The football team will host Lincoln Sudbury on Saturday, March 20 at 6 PM.
Seniors in the Football, Cheer, and Dance teams will be honored. Senior presentations will start at 5:30 PM.
Spectators’ attendance is limited to 2 people per participant. DCL lanyards are required to enter the stadium.
Congratulations to our athletes and partners that participated in the winter Unified Strength and Conditioning team!
The Lions finished 2nd out of 8 teams in the state and received the silver medal by scoring 308 points, just 5 away from gold.
Coaches Alex Strongin and Brian DeLesky supported by Wendy Armagost, helped our students to stay connected with their athletic community by enjoying physical activities in a competitive manner during the winter season.
The MIAA will host a zoom celebration with athletes and their families on Tuesday, March 23 at 5:00 PM
Topic: Unified Fitness Closing Ceremony – with family
Time: Mar 23, 2021 05:00 PM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87269488938?pwd=MGIxV0xlZnhadkUydk8wZm9wY2U1dz09
Meeting ID: 872 6948 8938
Passcode: 925898
Congratulations to all our NSHS student-athletes selected for Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastics:
And Dalani Ramos was named by Boston Herald All-Scholastic for gymnastics.
Congratulations!!
Congratulations to sophomore Abby Zheng, Sean Bryden, and Ms. Holly Kee as they completed the Dream-far COVID 13.1 Half Marathon Sunday, March 14.
They handled Heartbreak Hill and all the challenges that running a marathon presents with grit and strength. Thank you to all the people that came to support them. Way to go Lions!
Newton Community Vigil for Victims of Atlanta Shooting
STOP ASIAN HATE – Rally and Assembly Against Anti-Asian Hate Crime and Racism organized by The Chinese American Association of Newton.
SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
IN FRONT OF NEWTON CITY HALL
1000 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, NEWTON, MA 02459
The Chinese American Association of Newton (CAAN) will hold a vigil for the victims of the horrific killings this past Tuesday in Atlanta, GA. Six out of the eight victims are innocent Asian women. In 2020 alone, hate crimes targeting people of Asian descent rose by nearly 150 percent according to a study conducted by California State University.
Our Asian communities are devastated, heartbroken, angry and feel helpless at this very difficult time. It should not be forgotten that though the pandemic has exacerbated anti-Asian racism, hate and violence towards the Asian community have existed and been deeply entrenched in our society. The Atlanta killings only serve to highlight the fact that the recent attacks target those most marginalized: women, immigrants, the impoverished, and the elderly.
Please join us to pray for our victims, their family and loved ones. Let’s hope together and support each other. Together, we can be united, stand up and fight the hatred, senseless killing and racism for ALL people.
We deeply appreciate our neighbors, friends, Mayor and Mayor’s office and the City of Newton for their heartfelt support!
We will keep up our efforts, we will stand united, and we will overcome!
The Newton South Community aims to be an inclusive welcoming community to all members of our school community. Learn more about anti-racism resources at our PTSO website. We encourage you to read, watch and act through these resources to help us stop systemic racism.
In light of yet another recent tragedy in Atlanta shooting, we encourage every member of our community to raise awareness of implicit biases, support anti-racism, take action to stop systemic racism and show support for our Asian American community.
We encourage our community to heal, read, watch and act in support of our community and especially our Asian American Community during this time.
Dear Newton South Community,
We know that many of you are pained as you see the rise of racial violence in our country, most recently this week with the killings of eight people in the Atlanta area, six of whom were Asian women. We are deeply hurt and saddened by yet another example of violence that targets our communities of color. And, our hearts and minds are filled with a desire to show support and offer guidance to our Newton community at large about how to support our families of color and especially our AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) students and families during this year when the Covid-19 pandemic and political rhetoric have caused the unprecedented rise in racial hate crimes and aggressions.
We, the members of FORJ NSHS — Families Organizing for Racial Justice (FORJ) of Newton South High School — have been meeting this year to plan events that invite learning, conversation and mutual support for people of color and allies. Meetings this year have included a book group that examined Stamped, and a panel discussion that highlighted the voices of students and staff of color from Newton South.
Our upcoming FORJ NSHS Asian American Pacific Islander Solidarity Night on Wednesday, April 14th @ 7pm will be a night to learn specifically how to support our AAPI students as well as to offer affinity spaces for YOU – AAPI students and allies who are parents, guardians, faculty and community members. We realize this is one of the first nights of Ramadan, and hope that our Muslim friends can join us for at least part of the evening. Please register for the event HERE.
We plan to offer an opportunity to learn about:
Through breakout rooms, we will offer affinity spaces by age and racial identities in addition to random groups to allow people to learn from each other and offer each other support.
