Principal's Newsletter
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The Newport Heights News
From the Principal - Stephen Marafino
“Goodbye and good luck to everyone.”
Stephen Marafino
5225 119th Avenue SE. Bellevue, WA 98006
Main Office (425) 456-5500
Attendance Line (Check-a-Child) (425) 456-5503 or e-mail
newportheightsattendance@bsd405.org
June 14,
2010
N.H.E.S. CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
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Monday, June 14: Field Day 12:45 p.m.
·
Wednesday, June 16: 5th Grade Assembly
11:05 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
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Thursday, June 17: Last Day of School 8:00 – 10:00
a.m.
Goodbye - This is my last newsletter as
principal of NHE. I have thoroughly enjoyed my four years in
this role and want to thank the staff, students and parents for
working to make this school community such a great place for
kids to learn and grow. This is my 35th year working
in public education and I look forward to rejoining the ranks of
classroom teachers in Bellevue. Next year I will serve as a
part-time mathematics teacher at Sammamish High School in
Bellevue – teaching Advanced Placement Calculus BC and
Pre-Calculus. Best wishes to all. Stephen Marafino
Introduction Letter from New Principal Amy
MacDonald - Ms. MacDonald will be taking over the role of
Principal of Newport Heights Elementary School effective July 1,
2010. She has composed a letter of introduction to the NHE
community that is posted on the NHE school website at
http://curriculum.bsd405.org/sites/schools/NH/default.aspx
Yearbooks - Yearbooks have arrived!!
All students who have pre-ordered a yearbook will receive it on
Monday. If your student did not order a book and would like
one, we have a limited number left and they will be for sale in
the office on Tuesday morning from 7:30-8:00am. Please bring a
check made payable to NHE PTA for $15.
No Change in School Starting and Ending Times
for 2010-2011 – At the end of April, it was announced
that the school starting and ending times at NHE were to be one
hour later in the 2010-2011 school year. It was just announced
by the BSD Transportation Department that this change will not
occur and that the school starting and ending times at NHE for
the next school year will remain the same as they were this year
(Start time 8:00 a.m. M-F and end time 2:25 p.m. on Mon., Tue.,
Thur. & Fri. and 12:05 p.m. on Wed.). See the letter posted on
the NHE website for the details on this decision.
http://curriculum.bsd405.org/sites/schools/NH/default.aspx
Green Team
- Congratulations to the NHE Green Team for its work to earn NHE
the designation of Level Two of the King County Green Schools
Program. For Level One, the focus was on waste reduction and
recycling. This year NHE successfully completed the Level Two
criteria for energy conservation – which included the initiation
of a food composting program at all lunches. A special thank you
to Ms. Kerry Rogahn, NHE Administrative Intern, for her work in
organizing and guiding the Green Team to complete the
requirements for this designation. See the following link for
more information on the program:
www.kingcounty.gov/GreenSchools.