Principal's Message
Dear Acalanes High School Community,
I would like to welcome all returning and new students and
families. The first day of school has arrived and we are excited to take on the
challenges of the new school year.
While we may have some obstacles ahead of us in light of the
current financial crisis, we promise to continue to offer high quality
programs, curriculum that prepares our students for the 21st century
and promote high level learning by all students.
I would like to thank all Acalanes High School staff members
and parent volunteers who have worked tirelessly to prepare the school,
register our students and make our incoming freshman feel comfortable. Your
hard work is truly appreciated.
I'd like to remind all students that we will be holding our
first rally and a school dance on Friday, August 28th. I hope to see
all of our students attend these events.
Thank you again and Go Dons!
Aida Glimme
Principal
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President's Message
Dear Parents, Warmest back to school greetings to all of
our Acalanes families. I hope that each of you had a smooth start
today. It was great seeing and meeting so many of you during Dons Days,
this is truly going to be an amazing school year.
Thank You's- We
extend a huge thank you to Joni Avery (President 08-09) , Janet
Klemmedson (Finance Secretary) , Sheree Bauer (Parent Volunteer- on
line reg.), Winnie Lohman (Parent volunteer - Directory) for their
tireless work during the spring and summer. Our Dons Days Chairs -
Leigh Benner, Christine Flanagan and Wendy Poling deserve a round of
applause for coordinating all of the volunteers who worked so hard
during Dons Days. Thank you to each and every volunteer who gave their
time so generously. We are indeed fortunate to have so many parents
who are always willing to help and do so with a smile.
Student Directory - If you have any corrections or additions please send them to ahsdirectory@yahoo.com by the Sept. 13th deadline. A Directory Supplement will be ready for pick up in the office in October.
PE Uniforms - The
Student Store will be open during lunch period, 6th period and after
school for the 1st week of school for students to pick up, purchase or
exchange PE Clothes. If you pre-paid - Please be sure that your student brings their receipt - without a receipt they will not be able to collect their items.
Friday Forum - Sept
4th at 8:30 am in the Faculty Dining Room. This is a great opportunity
for parents to have a dialogue with Principal Aida Glimme and other
faculty and staff during the year. Our Sept meeting will feature Aida
Glimme and Steve France. Please join us.
Have a pleasant first week of school and I look forward to seeing you around the campus!
Astrida Lalor
Acalanes Parents Club President
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Counseling Notes
Welcome back to school!
Program Change Requests
Due to budgets cuts our classes are quite full and program changes will be limited. Starting Friday, August 28th students who would like to drop, change, or add a class may fill out a Program Change Request Form and turn it in to the Counseling Office before school, at brunch, at lunch, or after school. Most classes are full and space is quite limited. If we are able to make a change for a student we will post their name on a list in the Counseling Office window. The list will be updated daily.
Counseling Staff Ext. E-mail __________________
A-E DeeDee Worthing 7113 dworthing@acalanes.k12.ca.us
F-Le Lynn Millar 7114 lmillar@acalanes.k12.ca.us
Li-Sa Cheryl Lua 7145 clua@acalanes.k12.ca.us
Sc-Z Pat Johnson 7115 pjohnson@acalanes.k12.ca.us
Registrar Emily Finn 7120 efinn@acalanes.k12.ca.us
Testing Clerk Terri Humann 7174 thumann@acalanes.k12.ca.us
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College and Career Center
Register for SAT's online at www.collegeboard.com or for ACT at www.actstudent.org
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Fundraising
Sporting Goods Sale
A New Fall Fundraiser Comes to Acalanes
Saturday, October 3
Gear up for all your favorite activities at the All Sports Sale. We are presently looking for gently used: skis and snowboards tennis racquets golf clubs and bags footballs skates, hockey sticks lacrosse sticks and pads soccer balls and nets bikes basketballs and hoops baseball bats and gloves roller blades, skate boards Let us take that long ago used equipment out of your garage and replace it with a tax deductible contribution! Then whatever our future DONS may need to try out a new sport can be picked up right here at Acalanes at rock bottom prices. All proceeds come directly back to our school through the Acalanes Parent Club. Everybody wins! Please contact Sue Thoren at sthoren2@yahoo.com or 925-934-1121 to make a donation today!
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Class of 2013
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Questions? Contact your Class of 2013 Liaisons:
Kim Greer kvgreer@yahoo.com
Amy Goodheart heart39@comcast.net
Bonnie Cornell bonniecornell@comcast.net
Patty Gonser bpgonser@comcast.net
Link to class of 2013...
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Class of 2012
PLEASE JOIN US!!!
