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IMPORTANT DATES
NEWS AND NOTES
MUST-READ GRADUATION INFORMATION
ORDER COMMENCEMENT VIDEOS IN
ADVANCE
PASTA VOTE RESULTS IN!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AP U.S. HISTORY SUMMER READING
ONE MORE PHOENIX NEWS THIS YEAR
CARPOOL TIME AGAIN
WANTED: SPONGE AND
PAINTBRUSH OPERATORS
MEMORIES IN THE
CORNERS OF MY MIND (AND ATTIC)
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
PASTA POT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS
THE SPORTS PAGE
THE N&O TAKES NOTICE
WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
LINKS OF INTEREST
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
IMPORTANT DATES
MAY
30 School clean-up, 8:00 a.m.
JUNE
1–2 Final exams, early dismissal
3 Last day of school
Makeup exams, 8:30 a.m., Room 204
4 Graduation rehearsal, 10 a.m., Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy
Center
Graduation, 5 p.m., Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center
6 Reunion and 10th Anniversary Celebration, 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., RCHS
campus
(this event is for RCHS alumni and their families, classes of
2002-2009)
8 RCHS Board of Directors meeting, 5:30 p.m., Room 300
12 Painting the 300 Hall, 3-7 p.m.
13 Painting the 300 Hall, 8 a.m. – until
20 Painting the 300 Hall, 8 a.m. - until
27 Painting the 300 Hall, 8 a.m. - until
NEWS AND NOTES
MUST-READ GRADUATION INFORMATION
Attention Seniors and parents of Seniors: Graduation practice will be held
on Thursday, June 4, in Meymandi
Concert Hall in the Progress Energy Center at 10 a.m. Seniors must be in
place and ready to start at that time.
Graduation speakers should arrive at 9 a.m. to rehearse their speeches.
Musical performers should plan to
remain after the general practice to rehearse their numbers.
Since the graduation ceremony begins at 5 p.m., all soon-to-be-graduates
must return to Meymandi by 4 p.m.
Please allow ample time to find parking and be in place on time.
The ceremony is expected to be over by 7 p.m. and there will be a reception
(punch and cookies) for graduates
and their guests in the lobby.
Guests may arrive at 4 p.m. If you have a family member who needs special
attention such as wheelchair seating,
please let me know so a space can be reserved.
Glenda Atkinson, College Counselor
gatkinson@raleighcharterhs.org
ORDER COMMENCEMENT VIDEOS
IN ADVANCE
Videos for this year's graduation will be available but you must pre-order.
A professional videographer will be
filming (he has done a really nice job the last two years) and the videos
will be available for $16.50 or High
Definition videos for $20.00. Payment must be in cash. The order forms are
available in the office. Orders and
payment can be returned to me.
Glenda Atkinson, College Counselor
gatkinson@raleighcharterhs.org
PASTA VOTE RESULTS IN!
PASTA's slate of officers for 2009-10 was unanimously approved. Leading
PASTA efforts next school year will be:
President: Pete Cotter
President-Elect: Lynne Chambers
VP of Academic Support: Rengasamy Ramshankar
VP of Buildings and Grounds: Chris Price and Mark Drummond
VPs of Communications: Robin Morris and Karen Gamble
VPs of Technology: Rick Shryock and Emma Jones
VPs of Fundraising: Lynne Chambers and Nancy Thompson
VPs of Volunteers: Janet McCormick and Laura Heintschel
Secretary: Phyllis Hill and Judith Mensah
Treasurer: Carol Anne Moehring
Past President: Dana Barrow
PASTA members also unanimously agreed to the proposed amendments to our
bylaws. Thank you, PASTA voters!
Dana Barrow, PASTA President, 2008-09
barrow204@bellsouth.net
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AP U.S. HISTORY SUMMER READING
All students signed up for APUSH next year need to buy their texts from the
RCHS office next week, beginning
Tuesday, June 2. Students will get three books—a text plus two document
readers. These books will be the texts
for next year AND they will be used for the summer reading assignment.
The total cost for the three books is $52, and the check should be made out
to RCHS. Students are buying the
book from the school because that was the best way for us to get the lowest
price for families.
Thank you.
Shayne Klein, Academic Dean and History Teacher
sklein@raleighcharterhs.org
ONE MORE PHOENIX NEWS THIS YEAR
The final Phoenix News of the school year will be published next Friday,
June 5. Please submit articles by noon
on Tuesday, June 2, for inclusion in the issue. Thank you.
Robin Morris and Karen Gamble, Phoenix News Co-Editors
phoenixnewseditor@yahoo.com
CARPOOL TIME AGAIN
If you are in need of carpool next year, it is time to enter your address
information into the carpool database.
Returning students will need to reenter the information if they need a
carpool again next year.
Signing up is easy from the Raleigh Charter website. Go to:
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/studentlife/transportation.asp
At the bottom of the page you will find a link to "Submit your information
to the carpool database."
Please enter the information before July 1 as I will be organizing the
groups in July. You will be emailed a list of
people with whom you may organize a carpool. Questions can be emailed to me.
