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PATRIOT PROGRESS

Albemarle High School ENewsletter





434.975.9300



Link to Albemarle High School Homepage: www.k12albemarle.org/albemarlehs





Libby Carpenter, Editor



Link to County School website: www.k12albemarle.org





01/12/09 Published Every Monday



Link to county website: www.albemarle.org






 


It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.

(Somerset Maugham)


 


THIS NEXT WEEK and coming soon 

01/12    Guidance Workshop = Financial Aid for Class of 2009 6:30pm

01/13    Parents Seminar at MHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

01/14    long lunch RANDOM

01/16    End of 2nd 9 weeks

01/19    NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Holiday 

01/20    NO SCHOOL School Planning 

01/20    Guidance Workshop = Understanding the PSAT results for grades 10 + 11 6:30pm

01/20    Guidance Workshop = Planning Your Future w/ UVA Dean of Admissions 7pm

01/05 to 01/23   SOLs for Transfers and students who need to retake

 

PTSO NEWS AND INFORMATION

 

GENERAL AHS NEWS AND INFORMATION


  Albemarle County School Hotline


The school hotline phone number for school delays/closings is 296.5886.  

 


  Vision Screening help needed


This is a request for volunteers to help with the vision screenings on Jan 29th and 30th. Please c
ontact school nurse Carl Janssen by phone, 974.4309 or email cjanssens at k12albemarle.org.

 


  What gets published in the Patriot Progress


Ever wonder what and how information gets published in this newsletter?

Generally WHAT is any and everything of a wide spread general nature relating to AHS, the students, the staff, or the building! 

HOW and WHERE does this information come from? YOU = or people like you: teachers, coaches, counselors, booster club representatives, students, or even just plain ole parents! 

 

In a school with over 1700 students and well over faculty and other staff, it is impossible for any one person to know what is going on in all corners of AHS. I rely on your input. As you may have noticed my tagline = EDITOR of the important information, not necessarily the GENERATOR. 

 

If you are someone with information to share, please take on the task to write a paragraph and send it to me. Who else knows the events, opportunities, or praises better that the one most closely involved? No one else could speak as accurately, or as passionately about your favorite topic than YOU.

 

ADDIDIONALLY, I review the daily announcements summary that is read each day on the morning broadcast at school. I am in close contact with the people that handle the internal communications of AHS. They are wonderful about sharing with me information for you. I review the building use calendar for unusual events. I subscribe to various school and community news
letters that publish information related specifically to education and school opportunities. 

All information is subject to validation. Please provide backup contact information if necessary. And keeps those note coming!

 

SENIOR News                                                  

·           Financial Aid

Seniors who are applying to college are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after January 1, 2009.  Apply online at www.fafsa.ed.gov, or download and complete a PDF version of the FAFSA at www.FederalStudentAid.edu.gov (Note: PDF FAFSAs must be mailed for processing).

You may pick up a copy of the Federal Student Aid Worksheet in the school counseling office, room 260.  Please note the date to submit the FAFSA application varies from college to college. Check with the financial aid office of the college to which you are applying for deadline dates.

 

On January 12, 2009 at 6:30pm, Albemarle High School Counseling Department will sponsor a Financial Aid Workshop. This workshop is to help parents, guardians and students in completing the Financial Aid Form.  Please attend!

 

Super Saturday will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Charlottesville High School from 10am to 3pm. This event also helps with completing the financial aid applications.

 

JUNIOR20News


  PSAT Scores and What they mean


PSAT SCORES- WHAT DO THE SCORES MEAN?

WHAT COURSES DO I NEED TO TAKE TO GET INTO COLLEGE?

Junior and Sophomore PSAT scores will be distributed soon. 

PLEASE do not discard PSAT report sheet.  

The report sheet contains the student's personal log on number for a very valuable free service (MyRoad) from College Board. Parents can learn how to interpret these scores and use the MyRoad Service in a workshop for parents on January 20 at 6:30pm @ AHS.    

At 7pm Mrs. Valerie Gregory of UVA will discuss course selections for college.

 

SOPHOMORE News


  PSAT Scores and What they mean


See Note above in JUNIOR News

 

FRESHMAN News

 

GROUPS + CLUBS News

 

SPORTS News

 

AHS Opportunities

 

Albemarle County Schools / Board

 

CATEC

 

COMMUNITY + Outside Opportunities

·         SAT Prep Course

The next SAT Prep. course through Community Ed. at AHS begins March 17th, Tuesdays & Thursdays for 5 weeks, 6:30pm to 8:30pm, $159.  Registration fee include materials from Cambridge Educational.  This is for students in the 11th & 12th grade.  Deadline to register & pay is March 9th.  Parents can register online at www.opendoors1.org (class #8005) with a Visa or MasterCard or by calling 975.9451.

