Happy Friday the 13th! And a full harvest moon. They say this won’t happen again until 2049, so enjoy your evening. We look forward to seeing everyone next week here at NESA!
Greenback Night
Greenback Night is coming up this week! The parent event is Tuesday, Sept. 17th starting at 6pm, unless your student is Math or English GT, then you meet in the library at 5:30. Come follow your student’s schedule, meet their teachers, and see if you can get from class A to class B in under 5 minutes! See you there!
Open House
Open house Thursday, Sept. 19th – This is NESA’s first prospective student/parent night for the year. This event is a for families to ask questions about the school, get a feel for what a wonderful community we have and go through the application process. That being said, we could use a few parents and students for each major that night to help talk to families, direct traffic, and be a welcome wagon! Please contact your teacher if you are interested in helping.
Panoramic Pictures
Panoramic pictures will be Sept. 18th (Wednesday). Seniors’ photo is at 8 (so plan to be at school earlier than usual that day Seniors!) and NESA is at 11:30.
Ushering Open for IM show Sept. 26th
New procedure! Students should sign up to usher using Sign Up Genius. Here is the link to usher the upcoming IM show: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A48A9A62BA5FF2-usher
Teachers have it posted this info as well. We are trial running this procedure but are hoping it makes things easier for everyone!
College Calling
We have had a lot of parents and students asking for help in the college process. Well a couple of our NESA News team showed me a website they use that is just fantastic. I am going to be finding little gems like this and sending them out to everyone periodically throughout the year in the new College Corner segment. Enjoy!
Big Future from College Board is a webpage, college search tool, organizational tool, a step by step guide, and more. Plus, its FREE! https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/
Ads to support this season’s Theatrical productions
Deadline to purchase ads in the playbills of Mamma Mia, Carrie, and Merchant of Venice is Oct. 4th, which is coming sooner than you think! See this form for ordering details. ad form MT
Ad on every ticket to our 2019-2020 Season!
We have a new ticketing system coming out this year and we have the opportunity to place a Supporter of the Arts Ad on every ticket sold. The tickets will be primarily digital this year and the ad will show on the e-tickets and the printed tickets for all tickets NESA sells this season. The Supporter of the Arts Ad space is available for $2500. As a bonus, if you are the person who secures a client for the ad, you get free NESA merch, as does the client! If you are interested or know of someone interested, please contact me at spagon@neisd.net. Deadline is October 4th.
pARtners
This week we had a great first pARtners parent meeting, with many attendees! We have about 45% of our NESA families as members, but I know the goal is 75%. Can you help them meet that goal??? In doing so you would directly provide funding for activities and items that go straight to your student. Be it masterclasses, ipads, meals, even tuned pianos are brought to you by our pARtners organization. You can join today at www.nesapartners.net
Have a fantastic weekend!
Sarah Pagona, Director of the North East School of the Arts