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CONTENTS
IMPORTANT DATES
THE PRINCIPAL'S CORNER
NEWS AND NOTES
WIPING OUT THE
H1N1 GERMS – SEND IN WIPES, PLEASE
BACK TO SCHOOL FOR PARENTS
HOODIES ARE HERE!
IS YOUR DIRECTORY INFO UP TO
DATE?
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE IN!
BE MINDFUL OF PEANUT ALLERGIES
CAN YOU HELP?
ENGLISH FLEX NEEDS SUPPLIES
MUSE ON THIS – MAKE A DIFFERENCE
DRIVERS WELCOME FOR PICASSO TOUR
DRAMA DEPARTMENT NEEDS A COUCH
HAVE YOU LINKED YOUR STORE
CARDS?
ALL ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
RESPECT THE TRAFFIC FLOW
FOLLOW THE CARPOOL ROUTE
STILL NEED A RIDE TO SCHOOL?
NEWS FOR STUDENTS
DRIVER EDUCATION SIGN-UP TIME
QUIZ BOWL TEAM: BACK ON THE
ATTACK
TAKE A STAB AT FENCING
THE SPORTS PAGE
ATHLETIC CALENDAR
LINKS OF INTEREST
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
IMPORTANT DATES
SEPTEMBER
7 Labor Day, no school
9 Spanish III Picasso tour, 10:15 a.m.–1 p.m.
10 Upperclassmen Parents' Back to School Night, 6:30 p.m. (7th period 6:20)
10-11 Ex Day
14 Picture Day for underclassmen
18 Flex Day
23 College night for Juniors, information to come soon
24 End of first grading period
25 Flex Day
28 Teacher Planning Day, no school
THE PRINCIPAL'S CORNER
Let's agree to call it H1N1, and let's recognize that this flu virus can be
combated as other flu viruses are combated. H1N1 is, of course, a very
serious strain of influenza.
Here are some of our emphases:
1. Wash your hands with soap and water several times a day.
2. If you sneeze, do so into your elbow or a tissue. However, if you sneeze
into your hands, wash your hands with soap and warm water thoroughly. For
the flu season, let's stop shaking hands and giving high fives.
3. Avoid touching your mouth, eyes, and nose with your bare hands.
4. We shall be asking for donations of wipes for wiping down desks during
the day. It's a good health practice. Wiping down a desk itself promotes
good health and raises everyone's consciousness about flu as well.
5. If you are sick, please stay home. Please stay home for at least 24 hours
after you a have a fever or signs of a fever, without the use of
fever-reducing medicines. Much is made of falling behind academically at our
school. We can work it out. If you are sick, stay home, and stay home while
you are sick. Accommodations can be made for making up work and recovering
your studies. Think of the community. Stay home if you are sick. Please.
6. If you have a persistent fever, please contact your medical provider.
7. If you start becoming sick while you are at school, let your teacher know
and come to the office to call your parents. (We'll be wiping down
telephones used by multiple students.)
8. Drink plenty of water and other fluids, but don't drink someone else's
drink! Sharing drinks and sharing food are not good-health practices. Don't
ask, and if asked, don't cooperate. Here's a script: "The principal has
asked me not to share my drink."
I hope that we can be a very well prepared school for any flu viruses that
will be circulating during this season.
Thomas E. Humble, Principal
thumble@raleighcharterhs.org
NEWS AND NOTES
WIPING OUT
THE H1N1 GERMS – SEND IN WIPES, PLEASE
Please send a box or canister of disinfectant wipes to your student's
advisory class after the Labor Day weekend. If you would like to donate
more, please feel free to send several boxes. The office will distribute the
wipes to all teachers.
Sanitizing the desk areas would be a head start to prevent a widespread
outbreak of this virus on our school campus.
Please emphasize the importance of wiping down desks with your student. An
ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Let's try our best to
keep our campus sanitary and hope that not too many students will be
affected by the spread of the H1N1 virus or any other flu virus.
Thank you for your help!
Pete Cotter, PASTA President
pcotter@kintgs.com
BACK TO SCHOOL FOR PARENTS
Parents, be sure to mark your calendars for an important upcoming event:
***10th-11th-12th-Grade Back to School Night, Thursday, Sept. 10
You will follow the schedule of your student(s), giving you the opportunity
to meet teachers, learn about the curriculum for each class AND hear
important updates about the school and our search for a permanent home.
