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HOUGH HOWLER

PTSA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6 Edition 53

July 14, 2016
IN THIS ISSUE
Important Dates
Freshmen Orientation August 11
Class of 2017 Senior Portrait Appointments
Class of 2016 Graduation Pictures
Summer Reading Assignments & Partnership with Main Street Books
CMS Discount on Chromebooks
Hough Summer Hours
Cafeteria PayPam Accounts for Seniors Who Graduated
IUpcoming Senior Parking Permit August Sticker Dates
Back to School Dates
Medicine Authorization for Health Room
Counselors Corner - Important Senior Reminders
CMS Student Assignment Implementation Timeline
Do you like us (on Facebook) yet?
Alma Mater
AmazonSmile PTSA Fundraiser
Re-Link Your Harris Teeter VIC Card August 1
Publix Partners
Hough Social Media - Twitter!
Hough Howler Submissions Deadline Schedule for Articles
Link Hough Calendars to your Smartphone:  Hough High PTSA has created Google Calendars that parents, teachers and students can print out in calendar view or sync with their smartphone calendar.  Information to link the Hough High calendar to your smartphone:
*Hough High School Calendar  Calendar ID: houghhighptsa@gmail.com  Ical address:  click here 
*Hough Athletics - all sports calendars click here; For instructions on how to sync calendars with your iOS device (iPad, iPhone, and IPod Touch) click here   CMS Academic Calendar 2015-2016
Freshmen Orientation
Thursday, August 11th
Submitted by Assistant Principal Jessica Savage

Attention Rising Ninth Graders!  Please join us for Freshman Orientation on Thursday, August 11.  Two sessions will be offered but students only need to attend one (9 - 11 am OR 1 - 3 pm.)*  Please register using the following link.
 
 
Orientation is for students only.  We appreciate your promptness in picking up and dropping off students. We are looking forward to meeting our new ninth graders!  Please contact Assistant Principal Jessica Savage at Jessica.savage@cms.k12.nc.us with questions.
 
*Freshmen Orientation is not mandatory, but recommended.

Class of 2017

Senior Portrait Appointments

Online Scheduling for August 15, 16, 17

Submitted by Marcille Nance


Make your Senior Portrait Appointment Now!
  
Senior Portraits will be taken at Hough High School on August 15, 16, and 17.  Please see the attached flyer for Senior Portrait Packages and Portrait Day Information.  Visit www.legacystudios.com to make your senior portrait appointment online. Make-up sessions will be held later this fall if you are unable to attend any of these sessions.
  
If you have questions, please email Ms. Nance at marcille.nance@cms.k12.nc.us.
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Class of 2016 Graduation Diploma Pictures
Submitted by Marie Chelkowski

To view graduation portraits online go to www.carolina-portraits.com.  If you have any questions please call Carolina photography directly at 704-483-5862. 
 
Editor's note:  This will be the last information pertinent to the class of 2016.  If you or your child just graduated and you no longer wish to receive the Hough Howler, please unsubscribe using the link at the very end of this email.  Thank you! 
AVAILABLE NOW AT...
SUMMER IS HERE...AND SO ARE...
SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS!!!
Attention all rising 9th grade parents - make sure you go to the list for the English I Required Summer Reading (all levels)
Attention all grades - please look over list!
Submitted by PTSA Book Fair Chairperson Deana King
Here's your chance to continue to support your school PTSA while preparing yourself for next year. Our partnership with Main Street Books in Davidson means that all summer reading assignment texts are available and in stock for purchase at their store. When you buy your assigned reading from the Davidson store, Main Street Books will donate 20% of the purchase price to our school's PTSA. We raised over $400 with your help this school year.
Right now any book that is listed on the Summer Assignment Website is ready for you at the newly remodeled store in Davidson. As any new assignments come up, those books will be added. Right now those classes listing an assignment are:
AP English IV
AP Environmental Science
AP Seminar
AP Human Geography
AP US Government & Politics
AP European History
AP World History
English II
English l
 
Happy summer and happy reading!

