NORTH HIGH PARENT WEEKLY DIGEST

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1 NORTH HIGH PARENT WEEKLY DIGEST A Current Events Update for Parents/Families of our Polar Scholars There are many events and important goings on that happen throughout the school year. North High Weekly Digest will provide you with current events and information that you as parents/guardians need to know. MARCH 5TH - MARCH 9TH THIS WEEK S EVENTS NORTH HIGH LADY POLARS WINNING SEASON! Girls basketball has enjoyed an awesome regular season. With many accolades and awards as testament to a successful run. They finished second in the Minneapolis City conference with a record of Three Lady polars earned Minneapolis All-City Conference Awards: Senior, Monique Wooten, Sophomore, Alani Pettis and Eighth grader, Alexandria McNeil. Head Coach, Crystal Flint was unanimously named Coach of the Year, Senior Monique Wooten named Player of the Year Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association named Serena Ballard to the All State Academic Team. Serena also is the Althena Award Winner which goes to the Top Girls Athlete at Minneapolis North High.! Coach of the Year!

2 The Lady Polars are the #4 seed (out of 16 teams) in the Class 2AA section 5. If they win Thursday (March 1st) s home game vs Brooklyn Center the rest of the playoff schedule will be as follows: Saturday, March 3rd - St. Michael Albertville High, 2:30 Tuesday, March 6th - St. Michael Albertville High, 6 p.m. (Class 2AA Semi-Final) Thursday, March 9th - St. Cloud State University (Class 2AA Championship...winner advances to State Tournament) NORTH HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOOKS TO REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS! Minneapolis North High Polar Boys Varsity team will represent the Minneapolis City Conference against St. Paul Johnson on Saturday, March 3rd at 1 p.m. in the Twin Cities Championship game. They have now won the Minneapolis City Conference title for their 5th straight year. Look for more information regarding their play off schedule to come in a separate next week. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND - BROADWAY PRODUCTION TO NORTH HIGH PERFORMANCE. As has been noted in previous newsletters, this musical, currently making a run on broadway will be performed here at North High produced by North Community Theater. Auditions were held and now complete with

3 a cast comprised of North students as well as professional theater actors/actresses, the carribean themed play will come to life. Performances will run March 22nd - 25th. Every showing except for the 25th will have a 7 p.m. start time. Sunday s performance will be at 2 p.m. We encourage all to come support our students hard work and talent by attending one of the performances. Price is Pay what you can WANT TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE CULTURES MAKING UP THE NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY? The We All Speak Family - Celebration of the Cultures on North Side event previously scheduled for back in December but then cancelled will possibly be rescheduled for mid May. The purpose of this event is to celebrate the diverse cultures represented in the North side community. We have a rich tapestry of backgrounds and languages right within our own backyard. And we want to honor and explore that. Such an event would be a small but significant opportunity to get to know a little bit about where our neighbors come from and learn a little something from one another. But before putting work into organizing this event we, first, want to gauge the interest our families would have in attending such a celebration. So please click on the link below and complete the very brief parent survey:

4 NORTH HIGH STUDENT REPRESENTS IN STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT! Congratulations to Kehyan Porter who is headed to a wrestling state championship! Please click on link below to read entire article: ournament.html HAS YOUR SENIOR COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED HIS/HER NORTH HIGH SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION? Each year North High gives away hundreds of dollars in scholarships to qualifying students. When it comes to post-secondary education every penny counts! If you are the parent of a senior, have you asked them about applying to receive whatever money may be available through the North High School Scholarship? If not, please do so as time is running out on the deadline to submit the application. (March 21st). Applications must be turned in to the CCC or Career and College Center by 4 p.m. on the 21st. If you have any questions or would like to be sent a copy of the application for your student, please contact Arnise Roberson, , arnise.roberson@mpls.k12.mn.us

5 SPRING BREAK ACADEMY REGISTRATION OFFICIALLY OPEN! Students can sign up from now until March 21st. This year it will be held at both Washburn and Henry High Schools. Spring Break Academy will be April 2nd-6th from 8:30am-12:45pm and students can make up to 1 quarter credit (.250) of a core class. Students can register by seeing his/her school counselor.. MONDAY, MARCH 5TH After School Tutoring in Media Ctr, 3-4 p.m. GSA Meeting in Media Ctr., 3:30 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 6TH After school tutoring in Media Ctr., 3-4 p.m. Possible Girls St. Michael Albertville HS, 7 p.m. (Class 2AA Semi-Final)* Game is dependent on if team won on 3/3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7TH THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH History Day Competition in Media Center After school tutoring in Media Center, 3-4 p.m.

6 FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH Possible Girls St. Cloud State University, 8 p.m. (Class 2AA Championship...winner advances to state tournament)* Game is dependent on if team won 3/6 IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES: March 11th - Daylight Savings - Spring Forward March 12th - African American Parent Action Committee Meeting March 20th - ACT Make Up Test Day March 21st - Deadline for seniors to turn in applications for the North High School Scholarship March 22nd - Polar Parent Meeting (all parents invited) March 29th - End of 3rd quarter March 30th - NO SCHOOL- Grading day April 2nd-6th - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break Please see North High School Calendar for future events. This can be found on the bottom right corner of the home page of our website: also visit NSTEM website:

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