AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL
NOTAM 061410
14 June 2010

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

Monday:
Learning, learning, learning!
Ballroom Dancing for beginners 3:40–4:30 p.m. in the Gym

Tuesday:
VIPs on campus from Boeing & The Museum of Flight—10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Robotics, Science Olympiad, ACE Club members—we need some of you to demonstrate your learning in the gym at 10:00 a.m. We may also be making classroom visits to see what you are learning and interact with you.
Mandatory Grad Practice for Seniors 1:00–3:30 p.m. in the gym
Last Day of School for Seniors
LAST Robotics Team Meeting 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in Room 7 (No Study Hall)
PTSA Auction planning meeting 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in Room 10

Wednesday:
Meeting for students interested in taking 0 hour Japanese next year during Consultancy in Room #1, Mr. Kumakura’s room.
Peer Tutoring (sign-up) 3:35–4:45 p.m. in Room 10

Thursday:
Commencement Ceremonies 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. at the P.A.C. School day for grades 9, 10, & 11 is from 12:30-3:30 p.m. with school bus transportation running 3 hours later than usual for the morning run
Culture Club 3:45–4:45 p.m. in Room 24

Friday
Early Release at 2:00 p.m.
Staff Professional Collaboration time 2:15-3:45 p.m.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL:
Our seniors graduate this Thursday morning, which is a key milestone in their lives and a day of great celebration. I am immensely proud of this stellar class of students who have individually and collectively accomplished great things during their years at Aviation High Schools. They are a scholarly group, with 40% of the class qualifying as Washington State Honor Award recipients, which means they are among the top 10% of all graduating seniors in the State of Washington. They have earned close to $1,000,000 in scholarship awards, too, which is remarkable for a class of 90 students. Top scholarship award recipients are Taylor Barrett with an ROTC scholarship worth $180,000, which he will be using at WSU; and Alex Simkus, with a $150,000 award from the prestigious Webb Institute. In addition to their scholarly pursuits and accomplishments, they have been outstanding school ambassadors and leaders, both within the school community as well as the broader community. Many were honored at the recent Senior Awards Ceremony…and perhaps even more should have been recognized, such as Cameron Jewel, Lance Crawford, and Conor Stobart, who along with several underclassmen who are members of Civil Air Patrol, lower the American flag each day, properly fold it, and march proudly into the office to deliver it, where it is stored until the following day. We also missed recognizing Alex Simkus for earning his Eagle Scout rank earlier in the year. Belated congratulations, Alex! So…seniors, if we missed acknowledging and celebrating any of your successes over the past four years, please accept our heartfelt apologies and know that it wasn’t intentional. We celebrate and congratulate each and every one of you! Know that you will be greatly missed as you transition to college and career!

Please carefully review the What’s Happening this Week section for important information regarding VIP tours and activities that are occurring this week.

Next week is a short one—school all day on Monday and Tuesday (pancake breakfast Tuesday morning), and a half day on Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, we will have many VIPs on campus from the Boeing Company and the Museum of Flight. Robotics, Science Olympiad, ACE, and a few students from FbD are expected to participate in a morning demonstration of learning in the gym. As always, I’m grateful for your ambassadorship!

Hearty congratulations to the Yearbook students for producing an outstanding publication! From the original artwork on the cover to every section inside, it’s a masterpiece!

Congratulations, too, to Olivia Pham, who applied for admission to the Summer Science program (promoted in the NOTAM) and just recently received word that she has been accepted. The program is a residential enrichment program in which gifted high school students complete a challenging, hands-on research project in celestial mechanics and learn college-level astronomy, physics, calculus, and programming. Way to go, Olivia!
Learning counts…so make the most of each second, minute, and hour of these last remaining days of the 2009-10 school year! As always, I’m honored to be your principal—Reba

Alaska Airlines Delivery Flight:
There’s still room for a few more students! Deadline for signing up is tomorrow, June 15, so if you are still interested, see Mrs. Hiranaka today! Permission forms will be ready in the office on Wednesday June 16th and must be returned by June 21, 2010!!!!!!!!

APUSH
Students who are registered to take APUSH next year can come by room 10 on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 15-16, after 1st or 2nd period, to get their textbook and a copy of the summer study assignment.

SPACE-BOUND?
Interested in space and NASA? Sign up for Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research and Education Experience(INSPIRE). INSPIRE provides students from the 9th grade through the freshman year of college with online resources, NASA-related activities and educational curriculum, and ongoing participation in video teleconferences with NASA centers. Participating 11th graders are eligible to apply for research internships at NASA. This is an awesome opportunity; registration for 2010-11 school year ends June 30th. Visit their website for more information: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/INSPIRE_Project.html

TO ALL WHO WANT TO TAKE JAPANESE NEXT FALL:
Those students who plan to take 0-hour Japanese next fall are invited to a meeting this Wednesday, June 16 in Room #1(Mr. Kumakura’s room) during Consultancy time. Looking forward to seeing many of you! ~Mr. Kumakura

FROM THE PTSA
The AHS PTSA 2010 AUCTION is November 13th! Our first planning meeting will be Tuesday June 15 at 7 pm in Rm 10 at AHS. This is THE major fundraising event for our PTSA and we need YOU to help make this year’s auction our best yet! Questions email Teri at ahsauction@aviationptsa.org.

SKIERS & SNOWBOARDERS (AND THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING)
Do you enjoy skiing or snowboarding? Would you like to learn how to ski or snowboard? How would you like to be part of a ski and snowboarding club next January? Melissa Lewis is creating the club as part of her senior project and requests the following:
Please fill out the interest survey at the URL listed below; it should only take you about five minutes to fill it out and it will help give me a general idea of how many students are interested in this opportunity. http://sites.google.com/site/melissaseniorproject/student-survey
Skiers / Boarders: you know it’s fun. Wannabes: you need to try it; it IS fun! (more fun than Wii and Magic combined) Couch potatoes: you can get hours for your PE credit by skiing or snowboarding.

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:

Tuesday, June 29
Alaska Airlines Delivery Flight! First priority will be given to ACE club members, then graduating seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. Tentative plans include pick-up of students at AHS by chartered bus, transport to Boeing Field where we will board a new Boeing aircraft that Alaska is accepting into its fleet, a scenic tour around the Puget Sound area, and landing at Sea-Tac Airport where pictures will be taken before boarding the chartered busses back to AHS. While this event will occur during non-school time, it will still be school-sponsored. As such, all participants will need to have a permission form completed and returned to school by
June 22. Participants will also need to have their own transportation to and from the school that day. A sign-up sheet will be posted in the Main Office and we will accept students on a first-come, first-served basis. Seniors: this is a great opportunity to receive just one more great graduation gift! Alaska presented it as a gift to last year’s graduating class, and it was quite spectacular—another memory-making event! Deadline for signing up: June 15!

Quote of the Week:
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams