NHES Newsletter

• Congratulations to all the award winners at last Friday's Awards Flag Deck!!
• Congratulations to this month's Big Bucket Winner: Adrian from Miss Padula's 1st grade class!
• Shout out to our 6th graders who go to Science Camp this week.
• Thank you to our Foundation & Gala Committee for hosting such a successful and fun Gala Fundraiser on Saturday...and shout out to our NHES families for their generous donations!
• Congratulations to our NHES Teacher of the Year: Miss Lang in 6th grade! Mrs. Lang was nominated & voted by our NHES staff to represent our school for 2026, we are so proud of and lucky to have such a SHARKtastic teacher at NHES.

The Newport-Mesa Soccer Classic is back!

Get ready for a fun soccer tournament for 3rd-6th grade students - and a great opportunity for Newport Heights Elementary to represent and shine on the field!

Tryouts: Wednesday, April 15th, 1:20pm - 2:30pm

Practices: Wednesdays starting April 22nd, 1:20pm - 2:30pm

Tournament: Tuesday, May 26th thru Sunday, May 31st

At NHES, we are interested in hearing your feedback about our Shark PRIDE expectations, positive school culture & PBIS - Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports implementations. Please take a moment to take this quick 15-question survey, most questions are multiple choice with opportunities at the end for specific feedback. Please answer honestly, our goal is to improve where we need to and celebrate what is working & we are doing well at NHES!

Newport Heights Family Feedback Survey 2026 - closing Friday, April 3rd!

Check out the NMUSD Summer Programs webpage for more info!

We have been reminding all our students of our school rules & Shark PRIDE: be polite, responsible, independent, determined & engaged everywhere at all times at Newport Heights! Following our school rules keeps everyone safe & helps lead to positive and successful school days.

Our PAL team also introduced our new Shark PRIDE pledge!

Enrollment is open for all NEW student TK-6th grade for the 2026-2027 school year!

Check out our monthly calendar for all the happenings at NHES!

Heights Happenings: March 2026

Here at NHES, we love celebrating our community, school spirit & positivity!

T-Shirt Tuesday

Wear positive apparel like a t-shirt with a message of kindness, gratitude, encouragement, or positivity every Tuesday

Spirit Wear Wednesday

Show your Shark PRIDE by wearing NHES spirit wear, school colors (red, blue and/or white), or shark gear

Shark House Friday

Wear your Shark House colored t-shirt on Fridays

Keep an eye out for our Spirit Wear being sold by PTA at Flag Deck!

For all your general school information needs, take a look at our NHES Handbook on our school website. You can find daily schedules, policies about absences & tardies, information about school lunches & breakfast, dress code expectations, and more!

Newport Heights Elementary remains committed to being a student-centered, academically challenging, safe and healthy, and positive place for our Sharks to live and learn each and every day by achieving great heights.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, we will be happy to assist you as best as we can!

School Office - 949-515-6970

Terri Clarke, Principal - tclarke@nmusd.us

Angie Miner, Office Manager - aminer@nmusd.us

Jackie Droste, Office Assistant - jdroste@nmusd.us

Elizabeth Aranda, School Community Facilitator - earanda@nmusd.us

#sharkpride

Go SHARKS,

Terri Clarke

Principal

Email: tclarke@nmusd.us
Website: http://newportheights.nmusd.us/
Location: 300 East 15th Street, Newport Beach, CA, USA
Phone: (949) 515-6970