North Greene High School
Good News Report
Excellent Start to 2004-2005 School Year
We have had an excellent start to this school year. We had very few
scheduling conflicts, overall attendance and behavior has been very good.
Students are in classrooms and teachers are teaching.
Fall Sports Teams are doing well
The girl’s volleyball team placed 3rd at the Calhoun High School
Volleyball tournament and the boy’s football team is undefeated at 4-0,
following their homecoming victory over Greenfield.
Homecoming Week a Huge Success
All of the activities associated with homecoming week including the
parade, football game and dance were enjoyed by all. Congratulations are in
order for Clancy Westnedge and Jordan Meehan, who were crowned
homecoming queen and king.
New Volunteer Program to Benefit High School
I have had discussions with a group of community members who
expressed a desire to work with the high school administration and staff to
undertake projects that will enhance opportunities for our students. After
discussion about many different ideas we mutually agreed to pursue the
following projects:
Campus Improvements
Development of High School Web Site
School Newspaper
Assist in the Library
Coordinate College & Career Night
Assist at Open House
Develop a Resource Center
Guest Speakers
Field Trip Sites
Job Shadowing etc
The primary goal of the Volunteer Program is to help foster academic
excellence and create community pride for North Greene High School.
SIUE Placed an Administrative Intern at NGHS
Mrs. Lori Hopkins is doing her Pre-Administrative Internship at NGHS.
Mrs. Hopkins is a former high school English teacher and currently is
employed at SIUE as a English instructor and Coordinator of SIUE Testing
Center. She will be job shadowing each Thursday during the first semester.
Additionally she has volunteered to develop North Greene High
School’s Web Site and provide in-service to our staff on implementing
technology into their classroom instruction.
Joint College/Career Night & NGHS Open House
Tomorrow evening, September 21, from 6-8 pm we will hold a joint
College & Careers Night and Open House for the High School. This will
allow students and their parents to visit with the various vendor displays and
also meet the high school staff.
Lewis & Clark Community College Second Semester Senior Program
Attached is a brochure concerning an on-campus transition program for
area high school students through the High School Partnership Program. I
just received this information today and wanted to share it with you. I will
bring this item for discussion and possible adoption at the October meeting.
Items of Concern
Hall Lockers
Due to the increased enrollment at the high school and lack of lockers, we
currently have in some situations in where 3 students are assigned to one
locker. We have 172 lockers and 360 students. To compound the problem
all 172 lockers are located in the east end of the building (by the East Gym)
and all 360 students have to occupy the same space between periods.
Parking Lot Policy
It is my understanding that current policy requires a permission note from
home each day a student wishes to drive their car during noon hour. No
student is permitted to leave campus as a passenger in other student’s car? If
students pick up other students just off campus, but within eye sight, should
I be concerned?