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HAWK WEEKLY Volume 3, Issue 13 October 26, 2015

A Note from the Superintendent DUTIES OF AN NVMI PARENT

This week’s duty is Duty #6:

6. Ensure your child attends school every day on time and only misses class for very

serious reasons.

Daily school attendance is critical for a child’s success. NVMI has a policy that a student who misses 15 or more days

in a semester may be denied credit for all courses that semester. That means a child will not move onto the next grade

level, fails all classes for that semester, and has to repeat the courses and grade.

Please do everything you can to make sure your child is on time to school every single school day.

Sometimes in life, we experience mixed blessings. Captain Steve Diab, our beloved Commandant of Cadets and Delta Company TAC Officer, has wanted to become an LA Police Officer since he was in second grade. We are very proud to announce that CPT Diab was selected to attend the Los Angeles Police Academy beginning next Monday, November 2. That is a huge accomplishment and something for which we are very proud of Captain. Sadly, that means he will be leaving us at the end of this week. We are very thankful for his faithful service, and we wish him the very best in the next phase of his amazing life.

I am pleased to welcome Captain (U.S. Army) Amanda Mendoza, who has California Cadet Corps experience and holds both a Bachelor’s Degree and California Designate Subjects Special Subjects Basic Military Drill teaching credential. She will take over as our new Commandant and Delta Company TAC officer.

This Thursday morning at 8AM in the small gym, we are hoping parents and students

will come to say farewell to Captain Diab with a small social gathering. Parents are welcome to bring refreshments for the gathering. Also Thursday at the 3:25 p.m. formation, we will have a brief change of command ceremony. Please join us in thanking Captain Diab for his faithful service and welcoming Captain Mendoza.

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NVMI EXCELS AT CALIFORNIA CADET CORPS AAMC COMPETITION

Annually, the California Cadet Corps conducts an Academic, Athletic, Marksmanship, Community Emergency Response Team competition. This year's event was held this past Saturday at the California Military Institute in Perris, CA. NVMI did exceptionally well in all areas. Here is a list of awards received:

MARKSMANSHIP - 1st place senior division team - Vicente Garcia, Bethsy Alcala, Kaitlin Luke MARKSMANSHIP - 1st place senior division individual - Vicente Garcia ACADEMIC - 1st place junior division team ATHLETIC - Male junior division sit ups third place - Kyle Wynn ATHLETIC - Male junior division basketball first place - Kyle Wynn ATHLETIC - Female senior division soccer first place - Karla Tipianni CERT - Senior division third place

We are very proud of our contingent of cadets who competed. Way to go Hawks!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR CADETS WHO HAD PERFECT

ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRSTQUARTER

(please see pages 6 - 10 )

Please see page 12 for information on

Funding Your College Future

DONATIONS: NVMI needs your help to offset a budget deficit. Specifically, we need donations of both CASH and various items. Here are some things to consider.

1. NVMI provides more than $250 of free uniform items to each child each year. You would normally

have to pay for school clothes for your child, so if you are able to do so, please give us all or a

portion of that $250 in a donation to help our budget.

2. NVMI provides an amazing and very robust counseling staff ratio most schools do not provide.

Please consider donating cash to help pay for our counselors!

3. EVERY NVMI child participates in athletics in various forms, including intramurals and

interscholastic. NVMI pays more than $77,000 a year for our athletic program. Please consider

donating to help with those costs.

4. WE PAY ABOUT $200 a week in Xerox paper alone! We need donations of cases of white 8.5X11

inch copy paper. Literally, more than 5000 reams or 25,000,000 sheets of paper are used by NVMI

in a year. If you are at Staples or Office Depot or Walmart or Target and can pick up copy paper,

please do so and bring it to the main office right away.

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5. We also need donations of other office supplies:

6. IF YOUR CHILD TAKES THE BUS: NVMI is paying over $250,000 a year for free bus transportation. If you are able to donate to help cover those costs, please send some cash to help with those expenses. All donations are tax deductible and we will give you a tax donation letter. Bring items (with receipts so we know how much to give you credit for) or cash to the main office in an envelope with your name, child’s name, student ID#, grade, and company. We will give you a tax donation receipt within two business days of turning in the items or cash.

PROBATIONARY ELIGIBILITY

NVMI wants students to do well academically and be good leaders, citizens, and athletes. To that end, we have an

eligibility requirement to participate in extracurricular activities like sports, band, drill teams, cheer, and weekend

cadet events, etc. The basic requirements are to have passing grades in all classes, have NO UNEXCUSED

ABSENCES, and no more than 10 permanent demerits in a quarter.

