AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL
NOTAM 012510
25 January 2010

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

Monday
VIP’s on campus 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Ballroom Dancing for beginners 3:40–5:00 p.m. in the Gym
Robotics Team Meeting 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. in Room 7

Tuesday
Visitors from Oklahoma on campus
Robotics Study Hall 3:45 -5:00 p.m. in Room 16
Robotics Team meeting 6:00-9:00 p.m. in Room 7

Wednesday
Peer Tutoring (sign-up) 3:35–4:45 p.m. in Room 10
Robotics Study Hall 3:45 -5:00 p.m. in Room 16
Robotics Team meeting 6:00-9:00 p.m. in Room 7
Recruiting in Federal Way 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Thursday
End of Semester and Second Quarter
Clubs during Advisory
Culture Club 3:45–4:45 p.m. in Room 24
Robotics Study Hall 3:45 -5:00 p.m. in Room 16
Robotics Team meeting 6:00-9:00 p.m. in Room 7

Friday
No School for Students! Enjoy your day!
8th grade Interviews

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL:
Congratulations to Matt Eaton for earning the Boy Scout Eagle Rank in December! This award represents a lot of hard work and commitment over a number of years. We want to recognize all students in the NOTAM who have earned this prestigious honor, so please let us hear from you if you are now an Eagle Scout.

Congratulations, too, to our outstanding Science Olympiad team who competed this past weekend in Camas, Washington. With the leadership of Mr. McComb and Ms. Durrant, our Olympiads earned recognition in the following categories:
Ryan & Andrew: 2nd place It’s About Time; 2nd place Trajectory; 3rd place Mousetrap Vehicle
Wendy & Daryl: 4th place Elevated Bridge
Wendy, Daryl, Michael: 2nd place Experimental Design
Susan & Rebecca: 2nd place Disease Detectives; 3rd place Health Science
Faiza: 3rd place Ecology
Miranda, Elizabeth, David: 4th place Mission Possible
Tony & Thomas: 3rd place Physics Lab
Caitlin & Jenni: 1st place Remote Sensing
Gina & Naomi: 3rd place Experimental Design
Rahmo & Kishan: 4th place Mousetrap Vehicle

While the individual awards were nice recognition, more important were the learning, the teamwork, and the team building. Our Olympians continue to serve as the capable ambassadors of the things we value: teamwork, persistence, and improvement!

We continue to have many important visitors who are interested in learning more about Aviation High School. This morning, we hosted senior executives from The Boeing Company that included Patrick Shanahan and John Roundhill. This afternoon, Dave Sabey, a graduate of Highline High School many years ago, a real estate developer, entrepreneur, and creative, innovative thinker was our guest, along with Rob Makin, a consultant with the Sabey Corporation, and Linda Lanham, Executive Director of Washington Aerospace Futures Alliance. Our friend, Mr. Peter Morton also joined the morning tour group, along with Bonnie Main who is serving as coordinator of our capital campaign. Student ambassadors today included freshmen Hunter McSwain, Tran Tonnu, Austin McHenry, and Naomi Smith; sophomore Sydney Miller; juniors Navid Shafa, Lydia Johnston; and seniors Andrew May, Lamond Le, Sam Swan, and Alex Campisteguy. Our ambassadors are to be commended for representing the entire AHS learning community in a most exemplary manner.

Last week, Sydney Miller and Michael Mondragon traveled with me to Olympia to testify in support of a new bill, HB 2621, which would recognize three high schools in Washington state as “lighthouse models” of best practices in STEM education. They presented to the House Education Committee, with the hearing room fully packed with other presenters and interested stakeholders. Sydney and Michael both did an outstanding job. Kudos to both!

We will begin interviewing eighth grade applicants this week. If you are interested in serving on an interview team, please let Lenore Stark know ASAP. We have many applicants this year!

On February 9, we will be taking a group of students to Everett to tour the 787 plant and Rolls Royce. We have room for approximately 50 students total, plus chaperones. Mr. Sluys, ACE Club advisor, has asked to take members of ACE Club (16 students), and I’ve heard from approximately 10 more students who would like to participate. If YOU would like to go on this field trip, please put your name on a request list in the main office that will be managed by Mrs. Hiranaka. If you have already told me you want to go, your name should already be on the list. Please check with Mrs. Hiranaka to ensure that it is! The list will be finalized this Friday so that we can get permission forms and important trip details to you next week. So…there’s no time to waste if you want to be included!

As the first semester of the school year comes to a close this week and you wrap up major projects and take final exams, I wish you the very best. I’m looking forward to the next part of the school year with you. Honored to be your principal—Reba

FROM YOUR ASB: FIND YOUR MATCH!
Starting February 1st ¬ to February 4th, you can find your matches in our school! Whether you are looking for a new friend or a more personal connection, the Data-Match service is for you! The process is simple: you pay $1 and take a survey to specify your interests and find your match! You receive a login number and then find out who most shares your interests. An exciting way to find your Valentine! Look for our table at lunch!

