Grizz-o-Gram
November 15th, 2019
Ashland High School-- Oregon
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Email: AHSOffice@ashland.k12.or.us
Website: http://ashland.k12.or.us
Location: 201 South Mountain Avenue, Ashland, OR 97520, USA
Phone: 541 482 8771
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AHS.Ashland.OR/
In this week's Grizz...
- Go Grizzlies – Outstanding Fall Sports Season
- Upcoming Events
- School Success Act Funding - we need your input - take the surveys!
- Junior Meeting November 19, Senior Portraits November 21
- AHS Theater presents - The Addams Family
- Rogue News Sponsorship
- Year book, Food Drive, Volunteering and so much more!!
Grizzly Fall Sports Teams – Outstanding Fall Sports Season
Congratulations to the Grizzly fall sports teams.
They ALL qualified for the postseason.
- Girls soccer and volleyball qualified for the state playoffs!
- Boys and girls water polo are competing in the state tournament up in Corvallis this weekend!
- Boys soccer won two home playoff games and then lost a nail biter in overtime in the semifinals.
- Football has advanced to the quarterfinals and will play at West Albany tonight.
- Girls cross country took 2nd in district and 7th in state.
- Boys cross country won district and also won the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
It’s been a great fall season to be a Grizzly!
Upcoming Events
STUDENT SUCCESS ACT - YOUR INPUT NEEDED!
In cooperation with our local teachers, Ashland School District is now offering two separate survey options.
TAKE THE SURVEYS!
What is the Student Success Act? Click Here for more information!
Canned Food Drive! Starting November 18th
Junior Meeting - Tuesday, November 19th during TCB
All Juniors,
There will be a mandatory junior class meeting during this Tuesday during TCB in the theatre. You will learn about important junior year experiences, deadlines and your new career and college search program and account.
Please check in with your second period teacher for attendance, then go to the theatre.
Senior Portraits Due Thursday, November 21st!
AHS Theatre Presents: The Addams Family
monologue. Tuesday Nov 19th, we’d like to see SOLOISTS, upperclassmen, and all cast members of Urinetown. On Wednesday Nov 20th, we’d like to see everyone else! Also on Wednesday, all who audition must come to the dance Audition afterschool from 2:45 to 3:50. Signups are on the Drama Board near the Rose Studio
Rogue News Sponsorship
Travel Opportunities
Panama Canal
We still have a few spots available! Sign ups go until December.
Your student is invited to join a once-in-a-lifetime international travel experience with their peers during Summer of 2020 to Panama!
Please contact Sra. Contreras @ gladys.contreras@ashland.k12.or.us
or Sr. Atanes Francisco.Atanes@ashland.k12.or.us to hear all the details including the destinations, itinerary, and cost of this trip as well as the fundraising activities and more.
¡Vámonos a Panamá!
France
This Week's Highlights
Brand New Books!
Writing Class Telling Stories Through Art
Bus Drivers Wanted
Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? Come join our team of dedicated school bus drivers with the Ashland School District! No CDL? No problem! We offer on-site job training for your Class B CDL. You must be able to pass criminal / driving background checks and a drug test. If you’re interested in Good Pay, Benefits, and driving Good Equipment, see our job postings or call for more information:
www.ashland.k12.or.us/Employment 541-482-3174
Posting 19-93 Bus Driver, Transportation: $15.60 per hour, 4.2 hours per day, benefitted position
Posting 16-122 Substitute Bus Driver, Ashland School District: hours vary depending on need, salary based on Classified Salary Schedule
Senior News
Senior Portraits are Due by Thursday, November 21st
Senior year is an extremely important year in a person’s life. To help commemorate this year, one of the most important documents is the senior’s yearbook photo. The following information will help you plan for senior portraits adequately and ensure that the picture that appears in the yearbook will be one that you will treasure for a lifetime. Follow https://tinyurl.com/portrait2020 for more information on how to submit your portrait.
Yearbook Parent Ads will be accepted until January 10
Looking for a creative way to tell your graduate, “I love you and I’m proud of you” now that their high school years are coming to an end? If the answer is yes, think about placing a “Senior Ads” in the yearbook. Yearbook dedication ads are a great way to give your child the special recognition they deserve, for everyone to see, in the 2020 yearbook.
Space will be filled on a first come first serve basis and we need to meet a minimum number of ads to place them in the book.
Proceeds of these ads help keep the cost of the yearbook low and provide book for students in need.
Direct link https://tinyurl.com/gradAds2020
Any additional information about these ads can be requested from kris.prusko@ashland.k12.or.us
Early Senior Project Presentations--Wednesday, January 8
Seniors who would like to present their Senior Projects early may do so on January 8 from 3:00-4:00pm. Please contact Amanda.McGrew@ashland.k12.or.us in Room 206
Senior Project Presentations-Date TBD
Cap and Gown Delivery--May 11
Graduation!!!!--May 29, 2020
Counseling Office
For a complete listing of current scholarships and opportunities, take a look at the bulletin board outside the counseling office.