We do this because we want students to be successful and we want them to be good representatives of the school when

they go out in public.

Occasionally, a student misses the mark but really wants to participate in one or more of these activities. We have a

system called PROBATIONARY ELIGILIBILTY which allows a student to have one quarter of probationary

eligibility during their entire middle school career and one during their entire high school career at NVMI. If you and

your child would like to request probationary eligibility, there is a form they can obtain from Coach Sarenana. It must

be signed by the child and parent and submitted to the Superintendent for approval. Remember that you can only have

one quarter of probationary eligibility for all three years of middle school and only one quarter of probationary

eligibility for all four years of high school, so we do not recommend “using up” that quarter early on in a child’s

middle school or high school career at NVMI. IF you have questions about this, please contact me at

mryan@novamil.org or at 323-217-4481.

Pencils

Blue, black, and red pens

Paper clips

Rubber bands

Binder clips

Dry erase markers

Dry erase erasers

File folders

Hanging file folders

Post it notes

Scissors

Glue sticks

Staples and staplers

Masking tape

Scotch tape dispensers and

scotch tape rolls

Water based markers

Crayons

Construction paper

Bulletin board fadeless

paper

Bulletin board borders

Butcher paper

11X17 copy paper

8.5X14 copy paper

Color copy paper

Mailing labels

Kleenex

Hand wipes/baby wipes

Highlighters

Correction fluid

Graph paper notebooks

Wide ruled notebooks

College ruled notebooks

Rulers

Compasses

Protractors

Scientific calculators

Calculators

Thumb drives

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SCIENCE LABS If your child is enrolled in high school science and did not pass their

lab safety test, they cannot participate in lab experiences. Please

check with your child to see if they passed and if they did not, please

encourage them to study. The test is very straightforward, and

students were allowed to use notes and resources, so there is NO

EXCUSE for them not to pass.

RED RIBBON WEEK

Later in this bulletin is a copy of a letter sent home last

week about Red Ribbon Week. Please read it and plan to

come to the parenting workshop this Thursday. It will be

a great learning experience you will NOT WANT TO

MISS. (See page 13)

Sports Practices for the Week

Reminder: Any student that is interested in participating in sports next season must complete the sports package and must speak to Coach Sarenana.

Any parents that will like to help out with score keeping and taking stats please email AD at lsarenana@novamil.org

Middle School Schedule

Flag Football Practice: Monday and Wednesday 3:30-5:00 Games : 10/27 5:00 at San Fernando Valley Academy 10/29 4:30 at Ribet Academy (final game)

Middle School Basketball Tryouts (boys and girls) November 2, 3, 4 and 5

High School Schedule

Girls Volleyball Games: 10/26 Monday vs Valor 2:00pm

at Branford park 10/27 vs Burton Tech 4:30pm

Home (Final Game) Cross Country Practice: Monday and Wednesday Meet: 10/29 Elysian Park 2:05(Final Meet)

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YEAR - AT – GLANCE

Oct 26 – Red Ribbon Week kick off assembly at 8AM in the large gym

Oct 28 – School pictures – cadets wear their Class B uniform. Be sure to look sharp. These

photos are for the yearbook and for parents to purchase. Purchase information was sent

home through TAC Team last week.

Oct 29 – PARENTING CLASS ON DRUGS – This will be a highly informative workshop

you will not want to miss. When they came to present to some of the school staff, we were

amazed at how much we learned. This is a bilingual workshop at 6PM.

Oct 30 – NO SCHOOL: Professional Development Day

Nov 12 – COLLEGE NIGHT – 6:00 pm - Come listen to presentations about college

options for ALL students

Nov 13 – Veterans Day Pass in Review at 8:15 a.m. on the field

Dec 18 – Last day of the semester; winter break starts after this day. School will resume

January 11.

Jan 21 – HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD ACADEMICALLY – Parent Workshop

6:00 pm

February 11 – PROMOTING YOUR CHILD’S AND FAMILY’S WELLNESS - Parent

workshop 6:00 pm

March 10 – DEALING WITH YOUR CHILD’S CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS -

Parent Workshop 6:00 pm

April 14 – DRUGS ALCOHOL AND THEIR IMPACT ON TEENS - Parent Workshop

6:00 pm

May 12 – FEMALE BULLYING Parent Workshop 6:00 pm

VETERANS HONOR WALL, BREAKFAST RECEPTION & PASS in REVIEW CEREMONY See invitation on page 14