SPEECH AND DEBATE CLUB
The Speech and debate team went on an overnight trip to Mt. Vernon this past weekend and they represented the school very well. Two of our four teams, John Doty and Justin Dubinsky, Jenny Gao and Libanos Redda, made it to the semifinal round in Public Forum debate in a field of 18 teams. In addition, our team swept the finals for Novice Extemporaneous Speaking with Albert Ta in first, Hayk Saakian in second, Jenny Gao in third, and John Doty in fourth. Also note that the fifth person in that event was Ted Tagami, who ended in 6th place overall in a field of 11 students. Albert Ta also attained 1st place in Novice Impromptu out of 18 competitors his first time around. As a last note, if you were curious of what we do in Speech and Debate or you were wondering on how to join the team, come by Mr. Shiroma’s room to see what it’s all about.

HELP HAITI TODAY!
As many of you know, the capitol city of Haiti, Port Au Prince, is currently in ruins from the recent earthquake. This disaster is believed to have killed tens of thousands and has affected 3 million people, a third of the nation’s populace. Relief organizations from around the world are currently making their way into Haiti and funding of their efforts is desperately needed for the injured, homeless and hungry. We at Aviation High School will do our part to make a difference and offer assistance to the people of Haiti through a relief fundraiser. This event will be a competition between all four classes; jars for each class will be in the lunchroom starting Tuesday, Jan 19 – Jan 28. Coins placed in your class’s jar will count toward your class’s total. Putting dollar bills in another classes’ jar will subtract from their total. The class to get a positive $200.00 will win a pizza party (or the class with the highest total by Jan 27.) Have fun and get those coins flying! NOTE: All proceeds will be donated to charity.

CLASS OF 2010—MESSAGE FROM THE PTSA SENIOR CLASS COMMITTEE:
Plans are under way for an all-night 2010 Senior Class Party on June 17th – information will be sent out to the senior families and tickets will go on sale in February! We’re counting on our seniors and our AHS extended community to help with fundraising which will benefit the 2010 senior class and ALSO future senior class parties. Look for opportunities to participate and support our Seniors!

Enjoy a meal out in support of the Class of 2010 Senior Party!
The California Pizza Kitchen in Tukwila will donate 20% of the profits of your meal to the 2010 Senior Class Party when you present our flyer at the time of your order. Come in anytime on Wednesday, Feb. 3rd through Saturday Feb 6th and present this flyer to support the Senior Class Party! Let your friends and relatives know! Get the flyer at our PTSA website at aviationptsa.org or in the AHS office.

SPECIAL EVENT
On Saturday, 30 January, the Society of Women Engineering is hosting an event designed to introduce male and female K-12 students to the vast world of engineering! Students will have the opportunity to network and talk with local engineers and to take part in series of hands-on experiments and activities. Come join the fun at the University of Washington, Loew Hall on Saturday,
January 30, 2010, 10 am – noon. For more information visit http://sites.google.com/site/swepnwoutreach or email PNWSWE.Outreach@gmail.com to sign up.

Except for the Quote of the Week, the following announcements have been posted in previous editions of the NOTAM. They are still important and posted for your information and action, as appropriate:

FROM ASB:
For sophomores:
We will be having our first-ever movie watching, jammie(pj)-wearin', pizza-n'-popcorn-eating fundraiser! Sophomores and their guests* are invited to Ms. Durrant's room on January 28th (the last day of the semester, what a great way to unwind!) from 3:30-7:00 p.m. Feel free to bring your pillows, blankets, and snuggies to make our hang out as relaxing and comfortable as possible. All you need to bring is yourself and some money ($4) as a donation to help cover the cost of the food that will be provided! Proceeds go towards the Class of 2012, so come have fun and support us!
Guests = other AHS students.
Non-AHS students need to get a permission slip from the office.

ATTENTION ALL AHS STUDENTS!
This upcoming Wednesday, January 27th is your absolute last chance to purchase Wings on Ice tickets. Wings on Ice will be held on Friday, January 29th at Castle Ice Arena in Renton, WA. As you may recall, tickets were sold for $10 which includes the cost of skate rentals, pizza & pop, and rink time (11 AM- 3 PM). You won't want to miss this event so stop by the cafeteria on Wednesday to get your tickets!

Quote of the Week:
“The most wonderful thing was the freedom of getting into the air; most of the time, I flew solo. I loved the sound of the engines, the smell of aviation fuel. They told us to go home…go back to the kitchen and to keep our mouths shut…but we were extremely patriotic women who were there because we felt we could do something that assisted the men in combat.”
~Mary Jean Sturdevant, former WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) during World War II. Quote from January 23, 2010 edition of The Seattle Times.
Editor’s Note: Mrs. Sturdevant resides in Spanaway, WA, and will be among the surviving 11 Washington WASPs and 200-some WASPs in the country to receive Congressional Gold Medals this spring. Sixteen more medals will be given to local WASPs posthumously. This belated honor for these courageous, pioneering women is heartwarming!