President's Message
Advocacy Day is next Wed, Feb 17th. Registration deadline is today! Please sign Letters to our Legislators and the Governor! Download,
print and sign the Letters, and return them to box in the office no
later than Thursday, Feb. 11th. We will deliver them on Advocacy Day.
Link to letters: http://www.lastrampaspta.org/walnut_creek_feb10.pdf Thank you to all who attended the Friday Forum last week. Our next Friday Forum will be on March 5th - save the date. Go Dons!
Astrida Lalor
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| Student Activities
Last day to buy Valentine's Day grams for friends! There will be Valentine's grams distributed on Thursday during fourth period, get one for $3 and have a great holiday. They will be sold throughout the front and back quads. There is an informational meeting about Leadership during lunch in room 314 on Thrusday, February 11. International Week is coming up the week of March 15-19. We could really use your help with international decorations, ethnic food and clothing, and any information about performers we can use. Any help you can contribute will be appreciated and all borrowed items (decorations and clothing) will be safely and promptly returned. If you are interested in helping us out with International Week, please contact us at ahsdiversityboard@gmail.com. Thanks and we hope to hear from you soon!! |
Art and Music
Congratulations to the Acalanes Jazz Ensemble for another wonderful performance at the CMEA Jazz Festival hosted by the School of the Arts (SOTA) in San Francisco. The students earned another Straight Superior Rating in Performance and a Superior Rating in Sight-Reading as well, thus earning the highly coveted CMEA Unanimous Superior Award Plaque. They scored 98/95/93 from the three performance adjudicators and 96 from the Sight-Reading adjudicator! It was another wonderful day of music making and sharing.
Norman Dea
Director of Instrumental Music
http://acalanesmusic.com/
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Counseling Notes
Summer School: Summer School registration information
is available on the district website http://www.acalanes.k12.ca.us/summerschool/.
Summer school registration will begin on February 16th. The Summer School Program will be
offered on 2 campuses this year:
- Acalanes High School will host students
needing to improve F grades. (Session I: June 21 - July 9; Session
II: July 12 - July 29).
- Center for Independent
Study will
host students wishing to improve D grades. (Sessions I
& II: June 21 - July 9).
Signing up for next year's classes has begun! The counselors have made presentations to
freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. In two weeks we will return to the classrooms to answer
further questions and collect the students' course requests forms.
Due to the impending cuts in funding
students will need to make careful choices in their course requests. Students may request 7 courses however
it is very likely that they will be limited to 6. It is also very important for students to give multiple
alternates for each elective including academic elective courses as these
classes will be impacted.
Course descriptions are in the catalog available
on the district website http://www.acalanes.k12.ca.us/curriculum/distcoursecat/DistCourseCat.pdf
. Course
request forms may be downloaded from the counseling office blackboard site if
your student misplaces his or her form.
This year we are again distributed a Time
Management Activity Form to help students recognize how much time they will spend on
the different aspects of their lives. The Homework Estimator tells students the
approximate amount and type of homework for each class. If you would like to download these two
forms they are also available on the Counseling Office Blackboard site and on
the Parents Club site.
During February and early March, counselors will
meet individually with all of the juniors to review course choices for next
year, graduation status, and post high school plans. Final decisions on course requests must be made by the end of
March.
Transcripts: Most private colleges request that students send Mid-Year Reports.
Mid-year reports and accompanying transcripts (printed after semester
grades are posted) can also be ordered now. Please order the transcripts through Naviance. The fee for transcripts is $3.00 each.
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College and Career Center
Students who will attend DVC in the fall can take the
Assessment in math and English here on March 23 at 3:00-6:00 PM in the computer
lab. Prior to taking the Assessment, students should attend the DVC meeting in
the C&CC on March 18 at 10:00 when the DVC outreach coordinator will
further explain the application process.
Our second annual Career Day is
March 25th. All 9th,
10th, and 11th graders will attend one presentation of
their choice. We have a wide array of presenters, thanks to the response of the
parent community.