Entry form – To Honor an American Veteran

See page 15

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PERFECT ATTENDANCE

Middle School – Q1C

Aguirre Israel 6

Barajas Jonatan 6

Chichil Isaiah 6

Cortes Julio 6

Cruz Noah 6

Elenes Rudy 6

Espidio Cruz Denise 6

Frias Xavier 6

Garcia Robert 6

Garcia Zayra 6

Gonzalez Anthony 6

Gonzalez Maria 6

Gonzalez-Leon Gema 6

Gutierrez Nickolas 6

Hernandez Eduardo 6

Hernandez Ryan 6

Lara Espidio Keven 6

Machuca Crystal 6

Mobarak Said 6

Morris Joseph 6

Orellana Andrew 6

Ortiz Abigail 6

Ramirez Jesse 6

Sagala Eric 6

Sanchez Espidio Anahi 6

Velazquez Yarethzi 6

Aguirre Anahi 7

Alonso Noah 7

Alvarez Mathew 7

Arroyo Bryan 7

Azevedo Frank 7

Barrios Dany 7

Cabrales Meza Alexia 7

Castellanos-Gamino Adrian 7

Fernando Jacobi 7

Garcia Said 7

Garza Sean 7

Gonzalez Destiny 7

Henriquez Francisco 7

Johnson Jamari 7

Lopez Cruz Jasmin 7

Martinez Josue 7

Moreno Danny 7

Nunez Josue 7

Ochoa Sandy 7

Oriol Stephanie 7

Orozco Jaime 7

Rodriguez Jose 7

Sandoval Kimberly 7

Smith William 7

Wynn Kyle 7

Aguilar Romero Roberto 8

Barbosa Alcala Damaris 8

Beltran Gonzalez Angel 8

Borja-Abarca Sarai 8

Chichil-Velasquez Juliana 8

Cruz-Bernabe Bryan 8

Duran Varela Marilyn 8

Elias Marjori 8

Flores Christian 8

Garcia Lopez Daniela 8

Haris Naseeb 8

Heatherly Kodi 8

Hernandez Valeria 8

Lemus Angel 8

Lopez Benjamin 8

Lopez Noah 8

Lopez De Rosas Jesus 8

Matos Jonah 8

Menjivar Nadia 8

Narciso David 8

Ochoa Samantha 8

Ramirez Emily 8

Reyes Lorenzo 8

Rivera Efrain 8

Rubalcava Bernard 8

Sagala Eddie 8

Salazar Armando 8

Wilson Sean 8

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PERFECT ATTENDANCE

Middle School – 1st Qtr (all)

