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Calendar of Upcoming Events
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June Dates:
3-6 Finals Week
6 Last Day of School
7 Graduation
August Dates:
12 Dons Day
12 Frosh/New Student Orientation
13 First Day of School
16 Dons Dialogue
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Associate Principals' Message
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Hello Dons!
The last few weeks have been full of AP Testing, spring sports, senior recognition, end-of-year concerts, preparations for finals, and excitement for summer. As we approach the last few days of the school year, it has been a wonderful opportunity for us to reflect on our first year here as Dons. We have stated a multitude of times this school year and we are going to state it one more time: we are extremely honored and proud to be a part of this Dons community. We are grateful for the hard work and dedication of our students and staff, as well as the support we have received from our parent community. We wish our students the best of luck on their finals and sincerely hope you have a restful, relaxing, and well deserved summer break. We look forward to seeing you in the fall.
Your Associated Principals,
Andrea Powers and Mike Plant
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Finals Week and Peer Tutoring
Finals start tomorrow! You can find the complete finals schedule
here
. And if your student needs some last minute help, encourage them to visit Peer Tutoring located in the enclosed hallway near the small theater.
Peer Tutoring will be open Monday through Wednesday during finals from 12:30 - 2:30pm.
Approval of APC Board of Directors Slate: Friday May 31
We are pleased to report that the following volunteers were elected to serve as the Board of Directors for Acalanes Parents Club for the 2019-20 school year.
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Senior, Junior, Sophomore, Freshman
Class Updates
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Senior-Junior-Sophomore-Freshman Class Updates
Just a Reminder: Dons Families can click on each
Class Heading
to link through to our Webpage to find lots of great information and useful contacts. Be sure to keep up to date as lots of fun things are on the horizon!
Today
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Time of Reflection, 3pm Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church
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Finals Begin
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Steam your Gown! |
Thursday
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Last chance to drop off your Memory Frame in the C&C
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Friday
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Graduation Rehearsal, 9-11am Mandatory Attendance! (Complementary breakfast served)
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Grad Night Check-In and Lei Pick-up, begins at 4pm
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Graduation, 6pm
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Grad Night, 8pm buses leave for Umigo
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*Students please bring a change of clothes, closed-toe shoes and a sweatshirt for Grad Night
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Time of Reflection
Please join the Senior Class
Today
at
Time of Reflection, 3pm,
Lafayette/Orinda Presbyterian Church. Doors open at 2:40pm. Attire for students is collared shirts or dresses. All seniors and their families are welcome. Tickets are NOT required.
Senior Memory Frames
If you missed the deadline for ordering a Senior Memory Frame through the Webstore, you can still order through Michaels here. Once you have completed your student's photo collage/memory frame, you can turn it into the Attendance Office by June 6. Make sure your student's name is on the front and your name, number and a hook for hanging is on the back. Memory frames will be displayed on the fence near the football field on June 7. You can take home your student's frame after the graduation ceremony.
Graduation Seating
Doors open at
4pm
. Seating is first come, first served. There are no tickets required and no limit to the number of guests who may attend. No more than five seats can be saved by a single individual (including the person saving seats). Please be courteous of one another in reserving seats.
Accessible Parking/Seating
There will be a designated, first come, first served seating area for those needing accessible (non-bleacher) seating. One family member may sit with this guest. Parking/drop-off for these guests will be on the basketball courts and behind the 500 wing. Parents can call or email the attendance office to arrange access to this drop-off area. Graduation begins promptly at 6pm so we recommend you arrive with plenty of time to drop-off your party and locate a parking place.
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GRAD NIGHT INFORMATION
Grad Night is held
Friday, June 7
immediately following the Graduation Ceremony at Acalanes and includes transportation to and from
Umigo
, dinner, snacks, drinks, games, dancing and lots of entertainment options for grads. Students need to bring a change of clothes, closed-toe shoes and a sweatshirt.
Tickets
Purchase your Grad Night ticket by CHECK ONLY. Make checks payable to Acalanes Parents Club and put your student's name and Class of 2019 in the memo section. Please turn checks into the office. The cost is $250.
Permission Slips
Two
permission slips are required to attend Grad Night. They can be found
here
and
here
. Return permission slips one of the following two ways
:
- Mail to Angela Ketcham, 7 Greene Place, Lafayette, CA 94549, OR
- Drop off in the Grad Night basket in the Counseling Office
Note
: Grad night scholarships are available so
all
seniors can attend. School Counselors can provide information regarding scholarships.
Grad Night Volunteers Needed - The Midnight - 4am shift in particular!
Please sign up
here
if you are able to help.
Items Needed for Grad Night
Grad Night would not be possible without the donations and help from our wonderful senior parents. Please look through this year's SignUp Genius to see how you might help with this special event:
Grad Night SignUp Genius
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Grad Night Slideshow
Please submit pictures for the slide show that will be showing at Grad Night
here
! These pictures should include AHS seniors and do not have to be just when they were in high school. All ages welcome!
