Nighthawk News
Principal's Message
Happy Friday Nighthawks!
As we approach the much-awaited Spring Break we wish you all a fantastic time filled with relaxation and adventures. Whether you’re planning a getaway or staying close to home, we hope this break brings your student rejuvenation and joy.
In one of my previous messages, I expressed the importance of timeliness and punctuality. I am pleased to report that we have been witnessing significant improvements in student tardiness. Over the past weeks, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of students arriving at school on time. Your ongoing support in ensuring that your student arrives at school promptly is invaluable, and we deeply appreciate your commitment to their academic success.
Wishing you a restful and enjoyable spring break ahead.
Ty Eveleth
Principal
Del Norte High School
Nighthawks Together, One Flock Forever!
Upcoming Events
- District Recess: April 8 thru April 12
- ALL School Assembly/Adjusted Bell Schedules - Every 15 Minutes: April 16 and April 17, 2024
- Pep Rally/Adjusted Bell Schedule - April 19
- One Acts: April 25 - 26 7-9PM
- Trimester 3/6-week Progress Reports Sent Home: April 26
- Improv Show: May 3 7-9PM
- AP Testing: May 6 - 16
- Athletic Foundation Dinner and Auction - May 11 at 6PM
- PROM: May 18
- Choir Concert: May 21
- Band/Orchestra Concert: May 23 - 24
- Memorial Day/No School: May 27
- Night at the Museum: May 29
- Del Norte Dance Team Spring Concert - May 31 and June 1 6:30PM in the PAC
Every 15 Minutes coming to Del Norte
The Every 15 Minutes program is a two-day program focusing on high school students challenging them to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions and the impact their decisions have on family, friends, their community, and many others.
On April 16 and 17, All Del Norte High School students will take part in this important program funded by a grant from the California Highway Patrol. Please note that we will have adjusted bell schedules both days. Please see the table below.
The assembly and activities may be emotionally charged for some individuals and may elicit strong feelings and emotions. This program may be challenging for students that are currently experiencing social emotional challenges, have recently gone through a loss, or lost someone in a driving accident. If a student would like to be excused from the program, please have your student speak with their counselor or an administrator.
For students needing additional support anytime during the two day assembly, the Nighthawk Center and Student Support Services (G118) will be open for students to speak with a DNHS School Counselor or Student Services Specialist. We are here to support students as they receive this important lesson on safety and wellness.
💙💚 Best Buddies - Hoops for All Game 🏀
Del Norte High School Athletic Foundation presents College Night
A Night Out at the Ranch House - May 11, 2024
Please join us in showing support for the Athletic Foundation by attending the annual Dinner/Auction hosted at the Del Sur Ranch House on Saturday, May 11. The Athletic Foundation plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of all sports by providing essential services and programs for all our Nighthawk athletes. Your attendance at this event will directly contribute to the Foundation's efforts in supporting a wide range of programs, benefiting as many student athletes as possible. Let's come together to make a difference in the lives of our student athletes and ensure their continued success both on and off the field.
This year’s theme is College Night so dust off your favorite college gear and showcase your colors under the Saturday Night Lights, while knowing that every ticket sold directly benefits the DNHS Athletic Foundation, fueling the future of Nighthawk Athletics. Don't miss out on the fun — grab your tickets now and let's make College Night the ultimate celebration of Nighthawk pride!
Please click the link below to buy your tickets.
https://bit.ly/DNHSAF_24AUCTION
Thanks,
Matt Teeter
President
DNHS Athletic Foundation
Student Support Services Needs Your Help!
Student Support Services is run by Michelle Castro in room G118.
- Safe space for ALL students that provides social/emotional support
- And sometimes you just need a snack to make your day! This is where we could use your support! Please consider purchasing something from the Amazon wish list linked below :)! Thank you for your consideration.
We LOVE our Volunteers! 💙💚 AP Proctors Needed.
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Beyond the Buzzer
Nighthawk Athletics are soaring high with our spring sports off to a great start.
Things are heating up at The Nest. Our varsity softball team continues to soar high as they have a record of 13-1 and maintain the #1 ranked team in San Diego. Our varsity baseball team has won 8 of their last 9 games and continue to move up in the rankings. Our boys and girls swim & dive teams are 5-0 and 4-1 respectfully in their league competitions. Our varsity girls lacrosse team are making a lot of noise as they have won 6 of their last 7 games, and our varsity boys lacrosse team is currently ranked #1 in their league and #1 in CIFSD Div 2.
