October 29, 2012
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
Rolls Royce Scholarship Submission due November 1
Monday: The start of Quarter #2! Report cards will be mailed this week.
Pathfinder thank-you notes are OVERDUE to Mrs. Hiranaka!
Tuesday: Speech and Debate 3:35–5:00 PM
Robotics Team Meeting 6:00-8:00 PM —Room 7
Ultimate Frisbee 3:45-5:45
Class of 2013 Grad Party Meeting 7 – 8 PM – Room 10
Wednesday: College Presentation – Whitman College
Speech and Debate 3:35-5:00 PM
Theatre Club 3:45–4:45 – in the Gym
Ultimate Frisbee 3:45–5:45
Thursday: Rolls Royce Scholarship Essays due today to Ms. Carper & Ms. Gilman!
College Presentations:
College Presentations:
Ultimate Frisbee – Last Practice of the Season! 3:45–5:45PM
Robotics Team Meeting 6:00-8:00 PM.—Room 7
Friday: 2:00 PM Student Dismissal - Staff Professional Collaboration Time 2:15-3:45
Speech and Debate—Gig Harbor
Saturday: PTSA Auction at the Museum of Flight
Principal’s Message:
Second quarter of the 2012-2013 school year begins today. Report cards will be mailed home by week’s end. Now is a good time to reflect on your progress and refine your academic learning goals for second quarter. Quarterly grades are a progress indicator; semester grades are those that remain on your transcript and count toward meeting graduation requirements and having a competitive college application. Make your learning count in building your college-going transcript!
Congratulations and thanks are extended to:
- Camilia Palacio, Austin McHenry, Mary Robins and Ms. Burr for presenting at the State Multicultural Education Conference this past Saturday. The conference theme this year was career readiness, so our students shared their internship and summer experiences that are preparing them for both college and career. Thank you, students and Ms. Burr, for giving up part of your Saturday to serve in this important ambassador role.
- Freshman Hanna Riley who recently earned the Girl Scout Silver Award, the highest award that can be earned in Cadette Girl Scouting and the second highest award available through Girl Scouts. Hanna earned this award by teaching 60 sixth graders how to prepare for
- All the students who participated in our recruitment presentation to Sylvester Middle School 8th graders last Friday: Jessi Mau, Daniel Palacio, Sophia Cassam, Jonah Graves, Emilio Anselma, Camilia Palacio, Lauren Crom, Paula Cieszkiewicz, Austin McHenry, Liam Burke, Hunter McSwain, and Jacob Wagner. You were outstanding ambassadors! Thank you!
- Everyone who participated in the story that was aired on TV Washington this past week—primarily students in Mr. Joshi’s Flight by Design class, but many other students were captured on film, too. The story can be viewed at http://www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwplayer&eventID=2012100096
A reminder to seniors planning to pursue an engineering degree and career, Rolls Royce is offering two $5,000 scholarship awards! Essays are due to Ms. Carper and to me by this Thursday!
Our annual auction, sponsored by the PTSA will be held this Saturday evening at the magnificent Museum of Flight
My best to everyone for an engaging week of learning and a “normal” Halloween day! Whatever fun you may have planned for Halloween night, please be safe! As a gentle reminder, school policy doesn’t permit Halloween costumes or parties, so I thank you in advance for your cooperation.
And…good luck to Speech & Debate Club in competition this Friday & Saturday at Gig Harbor
Honored to be your principal—Reba G.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Attendance Reminder for Parents and Students: Attendance line 206-878-1259
A phone call is REQUIRED to the school each day of an absence AND a parent signed note is REQUIRED upon the student’s return to school in order for the absence to be excused.
New WA state law for coding student absences: Beginning this academic year, schools are required to mark absences due to family vacation as UNEXCUSED. This is change from previous practice. We ask for your understanding and cooperation and want to remind families that excused absences are permitted for illness, religious reasons, and school-related functions.
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) 2012 Autumn Quarter Lecture Series at UW Seattle Campus on Wednesday Evenings 6:30–8:00 PM in November! Lectures are free but require registration. Register online at http://bit.ly/wiselectures.
