March 04, 2013
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
Monday: Skunkworks Team 6:00 – 9:00
Tuesday: Student Interviews 4:00 – 8:00
Skunkworks Team 6:00 – 9:00
Field Trip: Aviation Careers Class to Aerojet 9:30-3:00
Wednesday: Advisory Period
Tentative: VIPS from Delta Airlines
Theatre Club 3:45 – 6:45 PM
Skunkworks Team 6:00 – 9:00
PTSA Board Meeting 6:00 - 8:00
Thursday: Clubs Day
Senior Graduation Party Tickets Available during Lunch - cafeteria
Skunkworks Team 6:00 – 9:00
Friday: Ultimate Frisbee Practice after school
Women Fly @ MOF 8:30 – 1:30
Saturday: Skunkworks Team 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Principal’s Message
Interviews with applicants for the Class of 2017 are still occurring, thanks to the help of many student ambassadors, staff, and parent volunteers who have helped after school and on weekends. Thank you to everyone who has (and will continue) participated in this very important process. We could not meet our timelines without your support.
Internship opportunities continue to abound! Six students just received word last week that they have been accepted for paid internships with Planetary Resources this summer. Congratulations Teal Dowd, Sasha Friedrich, Jon Abramson, Katie McConville, Maggie Vader, and Grace Cieszkiewicz! Kudos, too, to Thomas Adamson, Emilio Anselmo and Skye Mceowen who have been selected to participate during the 2013-2014 school year.
Hearty congratulations are also extended to Paula Cieszkiewicz who has landed a coveted internship at the University of Washington this summer, working with scientific researchers in the Sensorimotor Neural Engineering Labs. Paula’s admission to this program also comes with a $5,000 stipend. Nice job, Paula!
Lauren Crom is headed to Stanford University
All students, I encourage you to continue to check the Internship Announcements posted in the Career Center
A big, heartfelt thank you to Tamera Nason who once again organized and staffed an Aviation High School booth at the Northwest Aviation Trade Show in Puyallup on February 23-24. Mrs. Nason’s daughter, Natalie, graduated from AHS in 2008, but Tamera continues to be an active volunteer and advocate of our school. We are “signed up” already to have an AHS booth at the 2014 conference. ACE members and others, please start thinking now about helping man our booth. Lots of volunteers are needed over the two day event.
HSPE testing is scheduled for next week! Parents, if you can donate water or snacks, please know they will be welcomed. Sophomores, please plan your schedule for next week to assure that you are well rested and ready for testing.
That’s it for this week. Let’s hope that we continue to feel the warmth of the sun as we anticipate the spring season. My best for an outstanding week of learning. Honored to be your principal—
~Reba G.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
From Your ASB
Spring Fling: **Due to some scheduling conflicts, the Spring Fling dance will be re-scheduled for March 23rd, 8-11 PM. Last week, we announced the Spirit Week days and would like to inform you that Thursday’s theme will be changed and we will update you next week once it’s been decided. The revised schedule is contained in the following announcement.
AHS students, are you ready to show your spirit? On Monday, March 18th we will host a pep assembly celebrating our Spring Fling Dance. There will be many class competitions and other fun activities which will allow everyone to show off his/her school spirit! Spring Fling will be held on Saturday, March 23rd from 8 pm - 11 pm in the cafeteria. Tickets will be sold during lunch March 13th-15th and at the door the night of the dance. This dance is sponsored by the Freshmen, and is one way classes raise money for group/class activities and Prom. Please support this fundraiser by attending! The theme is blackout so wear neon or white clothing to glow in our black lights! Can't wait to see you there! It’s also Spring Fling Spirit Week March 18-22:
Monday March 18—Animal Day
Tuesday March 19—Crazy Hair Day (student dress code is in effect)
Wednesday - Music Madness (Dress up as your favorite artist or as your favorite genre of music)
Thursday - TBD (To be determined)
Friday - AHS Spirit/Color War Day
Attention Mr. Aviation Contestants: please e-mail Mrs. Fitzpatrick with your email address, names of your Advisory and Club teachers this week! In addition, let us know what you are planning to do for the talent round.
Spirit Shack: We have new cityscape socks in, but only a few in stock! Come check them out this Friday before it’s too late. We have $5 t-shirts and $4 sunglasses this week!
March Edition of Phoenix
Students Earn Community Service Hours: Earn community service hours while helping Elementary kids. We need several committed students to go to a Career Fair at McMicken Elementary School Career Center
Congratulations:
· Amy Parker and Kayla Loy with their Highline Premier Soccer Team participated in the Las Vegas Mayors Cup Tournament February 16-18. The college showcase tournament hosted 473 teams from 28 states and 12 countries. The girls won the tournament in the GU-17 bracket.
Know any women (young or old) who would love to take a free flight? This year the Museum of Flight
There is nothing more empowering than flight.
From your PTSA:
AFTER GRADUATION, WILL YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SENIOR IS?
