INCLUSION AT NEWPORT HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL
Newport Harbor High School is a public institution that promises "inclusion of all students" and at no time will a student be dismissed from a curricular, co-curricular or extra-curricular program attached to the school, dismissed from instruction, and / or receive a lower grade due to financial hardship.
Thank you all so much for a great season...boy did it sure fly by!
Thanks also to those who came out and supported the 11 seniors who played in their final game of their high school career. What terrific girls! Thank you Tracy, Pam & Rula for making "Senior Night" such a success. Photos from the evening are already posted on Willie & Liz Reichenstein's Picasa website. There are some incredible shots...check it out!
UPCOMING STUFF...
BANQUET: Friday March 8th at 6:00 p.m. at St. Andrews Church's Deerenfield Hall (upstairs). Tickets are $25.
MEMORY BOOK ADS/ DEDICATIONS: Get your Ad Reservation Form here. Get your ads in today. Business card size ad or dedication is free with player contribution. For more info contact Tracy Grosskopf @ soccermom2731@yahoo.com or Pam Standish @ pdro925@yahoo.com.
Looking forward to celebrating the season with you all on March 8th. You have terrific daughters!
See you soon,
Julie Castillo @ castlemadre@yahoo.com
NH Girls Soccer Booster President
P.S. On a personal note...in terms of our win-loss record, the season was a disappointment...but if you ask my daughter Jenna about her senior season she would say it was a total win. She got to play some great soccer along side some of her best friends...priceless!
CONGRATULATIONS FROSH SOPH
Congratulations to the Frosh/Soph Girl's who captured the
NOCC Championship
over Pacifica HS in an exciting PK shootout.
Team practices are being held on a regular basis at 2:00 pm, make every effort to arrive on time, bring water, a properly inflated soccer ball, shin guards are required, and wear a white t-shirt. Varsity will be at Harper, JV and Frosh/Soph will be at the practice field behind the stadium.
Download our Program Guidelines and both parents and players read them to make sure you and your daughter understand the commitment she has made to the Newport Harbor Girl's Soccer Program. If there are questions about the meaning of the guidelines again email Larry Draluck. Remember there is a picture that is much more important than soccer and that is the picture of life!
Our season schedule can be downloaded on your right. Keep in mind there may be changes from time to time so keep checking in with your coach. The calendar for the program has been updated.
NOT MAKING IT - THE TRUE CHALLENGE
By Anson Dorrance
University Of North Carolina
Women's Soccer Coach and former United
States National Team Coach
If you make a team, that is great. But if you don't, you get to demonstrate how determined, strong and noble you are. Rather than blame politics, or become devastated when your continual success hits a hurdle, take personal responsibility and use a setback to recover and refocus. You weren't selected, so you can begin to figure out ways to improve. You can resolve to come back next time, and be better. Ask yourself what your weak areas are, and because of this bump in the road, you will give yourself a chance to improve them.
Whether you're chosen or not, you're going to win, because there are wonderful victories in both cases. In fact, I think the higher-level individual can triumph greater in not being selected, because the strength to take responsibility and recommit, or the strength to accept that our best was eclipsed by someone else's best, is a more powerful statement of character than just making the team. Through adversity, you can grow more as a person, and a part of the growth can be a decision on whom you have decided to become as a player.