Category Archives: From the PTSO

AP Exam Registration ends Nov. 13

Regular registration for the May 2021 AP exams ends November 13, 2020. In order to take an exam at Newton South, students must do the following:

1. Get the Join Code from their AP teacher.
2. Log on to their College Board account and register for each exam.
3. Create an account with Total Registration  www.TotalRegistration.net/AP/221548 and register again.
4. Pay for their exams through Total Registration.
 Exams will be ordered only for those students who have registered with the College Board and Total Registration and who have paid for their exams.

Locker Clean Out for Grades 10-12: Oct. 27, 28

Locker Clean Out (Grades 10, 11, 12 ONLY):

For any student that still needs to retrieve personal belongings from their locker from last year, we are offering two mornings next week for this purpose:

  • Tuesday, 10/27  8:00 – 9:00 am for Goldrick and Goodwin Houses
  • Wednesday, 10/28 8:00 – 9:00 am for Cutler and Wheeler Houses

You MUST sign up on Sign-Up Genius at these links:

Cutler House Locker Clean Out

Goldrick House Locker Clean Out

Goodwin House Locker Clean Out

Wheeler House Locker Clean Out

Online Access to PTSO Directory

Thank you for your continued support of the Newton South PTSO!

Access to the Newton South PTSO directory is now available online. Please follow the steps below:

1) Follow the link below:

https://newtonsouthptso.membershiptoolkit.com

2) Login using your confirmed email for directory information (the one which you received the email)

3) Click on the Directory Icon to access the directory.

Note: You can also download the MembershipToolKit app on your mobile device.

For those that requested a printed directory, keep your eye out for an email in the PTSO Announcements providing information when/where you can pick it up.

Any questions on directory access can be sent to directory@newtonsouthptso.org.

Community Q&A with Superintendent: Thurs., Oct. 29 from 7-8:15 PM

Dear Newton South Parents/Guardians,

Please join us for our community Q&A with Superintendent Fleishman and School Committee Chair Ruth Goldman on Thurs. Oct 29th from 7-8:15 PM.

Agenda:
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Q&A

https://newton-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/83339248362
Meeting ID: 833 3924 8362
Passcode: 390121

Dial by your location:

Meeting ID: 833 3924 8362
Passcode: 390121

Find your local number: https://newton-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/u/kzVnMbKsz

South Stage Presents “Sense and Sensibility” streaming Oct. 30-31, Nov. 1 at 7:30 PM

South Stage Presents Sense and Sensibility: Oct. 30-31, Nov. 1 at 7:30 PM
Enjoy Newton South’s first Fall Play video production recorded live outdoors and streamed to your home!

A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. Set in gossipy late 18th-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality.

$10 Individual Stream/$25 Family Stream
Details at SouthStage.org

Annual NSHS Bulb-Planting: Sun., Nov. 1 from 2-4 PM

Volunteers Wanted for the Annual NSHS Bulb-Planting

Please volunteer for our annual fall bulb-planting on Sunday, November 1, 2020, from 2-4 pm. This is a fun, socially-distant, and mask-wearing community initiative to work together and plant bulbs of hope for better things to come in 2021. With ample space around the school grounds, you can come solo or bring your whole family with you. Come for the entire two hours or just twenty minutes or so to tuck the daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, and snowdrops into the soil where they can root and surprise us all with spectacular springtime sensations.

If you can volunteer, please email shawna.conaghan77@gmail.com and katharina.elbert@yahoo.com.

We must therefore create a favorable environment that will encourage the flowering of our children’s natural gifts.  ~Maria Montessori

Sat 9-11AM Directory Pick Up & Spirit Wear Sale

Newton South PTSO School Directory Pick Up and Spirit Wear Sale

– Saturday, October 24th from 9-11AM

Location: Back of main parking lot near the circle by the fields.

Thank you for your continued support of the Newton South PTSO.  For those that ordered a printed copy of the PTSO School Directory, you can now pick up your copy tomorrow at South from 9-11AM.  If you are interested in contributing to the PTSO Annual Dues Campaign to receive online access, please click here.  

If you had not pre-ordered a copy, or haven’t contributed dues yet, you can come on Saturday. PTSO accepts Cash, Check to “NSHS PTSO” or credit card.  Any questions? please email directory@newtonsouthptso.org. Anyone unable to pick up their printed copy, please email us as well. Thank you.

New shipment of hoodies, sweatshirts, sweatpants and flannels will be on sale on those dates/times too. All sales support Newton South Boosters.  Go LIONS!

 

 

School Directory Pick Up & Spirit Wear Sale Dates

Newton South PTSO School Directory Pick Up and Spirit Wear Sale

Thank you for your continued support of the Newton South PTSO.  For those that ordered a printed copy of the PTSO School Directory, you can now pick up your copy on the dates below.  If you are interested in contributing to the PTSO Annual Dues Campaign to receive online access, please click here.  

You can also contribute dues at the  dates below, and pick up a printed copy if they are still available.  Cash, Check to “NSHS PTSO” or credit card are accepted.  Any questions? please email directory@newtonsouthptso.org. Anyone unable to pick up their printed copy, please email us as well. Thank you.

New shipment of hoodies, sweatshirts, sweatpants and flannels will be on sale on those dates/times too. All sales support Newton South Boosters.  Go LIONS!

– Friday, October 23rd from 4:30-6PM
– Saturday, October 24th from 9-11AM

Location: Back of main parking lot near the circle by the fields.

 

 

Shiva and Support for the Mandel Family

Thank you to the families who have reached out to the Mandel Family.

The family is holding shiva this week Monday to Friday – 10 am – 6 pm at the home of Howard Mandel at 15 Bound Brook Road, Newton MA.

There is also a CareCalendar where people can sign up for meals and other things that he and Zach’s brother Ethan may need.   https://www.carecalendar.org/v2/calendar.php

CalendarID is 294348
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Thank you for supporting our school community.

Final Day for Book Pick-up Mon, Oct 19

Monday, October 19th will be the final opportunity for books/materials to be picked up at South. Please fill out this sign up genius with the name of the book(s) that you are missing and come to the back of Gym B between 5:30 and 6:30pm, again, on Monday, October 19th. If students in a history class and were told they received the wrong book in error, please sign up to exchange for the correct book. If students don’t know what book they are still missing, reach out to their teacher(s) ASAP.

On the other hand, if the student still has unreturned books, please return them ASAP, as some departments have started to run out of books to give to this year’s classes. Please call the main office at 617-559-6500 to make an appointment to return them.