04 October 2010
Message from the Principal:
Parents and families: You are our #1 partner in preparing your child for college, career, and citizenship. Your participation in last week’s Evening of Learning provided reassurance that we can make a powerful difference for each student by working together. Thank you for showing up and being such great learners and supporters!
Congratulations to the ASB for sponsoring the first dance of the school year this past Saturday evening. By all accounts, the Aviator Ball was a magical, fun-filled evening! Thanks to the students and staff who helped make it happen.
This Saturday marks another opportunity for 98* AHS students to experience some magic that has been created by three amazing leaders in aviation and aerospace who will be honored as Pathfinders at the Pathfinder Gala, an annual event sponsored by the Museum of Flight. When I wrote last week’s edition of the NOTAM, I reported that we would need additional sponsorship to take all of the students who applied. And, shortly after posting the NOTAM to our website, it happened! Pathfinder inductee Clay Lacy immediately stepped up to sponsor 10 additional students while parent Melanie Jordan recruited sponsorships for 5 more, and the PTSA and a few other individuals volunteered to sponsor the remaining students and chaperones. This kind of generosity and support continues to amaze and delight me. It is part of the magic of this wonderful little school we call Aviation High School where the sky is NOT the limit! Thank you, sponsors!
If you are one of the students selected for Pathfinder, I’ll see you at Etiquette Training TODAY, starting at 3:45 in the Gym and ending between 5:15-5:30 p.m.
This Friday, October 8 is a statewide professional development day for teachers, so there’s no school for students; however, there will still be some great activity that day since we have been asked to provide an overview of our school and demonstrations of learning for a group of very important people—namely, Pathfinder inductees, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Purdue University leaders, James Raisbeck, whose name will be on our new school at the Museum of Flight, and a few other key leaders in aviation and aerospace. If you are on the Robotics or Science Olympiad team, a member of ACE Club, or presenting on behalf of Flight by Design, please plan to have your exhibits/artifacts set up by 1:00 p.m. that day and be ready to greet visitors as they arrive. Team apparel is required. Speech & Debate Club, Culture Club, Music Club and any other AHS clubs are welcome to attend to share your accomplishments. In fact, any AHS student is welcome to attend! Events such as this provide excellent opportunities to hone your leadership skills, whether you are a presenter or observer. They also represent a great networking opportunity. If you wish to attend, please be in regular school dress or better—no jeans. Presentation time is 1:30-3:00 p.m. in the Gymnasium. Thanks in advance to all students and staff who are willing to serve as AHS ambassadors—even on a non-school day! You are the best!
May your week of learning be inspiring in every way! I am honored to be your principal!
~Reba
*AHS musicians and Pathfinder interns are not included in this count, which brings the total to more than 100.
NOTE:
o Continue checking the AHS website or logging onto school computers to get updated information on events/meetings.
Quote of the week:
“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it,but that it is too low and we reach it.” ~Michelangelo
Quoted by Camila Palacio in her Pathfinder essay when describing how this year’s Pathfinder inductees inspire her to aim high so that she can experience similar successes.
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