Thank you for purchasing Spirit Wear!

This school year our profit from Spirit Wear sales was almost $4,500 which helped support all of our PTSA sponsored programs at NHMS.

We will have one more big inventory sale on Feb. 14 during lunch where everything is discounted to $5.  (Sweaters were $20-25 and sweat pants, $10.)  If you are interested in purchasing Spirit Wear, have your child bring money that day.  Parents are also welcome to come by and make purchases.

For questions please contact Birgit Klause at geo@sbcglobal.net

Support Dana Hills High School Grad Nite 2012!  You don’t have to be a senior or attend Dana to participate.  You have to eat, right?

Date: Monday, February 13, 2012

Time: 12:00 PM -9:00 PM

Location: Panda Express Laguna Niguel

Click here for the flyer to present this flyer from 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM and 20% of your purchase will be donated to Dana Hills School Grad Nite 2012

PTSA Meeting – Wednesday, February 8^th

The next PTSA meeting is this coming Wednesday, February 8^th, at 9:00 a.m. in the staff lounge.  Everyone is welcome to attend!

Come hear the latest updates from our principal, Mr. Reece, and reports from our Student PTSA members.

Refreshments will be served.  Hope to see you then!

Get information to make good decisions on Social Media. Get advise on navigating your child’s options and choices.

Click here for the PDF.

Capistrano Unified Council of PTSAs presents “Preparing Your Child for High School and Beyond”:

Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

CUSD Board Room, 33122 Valle Rd, San Juan Capistrano

• What are the new common core standards and benchmark tests?
• How can parents navigate today’s college & career readiness maze?
• What is S.T.E.M. education and the focus on conceptual content knowledge?
• Learn why Algebra is so critical in middle school, and
• Why personal academic counseling is important to exploring career interests, academic pathways and postsecondary education

Guest Speakers: Jay Westover, Chief Learning Officer, InnovateED; Dave Chamberlain, Specialist, Math Curriculum, CUSD; Patrick Harris, Counselor, San Clemente High

Register Online: parenteducation@cucptsa.com  Seating is limited.

Click here to download this in PDF.

Volunteers Needed to Help with Homework:

A new Homework Club has been formed for students who are in the Keystone Program and have been on a long waiting list for the After School Homework Club.  This new Homework Club is run by Barbara Goodwin, Instructional Teacher Aide, and Juliana Pena-Marconi, Bilingual Community Liaison, and meets every Thursday morning from 8:15 – 9:30 a.m. in the library.  (Enter through the staff lounge.)  Over 20 students have been attending, and volunteers are greatly needed to work with all of these students.  Any time you can give would be appreciated — even if it is once a month or one time only.   Please email jpenamarconi@capousd.org, with questions or for more information.

LAGUNA NIGUEL – Students at Niguel Hills Middle School are taking a more active role in the PTSA.

For the first time, students are organizing their own projects within the Parent Teacher Student Association. So far, they’ve identified one service project outside the school and one within the campus. Students decided they’d like to organize a DVD drive to replace movies stolen from Children’s Hospital Orange County last year. They also looked at where they could make a difference on campus.