We stand united against all acts of anti-AAPI violence, including hurtful language, stereotypes, and other aggressions. We pledge to continue to offer our support of racial justice and our continued work towards becoming an anti-racist district.
We encourage you to educate yourselves and reach out to each other to appreciate the rich diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures within our school, community, country and world.
Please note these upcoming events and attend the Asian Monologue Project on April 10th and our South FORJ event on April 14th. We hope that you will join us as we gather as a community to advance the cause of racial justice in the broader Newton South community.
We encourage you to read, watch and act through these resources.
We look forward to standing together to create a welcoming, inclusive community that works for racial justice together!
FORJ NSHS – Families Organizing for Racial Justice at Newton South High School
P.S. Questions? Contact [email protected]
P.P.S. For your convenience, here are the resources from the link above by title…
Talking to Teens about Anti-Asian Discrimination in the Era of COVID-19 – Excellent Webinar on Anti-Asian Violence from MGH Student Wellness
Excellent Guide for Asian-American Parents which includes videos in English, Korean, Chinese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Japanese from William James College
Act to Change is a national organization focusing on addressing bullying and racism faced by the AAPI community. Some recent webinars:
March 10, 2021
Dear Newton South Community:
Two weeks ago, the Selection Advisory Committee (SAC) consisting of educators, parents/guardians and students interviewed candidates for the principal position. After thoughtful deliberations, the SAC recommended candidates to be semi-finalists. Last week, the semi-finalist candidates interviewed with district and Newton South administrators as well as the Newton North principal. Candidates were asked to share their observations from classroom visits and reflect on a range of educational and leadership issues and scenarios.
After deliberating on the semi-finalist interviews and consulting with the SAC, I am delighted to let you know that we have a finalist for the principal position. Our finalist candidate is Tamara Stras who is currently an assistant principal at Haverhill High School. Previously, Tammy was the science department head at Lawrence High School where she also served as acting assistant principal. She was also a science teacher in Lawrence where she taught AP and other levels of Biology and Chemistry. She has a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Zoology from St Xavier’s College (Mumbai, India), and a master’s degree from Boston College in secondary education with a concentration in Biology. Tammy is currently a fellow at the Lynch Leadership Academy at Boston College.
The final step in this process is for Tammy to spend a full day at Newton South. Next Tuesday, March 16, she will have the opportunity to meet with a range of stakeholders in the community throughout the day, including faculty and staff, parents/guardians, students and Newton district and South administrators. We are offering an open meeting for South families to meet the candidate at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16. The link for the meeting is here: https://newton-k12-ma-us.
Those who attend the session will have the opportunity to hear about Tammy’s vision for the school and to ask questions. While we only have one finalist at this time, the candidate will be measured against the same high standards that we have for all the principal candidates in Newton. Please know that we have had just one finalist in several of our recent principal searches.
We hope you can join us on March 16 at 5:45 p.m.
Sincerely,
David Fleishman
Superintendent of Schools
STAFF APPRECIATION MARCH 24th
Our teachers will have a full day of professional training on Wednesday, March 24th. Please help us show our support of the staff at Newton South by donating to the staff appreciation luncheon. We will be serving a great selection of sandwiches, and are asking families to contribute additional items to round out the menu. In keeping with COVID protocols, we request that all items be individually wrapped. We also need a couple of volunteers to help set up for the event (approximate time between 11 am and noon).
Items may be dropped off in the cafeteria any time from 7.45 am-11 am on March 24th. Please drop the coffee off by 7.45 am, so the staff members can enjoy a cup of coffee to start their day.
Please use the link below to sign-up to contribute to this event.
https://signup.com/client/
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
[email protected] (Tammy
[email protected] (Ilana Steel)
Thank you in advance for your support!
March 31st – 7:00 to 8:00 pm: Author Nancy Davis Kho presents on the power of gratitude
The PTSO is excited to host Nancy Davis Kho, author of THE THANK-YOU PROJECT: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time . Both parents and students are invited to join this interactive discussion about the unexpected power and lasting benefits of thanking those who helped, shaped, and inspired them. This is not a tutorial on how to write a thank-you note. With humor and compassion, Nancy invites her audience to remember and acknowledge those who have helped them in their lives. You can read more about Nancy’s work and the science of gratitude in this recent New York Times article.
In addition to being an author, Nancy talks about “the years between being hip and breaking one” on her Midlife Mixtape Podcast, which The Wall Street Journal named in 2019 as one of the 8 Top Podcasts for Anyone Nervously Facing Retirement.
For more information about the event, please contact PTSO Programming Coordinators, Paula Ito or Julie Irish
Topic: Gratitude Speaker Event
Time: Mar 31, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 826 2731 0277
Passcode: Thanks
