February 2023

Dear JH & HS Tiger Families: 

It's hard to believe that we are already halfway through the month of February! Our Winter athletics are winding down after enjoying another successful round of basketball seasons for both the Junior High and JV/Varsity programs. We are incredibly proud of our Girls' Varsity Basketball Coach Mark Baker who earned his 300th career win this season with the Lady Tigers. We also want to extend a huge congratulations to Coach Sembach of the Boys' Varsity team earned his 500th career win this season! 

Last month we inducted our first class into the Newton Falls Athletic Hall of Fame and commemorated the event with an awards ceremony and reception in addition to acknowledgement at the Varsity Boys' Game against Champion. Newton Falls legends including Gerald Lenarcic, Jack Kucek, Gene Zorn, Reid Lamport, Joseph Ries, James Heber, George Harnichar, Harry Pontius, Robert Shaulis, and Earnie Shavers comprised the inductees for the Class of 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame. Congratulations to the Hall of Fame inductees and their families! 

In early February, we welcomed back the tradition of the "Tinsel Ball" in grades 9-12. Mrs. Reynolds and HS Student Council planned this Winter semi-formal dance and the students had a fantastic time. Our amazing JH/HS PTO members are currently planning a dance for our Junior High students, to be announced at a future date soon. 

Our Chess Club season has concluded its first season and we are incredibly thrilled with the success that Mr. Gross created with this extra-curricular activity for our students. We look forward to continuing to build upon the success of Chess Club for future school years! 

An important event that we have coming up is the National Honor Society induction which will take place on March 24. Our National Honor Society is also helping to collaboratively plan the community Easter Egg Hunt along with the City of Newton Falls. Please come out and join us on April 1st at noon for the community Easter Egg Hunt! 

We are also gearing up to being preparing for our Spring events--including state testing, prom, and graduation. We are preparing course selection sheets to begin scheduling for next year. Spring Sports sign ups have been emailed to all students. Please have your child check their school emails and sign up using the Google Form for any sport they want to participate in.  There will be an informational Track Parent Meeting on Friday, February 24th at 6:30 PM for any parents of students in grades 7-12 intent on participating. 

The end of the school year will be here before we know it! 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Rankin, Principal & Mr. Bauman, Assistant Principal 



Tentative Spring State Testing Schedule: 


Important Upcoming Dates:

February 15th: Informational CCP Parent Meeting, 8:30 AM 

February 15th & 16th: Newton Falls HS Art Show in Commons (please stop in either day!) 

February 16th: Parent/Teacher conferences and Family Board Game Night from 3:30-8:30 PM; informational CCP Parent meeting at 6 PM 

February 17th & 20th: No School 

February 24th: Track Parent Meeting, 6:30 PM 

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, February 16th from 3:30-8:30 PM at the Junior High and High School. There will also be board games set up in the Commons for "Family Fun Night" for those interested! Please contact Secretary Dee Howard to schedule your conference (howardd@nfschools.org). We encourage all parents to utilize our Parent Access Portal on the school website.

Order your Yearbook!

The yearbook for the 2022-2023 school year is on sale now for students in grades 6-12. The cost of the yearbook is $60.00 and can be purchased online. Yearbooks will be delivered at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year.

To purchase the yearbook, go to this link.

Also on sale now are a limited quantity of additional yearbooks from the 2021-2022 school year. They are first come, first serve. The cost is $60.00. Please see Mrs. Reynolds in room 319 to purchase this yearbook or contact her at reynoldsd@nfschools.org.

After School Intervention:

HS: Mr. Szeljack will be offering after-school tutoring on Mondays until 3:30 and Thursdays from 3:50 -  4:40 in Room 303. Please email him with any questions at szeljacks@nfschools.org. 

JH: Students in grades 6-8 can participate in the after school program on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 5:30 PM. Please email Principal Rankin (rankinr@nfschools.org) if you would like your child to participate! 


Support for East Palestine

We want to say a huge thank you to those that donated cases of water for the victims of the train derailment and first responders in East Palestine. We appreciate our CBI students loading the truck and to our teachers, Mr. Lazzari and Mrs. Kays, for making the delivery!

Have a question? Please email Mrs. Rankin at rankinr@nfschools.org or Mr. Bauman at baumanr@nfschools.org!