The latest announcements from the Principal, PTSO, and NPS...

LAST Reminder DUE JUNE 3 – Parent Consent Form for June 6 Event

Seniors who are missing their parent consent form for the June 6 Event have received their last reminder email on June 2, 2021.

Check if you have submitted the Parent Consent Form for June 6 with the link below:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fq–rqyASUl_BG2_HeyQFv4DJTP9CaukGbjwoknOU8Y/edit?usp=sharing

Forms are due June 3rd. https://forms.gle/DZoL7Tu7st9H34xr6.

Seniors completing the form after June 3rd will need to bring a printed copy on June 6th to attend the event.  

Booster Club Meeting June 2 @7:30PM

Booster Club Zoom Meeting – June 2, 7:30 pm

Parents, join us as we continue to envision a new, stronger Booster Club for Newton South and plans for the 2021-22 school year. We’ll discuss how to support your child’s team, coach wish lists, fundraising, event ideas and more. Hope to see you there! Click here to register for the meeting.

Get your South gear and support Newton South Athletics!   Hoodies, sweats, t-shirts, exciting new water bottles and much more.

Parents – we need help to run these sales. Please sign up here to help! 

DURING SCHOOL SALES:
When: Friday, June 4 & June 11 during lunch blocks from 10:45 am – 1 pm
Where: Wheeler House Courtyard (outside the breezeway by the blue picnic tables)

AFTERSCHOOL SALES:  At the rotary near the Stadium and Baseball fields from 4:00 – 6:00 PM (new end time) on the following dates:

  • Monday, June 7
  • Tuesday, June 8
  • Wednesday, June 9

Cash, checks, credit cards and Venmo accepted at all sales.

WE NEED HELP!! Sign up here to volunteer with set up, sales and breakdown/clean up. A great way to support South! All proceeds support student-athletes, athletic programs and events that build school spirit.

QUESTIONS? Email us!

GO LIONS!

SENIOR Families – June 6 Ticket Purchasing is CLOSED

Hello SENIOR FAMILIES,

Reminder emails were sent to Seniors who have pre-registered and did not purchase a ticket, and/or the parent/guardian’s email from the PTSO school directory.

As of today, May 31, 2021, tickets for the June 6 2021 Senior Celebration is officially closed.  For those who purchased a ticket, an Eventbrite email was sent the day it was purchased.  Please make sure your Senior(s) check their email and SPAM folder. They will need a copy of the Eventbrite ticket when they check-in.

Here is the copy of the FINAL REMINDER email that will be sent on June 5.


Let’s the Celebration Begin
The event is on June 6, 2021 from 8-11PM.

PARENT CONSENT FORM REQUIRED FOR ENTRY.  BRING A COPY if you submitted after June 3rd. NO EXCEPTIONS!

PARKING: Any spot at the school main lot or street. (NOT the visitor areas in the front of the school.  DROP OFF ZONE is on visitor spots on Brandeis Rd., not next to the school)

Check-in begins at 7:30PM outside the main entrance at South.

  • You must bring your school photo ID to check-in (ID or photo of school ID that shows you are the Senior).
  • Show your Eventbrite Ticket on your phone or paper copy
  • NO Walk-Ins, No Exceptions
  • No large bags/backpacks. All bags will be searched
  • You will be given a breathalyzer test prior to entry (Failure of the test will result in no entry)

Cheers to the Class of 2021 Seniors!

Look forward to Celebrating Together!

Benjamin, Saylor, Andrew, Phillip, Ahrav, and Noga.
~ Class Advisors Crosby and Bhattacharya
~ The Newton South High School PTSO

Parent Consent Form REQUIRED June 6 Senior Celebration

Hello Senior Families,

Your senior(s) should have all received an email confirmation from Eventbrite with the link to their ticket.  Please check their non-school email account Spam folder.  Thank you.

REMINDER that the Parent Consent form is required for all seniors attending the event. NO EXCEPTIONS.  FORMS ARE DUE JUNE 3, 2021.  Thank you!

https://forms.gle/DZoL7Tu7st9H34xr6

Looking forward to a great celebration for our Seniors!!

Questions? please contact the PTSO at [email protected].  REMIND your senior(s) that they must use a non-school email to contact the PTSO.  NPS does not send out those emails. 

IMPORTANT GRADUATION CHANGES

In light of the updated guidelines from the state, there will now only be ONE graduation ceremony for all seniors on Thursday, June 10th at 5pm. (The Rain Date is Friday, June 11th @5:00pm)

In order to be able to fit 500 graduates, their guests, and faculty and staff on the Winkler Stadium field and in the bleachers, we are maintaining our 4 guest maximum for each graduate. 