Visitation for 1st period will begin at 6:30 p.m. (7th-period visitation
will be at 6:20.)
Students will bring home schedules for you to follow. Be sure to bring the
schedule with you.
After visiting teachers, there will be a Back to School Meeting with the
Principal. Dr. Humble, some staff members and PASTA leaders will share
information about this year's budget realities, how we have dealt with them
and how parents can help. The meeting will also include an update on the
search for a permanent home.
Come early to find parking. We look forward to a full house on these two
evenings.
Shayne Klein, Academic Dean and History Teacher
sklein@raleighcharterhs.org
HOODIES ARE HERE!
Parents, remember to bring your checkbooks to our Back to School Nights. The
new Phoenix hoodies have arrived and will be available for purchase. We also
have terrific-looking zippered jackets, sweatpants and more T-shirts for
sale. Look for the Spiritwear table and come support our Phoenix athletes!
Kathy and John Schultz, Phoenix Sports Boosters
k2jschultz@msn.com
IS YOUR DIRECTORY INFO UP TO
DATE?
Raleigh Charter High School and PASTA encourage you to log in to the RCHS
website to keep your directory information up to date.
Using your username and password, you can log in to:
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org
by choosing Login>Parent/Alumni Login (on the right, near the top of the
homepage).
If you do not know your password, enter your e-mail address and click "I
forgot my password" to receive an e-mail with a new password and login
instructions.
You can update your contact information by clicking on the "My Preferences"
link (in the "My Links" box located in the upper right-hand side of the home
page). This link is only accessible if you are logged in.
Please verify/correct your Profile information and then click on all five
icons to make sure that all of your information is correct.
Make any changes, and then hit the Submit buttons to save your changes. If
you have any concerns, send a description of your problem to:
logins@raleighcharterhs.org
Rick Shryock, PASTA VP-Technology
rshryock@nc.rr.com
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE IN!
Entertainment Books were delivered to your student's advisory class on
Monday, Aug. 24. If you ordered one at the Orientation Day, your child
should have brought it home. If you ordered one and did not receive it,
please e-mail me. If you would like to purchase one and didn't get a chance
to order, they will be available at the Open Houses.
They are $20 and a great deal ! Use two coupons and your book pays for
itself. PASTA benefits by receiving $10 for every book sold. Thank you for
supporting this PASTA fund raiser.
Kim Chandler, PASTA Volunteer
chandler4@nc.rr.com
BE MINDFUL OF PEANUT ALLERGIES
This year we have students with severe peanut allergies. We want to pass
along some reminders:
It is important to clean up your area after you eat to reduce the chance of
an allergic reaction. Hand washing both before and after meals will prevent
cross contact.
Thank you for your help to keep all of our students safe.
Linda Hash, RCHS Office Staff
lhash@raleighcharterhs.org
CAN YOU HELP?
ENGLISH FLEX NEEDS SUPPLIES
The English Department is introducing a new Flex program for juniors:
Playing With Words. As part of this game-centered Flex, students will create
their own language- or book-centered games for use in classes.
We are asking for donations of the following materials to help with this
project:
- dice
- game pieces (perhaps from old or incomplete games)
- poster board and cardboard (for game boards, cards, etc.)
- construction paper
- glue sticks
- old magazines, stickers, or anything else to help decorate games
- cardboard gift boxes (small squares or rectangles) to hold individual
games
Supplies can be dropped off in Room 209. Thank you for your help!
Angela Joseph, English Teacher
ajoseph@raleighcharterhs.org
Becky Schmitz, English Teacher
bschmitz@raleighcharterhs.org
MUSE ON THIS – MAKE A
DIFFERENCE
Do you want to meet other RCHS parents? Do you want to be part of an event
that will benefit the majority of the students and RCHS as a whole?
For several years Muse, the Fine Arts parent support group, has sponsored
the adult social event for the RCHS community. This year's planning
committee is looking for a few new members. Your child does not have to be
in a Fine Arts class for you to be on this team. If you want to be part of
this important project, please contact Gloria Rich. If you want to get more
information before signing up, call Janie Cole or Tracy Whitt.
Janie Cole, RCHS Muse Committee
422-7140
Tracy Whitt, RCHS Muse Committee
801-3766
Gloria Rich, RCHS Muse Committee
gloriamrich@nc.rr.com
787-9648
DRIVERS WELCOME FOR PICASSO
TOUR
Spanish III students will be traveling to the Nasher Museum at Duke to tour
the Picasso exhibit. We will leave the school at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday,
Sept. 9, and return to the school at 1 p.m.
