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Please have students check their AUHSD gmail accounts for communications from the CCC. Students can book an individual meeting with me here. 

Admissions Reps Virtual Visits This Coming Monday
Please encourage your student to sign up in Naviance for the following schools this week: Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Lafayette College, UOP, Pitt, Loyola Chicago, Drexel, Vanderbilt, USF.

Tuesday, Sept 1 from 7-8pm – Navigating the College Admissions & Testing Landscape
Tried & True’s College Night presentation helps families learn how best to navigate standardized testing for the college admissions process. This informative hour covers topics including differences between the PSAT, SAT and ACT, how test scores are weighted in the admissions process, understanding the impact of Coronavirus on admissions and testing, and much more. Interested Freshmen, Sophomore and Junior families, register in advance and receive your login credentials here. 

Tuesday, Sept 8 at 7pm – Class of 2021 College Resources Presentation
Hear from your parent Senior Liaisons about important information as well as a college planning presentation by Wendy Reicher and Counselor Anne Schonauer. Watch for a Zoom link sent via email; students and families need to sign in using their student’s AUHSD gmail.

Freshman College Planning
Sophomore College Planning
Junior College Planning
Senior Checklist

• CCC Website 
• Follow us on Instagram: @acalanesccc
• Facebook Page for Students Have your senior or junior join the College and Career Student FB page 

Always feel free to contact me with questions:  wreicher@auhsdschools.org

Wendy Reicher

Attention Seniors
Counselors sent Seniors a link to sign up for an appointment. On Tuesday, September 8 at 7pm, Counselors and Ms. Reicher will discuss the college application process and resources.

Transcripts
For Seniors ordering transcripts for college applications, we will start processing those around September 15. We are updating the school profile information. To request a transcript, have your list of colleges updated on Naviance and pay the $5 fee for official transcripts on the webstore. Mrs. Finn, the registrar, will process requests. If you absolutely need an official transcript before then, contact Mrs. Finn. Students can review unofficial transcripts in Aeries.

Counselor appointments
We love talking to our students! Email is the best way to reach us. Counselors have appointment slots for students and will email them a link for signing up. We are trying to reserve the limited slots outside of class time for students. Parents can schedule a time when students are in class. 

Counselor Assignments Student last names:

Is it COVID-19, the Flu, a Cold, Allergies or Asthma?

August is Immunization Week! 
School Immunization Requirements are still in place. Please check in with your local pediatrician’s office, Primary Care Provider, or our County Health Department (call 925-313-6767 for additional hours through September).

Beginning in October, please have everyone in your family get a Flu vaccine. We all want to stay as healthy as possible, individually and collectively as a community. Reduced illness from flu will also ease the burden of illness from Covid in our hospital facilities.

Medical Forms and Medications at School
Please turn in any relevant medical forms your student might need for the 2020-21 school year. Those forms should be dated no earlier than June 2020. You can access forms here.

Still on Quarantine! Transitioning Back to School Routine After Summer Break

Please get in touch with me with any questions, concerns, and/or requests. I look forward to being in touch and connected!

Dvora Citron, RN, MS
Acalanes School Nurse Google Site

The APAB Board is still seeking New Board Members
If you have a passion for the arts, join us today! APAB has the following Board openings:

• VP Choral (must have student in Choral to hold this role)
• APAB Publicity Chair
• APAB Parliamentarian

Contact APAB President, Debra Bussey, if you’re interested in one of these positions or any other performing arts volunteer opportunities.

Debra Bussey

Acalanes Performing Arts

For reliable information on education legislation, school funding, and distance learning, www.edsource.org is a great resource. If you have questions about the basic structure of school funding, www.ed100.org is also very useful.  

AHS families are invited to join LPIE’s monthly board meeting Tuesday, September 1st, 9:00am, Zoom Link Here

Did you miss the LPIE Back to School Night video? Please take 90 seconds to learn about why LPIE exists in Lafayette and be part of the solution by participating in our annual giving campaign – Check out our video here

Laura-Kate Rurka & Jennifer Palmer
Acalanes LPIE School Chairs

www.lpie.org

Athletic Clearances
Use this down time to fill out athletic clearance paperwork for your student athlete. Forms can be found here. Fill them out with your pediatrician, then email Randy Takahashi for further instruction.

acalanesboosters.com

Textbook Return & Pickup
AHS is still missing hundreds of unreturned textbooks and novels and our Dons need them for this academic year. If your student has outstanding materials, please drop them off as soon as possible outside the AHS Library. For students who still need textbooks and novels for this year, the Library will be open as follows this week: Monday, Aug 24 from 10am-12pm and 1-3pm Tuesday, Aug 25 from 1-3:30pm Thursday, Aug 27 from 1-3:30pm

Missed Back To School Night?
Watch the welcome video here. Individual teacher videos will be available on Canvas this week.

Updated APC Volunteer Service Awards
Updated program guidelines and forms will be released shortly as a result of limitations on volunteer work due to Covid. Once you have reviewed the new guidelines, please email us if you have any questions about qualifying hours or opportunities.

Acalanes Attendance Procedures
All absences, including full school day, late zoom arrivals and early zoom departures need to be called in at 925-280-3973. Remember, it is the responsibility of parents to call the message recorder for each and every student absence including dental and medical appointments. All absences not cleared within 48-hours are turned into cuts. For your convenience, the AHS message recorder is available 24-hours a day. Please bookmark and refer to the AHS website for detailed instructions and additional information.

21 Week Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
Join us for the next 21 weeks as we build habits supporting racial equity. Each week, we will suggest one article or activity which will help you become more educated and thoughtful in this area. 

Week 1 of 21: Read Nikole Hannah-Jones, America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One, The New York Times (Aug. 14, 2019).

Did you miss our Forum on Race?
Watch it here. We are so grateful to those who joined us and tried it on.

Tuesday, Sept 1 at 6pm A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Jane Elliott
Register to join Campolindo BSU President Amia Bonilla for this virtual discussion on issues of race within our educational and community environments. Space is limited!

Tuesday, Sept 22 at 6:30pm Teacher-moderated Book Club: How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
The book, a NYTimes Bestseller, brings a “groundbreaking” approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society — and in ourselves. Copies are available at Orinda Books, and a portion of each sale will be donated to the Center for Antiracism Research. Stay tuned for registration and participation details.

We are grateful for our APC donations and participation to date! If you haven’t had a chance to contribute yet, we’d love to count you in. Your donations are vital to our ability to fund our initiatives – well underway in Distance Learning – like Peer Tutoring, Staff Development and outdoor classroom furnishings. Click here to join our efforts. If you have any questions, please contact VP Fundraising Kelly Daggs.

If you’re looking for a way to show some spirit at home, consider purchasing an Acalanes Flag to fly outside or to decorate your student’s room. Order today on the webstore!