CMS Discount on Chromebooks 
Submitted by Principal Laura Rosenbach

Applied Data Technologies is making available to parents of CMS students an opportunity to purchase Chromebooks for $145.00. 
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools provides high schools with enough chromebooks for all students to use during the day (they cannot take them home).  Students will still have the option to use their own device at school.  The abovementioned offer for the Chromebook discount with our CMS preferred vendor is an option for you if you wish to purchase one for home use;  this is not a requirement.
Summer Hours
Submitted by Financial Secretary Grace Festa
  
Senior Cafeteria PayPam Accounts
Submitted by Cafeteria Manager Jennifer Maskulyak 
 
Parents of Seniors who graduated or students leaving CMS - did you utilize a cafeteria PayPam account for your Senior/student?  Per the CMS Child Nutrition Website: 
  
Refunds on Closed Accounts
Parents of students leaving CMS have up to 90 days (take care of this by September 9th!)  Amounts less than $5 will be transferred, upon request, to another CMS student account but not refunded. Contact the Child Nutrition Services office at (980) 343-6041 to request a refund or transfer of money on account.
  
There are four options regarding end of year balances:
  
1) A refund-by-check may be requested via email to paypams@cms.k12.nc.us.  If you prefer this method, please provide the payee, verify the address you would like the refund check sent to and provide a current telephone number. It will take approximately 6 weeks for the check to complete processing and be mailed to you due to the volume of requests received near the end of a school year.
  
2) Cafeteria Manager Jennifer Maskulyak has this form that you can fill out for your child and return to her. Then she will send it to the child nutrition department. They will in turn mail you a check at the address on the form.  It takes a minimum of three - six weeks to process.
 
3) Call (980) 343-6041 to request a refund or transfer of money on account;
  
4) If there are siblings in CMS, funds may be transferred from one student to another by Child Nutrition Services. If you would like funds transferred, for each child, provide the first name, middle initial, last name, and date of birth. Indicate which child's account the funds are being taken from and which child's account will receive funds. Transfers made on or after the last day of school will update in PayPAMS once the cafeterias reopen in August.  Funds transferred to student's accounts who are changing from one CMS school to another CMS school will transfer with the student to the new school.  If applicable be sure to remove automatic payments and email notifications
 
If you have any questions, you can contact Hough Cafeteria Manager Jennifer Maskulyak at jennifer.maskulyak@cms.k12.nc.us or email CMS Child Nutrition at paypams@cms.k12.nc.us.

Editor's note:  This will be the last information pertinent to the class of 2016.  If you or your child just graduated and you no longer wish to receive the Hough Howler, please unsubscribe using the link at the very end of this email.  Thank you! 

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Senior Parking Permit August Sticker Dates

Submitted by LtC Ott Siebert

 

Thursday, August 11th   9am-11am (Seniors A-L receive stickers); 12pm-3pm (Seniors M-Z receive stickers)

Friday, August 12th 9am-11am (make-ups must be approved in advance)

***Note that the issuing dates are consistent with previous years which allows for your vacation planning, an ADULT can drive your car as long as they have all your current license, registration and proof of insurance to receive your sticker, if any are expired, we cannot issue)

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Back to School Dates

  
August 25
Back to School Open House
 
Back to School Open House, 8 - 10 am - great opportunity for freshmen to walk their schedules and meet their teachers.  The PTSA and Husky Athletic Club will have tables to join these organizations and the Spirit Store will have all your favorite Husky apparel and items! 
 
August 29
First Day of School
 
Bell rings at 7:10 am.  Don't be late.
          News from the School Nurse
Regarding Medicine in the Health Room
Submitted by Karyn Jackson
 
Over the summer, please remember to get your physician to complete a new medication form for next year.  ALL medication-prescription and over-the-counter require a physician's signature.
 
