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Upcoming Events:
MON. (9/22) Have You Seen The SENIOR COLLEGE GUIDE Yet?
Contact Ms. Riekenberg In The College & Career Center For Help...
TUES. (9/23) Teaching & Learning Abound!
WED. (9/24) LATE START WEDNESDAY (Check Full Schedule Here)
Common Core Collaboration / School Starts At 8:37am For Students
STAFF PHOTO DAY --- Take Pictures In The Lobby Of The PAC
Rosh Hashanah Begins At Sundown
THUR. (9/25) LOSAL4LIFE LUNCHTIME CELEBRATION
Come To The Front Of The PAC & Recognize Your Nominee
FOOTBALL GAME vs. San Juan Hills @ 7pm at VETS Stadium
#LOSALROCKSATALLSPORTS
FRI. (9/26) DISTRICT COLLEGE DAY!!! (Wear Your University Gear!)
MINIMUM DAY FOR STUDENTS (Noon Dismissal)
Fall Planning Time For Teachers!
Big-Time Home Volleyball Game @ 5:30pm vs. Mira Costa
We're looking to PACK THE GYM... so plan on being there!!!
Rosh Hashanah Ends At Sundown
 ATHLETICS: Your Los Alamitos High School student athletes are wrapping up much of their tournament and invitational play this September in preparation for League competition in October. Among the things to look out for this week, Boys Water Polo has some fierce matches coming up in the South Coast Tournament. Also, in Cross Country Thomas Heib ran 3 miles in 14:56!!!
& On The Horizon...
10/1 - 10/3 ------ JOIN A CLUB WEEK, Behind The PAC @ Lunch!
10/2 --------------- Evacuation Drill
10/2 - 10/3 ------ Los Al Drama Presents A Mystery Dinner Theatre, Room 500
10/4 -------------- Yom Kippur
.............. Unlimited Possibilities!
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A Legacy You Can See:
Aesthetics Aren't Everything, But Being Able To See Our History Of Success Helps Current Griffins Know Where They Come From
The Breezeway at Los Al lit up at night. Since adorning the front of our school with Display Cases, the entire facade of Los Al has changed... for the better!
Thanks to the generous donations of PTSA, Los Al now has a way that we can physically display the history and accomplishments of our school. For so long, we have achieved so much, yet often relied on oral history to further the culture and legacy our students, teachers, and community supporters. Display cases are by no means the most technologically-savvy way to share our history, but framed and categorized by our commitment to The 4 A's (Academics, Athletics, Activities, and The Arts), they help us understand where we came from, and inspire us to go continually move our school forward.
Every semester and every year from now on, we'll continually update our displays with CIF Championships, National Recognitions in Academics, Visual and Performing Arts accolades, and so much more. Our students' charge will be to create history and leave their legacy. And thanks to PTSA, the stewards of Los Al will make sure their achievements have a physical place to call home!
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How DUCK! RABBIT! Has A Lot To Do With THE ODYSSEY...
And Other Neat Ways To Draw Students Into Rigorous Tasks And Argumentative Ambiguity
That's Ms. Yoshihara-Ha taking a page out of the primary education teacher's playbook and reading her students a children's story called DUCK RABBIT!
Perhaps the most important part of maximizing student learning is drawing them into the subject or skill at hand and keeping them engaged throughout. In fact, it's probably the one instructional aspect of a lesson that teachers think about the most.
So, when Ms. Yoshihara-Ha wanted to introduce an essay assignment to her 9th graders about THE ODYSSEY, and ask them about the traits that do/don't make Odysseus a "hero," she thought she'd set up the conundrum of multiple perspectives by reading Amy Krouse Rosenthal's DUCK! RABBIT!.
Sure, it took 3 minutes of class time. And yes, the lexile level of the text is probably in the 300's. But for students to argue and debate whether or not they're looking at a Duck or a Rabbit, and then extrapolate the experience to Odysseus' identity as being heroic or tragically flawed, says a lot about the power of setting a lesson up and designing engagement opportunities at the front of rigorous tasks to push students further along.
Thanks Ms. Yosh! And for the record, I think it's a DUCK!
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Where Do Students Really Choose To Go To College???Excerpted From A Great NY Times Article Last Week With Tons Of Real-Life Data
"Parchment, a company that enables the electronic submission of grade transcripts and other college admission materials, compiled college choices from 104,119 students who have applied for admission since the 2012-2013 academic year. The data show what economists call "revealed preference" - how students chose when admitted to two or more schools.
When interpreting these results, keep in mind that students don't apply to colleges randomly. For a variety of reasons, including geographical proximity and in-state tuition discounts, students might favor a nearby school over a distant one. Parchment's service is also used more widely in some states than others, which means the preferences here wouldn't match a random sample of students nationwide. Still, the numbers for most colleges - including those that tend to draw applicants nationally - are broadly consistent with other data on students' choices."
For a complete list of school choices when compared to each other, click HERE.
(I set this link to automatically compare to Long Beach State, our most local and applied to University, at first).
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FREE TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS!!!
Samsung Devices To Support Your Tech Goals!
Teachers, Check Your Emails For More Details!!!
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Los Al's Own To Direct For The SCSBOA:
Under Mr. Rush's Direction, Southern California's All-Stars Will Rise To The Top
Click the picture above to hear Mr. Rush talk about the Southern California School Band & Orchestra Association, and the ability to conduct Middle School All-Stars!
In some very exciting Arts news, Los Alamitos' very own Director Of Jazz Studies, John Rush, has been selected to be the 2015 SCSBOA (Southern California School Band & Orchestra Association) Middle School Jazz All-Star Director. The opportunity to work with some of the very best Middle School Jazz musicians in all of Southern California is an honor for Mr. Rush, and chances to conduct young artists of extreme talent are always a joy that arts teachers relish. Middle School and High School music students from as far north as Inyo county and as far south as San Diego will audition to be a part of three superior Jazz Honor Groups.
We'll keep you posted on when and where the performances take place and if/how many of our Los Al musicians get accepted :)
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As Show Choir Prepped For Wednesday's
Back To School Night Preview, It Was Pretty Cool
#LOSALROCKSATALLARTS
From now on, if you need a picture from any of these
Monday Morning Memos, just find us on
The pics there are high quality, easy to access,
and always downloadable.
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Los Alamitos High School
3591 Cerritos Ave.
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
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