You will...because every senior should be at iFly for their Class of 2013 Graduation Party from 11:30pm to 5am! There is no better way for the Class of 2013 to celebrate four years of togetherness coming to a *sniff* end...! Print out the Grad Party Form, attach $125 payment and turn into the AHS office or to Mindy McClean directly during the Thursday lunch hour. Need a hand paying? No problem...we want every senior to attend, and will work hard to do so. We have already sold several tickets...don't let your senior be left out because this party will not only be the Class of 2013's last hurrah together, but it will be a LOT OF FUN! Contact Mindy McClean at mindymacster@hotmail.com for any questions.
You will...because every senior should be at iFly for their Class of 2013 Graduation Party from 11:30pm to 5am! There is no better way for the Class of 2013 to celebrate four years of togetherness coming to a *sniff* end...! Print out the Grad Party Form, attach $125 payment and turn into the AHS office or to Mindy McClean directly during the Thursday lunch hour. Need a hand paying? No problem...we want every senior to attend, and will work hard to do so. We have already sold several tickets...don't let your senior be left out because this party will not only be the Class of 2013's last hurrah together, but it will be a LOT OF FUN! Contact Mindy McClean at mindymacster@hotmail.com for any questions.
Previous NOTAM Announcements – but still Relevant
ATTENTION ALL PILOTS! If you have a picture of you and your plane or you flying a plane or a picture of you and a plane, please send it to Jennifer Luoma (luomajen@gmail.com). Thanks!
Imagine Highline: Your Game-Changing Ideas for Our Schools (Message from the superintendent)
Have you seen Highline’s new online discussion forum website, Imagine Highline? It’s an easy way for staff, students, families, and community members to give input on issues facing our schools.
On Imagine Highline, you can post ideas, comment on others’ ideas, and engage in discussions with fellow community members. It is a way to exchange ideas in a format that fits into our busy lives, knowing we don’t always have time or energy to attend public meetings. We will be talking about all kinds of topics over the coming months.
Our first conversation is about the new strategic plan that will guide our schools for the next three years. The core team of parents, teachers, principals, and district and community leaders building that plan are asking you to participate. They want your ideas and feedback so this will truly be the community’s plan for our schools.
The core team is looking for big ideas to drive a plan that will be a game-changer for Highline students. Imagine Highline is a place where you can share your boldest hopes for our children and our community. What experiences do you want students to have? What should our schools be like? What kind of community do you want to live in, and how can schools make our community all we want it to be?
Juniors: Sign up with Quest Bridge, an organization that helps students with whose families earn less than $60,000/year reach highly-selective colleges. Visit: http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/students-start-here.
Are you interested in being a Waskowitz Leader? Waskowitz Outdoor School is hosting a Leadership Training Weekend March 16 & 17. It is an overnight at Waskowitz with transportation provided from the PAC. Any students interested in being leaders for fifth and sixth grade students this spring are required to attend the training. After the completion of your week you will receive .5 elective credit as well as nearly 100 hours of community service. If you are interested or have question please contact Johnny Gannaw at john.gannaw@highlineschools.org or visit: http://www.highlineschools.org/waskowitz/Pages/Home.aspx
Reminder from the Phoenix Flyer
The debut of our new advice columns from Pilot Jones is included in the March issue. For down to earth advice about problems with friends, school, or whatever else, submit your question to pilotjonesadvice@gmail.com, or to the box outside of room 23, and your question could be seen in the next issue of the Phoenix Flyer!"
High School Essay Contest for Juniors and Seniors - $1000 cash award!
Topic: “Why do we need Washington’s open-government laws? What would it be like without them?”
Entry deadline is March 29.
Details available via http://www.washingtoncog.org/
- Microsoft has announced their summer high school internship, which is full time, paid and VERY COMPETITIVE. They are also offering a 3 day boot camp, another great opportunity for those interested in computer science and software engineering. More information is on the Career Bulletin Board and website. Please let Mrs. Burr know if you plan to apply, she has some tips and requirements- we’d really like to see an AHS student selected for one of the twenty positions offered for students throughout the region.
· Summer Internship: Attached find another new and fantastic internship opportunity with Aviation Partners Boeing. This is a full time opportunity, paying $10-$20 per hour DOE. Also open with application deadlines in the very new future are paid internships with Raisbeck, LMI and BLR Engineering Firms. I promote these opportunities in NOTAM, on our Career Website (www.aviationhscareers.org) and via bulletin board and signs and some students (surprise!) still are disappointed when deadlines pass and they “weren’t aware.” If you know of students who would be interested and qualified, please share this information-all students participating in internships thus far have come back enthused, motivated, and with a head start on their college and career dreams. THANKS for helping give students the nudge to apply on time!
· Future engineers- there are SIX summer internship openings in the Engineering Department with the Federal Aviation Administration. These are open to sophomores and juniors, with seniors considered. What an opportunity! Application deadline is March 7, 2013.
· AEROTEC Engineering will be offering 1-2 paid, full time engineering internships next summer. Aerotec is located in South Seattle and while targeting Seniors, they will also consider Juniors who will be pursuing an engineering degree, are top students and passionate about the field. Deadline for application is March 15, 2013.
