instrumental Music Program over the last 42 years. He is the most senior teacher in the district and he is planning on retiring at the end of this school year. George is an incredible asset to our students and one of the very best educators I have ever met. Congratulations to George on his selection as Foothill's Teacher of the Year and for an amazing career. George has made a true difference in the lives of tens of thousands of people. We will administer the California High School Exit Exam on March 18 and 19. All sophomore students will take the English part of the test on Tuesday, March 18 and the math portion on Wednesday, March 19. Freshman, Junior and Senior students will have a modified schedule on those days. The modified schedule will be posted on our website and more details will be communicated soon. |
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PTO Presidents' Message: Christine Goldhammer and Kerry Racanelli
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In keeping with our three-fold mission to provide Information, Support, and Recognition/Appreciation, the PTO is supporting a number of school events this month. We are providing chaperones for the Sadie Hawkins dance on March 15 and coordinating volunteers for the Blood Drive on March 20. If you can volunteer for either one, please contact us at foothillpto@ymail.com. We are also busy planning the spring Honor Roll Social which will take place on April 9, the Order of the Knights event which will take place on April 22,and the Academic Awards of Excellence which will be held at Calvary Church on May 27. In addition, PTO has expanded its involvement with Health and Wellness Week March 10-14. This is the same week as Sadie's Spirit week and we've collaborated with ASB to plan fun and healthy activities.
This month's PTO meeting is March 12 at 10:30am in the upstairs conference room of the science building. The meeting, and the Principal's Roundtable that follow, are a great way to hear about what is going on at the school. Don't be shy - please join us if you can!
Finally, we really encourage you to attend the Foothill Ed Fund's "A Classic Knight" Dinner and Auction on Saturday, March 8, at the Astor Classic Automotive Museum in Anaheim.Fundraising is not a major part of the PTO's mission at Foothill. Foothill relies on the Ed Fund to raise vital funds to purchase classroom items and pay for activities that are requested by the teachers and administration to benefit ALL students. Please support our school by attending the auction. Only a few tickets are still available so reserve your spot today at www.supportfhs.com (see more information about the Auction in the Ed Fund article below).It promises to be a fun evening!
We hope that the information we provide through this newsletter is proving helpful - please send us suggestions for other items you would like us to include.
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Foothill's Teacher of the Year is...
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Congratulations to Foothill's 2014 Teacher of the Year, George Waibel! Throughout his 42 year career, all at Foothill High, Mr. Waibel is said to have taught just about everything under the sun. His current classes include Band, Film Analysis, Guitar, Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra. He has also taught English and History and has served as ASB Director and Teacher's Union representative. Mr. Waibel has been a father figure to many students and his teaching philosophy, "Education, Performance, Fun" has influenced the success of literally thousands of young people.
Mr. Waibel is an avid car enthusiast and enjoys riding his Mustang and
1986 Kawasaki Vulcom 1500 on weekends. He also loves the Angels
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and especially enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and family.
Coincidentally, his son, David Waibel, teaches World History and Online Geography and serves as ASB director at Foothill. Perhaps FHS can look forward to another 40 years of the Waibel teaching tradition?
Please consider supporting Mr. Waibel at the 20th Annual Teacher of the Year Dinner on Friday, May 9. This evening, sponsored by the Tustin Public Schools Foundation, is a wonderful celebration of our district's 28 outstanding teachers and a chance for each school to show its school spirit and support of its selected Teacher of the Year. Let's make sure Mr. Waibel has a LOUD cheering section! If you are not able to attend, please consider sponsoring a teacher or placing a tribute ad in the evening's program. Online tickets are $55 and tribute ads are $25.
Buy Teacher of the Year Dinner Tickets
Get Teacher of the Year Dinner Information
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2014-15 Course Registration Process
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From March 10 to 14, students will each meet with their counselors to register for next year's classes. At this time, students must bring their signed course request forms and review their course selections with their counselors. Each student will spend approximately five minutes with his or her counselor. Parents are encouraged to review their child's transcript, status sheet and course selection sheet prior to registration.
It is important to remember that course requests can be changed and modified until the end of the school year.
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Get Ready to Rock - Battle of the Bands Auditions Set for Wednesday, April 30
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 Attention FHS Students - Battle of the Bands auditions will take place on Wednesday, April 30 after school in the cafeteria. Now is the time to start getting your bands together and creating your best rock music! Audition applications will be available in the FHS office in mid-March. Be sure to also calendar the BOTB Finals: Friday, June 13 in the FHS Quad.
Parents: We invite and need parents to help support this event. We are looking for volunteers to help with judge selection, publicity, event setup/cleanup, judge snacks, wrist-band operations, and community sponsors/prize donations. No musical knowledge needed. If you do have a musical background, or know a community member who might like to judge the auditions or finals, please let us know. Questions?? Contact... Annette DeFontes at defontesa@gmail.com or Karin Hall at karinhall@mac.com
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ASB News
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March has arrived and so has the Party in the USA Sadies dance! This year's Sadies is on March 15 at the gym and it is sure to be an extremely fun time. Tickets can now be purchased at the student store, but students can also buy tickets at the door. The Sadies Assembly will be the week prior on March 7 and Sadies Spirit Week/Wellness Week will be from Monday, March 10 to Friday, March 14. Students should come out to the quad at lunch for fun activities such as a watermelon eating contest and a tug of war competition!
