For those who participated in the PSAT/NMSQT in October, online score access will begin being emailed by the College Board on Mon, Dec 9. Emails will be sent to the address students listed on the answer document on the day of the exam. Please see Mrs. Welling in the Counseling Office with questions or hwelling@auhsdschools.org after Dec 9.
Week of 12/9 Update
College 101
A reminder that many topics related to college planning are covered on the AHS website. Check out this link!
Scholarship Opportunity
<Scholarships will be posted on the board in the CCC so please stop by and check for new information. Students with a minimum of a 3.3 GPA and maximum EFC of $20,000 can apply for the Rossmore Scholarship, a $3000 award. Applications due by Feb 4. Info available on the Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation Home Page.
Seniors
Please update Naviance as you begin to hear results from your college applications. This data is crucial for an accurate scattergram. Stop by the CCC to share your successes and add a marble to the jar for each accepted application.
Wed, Dec 11 College Application Party during Academy
Come celebrate the completion of application season. All seniors welcome! Parents, we appreciate your help donating food and supplies. Sign Up Here
Juniors
Sign up for academy after winter break to learn how to research colleges and start personal assessments. You must attend one academy before setting up a 1:1 appointment.
Naviance Parent Workshops
Early morning and evening sessions available starting in January. Dates announced soon. Stay tuned!
Job Opportunity
Attention animal lovers! Part-time kennel technician Mon and Fri from 4p-6p at Mt. Diablo Veterinary. $12/hr, duties include mopping floors, cleaning countertops, cleaning cages, restocking supplies and walking patients. Must be 16+ years old. Contact Marilyn @ mtdiablo@nva.com or 925.284.1350.
Gift of Presence: Managing Finals and Holiday Stress
Wednesday, Dec 11 from 7:00-8:00pm in the Acalanes Library
Join us for a real gift and hear from Allen Choi of Acalanes Wellness and Dr. Brittany Friedrich of Las Lomas Wellness. Learn what they hear from students about what stress they have, and how parents can effectively help them. Join us for this workshop in the Acalanes Library. Parents and students welcome.
Contacts:
Kelly Daggs, VP Community Partners
Mary Kuhn, Parent Education Chair
Finals Fuel
Calling all parents! During the breaks between exams, volunteers are on campus during finals week handing out encouragement and healthy snacks, and we need your help to make it happen! Please use this Amazon link to donate pre-selected items. No need to drop anything at school. You buy, we deliver. Let’s work together and make finals week a little brighter for our hard working students!
Sports
Support for one another on campus! Please check out the Dons Show Up calendar (on the homepage of the Acalanes website). Thank you for showing up!
This week’s highlights:
- Wednesday Open Mic Night at Sideboard at 6 pm
- All Week Exciting NCS and CIF playoff action in girls tennis, boys and girls water polo and football all week long! Check the sports section below for details.
It’s a great week to be a Don!
Don’t miss November’s communications video! It debuted last Wednesday and is full of announcements about student activities.
Peek at the week (all activities during lunch)
- Monday: Junior bonding in between the gyms
- Tuesday: Sophomore bonding in the front quad
- Monday through Wednesday: Senior dodgeball in the big gym
- Thursday: Frosh Fall Festival in frosh quad
- ALL Week: Students can write grateful leaves for fellow students and staff and hang them on the grateful tree in the front quad.
Open Mic Night Nov 20
Join us at Sideboard in Lafayette at 6pm for our biannual Open Mic Night. Come out, eat dinner, and enjoy student talent (we have over 15 performers scheduled). This is one of our favorite nights of the year!
Wellness Center
Whether it’s about academics, relationships, sports or extracurricular activities, even the most routine student conversations reveal the power and influence of the adolescent inner-critic. The voice that tells us we’re not good enough is destructive and inhibitory but it is possible to change its tone. Practicing self-compassion has so many evidence-based benefits from increasing your compassion for others and enhancing motivation, to reducing your output of the stress hormone, cortisol. How to practice self-compassion isn’t complicated: treat yourself the way you would treat a cherished friend. How self-compassionate are you? Remember that kids model themselves after us. This link to a self-compassion test from Dr. Kristin Neff will show you how you’re doing at being self-compassionate. You’ll find lots of resources on her site for learning more and beginning your practice.
