Chasing the Extraordinary

5/1/2016

Increase: Achievement for all students

# of students earning core credits
% of students completing AP courses
RESPECT-HONOR-STRENGTH

5/2 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/2 thru 5/13 AP EXAMS
5/6 PINK OUT Dance 8-11pm
5/9 AAA in Library at 7PM/Grad Night at 6pm
5/16 1:30pm in Theater-Mary Beth Tinker-Tentative
5/17 JROTC Awards Night

Message from Mr. Hackbusch

5/18 Scholarship Convocation Ceremony 6:30pm at the

Peppermill

This is the last newsletter for the 2015-2016 school year---can you
believe it? I cant. As I write this newsletter I am filled with
emotion as I observed our Leadership students, staff and
volunteers come together last weekend to host the most amazing
NASC Leadership Conference I have ever seen. There were
approximately 1400 extra students and staff on campus from
Wednesday evening through Saturday. The theme was TAKE THE
LEAD and our program did exactly that!

5/27 SR Assembly and Luncheon

Then We the People traveled to DC. They had to fundraise

$80,000 in little less than a month and they did it! Thank you to all
our donors and the parents who both funded their student along
with many of them making the trip themselves. We the People
then went on the national stage and earned the Western Regional
Winner as a Wild Card!
Reno High was ranked 7th state-wide factoring in many metrics.
We are one of the largest high schools on the list and we compete
against Magnet schools who take applications for enrollment.
Very distinct honor!
May is the month of testing. Students will be taking the End of
Course Exams, Advanced Placement Exams and Finals. Please
make sure students are eating a good breakfast with protein,
drinking water and getting a good night sleep. Please also limit
video gaming 48 hours prior to exams.
Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week. Please join us in
honoring our dedicated and talented teachers! They go above and
beyond the call of duty on a daily basis. I am so fortunate to see
them in action every day!!!

Finals Schedule:
June 6-7th period final
June 7-1st and 2nd period finals
June 8-3rd and 4th period finals
June 9-5th and 6th period finals

RENO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION!!!

FRIDAY JUNE 10TH @ 2PM at Lawlor Event
Center. Guests may enter 45 minutes prior.
Senior Graduation Practice:
Wednesday June 8 at Lawlor at 3:45pm

Summer School OfferingsA+ Credit Recovery Lab-TBD

Computer Literacy-June 13-24 8:30am-3pm-pack lunch
Health-June 13-16 & 20-23 8am-1pm.
credit each, $100 Register with bookkeeper to enroll
beginning May 1.
Summer non-football weights-Contact Mrs. Rooker
trooker@washoeschools.net

ONLINE REGISTRATION-Complete ASAP!

If you need help with your parent portal

contact Kim Borders, 333-5050 #34003 or
***Reno High School is currently not
accepting any variance requests due to
WCSD overcrowding concerns. Thank
you!

RESPECT HONOR STRENGTH

CAMPUS RECOGNITIONS:
Reno HS ranked 7th in the State in recent article
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Three-Washoe-high-schools-listed-among-Nevadas-top-ten-376454931.html

We the People earn Western Regional Champs at Nationals

Mr. Hackbusch named NASC-Nevada Association of Student Councils Administrator of the Year

The Speech & Debate team won Grand Sweepstakes in the Northern Nevada Forensic League for the 21 st
consecutive year.

Tyler Arden was named 2016 National Runner-up in the Journalism Student of the Year contest.
Madison Schuster earner Superior distinction in the JEA/NSPA Editorial Writing write-off competition.
Tyler Arden earned Excellence distinction in the JEA/NSPA Commentary Writing write-off competition.
Atley Weems earned Honorable Mention in the JEA/NSPA Review Writing write-off competition.
Sophie More earned Honorable Mention in the JEA/NSPA Newswriting Writing write-off competition.
The team took home 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place overall trophies in 16 other categories. At the State competition, Heather Foster took 1st
place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, and RHS claimed the sweepstakes bowl in that same category. At the National
Qualifying tournament, RHS swept all sweepstakes categories: Speech, Debate, Congress, and Grand Sweepstakes. Additionally,
Tasnia Alam, Karla Burcham, Ariyani Challapalli, Almas Chowdhury, Heather Foster, Mir Hossain, Jake Hoberg, Michael Huang, Emma
Jerz, and Taylor Pittman will be representing Reno High School and Northern Nevada at the National Speech and Debate Tournament
this June in Salt Lake City.

