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Membership & Fundraising
Peer Tutoring is back and ready to support your student! This program is 100% funded by donations to the Acalanes Parents Club. If you have not had an opportunity to make your donation, please join us today!
If you have any questions, please contact VP Fundraising Kelly Daggs.
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Campus News
Class Shirts and Yearbooks
We are handing out class shirts and yearbooks in the next two weeks. Here are the days and times:- Class of 2024: September 2 from 3-4pm (all students; class shirts only)
- Class of 2021: September 8 from 2-4pm (A-L is 2-3; M-Z is 3-4)
- Class of 2022: September 9 from 3-5pm (A-L is 3-4; M-Z is 4-5)
- Class of 2023: September 10 from 3-5pm (A-L is 3-4; M-Z is 4-5)
- Alternate pick-up: September 11 from 8-9am
Spirit Wear
If you missed ordering spirit wear, the webstore is back open until September 7! Any items purchased will be shipped to your house.Due Thursday, Sept 3 Club Applications
Although we are beginning the year in distance learning, we want to get our clubs up and running! Any student can start a club and the process will be digital this year. Club Applications are available here, due by Thursday! All club guidelines and FAQs are in the registration form.Friday, Sept 4 During Academy Kick Off Workshop on Organization
Encourage your student to attend a student-led workshop. Upperclassmen will walk through systems of organization including Google Drive, a calendar system, and Canvas. Students can sign up by joining Katherine Walton’s Academy.ASB Card Support
Thank you to all who purchased ASB cards. The money directly funds student activities throughout the year AND gives your student discounts throughout the community. Look for stickers in business windows then show a student ID card to receive the discount. Thank you to those Lafayette businesses for supporting Acalanes!If I can ever do anything to help you or your student, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Katherine Walton, Student Activities Director
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Wellness Center
We always want to practice what we preach and so this past week, we were “Trying On” lots of new things. Here’s one of the things that we’ve never done before that worked really well: a lunchtime community conversation where students opted in to engage in dialogue with each other around racism. We used the four agreements and the compass (believing/thinking/feeling/acting) from the equity curriculum the students have been learning. These tools really benefited the conversation and the participants. At the close, we tried on connecting to our emotions and the feelings in our body--how it felt to talk about painful things and how it felt to do so with a new community. Here are some of the words shared by our 60 attendees in the chat box as they exited: enlightened, safe, comfortable, respect. We learned a lot about how much students want to engage with each other and how badly they want all students at AHS to feel welcome and included. There’s an amount of fear that always accompanies trying new things but when you push through that fear, there can be wonderful things on the other side.
Allen Choi, Wellness Coordinator
Casey Sasner, Intake SpecialistFor updates, tips and advice, follow Wellness on Social Media: Instagram @acalaneswellness
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College & Career
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.orgWendy Reicher
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Counseling
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:
A- Ed Anne Schonauer
Ee-Kr Christine Todd
Ku-Ros Marissa Meadows
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School Nurse
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
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Performing & Visual Arts
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
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Legislative News
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.
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LPIE
AHS families are invited to join LPIE's monthly board meeting Tuesday, September 1st, 9:00am, Zoom Link HereDid 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
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