Final Transcripts
All seniors have completed the Senior Exit Survey so their final transcripts have been requested and will be sent to the designated college in mid-late June. There is no need to check in. Contact Emily Finn in the Registrar's office only if your child has made a change.
Second semester finals are Monday (tomorrow) through Thursday,
June 3-6
. You can find the full schedule
here
. Thank you to the organizers and all of the parents who have donated food for Finals Fuel to keep our students well nourished with healthy snacks this week!
Senior Portraits will be taken on campus next January but you may go to Studio One Photography (6515 Sierra Lane, Dublin) anytime after
June 17
to have your Senior Portrait taken if you prefer to get it before January (and while you are tan this summer!). There is no charge to have the photos taken. Please call ahead to schedule an appointment at 925-361-0430.
If your student is considering applying to college, or wants to take an exam again, the ACT exam (learn more
here
) and the SAT exam (learn more
here
) are offered in the Fall.
Save the date Sunday August 11 for the class of 2020 Senior BBQ & car painting (more details to come over the summer). Best wishes to our rising Seniors for a safe and fun summer. We'll see you all at Dons Day on Monday August 12!
Questions?
Tori Heffelfinger
Kathy Hemmenway
Kat O'Donnell
Ellen Seiler
GOOD LUCK TO THE SOPHOMORE CLASS DURING FINALS NEXT WEEK!
Just a reminder, all week will be half days from 8am-12:20pm. You can find the finals schedule
here
.
The next two years will be busy with fundraising activities to help pay for Junior/Senior prom. As always, we welcome any parent involvement! Please reach out to us if you would like to help with Junior/Senior year activities!
Good luck with finals this week!
The students have half days from 8am-12:20pm this week. You can find the schedule online here, but just as a reminder: The first final each day is from 8am-10am and the second final is from 10:20am-12:20pm.
Monday, June 3:
Periods 0 & 2 Finals
Tuesday, June 4:
Periods 5 & 1 Finals
Wednesday, June 5:
Periods 4 & 6 Finals
Thursday, June 6:
Periods 7 & 3 Finals (Last Day)
Next Year:
We've already begun some planning around our class prom and grad night and are looking for parent help. Please email us at
[email protected]
if you'd like to get involved!
And mark your calendars now...
Dons Day will be Monday, August 12
and the
first day of Sophomore year will be Tuesday, August 13
.
Good luck to everyone during these last few busy weeks!
Jen Fish
Kristin McPhail
Judy Sandberg
Candy Stryker
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Senior Families
See you
today
at time of reflection at LOPC. Program begins at 3pm and doors will open at 2:40pm. All are welcome to attend!
We just want to say thank you to all of the parent volunteers throughout the year! You enable us to do a ton of programming for students and we appreciate your time and support! A special thank you goes out to our senior parent liaisons: Rhonda Andronico, Anne Bone, Gayle Burleigh & Maureen Wickline.....thank you for ALL of the time, energy and support that you gave over the last 4 years!!!!
Spirit Wear
We have just a few spirit items left for the 2018-2019 school year! Consider ordering something from the Webstore for an end of year gift!
Questions? Email Katherine Walton, the leadership teacher, Room 314.
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From Acalanes the Wellness Center
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Best of luck to your students on finals! We are thrilled to see them head into summer or if they're seniors, on to the next phase of their lives. Summer brings a new, and hopefully slower, pace and with it new opportunities for exploration. With that in mind, we've prepared a resource sheet for students (and parents) who are interested in adopting some mindfulness techniques. You can find that here. There are an abundance of resources you can find online as well as compelling evidence the benefits of the practice of mindfulness. Two great sites are Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and Mindful Schools. Have a wonderful summer!
Eryn Reeder, Wellness Coordinator (ext. 7150)
Casey Sasner, Intake Specialist (ext. 7136)
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College and Career Center
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Congratulations! Summer is just about here. Only 4 days left! Here are some tips for finals that may be helpful for your student:
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Be strategic in your studying.
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Studying hard for 30-50 minutes at a time with 10 minutes breaks in between is the most effective way to study.
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Download the app PhotoMath. It lets you take pictures of math problems and teaches you the correct steps to solve the problem.
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You're more likely to remember something you wrote in blue ink than in black ink.
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Peppermint stimulates the brain and helps with concentration.
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While studying for a certain subject, pretend that you will have to teach the material. It helps you pay more attention.
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Use
wordhippo.com to find words that you can't think of but can describe.
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Eating chocolate while studying will help the brain retain information easily.
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Writing something out is equivalent to reading it 7 times.
SENIOR INFORMATION
Google Account Deactivation
When the seniors graduate, their Acalanes Google accounts get shut down (this happens at some point over the summer). Please remind your student of this. Have them
move the items they want to save to another account.