Pear Blossom Festival $2,500 Scholarship Competition!
Counselors are here to help
Counselors are here to help your students succeed. Students can drop in at the counseling office during school hours to fill out a counselor reservation form, or email Karyn.Barats@ashland.k12.or.us or call 541 482 8771 x2114 to schedule an appointment.
Counselors are assigned by student's last name as follows:
Keri Phipps (All Freshmen) Keri.Phipps@ashland.k12.or.us
Diane Berry (Last Names A-He) Diane.Berry@ashland.k12.or.us
Kalli Walker (Last Names Hi-Me) Kalli.Walker@ashland.k12.or.us
Jeff Roscher (Last Names Mi-Z) Jeffrey.Roscher@ashland.k12.or.us
College Information Newsletter--Fall 2019
Click here to for the very informative College Information Newsletter!
COLLEGE VISITS
Throughout the school year, college admissions officers visit AHS to talk with students about their respective schools. If a visit is during class, students should get pre-approval from the teacher. College visits, times and locations are listed in the daily announcements and posted in the College and Career Center (CCC). Visits are held in the CCC unless otherwise announced. Currently, the following visits are scheduled, but new schools will be added their visits are scheduled. For more information contact Jen Marsden at jennifer.marsden@ashland.k12.or.us
Looking Ahead... November 2019
Volunteer Opportunities - Earn Community Service Hours
Volunteer for Friends of the Animal Shelter Holiday Fair
FOTAS is planning a new major event which presents opportunities for Ashland HS students, starting immediately and through the end of the year. Deck The Paws Holiday Fair, a community-wide event, will be held on December 7 at the Phoenix Plaza Civic Center (PPCC). The fair will be open to the public, free admission. There are three main components:
· Individuals and families can bring their pets for photo portraits with Santa Paws and Cat-Elf.
· A wide array of hand-crafted gifts and décor will be on sale.
· Attendees can enjoy a reasonably priced, nutritious hot soup lunch.
Ashland HS students can participate in many different ways:
Make handcrafted items – We are collecting wonderful creations to sell at the fair. Wooden, woven, painted, sculpted – you name it, just create it! Students can join the “FOTAS Elves” group on Facebook and review photos and how-to posts for inspiration.
Organize and run your own table – Get a class or club to work together to stock and staff an Ashland HS table at the fair. In addition to selling items for the benefit of FOTAS, you can present information and displays about school projects (especially nice if animal related).
Help with photography – We need 2-6 students skilled in photo editing and computers to prepare and print 5x7” glossy prints of family and pet portraits at the fair. We will have one training session (1-2 hours) in September, and a full rehearsal for all participants in the photo project in October. Students can also work as roaming event photographers. After the fair we will need help organizing and uploading photo files.
Help with publicity – Dozens of event posters need to be distributed to locations throughout Ashland and beyond.
Singing & entertainment – We will have caroling and performances on the plaza at PPCC. Canopies and patio heaters will be set up if the weather requires. The Ashland HS Choir is invited to perform, and other groups and even individuals (jugglers? magicians?) are encouraged to sign up.
Paint faces – Students who paint or enjoy doing makeup are needed to do face painting. They will need to develop 6-8 sample faces on poster board, to display at the fair, and take shifts 11AM-4PM. Brushes and paint can be supplied.
Work at the fair – We will start setting up the fair at 7:30AM on December 7. Students with their own vehicles can shuttle boxes of merchandise and supplies to PPCC from a nearby staging location. We will need a small army of volunteers to unpack these boxes, set up tables and displays, and decorate the venue – all by 11AM. And then at 4-6PM we need to pack it all up and leave PPCC sparkling clean! Students do not need to commit for the entire day – just join the morning or afternoon team.
For more information or to sign up for a Deck The Paws job, contact Laura at 458-226-0600 or laura.ahearn@standfordalumni.org
School Websites
Ashland School District Website
Parent and Student PowerSchool Portal
Check schedules, grades and pay fees via the PowerSchool website and app:
Ashland High School Website
Sports Physicals
Physicals may be scheduled at the on-campus health center or provided by your personal physician. 541 482 8771 x2247 Lori.Vieu@ashland.k12.or.us
Athletic Registration
Athletics Website
Attendance Policy
2019-2020 Course Guide
Application for Free Lunch Program
https://family.titank12.com/HV4XN5
If you do not know your student's ID number you can leave it blank.
Bus Schedule
ASD Transportation 541 482 3174
Stacey.Delgado@ashland.k12.or.us
Click here to see bus routes and times:
https://www.ashland.k12.or.us/SIB/files/2019-2020%20WEB%20ROUTES.pdf
Students riding a bus to any location other than their designated bus stop must have parental permission and obtain a BUS PASS from the front office.