Drivers are welcome to tour the exhibit (in English) with us. Please e-mail
me if you'd like to help transport students. Thanks.
Mark Slattery, Spanish Teacher
mslattery@raleighcharterhs.org
DRAMA DEPARTMENT NEEDS A COUCH
The Drama Department is looking for a large couch (about 6 ft.) that can be
donated to the program. It needs to be in good shape, given the use it gets.
Many thanks!
Maggie Rasnick, Drama Teacher
mrasnick@raleighcharterhs.org
HAVE YOU LINKED YOUR STORE
CARDS?
Simple fundraising for our school — Update your customer cards for the new
school year!
Several stores where you shop have school rewards programs that give money
back directly to our school. Right now Harris Teeter, Target, Food Lion and
Office Depot send us checks based on our shopping. We received OVER $2,800
during the last 12 months, but this total could be much higher. We need to
continue these simple programs and link many more families with these
participating stores.
It's easy. Click on the link below, which is part of the Raleigh Charter
website:
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/simplefund.asp
Take out your customer cards and type in your information to participate.
MOST REQUIRE US TO "RELINK" EACH YEAR to continue in the program, so update
your information even if you have entered it before. If you link your
customer cards now, you should be set for the school year. Ask extended
family members to link their cards also!
Note: Food Lion is revising their registration page and it will be available
online later in September. We will remind you again once the link is up.
We are always looking for new businesses with these programs. If you know of
one, or if you have any questions, please email me.
Mary Lawrence Stroud, PASTA Simple Fundraising Chair
MLS211707@aol.com
ALL ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
RESPECT THE TRAFFIC FLOW
With a new school year, we work hard to ensure that our clients are well
served and that our students are very safe during the drop-off and pick-up
times. We have developed and tweaked our time-tested flow of traffic that
will create a safe and efficient system. We encourage our parent and student
drivers to become familiar with this system: our system is grounded in
student safety. Our system depends on your cooperation.
One outlier can create confusion, disorder, and a crack in safety in our
system. If you need to circumnavigate the system, may we suggest that you
use Oak Chase Street in Capital Park? The alleyways in Capital Park and
private linking lane between Harp and Haynes Streets (the private street
that borders our parking lot) are not appropriate alternatives. Using the
Halifax Community Center lot as a car pool drop-off or pick-up location
jeopardizes our ability to use the center for athletics and other school
events.
Please drive slowly and carefully through our surrounding neighborhoods,
watching for children in the neighborhoods, at Raleigh Nursery School, and
at Hope Elementary School. Also, please watch for workers in these
communities.
As you line up for afternoon car pools, please leave spaces in the driveways
and streets for our neighbors and for our delivery persons to conduct their
business.
I appreciate your cooperation. With 542 students, we are larger than we have
ever been before, but we can operate in a safe, sensitive, and cooperative
manner. Please review the information we have provided on dropping off and
picking up.
Thomas E. Humble, Principal
thumble@raleighcharterhs.org
FOLLOW THE CAR POOL ROUTE
We ask that all parents strictly follow the car pool route, regardless of
what time you arrive at the school. Please follow the directions of the
teacher traffic directors and treat them respectfully. These rules are in
place for the safety of students, parents, and teachers. It is recommended
that parents communicate with their students about pick-up time and consider
arriving at school later than 2:40 p.m.
Families may not use the Halifax Community Center, the Raleigh Nursery
School, or 1101 Haynes Parking lots for pick-up and drop-off. Utilizing
these lots jeopardizes RCHS's relationship with its neighbors.
Morning Drop-off:
Parents are to enter Cedar Street from Blount Street and should drop off
students adjacent to the student parking lot on Cedar Street. Cars should
stop before passing the intersection of Haynes Street , careful to keep that
intersection clear. Cars should not stop on the other side of Haynes Street
on Cedar. Unless they are coming into the school themselves, parents should
never turn onto Haynes Street in the morning to drop off students.
Afternoon Pick-up:
Parents are to enter Cedar Street from Blount Street and should pick up
students adjacent to the student parking lot on Cedar Street. Cars should
stop before passing the intersection of Haynes Street , careful to keep that
intersection clear. Cars should not stop on Cedar after crossing Haynes
Street.
