Thursday, October 28, 2021 |
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AEHS Community Member,
This is our last regular school day for the month of October as there is no school for students on Friday, October 29th. Classes will resume on schedule Monday, November 1st.
In this week's update we have included two important 2021-2022 items for our AEHS parents & guardians: 1) the AEHS Family-School Compact; and 2) the AEHS Parent and Family Engagement Plan. If you have a student at Acceleration East and have not seen these as yet, I ask that you invest just a few minutes to familiarize yourself with both. Our teachers depend on continuing at-home support and active parental involvement all along so that they can provide our Phoenixes with the quality education they deserve. Therefore, if this applies to your household please look over these documents as they explain how when teachers, parents, and students work together, the end result is always the same: successful academic achievement. |
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Donuts and coffee early Wednesday for our amazing staff. At the end of today we will have already completed 12 weeks of 2021-2022 (about 1/3 of the school year). Our educators and support staff show up early every day prepared to always give their very best to our Phoenixes! |
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I think you will enjoy reading about some of our recent AEHS highlights from these final days of October. Thank you for your continued support and if able, try to get outdoors this weekend to enjoy some of the upcoming fall weather!
Douglas K. Loftus, M.S. Ed.
Principal
Pictured very top: Acceleration East's new marquee sign.
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Academic Excellence!
2021-2022 1st Quarter Honor Rolls
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Last week in this space we listed the names of students who performed at the Summa Cum Laude level (all A's) and the Magna Cum Laude level (A's & B's) during the first quarter of 2021-2022. Below are a few snapshots of those students who achieved these impressive results with their certificates of achievement: |
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Alani Rosado and Sophie Smith holding their achievement certificates with James 'Chief' Willams , AEHS dean of students. |
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Miguel Ramos and Yael Alfonzo |
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Kiana Manguel, Bree Stockton, and Xie Tan |
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Above: Close-up of Christopher Jean Pierre's Magna Cum Laude achievement certificate. Right: Christopher Jean Pierre holding his certificate. |
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AEHS 2021-2022 Family-School Compact |
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Please click here for a larger view of our Family-School Compact
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AEHS Parent and Family Engagement Plan |
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The AEHS Parent and Family Engagement plan assure parents to have the opportunity to join SAC and other organizations tied to school improvement.
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Curriculum Highlights: Week #12 |
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Mr. Rogers monitoring his class as they work on their reading assignment. |
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Mr. Rogers' students were answering prompts on the text using the online Reading Plus program. The Reading Plus program helps students to read faster, recognize new words, and with reading comprehension.
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Personal fitness (chin-ups): |
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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Weekly Update
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Ten Things You Can Do At Home: |
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Here we share a few highlights from Red Ribbon Week, a special period set out each October to educate and remind students of the dangers of drug & alcohol abuse combined with Acceleration East's strong anti-bullying position: |
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Students signing our drug-free banner which also includes their pledge of anti-bullying unity. |
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Mr. Barry Hall (testing coordinator), Alis Romero, and Mr. John Soriano (SAFE coordinator) |
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Kelvin Florian with Ms. Vanessa Roca (guidance counselor) |
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Just above and then below: AEHS Phoenixes wearing red on Wednesday to show their support of anti-drug abuse and anti-bullying. |
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OCPS Parent Academy - Virtual (Nov. 13th): |
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Parent Information Night for parents of students with and IEP (Dec. 7th): |
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About 211 - United Way
211 is free and completely confidential, available 24/7.
You can access information about:
● Local Food Banks And Nutrition Programs
● Emergency Housing Assistance
● Disaster Relief
● Employment And Education Opportunities
● Veteran Services
● Parent Resources
● Health Care Information
● Support And Crisis Assistance For Mental Disorders
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Billie Jean King On Winning
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
~ Billie Jean King, tennis champion
Clint Eastwood On Resilience
If you're down, you've got to find your way to get back up. I don't know how to tell a person to do that. But I do know you have to be positive and keep working on it — don't give up early.
~ Clint Eastwood, actor
Daniel Libeskind On Ideas
We should not underestimate the power of ideas. And it takes time to develop ideas.
~ Daniel Libeskind, architect
Sanjay Gupta On Wisdom
The worst crime of all would be that a mistake happens and no one talks about it or learns from it.
~ Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and medical reporter
Reid Hoffman On Teams
No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.
~ Reid Hoffman, co-founder, LinkedIn
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Enjoy the rest of the week and have a great weekend!
Douglas K. Loftus, Principal
Acceleration East High School
Thursday, October 28, 2021
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