Aguilar Joannah 6

Aguirre Andrew 6

Alvarez Cruz Ulysses 6

Amarillas Alan 6

Bacilio Fernando 6

Balderas Aaron 6

Barajas Daniel 6

Becerra Jacob 6

Bolanos Ivannia 6

Carr Tariq 6

Carrizosa Alondra 6

Castillo Edward 6

Cervantes Stephanie 6

Clavel Carlo 6

Cruz Leslie 6

Curiel Alonso 6

De La Mora Samantha 6

Delgado Jose 6

Dominguez Alondra 6

Duarte Nick 6

DuPrey Matthew 6

Esqueda Jorge 6

Fuentes Jonahs 6

Gamboa Vincent 6

Garcia Elijah 6

Gonzalez Jose 6

Gonzalez Marlen 6

Henriquez Jacob 6

Juarez Andy 6

Kemp Elvis 6

Kemp Isiah 6

Lagunas Alexandre 6

Lopez Cynthia 6

Lopez Cardoza Gary 6

Mariscal Fredy 6

Menjivar Stephanie 6

Moreno Lizbeth 6

Novoa Elisha 6

Nunez Erick 6

Oliveros-Jordan David 6

Paz Antony 6

Ponce-Ramos Vanessa 6

Post Wyatt 6

Prudencio Juan 6

Ramirez Alexander 6

Ramirez Angel 6

Rivera Alexander 6

Rodriguez Alexis 6

Rodriguez Allyson 6

Rodriguez Maximilliano 6

Sanchez Erick 6

Sanchez Lopes Icela 6

Silva Tapia Alexander 6

Tolossa Realegeno Jayleene 6

Toscano Andy 6

Urbina Shadiyr 6

Valente Angel 6

Vega Hernandez Liliana 6

Vergara Krystal 6

Villalobos Jazmin 6

Villasenor Tristian 6

Villegas Juan 6

Aguilar Andrew 7

Aguilar Rodrigo 7

Ajayi Naimat 7

Alvarez Oscar 7

Amiel Isaac 7

Andrade Eduardo 7

Arellano Miguel 7

Arriaza Justyn 7

Augenstein Parsifal 7

Balderrama Fatima 7

Battino Aniki 7

Becerra Ethan 7

Buezo Steve 7

Cano Anastasia 7

Castaneda April 7

Caudillo Michael 7

Cian Rebollar Leslie 7

Contreras Miguel 7

Cortes Cristopher 7

Cota Jazmin 7

Craig Cyle 7

Fuentes Desirae 7

Fuentes Kris 7

Gonzalez Ivan 7

Henriquez Herbert 7

Hernandez-Torres Carlos 7

Lopez Oliver 7

Lupercio Azucena 7

Lupercio Edwin 7

Mainferme Christopher 7

Martinez Brandon 7

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Martinez Isabella 7

Mendiola Jose 7

Mendoza Alondra 7

Mendoza Robert 7

Meza Christian 7

Meza Eric 7

Navarro Navarrete Isaac 7

O'Dwyer Dylan 7

Paz Samantha 7

Pena Victoria 7

Ramirez Eduardo 7

Rios Anderson 7

Rodriguez Meany Christopher 7

Romero Gabriel 7

Romero Garcia Perla 7

Silva Esmerelda 7

Solorio Estevan 7

Vargas Juan 7

Velasco Joseph 7

Velasco Joshua 7

Vicuna Jennah 7

Acosta Isaias 8

Alvarado Brianna-Windy 8

Arvizo Kian 8

Buezo Jonathan 8

Cardenas-Martinez Keven 8

Cedillos Bryan 8

Chable Jashua 8

DeSouza Emily 8

Escobar Alexander 8

Esqueda Christina 8

Flores Vannessa 8

Galdamez Cinthia 8

Gomez Carlos 8

Jimenez Kely 8

Jovel Jeremy 8

Leonard Matthew 8

Lopez Katherine 8

Lopez Mattias 8

Maeda Karina 8

Mancia Melissa 8

Mandujano Clarissa 8

Mejia Avila Johanna 8

Mercado Luis 8

Meza Juan 8

Morales Ernesto 8

Moreno Bryan 8

Moreno Evelyn 8

Morris Charles 8

Orozco Helen 8

Pacheco Daisy 8

Pena Victor 8

Perdomo Edwin 8

Quijano Jasmine 8

Rodriguez William 8

Rua Luisa 8

Suazo Marizcales Isaac 8

Trujillo Jamie 8

Valdez Christian 8

Valentine-Baham Heaven 8

Valenzuela Haudelia 8

Vazquez-Nieves Agustin 8

Villegas Cynthia 8

Wilson Steven 8

Woods Jaylen 8

Ajayi Sherifat 9

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PERFECT ATTENDANCE

High School - Q1C

Aguilar Julio 9

Alonzo Johnny 9

Avalos Andres 9

Barrios Ovando Priscila 9

Cervantes Ashley 9

Cervantes Jonathan 9

Cuadra Jesse 9

Cuevas Diorella 9

Duarte-Martinez Daphne 9

Estrada Ruben 9

Gomez Jennifer 9

Gonzalez Ochoa Omar 9

Hernandez Kiara 9

Mendiola Dafne 9

Miranda Magana Luis 9

Orozco III Michael 9

Rivas Kaila 9

Rojas Gabriel 9

Valenzuela Juan 9

Williams Joshua 9

Zapata Juan 9

Beltran Ashley 10

Bernal Carmen 10

Gamino Alexandra 10

Gonzalez Tatjana 10

Heck Gavyn 10

Marmol Jacqueline 10

Munguia Elizabeth 10

Portillo Alondra 10

Reyes Angelo 10

Rivera-Ramirez Ashley 10

Robledo Julian 10

Rosales Evanks 10

Ruiz Flor 10

Terrazas Freddy 10

Caudillo Brittany 11

Herrera Ashley 11

Rangel Angel 11

Rangel Sara 11

Terrones Ebert 11

Ulloa Alyssa 11

Alvarez Carlos 12

Cespedes Nicholas 12

Chable Zahairie 12

De La Paz Manuel 12

Del Cid Paloma 12

Gonzalez Andrew 12

Jones Neeya 12

Luke Kaitlin 12

Ramirez Robert 12

Rangel Juritzy 12

Ybarra Noah 12

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

High School - 1st Qtr (all)

