8th Grade Upcoming Transition Events & End-of-Year Activities

March 2026

UPCOMING TRANSITION DATES

  • See the ParentSquare post from Amy Winston regarding Verification AND Athletics Reminders. Important dates:

Athletics Information Night for Grade 8 Students and Families

Monday, March 30, 6:30pm, Virtual

http://stream.lexikeet.com/newton

Reminders:

  • High School Fall Sports start PRIOR to the start of school. 
  • Registration information will be sent in June. 
  • Tryouts for all sports start Monday August 24th, 2026. 

There are no makeup dates for tryouts.

HS sports have practices/tryouts 6 days per week starting Monday August 24th. Students hoping to play a fall sport must plan to be at North just about every day starting Monday 8/24. All vacations must be complete by 8/23. (The only exception is Unified Basketball which starts in September.)

Detailed information about the sports offered each season at NNHS is available on the NNHS website. The website also includes everything you need to know about athletics at NNHS. For example, check out the NNHS Athletics Handbook.

We strongly encourage you to review the handbook!

8th GRADE END-OF-YEAR ACTIVITIES

Dr. Green and the 8th Grade PTO Planning Committee have been working closely to plan end-of-year activities for our students. Please see below for key information about the last week of school.

  • Monday, June 15: Spirit of Boston Day Cruise in Boston Harbor
  • Thursday, June 18: 8th Grade Trip to Kimble Farms
  • Friday, June 19: No School
  • Monday, June 22: 8th Grade Graduation Practice
  • Thursday, June 25: 8th Grade Graduation and Last Day of School for all students.

NNHS PTSO OPPORTUNITIES

8th Grade Transition: Parent Volunteers Needed

Calling all parents for the Class of 2030! 

At Newton North, each class has 3-6 Class Liaisons who serve as parent representatives for the grade.

Class Liaisons communicate with parents/guardians, class advisors, the class dean and class officers about class-specific events and they manage the Facebook page and Instagram for the parents and guardians of the class. Class liaisons work with PTSO Co-President, Class Advisors and the Class Dean to support class-specific events and assist in finding volunteers for class-specific events.

The Class Liaisons‘ first duty is to help plan the 9th Grade Class Welcome event that happens in September. This is generally a 4 year commitment, from September to June, one hour every two weeks.

Please email co-presidents@northptso.org if you are interested or have any questions.