All-American Reno High junior Andrew Berreyesa was named an All-American for wrestling and signed to wrestle at
Cornell University. http://on.rgj.com/1MZT7dE
Academic Olympics-3rd in Regionals
ATHLETIC SIGNINGS IN APRIL
Daranda Hinkey (Basketball) Southern Oregon University (Ashland, Oregon), Christie Betker (Softball) McPherson College
(McPherson, Kansas), Hannah Flynn (Softball) Baker College (Baldwin City, Kansas), Payton Reynolds (Softball) Willamette
University (Salem, Oregon), Conor Allard (Baseball) University of Nevada, Alexandra Scott (Swimming) Bellarmine College
(Louisville, Kentucky), Emelie Small (Soccer) Peninsula College (Port Angeles, Washington), Nick Parino (Water Polo)
Chapman University (Orange, California), Danny Jimenez (Football) Willamette University (Salem, Oregon), Carlos Barraza
(Football) Sierra College (Rocklin, California), Zak Mahanna (Football) Sierra College (Rocklin, California), Brandon Hunter
(Football) University of Montana Western (Dillon, Montana)

The JROTC program

which has over 200 cadets in it, went through its program for accreditation last month. The accreditation process is an
overall inspection of the program that takes place once a year. The program received a 98.25%, and was graded on service
learning projects, community service projects, how well the cadets performed in company level inspections in their uniforms,
goals, classwork and overall retention. The program is quickly approaching its 100th year at Reno High School. 2019 will be the
programs centennial year!

Hiring Season

GRAD RATE TRACKER

We are amidst the hiring season. Here is a

current update on our staff movement this
spring.

Per our district data report, our current senior class

is 84% ON TRACK for graduation in June. We are
aiming for 88-89%. This includes pending HSPE
scores, semester grades and credit recovery efforts.
We continue to push students toward the finishline. Students needing 1 or more HSPE Exams
should be getting supports already. If you have any
questions regarding supports offered at our school,
contact your son/daughters counselor ASAP.
Monitor your attendance. 10 or more unexcused
absences will result in a failing grade even if
students are passing academically. Double check
attendance!

We say goodbye to Mr. Jason Mattick. He was

named the new Dean of Students at Clayton MS.
New Huskie Staff:

Social Studies- Mr. Garret Moss-from

Clayton GT Program
Math- Ms. Hillary Flak-from Hug HS GT
Math
Special Ed-Resource- Mrs. Jeannie
Dwyer-former WCSD Special Education
Implementation Specialist
JAG- Ms. Courtney Hansen-current RHS
long term sub and current North Valleys
HS English teacher.
Girls Tennis Coach-Maddy Garcia
replaced Coach Christy Funk
whoretiredThank you Coach Funk and
Happy Retirement!

Finally, if a senior comes up short on grades or with

HSPEs. Contact the counselor, Ms. Feroah or Mr.
Hackbusch. We will be running Summer School
immediately after finals. Thank you

Other Cool Stuff

Fyre Robotics Club from The Davidson

Academy will be recruiting members on
Reno Campus in May. See Mr. Aaron
Shoolroy for details.

20 Upperclassmen will be visiting the

Tesla Gigafactory this month. Thank you
Mr. Mark Bruce for making arrangement
for this wonderful opportunity.

***We still have jobs on the job board. Stay

tuned for more hiring information in the
coming weeks.

Spring Testing Schedule

Advanced Placement Exams
End of Course Exams

We the People Hardware!

Huskie Scholar Athlete Signings!

Are you ready for more

recognitions?
FBLA State Business Leadership Conference. Our

Computer Applications
1st Place-Jakob Beach
Computer Problem Solving

students placed 1st overall with a total of 457

points. The 2nd place team was more than 100

3rd Place-Jakob Beach

points behind our Huskies. We have 14 students

4th Place-Luca Gazzola

who placed 1st in either online testing or

Cyber Security

performance events. These 1st place finishers

earned an all-expense paid trip to Atlanta,

1st Place-Jakob Beach

Georgia this summer to compete at the National

2nd Place-David Zebrowski

Leadership Conference. Second through 4th Place

5th Place-Iris Kim

finishers also earned the right to compete at the

National Leadership Conference.

6th Place-Logan Long

Financial Math

Here are the results for our students.

