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Welcome Back Dons! Counselors have new letters!  Counselor assignments are by last name.

A – Dr  Anne Schonauer
Du-Kr  Christine Todd
Ku-Rog  Marissa Meadows
Roh-Z  Susan Martin

Counselor Appointments –  We love talking to our students and we are so excited to be able to see students in person again! Please stop by the Counseling office to see if we are available, leave a note if we aren’t, or send us an email! We will start individual appointments with seniors in September.

Thursday, Aug 12 Schedule Change Requests begin The link to request a change will be posted on the Counseling Page of the AHS website on Thursday. Counselors will accept change requests through Monday, August 23. We will prioritize errors first, then we will look at requests in order received. No guarantees can be made with changes, but we will try to accommodate everyone. Classes can be added as late as Monday, August 23, and dropped as late as October 8.

Class Visits – We can’t wait to meet/reconnect with our students!  We will be visiting classrooms in late August/early September to present grade-specific information about academic planning, ways to get involved, and post-high school planning.

Welcome DONS! I’m the Acalanes School Nurse, Dvora Citron. I’m in my office (in the Main Attendance Office) from 7:30 am – 3:20 pm on most days.  Please come by to meet me. I’ll also be at Dons Day.

GOT MEDS???  Health Conditions and Medications If your student has a medical condition and/or needs medication available at school, please go to this link on my webpage to get the appropriate forms.  All forms need to be filled out completely AND signed by BOTH parent and physician. You can email me the completed forms, or you can bring them to me at school.  Please bring any medication directly to me so that I can review the required medical documentation at that time.  I will be at Dons Day tomorrow, and you can drop medical forms and medications with me at that time.

GOT SHOTS???  Immunizations If there are any updates to your student’s vaccination record, please send me a copy so I can update.  If your student is missing any requiredimmunizations, they cannot start school until those are complete.  Please get in touch with me as soon as possible. If your student has had COVID vaccinations and you would like to submit that documentation to me, I will include it on their record.
Want the COVID vaccine? For every FIVE people that want to get the COVID vaccines, CCCH Mobile Vaccination Team will come here on site to administer. Please get in touch with me to let me know.

GOT ILLNESS???  STAY HOME!!!

COVID Protocols:  (DON’T Get It!): Everyone wears a mask indoors. Keep staying healthy and practice hand hygiene.

AUHSD Health and Safety Policy

Stay healthy and be well,
Dvora Citron, RN, MS
dcitron@auhsdschools.org
925-280-2970 x7128
Acalanes School Nurse Google Site
IG:  acalanesschoolnurse

Welcome back to athletics! Here are the Fall sports schedules (subject to change):

• Cross Country
• Football
• Girls Golf
• Girls Tennis
• Girls Volleyball
• Boys Water Polo
• Girls Water Polo

If you have any questions, contact AHS Athletic Director Randy Takahashi at ​​rtakahashi@auhsdschools.org.

ICYMI: Dons Dialogue with Principal Bell
Access the replay here. Topics include: an introduction to our new Principal Eric Shawn; course updates from Leadership, Ethnic Studies, and Human & Social Development; news about summer school and the bridge program, and updates on campus events and activities.

A BIG ACA THANK YOU!!
Acalanes Community Always is a partnership between all facets of Acalanes and the greater Lafayette community. ACA’s success is dependent on a wide array of AHS students, teachers and admin, class liaisons, and parent volunteers. From Acalanes Leadership students to ACA Support Partners (APC, APAB, Acalanes Boosters, and LPIE), the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, the City of Lafayette, and our wonderful restaurants and businesses, thanks to all of YOU for embracing ACA!!! Can’t wait for what comes out of this partnership in the next school year. !

ACA Celebrates the Last 25 Days of the 2020-21 School Year
Encourage your students to check out all the ways they can connect each day before the school year comes to a close. Here’s the link to the 25 Days of ACA. Let’s finish the year ACA Strong! 

Tuesday, June 22 from 5-8pm – Taste of Lafayette
It’s time to reconnect at Lafayette’s favorite dinner party, “Taste of Lafayette.” Enjoy food and drink from Acalanes favorites like Batch & Brine, Papillon, Sideboard, Tutu’s Food & Drink, Vitality Bowls, Zoonies, and many, many more. This is a not-to-miss event!! More details and the link to purchase tickets can be found here. 

Questions, comments, or feedback, email aca@acalanesparentsclub.com.

AHS has issued the following Finals Guidelines. Discuss with your student for more details.

AHS Volunteer Service Awards!
If your student was unable to pick up their Acalanes certificate last week, they can stop by the College & Career Center to retrieve it. The President’s Volunteer Service Awards will be mailed home. Congrats award winners!

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion means to value, care for, lift up and include all. 

Thank you to all who have read our section and may have participated in DEI events this school year. For many of us who are white and cis gender it took a lot of courage to admit we had been blind to the suffering, often inadvertently, afflicted on others in our human family. To those of you who are curious but were not able to join us, we invite you to join an event next year.  We are constantly working on ideas for book clubs, special guest appearances, workshops and more. Have some great ideas? Consider joining one of our meetings, or email us. We are always looking for people to join us in the highly relevant work of DEI. Several positions are open. Please get in touch if you are interested.

This month we continue to recognize our AAPI friends and in June we celebrate LGBTQ+ pride. Have a happy and restful summer!

Be sure to follow us on Instagram @acalanesdei! 

Buy a Brick, Leave a Legacy
Honor a graduating Senior or favorite teacher, or write a special memory on a brick on the Dons Legacy Wall! On sale now on the Acalanes webstore, or print a mail-in form. Mail-in forms may also be picked up in the AHS Main Office.

Acalanes Flags
The perfect gift for incoming students, graduating students and students in between, who are enjoying their highschool journey — Acalanes Flags! Flags are available in two sizes on the Acalanes webstore. They can be enjoyed indoors (think bedroom wall!) as well as outside. Get yours today and share your school spirit. Go Dons!

A huge thank you to our volunteers, teachers, principals, district, donors and parents who made this year possible.
You impact our children’s learning experience every day. We are grateful for you and all that you do. Have a great summer!

Laura-Kate Rurka & Jennifer Palmer
Acalanes LPIE School Chairs

www.lpie.org

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Have a wonderful summer! Be safe, have fun, relax, and can’t wait to see everyone back at Dons Day on August 9. 

It has been a year. And through it all our students have shown incredible resiliency, passion and dedication. As we near the end, I just want to say thank you to our community for all your support, encouragement and love. To the students and parents in the leadership program, you are a dream to work with and spend time with. You created so much for our campus and community this year and make my job a dream come true. 

Katherine Walton, Student Activities Director