Pickerington High School North
North News - 3/17/2017
Message from Mr. Ulbrich
Take time to relax and enjoy the upcoming Spring Break. The remainder of the school year will be a flurry of testing and year end activities. The 4th nine weeks can make or break many students and is the recording period for Fall Athletic Eligibility. This is the the time to buckle down and close out the year on a positive note.
Upcoming Calendar Events
20-24 - No School - Spring Break
April 2017
1 - Prom / After Prom
6-9 - Spring Musical- Pippin
12 - 2-hr Late Start - Professional Development
13 - No School - Professional Development Day
14-17 - No School - Good Friday Weekend
After Prom Informtion
Price is $10 / $15 at the door the night of the event / Drug Free club members are $5 but they MUST show their national club issued cards.
After Prom needs your help!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4BA4A82CA31-phsn
Student Fees
We would like to remind you that as we approach the end of the 2016-2017, school year any school fees owed are due at this time. Any other obligations such as previous years school fees, lost library books, activity money not collected, sports uniforms not turned in are also due. SENIORS ONLY: MAY 5, 2017 WILL BE THE LAST DAY WE ACCEPT A PERSONAL CHECK FOR ANY FEES OWED. After this date we will only accept a certified check, money order or credit card. You are now able to pay your fees online using the Parent Portal in Infinite Campus.
If you have any questions regarding your fees,
please contact us at (614) 830-2700.
Outstanding Panthers
Morgan McDonald and Rachel Mallory are helping neglected and abused children in central Ohio through the Arts.
Morgan brought the Arty Party 2017 children's artwork auction opportunity to our school by posting flyers throughout the building.
Rachel submitted a photo of her family dog "Louie" wearing sunglasses and a hat for judging. Her photo was one of the 60 works of art selected for the upcoming auction. The proceeds will benefit CASA's mission of providing a powerful and consistent voice in court for abused and neglected children.
Please congratulate Morgan and Rachel for their service to others through the Arts!
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Gina Lambert grade 11 " Exploration" who's black and white photo of her sisters was among the top 273 selected.
and
Colette Lewis grade 11" Roses in the Dark" her self-portrait was selected to be on display at the Ohio Governor's Office.
The Exhibition will be open for viewing at the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower beginning
Sunday, April 23 - 2:00pm and will run through May 18, 2017, weekdays 8am-5pm.
Wrestlers Wrap Up Successful Season
PHSN Bowlers Shine
Pickerington Biomedical Science
Pickerington Biomedical Science has been wanting to make a staying alive video for the program. This huge collaboration happened and it was amazing!
-Pickerington Biomedical ER project team:
Manasa Vanguri North Senior
Nichole Anderson North Senior
Mary Singer North Senior
Lydia Gates Central Senior
Steven Bond Central Senior
and Luke Harris 5th Grade Harmon
-Allen Decarlo and the Pickerington North Theater Department helped make this wonderful video with the amazing students performance.
-Doug Rider and the MultiMedia Department for filming and editing the video to make it amazing!
-Central Engineering 3D emergency room design and print Central Engineering Jason Kibler. Painting by Central art student Montana Weilder.
-North Senior Ben Shuster for bringing in the drones for our continuing project with OhioHealth.
-OhioHealth for the amazing partnership and use of space to pull this off!
Testing Schedules
Pickerington Schools’ testing schedules for the 2017 spring standardized assessments have been announced, with exams scheduled to begin March 28.
A testing schedule for each grade level can be found below.
A significant change from 2016’s testing schedule is that testing will be divided into two windows, with English language arts tests held the last week of March and math, science, and social studies held at the end of April and early May.
“We expect that spreading out testing into two time periods instead of having all tests compacted into several weeks will help our students and teachers avoid testing fatigue,” said Brian Seymour, director of instructional technology.
These AIR assessments are required by the State of Ohio. The Department of Education uses the results of these tests when developing school district report cards. Overall student performance is reflected in many of the indicators used to develop the report cards. Districts and schools also can be negatively affected on some of the report card’s key indicators when parents opt students out of this testing.
These assessments require students to prove they can apply knowledge they have learned in the past. They also measure whether students have mastered knowledge and skills at a particular point in time, as outlined in the Ohio standards for specific grade levels and courses.
At the district level, the information from the AIR assessments help Pickerington Schools gauge individual students’ progress and the effectiveness of the district’s approach to education. They are one of the tools we use to determine what is working, and what we need to improve for the district, buildings, classrooms or even individual students. These standardized tests also gauge our progress in comparison to what’s happening in other school districts.
Fortunately, these tests are just a few of tools districts use to assess how much individual students – and the district – are improving. Pickerington Schools also use data from things such as college entrance exams, ST Math, STAR, mastery-based grading, and local assessments.
By studying data from all these tools, Pickerington Schools can continue our ongoing pursuit of excellence in education for our students.