They may want to access their work next year.
Final Transcripts
All seniors have completed the Senior Exit Survey so their final transcripts have been requested. We know where they are headed and Registrar, Emily Finn will send the transcripts in mid-late June. There is no need to check in - it will get done. Only contact Emily if your child has made a change (there are students still waiting to hear about waitlists).
Happy Summer
It has been an absolute pleasure working with your seniors this year. 17 and 18 year olds hold a special place in my heart. Their futures are bright and their sense of adventure is strong. I wish everyone the best of luck next year!!! We all take a different path and there is not one right path. Trust the journey!
ALL GRADES
College Fair
Colleges That Change Lives is a group of 40 small liberal arts colleges all over the country that meet a set criteria (there are many more but these schools made the list). Read more about
CTCL.org
and consider going to their local fair (San Jose on 7/29 or Marin 7/30) to learn more about a Liberal Arts education.
Value Priced College Night
This Tuesday,
June 4
from 6:30-7:30pm in the Las Lomas Library.
Come hear from a financial aid expert, Tim Lenehan, who has researched and compared the costs of colleges across the nation. Learn about affordable instate and out of state public colleges in the Western US. Tim is a CPA and College Advisor and will share his insights and top picks that cost as little as $16k to attend!
Job Postings
Last week to check out job postings!! If your child is looking for a summer job the College & Career Center is a good place to stop by.
Volunteer Opportunities posted in the C&CC
Does your student love science and love working with kids? Fun With Academics is hiring summer camp interns.
www.funwithacademics.com.
Questions?
[email protected]
Does your child play video games?
Playstation is looking for outgoing, experienced console games (14+ years old) to test games this summer at Playstation headquarters in San Mateo. Playtests last for 5 days from 10AM-6PM each day and will pay $650. Ongoing throughout the summer and participants can only attend one test over the summer. Contact Justin Steele [email protected].
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Course Requests
Students wanting to change a course request for next school year need to contact their counselors directly. The schedule is being developed based on requests made earlier this semester and changes are not guaranteed. We have a Wishlist going for requests.
Summer School
Summer school is available for students who got a D or F grade in a required course. Summer School is at Las Lomas. Session 1 starts June 17 and Session 2 starts July 8. If you need to sign up your student download the application from the website.
Summer Hours
June 7
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Last work day for counselors. The registrar and administration will be in the office through the end of June
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June 14
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Report cards mailed
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June 17
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Senior transcripts will be sent to the requested college. For additional transcript requests, please contact the registrar. The district office will handle transcript requests in the month of July
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August 1
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Counselors return to school
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Does your student have medication/supplies in the School Nurse's Office?
Please make sure to pick them up by Friday,
June 7
or they will be disposed of.
Medical/Medication Forms for Next Year
Summer time is the time to get your student's medical forms completed for the upcoming academic year. Get the forms you need on AHS School Nurse Dvora Citron's site. Medical forms is the 3rd item down on the left-side menu. Submit forms and medication/supplies to Dvora Citron in August 2019.
Please visit the School Nurse
website
for valuable information on concussions, nutrition, stress management and so much more!
Getting Things Done FOR TEENS!
I highly recommend this new resource based on the (adult) GTD (Getting Things Done) framework. Helpful for any of us, this book is geared towards teens but can be utilized by teens AND parents. These practices will help support both your student's academic success and well-being. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Dvora Citron, R.N., M.S.
Acalanes School Nurse
Tuesdays & Wednedays 7:30-3:20, Fridays 7:30-11:30
925.280.3970 x7128
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The special education funding, however, is being hotly debated. Newsom hopes to ultimately reduce the number of students in special education by providing support for early intervention programs, but his methods have been sharply criticized, with the
Legislative Analyst's Office saying
that the proposed funding method unintentionally creates an incentive for schools to keep students in special education so that the schools can receive the unrestricted funding. Instead, they recommend equalizing per-student special education rates, which vary across the state, or providing specific funding for preschool special education which is already required but not funded.
Another issue with the proposed
special education funding
is that less than a quarter of the state's districts would receive it, in part because the funding is restricted to districts with high percentages of low income students, foster youth, or English language learners.
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Best wishes for a happy, restful and relaxing summer break! LPIE would like to thank all of our donors and volunteer families. It's been a great year, thanks to the support from parents like you, our community and business partners, as well as our amazing Acalanes staff, aides, teachers, administrators and LPIE instructors.
We would especially like to thank Laura-Kate Rurka and Sarah Chang for their hard work this year as liaisons between Acalanes and LPIE. We would also like to thank our fundraising chairs, Paulie Proffet and Beth Soto, as well as our finance chair, Nicole Dunderdale, and Project LPIE chair, Juleen Lapporte. Also, thank you to our Communications Chair, Jenn Keohane, who kept our Acalanes community updated on all things LPIE.
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