• College & Career

    October 25, 2019

    WEDS, OCT. 30
    9:35  Ohio Wesleyan
    1:25  University of Richmond
    1:35  UC Santa Cruz 

    THURS, OCT. 31
    8:00  Lewis and Clark
    9:40  LMU

    MON, NOV. 4
    9:25  Hawaii Pacific
     
    TUES, NOV. 5
    1:35  US Airforce

  • College & Career

    October 25, 2019

    6:30-8:30pm, Acalanes PAC

    AHS Junior parents AND students are invited to join our College & Career Center Advisor Wendy Reicher & Counselor Susan Martin to learn more about class selection for senior year, parent roles in the college application process, college visits, ACT/SAT test taking, college search tools and types of tuition aid.  It should be a VERY informative evening!

    Register here.

    6:30pm   APC Hosted Parent/Student Reception with Wendy Reicher & Susan Martin

    7:00-8:00pm College Night Presentation

    8-8:30pm Question & Answer Session

     

  • Presidents’ Message

    October 20, 2019

    Our APC Parent Education Program kicks off the year with two upcoming events: “The Risks of Vaping & Tobacco Use,” a forum co-hosted by APC and the Acalanes Unified High School District, on Tuesday, October 29; and  “Mindfulness for Stress Management,” our first APC Parent Workshop, presented by the AHS Wellness Center, on Thursday, November 7. You can find more details in the Parent Education section below.

    We’d like to give a shout out to one of our AHS Support Partners -- LPIE! Our students are so fortunate to have such a dedicated funding source and team of volunteers supporting class electives, writing tutors, the AHS Wellness Center, technology and much more. LPIE is in the midst of a push to meet their fundraising goal. If you have not yet had the chance to donate, we hope you will consider doing so here. 

    Thanks to the numerous parents who regularly attend APC’s Dons Dialogue. Friday’s forum provided an opportunity to hear from Principal Bell and key teachers and administrators regarding what’s going on at Acalanes. If you missed it, we will soon have a link to the forum’s video on our APC website. 

     

  • DONS SHOW UP in October!

    October 20, 2019

    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 homepage of the Acalanes website). This week’s events: 

    Tuesday Senior Night, Volleyball
    Wednesday DramaDons’ opening night of The Laramie Project
    Thursday Senior Night, Tennis  

    It’s a great week to be a Don!

    Is your student a senior? Make sure to remind them to attend the lunch meeting Monday (tomorrow)  in room 314 to play senior dodgeball. Senior dodgeball, in it’s 2nd year, is a tradition not to be missed. Students form teams of 12 (11 seniors + 1 staff member) and play over 3 days in November. 

    Wednesday Unified Sports plays at Heritage High School at Lunch. 

    Is your student a freshman? Remind them to come out to capture the flag on Thursday at lunch. New Crew leaders will be out there playing alongside with them. Great way to spend a lunch period.

     

  • Ted Talk: Ovrcomoming

    October 20, 2019

    High school students are fatigued for a lot of good reasons including too little sleep and a body clock that would prefer to stay up late and sleep in. Another significant factor is psychological fatigue. You know that wiped-out feeling you have after a long day at work? Teenagers get that too. The toll of several features of adolescence-- high intensity emotions, exercising self-control, and high intensity negative thinking is incredibly draining. And on top of all that, their work is demanding. The key to overcoming psychological fatigue is by finding calm and the best way to get calm is by using breathwork. This TED Talk is a great place to explore the connection and find tips to get started. 

  • Week of 10/21 Update

    October 20, 2019

    Oct 23 SAT/ACT Info Night @ AHS 6:30p-7:30p
    Oct 28 SFSU Tour  
    The SFSU Campus Tour (seniors only) is on Monday, October 28, 7:30am - 2:00pm. For more information, including a link to the permission slip (due Friday) please go to the College & Career Center page on the APC website.  

    College Rep Visits Coming This Week
    Oct 21 Seton Hall, Beacon College, St. John’s, Portland State, Azusa Pacific
    Oct 22 Wash U, Univ. of Portland, U of BC, Occidental, Redlands, USD, Linfield
    Oct 23 Butler, U of Alabama, U of Oklahoma, Baylor, Rutgers
    Oct 24 Pomona, Middlebury, Montana State, U of Arizona, U of New Hampshire,  TCU, U of Washington
    Oct 25 UCSD, USC

    For times and sign up visit Naviance.  These visits are for junior and senior students.  Please pick up passes before school, during brunch or lunch.  Make sure to sign in during the visit to clear the attendance office.

  • APC Parent Workshop: Mindfulness for Stress Management

    October 20, 2019

    Thursday, November 7 from 7:00-8:30pm.

    Acalanes Library

    Join us for our first APC Parent Workshop on Mindfulness for Stress Management, presented by the AHS Wellness Center.  Please dress comfortably and feel free to bring a small blanket or mat for mindfulness practices.  

     

  • Fall Instrumental Pops Concert Recap

    October 20, 2019

    In case you missed it, the first annual fall instrumental Pops concert took place in the Acalanes Performing Arts Center on Oct 10. Click here for a recap (thanks Acalanes Blueprint)!

     

  • Co-Presidents’ Message

    October 13, 2019

    Just a reminder that Monday, October 14, is a Staff Development Day so there will be no school tomorrow. It’s hard to believe the first quarter of the school year has already come and gone. There is a tremendous amount of activity on campus this month with fall sports and performing arts’ events in full swing. We anticipate a tremendous amount of excitement next week too, as Acalanes welcomes the highly-regarded United States Marine Band for a concert on Wednesday. Finally, don’t forget to wear lavender to Friday night’s football game against Campo. Go Dons!

    We are looking forward to the upcoming APC Dons Dialogue with Principal Bell on Friday. The agenda is jam-packed with some terrific information so it’s one you won’t want to miss. You’ll find more details in our APC in Action section below. Hope to see you on Friday. 

    Dawn Brightbill & Sarah Cusumano

  • Dons Dialogue: Friday, October 18, 8:45-10am

    October 13, 2019

    APC is hosting another can’t miss Dons Dialogue this Friday morning in the Collaboration Center.  Dons Dialogue agenda items to include: 

    • Revised Homework Policy
    • Peer Tutoring Update
    • Unified Sports Program
    • Challenge Success Survey
    • Vaping Update
    • ASB and Leadership Update

    As always, parking will be reserved in the parking lot south of the Main Gym. Coffee and treats will be served. See you there!