NHES Newsletter

• Congratulations to all our Award Winners from last Friday's Flag Deck Awards Assembly!!
• Thank you to our families who participated in our annual Family Book Buddy Event on Friday.
• Congratulations to our Big Bucket Winner: Olivia in Kindergarten!

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

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