Student Activities
This Week
- Wednesday, October 15 come to the Homecoming Festival for food,
games, music and fun! Proceeds will help donate towards Smiley Dog
Rescue and Nepales Youth Opportunity Foundation.
-Thursday, October 16 Dodgeball will be held in the Large Gym at 7:00-
9:30 pm. Don't forget to bring money for Berkeley's Top Dog. With $5
you can get a bag of chips, a water bottle, and a hot dog!
-Friday, October 17 the Homecoming Football game is at Acalanes at 7:00
pm vs. Las Lomas. Please bring any extra change for "Minute Madness!"
-Saturday, October 18 the Homecoming Dance will be at 7:30- 10:30 pm.
Tickets are on sale all through this week in the front quad for $15 and
free with a ASB card.
NOTE:
- Students please pay attention to the Homecoming Calenders at school and stay updated with everyday activities.
Acalanes Leadership
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College and Career Center
Application Workshops for seniors continue
on Oct 15 on out-of-state public universities.
Next week we will concentrate on the activities resume and the personal
statement portions of the UC application. All workshops will be in room 105
from 8:00-8:30AM. Seniors are also welcome to complete their applications with
me on our C&CC computers.
If you are planning to apply for
financial aid, the Financial Aid Seminar with Sue Kim will provide an overview
of the nuts and bolts of financial aid.
Join us on Tuesday, Oct 21, at 7:00-8:30pm in the Acalanes cafeteria.
FALL CALENDAR:
Oct. 21 Financial Aid Seminar 7:00-8:30pm Cafeteria
SAT/SAT Subject Tests: ACT:
Nov. 1 Oct.
25
Dec 6 Dec.
13
Register for SAT's online at www.collegeboard.com or for ACT at www.actstudent.org
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Class of 2012
A HUGE SUCCESS
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Thank you to all volunteers, big and small. Our first homecoming week of activities was a smashing success! Hall deocrations on Sunday went as planned.
Monday and Tuesday booth building went off without a hitch.
And by the time most of you read this our very first Fall Festival will have occurred and I trust all went smoothly.
To all volunteers of time, items, organizing for any part of this has made your child's first homecoming experience a fun and exciting one.
Hats off to the 2012 parents! What a great group!!!
Upcoming for the remainder of the week - Thursday - skit rally, Friday- Dodgeball at lunch: students v. faculty, Homecoming football game,
Saturday - Homecoming dance. Don't miss out on the fun!
There's no place like Acalanes
Questions? Contact your Class of 2012 Liaisons:
Dawn
Lynn Lanier dllanier@comcast.net
Kim Figone kimfigone@ebsan.com
Cindy Reidy TQReidy@comcast.net
Meg McNiece mmcniece@gmail.com
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Class of 2011
Fall Sophomore Parent Mixer and Fundraiser
October 25th - 5:00-7:30Join us for this great event. $35/per person. Proceeds of the tickets and wine sales go to support our class. RSVP soon! Checks to Class of 2011, mailed to Farrel Vance, 3190 Stanley Blvd, Lafayette OR - pay through the Web Store under Class donation: Link hereThanks! Your class Liaisons ___________________________________________________________________________ Questions? Contact your class liaisons: Helen Bazell at hbazell@comcast.netGrace Paolini at jaghome629@aol.comMeg Reid at megoreid@comcast.netFarrel Vance at fvance5@comcast.net
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Class of 2010
Homecoming Week -- Juniors Bring Star Wars to Acalanes
Hallway Decorating. CONGRATULATIONS
to the Class of 2010 for winning the hallway decorating competition!
The Juniors did an outstanding job of creating the world of Star Wars
in the 100 wing -- complete with dark starry skies, light sabers, R2D2,
Yoda and whole host of Star Wars characters. Lots of students showed
up and helped throughout the day. Thanks also to all of our parents
who donated supplies and food for the annual Homecoming pasta feed.
Homecoming Festival. Make
sure everyone attends the Homecoming Festival on Wednesday after school
until 5:30 p.m. The Juniors are hosting 3 booths -- Galactic Darts,
Ping Pong toss and yummy chocolate dipped treats. Elementary and
Middle School students are encouraged to attend, have fun, and help
raise money for Smiley Dog Rescue and the Nepalese Youth Opportunity
Foundation.
Skits, Dances and Dodge Ball on Thursday. Thursday
is the day for students to wear their class t-shirts and show their
class spirit during the skit rally. On Thursday night at 7 p.m., the
annual dodge ball competition takes place in the big gym.
Homecoming Game and Dance.
