AEHS Community Member,
This month we celebrate Black History Month. Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event was first celebrated by noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history. Here are some interesting facts:
- In September 1915, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other peoples of African descent.
- In 1926, The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) sponsored a national Negro History week. Choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
- President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
- Black History Month was created to focus attention on the contributions of African Americans to the United States. It honors all Black people from all periods of U.S. history, from the enslaved people first brought over from Africa in the early 17th century to African Americans living in the United States today.
Thank you for reading, stay warm, and have a terrific week!
Douglas K. Loftus, M.S. Ed.
Principal
Pictured very top: On Tuesday, February 1 we officially start Black History Month '22 across the United States. Some members of our Acceleration East community may not know this but since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. In fact, other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also now devote a full month to celebrating Black history!
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Student Spotlight
Bree Stockton, Ramon Rivera, and Carlos Andino
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Ms. Ker's students' art featured by the OUC!
Congratulations to Bree Stockton, Ramon Rivera, and Carlos Andino for having their rain barrel artwork recognized in the 2022 Orange County Utilities Department's Water Color Project calendar (pictured just below on the right for the month of December).
All of the students' painted rain barrels are later auctioned off to OUC and OCPS employees, with the proceeds going to winning schools’ art programs. Introduced in 2006, the Water Color Project is designed to educate and inform people about the importance of water conservation.
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Classroom Spotlight
Business Entrepreneurship with Ms. Marshall
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A quick look at how AEHS students are applying the fundamentals of product development and marketing to launch a business concept . . .
Ms. Marshall's business entrepreneurship students created a product and then marketed the product to their fellow students. The students made their presentations this past Thursday. Below we share how one of these new start-up firms - Kicks & Treats - rolled out their marketing strategy to the entire class.
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Opening presentation to the class.
Start-Up Company: Kicks & Treats
Executive management team (the students): Hector, Yahir, Lesby, and Angel
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Here one of the "Kicks & Treats" student entrepreneurs discusses the "product" aspect of their marketing plan using a diagram of a shoe model. |
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At this point in their "Kicks & Treats" presentation, the students were discussing 'Price" - one of the 4 cornerstones behind marketing strategy (price, product, place, and promotion). They realized that frequently in the US, sneakers' popularity drives demand and from there, the price. For example, some shoes are essentially sold out even before they arrive in the stores. Their overall plan is to offer quality shoes at fair prices and as a side, treats in the store very reasonably priced for those that may just be "window shopping" but also might enjoy a tasty snack while out and about (e.g. white chocolate cookies at $0.75 or churros at $2.99). *
* This strategy has already proved successful in retail banking. For example Capital One Bank's lobby Cafés serve and sell coffee & tea along with an assortment of food options like locally baked treats and snacks for existing and potential bank customers.
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At Kicks & Treats, when a customer makes a shoe purchase a tasty cookie is given at the point of transaction as a small way of saying "thank you." (Customer service has been emphasized during the lesson.)*
* Double Tree Hotels has been famous for years by giving out chocolate chip cookies to their guests upon check-in!!
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Angel of Kicks & Treats holds up the business card he designed complete with a QR code. |
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Ms. Marshall grading the students' overall presentation. In the real world, this is the point where the students' business plan would receive feedback from a commercial bank or an investment group if outside funding was needed. |
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Social Emotional Learning (SEL) |
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Poster on campus next to the nurse's office: |
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Curriculum Highlights (Week #22) |
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Ms. Lopez has been teaching her students about the quadratic formula and how it relates to the real world. The quadratic formula we know today actually dates back to the 1600's and quadratic equations are used when calculating areas, determining a product's profit or formulating the speed of an object. |
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Portuguese with Ms. Vieira: |
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Ms. Vieira's students have been studying the conjugation of verbs in her Portuguese class. |
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Staff Recognition
Acceleration East's "Brag Board"
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January's Brag Board at Acceleration East. With the month closing out today, we saw a number of "Brag Sheets" with messages of appreciation posted during January. The Brag Board is a quick & easy way of expressing gratitude among the staff to those that traveled "that extra mile" helping out in one fashion or another. |
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Early February OCPS vaccination sites: |
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FREE LIVE tutoring from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. |
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Brainfuse offers free online tutoring through the Orange County Library System to ALL students in Orange County Public Schools. FREE live tutors are available every day from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Please click here for more details and how to access.
Using Brainfuse, students can connect with a qualified tutor for expert help in a variety of subjects:
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9th Grade:
● English Language Arts
● Math
● Math: Algebra I
● Math: Geometry
● Science
● Science: Biology
● Social Studies
● Social Studies: Global History
● Writing
● Spanish
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10th Grade:
● English Language Arts
● Math
● Math: Algebra I
● Math: Geometry
● Math: Algebra II
● Science
● Science: Biology
● Science: Chemistry
● Social Studies
● Social Studies: Global History
● Writing
● Spanish
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11-12 Grades:
● English Language Arts
● Geometry
● Math
● Math: Trigonometry
● Math: Algebra I
● Math: Geometry
● Math: Algebra II
● Math: Pre-Calculus
● Math: Calculus
● Science
● Science: Biology
● Science: Chemistry
● Science: Physics
● Social Studies
● Social Studies: Global History
● Social Studies: U.S. History
● Writing
● Spanish
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College Level (AP/Dual Enrollment):
● Algebra
● Biology
● Calculus I
● Chemistry
● Geometry
● History
● Physics
● Pre-Calculus
● Trigonometry
● Writing
● Spanish
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ALL students can also access:
● Accuplacer (Math, Reading and Writing)
● FREE ACT Tutoring
● FREE ASVAB Tutoring
● FREE SAT Tutoring
● FREE FAFSA Assistance
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Scholarship opportunity at select Southern schools: |
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Free College 101 webinars: |
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Monday's Motivational Moment! |
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Michael J. Fox On Gratitude
I concluded that gratitude makes optimism sustainable. And if you don't think you have anything to be grateful for, keep looking. Because you don't just receive optimism. You can't wait for things to be great and then be grateful for that. You've got to behave in a way that promotes that.
~ Michael J. Fox, actor
Sherry Turkle On Listening
We lose out when we don't take the time to listen to each other, especially to those who are not like us. We need to learn again to tolerate difference and disagreement.
~ Sherry Turkle, author
Will Smith On Self-Knowledge
Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.
~ Will Smith, actor
Thomas Edison On Persistence
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
~ Thomas Edison, inventor
And Garcia On Integrity
When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.
~ Andy Garcia, actor
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Have a great week!
Douglas K. Loftus, Principal
Acceleration East High School
Monday, January 31, 2022
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