Every Thursday-Sunday between now and Feb 14 ACA STRONG Campus Light Display 5:30-9:00pm
The kick-off night that included Acalanes students DJing a local radio station while families drove through the campus light display was a huge hit! It’s not too late to check it out. Students, parents, siblings & community members are invited to drive through campus to enjoy the ACA STRONG light display and engage in some fun community spirit! 

When you come to campus, please consider bringing peanut butter and/or boxes of cereal to donate to the Monument Crisis Center. Donations can be placed in collection bins located by the flagpole.

Tuesday, Feb 17 at 7pWednesday, Feb 17 at 5pm Women in Leadership Series with Elizabeth Brown
Elizabeth Brown is a resident of Georgia and is a Director at the Housing Authority.  Prior to that, she was a Social Worker at The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University in the Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior. Link to register in advance.

Do your New Year’s resolutions include trying something new? Need to freshen up your routine? Looking for change? We’ve got you covered!
 
Tuesday, January 26, 10:00-11:00am
Register Here! 

Join the first ACA Chat Live of 2021! This always-popular, high spirited online chat provides a great opportunity to get to know hosts Associate Principal Andrea Powers and Leadership Teacher Katherine Walton. They are both all about community and campus spirit and lead the school’s “ACA / Acalanes Community Always” team. This informal, interactive forum provides updates on inspiring campus news and allows you to ask your burning questions and feel more connected to our campus community. This month look forward to:

• A dialogue with frosh student Jenna Steele & teacher Lauren Gibson about their experience thus far, the struggles and also the triumphs.
• A preview of Black History Month with a student from our Black Student Union.
• A preview of some incredible programming that is happening at the end of January/early February.

If you’ve attended before, BRING A FRIEND to join the fun! The first 5 participants who mention in the chat box that they brought a friend will win the newest Acalanes swag – an ACA STRONG t-shirt!

This is the feel-good event you’ve been looking for so opt in! To participate, register here . Join the chat on camera to give the event more of a community vibe. Questions and comments in the chat are not only welcome but encouraged.

Tuesday, Feb 23 at 6:30pm Arshay Cooper Dialogue
Join us in conversation with author Arshay Cooper. The dialogue will be facilitated by an influential community member and 3 students: Ava Freeman, Franny Daughters, and Miles Burger. Arshay will share more about his life, trauma, police brutality, film career, experience as a rower, and more. The novel and film chronicles the first African American high school rowing team in this country (made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of Chicago, coming together to row in the same boat). Order your copy from Orinda Books and a percentage of the proceeds will go to a BSU selected charity. Please register in advance here.

Friday, February 19 from 10-11:30am – Dons Dialogue with Principal Bell
Join Principal Bell online and find out what’s happening on campus. Hear from select speakers and get your questions answered. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for details! 

Tuesday Feb 9 from 7-8:30 pm – Dr. Lori Watson’s Racial Equity Series
If you haven’t already, sign up here. The next session will cover “Biases, Beliefs and Consciousness”. Remaining dates for this series: 

• Wednesday, March 3 “Children and Race”
• Thursday, May 6 “Disrupting Racism/Co-Conspiratorship”

Thursday Feb 4, 6:30-8 pm District Book Club
Join us as we dive into the novel Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Watch this powerful reading of the book if you don’t have time to read.  Book copies are available at Orinda Books and sign up here for the next discussion. 

Tuesday Jan 19 from 7-8:30 pm Dr. Lori Watson’s Racial Equity Series
If you haven’t already, sign up here. The next session will cover “Biases, Beliefs and Consciousness”. Remaining dates for this series: 

• Tuesday, Feb 9 “Whiteness”
• Wednesday, March 3 “Children and Race”
• Thursday, May 6 “Disrupting Racism/Co-Conspiratorship”