You can catch lots of spring sports competitions over the spring break. Go to the WAAG link here to see the weeks athletic schedule; https://shorturl.at/uU038
Important Dates to Know:
· DNHS Physical Night: 5/29
· Fall Sports - Athletic Clearance due date: 5/31
· NESTPYS – Athletic Awards Celebration: 6/3
Did You Know: Del Norte know has a Badminton team, Beach Volleyball team, Sailing team and this fall we will have a Girls Flag Football team.
We hope you will come out and support Nighthawk Athletics. See you on the field, on the court, in the gym, at the pool or anywhere else you can find DNHS Athletics.
DNHS Athletic Director – Amanda Nelson
The NESTPYS News
To All DNHS Parents and Student Athletes
Come one come all and join us for our annual Del Norte athletics awards dinner celebration, The NESTPYS. This is sure to be an incredible event, celebrating all the incredible athletic achievements from this past school year. The NESTPYS will be a red-carpet event with Live Cameras, Film Crew, Dinner, and an amazing Awards Ceremony. Why the NESTPYS? We are taking a play out of the ESPN playbook as we are going to host this event in the same manner as it is hosted by the ESPN ESPY awards. We would love for you to join us on this special evening, and you can go to the below link to purchase tickets. Tickets to attend this event are $35.00 per person. All student athletes who received 1st and 2nd Team All-League and CIF honors will be invited to attend as our guests and are not required to purchase a ticket.
We anticipate a sold-out event, so please purchase your tickets early.
The Nestpy's - Del Norte Athletic Awards Banquet Ticket Link: https://gofan.co/app/school/CA71942
Day Thought for the Nighthawk
Student Op-Ed by Smyan Khurana 9th grade
Howdy Nighthawks? You’re going to love what today is. Today is National Deep Dish Pizza Day! Today is the perfect day to indulge in your favorite deep dish pizza. You can customize it with your favorite toppings such as mushrooms, onions, jalapenos, to name a few...they sky is the limit! If you prefer to not go out, you can make your own deep dish pizza at home. Instead of waiting, get out your pizza cutter and dig into a slice of deep dish today! Enjoy!
Attendance Tidbits
24 hour Attendance Hotline 858-676-6311
Off-Campus Passes/Early release
If your Student needs an early release pass for any reason, a Parent/legal guardian needs to call the Attendance hotline the night before or by 7:30 am the morning of the early release, to have the pass ready in time. Calls for early release passes received after 7:30 am will be delayed.
It is the Student’s responsibility to pick up their pass at the Attendance Office before school, during passing period, at break or lunch. Passes will not be delivered to Students. Students may not leave class to pick up their pass. Students that have picked up their pass are expected to exit school at their assigned time to leave.
Reporting all day absences
To report an absence, please call the hotline at (858) 676-6311 each day the student is absent.
All absences must be cleared within 48 hours or they will be coded as truant.
Arriving to school late
Students arriving less than 15 minutes late to school must go straight to class even if a parent has
called to excuse the tardy. Students arriving later than 15 minutes must stop at the Attendance Office before heading to class regardless of parent calling to excuse the tardy.
Illness during school
Students who become sick after arriving on campus must report to the Health Office.
If the student is in class, they must obtain a pass from their teacher to go to the Health Office.
The Health Technician will assist the student and contact the parent. Students who leave through the Health Office will obtain their off campus pass there, not the Attendance Office.
Sick students are not checked out through the Attendance Office.
Grad Night Sponsors and Donors
Attention Parents - Your Support is Crucial for Grad Night 2024!
We're gearing up for an incredible Grad Night 2024 to honor our graduating seniors with a memorable celebration in a safe, drug-free, and alcohol-free environment. This event marks a major milestone for our students, and we need your help to make it happen!
We're actively seeking sponsors to bring this special night to life. Your sponsorship will ensure that our class of 2024 can enjoy this significant celebration. It's a fantastic opportunity for local businesses to show their support for our students and connect with the community.