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Counselors Corner 

Rising Seniors, are you looking for $ for College?  Mrs. Catchpole (Scholarship Chairperson), would like you to join HOUGH HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS!! To receive messages via text, text @wahscholar to 81010.  You can opt-out of messages at anytime by replying, "unsubscribe@wahscholar'.  Trouble using 81010?  Try texting @wahscholar to (704) 817-2336 instead.
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Attention All Hough Students and Families:  Please visit the Student Services Website often to provide students and families with important information regarding programs we offer, college planning, scholarship opportunities and other extremely useful information pertinent to high school.  We continue to update the site through the school year so we encourage you to bookmark it and visit often.  We also encourage you to follow our Twitter @HoughGuidance.  
CMS Student Assignment
Implementation Timeline
Submitted by PTSA Advocacy Co-Chairperson Lisa McMillan
  
At its May 24th meeting, the CMS board unveiled more details around the student assignment timeline. The new schedule delays implementation of any potential feeder pattern changes until Fall 2018. See the Charlotte Observer article, which includes a link to the board presentation, for more information.
Do you like us (on Facebook) yet?
Submitted by PTSA Facebook Chair Amy Hallman
 
The Hough PTSA has its own Facebook page now as an additional parent resource for the latest Husky news. If you haven't "liked" us yet, please visit here and like the page to see positive, quick, and remindful posts about anything Hough!
 
If you're already on Facebook, you'll need to search by typing in the entire page name: William A Hough High School PTSA (otherwise, you may get the wrong page).  Questions? Contact Amy Hallman at atmhallman@gmail.com.
William A. Hough High School Alma Mater

 

We hail thee Alma Mater

our voices let us raise.
Alma MaterAlma Mater 
With Husky pride and honor
we sing now full of praise.
To remember lasting moments
our friendships never will fade.
Hough High, march on forever
victorious all our days. 
 
Want to print a copy and share with your friends to help you sing?
Click here.  Come on Hough, let's start a new tradition and show our school spirit after Hough sporting events.  Please watch the video to learn the Alma Mater.  

Shop On Amazon and Earn Money for HOUGH

Submitted by PTSA Fundraising VP, Debbie Wood
  
The PTSA now has an account through Amazon Smile.  Please put your online purchases to work and help the school earn money at the same time.
  
What is AmazonSmile?

AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

How does AmazonSmile work?
  
When first visiting AmazonSmile, customers are prompted to select a charitable organization from almost one million eligible organizations. In order to browse or shop at AmazonSmile, customers must first select a charitable organization. For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer's selected charitable organization.
Click the link below to start shopping!

Harris Teeter - Re-link on August 1st
 
Thank you to all of the Hough families, friends, and staff who have registered their VIC cards this year.  The program runs August 1 though the end of May each year, so please remember to re-link your card on August 1st.
 
  • Email me (debbiewood1@roadrunner.com) your name, VIC account # and/phone number and I can link it for you.
  • Tell the cashier at checkout you are with William A Hough High School PTSA and the cashier can link for you.
  • Go to the Harris Teeter website and relink your card yourself at Harris Teeter Together in Education 
 You can also link several schools or clubs at one time.  For example, if the JORTC is linked or the middle school or elementary school, you can link the PTSA as well. 
 
PTSA # 8376
Husky Athletic Club # 8348
Band # 8414                 JROTC # 8368           Chorus # 2072
Rugby # 2685             Orchestra # 3191         Theatre # 3475
 
 You can link up to 5 organizations/schools (funds will be divided equally).
Publix Partners
We are excited to announce Hough has started a partnership with Publix grocery stores. Publix Partner cards were distributed to students earlier this school year. All you have to do is show the cashier your card at the BEGINNING of your transaction when checking out and the cashier will scan it for you. For every $37,500 Hough supporters spend at Publix we can earn up to $250 per quarter. If we don't meet the $37,500 in a quarter the tally will run into the next quarter. This is an easy school rewards program that involves no cost on your part. Just be sure to present your card at the BEGINNING of the check out!
  Hough Social Media
Check us out on Twitter!
 