Info for Graduates

  1. You should arrive at Newton South at 4:00 pm wearing your Cap and Gown. Since we are graduating on the field, please consider your footwear on the turf field (no pointy heels allowed). Also, graduates who wish to decorate their cap and gown, please be sure to look at the FAQ and fill out the cap decoration form
  2. When you get here, our faculty will be helping you line up, by house, in alphabetical order. When you arrive at 4 pm, you should meet your dean, and the rest of your house, at the following locations for line-up:
      • Goldrick House – 1st floor Goldrick
      • Goodwin House – 2nd floor Goldrick
      • Cutler House – 1st floor 3000s, 
      • Wheeler House – 1st floor breezeway near the planter/cafeteria
  3. Since we are lining up inside, masks will be required for that portion. Once we are outside, you will no longer need a mask. 
  4. Please see this 5/28 Senior Update for other important deadlines (grades, yearbook, NPS files, MySchoolBucks balance)

Infor for Guests

  1. Please be aware that Brandeis Road will become one-way, towards Greenwood, at 3 pm, and will remain so until the end of the ceremony, when it will become one-way towards Parker Street. Your family and guests can park anywhere on the Newton South lot with the exception of the area near the rotary by Goldrick House. (That area will be roped off for graduates to assemble.) Please let your family and guests know that. We also respectfully ask that you limit yourself and your guests to one car due to the size of our parking lots. Please also be respectful of neighborhood parking rules.
  2. Winkler Stadium (our football field) will be open to guests starting at 4 pm and will close for the period between 4:55 pm and 5:15 pm to allow for the procession of the graduates. Please plan accordingly.

Newton South High School Artist Showcase

Congratulations to all the student artists at Newton South High School. Beautiful, creative, and inspiring. A picture is worth a thousand words!

Annual Tertulia Arts Showcase: TUES, JUNE 1st

Close out this difficult year with a day of joy, celebration, and rejuvenation at NSHS annual Tertulia Art Showcase on TUESDAY, JUNE 1st, during F, G, and community blocks. Celebrate arts, performance, music, and dance in the LIBRARY COURTYARD.

Each block will also be live-streamed for teachers to show in their classes if they cannot attend in person. E-Block, the first block on Tuesday, will include a short selection of pre-recorded remote performances that teachers can also stream in their classes. 

 

Last Week of School Schedule: 

Monday, 6/21: The dismissal time and bus pickup for 6/21 for those students that need to come to South for makeup work/support from teachers has been confirmed as 11:30am. Here is more information on the purpose and schedule of the day:

 

  • The purpose of this day is for students who need to submit makeup work and/or meet with teachers to receive additional support to finish the year in a positive way.
  • If a student has multiple teachers that they need to check in with, they should follow the “priority hours” schedule below to know when in that time period to meet with each teacher. Student meetings with teachers can happen either in-person (teachers who are in-person will let students know what room to report to) or on the teacher’s zoom link. 

Block Schedule Updates 5/28

Here is a link to the end of the year Block Schedule (UPDATED 5/28

Note the CHANGE to the special schedule for graduation on 6/10 due to bus dismissal times that needed to be adjusted to meet district needs:  

    • A3 block will now be 9:15am to 9:50am
    • B3 block will now be 10:00am to 10:35am
    • C3 block will now be 10:45am to 11:20am
    • D3 block will now be 11:30am to 12:05pm
    • Buses will depart at 12:15pm
  • IF we do need to move graduation to 6/11 due to rain, please know that 6/10 would become a full day with the same blocks but longer, until 3:55pm….and if we do need 6/11 for a rain date, the schedule would look like this: 
    • E3 9:15am to 9:50am
    • F3 10:00am – 10:35am
    • G3 10:45am – 11:20am
    • Flex 11:30am – 12:05pm 

With an early dismissal on 12:15 and the ceremonies at the same time as they are currently scheduled on 6/10

NSHS will make the call if we have to move to the rain date as early as possible as we are aware of the disruption that schedule changes cause to students and families.

A few reminder items to note:

There are no traditional final exams this year in June that count towards a final grade. Instead, classes will have new content being taught through June 11th with the week of 6/14 FULL SCHOOL DAYS for course review and wrap up. Teachers will share out more specifically what the last days will look like as we get closer to the end of the school year.

 

  • Note the Step Up day schedule with one scheduled class in the morning from 9:15 to 10:25….with Step Up Day activities with the middle schoolers from 11:45am – 1:15pm…and then two more REMOTE classes in the afternoon. We know that this is NOT an ideal schedule for anyone but with all schools across the district needing to have Step Up day activities and the real challenges with coordinating our bus schedules, this is the schedule that the district has agreed will work for this event for the two high schools. 

 

9th Grade MCAS Science Test, June 3rd and June 4th

The ninth grade science MCAS (paper based) special schedules are slated for Thursday, June 3rd and Friday, June 4th: June MCAS. More information about the test, including room assignments, etc., will be shared with ninth grade families by MCAS coordinator, Faye Cassell: [email protected]