Racer Review

Inspirit AI is a prestigious, 25-hour guided research program where middle and high school students design applied AI projects in financial strategy, environmental modeling, and economic analysis under the mentorship of graduate researchers from Stanford and MIT. The application deadline is March 31, 2026.

Date: July 13th - 16th, 2026
Time: 8:30AM - 4:30PM

Free to attend!

Ms. Darian Jackson, one of our science teachers, has entered a contest called "America's Favorite Teacher" put on by the charity Colossal. In order to win she needs your vote! You can vote every 24 hours using the link https://americasfavteacher.org/2026/darian-jackson. In order to vote, you must be 18 years or older and have a Facebook account. If Ms. Jackson wins, Bill Nye The Science Guy will come to Newcastle High School for an assembly. Please take the time to support her!

Senior Recognition & Scholarship Night is scheduled for May 14 at 6:30pm in the HS Auditorium. If you are a part of: National Honor Society, Native American Education, Valedictorian, have a military commitment or been awarded academic scholarships please plan on attending. Your family is also welcome and encouraged to attend too.

If you have been awarded an academic scholarship please share that information at the link below so the college, career & counseling team can recognize your achievements. You may not want to be recognized but your grow ups sure do!

The only way we can celebrate your achievements is by you all sharing what you have received.

link to form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQMlxzv-BNa8KQXifn27djsPMDr8WyXh1I-QEI1o1qej8rCw/viewform

Deadline April 3

If you are interested in participating in Internship Class for Fall 2026, there is an application process. Applications can be picked up in the Library in the bin outside Mrs. Heatly's door. DUE APRIL 9. Questions- email lheatly@newcastle.k12.ok.us or stop by Mrs. Heatly office.

Are you a student who has committed to the military after graduation? We want to celebrate your next chapter. Please fill out this Military Form. Questions- see Mrs. Heatly or email lheatly@newcastle.k12.ok.us

The following dates will be reserved for State Testing for the junior class.

April 8, 2026

April 14, 2026

April 16, 2026

All junior students will need to attend these testing days.

For Juniors Only: All other students will be virtual this day

• Buses will run as normal.
• Cafeteria will be open for breakfast at 7:30 am
• Seating will begin at 8:10 am
• Testing begins at 8:30 am
• Further details will be sent to juniors and their families next week.

Newcastle Community- The Senior Events team is looking for financial support for our Class of 2026 end of year activities. One of the items we are looking to fund is a shirt for each Senior to wear at our Senior Community Give Back Day. This would effectively be their last ever Newcastle t-shirt. Any amount is acceptable. Contact Mrs. Heatly if you are interested in contributing to the Class of 2026 Community Give Back Day shirts.

To better serve our students and be more efficient with our time, we have created more of a system to help us with this madness!

We created this step-by-step guide to help students with the process.

We have each blocked out specific times for students to schedule appointments with us through google calendar.

Links to all three of Counselor calendars can be found on the step-by-step guide.

All high school students are encouraged to take the ACT. Taking this exam more than once is proven to increase your score. Please use this link for upcoming exam dates and testing centers. Early registration for the April 11th test late registration deadline is March 24th.

If you have an IEP or 504 plan, you can receive accommodations when you register for the national ACT. Use this link for step-by-step instructions on how to sign up with accommodations. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Wright.

Need help preparing for the ACT? Use this link for helpful test taking tips and preparation. Mrs. Franklin is now offering ACT prep during Racer Refuel! Sign up through Flextime to attend.

ACT provides students opportunities to prepare and practice for the test! Check out this website that ACT provides for students to practice ACT test questions in 'game mode'!

ACT Game Mode

Beginning Spring 2026- If you have to take credit recovery for a failed course, the repeated course will cost $100. This includes credits that are lost due to absences.

Sharing a new resource provided by STOPit, our partner for anonymous reporting. This new resource provides students who are in crisis direct access to a trained counselor for immediate help and support, regardless of the time of day. Here are a few notes about the program:

• How does Crisis Text Line work?

• You text 741741 when in crisis, available 24/7 in the United States.

• A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds quickly.

• The Crisis Counselor helps you move from a hot moment to a cool calm to stay safe and healthy using effective active listening and suggested referrals – all through text message, using Crisis Text Line’s secure platform.

Please use these links to view the March newsletter of Parents Make the Difference

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A Class Violation may be issued for routine classroom disruptions, including but not limited to:

• Not remaining in an assigned seat or designated area

• Repeatedly failing to stay on task after redirection

• Not following specific classroom rules or expectations

• Minor behaviors that interrupt the learning environment

• Repeated low-level disruptions that require teacher intervention

This directive is intended to help teachers address day-to-day behavior concerns efficiently while maintaining instructional momentum. If the student receives 2 Classroom Violations, they will be issued a detention.

Students if you are not off campus for lunch you must be in the Cafeteria or the picnic tables outside of the cafeteria. Students will not be permitted to eat lunch in the hallways, outside of classrooms, main office lobby, or various corners around campus.

Freshmen students are required to eat lunch on campus. Freshmen students who leave campus during lunch will be referred to an administrator and will be assigned a consequence.

If you are assigned a detention, you can now serve it in both the AM and PM, Monday through Thursday.

AM Session- Mrs. Wilson's Room; 6:30am-7:30 am

PM Session- Ms. Jackson's Room; 2:45 pm-3:45pm

Detentions must be served by the due date, or it will result in 1 day of ISI.

If you are on enrolled on campus for 2nd or 3rd hour, you must attend Racer Refuel. All students must choose a Flex Time offering at the before 2nd hour.

Student parking is located in the purple parking zones. All other areas are not open to student vehicles. If you receive a parking ticket, the ticket must be paid. Any student that refuses to pay the parking ticket, will not be eligible to attend prom.

Newcastle High School is a phone free zone from first bell to last bell. Please remind your student that phones must be turned off and put away for the entire day. Thank you!

All students and staff must wear their ID during the school day.

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