Drivers who arrive before 2:35 p.m. may pull into Haynes Street, drive
around the cul-de-sac at the end, and park along the school-side of Haynes
Street. Two-way traffic must be maintained on Haynes Street at all times;
car pools may only use the school-side of the street. No parents or students
may enter Haynes Street between 2:40-3 p.m.
For those drivers parking on Haynes Street, the first driver in the
afternoon pick-up should align the vehicle with the front of the school
building. No vehicles should park between the front of the school and the
stop sign at the corner of Haynes and Cedar. In order to facilitate student
drivers who are leaving campus, no cars should stop or park on the parking
lot side of Haynes Street . The car pool line on Haynes Street will be
closed on Flex Days and Community Work Days.
When exiting Haynes Street, parents and students must turn right onto Cedar.
They may neither turn left nor go straight across Haynes Street.
At no time of day may drop-off or pick-up vehicles use the access road
behind the student parking lot between Harp and Haynes Streets.
Visitor Parking:
Visitors to the school should park along Haynes Street adjacent to the
school and should check in at the front office before going to any other
school facilities. Because of afternoon car pooling needs, visitors who
arrive at school between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. should park in the cul-de-sac at
the end of Haynes Street or in any empty spaces in the front student and
faculty parking lot.
Shayne Klein, Academic Dean and History Teacher
sklein@raleighcharterhs.org
STILL NEED A RIDE TO SCHOOL?
The Carpool database is now closed. If anyone needs help with car pool,
please contact me by email or by phone. Thanks.
Cathy Hren, Car Pool Coordinator
cphren@mindspring.com
460-1213
NEWS FOR STUDENTS
DRIVER EDUCATION SIGN-UP TIME
The Driver Education forms for the Fall Sessions are available in the
office. Students who are at least 14½ years old are eligible to take Driver
Education.
Forms should be filled out and returned to Broughton High School. They will
contact you.
Linda Hash. RCHS Office Staff
lhash@raleighcharterhs.org
QUIZ BOWL TEAM: BACK ON THE
ATTACK
The Quiz Bowl team will be holding their meetings on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons this year. The meetings will begin in Room 300 and go from 2:50
to 4:00. New students interested in joining the team are particularly
welcome. If you have ever watched "Jeopardy" and realized that you knew as
much or more than the reigning champion, then Quiz Bowl is for you. We will
train you and provide you with the study material you'll need.
Last year, our team placed first in a national competition, and we've been
first in the state since the state started having competitions. If you're
interested in joining up, please drop by and talk to either Mrs. Newmark in
Room 300 or Mr. Grunden in Room 308. Or send us an e-mail.
Betsy Newmark, Quiz Bowl Coach and History Teacher
bnewmark@raleighcharterhs.org
Eric Grunden, Quiz Bowl Coach and Chemistry Teacher
egrunden@raleighcharterhs.org
TAKE A STAB AT FENCING
Need a sport for the start of the new year? Need to stay in shape? The
Fencing Club is now looking for eager people who are ready to learn the art
of fencing. It's a terrific way to exercise while having fun. Perfect for
any level of interest, the Fencing Club can accommodate most schedules with
a highly flexible schedule featuring classes almost every day of the week
and club meetings on Wednesdays after school from 3 to 5 p.m.
Joe Giallo, Fencing Club
jfgthree@gmail.com
Monique Poirier, Fencing Club Adviser and French Teacher
mpoirier@raleighcharterhs.org
THE SPORTS PAGE
ATHLETIC CALENDAR
Tuesday, 9/8
4:30 Women's Tennis at Ravenscroft
6:30 Home Volleyball vs. South Granville (Cary Academy SEA)
Wednesday, 9/9
4:30 Home Men's Soccer vs. Carrboro (WakeMed #7)
Thursday, 9/10
4:30 Women's Tennis at Northwood
6:00 Volleyball at Granville Central
For directions to events, see
https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/athletics/Sports_Directions.pdf
LINKS OF INTEREST
RCHS website:
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org
PASTA website:
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta
The Phoenix News:
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/news.asp
PASTA Fund Raising:
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/pasta/fundraising.asp
PASTA Alumni:
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/Alumni/
RCHS College Counseling Naviance:
http://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=raleighcharter
The Flame:
http://flame.raleighcharterhs.org
Extracurricular opportunities:
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,
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