Sophomore Class Parent Meeting
Monday, September 21, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the gym
Come find out what is going on, who is who, and how you can become involved. The agenda includes:
* Q&A with our new Principal, Aida Glimme
* Astrida Lalor, Parents Club President
* Sophomore Class Officers
Be in the Know...... www.acalanesparents.org - Sophomore Class of 2012
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Questions? Contact your Class of 2012 Liaisons:
Dawn Lynn Lanier dllanier@comcast.net
Kim Figone kimfigone@ebsan.com
Meg McNiece mmcniece@gmail.com
**Richard Whitmore jrwmjp@msn.com**
Welcome Richard!!!!
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Class of 2011
Welcome Back Junior Class! We had a great summer
fundraiser at the Lafayette City Meet. We made approximately $2200 from
the proceeds of the Concessions. Thanks to all of you who wrote checks
for shopping and who volunteered to work - students too. We couldn't do
it without you! Important Dates to Save:Wednesday September
9th - 7 pm - Junior Class Parent Meeting. Meet our new Principal Aida
Glimme, hear from College and Career Center, sign up to help with
Junior Prom, Senior Ball and Grad Night and ask questions! Friday September 25th - Football Concessions. We will need donations and volunteers. Sign ups at the 9/9 meeting. _________________________________________________________________________ Questions? Contact your class liaisons: Helen Bazell at hbazell@comcast.netGrace Paolini at jaghome629@aol.comMeg Reid at megoreid@comcast.net
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Class of 2010
Welcome back Class of 2010 Parents. We have a busy September and lots of news to share, so here goes:
Senior Class t-shirts Senior
Class officers are selling the remaining Senior t-shirts for $12 each.
The officers will be selling the shirts at lunch on Thursday, August
27 at the Senior Deck. Seniors will be wearing the shirts to school on
Friday, August 28, 2009.
Football Concessions, September 4, 2009 We have had a great response to our requests for support, but we are looking for the following help: - Volunteers to work the 7:15 - 9:45 p.m. shift - Pizza Donors - $15 per pizza If you are available to help out, please contact Ellen Whittom at ewhittom@comcast.net right away. We'll follow up with reminders and delivery instructions.
Senior Class parent meeting, September 8, 2009 at 7 p.m. Our
parent meeting is on September 8, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the large gym.
You'll get a chance to hear from our new principal as well as the
event chairs who will be coordinating all of the exciting Senior year
events, including Senior Breakfast, Senior Ball, Time of Reflection and
Grad Night. We hope to see everyone at the meeting so that all parents
can be involved in our students' final year at Acalanes!
Grad Night Authorization Forms We
are collecting Grad Night Authorization forms now! The form needs to
be signed by the student and both parents. You can drop off the
completed forms in the office (look for the Grad Night box) or you can
bring them to the parent meeting on September 8. If you didn't pick up
a form at Dons Days, you can find one at the following link: Grad Night Authorization Form
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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Healthy Choices/Challenge Success/Parent Ed
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FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE
Greetings from Acalanes School Nurse Dvora Citron:
Welcome to the new school year. My work schedule will be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and every other Friday, with periodic alterations. You can access my exact schedule and a wealth of other information on health, wellness, and adolescent issues on my Blackboard website: http://tinyurl.com/5zena8. There you can also download forms for medication and medical issues.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Acalanes Parents Club and Healthy Choices committee for their continued support of our school health program.
Thanks to the the support of the Acalanes Parents Club and Oakland Athletic Club, we can look forward to after-school Yoga and Pilates on Tuesdays and Thursdays. More info to come.
SWINE FLU INFORMATION
Below is information on the swine flu from our local health department and our district for all students and families in our district:
Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS), the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continue to monitor the H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) situation. We have been advised by CCHS that schools in Contra Costa County will not be closed unless there is a large number of students or faculty who are ill which interferes with the school's ability to function. CCHS will consider school and childcare closure on an individual basis, taking into consideration health information available at the time. We will keep you updated with any important information.
H1N1 flu is present throughout Contra Costa County. As children return to school and spend less time outdoors and more time in confined spaces, such as classrooms, CCHS expects to see more illness caused by H1N1 flu.
Please follow these prevention tips to prevent the spread of this illness:
Ø Check your children for symptoms of influenza (primarily fever with either a cough or a sore throat).
Ø Keep sick people at home. Don't send them to school, childcare or work. No one should return to school until they have had no fever for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine, even if they feel better.
Ø Teach your children to wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, have them use an alcohol-based hand rub to clean their hands.
Ø Teach your children to cover coughs and sneezes with tissues or by coughing into the inside of the elbow.
Ø Teach your children to stay at least six feet away from people who are sick.
