TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30pm: A Community Night with Arshay Cooper in the Acalanes PAC
Join us for this can’t miss event: An Interactive Chat with Arshay Cooper. His book, “AMost Beautiful Thing” is a true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago’s West side who transform their lives when they form the first all-black high-school rowing team in the nation. The film adaptation of the book is star-studded and streaming on Peacock and Amazon Prime. It is narrated by Rapper Common; and executive produced by Common and NBA stars Grant Hill and Dwayne Wade, along with Grammy-winning producer 9th Wonder.
During the chat, Mr. Cooper will share about his life, trauma, experience as a rower, film career, and more. The evening will be conversational in nature, facilitated by a panel of 4 district student leaders in a Q&A format including Acalanes students Aca Freeman & Ellis Burger. Please join us!
Homecoming 2022 U.S. Cities Begins in 7 Days!
Homecoming is always one of the most talked about weeks at Acalanes – the camaraderie amongst classes, the friendly competition, the hallways, STUDENT DODGEBALL, class skits and the culminating NIGHT OUT! I can feel the excitement building on campus! Dates to note:
- Sunday, Sept 25 from 10am-3pm Hallway decorating (students can drop in anytime to help-there is a job for everyone!) Please encourage your student to attend.
- Wednesday, Sept 28 at 7:30pm A student favorite: Student Dodgeball (students can come to play or just watch)
- Saturday, Oct 1 from 7-10pm HOCO: A Night Out in our stadium. It is an event for your student not to miss with so many different activities! We do need parent chaperones for the evening so please consider signing up. Tickets are on sale via Go Fan. If students want to bring a guest, they must fill out a guest contract and return it by Sept 26. Contracts are on the door of room 314.
As part of Homecoming, we also host a community canned food drive. It begins TOMORROW, Sept 19 and donation bins will be by the flagpole each morning. Please consider donating cans or money. All donations go directly to the Contra Costa Food Bank. The record is 22,000 cans in 2019- as a community, can we beat it?
For an up-to-date look at all the plans with detailed information, check out the 2022 HOCOOverview!
Unified Soccer
Our Unified Soccer team debuts this Wednesday, Sept 21 at lunch. Please encourage your student to come out and root the team on in their 1st match.
Clubs
Our clubs are up and running! We have 60 recognized clubs this year and all will hold their first meetings this week or next. Encourage your young person to check one or two out.
Equity Events
Latine Heritage Month kicked off Sept 15 and lasts through Oct 15. We have several events planned throughout the month to celebrate and educate and two are open to our community:
- Thursday, Oct 6: Community Potluck- sign up to bring a dish!
- Wednesday, Oct 12 at 6:30pm via zoom: Doris Anahi Munoz
As always, if there is anything we can do for you or your student, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are here to connect students with activities and interests.
Katherine Walton, Leadership Teacher
The 25th annual Lafayette Art, Wine & Musical Festival was a great success! Thank you to everyone who showed up in support of our local businesses and a very special thank you to all the volunteers. LPIE continues to be the largest beneficiary of this amazing event, and we are very grateful to the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce for supporting our local schools. Also, huge congratulations to Rookie Volunteer of the year and LPIE’s Diamond Business Partner, Paddy Kehoe, for once again stepping up to support our schools and local community.
Book a Night Out with Your Student! Over the next several weeks, Acalanes is hosting a set of engaging evenings open to students and parents. We encourage you to join and to talk to your students about attending at least one community event with (or without) you. Drawing on a theme that keeps bubbling up from our speakers over the last 24 months, we build the community we want to live in with our actions. These upcoming activities are great opportunities to meet new people and make new connections.
