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The Knightly Informer
Volume 13 Number 04
De La Salle North Catholic High School
From the Principal’s Office
SAVE THE DATES
12/20 Classes dismissed @ noon for
Christmas break.
December 2013
“Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world.”
1/6/ Classes resume. CIP Juniors.
1/15 PAC Meeting, special guest
Troy Coady from YEBW. 6:30 in
the Library.
1/20 Martin Luther King, Jr. No
Classes, No CIP.
Nelson Mandela, 1918 - 2013
1/21-24 Semester 1 Final Exams.
1/24 Semester 1 Ends.
1/27 Teacher Work Day. CIP YES
(Sophomores), Classes NO.
FOR THE LATEST EVENTS:
See our new Google
Calendar which you can
download to your
computer or mobile
device! http://
www.delasallenorth.org/
about-us/calendar/
The world is diminished with the passing of Nelson Mandela, a man who
showed us the unwavering strength of the human spirit. For his work on behalf
of the African National Congress, he was jailed for 27 years. Upon his release
in 1990 and election as President, he worked not only to abolish Apartheid but
to unify South Africa and establish a democratic government. In 1994, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
This, too . . . the world is enriched because of his life. Aphorisms aside, a study
of his life reveals a man who lived out his deeply held principles, regardless of
cost to his own personal freedom. He was able to withstand imprisonment and
deprivation for nearly three decades and yet emerge with vigor, humor, and forgiveness. There are great lessons in his life for each of us . . . an inspiration for
our Advent preparations.
In this season of preparing the way for Emmanuel – God is with us – Mandela’s
life reminds us of what we can do to change both ourselves and our community.
It is the work I witness every day in the hallways, classrooms, and offices of De
La Salle, where educators are inspired by the teachings of St. John Baptist de La
Salle, to cherish and love the students entrusted to our care.
Many times life does not play out according to the platitudes of a Hallmark
card. Rather, our living together in a community can sometimes be challenging;
but our common humanity, lived out within our Christian narrative, calls us to
forgive, to seek reconciliation and thereby find the redemption we all so desperately seek.
In this Advent season, and through the coming Christmastide, I wish you each
and all a joyous celebration of family and faith.
Tim Joy
Principal
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De La Salle Students Participate in
Teach Africa Youth Forum
Some of the Black Heritage Team Leads (Lyric Branch,
Taryn Wack, Dedriana Tims, Jasmyne Gaston, Khadija
Bruce, Ghermanie Allen & Gabby Allen) participated in
the World Affairs Council’s Teach Africa Youth Forum
on December 2nd. Students spent the day participating
in a variety of workshops from West African dance, to
understanding poverty to examining the African roots of
hip hop. The goal of the conference was to educate – to
undo stereotypes & myths, and spread the word about
this truly great and diverse continent. Students will incorporate the information they learned in our Black
Heritage Month celebration in February.
Khadija Bruce, Gabby Allen and Ghermanie Allen at PSU
—Ms. Michelle Nicola, Spanish Teacher and Heritage Committee
Advisor
WINTER ATHLETICS NEWS!
As part of the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams fundraisers, players and coaches are selling Raffle tickets where
the Grand Prize is an All expense paid trip to meet the one
and only Michael Jordan and attend the Michael Jordan
Basketball Camp in Santa Barbra California. Along with
receiving instruction from Michael Jordan, at the camp, the
winner will also get to take a picture with Mike and have
memorabilia signed if so desired.
Tickets are only $20 and proceeds go to help off set expenses for the Men’s and Women’s
basketball teams.
Please contact James Broadous for more information, at x140 or [email protected]
The Knightly Informer
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De La Salle North Catholic High School
Portland, OR 97217 — 503-285-9385
Available online at: www.delasallenorth.org/
Submission deadline: Last Friday of the prior month.
Send to [email protected]
NEED PARENT VOLUNTEER HELP
AT BASKETBALL GAMES
Mr. Drake Shelton, Vice Principal of Student Life/
Athletic Director is in need of your time and talents.
For more details and to get on the schedule, contact him at x113 or
[email protected].
