New safety measures

We have taken additional measures to better ensure the safety of our school.

• For safety purposes we are manning doors that are unlocked for long durations for arrival.
• The front main doors will open at 7:00 am
• The bus ramp doors will open at 7:40 am
• Other arrival doors, including gym doors will open at 8:00 am
• All exterior doors in the school will be locked during and after school including the door next to the green house and the Auxiliary Gym lobby door. School personnel will ensure that those doors are opened during class change for students to transition through.
• Please help us by discussing with your child the importance of not propping exterior doors open under any circumstances, letting people in through exterior doors, nor coming into any school building outside of open door / school hours without a supervising staff member.
• Students found propping doors may be held accountable by a discipline consequence.
• Students found in any school building without a supervising staff member outside of open door/ school hours may be held accountable by discipline consequence and may be subject to trespassing charges.

We believe in doing everything in our power to help keep students and staff as safe as possible here at North High and appreciate your partnership to that end!

Rho Kappa (National Social Studies Honor Society) students recently competed in the Forsyth County Social Studies Fair. This year, there were a total of 363 students who participated throughout the county (3rd – 12th grade). Only 33 projects were selected out of the 190 that were presented to advance to the Regional Fair. Three projects from NFHS were chosen to advance!

Congratulations to the following students!

Receiving a medal and advancing to the Regional Competition:

• Katie Lee and Alyssa Hazen
• Sadie Burton and Joshua Tincher
• Ava Bingaman and Lyla Bingaman

First place winners:

• Madison McConnell and James Carroll
• Cheyene Hencely and Andrew Burruss

Second Place Winners:

• Alex Hutchins and Ethan Anderson
• Emily Johnson and Lindsay Moulton

Third Place Winners:

• Nova Beard
• Logan Griffy

Class of 2023 – Senior Information

Information about upcoming senior events, senior dues, and graduation information can be found on the NFHS website. Please click “Extracurricular” and then “Senior Class News”. You can also follow us for updates on Instagram @nfhs_seniors.

Senior Dues: All payments must be made online at https://www.3rdascent.com. Pricing will be $145 until December 31st, 2022. On January 1st, dues will increase to $170 to incur a late fee. Dues cover the cost of the graduation cap/gown, diploma/diploma cover, senior breakfast, senior picnic, rental of the arena, and other special treats. Seniors will be able to pick up their cap/gown before the senior picnic on April 26th.

Graduation: Please note that graduation is on SUNDAY, May 21st at 2pm at Gas South Arena. Once the portal for graduation announcements has opened, we will share that through the newsletter for families to order.

Senior Letters: For the first time in a long time, we will be collecting senior letters for the Class of 2023. We will start collecting these letters in January 2023 through April 2023. We will send out more concrete information soon, but wanted to give families a heads up that we will be offering this special opportunity this year for parents, grandparents, friends, teachers, and former teachers to write to their seniors. Seniors will get the opportunity to open letters with their friends at the end of the year. Stay tuned for more details soon!

If you have any questions, please reach out to one of the senior sponsors.

Liz Smith etsmith@forsyth.k12.ga.us 770-781-6637 ext. 160241

Mary Garner mgarner@forsyth.k12.ga.us 770-781-6637 ext. 160118

Registration and Transition Activities and Dates:

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Apply to College Day was a big success.

Counselor/ Admin Pairing

A- Ca- Mason/ Beard

Cb- G- Cannon/ Nelson

H- Ma- Smith/ Graham

Mb- Sc- Mattie/ Thomas

Sd- Z- Balog/ Garner

AP Art/VA III Skateboard Designs

North United Concert @ FoCAL Center

Holiday Band Concert

Holiday Chorus Concert

Band:

Congratulations to the following 20 students listed below who have made it to the final round of the All-State Band auditions in January.

J.R. Banitt - Percussion

Ava Bingaman - Trumpet

Lyla Bingaman – Flute

Avery Brown - Oboe

Jacob Brown - Clarinet

Ashlyn Dickerson – Trumpet

Benjamin Fauscett – Oboe

Carson Feely – Horn

Alexander Hutchins – Trombone

Dalton Lower – Trombone

Giada Lyn - Clarinet

Alyssa Johnson - Oboe

Lindsay Moulton – Oboe

Andy Ridgway – Trumpet

James Robson – Tenor Sax & Alto Sax

Isaiah Shakir – Alto Sax

Gabriel Smith - Trombone

Joseph Valente - Tuba

Ethan Thompson – Bassoon & Oboe

Mary Venditti-Kramer - Bassoon

NoFo Stage Holiday Play Festival

Presented Advanced Drama, Acting & Fundamentals Classes

December 16th and 17th at 6 PM

Wrestling:

Wrestling is currently 20 - 0 on the season and 2-0 in the Region. The Raider Grapplers won another prestigious Invitational (Lassiter Trojan Invitational) Saturday defeating 2 top 5 state ranked teams (Lassiter and North Paulding).

Wins this weekend:

McEachern 78 - 3

Lassiter - 50 - 20

Archer - 48 - 21

Sprayberry - 75 - 6

North Paulding - 37 - 27

Girls Basketball:

Lady Hoops defeated cross town rival Lambert 66 - 60 and lost a tough hard fought game to State Runner Up Sequoyah 51 - 48. Overall record in non region play stands at 4 - 3.

Boys Basketball:

Boys Hoops lost 2 close games 65 - 63 vs. Lambert and 77 - 75 OT vs. Sequoyah. Overall record stands at 4 - 3 in non region play.

Swimming:

Chilly Grizzly Results

Boys - 5th overall

Girls - 7th overall

competing against 11 teams

Highlights:

A new best time for our Boys 200 Medley Relay - 1:49.72 - Trey Jackson, Abram King, Shane Paridee, Carter Bennett (3rd place)

State cut in the Girls 200 Free Relay - 1:50.56 - Julia Wickman, Jordin Rhem, Lily Torrence, Lilly Clark

1st place in the Boys 400 Free Relay!! - 3:34.90 - Carter Bennett, Trey Jackson, Shane Paridee, Owen Cooper

State cut in the Girls 400 Free Relay - 4:10.86 - Julia Wickman, Ansley Grimes, Sophia Landis, Lilly Clark

We would love to hear an update from you and how your NFHS experience impacted your life. You can send emails, letters, or short videos (2 min) directly to Mr. Carnaroli. We plan to share with our staff and students.

Once a Raider Always a Raider !

Send to:

bcarnaroli@forsyth.k12.ga.us