Weekly News & Announcements

School Nurse

1.  Your student is exhibiting symptoms that fall within possible signs and symptoms of COVID (which is almost everything!).  
   • Without COVID testing, your student can return to school after 10 days and after the symptoms have been resolved for at least 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication).
   • With a negative COVID test result, your student can return to school after the symptoms have been resolved for at least 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication).
2. Your student has been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID.  In this case, your student must stay home for 10 days, even if without symptoms or even with a negative test result.

Performing & Visual Arts

April 30 and May 1 at 7pm - One Act Shakespeare Live: Macbeth & Midsummer The Acalanes DramaDons are proud to present “One Act Shakespeare Live: Macbeth & Midsummer.” These exciting 40-minute versions of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream will stream live on the DramaDons’ YouTube channel. Each play is presented for one night only, so log on to see Macbeth on April 30 and Midsummer on May 1 at 7pm PST.

This is not just your average “Zoom play.” All actors will perform from individual remote studios set up in classrooms on the Acalanes campus. Then, using the magic of technology, actors’ images will be composited into a single frame, giving the illusion of working together, and all of it will happen live, in real time!

If you’d like to learn more, check out the article about our production on page 33 of the latest issue of the Acalanes Blueprint.

May 1 Deadline - Acalanes Performing Arts Booster Scholarship
APAB will award one $1,000 scholarship to a Senior in the Acalanes Class of 2021 who participates in either Choral Music, Drama or Instrumental Music with an intent to major or minor in a performing art at a two or four-year college, university, or performing arts school. Applications are available now and must be submitted by May 1. Click here for the application.

APC in Action

Friday, April 16 from 10-11:30am - Dons Dialogue with Principal Bell
Join Principal Bell online to hear about the following topics:

• End of the Year Events Update
• Athletics Update with Acalanes Athletic Director, Randy Takahashi
• Department Updates from Math and Sciences

Register in advance here to attend this webinar.

Tuesday, April 20 at 7pm - “Angst” Film Screening & Discussion
Pre-register for this event in the Parent Ed section below, where you can find further event details. 

Applications Due Saturday, May 1! Acalanes Volunteer Service Awards Program 
Submit your applications NOW! After applications have been reviewed and qualified all students will be notified, via email, of their award level (Acalanes or President’s).

• Completed and signed Applications (along with any supporting materials from your organizations) should be scanned and emailed here.
• Download application forms here.
• If you have any questions, please email us! 

APC Grants Awarded!
We are pleased to announce that five 2021 APC Spring Grants have been awarded - these projects encourage self-regulation and wellness, celebrate school community spirit, improve our campus experience, and drive thoughtful conversations around diversity and equity. Specifically, the grants were awarded in these areas: 

• A guest speaker for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 
• Wellness tools for each classroom to promote self regulation concerning anxiety and stress
• Signage to celebrate ACA and return to campus for in-person 
• User-friendly bulletin boards across campus to encourage easier communication from clubs, class events, and school-wide happenings 
• Refresh of our Senior Deck (a special spot on campus to celebrate all graduating seniors) to accompany the beautiful new mural that was a gift from the graduating class of 2020

Acalanes Community Always (ACA)

**EVENT FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN & THEIR FAMILIES** Tuesday, May 4 from 5:30-6:30pm Acalanes Athletics & Activities Night, Acalanes Main Quad
This is a “not to miss" event geared towards new Freshmen and their families highlighting ways to get involved at Acalanes. Incoming freshmen and their parents can meet coaches and athletes from all the 22 Acalanes sports, connect with student leaders, and learn more about the numerous clubs on campus. Last names A-L are scheduled from 5:30-6pm and M-Z from 6-6:30pm. Share this information with new ACA families! Questions? Email aca@acalanesparentsclub.com.

Thursday, April 22 from 3:30-5pm - “Dog Days are Over” Celebrate the last 25 Days of ACA
Our last ACA Day drive-through will be all about our ACA dogs! Get your students ready to dress up your family dog (or cat) in their best Don’s blue. There will be a series of awards and treats given out to dogs who join the drive-through and we’ll be posting pictures on our social channels. Start thinking of costumes for your pooch. More details to come regarding the 25 Days of ACA celebrating each day until the end of the school year. Let’s finish the year ACA Strong! 

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

LPIE

Congratulations Lafayette Community! You Unlocked the $100K Match!Thank you to our community for donating $174,000 in March which unlocked a $100K matching gift from a group of generous donors. You read that right - this equals $274,000 raised in March for our students. Amazing! We received donations from over 120 families. Whether it was your first donation to LPIE this year, or your third, we are grateful for your participation to support our Lafayette students.Thank you for helping LPIE take a big step toward our goal of $4.3M.

Tired of Cooking? Dine & Donate to LPIE with two delicious opportunities.

Visit: www.lpie.org/dineanddonate to order. 

• Mark & Mike's NY Style Delicatessen - owned by a former Lafayette resident, father to First Grade Burton Valley Elementary Teacher, Leslie Hagel, and grandfather to two current Acalanes Dons!  
• Cuisine of Nepal

As parents, we all have questions about our children after graduation. Take a peek at how Acalanes High School is addressing those questions in Episode 10 of the LPIE Podcast series. Adam talks with Travis Bell, Anne Schonauer, and Wendy Reicher about Career Counseling at Acalanes, which is jointly funded by LPIE. Simple answer: it is a conversation that starts when the counselors meet their students in 8th Grade. This allows counselors the time to truly get to know students, better enabling them to offer choices and support the students’ social emotional development while at Acalanes. That common theme of fostering the whole child is an absolute goal here. An Acalanes graduate will have options. The Acalanes counselors make sure those options are the best ones for that student. Click here to hear more: 

Laura-Kate Rurka & Jennifer Palmer
Acalanes LPIE School Chairs

www.lpie.org

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

Continue Celebrating Diversity throughout the month of April! Our country and our world is filled with a rainbow of races, religions, and stories… This month, learn about Arab-American history, Scottish-American history, Passover, Easter, and Ramadan. We also recognize Autism Awareness month, and we focus on National Child Abuse Prevention month.

Try to take the time to involve yourself in culture, religion, language that you don’t usually hear about in your daily life. Get creative with food, watch a documentary or movie that you might know nothing about, listen to music you haven’t heard, hug your children and help them learn to not judge “otherness”. This is our work as people of this Earth. Did we mention that it’s Earth Month too?!

Volunteer opportunities for Acalanes DEI - get involved!
We are looking for new people to join our efforts and get in on the highly relevant work of DEI. Email us! If you believe in the need for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and enjoy writing, are a social media wizard or interested in web content creation, come join us!