Aside from the Sadies dance festivities, here are the other events taking place this month!
- Foothill's second annual Fine Arts Night is Tuesday, March 4 at the Event Center. Come and check out students' artwork and support the visual arts, performing arts, and culinary arts programs. Free food and refreshments will be provided by Foothill's culinary arts students as well!
- Foothill will be having a blood drive on March 20. Students will need their parents to sign off a permission slip in order to participate.
- International Week is March 24 to 28. Entertainment and free food will be at the quad at lunch on select days. Foothill students can participate by dressing up on the themed days as well!
- The ASB General Elections are also taking place at the end of the month! Students who attended the mandatory meeting on February 25 can now run for the positions they choose. Election videos will be played on the 24th and voting will take place on the 25th. Any necessary runoffs will be the following day. If students would like to run for Class Elections (senior, junior, and sophomore class president positions), they will need to attend the meeting on March 27. Good luck to the candidates!
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|  Senior Yearbook Ads -
Final Deadline Fast Approaching March 17th
Show your senior how proud of them you are by placing a personalized ad in the 2013-2014 Foothill yearbook. You can design your own ad or have it professionally designed for you. Click here to go directly to Yearstream website for more information on pricing and "getting started". The deadline to submit your ad is March 17, 2014; but, hurry, because space is limited and spots are quickly running out!
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*Ad sales are non-refundable.
Don't miss out on this memorable keepsake!
Click here to view flyer which can be printed and mailed.
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Senior Scholarship Opportunities
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Click here for PTO Scholarship in Honor of Frank Southern Application
Frank Southern is a former long-time Foothill High School staff member and TUSD administrator who is renowned for his love of students and his enthusiasm for education. Each year, the Foothill PTO awards a $1,000 scholarship in Frank Southern's name to a graduating Foothill student who has overcome a major challenge or obstacle during his or her school career to advance and grow as a scholar.
Al Marzilli retired in 2013 after serving 35 years as a teacher, administrator, and principal at Foothill High School and 45 years within the Tustin Unified School District. He is beloved for his unwavering commitment to students and Foothill High School. This year, the Foothill PTO is awarding a scholarship to a senior student who has been accepted to an institute of higher learning for Fall 2014 and who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and involvement while at Foothill. |
2014 Grad Knight - Last Chance to Celebrate as a Senior Class
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The ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney has been booked for the night of Wednesday, June 18, 2014 for our FHS seniors. Mail in your check and order form, or turn it in at the office. Tickets will also be available for purchase on-campus on April 9, 10 and 11 during snack and lunch at senior gate.
A Night Your Senior will remember forever..... Buy Your Ticket Now!
Any questions about Grad Knight, please contact Jeanne Arehart (jarehart9219@att.net) or Deb Boyajian (dkboyajian@gmail.com). |
Pre-Order Your Commencement Ceremony DVD
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 Yearstream is offering a high quality, professionally filmed keepsake of the 2014 Commencement Ceremony. No more worrying about bringing your handcam and trying to pull focus or follow the action. No more heads and hands in your shots. Yearstream will be capturing the ceremony from three angles and in high-definition video and sound. This special Graduation DVD is on pre-sale now! For more information, please visit grads.myyearstream.com or you can view the flyer by clicking here. |
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Kudos to Some Extraordinary Knights
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Four young men - Colby Baron, Daniel Schmid, Daniel McNamara and Julien Marchese - from FHS's Junior Class were selected to interview to represent District 29 at the American Legion California Boys' State Conference on June 21 in Sacramento. The American Legion selected Colby Baron to be their representative. Congratulations to all four young men for being finalists.
Congratulations to senior Hayden Hall, who won the Lions' Club Speech contest on the topic "The importance of Community Service." He will advance to the next level of competition representing the Tustin Area Lions' Club.
On February 22, the National Alliance of African American Athletes named senior Bobby Okereke as the recipient of its annual Franklin D. Watkins Memorial Award, recognizing him as the nation's top African American male high school scholar athlete. Bobby was presented the award at a ceremony in Washington, DC with his parents and younger sister also in attendance.
Congratulations to the Foothill High School Madrigal Singers for their amazing concert at the American Choral Directors Association Convention (Western Region) in Santa Barbara on February 22. Madrigals performed a 30 minute set for several hundred choir directors from the Western United States and were given a standing ovation!
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8th Grade Information Night Scheduled for Monday, March 31
| | Foothill High School will hold its annual 8th grade information night on Monday, March 31. Both parents and students of the incoming freshman class are encouraged to attend. Please click here for the schedule and additional information.
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Kudos Corner - Merci! Gracias! Danke! Xie xie! Grazie! Thank you!
