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Volume 7 Edition 6

September 16, 2016
IN THIS ISSUE
Important Dates
Powder Puff Forms and Money Due to Front Office TODAY
Curriculum Night TUESDAY September 20
PTSA Membership & Direct Donation Campaign
Required Reading Books Available for Purchase at Main Street Books
Chorus News - Brixx Spirit Night September 21
Band News
Husky Athletic Club Membership Application, Season Passes and VIP Parking
Class of 2017 Senior Portrait Make-up Appointments September 24
Cheer Clinic October 1
Thank you to Realtor Gina Mayes Harris
First Day Packets
Cafeteria News
Re-Link Your Harris Teeter VIC Card Now
Hough Twitter Accounts
Do you like us (on Facebook) yet?
Counselors Corner
CMS Discount on Chromebooks
CMS Superintendent Search
Alma Mater
AmazonSmile PTSA Fundraiser
Publix Partners
Earn while your children learn
CMS Student Assignment
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

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Powder Puff Forms and Money Due to Front Office
TODAY by 3:00 pm
2016 7th Annual Huskies "CLASH of the PACK" Powder Puff Game Sponsored by PTSA
***Powder Puff is a non-contact flag football game between the Senior and Junior Girls***
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 7 p.m.
 Submitted by PTSA Student Spirit/Senior Events Chairperson Gina Story
 
Attached you will find all the packet of information needed to participate in this year's Powder Puff Game. Everyone wishing to participate in the 2016 Powder Puff game must turn in Powder Puff Football Forms #1 & #2 and pay the participation fee no later than Friday, September 16, 2016 by 3:00 p.m. For those of you that are playing a fall sport, you must get permission from your coach to participate in powder puff.
                                                           
Game Time: 7 p.m.    Players must be at the field no later than 6 pm on Tuesday, October 11th.
  • Cost: $35 per Player (covers the cost of your jersey, referees, snacks, etc.)
  • You will NOT be able to play unless you have turned in forms #1 & #2 signed and paid your fee by Friday, September 16th at 3:00 pm. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE!
  • Cash or Checks only. Make checks payable to Hough PTSA. Your check must clear the bank before you can participate. If returned, you will be responsible for paying return check fee to Hough PTSA.
  • Bring your money and registration form (in sealed envelope) to Ms. Valencia Wentz in the front office no later than Friday, September 16th by 3:00 pm
  • If you do NOT want to participate in the game, but would like to purchase a jersey, please check the box at the bottom of FORM #2 and turn in to the front office with your payment no later than Friday, September 16th at 3:00 pm.  Only Juniors and Seniors may purchase jerseys.

2016 Powder Puff Packet 
 
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Hough High School Curriculum Night
 Tuesday, September 20
5:30 pm
Report to your student's first block teacher
  
The evening of Tuesday, September 20 is an opportunity for parents to walk their student's schedule and learn about the curriculum. The PTSA will also have a short General Membership Meeting in order to approve this year's budget.

The Hough PTSA will have tables set up to answer any questions you may have about membership, the Huskies Fund, volunteering or linking your card to Harris Teeter.

The Hough Spirit Store will also be open during that time.

PTSA Membership/Husky Fund
Join and Donate with the Click of a Button
&
Wednesday, September 21st Deadline for Students to Join PTSA To Be Eligible For Membership Raffle Drawings
Submitted by PTSA VP of Membership, Debra Cassidy and
PTSA VP of Fundraising, Debbie Wood
 
If you haven't had the chance to join the PTSA or donate to the Husky Fund, it's not too late!  You can now participate by paying online.  Click here to securely pay online through Pay Pal.  You do not have to have a Pay Pal account to participate.  This link is also posted on the PTSA website that can be accessed from the Hough website.
 
The PTSA stands for Parent-Teacher-Student-Association.  The Hough PTSA is part of a national organization advocating for the success of all students.  Our goal this school year is to be 1000 members strong.  Each membership is only $6.  Please note that Seniors who wish to apply for a PTSA Scholarship must become a PTSA member by February 16, 2017.
 
The PTSA also asks that you support the school and students through donations to the Husky Fund. The Husky Fund is the primary fundraiser of the Hough PTSA.  Donated funds are used to enhance school wide technology, provide student advocacy programs, provide student rewards, scholarships, school beautification, as well as staff appreciation. Every donation counts!
 
 
Thank you for supporting the Hough High PTSA. We look forward to a great year!
  