Joan Karr
College and Career Advisor
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Attention sophomores, juniors and seniors! The CSF (California Scholarship Federation) registration window for first semester grades will be open next week from Tuesday, Feb. 16th to Thursday Feb. 18th. CSF is an honors society open to all sophomore, junior and senior students with qualifying grades. Registration will take place during lunch in room 423. Applications will be available in the main office on Thursday, Feb. 11th. For more information about CSF, the qualification and application process, and the benefits of becoming a lifetime member, please see the link below. Students need to submit their completed application and $5.00 membership dues during this time window. www.csf-cjsf.org/Faqs.asp
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Fundraising and eScrip
YOUR DOLLARS AT WORK
What
do the School Nurse/Healthy Choices Liaison program do to support Acalanes
students?
"The
funding (from Acalanes Parents' Club) supports more time for the School Nurse
to be available to students and staff and for dynamic health programming for
the entire Acalanes community including the coordination and facilitation of
the health assessment/screening of all students plus individual case
management, crisis intervention, resiliency training and stress
management..." ~ Dvora Citron, School Nurse
Our
Credentialed School Nurse provides primary health care, emergency care,
counseling and referrals for students, staff and parents. As the Healthy
Choices Liaison, she is responsible to help coordinate many health education
programs including Red Ribbon Week, blood drives, alcohol and drug prevention
education, CPR classes, pre-finals stress relief, the sexuality curriculum
unit, in addition to promoting parent ed discussions and providing health
resources and facilitating the Acalanes Student Health Council.
~
School Nurses Support Student Success * Healthy Kids Learn Better ~
Link to Fundraising...
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Class of 2013
Freshman fundraising update:
To
date our class has raised about $6,500 through t-shirt sales, and concession
sales for football and basketball. Thanks for all your help and
support! We hope to raise another $2,000 this school year.
Please email us with your ideas. Remember the funds will raise over the four
years will be used to help support Junior Prom, Senior Ball, Senior Breakfast,
A Time of Reflection, and Graduation.
Wednesday,
February 17th: Advocacy Day
Frustrated with Sacramento and the Governor's Budget? Hop
on a chartered bus to Sacramento for a one day crash course on how the budget
works (and doesn't), who our legislators are and what they are trying to do for
education, and what parents can do. The more of us that go, the bigger impact
it has on Sacramento. Registration and information available online at www.signmeup.com/67766.
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Class of 2011
Dear Junior Class Parents, Soon our students will be celebrating a
wonderful evening at the Junior Prom. This year we are only soliciting
donations of soda for the event. If you will be contributing cases of
soda, please contact Pais Barton at paisabar@gmail.com
or 935-2481. We are looking for donations of Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite,
Diet Sprite and Root Beer for the festivities. Thank you very much for
your support!!
_______________________________________________________________________________ Questions? Contact your Class of 2011 Liaisons:
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Class of 2010
Welcome to 2nd Semester Senior Year. Please make sure you have the following important dates marked on your calendars:
Senior Ball -- Saturday, May 22, 2010 from 7:00 -11:30 p.m. at the Bentley Reserve in San Francisco.
Time of Reflection -- Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
Graduation -- Friday, June 11, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. at Acalanes
Grad Night -- immediately following Graduation until early a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010
Planning is underway for all of these events and more details/information will be forthcoming.