Homecoming Week wraps up with the Homecoming football game vs. Las
Lomas on Friday night and the Homecoming Dance on Saturday night. Go
Dons!
Next Up -- Football Concession on October 24 vs. Miramonte. The
Junior Class is hosting the concession at the October 24 game vs.
Miramonte High School. This is our last major fundraiser of the year.
If you have signed up to work or donate food, we will be in touch with
you during the next few days with reminders and instructions. If you'd
still like to help out, we could use pizza donations ($12 per pizza)
and a few other food donations. Please e-mail Ellen Whittom at ewhittom@comcast.net if you'd like to help out. _________________________________________________________________
Questions? Contact your class liaisons:
Rhonda Andronico at rhondaandronico@yahoo.com
Kim Fowler at torch40@aol.com
Al Maggio at albert.maggio@kp.org
Ellen Whittom at ewhittom@comcast.net
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Class of 2009
HOMECOMING MEANS FESTIVAL, FOOTBALL, AND FUN!
HOMECOMING FESTIVAL: Wednesday, October 15 (Today) 2:15 - 6:00 PM
Calling all parents, students and friends. Join us at the Homecoming Festival, today at Acalanes High School. Tickets for all the activities and goodies can be purchase at the door.
DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT: Thursday, October 16, 7:00 PM
Come out and support the Senior Class at the Dodge ball tournament!
HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME AND SENIOR CONCESSIONS: Friday, October 17
Please come to the game and support The Dons (vs. Las Lomas) and the Senior Class Concessions. Please bring your appetite and your wallet! Purchase delicious pizza, nachos and homemade desserts in the snack shack. All the proceeds from the evening go to the Class of 2009.
JV Game: 4:30; Varsity Game: 7:00 PM
HOMECOMING DANCE: Saturday, Oct 18th, 7:30 PM
THANK YOU
Thank You to all the parent volunteers who have generously donated food items to the pasta feed, homecoming snacks, and the football concessions. We truly appreciate your generosity and efforts!
"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future." ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Go Dons! _______________________________________________________________________________
Questions? Contact your class liaisons:
Karen Blodgett at karenb@blodgetts.com
Erin McGlynn at erinomcglynn@yahoo.com
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New Parents Club Web Site
We have a newly designed web site for the Acalanes Parents Club. You can reach it at this URL http://acalanesparentsclub.org. If you have any of the pages bookmarked from before, you should bookmark them again as the address is different. Questions or comments? Robin Album albums4@yahoo.com
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Measure E
Measure E Benefits
Our Students
With November's election less than a month away, there's one
local initiative that is of particular interest to parents. Measure E, the high
school facilities bond for the Acalanes
Union High
School District, will
provide the funds needed to renovate, repair, and maintain each of the four
high schools - Acalanes, Campolindo, Miramonte, and Las Lomas- in the Acalanes
district. Whether your students are in Kindergarten,
about to enter high school, or even in high school, Measure E will provide
benefits for local students for many years to come.
Measure E will repair leaky roofs, upgrade electrical and
data delivery systems, improve classroom technology, replace worn equipment,
and more. And, the Measure E bonds will be structured in such a way that there
will be no increase to our current tax rate.
To learn more about Measure E, go to www.AboutMeasureE.org.
Measure E is an investment in our schools, an investment in
our students, and an investment in our future. Please Vote Yes on Measure E
this November 4th.
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Healthy Choices/SOS/Parent Ed
Please join your SOS parent representatives for coffee and
discussion regarding student stress-related issues on Monday, October
20 from 8:30 to 10:00am. We will share what we've learned at a recent
SOS conference at Stanford University and begin a dialogue regarding
the stresses our students are facing in today's high school
environments.
The coffee and discussion will be held at 3950 N Peardale Drive, Lafayette. Please rsvp to ddmurphy@sbcglobal.net.
Thank you, Denise Murphy and Susan Schoenrock ________________________________________________________________________________ Healthy Choices Committee
Please join us for our Healthy Choices Committee Meeting
Friday, October 17
7:30 - 9 am
Faculty Dining Room
Acalanes HS
This is the first meeting of the year, and new and existing members are
welcome! Thanks also to those of you who signed up at the recent
parent meetings; we look forward to working with you. If you provided
your e-mail address, you will receive notifications for upcoming
meetings.
Topics to be covered include: Brief history and purpose of HC
committee; news about the Student Health Council; ideas and projects
for the 2008/09 year.
