The Acorn

Greetings AOC Families,

I hope that you had a wonderful weekend! Friday is a M/W schedule. This Tuesday, we have special presentation from COC professors about the culture of Japan. Our three guests from Matsuro, Japan will continue to visit AOC and COC classes with their hosts. During lunch on Monday, our Club ReNew will facilitate a special activity with our guests from Japan. All are welcome.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22

• 11:00am-All students are invited to a special presentation in UCEN 107 from the City of Santa Clarita and SisterCities organization to recognize our Japanese ambassadors and thank them for their visit to AOC.
• 6pm-8pm-Mandatory Incoming Freshman Orientation. All incoming freshman MUST attend this meeting to register with COC. Zoom.

Friday, March 24

• 6pm-9pm-March Madness in COC Gym
• 3:00pm-4:15pm-"Life in Japan" cultural presentation at AOC for students

Tuesday, March 28th

• District Wellness Department presents the topic of "Sleep and Teens" on zoom. See flyer below for details.
• Dr. Shapiro will be hosting a meeting for students interested in a historical tour of New York City and Washington DC from 6-6:30pm. See link and message below.

Wednesday, March 29

• ROOTS Board Meeting at 6pm.

Friday, March 31

• 6-9pm AOC Talent Show Rescheduled in the COC Cafeteria.

Monday, April 3-Friday, April 7

• Spring Break for AOC, No School for WSHUHSD

Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Dr. Juliet Fine

Principal of AOC

(661) 362-3056

jfine@hartdistrict.org

661-362-3056

Carla Tuttle, Office Manager/ Registrar- ctuttle@hartdistrict.org

All AOC families are invited to the March Madness event this Friday in the COC West Gym on 3/24 from 6pm-9pm. It is a community-wide event and everyone is invited to join the fun! We hope to see you there!

All families are invited to the AOC Talent Show held on 3/31 from 6pm-9pm. It is an opportunity for families to see the many talents of our AOC community. Everyone is invited to this community-wide event held in the COC Cafeteria.

As always, our staff, parents, students, and community members are invited to provide input for the 2023-24 LCAP. Here is the link to give your input.

https://forms.gle/aSUronZXRQN9d5ce7

Dear Hart District Community,

The District Wellness Department is planning upcoming student and parent forums (via Zoom) on the importance of sleep for teens.

Sleep Workshop for Students
March 23, 6:30 pm

Getting the Sleep They Need: A Guide for Parents to Help Teens Thrive
March 28, 6:30 pm (English)
March 30, 6:30 pm (Spanish)

Please see the attached flyers for more information.

Xander Rhee represented AOC and had an amazing night at the Westflix film festival held on 3/17 for his film and he was awarded the “Sally Menke Award for Editing”. Xander was chosen along with 15 other students among 171 submissions for his short film titled Elusive.

Way to go, Xander! AOC is so proud of you!

For the rest of the school year, students and parents are invited to share any good news that they are proud of with the rest of the AOC community. Please share the good news with me, jfine@hartdistrict.org and I will share it with the entire community. Let's celebrate their accomplishments together.

Senior, Tyler Ngo and his group and are currently working on our Senior Community Project (SCP) with the intent to solve a real-world program. They are MedicinaMLC and they are trying to promote medical literacy and the importance of public health to our community, including schools.

They are looking to put the attached pamphlets in different schools to help communities become more fluent in medical language.

Our school was specially requested from Sister Cities International to host a global exchange. This exchange was planned five years ago before the pandemic. We received a beautiful note from the Mayor of Matsuro for hosting his students and wishing us well. A special thank you to our host families, the Williams, the Finch family and Jawich family. We are so incredibly appreciatieve of your hospitality for our guests. Thank you also to Emma Finch, Zayna Jawich and Chloe Williams for being incredible student ambassadors. This is the first time for two of the studnets to be in America and they have been smiling ear to ear with the warm reception. Thank you to ASB, esepcially Teddy Yang, Jason Orr, and Shaun Thomas for helping facilitate club activities with Multicultural Club, President Milo Tisdale, Grace and and Club ReNew, President, Nia Konstantinova.

This last Friday, all of our candidates did an outstnading job presenting their speeches to the entire AOC student body. Well done! Incredible courage and presentations!

ASB President: Megan Johnson

ASB VIce President: Varun Ramanan

ASB Secretary: To Be Determined on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. during our first ASB meeting

ASB Treasurer: Jaiden Ha

ASB Director of Activities: Hasvita Obulapuram

Junior Class President: Kristian Mengistu

Junior Class Vice President: James Chen

Sophomore Class President: Videep Cheemangunta

Sophomore Class Vice President: Nathan Patrus

Hey Seniors, are you going to the Senior Dance? Senior dance tickets are $75.00 each through the end of March. They will go up in price to $85 after spring break, so buy one today! Come on out and make memories to last a lifetime. Please remember that the Senior Dance will be on Friday, May 5th from 7:00 to 10:30 p.m. See Mrs. Perkins to purchase your ticket.

Dr. Shapiro will be hosting a meeting for students interested in a historical tour of New York City and Washington DC on Tuesday, 3/28 from 6-6:30pm

For all of our AOC families celebrating Ramadan, we wish you well. From March 22nd-April 20th is a special month for the Islamic community. It's a time of spiritual reflection, self-discipline and devotion. We wish our families a safe and peaceful fasting and happiness. Ramadan Mubarak!

Spring Break is from April 3rd-April 7th and there is no school.

Located on the campus of College of the Canyons, AOC is proud to be the middle college high school in the William S. Hart Union High School District serving students 9th-12th grades in the Santa Clarita Valley. Students have the opportunity to earn between 24 and 44 transferable college units, prior to receiving their high school diplomas. Upon graduation, the majority of Academy students pursue their post high school education by continuing at COC and completing their college transfer requirements in only one year after high school. Other AOC students go directly into a four-year university, bringing their community college units with them and placing themselves well into their freshman and sophomore years at the college level. While attending AOC as a high school student, community college tuition is waived for established California residents.

Email: jfine@hartdistrict.org
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