· Gender @ Work in a Dot Com World – Nov 7
· A Brave New World: The Scientific, Economic and Social Impact of Computer Science – Nov 14
· Big Data Management Promises and Challenges – Nov 28
Project Amelia: Beginning on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, Aviation High School will be collecting donations for the Museum of Flight’s campaign to obtain a replica of Amelia Earhart’s model 10E Electra for their new exhibit. Donations don’t have to be excessive; $5.00 can go a long way. For more information on Project Amelia, please visit http://www.museumofflight.org/electra and like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ProjectAmelia! Jaclyn Wing and Mary Robins will be answering questions at jacwin@comcast.net and mary.robins@ymail.com.
Students!
The Joe Sutter dinner, on Saturday evening November 17th, is a wonderful opportunity for you to network and learn from professionals in the aviation/aeronautical industry. It’s a dress-up event with a fancy dinner, and this year the Featured Speaker is our own Principal/CEO Reba Gilman. Tickets are normally $125 but our PTSA and the Royal Aeronautical Society will be sponsoring some of our students to attend. Please write a short letter expressing your interest in attending and submit your short letter to Julie Burr in the Career Center
Interested in piloting Office 365, a cloud-based system for applications and document storage? Mr. Kelly is seeking 10 students who are available after school on November 13th from 3:45-4:15 for an information session. Drop a note off in Mr. Kelly’s office to express your interest and willingness to participate in the pilot study.
Canned Food Drive :
Beginning on October 29, 2012, National Honor Society is hosting a canned food competition.
The food will be donated to Northwest Harvest, which is hosting a charity event for those who cannot afford to buy their own food. Please donate any number of canned foods! Grocery shopping or cleaning up your pantry can be a gift to others! Bring your cans to the cafeteria. The winning class will receive 100 spirit points and an ice cream party. The competition ends on November 9th, so hurry and bring in your canned foods!
FROM YOUR ASB:
- October Advisory Competition: AHS STUDENTS!!!! Are you excited for our first advisory competition? Are you ready to show us your creativity? The first advisory competition is on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 during advisory. Each advisory will either carve or paint a pumpkin. Advisories will also engineer a scarecrow. Remember to bring materials for the scarecrow because ASB will be providing pumpkin, paint or carving kits only. BE CREATIVE! HAVE FUN! Also, don't forget to put your advisor's name on both the pumpkin and the scarecrow!
· We Scare Hunger: This Halloween AHS students are invited to join 15 other high schools from around the region to trick-or-treat and collect food for the hungry. We will be gathering for a short rally in the Federal Way Lowe's parking lot at 7pm, and will break away from there to separate routes to collect food until approximately 9pm. We will then bring our haul back to Lowe's parking lot to see if we meet our goal of filling two trucks with food!
We're all too old to trick-or-treat for candy anyway, so come join us for a great cause and collect community service hours! BONUS: This activity qualifies students to earn the "local" half of admission to We Day Seattle in March, a leadership oriented concert and motivational speaking event. Opportunities to earn the "global" half of admission to We Day will be available later in the year. If you have any questions, contact Katie McConville at kate.mcconville@gmail.com.
- Spirit Shack: Remember to check out the Spirit Shack every Friday during lunch. ASB will be selling AHS apparel every Friday during lunch. You can purchase AHS apparel, and if you have an ASB card, will receive a 25% discount on all items. You must show ASB members your ID in order to get the discount. Also, we are selling lanyards, water bottle, AHS tube sock, and T-Shirts for $5 Friday! COME CHECK IT OUT!
The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing recognizes young women at the high-school level for their computing related achievements and interests. All applicants will also be considered for the National award. Detailed instructions and eligibility information are found online at http://www.aspirationsaward.org . Deadline is 11:59 PM Eastern time on October 31.
From your PTSA
ONE PARENT'S PLEA FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PTSA AUCTION NOVEMBER 3rd
Besides being the PTSA President, I have two kids at Aviation HS. One is a senior and one is a freshman. That has given me a good exposure to the AHS experience. My conclusion so far - Aviation High School is simply the best high school education our kids can get in the State of Washington, public or private. That it is a competitive public school is an added bonus. It is a testament to the vision, leadership and quality of the Highline School District, Reba Gilman, the teachers and staff that our kids have this opportunity - but they cannot do it alone. The school receives only $35,000 in public funding to operate the school beyond salaries and facility management. Your involvement in funding additional school costs and activities is critical. Consider what a private school would expect from you. The excellence at Aviation HS is a real bargain. We need your help. The annual auction is the greatest (but not the only) source of funds to the PTSA. Please contribute, invite your friends and business partners, attend and have fun with us while continuing to build this amazing school. - Steve Burke
To understand the value of your contribution, I would like to share with you how PSTA is used. The following chart and details shows how important your involvement is:
This chart shows how the PTSA funds are spent annually. The largest section, School Grants includes $35,000 to the school primarily earmarked for technology. It also includes a grant to every teacher for supplies for their classroom and the costs of the Mentor program. School Enrichment covers PTSA/Dan Hartley scholarships, Phoenix Flyer - the student newspaper, the Reflections program, Staff Appreciation & the Annual Picnic before school starts. The School Events covers Graduation events, the Blue Angels event, the Pathfinder Gala and the Ice Cream Social on the first day of school. The Program Expenses covers career mentoring activities, Science Olympiad, Speech & Debate and Ultimate Frisbee. G&A covers PTSA dues to the WAPTA association, printing, supplies, insurance, etc.
