Newton South has Facebook Groups for each graduating class. These groups are not part of the PTSO or Newton South. These are private groups at Newton South and are just another forum for connecting in that graduating class.

The Facebook groups are set up as private, requiring membership, and voluntarily managed by Newton South parents/guardians. The Administrators would monitor the page and approve membership.

Current Facebook Groups

Seniors Class of 2021: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSHS2021Parents/

Juniors Class of 2022: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSHS2022Parents/

Sophomore Class of 2023: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSHS2023Parents/

Freshman Class of 2024: https://www.facebook.com/groups/323391552097448

Newton South Families Organizing for Racial Justice (FORJ) Welcome Night – Monday, October 5th at 7pm – Save the date and RSVP HERE!

Parents, Teachers, and Students – Please join us to:
* hear about Affinity Clubs at NSHS from our student leaders
* learn about steps NSHS is taking to promote antiracism from faculty and parents
* contribute your ideas about ways to create more connection and belonging at NSHS!

Newton South FORJ is a growing group of parents, guardians, teachers, students, and administrators at NSHS who work together to promote antiracist initiatives, inclusion of all families, and an atmosphere of safety, equity, and inclusion at South.

Questions? Email Amy or Cindy at amy@amybehrens.com or cindesli@gmail.com or
Ms. Sumner at sumnerk@newton.k12.ma.us

RSVP HERE

A resource for Student Emotional Wellness.

To learn more, please visit https://www.mghstudentwellness.org/resources

MGH Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness has recently launched the Fact Sheet Project –  creating fact sheets with topics related specifically to Asian American mental health. They get translated into multiple different Asian languages.

The latest factsheets we made are COVID 19 related:
– COVID 19 Infographic has information on Coronavirus, its symptoms, and safety measures to keep everyone healthy.
– COVID 19 Racism addresses the xenophobia and acts of racism that have increased dramatically since the pandemic started. 

Both fact sheets are now available in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese.

Message from Vice Principal Hardiman.

2020 Newton South CLUB FAIR

Hi Newton South Students,

Attached is the list of clubs/links that will be featured in tomorrow’s Club Fair that will run “live” from 10am to noon, break for lunch, and then 1pm to 3pm. Enjoy scrolling through the pages and if you see any club you are interested in, click on the name of the club on the screen which will bring you to the zoom link to get into that club. *Hint…look for the password for ALL CLUB links on the first page.

Here are more details:

1. School spirit in the virtual world is alive and well! We have almost 70 clubs that have signed up to present!

2. Hours of the Virtual Club Fair: We have asked clubs to try to be “live” to welcome prospective students to their club presentations between 10am and 12 and then also between 1 and 3pm (with the exception of any clubs exclusively run by seniors who will be in guidance seminars from 10-11…those clubs will start at 11am)

3. Some clubs that couldn’t host tomorrow created 60 second videos that they have sent to me that will be shared with all students sometime in the next week. Similarly, I have also asked ALL other clubs to send me videos in the next week that I can post on our website and share out with students who are not able to attend the fair or for new students that enter the district throughout the year. We will reshare that information when I am able to organize the video links, again, sometime in the next week or so.

4. For written descriptions of clubs at South, please go to this this LINK. Note that only clubs highlighted in YELLOW are confirmed to be running this year. Also, there are a handful of clubs that have just formed in the last week that we have not had time to put onto the document yet…they will be added soon to both this document and to the South clubs webpage that also has a list of clubs organized by category.

5. To sign up for clubs, talk to the club student leaders and/or faculty advisors that will be hosting their club “tables” at the virtual fair about the method that the particular club uses to officially “sign up”. If you go to a couple of club meetings and it seems like a club that you will enjoy and want to stay with, the next step will be to sign up on Family ID. You can find out more information about Family ID at this LINK.  However, please note that Family ID is NOT activated yet as I will need to update the site to include new required waivers for students and parents to sign. I hope to be able to activate Family ID sometime in the next week or two. It is the responsibility of student leaders of clubs to remind any new members to sign up on Family ID. I will also send reminders to the leaders once Family ID is up and running.

6. We are still working out times that clubs are going to meet this year…with possible options of before school, after school, and during a flex block. We hope to lay out final decisions of time options for clubs to choose from sometime next week and days and times that each club will meet along with permanent zoom links will eventually be updated on the website as well.

Whew…that’s a lot of information but in these virtual times, it is important to communicate as clearly and comprehensively as possible! If any of this is confusing or if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the club student leaders that you meet at the fair, or the faculty advisor for the club you are interested in (faculty advisors are listed under each club’s name on the website.

We hope you have a great time tomorrow, whether you are hosting, visiting or browsing the virtual club fair!

Mr. Hardiman

The PTSO School Directory is an online and printed version of Newton South Students and their contact information.  You must confirm your information by 10/1/2020  in order for the PTSO to include your most up to date contact information in the printed and online directory. 

As of today, only 25% of our families have confirmed their information.   As part of the confirmation process, you can indicate any information you want to opt-out of releasing. The PTSO School Directory is only available to the current South community – enrolled families, teachers, and staff at Newton South High School.  Membership is required to gain access to the Directory. 

CLICK ON THIS LINK to CONFIRM your INFORMATION

The PTSO also relies on the Dues Campaign to raise the necessary funds this year to support our programs.  We are just over 50% of our goal of $44,000.  If you are able to contribute, please choose the option that best suits your family.  This can be done as you confirm your information or CLICK HERE to CONTRIBUTE to the PTSO.    Thank you.

If you have any questions relating to the information in your directory entry, please contact the Directory Committee at directory@newtonsouthptso.org. Please be sure to tell us your student’s name.

The PTSO is launching our Mentoring/Family Connection Program for Students and Families to help build new connections in our school community.  

There were many requests to update profiles.  Apologize to those who clicked on the link and didn’t receive a response.

To update, please just scroll to the bottom of this newsletter and click on the “Update your Profile”  

You should then receive an email and link to update your preferences.  Thank you!