If
you'd like to get involved and help out with Grad Night, there will be
an all parent meeting in April (date to be announced), and work parties
will take place on Saturdays beginning on the second Saturday of April,
2010. Construction week will take place from June 4-10, 2010.
If you have questions or want more information, contact one of the Class of 2010 Parent Liaisons. _____________________________________________________________________________ CALLING ALL SENIOR PARENTS! The Grad Night Committee is recruiting volunteers for many different positions. We need: --Someone to oversee the Memory Slide Show, one of the highlights of Grad Night --Photography committee members, including those with strong computer and digital photo editing skills --Artists to help paint murals --Those with construction skills and tools --People to help with games and centers on Grad Night Visit the Grad Night website at [URL here] to see a list of available positions, or contact Ardice Hartry-Covey at ardicehartry@yahoo.com for more information about volunteering. Help make our Seniors' Grad Night Great!______________________________________________________________________________
Seniors/Parents: No one will be admitted to grad night without a permission slip on file, signed by both parents and student. Please go to the website, download the form, and turn it into the main office in the box marked "grad night". Forms also available in box. Thanks!
Download Permission Form
______________________________________________________________________________ Questions? Contact your Class of 2010 Liaisons:
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Acalanes Sports
Last week was slow, but vital to preparing for Winter
sports playoffs. The boys basketball team pulled of a thrilling 55-51
victory over Las Lomas HS to raise their DFAL record to 8-1. The girls were
also victorious 56-45. The boys soccer team defeated Campolindo HS 3-1,
and tied Alhambra HS 0-0 to improve their overall record to 14-3-3. The
girls soccer team matched the boys by defeating Alhambra HS 1-0, and tying
Campolindo HS 0-0.
This
is a big week for the soccer teams. The boys host Miramonte HS on Wednesday
and will have their Senior Night presentations that night at 5:45. They
will play at Dougherty Valley HS on Friday to end the regular season. The
girls will finish the regular season hosting Dougherty Valley HS on Friday and
will have their Senior Night presentations that night at 5:45. They will
plays at Miramonte HS on Wednesday. The basketball game dates have been
changed. On Thursday Alhambra HS will play at Acalanes HS, with the jv
boys at 4:00 and the freshman boys at 5:30. On Friday the games will be
at Alhambra HS, with jv girls at 4:00, varsity girls at 5:30, and varsity boys
at 7:00. The varsity girls team will host El Cerrito HS on Saturday at
2:30.
If
you still need to complete your athletic clearance go to www.logiforms.com/formdat/user_forms/18563_4921855/72765/,
complete the entire online process, and submit the necessary forms to Coach
Takahashi. Students may submit the forms in room 207 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Friday from 7:30 to 7:50am, or Monday through Friday at brunch and lunch.
The Acalanes Booster Sports Bash will be Saturday, May 15th. All are
welcome. You do not need to be the parent of an Acalanes athlete to attend
and participate. This year promises to be as much fun if not more than
last year. Tickets are $65 per person. For tickets or more
information call Mike Bloom at 284-7625, or Susana Maron at 962-9566.
Randy Takahashi
Athletic Director |
From The School Nurse
Freshman Parents who attended Ralph Cantor's presentation on the physiology
of addiction, including alcohol,tobacco and drug use: The powerpoint
presentation and other resources are now posted on the School Nurse Blackboard
website. See "Ralph Cantor" purple button on the left side.
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Acalanes 2010 Blood Drive
Thursday, February 25th
8:30am - 2:30pm
Small Gym
Parents needed to help with the Blood Drive. You can help in many ways:
- Help staff the event: please choose from the following shifts:
- 8:00am - 10:30am
- 10:15am - 12:45pm
- 12:30pm - 3:00pm
- Provide breakfast items for the Donor Breakfast in the morning and/or healthy snacks/baked goods/beverages for the canteen during the Blood Drive.
- Coordinate the Donor Breakfast
To sign up to DONATE BLOOD go to:
Dvora Citron
Acalanes School Nurse
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Parent Education
New Driver in the Family?
Acalanes Parents Club Parent Ed is sponsoring a spring class of Drive Smart, Stay Safe.
The California Highway Patrol will offer this free class Wednesday, March 3rd , 5:45-8:00pm in the school cafeteria. This program, developed by the CHP, is for parents and teens to attend together. It is designed to reduce the number of teenage injuries and deaths resulting from motor vehicle collisions. You will learn about the dangers faced by young drivers, the driving restrictions placed on drivers under the age of 18, defensive driving, and strategies parents can use to reduce the chances of their child becoming involved in a collision.
