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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.

Juniors, Sophomores and Freshman need help and are asking parents to please take a fundraising concession shift at the home football game versus Campolindo on October 18. Please see your class section below to sign up. 

In addition to football, our water polo and tennis teams play cross town rivals Campolindo this week too (see sports section below). Show your spirit and enjoy the action. Go teams! 

Looking for more ways to support your fellow Dons? Check out Acalanes’ new Dons Show Up October calendar referenced in the Student Activities section below!

In an effort to better communicate with students and the community on the big events each month, we have created a Dons Show Up in October calendar (on the Acalanes home page). This week come out to the pool on Wednesday beginning at 4 pm to watch girls and boys water polo. Pep band will be present! It is a big night for our water polo community. 

On Friday, October 18 there is a meeting during academy for any student interested in auditioning for the musical. Check out the Performing and Visual Arts section below for details.

Talk about a week of our Dons Showing Up for each other!  Homecoming hallway decorating, skits, games and activities all take a ton of work. Our Dons could not have done it without their classmates. Check out Blueprint’s amazing video re-cap of last week’s homecoming festivities. Thanks to student Oliver Lane for capturing the excitement across campus. 

We need our Dons to Show Up for a few more things! Juniors, Sophomores and Freshman need help and are asking parents to please take a fundraising concession shift at the home football game versus Campolindo on October 18. Please see your class page to sign up.

Perhaps you’ve seen the new hashtag #DonsShowUp around campus and wondered exactly what it is. This year, Acalanes is kicking off a new campaign asking students, parents, teachers, and staff to “show up” for each other to help build community.

Showing up could be as simple as going to an event that a student might not usually attend; athletes showing up for plays, theater students going to concerts or someone from the orchestra attending a game.

Showing up also means students reaching out and being there for another student; taking the extra step to ask a fellow student if they are OK, checking in on someone eating lunch alone or simply saying hi to another student whom they don’t already know.

The goal is for all students at Acalanes to be supported and seen.