Our AHES PTA is hosting a winter get-together this upcoming week on Tuesday, December 7th at 9:00 AM. We hope that you will join us, even if you are not already a PTA member. You can find the details here.

Parents, please help us inform our future budgets by taking the LCAP survey. You can find the survey at this link: https://ocde.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2tPTKGxbhB58YC?Survey=Parent

Please see below for this week's updates. Have a great weekend!

Best,

Mrs. Van Wilgen Moore

Principal

In the meantime, here are some resources for you to understand the report and information:

Understanding i-Ready (parent information):

https://i-readycentral.com/download/?res=39944&view_pdf=1

FAQ—explanation on the domains for families:

https://i-readycentral.com/download/?res=16754&view_pdf=1

Please join us, your voice is important! Members and non-members welcome. The meeting is a potluck, please sign up by clicking here.

Instead of waiting for the Trimester to end to celebrate our Panther students receiving Panther PRIDE awards, our school will recognize students monthly. Once a month each classroom teacher will identify a student who has showcased Panther PRIDE. As a school, we will recognize our Panther PRIDE Students of the Month. The principal will announce the students' names over the school-wide intercom or video message system, invite them up to the office to connect with the principal to receive their award certificate, pencil, and meal certificate from a local restaurant. In addition, the Panther PRIDE Students of the Month names will be showcased on our school marquee.

We are so excited to have the opportunity to increase the opportunity to recognize students throughout the entire school year. We will announce the first Panther Pride Students of the Month in December and then continue throughout the rest of the school year. To learn more about Panther PRIDE Awards, you can visit page 4 of our AHES handbook.

Tentative Dates: 3/21/21-3/25/21

Tentative Cost: $419.90

At this time our Outdoor Ed field trip has not been approved and will only be approved if OUSD permits overnight field trips by then. Please hold onto the tentative dates and cost for now, and more information will be available as we get closer.

Thank you!

This week we had the opportunity to attended the virtual Orange Unified Council PTA awards ceremony.

I am honored to announce that out of over 80 first place district entries that were submitted, AHES has 8 total winners— and 3 first place winners (Award of Excellence), that will continue on to our District Four (Orange County) Awards, which will be held on February 12.

❤️Congrats to these winners:❤️

-Aubrey H., Intermediate Division, Dance Choreography

-Leah H., Middle Division, Dance Choreography

- Samantha S., Middle Division, Music Choreography

Not only do we have three of our own, that will compete among all of Orange County, we have 5 more of our Panthers, that have earned an award at the Orange Unified District Level!

❤️Congrats to these winners:❤️

-Literature: Ali D., Honorable Mention

-Photography: Ali D., Award of Merit

-Photography: Devin R., Honorable Mention

-Photography: Jasmina S., Honorable Mention

-Visual arts: Rebekah S., Honorable Mention

Congrats to all our Reflections Participants!

K-12 OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR

OPEN FROM JANUARY 17-31, 2022

Open Enrollment is for students who would like to attend a school other than their home school, assigned based upon their area of residence. You may find your "home" school by looking up your address at SchoolLocator at http://apps.schoolsitelocator.com/?districtcode=57964.

Open Enrollment applications for K-12 grades will be available online between January 17-January 31, 2022. Please complete your online application during this time period. Schools will have computers available for your convenience. Fill out your application completely and submit one application per school that you would like to attend. You may submit an application to as many schools as you like, one application per school.

Open Enrollment closes on January 31, 2022 at 4:00 P.M. School sites will hold a lottery and notify families of their lottery number, beginning February 03, 2022. Once the number of openings in a school is determined, the school will start notifying families, starting with the first person on the list and offer them a spot in their school. Parents may accept or deny the offer. If denied the school will move on to the next person on the list and parents may not change their mind once they have denied.

If you wish to request Open Enrollment for the current school year, please contact Student and Community Services at 714-628-5424.

You can find the survey at this link: https://ocde.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2tPTKGxbhB58YC?Survey=Parent

Voluntary, cost-free COVID-19 testing is available four times per week to all interested students. This type of surveillance testing program is recommended by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

EVENT DATES/TIMES: Every Monday and Thursday, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

EVENT LOCATIONS:

• Canyon High School
• El Modena High
• Orange High School
• Villa Park High School
• OUSD District Office

ONLINE REGISTRATION: https://hipaa.jotform.com/LivingFit/OUSDAug26Students

You can find more information here.

The 3rd-grade GATE screening window is Dec 6-10.

• The test consists of 3, 30-minute batteries, which are usually completed over three days.
• Students will test on devices. IT will be pushing out secure browsers.
• All 3rd graders test unless the parent submits an opt-out or sends a written request (by hand or email- it is not too late).

OUSD is now allowing a very limited number of parents onto campuses to support essential activities and learning experiences for our students. Parent volunteers must complete the HR paperwork and get cleared before coming onto campus.

Vaccinations are required to start the process and to be cleared as a volunteer to comply with CDPH guidance for volunteers.

For those parents interested in volunteering on campus please complete the proper form below:

Volunteer Forms Over 5 hours per week

Volunteer Forms Under 5 hours per week

Your child's teacher will reach out to parents when volunteer opportunities are available. We are currently allowed five parents on campus a day, so as we start this volunteer opportunities will be limited and we look forward OUSD expanding volunteer options as the school year progresses. Only cleared and pre-scheduled volunteers will be able to participate in volunteer opportunities.

Thank you!