More info from the PTSA:
· Visual Communicators Wanted!
One moment.
One ^ magical^ moment.
If you can express an idea *without words* PTSA would love to have your experiments for our fall festivities. Photos, flat artwork in any medium, music recordings, and original dance recordings that express something inspired by "The Magic of a Moment...." are accepted from now until about Thanksgiving. Items turned in to the office before Nov 1 will be displayed at the check-in at the PTSA Auction.
* Film shorts, even with dialog, are, of course, also accepted. And for the wordophiliacs there is a literature category for lyrics, scripts, fiction, essays, etc of 2,000 or fewer words.
AHS PTSA will gladly accept all submissions, For advancement to Council, State, and Nationals, size limits and artistic control stipulations apply. Please see http://www.wastatepta.org/programs/reflections/forms.html for complete details.
· Class of 2013 Grad Party Planning Meeting
Tuesday, October 30, 7-8pm, at Aviation High School
Party planning will never be so much fun as when we organize a party for the Class of 2013! Please join in and stop by the meeting to help make this year's grad party the best one yet! Volunteers will be needed for food, decorations, chaperones and more. If you want to be in the loop but can't make the meeting, that is fine too...just email Mindy McLean at mindymacster@hotmail.com to be added to the email distribution list. Junior parents (or freshman and sophomore for that matter) are invited to help too...it may be helpful for future party planning! And don't forget...registration forms and ticket funds are currently being accepted. Buy your ticket now and you don't have to worry about it later!
Tuesday, October 30, 7-8pm, at Aviation High School
Party planning will never be so much fun as when we organize a party for the Class of 2013! Please join in and stop by the meeting to help make this year's grad party the best one yet! Volunteers will be needed for food, decorations, chaperones and more. If you want to be in the loop but can't make the meeting, that is fine too...just email Mindy McLean at mindymacster@hotmail.com to be added to the email distribution list. Junior parents (or freshman and sophomore for that matter) are invited to help too...it may be helpful for future party planning! And don't forget...registration forms and ticket funds are currently being accepted. Buy your ticket now and you don't have to worry about it later!
Ms. Carper’s College and Career Corner
The NACAC National College Fair will take place at the Washington State Convention Center on Saturday, November 3. Parents and students participating in National College Fairs meet one-on-one with representatives from colleges and universities to discuss admission and financial aid opportunities at their respective institutions. Register before the fair at http://www.gotomyncf.com/Registration/EventSelectForState?stateName=All to make the most of your time onsite and ensure that colleges can follow up with you.
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program honors outstanding youth volunteers in grades 5-12. More than 100,000 students have been recognized at the local, state and national level since the program began in 1995 — making this the United States' largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer service. Apply online at http://spirit.prudential.com/mediapreview/managed/appInstructionSheet.pdf . Deadline: November 6.
Attention Seniors who plan to pursue an engineering degree and career! Rolls Royce is offering two $5000 scholarship awards! Application information is available from Ms. Carper and THE DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION IS NOVEMBER 1. If you are selected, you will be honored at the Joe Sutter Dinner, sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society on November 17 at The Museum of Flight! Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity if you are planning to be an engineer!
Upcoming College Presentations (sign up in room 11 if you are interested)
If you are planning to miss class to attend a college presentation, please talk with your instructor.
Whitman: October 31 at 1 PM University of Evansville: November 1 at 1 PM University of Chicago: November 1 at 1 PM St. Louis University: November 8 at 1 PM University of Washington Bothell: November 15 at 1 PM Whitworth University: November 15 at 1 PM
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“Prepare your mind to receive the best that life has to offer.”
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