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Foothill is so fortunate to have a supportive community of volunteers who donate thousands of hours to make our PTO student, staff and parent programs possible. Although we can't thank everyone by name (literally hundreds), we would like to send our heartfelt appreciation and special "kudos" to:
Lise Flannery and Zeenat Gala for organizing the Mock SAT/ACT to help prepare our students for these important exams (and raise some funds for the PTO too).41 students took the exam which raised $745 for the PTO. A special thanks to Christine Goth and Connie Guevara for making copies, proctoring and helping with set up on test day!
Pattie Figueroa and her team of volunteers including Jeanne Arehart, Lynn Bradley, Zeenat Gala, Kristie Holt, Leanne Martin, Marianne Olsen, Jennifer Schmid and Christy Taylor for facilitating the Vision & Hearing screening and moving all the sophomores and new district students through the line and back to their classes quickly and efficiently. The district will notify you by mail if your student requires further evaluation by a physician.
Eleni Dalis and Bob Wunder for safeguarding the PTO's financial health. Thank you, Eleni, for managing our mid-year budget process and ongoing revenues and expenses. Thank you, Bob, for conducting our mid-year audit and ensuring the PTO's books are in order.
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Student Volunteer Organization Looking for New Members
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What is Assisteens?
Assisteens is a teen auxiliary
of the National Assistance League Organization.
Goals
The goals of participation are to help teens develop a sense of community responsibility, self-reliance, personal responsibility, public speaking and leadership skills. Each Assisteen Auxiliary chooses their own philanthropic programs and assists their chapter with their programs and fundraisers.
Assisteens chapters are currently looking for new members, and our Foothill community participates in two local chapters: Tustin and Santa Ana. Details regarding both Chapters are below: |
TUSTIN ASSISTEENS
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SANTA ANA ASSISTEENS
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The Assistance League of Tustin's Assisteen Auxiliary currently has 229 student members in grades 8-12 who support philanthropies that work directly with adults and children in Tustin. What: Prospective Parent Information Mtg. When: Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. Where: The Assistance League of Tustin 445 El Camino Real in Old Town Tustin |
Santa Ana's Assisteen Auxiliary consists of over 50 student members in grades 9-12. For a description of some of the charity work the Santa Ana Assisteens do, Click Here.Assistance League of Santa Ana is located at
1037 1st Street ~ Santa Ana, CA 92703
For more information about becoming a Santa Ana Assisteen, contact Charlotte Waggoner at (714)838-4910 or visit the Assistance League of Santa Ana website at assistkids.org.
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Foothill Ed Fund Spring Dinner and Auction Event News |
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Tickets are still available through TUESDAY! Join your friends & support Foothill at...
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THIS Saturday, March 8th 2014 To purchase tickets click HERE |
Due to popular demand, we have added more tables to the "Classic Knight" Dinner and Auction! Join your Foothill friends at the Astor Classics Automotive Museum, home to a stunning collection of over 60 classic cars just minutes from Tustin in the heart of Orange County!
Tickets are $85 and can be purchased HERE.
ALL money raised supports the students of Foothill High!
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OPPORTUNITY DRAWING TICKETS
will be available Saturday night for these amazing prizes: an I-PAD and
a DIAMOND NECKLACE courtesy of Chavante Jewelers!
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THANK YOU to
These Sponsors for
Their Generous Support of the FHS Ed Fund
"Classic Knight" Event!
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SPONSOR
Maynard Carkhuff ~ Brian Halle
Richard Ganulin ~ Dennis Guida
Tom Kenny ~ Kaven Matin
Dean Morrow ~ Hal Williams
Gary Cremo
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KNIGHT SPONSORS
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Jim & Susan Hughes
Tom & Annette Haigh
Maynard & Sherri Carkhuff
Chris & Anne McCormack
 
BUSINESS SPONSOR
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Victor & Ivelisse Topete
JWB Construction Services
Marco & Kerry Racanelli
Craig & Jo Hodgetts
John & Beth Moore
Mark & Kathy Copeland
Jeff & Cheryl Osborn
David & Kathy Cobb
Steve & Julie Dickson
Eric & Felicia Watkins
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John & Cindy McCarthy
Chris & Aylene Jensen
Gary & Christine Goldhammer
Matt & Shari Taylor
Lonny & Nancy Blank
Gregg & Mishelle Shaw
Armando & Sheryl Pedroza
Lance & Ann Jensen
Tim & Gia Sandel
 
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To see how your donations to the Ed Fund are working at Foothill, CLICK HERE!
CLICK HERE for a complete list of 2013-2014 Ed Fund Donors!
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Foothill PTO - Our Purpose:
To educate the public and parents regarding the needs and goals of Foothill High School.
To promote understanding and cooperation among students, parents, faculty, Board of Trustees, Administration, and the community. To encourage a sound educational program.
To promote the best interests of the school.
This information is provided to you by Foothill PTO.
Roundtable Editor: Joan McBride
PTO Co-Presidents: Christine Goldhammer and Kerry Racanelli
ASB Contributor: Alex Creed
Thank you to the many PTO volunteers and FHS staff who contributed newsletter articles and ideas.
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