Cathy Hren, PASTA Carpool Coordinator
cphren@mindspring.com
WANTED: SPONGE AND
PAINTBRUSH OPERATORS
Volunteers are needed for the Saturday, May 30, cleanup in advance of the
10-year RCHS anniversary. Contact
me if you can assist for any part of this day. Thanks very much to those who
have already volunteered.
Volunteers are also needed for the Summer Painting Days taking place on
Friday, June 12 (prep day), Saturday,
June 13, and Saturday, June 20. If the work isn't finished, we'll also paint
on Saturday, June 27. We can use both
parents and high school kids for this annual event. Please contact me if you
might be able to help.
Mark Drummond, PASTA Buildings and Grounds Committee
mark@backyardplayground.net
MEMORIES IN THE
CORNERS OF MY MIND (AND ATTIC)
In preparation for the June 6 reunion, the Alumni Office is looking for old
articles about Raleigh Charter High
School or its students. If you have a stash of these (and can find it)
please send a COPY (not your originals) to
me. Students can drop off copies either in the office or at my office on the
200 hall.
Carolyn Jackson, Community Liaison
cjackson@raleighcharterhs.org
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
Monday, June 1: 9-9:30 a.m., sixth period class; 9:35-12:05, fifth period
exam
Tuesday, June 2: 9:00-11:30 a.m., sixth period exam
Wednesday, June 3, is make-up exam day. Students who need to make up exams
will arrive at school at 8:30 a.m. Make-up exams will be held in Room 204.
Seniors who need to make up exams will take them on Tuesday, June 2, in Room
204 at 12:30 p.m. Seniors
must have all exams completed by Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas E. Humble, Principal
thumble@raleighcharterhs.org
PASTA POT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS
As the end of the school year draws to an end, we would like to thank each
family who donated to the PASTA
Pot. Initially, the amount needed to meet the PASTA budget for this year was
$55,700. However, in December,
Dr. Humble conveyed the need to raise an extra $20,645 to offset the
decrease in state funding, bringing the new
PASTA Pot goal to $76,345.
The response to this need has been overwhelming. RCHS parents have responded
very generously by
contributing a total of $80,873 to the PASTA Pot this academic year. Our
participation rate was slightly over
61%.
Recently an additional state reduction in funding of $14,591 and teacher
salary reductions of $12,346 for RCHS
have been announced by the state. PASTA officers are working with Dr. Humble
to determine how PASTA Pot
overage can most effectively be used to address these reductions.
Again, we truly thank you for your support and feel fortunate to have such
wonderfully generous parents at Raleigh Charter.
Nancy Thompson, PASTA VP–Fund Raising
pullet@msn.com
Lynne Chambers, PASTA VP–Fund Raising
lynnechambers@nc.rr.com
THE SPORTS PAGE
THE N&O TAKES NOTICE
Today's News & Observer includes an article by sportswriter Tim Stevens
titled "Charter blends grades, goals."
Stevens notes that the Phoenix women's soccer team will play for the 1-A
championship on Saturday, and he
makes some other interesting observations about RCHS and its athletes. Check
out what Stevens says about
our soccer team, school, and athletics program at:
http://www.newsobserver.com/821/story/1546617.html
WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, 5/30 1:00 p.m. Women's Soccer State Championship vs. Polk Co. High
School
(N.C. State—Paul Derr Track and Soccer Complex)
For directions to events, see
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/athletics/Sports_Directions.pdf
LINKS OF INTEREST
The following are quick links:
The Phoenix News at
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/news.asp
PASTA Fund-Raising at
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/simplefund.asp
Join PASTA at
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/membership.asp
PASTA Alumni at
http://www.rchspasta.org/alumni/alumni.php
Lunch Vendors at
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/studentlife/lunch.asp
RCHS College Counseling Naviance at
http://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=raleighcharter
Calendar at
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta
Helpful Hints at
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/Pasta/hints.asp
The Flame at http://flame.raleighcharterhs.org
Helpful hints at
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/hints.htm
Extracurricular opportunities at
http://rchspasta.org/extracurriculars.htm
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
The Raleigh Charter High School newsletter, the Phoenix News, is
published each Friday of the school year as a service of Raleigh Charter
High School's Parent, Administrator, Student, and Teacher Association
(PASTA) and is distributed via an electronic news group. The Phoenix News is
also available on the RCHS website at
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/news.asp
Parents, students and faculty are invited to share school-related news,
recognize accomplishments and solicit volunteer needs via the Phoenix News.
**The deadline for submitting articles is every Tuesday at noon for
publication the following Friday. Please send articles to
phoenixnewseditor@yahoo.com
If you would like to receive the Phoenix News automatically each week,
please subscribe to the RCHS Yahoo! news group by sending an email to
RaleighCharterHS-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Please indicate your student's name in the subject line so the moderator can
verify that you are a member of the RCHS community.
Membership is monitored and available only to RCHS parents, students and
personnel.
To unsubscribe from this group, send a blank email to
RaleighCharterHS-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
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