Alpharetta High School
Week of April 10th
ENJOY YOUR BREAK - Relax and Rejuvenate, Raiders!
AHS is named one of 2017 Best High Schools:
Upcoming Dates
March 30 - Senior Games - Seniors attend 1 - 3, A lunch, and Anchor Time if assigned. Games begin after Anchor Time.
March 31 - AHS Professional Day - See Ginny Brown's email for instructions
April 3 – 7 – Spring break
April 12 – AP Pre-Bubbling
April 13 - Extended 2nd period for “technology check”
April 14 - last day of the 12 week grading period
April 14 - both lunches - Radiant Raiders 2nd Semester Birthday Social
April 14 - Spring Pep Rally
April 17 – 21 – Honors Week
April 17 - 21 – End of Pathways testing
April 18 - Export and verify 12 week grades
April 20 - 10 minute Advisement after 3rd period
April 20 – Honors Night
April 22 - Prom
April 24 – May 10 – EOC Testing
April 28 – May 12 – Media center will be closed
April 29 – AHS Foundation’s Black and Silver
May 1 – 12 – AP testing
May 11 – Recovery deadline
Media Center
Charitable Fund Reminder
A friendly reminder that on pay date Friday, March 31, 2017, donations that were made for one-time contributions will be deducted from that paycheck.
Please verify your paystub to ensure the correct amount was deducted.
If there are any questions/concerns, please contact charitablefund@fultonschools.org.
LAX team celebrates a 14-3 victory!
AHS staff attends National Youth At-Risk conference
9th ELA teachers prepare for EOC Bootcamp
EOC Teacher’s Guide for Common Surface Problems
Come into EOC with a fully charged surface. At a minimum, surfaces should be at 90%.
Tip: Go to battery and turn on ‘Battery Saver’
Make sure surfaces are connected to FCSSTUDENTS Wifi.
If Keyboard disconnects, pull apart from Surface and reattach. If problem persists after several tries, do a hard reset
How to do a Hard Reset: Hold down power button and the volume up button for 10 seconds. - - Do not pull screen down when it asks. (That is just shutting the surface down).
How to do a Simple Reset/Shut the surface down: Hold the button down till screen says ‘Slide to Shut PC down.’ Slide the screen down.
If Pen disconnects, pull out the battery and put it back in.
If wifi doesn't connect, do a simple restart and try again.
If you have further problems, please contact the help center in the Media Center.
Students act out skits in Ms Velazquez class to practice counterarguments
Band and chorus collaborate a music lesson
Students work in differentiated groups and learn from one another
Breakout Box - Scavenger Hunt Lessons for all subjects
Do you want your students to, “think outside the box?” Do you want to challenge your students?
The Media Center has Breakout Boxes you can use in your classroom. Breakout Boxes are portable kits that include everything you need to do a scavenger hunt type lesson in the classroom. There are lessons for every school subject. The Breakout kits include lessons and step-by-step instructions.
What is a Breakout Box?
A Breakout Box Is a portable lock box with all the tools to challenge your students.
How do I use the Breakout Box in the classroom?
You can download a complete lesson form Breakout Edu. You can also create your own lessons.
Lacrosse Team Hosting 2017 Lace Up with LAX
Alpharetta High School is participating in Lace Up With LAX. This lacrosse game involves lacrosse players, coaches, spectators and the community donating and bringing new pairs of shoes for children who are homeless to the game. The mission of this national nonprofit organization is to define the legacy of our players off the field by helping end homelessness one step at a time.” Since Lace Up With LAX’s inception in 2013, over 2000 pairs of NEW shoes have been donated to homeless shelters throughout the United States.
The original project began in 2013 with a single school, Pope High School. Since inception, the Lace Up With LAX model has spread to over 100 teams in high schools, colleges, universities and independent lacrosse programs in the United States, Canada and England mostly by word of mouth or through their website: www.laceupwithlax.org.
Alpharetta High School Lace Up With LAX event is open to the public. Each attendee is asked to bring at least one pair of new children’s shoes to the game. A box will also be placed during the week of that game near the front office of the school for donation of shoes.
Do not pass information from outside sources on to students
Please conserve paper
Staff -
We are running through reams of paper at an alarming rate. Please be mindful of your paper usage.
Thank you!
Information for EOC testing weeks
Teachers –
If you are NOT teaching an EOC course, please refrain from using devices that connect to the AHS Wi-Fi (surfaces, cell phones, etc.) in your lessons from April 24 – May 5.
All schools are being asked to do this to minimize testing disruptions. Thank you for understanding & please don’t kill the messenger!
ALPHA-BITS
This week’s reminder: Spring Break Technology Shutdown
Please remember to shut down all Technology before you leave on Friday: turn off all computers & monitors in your classrooms, wireless carts and Labs, and be sure to secure your laptop and Surface. BEST BET – take your laptop and Surface home, whether you intend to use them or not.
The number of computers that are left turned on will be monitored over the break, so your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated!
This is also your weekly reminder to back up your data.
Best wishes for an outstanding Spring Break!