Students and families:  All those lucky people who sign up for a PTSA membership this 2016-2017 school year are automatically registered for our September membership raffles. Every Friday in September, names will be drawn for Hough spirit store items or headphones, speakers, & phone cases.  The last Friday of September there will also be a drawing for an iPad mini!  Deadline for students to join the PTSA and be eligible for this raffle is Wednesday, September 21st!  

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Submitted by PTSA Book Fair Chairperson Deana King
 
Hough PTSA is continuing its partnership with Main Street Books for the 2016-17 school year. 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 $700 with your help during the summer and last school year.
For English lll, All Levels: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
For Rizer: Night by Eli Wiesel
For Misko: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
For Misko: Honors Independent Reading Project: Titles from the list you are to choose from are available.
 
Please consider purchasing your supplemental reading from Main Street Books and support Hough High School at the same time.
 
If you have been assigned a novel to purchase, and don't see it on the list, please send me a message at dking2002@att.net to let me know the class and teacher and I'll see if I can get it added to the list.
Happy Fall 2016 and happy reading!
Chorus News
Brixx Spirit Night Wednesday, September 21
Submitted by Heidi Hickox

Our singers are off to a great start of the 2016 school year. Not only are students diving right into regular class rehearsals, one group has already had their first performance.  Members of our Women's Chamber Choir sang for the Town of Cornelius 9/11 Never Forget ceremony and installation of the Cornelius 9/11 Monument at Fire Station #1 to honor first responders and citizens who were affected by the events on September 11, 2001. The monument includes a piece of steel from the World Trade Center acquired by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 2015.  These ladies were honored to be part of such a special tribute, along with cadets from HHS JROTC and the 5th Grade Chorus from JV Washam Elementary.
Hough Women's Chamber Choir.  Photo courtesy of Heidi Hickox
  
Parents of all singers were required to attend our parent meeting day this past Monday. Those who did not attend should contact a member of the HHS Chorus Boosters for more information. Parent help is greatly needed this here. Please take a minute to check out the signup genius for upcoming needs:  sign up genius

Upcoming Band Performances and United Sound
Submitted by Laura Ziegler
 
The Husky Marching Band is excited to partner with the Bailey Middle School Band at our home Varsity football game on tonight for the playing of the National Anthem. Other upcoming special performances include a Davidson College home football game on September 17th , the Huskies away Varsity football game at Hopewell on Sept. 23rd and the first band competition of the season at Cuthbertson High School on September 24th.
 
The Band will be introducing a new program this year in cooperation with United Sound, Inc. which is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide musical performance experiences for students with special needs. Band students have the unique opportunity to mentor these students, but we need your help with supplying gently used instruments in good working order. If you have an instrument to donate, please contact Mr. Carrington at Robert.carrington@cms.k12.nc.us. More information about United Sound, Inc. is available at http://www.unitedsound.org/
 
The Band's Fruit and Butter Braid sales began Sept. 12.
 
2016-2017 Husky Athletic Club
Membership Application, Season Passes and VIP Parking
See us at our table at the home football game entrance TONIGHT!
 
Husky Sports Fans!!  Welcome to Season 7 of Hough Athletics!  Show your support by becoming a member of the Husky Athletic Club, our booster club.  With it you can purchase passes to all regular season games for all sports as well as VIP parking for football games.  Our student-athletes receive extremely limited support from school budgets, making your membership support a huge source of funding for our sports and facilities.  Thank you for your support!
 
 
***Season passes are good for
ALL Hough Home Regular Season Games for ALL Sports!***
 
Follow us on Twitter at @ClubHusky
 
**When you click on the link to join the Hough Howler distribution list, you can also join the Husky Athletic Club List.
 
JV Cheerleaders will be selling Husky car flags at the game this evening for $15 to support the cheerleading program at Hough.
Class of 2017
Senior Portrait Make-up Appointments
Online Scheduling for Saturday, September 24
Submitted by Marcille Nance
 
Make-up Sessions for students who HAVE NOT had your Senior Portraits taken will be in the Hough High School Gym on Saturday, September 24th.  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 for yearbook pose only will be held later this fall if you are unable to attend this session.
 
If you have questions, please email Ms. Nance at marcille.nance@cms.k12.nc.us.

Click here to print flyer

Click here to print registration form

W. A. Hough High School
Would like to thank
For Hosting their 3rd Annual
Staff and Faculty
Appreciation Luncheon
 
Thank you Gina!!!!
 