Please visit our sponsor and donor page for more information. https://form.jotform.com/232166075766159
Project Zimba
Camp Kindness Counts (CKC) is a nonprofit service project organization based in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to work together in kindness and help one another, and do service projects that will help the community. One of the big projects we are working on is to help a small village in Africa (in the country Zimbabwe) build a school and become further educated. CKC is helping to fund and is participating in the building of the school building. We would greatly appreciate any funds or school supplies you may be able to donate!
Community Service and Volunteer Opportunities
Monterey Ridge School/Community Garden 🦋
The Monterey Ridge Elementary School (MRES) Garden is in need of volunteers who need community service hours. The MRES Garden is part of the 4S Ranch Community Garden and is directly across the street from the school campus.
Who: Volunteer opportunities can be arranged for individual and small groups of students, teams
(we once had a good part of the DNHS basketball team help out), Community Service Clubs and
organizations, National Honor Society, Student Clubs and other such combinations. We have a long
history of working with Del Norte’s NHS and on-campus clubs, students from APES and AP Gov., as
well as many students from Poway, Rancho Bernardo, and Mt. Carmel high schools over the years.
In addition, we have worked with many students outside of PUSD who need community service hours for high school and college applications. We have strong connections to local Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops and have provided many service opportunities for troops, as well as sponsoring Silver and Gold Award (Girl Scouts) and Eagle Scout (Scouts) projects over the years.
What: Students and volunteers will work outdoors in the Monarch School/Community Garden. There are a wide range of opportunities in the garden, including, but certainly not limited to: seed
planting/transplanting, garden bed care/maintenance, composting, planting pollinator and butterfly
plants, sign painting, working with our vermi-composting bin, garden planning and implementation,
learning about pesticide free gardening, organization, soil amending and seed saving…. No
experience needed!
Where: The MRES 4S Ranch School/Community Garden is located directly across the street from
Monterey Ridge Elementary School in 4S Ranch.
Why: The MRES School/Community Garden is a great place for students to volunteer! Students are
outside, surrounded by nature, working to keep the gardens growing. Their work is also benefiting
families within PUSD who are connected to 4 Community Care for donated food support. Students LOVE being in the garden -- they benefit from hands in the soil, a strong sense of accomplishment,
seeing birds, butterflies, caterpillars, and a plethora of living creatures. The garden benefits
their mental health tremendously by providing a calm, safe space to take a deep breath and spend
time outdoors in nature. (They also learn a lot while they are working!)
Please contact Nicole Moore (Ms. Nicole) at nmoore@powayusd.com or (760) 809-0314 for more
information or to schedule an individual or small group community service/volunteer opportunity.
Earn Volunteer hours at Valley Elementary! 🔬🧪
The Valley Elementary Educational Foundation is hosting the 3rd annual STEAM Fair at Valley Elementary on Saturday April 27th from 9 am - 1 pm and we need high school volunteers to help make this event a success! Spend the day helping students with hands-on science and art activities and earn community service hours at the same time.
Nighthawk Tutoring - Proudly Sponsored by the Del Norte Education Foundation
Nighthawk tutoring is held from 6:15pm to 8:15pm on Mondays and Wednesdays at the DNHS library. Nighthawk Tutoring is a great opportunity for students to work in small collaborative groups, get individualized tutoring, and/or work independently on homework. All the resources in the DNHS library are available during tutoring. These include access to textbooks, printing, and computers. In addition to the Math and Social Science teachers that are at Nighthawk Tutoring, we also have peer counselors and National Honor Society volunteer students there to help. Hope to see you there!
Welcome to the DN'ERo Store
The DN'ERO store is part of Del Norte's PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) program. It is a schoolwide system aimed at establishing positive student culture. Students that are displaying outstanding Nighthawk characteristics are rewarded with "DN'ERO's". The DN'ERO store is fully funded by our Education Foundation and is open every other Friday. Not only is this program aimed at reinforcing positive behavior, it also gives some of our students an opportunity to work a "store" with some real world retail experience. Ask your Nighthawk about it today! Everyone wins when we all work together.
Homelessness or Housing Insecurity Assistance
Dear Poway Unified School District Families
Poway Unified’s Youth in Transition (YIT) program assists children and youth experiencing homelessness with food, transportation, school supplies, and additional support during the school year. Those students who qualify lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes children and youth who are:
- Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason. This can be doubled (living with one other family) and even tripled (living with two other families) up.