Alvarado Jessica 9

Alvarez Alexander 9

Arellano Hugo 9

Arevalo Gabriel 9

Barrios Celeste 9

Birrueta Anthony 9

Bolanos Diego 9

Bolanos-Marmol Daniela 9

Butel Jason 9

Casillas Damian 9

Castellanos Sebastian 9

Contreras Angela 9

Contreras Crystal 9

Diaz Jorge Oswaldo 9

Espidio Jabier 9

Fontenot Ivy 9

Fuentes David Enrique 9

Galdamez Kattia 9

Garcia Andy 9

Garibo-Gomez Alvaro 9

Guillen Jordan 9

Guzman Marissa 9

Kapur Arjun 9

Lepe Annabella 9

Machuca Guadalupe 9

Mancilla Lizbeth 9

Marmol Katia 9

Martinez Jose 9

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Medina Ruben 9

Mendoza Jared 9

Molina Madisen 9

Montenegro Melannie 9

Ochoa Cesar Leonardo 9

Pelayo Adrian 9

Portillo-Depaz Genesis 9

Rodriguez Briana 9

Rodriguez Joshua 9

Rodriguez Michael 9

Rodriguez Oscar 9

Rubalcava Marisol 9

Sanchez Franky 9

Sanchez Yuliza 9

Talamantes Melody 9

Torres Omar 9

Toscano Jose 9

Ulloa Brandon 9

Vergara Luzmaria 9

Vicuna Juan 9

Zambrano Kevin 9

Zuniga Edith 9

Avalos Diana 10

Bolanos Lisbeth 10

Castro Aizza 10

Cazares Margarita 10

De La Torre Rodrigo 10

Diaz Bryan 10

Duran Varela Roman 10

Favela Manuel 10

Franco Leoncio 10

Garcia Maria 10

Gonzalez Jovanny 10

Jimenez Josiah 10

Jimenez Vianey 10

Martinez Eugenio Monserat 10

Menjivar Andrew 10

Pacheco RoseMarie 10

Perez Jovanny 10

Quinto Dominick 10

Sandvoss David 10

Santizo Yahyra 10

Valiente Sergio 10

Weisberg Mitchell 10

Yahuaca Anthony 10

Zuniga Carlos 10

Ayala Wilber 11

Coria Belma 11

Figueroa Alyssa 11

Garcia Vicente 11

King Marlyn 11

Perez Lopez Luis 11

Ponce Anthony 11

Rubalcava Emily 11

Soto Sanchez Aaron 11

Terrien Elijah 11

Tipiani Falcon Karla 11

Alcala Bethsaira 12

Bol Christopher 12

Guico Symon Jun 12

Hernandez Sergio 12

Oliveros-Jordan Alejandro 12

Ramirez Jose 12

Ramos Lesley 12

Sandvoss Marilyn 12

Woods Anayah 12

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YOU’RE INVITED TO CELEBRATE

DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS WITH US!

COME CELEBRATE WITH US! Our class wants all 7th

grade families to join us

on Wednesday, November 4th for our potluck celebration of Dia de los Muertos.

Seventh graders are writing biographies and creating alters that will be on display.

There will be food, music, and much more.

This will be organized by the 7th

grade teachers Jan Johnson and Melissa Secola.

When: Wednesday, November 4th

Where: Room 63 at North Valley Military Institute located at

North Valley Military Institute

12105 Allegheny Street

Sun Valley, CA 91352

For more information please contact us on jjohnson@novamil.org or

msecola@novamil.org

Thank you and we hope to see you there.

Written by: 7th grader Naimat Ajayi

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NVMI

NO RTH VALLE Y M ILITAR Y INS T ITU TE

Dear NVMI Parents, Monday, October 26, 2015, kicks off our annual Red Ribbon Week and is an ideal way for people

and communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs. NVMI is showing our personal

commitment to a drug-free campus through the symbol of the Red Ribbon during the week of October

26th – 29th. This year’s theme is: Respect Yourself, Be Drug-Free!

The Red Ribbon campaign was started when drug traffickers in Mexico City murdered DEA agent

Kiki Camarena in 1985. This began the continuing tradition of displaying Red Ribbons as a symbol of

intolerance towards the use of drugs. NVMI has partnered with the Red Ribbon Campaign© to pursue

the mission of presenting a unified and visible commitment towards the creation of a Drug-Free

America.

NVMI will host various events in celebration of Red Ribbon Week beginning with our kick-off

assembly on Monday, October 26th at 8AM in the Big Gym. Henry Lozano, Kiki Camarena’s former

partner and Red Ribbon Week co-founder, will be our special guest speaker. Mr. Lozano will address the

dangers of drugs and motivate our cadets and pledges to respect themselves and be drug-free. Families

are welcome to attend.

NVMI will also be offering a special Parent Academy Workshop on the dangers of drugs and drug

prevention run by the San Fernando Valley Partnership, Inc. on Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 5:30-

7:00PM.

For more information about NVMI’s Red Ribbon Week or how you can be a helpful force in the

fight against drugs on our campus, please contact Ms. Tejada in the main office. Thank you!

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