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Dean’s List
SENIORS
Summa Cum Laude (4.0)
Arega, Enat
Levy, David
Matthews-McGann, Katrina
Nguyen, Nha
Norris, Leigh
Parker, Jason
Sissac, Henry
First Honors (3.50-3.99)
Ballas, Samuel
Beng, Nyalual
Branch, Lyric
Chadney, Brandon
Gaston, Jasmyne
Habtemariam, Yared
Huang, Adrian
Kimmons, Chi'Shayla
Kuntz, Olivia
Prokhorova, Olesya
Roberts, Stephanie
Smalley, Darion
Smith, Tae'ya
Sokau, Harumi
Trinh, Jessica
Trinh, Kevin
Wack, Taryn
Williams, Aisha
Second Honors (3.00-3.49)
Agnew, Mariah
Boss, Philip
Evans, Elizabeth
Fesser, Michael
Fuller, Camora
Grice, Cortnee
Hartman, Rachel
Jones, Taryn
Jordan, Nyshae
Medrano, Monica
Myers, Tina
Patterson, Sequoia
Rojas-Sanders, Lauren
Sarpong, Quincy
Tillman, Whitney
Tucker, Nikolas
2013-2014 Term 2
JUNIORS
Summa Cum Laude (4.0)
Bruce, Khadija
Burr, Jack
Delgado-Grubb, Madelyn
Olivares, Maria
Rivas-Garcia, Diana
First Honors (3.50-3.99)
Beyene, Fevan
Boyd, Khara
Cieslak, Rebecca
Dascomb, Thomas
Gutierrez, Gabriel
Henry, Ruth
Lewis, Danielia
Martin, Matthew
Moreno-Loa, Araceli
Owen, Mandy
Perez-Miguel, Lizbeth
Pincetich, Jonah
Small, Jacob
Tesfaluel, Sewit
Tewelde, Evan
Trinh, Victoria
Vang, Lue
Vy, Vanessa
Second Honors (3.00-3.49)
Allen, Gabrielle
Allen, Ghermanie
Curry, Calvin
Mena, Freddy
Nguyen, Phi
Olmstead-Williams, Kayla
Ramos-Chavez, Gerardo
Sosa, Luis
Volgamore, Andrew
Yirdaw, Meklit
SOPHOMORES
Summa Cum Laude (4.0)
Dean, Hannah
Foster, Brenna
Hager, Elijah
Henry, Kathleen
Isibor, Jessica
Trinh, Andy
Worku, Himanot
First Honors (3.50-3.99)
Arega, Hana
Castillo-Valenzuela, Sandra
Davis, De'Naysia
Drain, Unity
Fechter, Gabrielle
Ford, Courtney
Jones, Vanessa
Lee, Alysia
Ninen, Michael
Pritchett, Alesa
Rekemsik, Dillilai
Sanchez Colon, Adriana
Smith, Austin
Stigler-Flores, Eric-Tamarr
Woods, Lovesha
Second Honors (3.00-3.49)
Becerra-Campos, Fernando
Christmas, JaVary
De Lara Vargas, Mireya
Gaston, Shaleah
Hanson, Quianna
Jackson, Landon
Kumar, Nilesh
McCarthy, Abbie
Pennick, Grace
Quintanilla-Campos, Maria
Quinto-Alfaro, Gabriella
Quinto-Alfaro, Graciela
Reid, Arianna
Sanchez, Ruben
Webb, Joshua
Weber, Zane
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FRESHMEN
Senior’s College News
Summa Cum Laude (4.0)
Some events/deadlines ahead!
Agnew, MaKayla
Bannister, Nohealani
Cooney, Elli
Eads, Caleb
Erickson, McKenna
Gonzales, Charles
Hanchett, Zion
Legge, Ian
Nguyen, Thuan
Nichols, Sommer
Perez-Wolfe, Arianna
Rioseco, Eva
Rollon, Kim Louise
First Honors (3.50-3.99)
Amadi, Chidinma
Boucher-Colbert, Anand
Boyd, Ebony
Corpuz, Tyler
Fenimore, Preston
Ferrusca, Melissa
Guffy, Mitchell
Liebert, Alan
Medhanie, Hiermon
Meza-Murillo, Janeth
Montgomery, Shyann
Perez-Aleman, Alicia
Phillips, Hannah
Robeson, Jared
Soriano-Guardado, Kimberly
Tewelde, Noah
Second Honors (3.00-3.49)
Ali, Chantu
Baltier-Moreno, Yadira
Bell, Annika
Bidney, Samuel
Chesimet, Amani
Daniel, Tinbete
Fierro-Davis, Lilianna
Gilliam, Jaden (King)
Jackson-Hamilton, Samon
Johnson, Orin (Shawn)
Le, Nikki
Lee, India
Lopez-Salvador, Jael
Nugusse, Alexander
Pincetich, Genevieve
Roethig, Niklas
Santos-Quintero, Edgar
Schuh, Bryanna
Staples, Asjahnae
Ward, Tyra
Important Events:
De La Salle Financial Aid Night-Wednesday, January 8
7-9pm in the Library
Seniors, please attend with your parents/guardians. Learn about the financial aid process and fill out/submit the FAFSA online that night.
Each senior and a parent/guardian (with whom you live) will apply for a
PIN (personal identification number) for the FAFSA. The PIN will be
your electronic signature when you fill out the FAFSA. Plus it will give
you access to your FAFSA when you need to change or update it.
PCC-Financial Aid Day-Saturday, January 11
9am-noon at each PCC Campus
Get free help submitting your financial aid form (FAFSA) for college.
Priority date to submit FAFSA is January 31!
Reminder for select Scholarship deadlines (see Mrs. Barbara Ward
for more information). Please follow your teachers’ guidelines and
give plenty of notice for their recommendations.
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Dell Scholars Program. Applications now open. Deadline 1/15/14.
Open to senior with GPA of 2.40 and above. See www.dellscholars.org
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Cristo Rey Scholars Program @Loyola University Chicago, admission
to Loyola by 2/1, scholarship app by 3/1. Full scholarship for four years!