 

·         Driver Education = Behind the Wheel

Driver Education Behind
 the Wheel classes have openings before and after school this month! There are also openings for January 12th and onward.  Tuition is only $245 for the course.  

For more information, schedules and forms visit www.opendoors1.org and click the link to Driver 

Education or come by Room 98.

 

·          Driver Education = Parent Seminars

There will be one held at Western AHS on Tuesday, January 13th and another at Monticello HS on Monday, January 26th.  All seminars start at 7pm.  The certificate that is given at the end of the seminar must be turned in when signing up for Behind the Wheel.

 

·         Scholarships for students with parents with disabilities

All application materials must be completed and postmarked by Monday March 16, 2009.
                               
Through the Looking Glass and its National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families are pleased to announce new scholarships specifically for high school seniors and college students who have parents with disabilities.  These scholarships are part of Through the Looking Glass’ new federal grant  (New National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families. Please note that these are new awards and have different application procedures than in the past.  

 
To be eligible, a student must
 be a high school graduate (or graduating senior) by summer 2009, planning to attend college in fall 2009 and have at least one parent with a disability. 

Five separate $1000 awards will be given out in fall 2009. 

Individuals may submit only one application per award period.

The National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families
2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100, Berkeley, CA 94710
(800) 644.2666 (voice)
(800) 804.1616 (TDD/TTY) FAX: (510) 848.4445 Website: http://www.lookingglass.org

 

COLLEVE VISIT SCHEDULES

Signup sheets for in house (AHS) college visits are in the Guidance office, room 260. Class passes are issued only to those on the signup sheets.  Space is always limited and signup sheets will be pulled when capacity is met. Dates, Times and locations are subject to change. 

 

KUDOS!

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR ... All dates and times subject to change

01/21 to 01/30   Work Keys for seniors who still need to pass Writing and selected juniors

01/28    Report Cards mailed

01/31    SUPER SATURDAY Financial Aid Application help at CHS

02/04    Parents Seminar at AHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

02/05    Guidance Workshop = Curriculum Fair new 9th grade orientation 6:30pm

02/10    Parents Seminar at MHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

02/12    long lunch for Valentine*s Day

02/12    PTSO Meeting 6:30pm Media Center
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A02/16    NO SCHOOL Staff Development (snow makeup date #2)

02/17    NO SCHOOL School Planning (snow makeup date #1)

02/25    Progress Reports distributed

03/04    3rd 9 weeks parent/teacher conferences

03/10    Parents Seminar at MHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

03/12    PTSO Meeting 6:30pm Media Center

03/13    Parent Conferences 4:15pm to 7:15pm

03/2 to 03/05     Writing SOL for All juniors and any seniors who still need to pass

03/04    long lunch for PI Day

03/05    Parents Seminar at AHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

03/20    end of 3rd 9 weeks

03/23    NO SCHOOL Staff Development Day

03/27    Report Cards mailed

04/01    Parents Seminar at AHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

04/06 to 04/10 NO SCHOOL Spring Break

April 2009         SOLs for Seniors who need them to graduate

04/13 to 04/30   WIDA (formerly SELP) testing window for ESOL/LEP 

04/14    Parents Seminar at MHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

04/16    PTSO Meeting 6:30pm Media Center

04/17    long lunch for Mr. Albemarle Tryouts

04/18    PROM

04/20 to 04/24   STAMP World Languages

April 27 SOLs    SOL Testing window opens and testing will begi
n at AHS

All students enrolled in classes with SOL end of course tests 

and students who need to retake, including expedited retakes

05/04    Progress Reports distributed

05/04 to 05/15   APs for Students enrolled in AP classes

05/06    Parents Seminar at AHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

05/12    Parents Seminar at MHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

05/14    PTSO Meeting 6:30pm Media Center

05/25    NO SCHOOL Memorial Day Holiday

05/28    Senior English Exam for All students enrolled in Senior English classes

05/29    Senior Government Exam for All students enrolled in Senior Government classes

06/01 to 06/02   Senior Exams for All seniors who need exams other than English and Government

06/03    Parents Seminar at AHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)

06/02 to 06/05   Underclassmen Exams for All students who are not exempt from exams

July and August 2009 SOLs for Students who scored between 375 and 399 on a May SOL test 

          and did not pass on the expedited retake


06/06    Graduation @JPJ 1pm

06/09    Parents Seminar at MHS 7pm to 9pm (required before student Behind the Wheel training)


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Send mail to Libby Carpenter at Patriotinfo at aol.com


 

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