An Acalanes Community Night with Doris Anahi Munoz
Wednesday, Oct 12 at 6:30pm via zoom
We invite parents, students, staff and our community to an interactive dialogue with Latina musician, record executive and activist, Doris Munoz. Doris is a musician and arts advocate from Los Angeles, California. She released her critically acclaimed debut EP “Aprendiendo por las Malas” during summer 2022, and is the subject of Mija, a Disney original documentary focused on Doris’ years as an artist manager supporting her family’s immigration journey. It is due to be released on the Disney+ platform soon. Please join us for this important conversation with Doris! Register here.
Breaking Down the Walls
This week, we are very excited to be hosting Breaking Down the Walls for our 10th and 11th graders. The Breaking Down the Walls program is a unique opportunity for students and staff to connect, share their stories, and realize…“it’s hard to hate someone whose story you know.” This program creates a safe environment for students to build empathy and understanding through a “play, trust, learn” model. By first helping students laugh together, they start to trust one another and eventually want to learn from those outside their regular friend group. The assembly, training, and workshops leave everyone with the realization we are truly BETTER TOGETHER!
Students will be participating during one of the three days, assigned by last name:
| Wednesday, Oct 12 | Thursday, Oct 13 | Friday, Oct 14 |
| Last Names A-G | Last Names H-Pa | Last Names Pe-Z |
The program will begin at 8:30 am in the Big Gym and run until the end of the school day. Lunch will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact your associate principal.
CARE Leaders-Applications now available
Acalanes is continuing our education around issues of equity. One of the ways we will do this is through CARE Week & CARE Workshops. They are all student led. We are looking for 50 leaders to lead a workshop during an academy period either on Wednesday, Nov 2 or Friday, November 4. We are looking for students who care about furthering equity education on campus and can be comfortable leading uncomfortable conversations.
Applications are now available and due no later than Friday, Oct 14. Opportunity is for current 11th and 12th graders.
Unified Soccer
Wednesday, Oct 12 @ lunch
Encourage your student to show up to the stadium & cheer on our essential skills students in their unified soccer match!
As always, if there is anything we can do for you or your student, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Katherine Walton, Leadership Teacher
With SATs and AP Tests right around the corner, it may be beneficial to discuss test anxiety with your student. Test anxiety is actually a form of performance anxiety which affects 25-40% of students. While it’s perfectly normal for a student to feel nervous before a test, test anxiety can be overwhelming for students and disrupt their concentration and ability. Here are a couple steps you can take to support your student in combating their test anxiety:
Meet Andrea Hilsabeck and Michele Colaco, LPIE School Chairs for Acalanes High School. Andrea has a freshman son at Acalanes, a junior daughter at Head-Royce School and a graduate of USC. Michele has a sophomore son at Acalanes and a daughter in 8th grade at Stanley Middle School.
We have both volunteered our time to LPIE for many years because we know how vital LPIE is in bridging the funding gap at our Lafayette schools. Your LPIE donations at Acalanes support fifteen electives plus critical enrichment programs such as counseling and wellness services, college-level labs, world languages, technology, and advanced placement classes. LPIE funds department supplies and support in every subject at Acalanes. We are proud to be a part of LPIE and work closely with the Acalanes community to ensure all students have this exceptional educational experience.
Lafayette Res Run for Education – How Sweet!