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Gates Millennium Scholarships. Deadline 1/15/14. Fully funded scholarships. 3.3 GPA. Must have nominator and recommender.
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Pathway Oregon (U of O) .
Full amount for tuition, fees and possibly room and board. Apply and
be admitted by 1/15/14. For more info go to http://
pathwayoregon.uoregon.edu.
●
Black United Fund of Oregon Scholaships. Deadline 2/1/14
Early deadline is 12/20 for application review for corrections. 4 different categories. See www.bufor.org for details.
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Saint Mary’s College of California. Deadline 2/1/14
Two scholarships available! Freshman Honors $13,000 annually,
GPA 3.7. Presidential Scholars: $11,000 annually, GPA 3.8.
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STUDENTS OF NOTE
CIP STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER
Janeth Meza-Murillo
Portland Hospital Service Corporation
Hime Worku
Trimet
Freshman
Sophomore
Janeth has made tremendous progress since she
started at the beginning of the school year. Her
confidence level is improving each week and she
is becoming more comfortable speaking up. She
has really helped our Management and Administrative Teams with special organization projects
and is always asking if there’s more to do. She
dresses very professionally and is all around very
pleasant to work with. We are happy to have her
on our team this year!
Hime works in Marketing and has been an asset to
our department. She is extremely smart, innovative, and always willing to try something new. She
has recently worked on the Be Seen, Be Safe
Campaign handing out TriMet reflective stickers
and blinking lights to passengers waiting at a
MAX station at PSU and delivering Be Seen, Be
Safe kits to employers who participated in street
teams for the event, as well as various other projects. Keep up the great work!
Khadija Bruce
US Fish & Wildlife
Darion Smalley
New Columbia
Junior
Khadija Naa Bruce has been our intern for three
years. I speak for my entire office when I say, I
cannot express enough how fortunate we are to
have her working in our office. She always has a
positive, respectful, and professional demeanor
even when dealing with challenging situations.
Khadija works hard every day and takes pride in
her work performance, whether it's answering the
phones, making copies, or working in a database. Khadija, you are a tremendous asset to our
office.
Senior
Darion has been at New Columbia for two years
and every minute with him has been a joy. Darion
has shown himself to be an honest, hard-working,
and personable individual. I believe Darion is an
exemplary human being with the brain power,
personality, and heart necessary to succeed in any
setting. Darion is always willing to lend a hand
and his positive attitude and willingness to contribute and participate at school is clearly reflected
in his work ethic as well. We are very proud to
have him as a CIP intern.
We would also like to recognize our nominees for their outstanding work!!
Chantu Ali – Albertina Kerr. Eva Rioseco – Metropolitan Land Group. Vanessa Jones – Sunshine Dairy. Veronika
Prokhorova – Nike Finance. Gabrielle Allen – Crafts Americana. Rebecca Cieslak – Liberty Mutual. Hermela Demise – ARA. Katrina McGann – Trimet. Harumi Sokau – Expeditors
—AIYANA ASHLEY Director, Corporate Internship Program
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Please join the Parent Advisory Council for the
January meeting, Wednesday Jan 15th at 6:30pm in our Library.
Meet other concerned and committed parents, hear the class level reports and upcoming initiatives!
In addition, we will have a special guest speaker, Troy Coady from Young Entrepreneurs Business
Week (YEBW) summer program for sophomores and juniors. YEBW gives participants the "college
experience" while providing them with a challenging curriculum that focuses on business and leadership skills. Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP by Jan 13th to [email protected]
Worried about your teen?
Are you afraid your teen is using drugs?
Does your teen refuse to quit or to go to counseling?
You’re not alone.
CFAR is offering FREE “Power of Parents” (POP) counseling for qualifying parents/guardians
who are concerned about a drug-using teen (ages 15 to 20) who is refusing to enter counseling.
Learn how to influence your teen’s drug-using behaviors, improve family communication, reduce
your own stress, and invite your teen to free treatment at CFAR. Services are offered as part of
a federally funded research project.
Center for Family & Adolescent Research (CFAR)
729 NE Oregon St., Suite 150
Portland OR 97232
Located in the Lloyd Center area
503-243-1065
1 block south of the 7th Ave. MAX stop.
www.ori.org/CFAR/Portland
Free parking spaces available onsite.
De La Salle North Catholic
High School
7528 North Fenwick
Portland, OR 97217
Snow and Inclement Weather
Guidelines
In addition to schedule change notifications on the school
website and Facebook page as well as mass media (TV &
radio), DLSNC is now utilizing the SchoolReach program
through PowerSchool. We contact you either by email or
text message. But we need your current contact information.
If you didn’t receive either message on December 11th,
please contact Ms. Leslie Porter ([email protected]) at
503.285.9385 ext. 116 with your best contact info.
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Featur ed in this issue
In case of
stormy weather
From the Principal’s Office (1)
Teach Africa Youth Forum/Athletic News (2)
Bank of America Student Leaders (3)
Dean’s List for Term 2 (4-5)
Senior’s College News (5)
CIP Students of the month (6)
Parent Advisory Council/CFAR (7)
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