For more information on Gina Mayes Harris, click here
First Day Packets Now on PTSA Website
  
We have added a link to our Hough PTSA website to maintain the school, PTSA and Husky Athletic Club forms and documents that went home on the first day of school.  Please refer here.

Cafeteria News
Submitted by Cafeteria Manager Jennifer Maskulyak
 
Did you know that....
 
-All CMS Students are eligible for free breakfast?  A healthy breakfast gets your day off to  good start to a productive day
 
-You can set up an lunch payment account for your student?  Does your student forget to bring money for lunch or sometimes forget his or her lunch at home?  We have the answer to that - PAY PAMS!  Pay Pams is an automated system that holds an account for your student.  Add money from home and they have access to the funds when they need them.  You can also see what your student is eating.  Just go to www.paypams.com - you do not need your student's ID to sign up.

- Need help paying for school lunch?  Families may apply for free or reduced price lunch throughout the year.  From CMS Website:  "Students who were approved for benefits last year will continue receiving lunch under last year's approval until a new application is processed. Students have up to 30 days to reapply for meal benefits. Students who do not reapply for the current school year will need money for meals beginning the 31st school day."  (Editor's note:  The 30th day of school is October 11th) 
This program runs August 1 though the end of May each year, so please remember to re-link yearly.  If you have not done so yet, please go ahead and do it one of three ways:
 
  • Email me (debbiewood1@roadrunner.com) your name, VIC account # OR 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.  The Hough PTSA # is 8376.
  • Go to the Harris Teeter website and relink your card yourself at Harris Teeter Together in Education (TIE) 
 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).
*If your Hough organization has a TIE number you would like to share, please notify LPetry@mindspring.com.

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Twitter Accounts that all Hough Students/Parents/Staff should follow
@CMS_WAHoughHS (Hough administration)
@HoughPTSA (Hough PTSA) ***NEW***
@HoughHighNews (Hough High News - student leadership)
 @HoughAthletics (Hough HS Athletics)
@ClubHusky (Husky Athletic Club)
@HoughGuidance (Student Services aka Guidance)
@HoughCareers (Hough Careers office)
 @CharMeckSchools (Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools)
  
***Updated 9/06/16:  Please click here for listing of Twitter accounts for Hough departments, clubs and athletic teams. 
 
If you would like your sports team or Hough organization listed, please send an email to  LPetry@mindspring.com.
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.
Counselors Corner 

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 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.

 

Click here to print flyer 

 

MeckEd Survey:  If you would like to participate in the MeckEd Superintendent Survey, Click here.  For more information about MeckEd, please go to www.mecked.org.

 

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!

Publix Partners
Hough continues its partnership with Publix grocery stores again this year. If you still have your card from last year please continue to use it.  Cards for new families will be distributed soon. 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!
Earn while your children learn!
Substitute cafeteria workers needed in
North area CMS schools
Submitted by Hough Cafeteria Manager Jennifer Maskulyak  
 
Apply at Jennifer's Temps,1973 J.N. Pease Place - Suite 202, Charlotte, NC 28262
Hours: M-F: 8:00am - 5:00pm P: 704-510-1556  F: 704-510-2053 E: jobs@jennifertemps.com
CMS Comprehensive Student Assignment
Phase 1 Community Engagement Discussion
Submitted PTSA Advocacy Co-Chairperson Lisa McMillan and Howler Editor Linda Petry
 
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.  The CMS Board of Education is holding meetings to discuss the results of the community engagement sessions for Phase 1, with a vote in November.  It is very important to stay abreast of these changes as CMS puts very detailed information on its website for Phase 1 (implementation school year 2017-2018) and Phase 2 (no engagement sessions scheduled yet with implementation school year 2018-2019.)
Phase 1 of the comprehensive student assignment review process entails an examination of the magnet programs that CMS offers (current programs as well as an expansion of programs to provide more choices and accessibility.)  Phase 2 (which has not begun yet) will entail an examination of school boundaries and high school feeder patterns.
Hough Howler Submissions
Next Deadline:  Saturday, October 1 Noon
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, the 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:   
(2016) October 1, October 15, November 1, November 15, December 1, December 15,
(2017) January 5, January 15, February 1, February 15, March 1, March 15,
April 1, April 15, May 1, May 15, June 1, June 15
(Summer Issue) July 1
 
Submit articles to Linda Petry, Hough Howler Editor at LPetry@mindspring.com

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School telephone number:  980-344-0514