Incline Village Schools

Due July 20, 2009: This scholarship is sponsored by the Nevada State AFL-CIO.  The purpose of this essay contest is to award three (3) $3,000 scholarships for attending an accredited public or private university, community college, vocational or technical school anywhere in the United States.  Applications must be mailed by registered or certified mail only and postmarked by July 20, 2009.  

For more information and an application, visit the Counseling Office.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — At the 15-team Whittell Invitational on Thursday in Stateline, Nev., the Incline High School boys golf team earned a sixth-place finish and was outdueled by its 2A rival, Whittell High School, who finished one spot ahead.

“We’ve had four matches with Whittell: they’ve won two, and we’ve won two,” Incline coach Joe Humasti said. “But they’re playing great golf right now, very consistent, with five guys right in the mid-to-low 80s.”

The invitational, played at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, brought together an array of teams across all athletic divisions. Manogue High School won the tournament with a five-man total of 400, followed by Truckee High School’s 410.

Incline’s 445 team total was highlighted by freshman Jordan Wright’s low score of 79, tied for the fifth-best individual performance of the day.

“Jordan’s a great competitor, and I was really pleased with his performance today,” Humasti said.

Along with senior Justin Holets’ 80, the top two Highlanders outpaced Whittell’s top two, but Incline’s three, four and five scorers struggled to stick with Whittell’s. Eirk Baumann (91), Sam Canino (96), Travis Causey (99) and Kevin Flanders (130) rounded out Incline's day.

“What I said back in March — that it’s the three, four and five guys who win state tournaments — you’re seeing that now,” Humasti said. “If we want to beat Whittell at the end of the year, we can’t have guys scoring in the high 90s.”

Humasti said that his team will continue to focus on the short game in practice, fine-tuning their skills in preparation for the zone tournament May 13. Its next match, however, is Thursday at Eagle Valley Golf Course.

By Luke Beasley
Bonanza Staff Writer

A Baccalaureate ceremony for your graduate-to-be will be held on June 7th at 2 pm at Saint Francis of Assisi Parish (corner of Mount Rose Highway and Kelly Drive).

A formal invitation will be out shortly, but we wanted to give you as much advance notice as possible.  This is a non-denominational ceremony, attendance is not mandatory.

See you there!
09 Baccalaureate Committee

To register and for more information:  ssl.washoe.k12.nv.us/community_ed/index.php

Summer Driver's Education will be available at Incline High School beginning June 15 through June 18.  Classes will be held 8AM-3:30pm.

Students between the ages of 15 and 18 must complete 30 hours in a Driver's Education Class to qualify for a Nevada Driver's license. Students must attend all class meetings to receive the certificate of completion. This class does not include behind the wheel instruction.

If you need to cancel or transfer from this class for any reason, please call 353-5780 at least 5 business days before the start of class. There is no charge for the first class transfer. For a class cancellation, a refund will be processed minus a $10 service fee.

Fee:  $90.00

Requirements -- Students between the ages of 15 and 17 are welcome

Special Instructions:   

• Students must be registed/paid prior to class beginning - this must be done on-line or through the WCSD Community Education website or call 775/353-5780.
• Students must be present for the entire 30 hours. No absences or tardies are permitted.
• Students should bring lunch and a snack.

If your Senior did not originally indicate a desire to participate in Safe and Sober Grad night, and now wishes to go, Southwest Airlines has made additional seats available.  Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis.

Payment of $250 is now due by Friday (4/24).  If there are students who are unable to make the full payment of $250, please let Jan Iida know and we will attempt to provide assistance. We would expect the student to participate in all fundraising activities.  Our hope is that all students will get some money back if they raise enough. 

Any questions? please call Jan Iida at 833-0818 or send an email to atahoekid@sbcglobal.net.

If you will be attending University of Nevada, Reno in fall of 2009 - Please read www.ss.unr.edu/ops/pdf/wpar2009.pdf regarding mandatory advising.

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK is right around the corner. 

This is the fabulous line-up of goodies we have planned to thank our teachers: 

• Monday, May 4: breakfast;
• Tuesday, May 5: desserts;
• Wednesday, May 6: lunch/salads;
• Thursday, May 7:  drinks/snacks;
• Friday, May 8: appetizers/munchies. 