· Future pilots and aviation business professionals- 2 part time, volunteer positions are now open with Clay Lacy Aviation- one of the world’s premier aircraft charter and management companies. Sophomores and juniors may apply; application deadline is March 15, 2013.
Imagine Tomorrow More than $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded this May to schools and students in the sixth annual Imagine Tomorrow competition at Washington State University. Imagine Tomorrow challenges 9th through 12th graders to address global energy concerns with creative, well-researched ideas. Registration opens March 1, 2013 and there is no registration fee. Competitors and advisors stay and dine free on campus, May 17 – 19. Visit http://imagine.wsu.edu/ .
Boeing Job Shadow On March 28, 2013, 60 Aviation High School Students will get to tour the Boeing Company’s Auburn Plant, learn about the wide variety of career opportunities there are with Boeing, and participate in fun workshops. All students are invited to participate except those on the Robotics Team. We’ll be leaving AHS by bus at 7:00 am and returning around 2:15 pm. First come, first served, so sign up in the Career Center and turn your field trip permission form in to Ms. Burr.
ATTENDANCE NOTES
· 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 a 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.
· REMINDER for Families Scheduling Summer Vacations--Be prepared for your AHS student to attend school on Thursday, August 29, 2013. The first two days of school prepare your student for a great start to a new school year!
· Student Athletes— please remember to check in weekly with your advisor and notify them of your participation status. All winter athletes who did not participate in a fall sport must pick up their ALE paperwork this week from Mr. Kelly.
From Your PTSA
Senior Graduation Party Information:
AFTER GRADUATION, WILL YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SENIOR IS?
You will...because every senior should be at iFly for their Class of 2013 Graduation Party from 11:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. There is no better way for the Class of 2013 to celebrate four years of togetherness coming to a *sniff* end...! Print out the Grad Party Form, attach $125 payment to AHS PTSA and turn into the AHS office or to Mindy McClean directly during the Thursday lunch hour. Need a hand paying? No problem...we want every senior to attend, and will work hard to do so. We have already sold several tickets...don't let your senior be left out because this party will not only be the Class of 2013's last hurrah together, but it will be a LOT OF FUN! Contact Mindy McClean at mindymacster@hotmail.com for any questions.
You will...because every senior should be at iFly for their Class of 2013 Graduation Party from 11:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. There is no better way for the Class of 2013 to celebrate four years of togetherness coming to a *sniff* end...! Print out the Grad Party Form, attach $125 payment to AHS PTSA and turn into the AHS office or to Mindy McClean directly during the Thursday lunch hour. Need a hand paying? No problem...we want every senior to attend, and will work hard to do so. We have already sold several tickets...don't let your senior be left out because this party will not only be the Class of 2013's last hurrah together, but it will be a LOT OF FUN! Contact Mindy McClean at mindymacster@hotmail.com for any questions.
Aviation PTSA Ultimate Frisbee Coed Spring Practices started Tuesday, Feb. 26. Parents and students, feel free to email Volunteer Parent, Sandy Nielsen, for more information at sjnielsen@comcast.net
Any interested students, boys and girls, are encouraged to attend the first three practices to give it a try!!
Enrollment forms must be completed to continue beyond the first three practices. Players who previously enrolled in the Fall Season will be contacted if any forms need updating.
Saturday games against other schools will start mid-March.
Counselor Corner
Katie Carper
Yale Young Global Scholars Program for Outstanding High School Students to better reflect the international focus of the program. Now in its twelfth year, the program draws together a diverse group of students from all over the world to live on Yale's campus, learn from Yale faculty, and analyze and debate key ideas about law, government, economics, history, and grand strategy.
Politics, Law, and Economics Program (PLE)
• The early decision deadline is March 1, 2013
• The regular application deadline is April 18, 2013
Studies in Grand Strategy Program (GS)
• The early decision deadline is March 8, 2013
• The regular application deadline is May 3, 2013
Juniors: UW Math Academy is a FREE 4-week residential and intensive math program designed for high school juniors who are interested in pursuing engineering and technology. The goal of the program is to enhance students’ strengths in math problem solving to better prepare them for the rigorous college-level mathematics coursework required of top engineering schools like the University of Washington’s College of Engineering. In particular, we hope to serve underrepresented, low-income, first-generation, and female students and support them in their goals of becoming engineers. During the program, students will engage with alumni, current students, and UW faculty. They will tour the facilities of companies like Boeing and Amazon and get a first-hand look at what it means to be an engineer. Students will get to enjoy their surroundings with trips to Pike Place Market and Snoqualmie Falls, and activities like canoeing on Lake Washington or playing intramurals in UW facilities. Participants also get individualized college admissions advising from UW admissions counselors.
Sophomores: HSPE is March 12-14. Please be at school rested, fed, and ready to test at 9 AM! Your advisors will let you know the room assignments on Wednesday.
Upcoming college visits:
Oregon Tech will be presenting at 1 PM on Thursday, March 14. Sign up in room 11 if you are interested in attending!
Quote of the Week:
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
~Benjamin Franklin
No comments:
Post a Comment