Did you know . . . you can customize your preferences for how you want to receive communications from the Acalanes Administration and AUHSD?
Parents can now set preferences in ParentSquare to receive emails instantly or via email digest at the end of the day. You can also elect to turn off the new text alert option if you prefer.
Follow these ParentSquare Instructions to customize your notifications.
Bonus tip, there is a mobile app too! Download the ParentSquare App (iOS App – AppleStore or Android App – Google Play Store).
All LafSD schools also use ParentSquare so you will see messages for all your students in one place.
Parent’s Club Pro-Tip
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI)
Volunteer opportunities for Acalanes DEI – get involved! We are looking for new people to join our efforts and get in on the highly relevant work of DEI. Email us! We have a spot for everybody and the time commitment is low.
Arshay Cooper is coming back! And this time he joins us in person. The three hundred (yes – 300!) of you who turned out for his 2020 speaking engagement know what a special night this will be when Arshay joins us on Monday, Sept 19 from 6:30-7:30pm. Block off your calendar now! Additional details on this event are included in the Student Activities section below.
Questions, comments or thoughts to share? Contact us.
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APC in Action
APC Fall Grant Application Window is Now Open! We invite all AHS teachers, staff, students, and parents to submit a grant application for programming, materials or projects that enhance the educational experience for our school community; all ideas are welcome. Click here for criteria and application. Completed proposals and questions can be submitted before Friday, Sept 16 to Nicole Sanders or delivered to the APC Box in the front office.
Peer Tutoring is now open in room 107! Peer Tutoring aims to better the educational, social and emotional well-being of all AHS students. Junior and Senior student tutors are available to help in almost any AHS academic subject and students are also welcome to use the room to do homework, read, study or just chill out. Peer Tutoring is open everyday during Lunch, Academy, 7th period and after school – encourage your student to stop in.
Thank you Acalanes Parents Club! Peer Tutoring is 100% funded by APC.
We could not operate without your donations.
Follow the Acalanes Parents Club on Instagram to keep up to date on what’s happening at Acalanes, plus get timely reminders for important dates.
Please reach out to APC here with any questions.
APC Membership & Fundraising
Parent Club Members! Don’t forget to pick up your newly minted copy of the AHS School Directory at Back to School Night on Thursday, Aug 25!
Thanks to all the Parent Club Members who picked up their directories at Back to School Night!
If you are a Parent Club Member and still need to pick up your directory, please email Lori MacLeod (lori.macleod@gmail.com) to arrange pick up. If you would still like a directory and have yet to join the Parents Club, you can do so right here!
All APC members will receive further information via email next week about how to access the directory online.
Any amount makes you a Parents Club Member. Any amount is greatly appreciated.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Parent’s Club Pro-Tip
If you are dropping off your student in the morning, save yourself the hassle and avoid pulling into the parking lot. There are multiple areas around Acalanes where you can safely drop your student and they can walk on to campus. You will not only provide relief to the parking lot traffic but to yourself and your student!
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI)
We belong together: DEI is looking for a handful of volunteers to round out our committee and it is important to us that it is a good reflection of our community-at-large. Plus, we have exciting speakers lined up for this fall and it will be a good time welcoming them to Acalanes. We could use help with social media, communications, photography, membership recruitment, data analysis, speakers, and also a few liaisons to work with other parent groups and support student activities. Reach out and let’s talk about which role fits you best.
Did you hear about the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)? ACP will help families that might not otherwise be able to afford high-speed internet. If you know families that might qualify, help spread the word.
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APC in Action
Peer Tutoring is Open for Business! Peer Tutoring aims to better the educational, social and emotional well-being of all Acalanes High School students and give them the skills necessary to succeed in academics and life post high school.
The program opens again tomorrow in Room 107, a new welcoming and spacious location with two new Co-Directors, Kristen Labrosse & Angela Ketcham. While our Junior and Senior student tutors are there to help in almost any AHS academic subject if needed, that’s not all that Peer Tutoring is for! Students are welcome to use the room to do homework, read, study or just chill out. Encourage your student to drop by and say hi!
Hours week of Aug 22: Lunch, 7th period, and every day 1 hour after school.
Open during Academy starting August 26!
Thank you, Acalanes Parents Club! Peer Tutoring is 100% funded by APC. We could not operate without your donations.
Follow the Acalanes Parents Club on Instagram to keep up to date on what’s happening at Acalanes, plus get timely reminders for important dates.
Please reach out to APC here with any questions. with any questions.
APC Membership & Fundraising
Parent Club Members! Don’t forget to pick up your newly minted copy of the AHS School Directory at Back to School Night on Thursday, Aug 25!
We will pass out the 2022-2023 Directory in front of the main quad at 5pm before classroom visits begin. If you indicated you prefer an online version only, further directions will be provided this week on how to access.
If you would like a directory and have yet to join the Parents Club, you can do so right here! You can also bring a check made out to Acalanes Parents Club at BTSN.
Any amount is needed and greatly appreciated.
The Parents Club has promised nearly $180,000 to Acalanes for this school year. As of today, we have yet to reach that goal. We need your help!
Parents Club funds support programming for all Acalanes students and staff, including:
- College & Career Services
- Campus Enhancements
- Peer Tutoring
- Parent Ed
- Staff & Teacher Development
- Grants Program
- Communications
- Volunteer opportunities and more…
Another important source of funds is making your donations go twice as far with Corporate Matching. Please check if your company has a matching program and, if so, contact corpmatch@acalanesparentsclub.com for further information.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Parent’s Club Pro-Tip
If you are dropping off your student in the morning, save yourself the hassle and avoid pulling into the parking lot. There are multiple areas around Acalanes where you can safely drop your student and they can walk on to campus. You will not only provide relief to the parking lot traffic but to yourself and your student!
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI)
Endangered animals, skiing, model UN, Jewish culture…we support the work of many of our student clubs! Every student belongs at Acalanes, and their interests help form meaningful connections on campus. Talk to your student about joining or starting a club. Bonus – clubs meet during the school day so students can work it into their schedules. Learn more here.
Let’s Cheer! ACA debuts first female football player.
As many of you may have recently seen, Acalanes has its first female football player on the JV team this year. Lucca DeBiasse and her teammates will help to kick off our Dons football season soon and as they do, we are reminded that football has the power to bring us together. Check out this inspiring trailer for “First Down”, a gripping short film on an underdog, all-girls, high school tackle football league that shows why girls also belong in pads and how players empower one another on and off the field. “We all have different backgrounds, but when we get on the field together we are all the same…we want to do big things and make this history.”
We are social: Follow us on Instagram: @acalanesdei