2017 Testing Schedule
Elementary Schools
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March 28-29: Grade 3 English language arts
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March 30-31: Grade 4 English language arts
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April 3-4: English language arts make-up exams
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April 27-28: Grade 3 math
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May 1-2: Grade 4 math
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May 3-4: Grade 4 social studies
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May 5, May 8-12: Make-up exams
Middle Schools
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March 28-29: Grade 5 English language arts
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March 30-31: Grade 6 English language arts
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April 3-4: English language arts make-up exams
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April 24-25: Grade 5 math
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April 27-28: Grade 6 math
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May 1-2: Grade 5 science
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May 3-4: Grade 6 social studies
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May 5, May 8-12: Make-up exams
Junior High Schools
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March 28-29: Grade 7 English language arts
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March 30-31: Grade 8 and 9 English language arts
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April 3-4: English language arts make-up exams
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May 1-2: Grade 8 math and algebra
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May 3-4: Grade 7 math and geometry
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May 5 and May 8: Grade 8 science
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May 9-12: Make-up exams
High Schools
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March 29: Grade 9 English language arts
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March 30: Grade 10 English language arts
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March 31 and April 3-4: English language arts make-up exams
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April 24: Geometry
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April 25: Algebra 1
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April 26: Biology
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April 27: Principles of democracy (American government)
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April 28: American history
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May 1-5, May 8-12: Make-up exams
Weekly Sporting Events
Friday, March 17
-No events scheduled
Saturday, March 18
-7:00 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Regional Championship at ODU Away
Sunday, March 19
-No events scheduledMonday, March 20
-No events scheduled
Tuesday, March 21
-7:15 PM Boys Varsity Lacrosse Westerville South High School Home
Wednesday, March 22
-No events scheduled
Thursday, March 23
-5:30 PM Girls Junior Varsity Lacrosse Dublin Jerome High School Away
-6:00 PM Boys Varsity Lacrosse Hilliard Darby HS Away
-7:00 PM Girls Varsity Lacrosse Dublin Jerome High School Away
Friday, March 24
-TBA Girls Varsity Softball Ripken Experience Myrtle Beach, SC Away
-5:15 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Boys Basketball State Semi-Final Away
Saturday, March 25
-TBA Boys Varsity Baseball Ripken Experience Myrtle Beach, SC Away
-10:00 AM Boys Varsity Track & Field Hammond Relays at Pickerington Central Away
-10:00 AM Girls Varsity Track & Field Hammond Relays at Pickerington Central Away
-10:30 AM Girls Varsity Softball South Fayette HS Athletics Ripken Experience Myrtle Beach, SC Away
-11:00 AM Boys Varsity Volleyball Tri w/ Beavercreek & Stow Munroe Falls Home
-11:00 AM Boys Junior Varsity Volleyball Tri w/Beavercreek and Stow Munroe Falls Home
-8:30 PM Boys Varsity Basketball Boys Basketball State Championship Away
Sunday, March 26
-No events scheduled
Monday, March 27
-No events scheduledTuesday, March 28
-4:00 PM Boys Varsity Tennis Olentangy High School Away
-4:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Tennis Olentangy High School Home
-5:00 PM Boys Varsity Baseball Watkins Memorial HS Away
-5:00 PM Boys Freshman Baseball Watkins Memorial HS Home
-5:00PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball Watkins Memorial HS Home
-5:15 PM Girls Varsity Softball OPEN DATE Away
-5:15 PM Girls Junior Varsity Softball Central Crossing High School Home
-5:30PM Boys Junior Varsity Volleyball Mount Vernon High School Home
-5:30PM Girls Junior Varsity Lacrosse Olentangy Liberty High School Home
-7:00 PM Boys Varsity Volleyball Mount Vernon High School Home
-7:15 PM Girls Varsity Lacrosse Olentangy Liberty High School Home
Wednesday, March 29
-4:00 PM Boys Varsity Tennis Hilliard Davidson High School Away
-4:00PM Boys Junior Varsity Tennis Hilliard Davidson High School Home
-5:00 PM Boys Varsity Baseball Fairfield Union HS/MS Home
-5:00 PM Boys Freshman Baseball Bloom Carroll High School Home
-5:00PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball Fairfield Union HS/MS Away
-5:15 PM Girls Varsity Softball Hilliard Davidson High School Away
-5:15PM Girls Junior Varsity Softball Hilliard Davidson High School Away
-5:30 PM Boys Junior Varsity Lacrosse New Albany High School Away
-7:15 PM Boys Varsity Lacrosse New Albany High School Away
Thursday, March 30
-5:00 PM Boys Varsity Track & Field Quad w/Groveport, Reynoldsburg, Bradley Home
-5:00 PM Girls Varsity Track & Field Quad w/Groveport, Reynoldsburg, Bradley Home
-5:30PM Boys Junior Varsity Volleyball Licking Heights High School Home
-6:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity Lacrosse Bexley High School Away
-7:00 PM Boys Varsity Volleyball Licking Heights High School Home
-7:30 PM Girls Varsity Lacrosse Bexley High School Away
Friday, March 31
-5:00 PM Boys/Girls Other Track & Field Lakeview Black vs. Silver
-5:00 PM Boys Varsity Baseball Pickerington Central High School Home
-5:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball Pickerington Central High School Away
-5:00 PM Boys Freshman Baseball Pickerington Central High School Away-5:15 PM Girls Varsity Softball Hilliard Darby HS Home
-5:15PM Girls Junior Varsity Softball Hilliard Darby HS Home
Saturday, April 01
-9:00 AM Boys Varsity Track & Field Hilliard Wildcat Relays at Davidson Away
-9:00 AM Girls Varsity Track & Field Hilliard Wildcat Relays at Davidson Away
-11:00 AM Boys Varsity Baseball Thomas Worthington HS Home
-11:00 AM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball Thomas Worthington HS Away