Did you catch last week’s Friday Show? Please take a moment to
review the following updates:
Parent
Survey
Power
Lunches Continue
PAC Update
What’s with all
the A+s?
Enrollment Opens
Air Force Academy Admissions Visit
9th Grade DPs are Live!
Upcoming
Symposium on Bullying in Schools
Upcoming
Events & Exhibitions
Parent
Survey
The annual PAC Parent Survey is now live at the
link below. Our annual parent survey is one of the most important initiatives
we facilitate each year. Our programs of excellence are a direct result of
input from our community. Parent and student voices continue to shape our
school and it’s crucial that we hear from your family!
In addition to using survey data to assess our
staff and program’s efficacy and impact, AHS uses the feedback gathered through
this annual exercise to help us analyze future needs, better allocate
programmatic resources, plan for future students/grades, populate state
performance frameworks and report to our stake holders, philanthropic
foundations, grantors and donors on the safety and satisfaction ratings as
articulated by our families. Please complete your parent survey today:
Power
Lunches Continue
Trace Evidence:
The most revealing thing we leave behind
Who: Marc Ready will
present an interactive
introduction to the psychological interpretation of handwriting. Students will
have the chance to participate by sharing handwriting samples then discussing
the significance of eight aspects of handwriting: slant, size, continuity,
form, arrangement, pressure, speed, and baseline direction. Mark has studied handwriting since the mid-1980s, has
three handwriting analysis certifications, a BA in social science and an MA in
Handwriting Psychology. He has done primary research in handwriting of
suicides, worked as a forensic handwriting specialist, taught college courses
in handwriting psychology, and presented at national and international
handwriting conferences.
When: Tuesday,
January 15th
Where:
11:30-
12:05 in Nick’s Humanities Room & 12:35- 1:10 in Matt’s Humanities Room
What: Come and learn about the psychological interpretation of
handwriting! Join us for snacks and conversation!
Questions:
Contact Rachael Sands at 259-3013.
PAC Update
The 2013 PAC Coffee Fundraiser is underway!
Students have an opportunity for coffee sales through February 1st.
Our goal is for each student to sell a minimum of 6 bags of coffee.
Students went home Friday with packets and instructions; all orders
are DUE Friday,
February 1. Some highlights to know:
-We are working with DESERT SUN, a local
coffee roaster, that provides ORGANIC, FAIR TRADE COFFEE.
-This coffee is extremely FRESH, as it will be
roasted the day before it is delivered to the students.
-Each bag is $12.
Checks should be payable to ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL.
-Encourage your student to sell to neighbors,
work colleagues, and folks they see in the next week......like the dentist, soccer
coach, or music teacher. They can visit, call, or email potential buyers
or promote this fundraiser via social media.
-It would be helpful if parents checked the
totals at the end of the week, and made sure the money collected matches the
orders documented.
Procedure for Delivery:
Seniors and Juniors: Deliver
coffee on February 13, 2013.
Sophomores and Freshman: Deliver
coffee on February 20, 2013.
Click
Here for the sales form, in case you need extra. We appreciate your
support in this important fundraiser. Questions or concerns, please contact PAC@animashighschool.com
What’s with all
the A+s?
Last week, we were
singing the praises of our Ospreys and their scholastic performance semester
one. However, all those accolades come with one caveat. Animas High School’s
Office of the Registrar would like to make our students and their families
aware of an error on the recent, semester one grade reports. Specifically, a
sampling of students received A+s on their report cards rather than the
traditional A. Please know that Animas High School does not award A+s. The A+
was generated by the default grade scale programmed into our Student
Information System, Powerschool. Realize this error only impacted letter
grades; there were no errors in computing/reporting students’ numerical grades
or their GPAs. The Office of the Registrar has updated our system; reviewing
and correcting all student records and re-setting Powerschool so that the
system defaults to the correct AHS grade scale. If you have any questions or
concerns related to this error, please contact the AHS Registrar at Maureen.truax@animashighschool.com
Enrollment Opens
Enrollment for the 2013-14 school year is now
open. Students interested in enrolling at AHS can find an online intent to
enroll form here: http://www.animashighschool.com/intent.php
Additionally, there exist numerous opportunities
for potential students and their families to learn more about our high school.
Info nights, weekly tours and student shadow experiences all begin in January.
For additional enrollment information and to view our calendar of upcoming
enrollment events, please visit our website: http://www.animashighschool.com/Admissions/enrollmentEvents.php
Questions or sign-ups for tours, shadow days and
enrollment events can be facilitated by the Main Office, 970-247-2474 or by
emailing enroll@animashighschool.com
Air Force Academy Admissions Visit
Date:
January 23rd @ 9- 9:30 am
Location: AHS
College Counseling Office
Interested in
learning more about the Air Force Academy and admissions requirements?
Sign-up with Rachael
or Elaine on the CC Office!
Follow all the College Counseling action at AHS
here: http://ahscollegecareerdepartment.webs.com/
Save the
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013
9th Grade DPs are Live!
Freshmen have spent the last two months creating
and updating their digital portfolios. Click below to see current and
completed school wide projects from this year!
Upcoming
Symposium on Bullying in Schools
What: Creating
Positive Social Learning Environments:
Eliminating Bullying in Schools
Where: Ft.
Lewis Community Concert Hall
When: 8:30
am to Noon Saturday, February 9th, 2013.
Who: Students,
parents, educators, administrators,
health and service providers for youth, media, business
leaders throughout La Plata County
Cost: FREE
Did YOU Know?
