Alpharetta High School
Week of January 23rd
Upcoming Dates
January 19 - Pizza lunch by PSTA
January 19 - Special Programs Night
January 25 - ASVAB testing during 1st, 2nd and 3rd periods
January 26 - 10 minute advisement after 2nd
January 26 - HOPE Scholarship Night
January 27 - Winter Pep Rally
February 3 - Fire drill, time TBD
February 6 or 7 - February Faculty Meeting
February 8 - Mr. AHS, auditorium, 7 PM
February 9 - Anchor Time begins
February 9 - Band Concert
February 15 - Balance Night
February 17 - No school (inclement weather make-up day, if needed)
February 20 - No school
February 22 and 23 - ACCESS testing (ELL students)
February 23 - Middle School Transition Night
March 30 - Senior Games - afternoon
April 22 - Prom
Video students in action
Maureen Bergeron shares ESOL information with other teachers
Technology PLC shares best practices with one another and offers to assist others
Weight Watchers at AHS
New Year, New You!
Interested in getting a healthy start to the new year? Dr. Kersey has agreed to support another At-Work Weight Watchers Group and she will be sponsoring a drawing for 2 free memberships! You could be the lucky winner!
We are looking for a minimum of 15-20 interested staff members. It’s so convenient! Private weigh-ins and meetings are right here on campus. Our last session was held Wednesday mornings, 7:15 AM weigh-in, 7:30-8:00 AM meeting. We have this timeframe available to us again this semester.
Cost depends on you! The more members we register, the more weeks we get for less! Plus, you could win one of those free memberships!
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please contact Tanoni Houston at houstonta@fultonschools.org by Friday, January 20th. Once we have received confirmation of interest from 15-20 members, we will host an Information Session to meet the leader and officially register with Weight Watchers. Great ideas, great comradery, and getting healthy too! Join today!
Want to join PAGE?
If you are interested in joining PAGE, please visit the following link:
Business Partner News
Just Fitness 4U (off State Bridge Rd)...24 hour Access, 20$ a month, personal trainers, classes, weights, cardio, cardio cinema and locker rooms.
BLS General Contracting. They set up free roof inspections for homeowners or business owners that have older roofs with potential storm damage. We try to get insurance to cover the replacement, based on the damage.
For morning information for both, contact - Nikki Landers nikk7901@aol.com
Andy shares data collection information to IRR
IRR teachers work together on the AHS PD
Teachers collaborate with one another
Staff survey on Bell Schedule
As we work to expand our potential here at AHS, we have been examining our current bell schedule to determine adjustments that we might make to better serve our students, staff, and community. In the fall, we conducted focus groups with parents, students, and teachers, and at this point, we have prepared a potential bell schedule and would love your feedback!
Please visit the link below to read about our goals, view a proposed draft of the bell schedule, and respond to two survey questions that will help us determine our next steps.
EOC Test Resources
EOC test review:
http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/SharedLandingPage.aspx
*There are review materials included in the link for other non-EOC courses too!
Teachers learn from one another during IG sessions
Look at the drawing one of our students - Anna Frericks - created - WOW!
Positive Student Relationship IG session
January Birthdays
Jane Mando 8
Trudy Whitehead 9
Clarenda Baugh 10
Mike Scheifflee 12
Jacob Nichols 14
Mike Nance 16
Bryan Wells 18
Keisha Iton Moore 20
Connie Morrow 20
Jeff Macko 21
Kendra Magill 21
Kirk Duncan 22
Elzbieta Kaczkowska 23
Brenda Hunter 24
Brendan Ramsey 29
Andy Doetsch 31
Co-teaching IG offers time for teachers to work together
Rich discussions during IG sessions
Teachers brainstorm about instructional technology
Sponsor needed
If you are interested in hosting the AHS chapter of SADD, please contact Mike Scheifflee at your earliest convenience. SADD would like to send a faculty sponsor and student representatives to the national convention and have a significant budget to do so.
Check out the student science work on the 4300 hallway
Mr. Womack's bathroom sign out - room 2219
Students use the QR code
Enter their name
Take the pass
Mrs. McLemore has implemented a researched-based strategy she learned in Mrs. Aris's AHS University session
Quote for the week
Raider "Balance Days" for 2017 - mark your calendars!
We want to create a community filled with more balanced lives. The School Governance Council proposed a solution, and the Instructional Leadership Team agreed; thus, we have declared two nights a semester during the 2016-17 school year as "Balance Days."
February 15th
March 15th
The nights above are Wednesday nights the week of the 17th (to celebrate the class of 2017), and on these nights there will not be any homework assigned, no assessments will occur the next day, and no AHS meetings will be scheduled.
The idea is that Raiders will go home right after school and work to create balance in their lives. Staff members and students alike will take a night off. Club sponsors and coaches and directors may hold meetings and practices and games as needed. We feel students release stress through these extracurricular activities.
Please plan to enjoy yourself and work your assessments around these dates this year.