New Albany High School
Bi-Weekly Update - October 15, 2020
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Student School Fees Are Now Posted to PaySchool Central
School fees for the 2020-2021 school year have been loaded into PaySchool Central. Please make sure to submit your payment as soon as possible. Link to PaySchoolsCentral
PSAT Update
On Thursday, October 29th, the sophomores and juniors will be taking the PSAT at New Albany High School. Due to testing, all seniors and freshmen will be working virtually at home; therefore, ONLY sophomores and juniors will be on the high school campus on October 29, 2020.
Click here for the the virtual schedule for ALL seniors (VLP included) and freshmen (VLP included).
School Tardies
We have had an amazing start to the school year. Students have been doing a tremendous job adjusting and adapting to all of the changes that have been implemented this school year. Maximizing our time in the classroom learning environment is one of our major priorities. It is important that students attend school regularly and arrive on time. Starting on Monday, October 19, 2020, we will begin tracking school tardies and assigning consequences to students who arrive after 7:50 a.m. On a student’s 4th tardy to school, they will automatically be assigned a 45 minute after school detention.
As a reminder, upon arriving at school tardy, students must report to the Welcome Center to sign in for the day. Once signed in, students will receive a tardy pass that will admit them to class, and also alert them once they have reached the detention threshold.
Failure to attend assigned detentions will result in additional consequences. If you have questions about a detention assignment please contact Mr. Samanich or Mr. Freeman. Thank you for your cooperation.
Attention AP Students and Parents
We are in the process of preparing for this year’s Advanced Placement assessments. At this time the following items need to be completed:
All students must register for the AP assessment using the class code provided by their AP teachers. Students who are enrolled in AP classes through VLP must also register using the class code provided by their VLP teacher.
AP Fees are also due at this time. Please visit PaySchoolsCentral for fee information.
Senior Families
Grades 9-11 (In-Person)
A - G Jill Cuthbert
H - I Julie Horning
J - Q Audra Wheeler
R - Z Julie Horning
Grades 9-11 (VLP)
A - Z Stefanie Drugan
Grade 12 - ALL
A - D Jill Cuthbert
E - K Stefanie Drugan
L - Q Audra Wheeler
R - Z Julie Horning
College Center Drop-In Office Hours (7:30-8:50am)
Monday - Mrs. Kirtland
Tuesday - Mrs. Cuthbert
Wednesday - Mrs. Wheeler
Thursday - Mrs. Drugan (virtually)
Friday - Mrs. Horning
VLP Students: Please use the following to log in: meet.google.com/oog-ttjt-kra
Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention Services
Concord Counseling’s prevention services are designed to inform, educate, demonstrate skills, and reduce risk behaviors in students. Through social and emotional learning, students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. Prevention clinicians provide short-term individual or group skill-building sessions to assist a student with a particular concern. Prevention clinicians also provide suicide/self-harm risk assessments and can link families to community-based counseling services. Referrals for prevention services must be made through a school counselor or administrator.
Laura Vermilion, MA, LSW, Mental Health Prevention Clinician
Laura received her bachelors and master’s degrees from Bowling Green State University. She previously worked as an outpatient therapist at Nationwide Children's Behavioral Health. Laura works with students who are experiencing social/emotional issues such as anxiety/stress, sadness, anger, emotional regulation, low self-esteem, organization/time management. She helps them to develop healthy coping skills and build resiliency
Natalie May, BA, Substance Use Prevention Clinician
Miss May (Natalie) is a graduate from The University of Cincinnati. Prior to joining New Albany schools, she worked in case management assisting adults on probation with severe and persistent mental health and addiction needs before transitioning into school prevention services. Miss May works with students who are seeking education about preventing the use of drugs/alcohol/tobacco and developing refusal skills. She also works with students who are experimenting with drugs/alcohol/tobacco to educate and prevent them from abusing or becoming addicted. In addition to seeing students individually and in small groups, Miss May often provides substance use education lessons to classrooms.
NACA Virtual College Fairs
Schoology - Help!
Please find all you need to know about Schoology by clicking on one of the links below.
New Albany High School PTO Update
• Another online sale is active now with some fresh ideas for holiday gift giving. Sale will end 11/8 with orders ready first week of December. Happy a Shopping!
• Reasons why the PTO appreciates and values your support....In addition to contributing to the virtual author visit last week, PTO has awarded to date, over $600 in Teacher Grants to help enhance our students’ classroom and online learning experience. Up to another $2,000 is already in the pipeline!
Our first Coffee and Conversation with Principal Ken Kraemer went very well yesterday. Mr. Kraemer updated us on the District’s safety protocols as well as exciting enhancements to the High School’s curriculum offerings. If you would like to join us, please RSVP to: nahspto.info@gmail.com
•Wednesday, November 11 at 6:00pm - Board Meeting
•Wednesday, December 9 at 9:00am - Coffee & ConversationNeed to order something from Amazon? Well, now you can do it and support NAHS PTO at the same time through the Amazon Smile program... easy breezy! We invite you to go to smile.amazon.com and either select or change your charity to “New Albany High School Parent-Teacher Organization” today. The PTO will benefit from every Amazon purchase you make when you start your shopping at smile.amazon.com.
We would love to have you as a member! Membership is an annual campaign. Please click here to join.
Let’s Go Eagles!
Upcoming Important Dates
October 16, 2020 - Central Day (No School)
October 20, 2020 - Virtual Parent/Teacher Conference, 3:30pm - 7:00pm
October 26-30 - Homecoming/Spirit Week
October 29 - PSAT Testing
October 30, 2020 - Last Day of the 1st Grading Period
Our Purpose
The New Albany-Plain Local School District is committed to creating a culture of accountability that achieves the best academic and developmental outcomes for each student.
New Albany High School
Email: news@napls.us
Website: www.napls.us/hs
Location: 7600 Fodor Road, New Albany, OH, USA
Phone: 614-413-8300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewAlbanyHS/?ref=bookmarks
Twitter: @napls_hs