Space is limited. To sign up for the class, please email LGSENDME@SBCGLOBAL.NET with "Drive Smart" written in subject line. Include parent and student names and grade. Please notify if canceling.
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Living in the World of
Texting, Video Games, and Facebook:
Are They a Modern Means of Essential Connection or Tools of Addiction
and Exploitation?
Monday, February, 22, 2010 7:00 to 9:00pm
Miramonte HS Theatre
Steven Freemire, MFT, will discuss the many issues parents and teens face navigating the
exciting and ever-changing, yet potentially harmful world of communication
technologies. The session will:
1) provide guidelines for assessing the differences
between use, abuse and dependence; 2) offer practical ideas and tools to help parents manage
their children's use and potential overuse of technology; and 3) advise parents how to address the danger of
cyber bullying and online predators, and how to respond if their children have
been victimized.
Steven Freemire is the director of the Contra
Costa Men's Center. He has a private practice in Berkeley and Walnut Creek
where he provides psychotherapy and coaching for teens and their families,
adults, couples and groups. He is
an adjunct faculty member at John F. Kennedy University. He co-leads couples workshops with his
wife, and is also an organizational consultant. Steven is the proud father of
two high school-age girls.
For more information, contact Sherri Williams at: Jbswilliams27@yahoo.com.
For flyer see http://www.acalanes.k12.ca.us/parents/. Click on "High School
Information Nights."
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Community Events
Race to Nowhere Documentary http://www.racetonowhere.com/
On Thursday, February 11 at 7 PM, we will be screening in the East Bay at the
Grand Lake Theater in Oakland http://www.renaissancerialto.com/. Tickets
may be purchased at the box office.
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Sweet Thursday at the Lafayette Library
On February 18 at 7:30, The Friends of the Lafayette Library present
The Friends of the Lafayette Library is proud
to present an evening with Mahbod Seraji, the author of Rooftops of Tehran.
This stunning literary debut paints a portrait of growing up, discovering love,
and awakening to the reality of life in a nation on the verge of revolution in
the 1970's. From the rooftop of his house in Iran's sprawling capital
city, the narrator watches his beautiful neighbor and secret love, Zari,
promised since birth to his friend and mentor, nicknamed Doctor-- a man adored
and respected by the entire neighborhood. It is from this perch that the
narrator witnesses the arrest of Doctor and the terrible repercussions brought
about by the brutal regime. Join us for this special event and enjoy coffee and dessert in the
Community Hall of the New Lafayette Library and Learning Center. For more
information, visit http://www.lafayettelib.com.
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The Orinda Arts
Council
Is proud to announce
the 7th Annual
High School Visual
Arts Competition
Featuring 2D, 3D and
Photographic Art
Open to all High
School students who live or attend school in
Orinda, Lafayette or
Moraga
Register Online @ www.orindaartscouncil.org between Feb. 1-Feb. 18, 2010
Registration
Deadline: Midnight Thurs. Feb. 18
Deliver Art to Orinda
Library May Room Sun. Feb 28 1:00-4:00 pm
Awards Reception Wed.
March 10 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Exhibit Runs March
5-30
Art Pick-up Wed.
March 31 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Question? Contact ccklevan@comcast.net___________________________________________________________________ Lafayette Library and Learning Center announces its first two months of programs from the Glenn
Seaborg Learning Consortium, a partnership with 12 premier Bay Area educational
and arts institutions who will bring their programs to this single site. The Consortium is the first of its kind
at any American public library.
legal & economic landscape, walk through the important steps you need to create
certainty about your bequests. Arts & Science Discovery Center at LLLC*
Tues. Feb. 23
9:30-11 AM
JFK University
Adults, No fee
http://www.lafayettelib.com/
consortium@lafayettelib.com
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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 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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