Jeff Macko
macko@fultonschools.orgApril Birthdays
Charles Lassiat - 2
Ganesan Sowdayya - 4
Gregg Plimpton - 4
Janet Viafora - 11
Lee Nicholson - 13
Dominique Mobley - 13
Karen Bolt - 17
Laura Smith - 18
Nick Phillips - 18
Brian Wynne - 23
Alejandro Romero - 27
Honors Week at Alpharetta High School
April 17-21
Alpharetta High School is pleased to announced our annual Honor Week, a special week for the Alpharetta H.S. community to celebrate our wonderful students. Each teacher has the opportunity to honor up to two students per class period for various attributes they have illustrated throughout the year. Students receive a certificate, which they may take to the cafeteria on Thursday, April 20 to obtain a treat courtesy of Dr. Kersey and the administrative team to celebrate these recognitions.
Instructions:
You will have certificates delivered to you during the week of April 11. During this time, consider which students you will honor. Students can be honored for academic achievement, personal growth, classroom leadership, etc.
Select up to ten students (two per class period) to recognize. Fill out the certificate with their names and give them the certificates by WEDNESDAY APRIL 19.
Send a brief email home to parents explaining that their student was honored and why you chose their student.
Remind students to bring their certificate to the cafeteria during their lunch on THURSDAY APRIL 20 to receive a treat courtesy of Dr. Kersey and the administrative team.
Summer Summit 2017
Are you looking for a good book?
Here is the AHS Media Center recommendation for the week:
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Life can turn on a dime—or stumble into the extraordinary, as it does for Jake Epping, a high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine. While grading essays by his GED students, Jake reads a gruesome, enthralling piece penned by janitor Harry Dunning: fifty years ago, Harry somehow survived his father’s sledgehammer slaughter of his entire family. Jake is blown away...but an even more bizarre secret comes to light when Jake’s friend Al, owner of the local diner, enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession—to prevent the Kennedy assassination. How? By stepping through a portal in the diner’s storeroom, and into the era of Ike and Elvis, of big American cars, sock hops, and cigarette smoke... Finding himself in warmhearted Jodie, Texas, Jake begins a new life. But all turns in the road lead to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald. The course of history is about to be rewritten...and become heart-stoppingly suspenseful.
Annual Alpharetta H.S. Honors and Award Night
April 20, 2017, 7:00 PM, Auditorium
Alpharetta High School’s annual Honors Night celebrates the many achievements of our students. The students and staff recognized on Honors Night are shining examples of Alpharetta High School’s commitment to our current mission statement in the area of academics. Some of the awards for this special night include National Merit recognitions, Bausch and Lomb Award, Junior Book Awards, PTSA Scholarships, Georgia Certificates of Merit, Governor’s Honors Program, Star Student/Teacher Program, and AHS Salutatorian/Valedictorian recognitions.
Students being honored will received invitations hand-delivered to them the week of April 10. Students and teachers being recognized must report to the AHS theater by 6:30pm on Thursday, April 20 and check in at the “Check-in Table.” Those participating in the ceremony are asked to dress appropriately. Following the ceremony, a reception for the honorees and guests will be held in the lobby of the theater, compliments of our PTSA. If you will not be able to attend, please see Mr. Fortunato in 1135 or email him fortunatof@fultonschools.org by Tuesday, April 18
Mandatory AP testing training
- April 24th: 7:40 AM, A Lunch
- April 25th: 7:40 AM, A Lunch, B Lunch, 3:40pm
- April 26th: 7:40 AM, A Lunch, 3:40pm
If you teach an AP course or have been placed on the AP proctor list, you will need to attend one of these sessions.
AP and Honors Summer Work
Teachers -
It is time to get together with your PLC and decide on AP and honors Summer work. Please send everything to your department chair by Friday, May 5th for approval. A complete list will then be posted on the school website and shared with local bookstores.
AHS Foundation Black & Silver Celebration
The AHS Foundation cordially invites you to attend the annual gala event. This event will be a fabulous celebration featuring a comedian, casino games, live and silent auctions. Silent auction items include parking spaces at AHS, graduation seats, memorabilia, vacation home weeks and so much more!
When: Saturday, April 29th – 6:30 pm
Where: Metropolitan Club − 5895 Windward Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA 30005
Why: The Foundation has contributed over $250,000 to projects at AHS including: upgraded auditorium lighting and curtains, teacher enrichment, scholarships, the AHS Band’s equipment truck, campus beautification days, the new lacrosse skills wall, art display pedestals and a the new, redesigned weight room.
Last year’s Black and Silver proceeds have gone towards education and mentoring programs to increase graduation rates. This is your chance to become part of an extraordinary community and support our students, teachers and staff – dinner, drinks, music and fun − do not miss out!
For more information and tickets, please visit www.alpharettahighschoolfouondation.com
**Tickets are available at a discounted price of $65 before April 15th and $75 after that date**
Quote for the week - insert students for players
“If we don’t speak to our players everyday about everything that matters, someone else will.
So don’t get frustrated when they listen to someone else. Especially in this day and age of social media; there’s so many voices, so many words in their heads. We need to articulate what we need from them every single day, so they can stay consistent.”
-Frank Martin