Greetings Acalanes High School Community,
 
As the summer leaves us and we enter the fall season I am happy to report that it has been a very good start of the school year. The school's API scores improved by 6 points to a score of 902. These results are a tribute to our teachers and staff, our students and to you, the supportive parents. Our students are fully absorbed in their classes. The athletic teams are performing well and are busy with the start of the league competitions. Many clubs have been organized by our students to provide gatherings and activities for students with interests ranging from Ultimate Frisbee to philosophical and political discussions. Our first performing arts production is coming up. The drama class is putting on a performance of "Dracula". Student Government is currently focusing on diversity and tolerance by organizing various lunch time activities and tolerance workshops in the classrooms. They will be tackling homecoming at the end of October.
 
Academic Support is being provided in the Library, Monday through Thursday from 3:15 - 4:15. AHS Math teachers are available to help students struggling in all levels of math. If your child is having difficulties in his/her math class please encourage them to take advantage of this program. Thanks to LASF and Parent Club, Academic Support is free to our students.
 
Thank you to all that attended our Sporting Goods sale on Saturday, October 3rd. It was a success and we look forward to working with the Parent Club on continuing this as a new tradition at Acalanes.
 
Please remember that we will not have school on Monday, October 12th. All the offices will be closed on that day.
 
If you have or will have a new driver in the family, you are strongly encouraged to attend the
CHP sponsored driving class Drive Smart- Stay Safe that will be presented at Acalanes free of charge.
This program is for parents and students to attend together.  It is designed to reduce the number of teenage injuries and deaths resulting from motor vehicle collisions. See the Acalanes Parent Club News for more details.
 
Thank you for reading.
 
Aida Glimme
Principal
Acalanes High School
 

 

Get ready for Tolerance Week! Embrace the diversity of the campus throughout the week. Additionally, in-class workshops will take place on Thursday during 3rd period in a 3a/3b schedule. Student facilitators will engage classes with team activities to inspire acceptance.

 

Transcript Status page

$3.00 per transcript

Stamped, addressed envelopes for all schools NOT on the Common Application (transcripts for schools on the Common Application will be sent electronically) - do not fill in a return address

What if one local high school had to close?
 
Measure G is on the November 3rd ballot to renew and continue the Acalanes Union High School District's existing parcel tax.  Measure G does not increase what you pay now, it stays the same.  The parcel tax raises stable, reliable funds our local high schools - Acalanes, Campolindo, Las Lomas and Miramonte.  Deep cuts in state funding have forced the Acalanes Union High School District to cut its budget by more than $6 million - a cut of over $1,000 per student.
 
Without parcel tax funds:
 
    �    Class sizes will continue to increase.
    �    More teaching positions will be eliminated.
    �    Many of the AP, honors and college prep classes our students need to successfully compete for college and university admission will disappear.
    �    Library hours will be cut.
 
The total impact of losing Measure G funds would be the equivalent of closing one of the district's four high schools. Every vote - especially yours - is critical. Measure G must win with a two-thirds majority.
 
Learn more - and endorse Measure G - at www.AboutMeasureG.com.

 

 
Be in the Know...... www.acalanesparents.org  - Sophomore Class of 2012

 

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Questions? Contact your class liaisons:
Helen Bazell at [email protected]
Grace Paolini at [email protected]
Meg Reid at [email protected]

Farrel Vance at [email protected]

Link to Class of 2011...

On October 20,  Superintendents John Stockton, Rick Schafer and Joe Jaconnette will address "Maintaining Excellent Schools in Tough Economic Times" and take questions from the public.  The discussion will begin at 10:00 at the Serbian Orthodox Church, 1700 School Street in Moraga.   American Association of University Women is the sponsor and hosts the general meeting. They request that arrival is by 9:30.

 

Challenge Success Coffee - October 16th - 8:30-10:00am

Please join us for our first Challenge Success coffee of the school year.  It will be held on Friday, October 16th from 8:30-10:00am.  The location of the coffee is 3950 N. Peardale Drive, Lafayette.  Topics of discussion will be the recently held Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg presentation and the Fall Challenge Success conference also recently held at Stanford University.  All parents are welcome!  We only ask for an rsvp to approximate the amount of coffee and seating required.  This is a come and go as you please event.  We are looking forward to seeing there - Denise Murphy and Susan Schoenrock, Challenge Success parent reps.  RSVP to [email protected]

The Power of YOUth
"Why Libraries?" Writing Contest
Be FIRST to check out books at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center's Grand Opening Celebration on November 14, 2009!
 Deadline for Entries is October 15

The City of Lafayette, the Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation, County Library and the local schools are sponsoring a writing contest.  The winners will be the first students to check out books on Opening Day in the new Lafayette Library and Learning Center.  All participants will receive a special POWER OF YOUth library card.
 
The contest is open to all children, youth and teens regardless of where you live or go to school.   
 
The four age/grade divisions, themes and maximum word counts are: 
Kindergarten Through Grade 2 or up to age 7 - "Why I Like Libraries?" (Maximum Word Count = 250) Intermediate Grades 3-5 or ages 8-10 - "Why I Like Libraries?" (Maximum Word Count = 250)
Middle/Junior Grades 6-8 or ages 11-13 - "Why is the New Lafayette Library and Learning Center Important     to Me?" (Maximum Word Count = 500)
Senior Grades 9-12 or ages 14+ - "Why Are Libraries Important to Society?" (Maximum Word Count = 1,000)
 
Submit entries to the current Lafayette Library, the Lafayette City Offices or your school site office. 
 
For complete contest details and rules, please got to www.lafayettelib.com or call the Lafayette Library at 925.283.3872.
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Sweet Thursday at the Lafayette Library:  On October 15 at 7:30, author Elizabeth Rosner will interview Paula S. Fass on her book  Inheriting the Holocaust:  A Second-Generation Memoir.  In this very important work, the author acts as historian and storyteller as she uncovers the difficult past experienced by her parents and lost family members in the Germany and Poland of World War II.  

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 [email protected] 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.