· 1 out 3 American kids will be
bullied
· 160,000 students skip school EACH
DAY due to peer cruelty
· Cyber bullying is increasing
· Successful academics is directly
tied to a safe school culture
Creating Positive Social Learning
Environments: Eliminating Bullying in School
The Essential 6 R’s of
Bully Proofing
Research shows that over 160,000 students
each day skip school because of peer cruelty. The National School Safety Center
tells us that school bullying is our most under-rated school problem.
Specific tools to help the bully, the bullied as well as bystanders will
be taught and dozens of no-cost examples to reduce the cycle of youth violence
are offered.
The social jungle is plain vicious these
days. Is it any wonder that bullying is among parents top concerns? But if any parent thinks they are powerless over their kid’s social
lives, they better think again. Bully prevention
skills can be taught, and this session will help you learn the essential skills
(such as dealing with teasing, handling peer pressure, resolving conflicts, and
confronting bullies) that all kids need not only here and now, but for the rest
of their lives. What’s more, you’ll learn exactly what to do
to help your child survive the social jungle, bounce back from rejection, avoid
bad friends, and find and make new friends. Based on Dr.
Borba’s best-selling book, Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me: The Top 25
Friendship Problems and How to Solve Them, this session is filled with
practical, research-based strategies you can use instantly use at home to boost
your child’s social competence. Participants will walk away with concrete tools
they can instantly use to help their child be less likely to be bullied, be a
bully or a passive bystander.
~ What bullying is and why it is
increasing in children
~ How to know if your child is bullied
~ Signs of a bully and why a child may use
aggressive bullying behavior
~ The CALM way to help children learn to stand
up to a bully
~ Bully BUSTER Skills - six skills
children who witness bullying can use safely to help their friends
~ Where bullying is most likely to happen
(Hot Spots)
~ How to respond and what to do if you
suspect your child is bullied
~ How to keep your child safer online and
signs to look for that will help you if your child is cyber-bullied or
cyber-stalked
~ What parents, educators and community
members can do together to stop bullying and aggression
~ What to do if you
suspect your child is a bully; a 7 step plan to turn bullying behavior around
About Dr. Borba
Dr. Michele Borba is an internationally
recognized expert and author on children, teens, parents, bullying and moral
development. Her work aims to help strengthen children’s character and
resilience, build strong families, create compassionate and just school
cultures, and reduce peer cruelty. Her practical, research-based advice is
culled from a career of working with over one million parents and educators
worldwide.
Dr. Borba’s strategies to mobilize
student bystanders to reduce peer cruelty were featured on Dateline and NBC’s
Nightly News. She appeared as the bullying expert in the documentary, “Bullied
to Silence” and is on the advisory board for the film “BULLY.” Her proposal: “Ending
School Violence and Bullying” (SB1667) was signed into California law in 2002.
Her thirty-year career has been
devoted to developing a framework to strengthen children’s character and build
moral school climates. Her best-selling book, Building Moral Intelligence, and
her Character Builders program for young children (Respect, Responsibility,
Caring, and Peace-Making) are used in hundreds of schools and organizations
worldwide. She served as a consultant for the Center Resource Group for
Character Education and Civic Engagement for the U.S. Department of Education
and is on the board for Character Education Partnerships.
Proposed
Agenda:
8:00
am – Doors open
8:30
am – Mr. Mark Hyatt, President and CEO, Character Education Partnership
8:45
am – Dan Snowberger, Superintendent, Durango School District 9R, Michael
Ackerman, Head of School, Animas High School, Jackie Oros, Head of School,
Mountain Middle School
9:00
am Dr. Michele Borba – The Essential 6 R’s of Bully Proofing
11:30
am – Open session for questions
Noon
- Adjournment
Upcoming
Events & Exhibitions
2013 PAC Coffee Fundraiser begins Friday, January 11th.
Students will have an opportunity for coffee sales through February 4th.
11th Grade Honors Humanities
Students are exhibiting their independent study projects on Thursday,
January 17th from 5:30-7:00 pm in the Student Union foyer at Fort Lewis College.
Students' projects vary from the causes of the Civil War to the moral
justifications for the draft to an examination of violence in society as a
result of prejudice, misunderstanding and intolerance to Navajo Code Talkers
and beyond!
2013 SKI FOR SCHOOLS DAY- Benefits all Durango
Schools
Date: January 21st, 2012
Tickets: available through 1/18 at 5 p.m. $35,
available at City Market, Albertsons, and Nature’s Oasis; not available at
Durango Mountain Resort!
More info, CLICK
HERE
No School January 21 (MLK Holiday) and January 22nd
(Faculty Professional Development Day)
Locals Day- Benefits Animas High School
Date: February 10, 2013 (Sunday)
Tickets: $40 Adults, $32 Students/Seniors,
$25 Child
* Must present a Locals Day coupon to get
discounted tickets
Coupons available: AHS website, AHS Quill,
coupon with Constant Contact, Durango Telegraph, Durango Herald
AHS PAC Meeting January 14th at DRO
Doughworks, 12pm
AHS BOD January Meetings-
January 14th, 2013 (6:45pm – 7pm)
January 28th, 2013
AHS 9th
Grade Physics students will be exhibiting their Rube Goldberg contraptions from 5-7pm at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibition
Hall Thursday, January 31, 2013
No School February 18th (President’s Day Holiday)
and February 19th (Faculty Professional Development Day)
Semester Two Student Led Conferences (SLCs)
February 27th
LINK Internships Begin (11th grade
only) March 4th
2013 TCAP Testing March 4th -8th
For the 2012-13 AHS School Calendar and additional
upcoming events, CLICK HERE
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Rigorous academics, where
all students are prepared for college success
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Culture of excellence, where
students are held to high expectations
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Strong faculty-student
relationships, where students are well known
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Engaging learning, where
students see the relevance of their education