Ø Vaccinate your children and yourself with the seasonal flu vaccine.
Currently an H1N1 flu vaccine is not available. CCHS will let us know when and where the vaccine will be available. However, regular, seasonal flu vaccine will be available in the fall. Although seasonal flu vaccine doesn't protect against H1N1 flu, it does protect from seasonal influenza viruses.
To find out where to get seasonal flu vaccine for you and your family, contact your health care provider or health plan. You can also call the Public Health Flu Hotline at (925) 313-6469 or visit www.flucliniclocator.org.
Dvora Citron, Acalanes School Nurse
280-3970 ext. 7128
Email: dcitron@acalanes.k12.ca.us
School Nurse Website
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Choral News
1. Welcome back to school! Our 09-10 Kick Off Choir BBQ
will be on Sunday September 13 at the Cleveland residence 3830 Palo
Alto Drive (Will Nevin's Grandparents House) from 4pm to 8pm. I will be
making BBQ Sauce once again this year to compliment your grillable
items. Please bring something for the grill and something to share. If
you are bringing chicken for the grill, please par-cook it to
facilitate the grilling process. This is a great way to start the year,
catch up with old friends, meet the ACBI Board, and make new choir
friends. There is also a pool if you'd like to swim. Hope to see you
there.
2. There will be a meeting
for ManChoir on Tuesday, September 8th at lunch in the Choir room.
ManChoir our lunchtime men's ensemble that meets on Tuesdays and
Fridays the first 15 minutes of Lunch. ManChoir performs on the Winter,
Spring, and Pops Concerts and performs Barbershop, Doo Wop, Folk Songs,
and Contemporary music for men's voices. All men are welcome to join
the group.
3. This year we will be
start a Contemporary A Cappella Project. An informational meeting will
take place in the choir room on Thursday September 10th during lunch.
We are in need of vocal percussionists to make this group a success.
This group is open to all, but there will be auditions.
Bruce C. Lengacher Director of Choral Activities VAPA Department Chair 925.280.3970 ext. 7325
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| Acalanes Sports
Summer vacation is coming to a close,
school is beginning, and Fall sports are off to a fast start. The boy's
water polo team spent countless hours in the weight room at 6:00 am to become
the hulking figures that will be a strong threat to win an NCS title. The
football program has been hard at work through the Spring and Summer and is
primed for success under new head coach, Mike Ivankovich. The girl's
volleyball team continues to improve quickly under second year coach Steve
Siegmann. This could be their year to do significant playoff
damage. The cross country team is always in the section and state
championship mix, and this year will be no different. The girl's
water polo team has steadily risen in the NCS pecking order, and show promises
of something special under the tutelage of head coach and math teacher extraordinaire,
Misha Bushel. The girl's golf team is excited to carry over the
strong performance from last year into greater success this year. They
return a strong group of young players that are eager and ready. The girl's
golf team, though young, will be competitive as usual by the end of the season with
the guidance of head coach, Tim Scott. The spirit squad opened to rave
reviews last year, and have worked hard over the Summer to eclipse all
expectations to provide performance that we will all appreciate. The
drumline is catching fire under founder and math teacher, Vicky Zalewski.
It will be an exciting Fall season. Don't miss a moment.
Randy Takahashi
Athletic Director
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Community Events
Lafayette Farmer's MarketThe City of Lafayette will have a trial farmers market at the downtown Plaza Park on the first three Thursday evenings of September (9/3, 9/10, 9/17) from 4-8pm. This market will be have a local focus with most of the farmers coming from less than 100 miles! The purpose of the trial is to see if there are any traffic or parking issues, and to gauge the impact on local businesses. So, please try to find an easy place to park and then walk to the market, (Mt. Diablo Rd., east of the new library has many parking spots) or ride your bike, and consider visiting other stores and restaurants while in town. Please spread the word and help make the farmers market a big success!! http://www.cccfm.org/pages/laf.html__________________________________________________________________________________________ Want help planting an edible garden at home? The Urban Farmers - Pilot in Lafayette: Many of us in Lafayette have yard space to grow veggies, but not the time or expertise. There is a new non-profit called The Urban Farmers ( www.theurbanfarmers.org) which aims to farm your backyard for you. You supply the land and water and they supply the labor and expertise. All you need is 300+ square feet of growing space. You receive all the food you can eat and the excess is distributed to neighbors and charities. They are hoping to pilot their model in Lafayette and would like to hear from anyone that might be interested. Their service would be free. Send an email to inquiries@theurbanfarmers.org or call (415) 806-7005. |
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 Lucie Paladino at luciepaladino@sbcglobal.net 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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