Twitter Accounts that all Hough Students/Parents/Staff should follow
@CMS_WAHoughHS (Hough administration)
@HoughHighNews (Hough High News - student leadership)
 @HoughAthletics (Hough HS Athletics)
@ClubHusky (Husky Athletics Club)
@HuskyAthleticClub (Husky Athletic Club)
@HoughGuidance (Student Services aka Guidance)
@HoughCareers (Hough Careers office)
 @CharMeckSchools (Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools)
  
Hough Departments
@HoughHSBand (Bands)
@HoughOrchestra (Orchestra)
@WAHoughSingers (Chorus)
@HoughMarketing (Marketing)
@HuskiesHough (Hough High JROTC)
@HoughTheatre (Hough Theatre)
 
Hough Clubs/Organizations
@houghDECA (DECA)
@HoughHighNHS (Hough High NHS - National Honor Society)
@HoughMath (Hough Mu Alpha Theta - National Math Honor Society)
@HoughHistory (Hough Rho Kappa - National History Honor Society)
@HHS_worldclub (Hough International Club)
@HoughHistory (Hough Rho Kappa - National History Honor Society)
@pinpointhough (Pinpoint-Hough - online student newspaper)
@houghjadvisory (Junior Advisory)
@SophAdvis (Sophomore Advisory)
@HoughYearbook (Hough Yearbook)
@HoughMarketing (Hough Marketing)
@HoughHeARTClub (Hough HeART Club)
@FBLAHough (FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America)
  
Hough Athletic Teams
@Hough_Cheer (cheer)
@HoughSoccer (soccer)
@HoughFB (football)
@HoughRunners (cross country, indoor track & outdoor track)
@swimcoachtim (Waterdog - swimming)
@houghwrestling (wrestling)
@houghbaseball (baseball)
@HoughRugby (club rugby)
 
If you would like your sports team or Hough organization listed, please send an email to  LPetry@mindspring.com.
Hough Howler Submissions
Next Deadline:  August 1 Noon
*This issue will contain everything you need to begin the year, so staff, booster clubs and Hough clubs, please get your information ready.  Please read the below information in its entirety if you submit articles to the Howler.  Thank you!!!***
 Deadlines and Requirements for Articles This Year 
 
The Hough Howler is the electronic newsletter compiled by the Hough PTSA that communicates the most current Hough High School News and and information.  We encourage all Hough staff members, booster clubs and Hough student clubs to provide us information to publicize to the over 2600 Howler e-mail subscribers in the Hough community.  Articles must be specific to Hough, Hough PTSA, Husky Athletic Club, other Hough booster clubs/student clubs or organizations or CMS specific/principal approved. 
 
Deadlines:  During the school year, there are two deadlines a month for articles - the 1st and 15th of each month at NOON.  During the summer months, the Howler has less frequent deadlines.  Please pay attention to these deadlines as sometimes that date is on a weekend or during a holiday.  If there is something urgent that needs to go out, the Howler will be distributed on a more frequent basis at the Editor's discretion. The Howler may be distributed within a few days past the deadline, so please submit your articles on time, or even better, early!  It is best to publicize events with dates that take place at least a week past the deadline.  Sometimes, that means advanced planning and article submission at least one Howler prior. Thank you for your cooperation.
 
Requirements for submssions:  Articles should be typed in Arial 11 font; if you want a picture included, please indicate placement within text and submit a separate jpg file.  If you want to link to a document or flyer, please send fllyer or document as a pdf file.  If you want it as an image in the article, please send as a jpg file.  If including a picture, please indicate names of those in picture (left to right.) (unless it is a huge group) and identify who is providing the picture.  If no identification is provided, we will identify the name of person providing the submission.  If submission is sent by a student or parent for a Hough club/organization, Hough staff advisor must be copied.  Editor reserves the right to edit or decline articles not meeting the abovementioned criteria.  If you have questions about any of these requirements for submission, please contact the Editor prior to the deadline.  Thank you for your cooperation.
  
Future 2016-2017 Howler Deadlines:   
First Deadline is August 1, 2016
Future deadlines will remain he 1st and 15th of each month. 
 
Submit articles to Linda Petry, Hough Howler Editor at LPetry@mindspring.com

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Important Links: 

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 Band website      Chorus website 

School telephone number:  980-344-0514