2nd Place-Ryan Lew
ONLINE TESTING:
Health Care Administration
Accounting II
1st Place-Jake Hoberg
1st Place-Luca Gazzola
2nd Place-McKenna LeVitt
Agribusiness
5th Place-Makai Zuniga
2nd Place-Emily Grable
8th Place-Andrew Brooksbank
7th Place-Iris Kim
Intro to Business
8th Place-David Zebrowski
2nd Place-Jenna Tresidder
9th Place-Emily Jiang
Networking Concepts
Business Calculations
1st Place-Logan Long
7th Place-Jake Hoberg
Parliamentary Procedure
9th Place-Ryan Lew
1st Place-Jenna Tresidder
Business Communications
3rd Place-Nathan MacKay
2nd Place-Tyler Arden
Personal Finance
8th Place-Jenna Tresidder
1st Place-Tyler Arden
10th Place-Emily Jiang
3rd Place-Emily Jiang
Business Law
6th Place-Emily Grable
1st Place-Andrew Brooksbank
2nd Place-Tyler Arden
4th Place-Tyler Young

Securities and Investments

Publication Design

1st Place-Nathan MacKay

1st Place-Nathan MacKay

Word Processing

2nd Place-Tyler Arden

3rd Place-Ryan Lew

4th Place-Madison Najima/Danny Jimenez

PERFORMANCE EVENTS-

7th Place-Jenna Tresidder

Business Ethics

8th Place-Eric Stapleton

7th Place-Elena Shintani/Jaclyn Whalen

Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Computer Game Simulation

2nd Place-Makai Zuniga/Andrew Brooksbank

2nd Place-Ryan Lew/Tyler Young

5th Place-Conner Thomas/Emily Jiang

5th Place-Nathan Magrogan/Jake Slaughter

10th Place-Molly Ristine/Chris Ristine

Digital Video Production

Social Media Campaign

1st Place-Logan Long/Luca Gazzola

1st Place-Emily Grable/Grace Brown

Emerging Business Issues

4th Place-Nathan MacKay/Tyler Young

3rd Place-Iris Kim/Paul Lessard

Web Design

Help Desk

2nd Place-Jenna Tresidder

3rd Place-Emily Grable

3rd Place-Jaclyn Whalen/Elena Shintani

4th Place-Grace Brown

5th Place-Garrett Larson/Sami Peaua/Austyn Fishell

Hospitality Management

10th Place-Jakob Beach

4th Place-Andrew Brooksbank/McKenna LeVitt

7th Place-Molly Ristine/Chris Ristine/Madison Najima
Global Business
1st Place-David Zebrowski/Luca Gazzola
Graphic Design
1st Place-Tyler Arden
3rd Place-Eric Stapleton
7th Place-Ryan Lew
Impromptu Speaking
7th Place-Almas Chowdury
Management Decision Making
5th Place-Conner Thomas/Emily Jiang

MAY 1ST DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR

GRAD NIGHT AT SUNSPLASH.
PAPERWORK AND $ DUE IN THE MAIN
OFFICE ASAP!!!! Dont miss out.

Countdown to Graduation
Nikki Hamada was selected as the Reno
High School WCSD Spotlight Senior. All
high schools will have one representative.
She will be highlighted in a district video
leading up to graduation and she will also
be interviewed by Channel 2 in the
coming days. Stay tuned and
congratulations Nikki!
The Dream Keeper Foundation is a nonprofit organization that wants to help get kids with
special needs involved in the outdoors and hunting.
They provide everything, tag, lodging, food, etc.
Below are some links to a newspaper article and you
tube video that give a pretty good idea of what they
can handle.
Newspaper
http://www.postregister.com/articles/featured-news-dailyemail/2015/12/16/disabled-if-teen-gets-first-deer#
Website:

http://www.dreamkeeperfoundation.com/Home
_Page.html

LINKS, Resources & Other Cool

Stuff!
Link to THE CUBE (College and Career Center)
http://www.rhsccc.com/
-

Do you have questions about college and careers?

Seniors: there are lots of end of year details to be
aware of related to college and scholarships. See
the May/June Senior Bulletin that is distributed in
your US Government class or on the website
under College Resources
Juniors: Questions about standardized testing?
What you can do this summer to prepare for
college applications? See the May/June Junior
Bulletin distributed in your US History class or on
the The Cubes website under College
Resources

JAG Program comes to RENO HS

New course offered at RHS. JAG Program for
10th, 11th, 12th graders. www.jagnv.org for
more information

The Reno High School Business Council

wants you. If you are interested in more information
about partnering with our school please contact Principal
Kris Hackbusch (775) 333-5050 ex. 8 or
khackbusch@washoeschools.net or follow Mr. Hackbusch
on Twitter: PrincipalHackbusch@khackbusch
We will have our first meeting this spring so stay
tuned.

http://www.momsontherun.org/

RESPECT HONOR
STRENGTH
Principal Hackbusch
(775) 333-5050 ex. 8
khackbusch@washoeschools.net
Twitter: PrincipalHackbusch@khackbusch
(Get daily updates, photos and information by
following Mr. H. on Twitter!)

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