- Living in motels, hotels, due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations.
- Living in domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, transitional living programs, housing paid for by programs/vouchers, etc.
- Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings, or in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
- Unaccompanied homeless youth who are living away from the physical custody of a parent or guardian.
- Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are children who are living in similar circumstances listed above.
If any of the above housing descriptions reflect your current housing situation, please fill out the attached short form and email it to Laura Upson at lupson@powayusd.com. You can learn more information about Youth in Transition here. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions.
Del Norte Housekeeping
Communication Expectations for Resolving Concerns
Concerns involving Grading, Curriculum, or Instruction
Classroom procedures
Classroom behavior
Individual student grades
Curriculum
Textbooks/materials
Step 1: Classroom Teacher; if not resolved…
Step 2: Site Assistant Principal supervising specific content area, if not resolved…
Step 3: Site Principal
*Please know that you will be referred back to a previous step if that step has yet to be completed. At Del Norte High School, we believe in resolving concerns at the lowest level.
Student Behavior
If behavior is occurring in the classroom
Step 1: Classroom Teacher; if not resolved…
Step 2: Site Assistant Principal supervising specific content area, if not resolved…
Step 3: Site Principal
If behavior is occurring outside of the classroom
Step 1: Site Assistant Principal of your student’s last name alpha, if not resolved…
Step 2: Site Principal
Athletics
Step 1: Coach; if not resolved...
Step 2: Site Athletic Director; if not resolved…
Step 3: Site Assistant Principal over Athletics; if not resolved…
Step 4: Site Principal; if not resolved…
Please reference the DNHS Athletics Guide/Handbook regarding student, parent, and coach expectations.
Food Deliveries
At Del Norte we cannot accept items to be picked up or delivered to students during the instructional day in the front office. Please ensure that your Nighthawk has their lunch, phone, homework, clothing, athletic equipment, computer/Chromebook, books, etc. that they need for school before dropping them off.
ADA Accessible Parking on Campus
Attention Nighthawk Families!
It has been brought to the attention of the Administration Team that some of our ADA compliant parking spaces are being used by individuals that are not legally permitted to use them. In an effort to provide access for all, we ask that you not park in our ADA spots unless you are legally permitted to do so. As a reminder, California Penal Code 22507.8 states that illegally using an ADA parking spot can result in a $421 fine. Thanks for you attention to this matter.
Building Culture and Nighthawk Spirit
Part of the positive experience of high school is being involved and engaged in the learning community. In my message to our student body the first day of school I spoke about the importance of establishing strong and meaningful relationships. To build relationships, it requires us to step outside of our comfort zone at times, as well as engage in similar and different experiences. That is why we encourage each of our Nighthawks to join clubs and organizations, participate in extracurricular activities, and engage in community service projects. These experiences will not only help them develop new skills and interests, but they will also provide them the opportunities to connect with like-minded peers and make memories that will last a lifetime.
As parents and guardians, you are important members of the Nighthawk Nation! We hope that you will become involved in our various adult organizations, PTSA, Del Norte Education Foundation, Athletic Foundation, Music Foundation, and other various booster groups that exist to help our faculty and staff provide a world class high school experience for your student(s).
Parking and Dropping Off
Traffic is extremely heavy the first few weeks of school as we welcome back all our Nighthawks to the Nest. Plan accordingly and drive with extra caution as the community settles in. Please be respectful of each other and our neighbors when parking on side streets around campus. On time attendance to classes is critical to student success, please see that your Nighthawk gets to school on time.
If you will be dropping your student off in the front of the school, use the traffic circle off the main school entrance on Nighthawk Lane. Do not enter the staff lot off Nighthawk Lane. The traffic circle gets congested in the morning and immediately after school, so be cautious and patient when dropping off your student.
Campus Security
As a reminder, Del Norte High School is a closed campus and all visitors to campus must check-in at the front desk. To continue our efforts to increase campus safety, the door to the front office has been equipped with a new door buzzer. This means the front door remains in a locked position throughout the day. When approaching the door, you will knock on the door and school staff will “buzz” you into the office. We remain committed to welcoming and supporting all families coming to Del Norte High School and appreciate your patience in working with us to assure all Nighthawks remain safe.