For more information, contact:
Alice Gandelman, HC Chair
(925) 939-1337
e-mail: aliceg123@msn.com
We hope to see you there! _________________________________________________________________________________
Students and Staff: Come to After School
Yoga and Pilates on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
3:30 - 4:30 in the
cafeteria.
You're already
here.
It's a great way to
get in shape, stay in shape, and deal with stress!
See Dvora Citron for more info or School Nurse Bb
website.
In good health, Dvora Citron, Acalanes School Nurse
280-3970 ext. 7128
Email: dcitron@acalanes.k12.ca.us
School Nurse Website
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LASF News
LASF New Family Fall Phonathon Starts This Sunday
Calling all new families to Lafayette public schools! Please make your LASF donation during the Phonathon this Sunday through Tuesday, 10/19 - 10/21. Or beat us to the punch and make your donation before the Phonathon - you can donate online at http://lasf.org/donate.html or over the phone at 299-1644.
The LASF Annual Event: You Gotta Love It!
Your invitation for the Love LASF Fall Party is in the mail! Don't miss this community-wide celebration on November 15th, featuring great food and refreshments, live music and dancing, casino-style gaming, "must win" raffles and fantastic sign-up parties! Pay for your event and raffle tickets via snail mail, online at http://lasf.org/annualevent/, or via phone at 299-1644.
Share Your Love for LASF: Raffle Prize Donations and Party Hosts Needed
- We are soliciting prizes for the "Going All In" Raffle available to casino gamers only - the kind of decadent luxuries you might enjoy while in Vegas. Scotch, cigars, spa treatments? You bet! Please contact Colleen McCarty at colleen.mccarty@yahoo.com to coordinate.
- Do you love to throw parties? Then please share your flair while showing that you care by hosting a Sign-Up Party of your own special creation. Please contact Stephenie Teichman for details steichma@lafsd.k12.ca.us.
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Community Events
Town Hall Theatre's "Miracle on 34th St." opens Nov. 28 and runs through Dec. 24. Town Hall is looking for ushers. Students can stay and watch the show for FREE and get community service
hours. Call the Box Office at 283-1557 - ask for Robin.
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Smart Money: Using the Bank Instead of Mom
and Dad (Teen Session 1) course # 056215
Wednesday,
October 15th, 7-9pm,
in the Las Lomas Theater.
As a teen, are
you financially independent of your parents? This Smart Money session will show
you how to analyze your income, prepare a budget, open bank accounts and manage
them electronically.
Smart Money:
Using the Bank Instead of Mom and Dad(Teen
Session 2)course # 056216
Thursday,
November 20th, 7-9pm,
in the Las Lomas Theater
Auto loans,
credit choices, hidden finance costs and identity theft. _________________________________________________________________________________ SWEET
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23 WITH KATHLEEN MCCLEARY
Join the
Friends of the Lafayette Library on Thursday October 23 at 7:30 pm for an
evening with Kathleen McCleary, rising star and author of HOUSE & HOME, an
amazing debut novel about a woman with two precious girls, a thriving business,
terrific friends and a sexy husband. She adores her house, a yellow Cape Cod
filled with quirky antiques and a million memories. But now, at forty-four,
she's about to lose it all. And she'd rather see her beloved home burn to the
ground than let another family live in it. Booklist says about
HOUSE & HOME that it "has one of the best opening paragraphs in recent
memory, and is altogether so superior it's hard to believe that it's a
debut."
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Trip to Andalucia Spain June 17-30, 2009
- Visit Spain's historical Costa del Sol, Andalucía and Madrid.
- Take Spanish classes at a leading language school in the beautiful Mediterranean town of Nerja.
- Participate in a number of culturally enriching activities.
JOIN SPANISH 3 & 4 STUDENTS & SRA. HOLLAND THIS SUMMER FOR THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME!
This trip is sponsored by Edu-Culture International, a non-profit organization based in Berkeley. For more information contact us at 510-845-2230 or see Mrs. Holland in room 408. Deadline for applications is Oct. 22nd.
www.educulture.org
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Classified Ads
Tutors, College Advisors, carpoolers, sellers and renters advertise with APC The Classified page of the Acalanes Parents Club website is a great way to advertise not only for business but for personal use too. You can advertise to sell an item, rent a timeshare or cabin, look for carpools, kid sitters, pet sitters, etc. Please contact Ann Baer at annkathrynbaer@yahoo.com or 284-7713 to place your ad. The cost is 50 cents per word per month and all proceeds go to the Acalanes High School Parents Club. Thank you for your support.
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Quick Links
email: ahspc@hotmail.com
web: http://www.acalanesparents.org
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