Every day we need food donations and help with setting up and/or cleaning up. 

Please contact Carolyn Smith, 831-7382, cjattahoe@sbcglobal.net, to let Boosters know how you can help. 

Thank you!

The IHS football team will be having a car wash at the Chevron Station, Sunday, May 10, 2009

The players are washing and the cost is $5.00 per vehicle, no matter how big or small.  

The bake sale will also be there, everything $1.00. 

The time of the event is: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 

If you support investigating bringing the International Baccalaureate program to Incline please check out the petition (link below) for more info and if you support it, sign it and spread the word. We have less than two weeks to respond.

www.thepetitionsite.com/2/support-better-education-k-12-in-incline-village-nv

The Incline Schools Reflective Task Force will be making a report to Supt. Dugan at the next meeting on May 14th.  One of the recommendations made will be to pursue the gathering of information and determining the feasibility of bringing the International Baccalaureate (IB) program to Incline public schools. 

An IB Focus group will likely be set up at that point to look at funding options, including school district and community support, as well as timing of implementation.  Site visits to existing IB schools may also be a part of this committee.  We are still in the learning stages of a very comprehensive program.

Please contact Gary Lee, gleetahoe@aol.com

if you are interested in joining this focus group.

Recyclables will be picked up every Wednesday. Please be sure we have your location by sending an email to:

Jeremy9107@aol.com

Your recyclables will be redeemed to help fund local wrestling programs (including IMS Wrestling).

Here's what it is:
The Incline Wrestling teams are asking you to help in our effort to raise money for our programs.  We are starting a community recycling program in which people can donate their recyclable items to us.  Redemption funds will then go to the schools to help fund our wrestling programs.

Here's why :
Our athletic programs are costing more and more to operate, and less and less of it is being covered by the school district meaning individual programs are having to come up with the funds to cover expenses ranging from bus costs, driver costs, tournament entry fees, cost of officials, overnight accommodations, equipment and apparel.  These expenses generally are thousands of dollars per year.

Here's how it works :
Email me your address that we can pick up your recyclables.  Nate Brimm will be by once a week on Wednesdays to pick them up.  Just have them bagged in an easy to see location (maybe by the front door).  Don't worry about having them sorted and separated.

Once a month I will take a couple of wrestler volunteers to sort and bag what we have collected.  I will then bring them to a recycling center for redemption.

Here's what is recyclable :

• All plastics; including drink bottles, milk jugs, food containers, etc.
• All glass; including drink containers, food containers, etc.
• All aluminum, tin and other metal containers.
• Electronic waste (computers, speakers, cd players, etc)
• Batteries (car, boat, etc)
• Scrap metal of any kind
• no paper products

Please get involved:  This is a simple and convenient method for us to raise some money for our programs.  If all the parents and wrestlers contribute, I think it can help us avoid having to "pay to play".  I encourage you to set up a collection box for recyclables at your place of employment.  Get your neighbors, family and friends involved.  We are looking forward to a group effort.

Thank you for participating.

Please join us on May 5, 2009 5-7 pm at Sierra Nevada College - Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV.  View a map of this location.

5 - 6 pm: Presentation of new "Living With Fire in the Tahoe Basin" DVD with time for discussion and Q&A with University of Nevada cooperative Extension, NLTFPD and other agency representatives.  Receive a complimentary copy of "Living With Fire in the Tahoe Basin" at the event.

6 - 7pm: Walking tour in the demo garden with Lesley Higgins, Incline Village/Crystal Bay Fire Safe Chapter Leader and native plant expert.  Lesley will discuss native plant identification as well as fire safe plant selection.

Free BBQ to follow in parking lot hosted by the Nevada Fire Safe Council.  Agency representatives from USFS, NDF, NV State Lands, IVGID, TRPA, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District and NLTFPD will be available to answer questions.

Nevada's fourth annual Wildfire Awareness Week promotes awareness, understanding, and action concerning the threat of wildfire in our state, our communities and ultimately our homes through a coordinated, multi-organizational effort.  This year the goal is to inform the public of the threat to their homes posed by burning embers during a wildfire.  "Be Ember Aware!" ... and make changes now to reduce the risk of your house being ignited by a burning ember.

For more information go to http://nvfsc.org/nvfsc/ or call (530) 543-3473.