18 April 2011
Principal’s Message:
Congressman Jay Inslee, who is interested in learning more about innovative models of teaching and learning along with a number of other educational issues that are impacting our schools, is visiting us this morning. Thank you for welcoming him and sharing your learning!
Congratulations, Speech & Debate Club, for sponsoring an intriguing Mystery Dinner this past Friday evening. Proceeds will offset some of the costs for Albert Ta and Hayk Saakian to attend the national Speech & Debate Conference in Texas in June. This is the first time that members of AHS S&D will compete at the national level! Please join me in wishing them well!
In spite of a tornado that ripped through St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, it appears that the FIRST Robotics organization is still holding the World Championships in the city this weekend. Our Skunks will be departing on Wednesday, ready to compete with FIRST teams throughout the world. Go, Skunks! We’ll be watching you on the webcasts and cheering for you from our homes as well as school!
I started my teaching career in Bridgeport, a tiny town in north central Washington. The community has changed dramatically since the time I was there, but the spirit of the students and staff at Bridgeport High School seems to be better than ever. So good, in fact, that they are one of six finalists nationwide that is competing for the honor of having President Obama as their graduation speaker! Since they are competing with much larger cities such as San Diego, Newark and Pittsburgh, they need a lot of help to entice the President to come to their commencement ceremony. Let’s help them out by sending some votes their way. Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/Commencement#vote-top; and be sure to vote by this Friday, the day the ratings are scheduled to close! FYI: Bridgeport is the only school in Washington State selected as a finalist. And “yes”, Aviation High School was also an applicant!
Seniors: Congratulations on wrapping up your senior projects! Those of you who were selected to showcase your projects in the cafeteria last Friday will now have the opportunity to receive a PTSA-sponsored scholarship! Along with the PTSA scholarships, AHS is proud to again be able to offer a variety of scholarships to the Class of 2011. Our goal is to have the Scholarship Packet available to you by the end of the week. We will post it on the AHS website and also print a limited number of copies. Scholarship awards will be presented at your Senior Awards Ceremony on Sunday, 7 June. (FYI: Please consider the awards ceremony as a ‘must do’ rather than optional. All students are recognized at this ceremony. And…it will be one of the few remaining times that you will all be together to celebrate as a class. Thanks for making sure that 7 June, 1:30 p.m. at the Boeing Theater is on your calendar! A formal invitation will also be mailed to you and your family.)
Parents: We so appreciate you, and are asking for your participation in completing a survey about how we are doing as a school. Survey results inform our thinking about how we can improve to best meet the needs of our students and the expectations of parents. If you haven’t already done so, please take just a couple of minutes to complete this year’s survey that can be accessed http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BZN3BVR33/. Thank you!
Here’s to more sunny days—ones like we enjoyed this past Saturday and to an outrageously great week of learning! I’m honored to be your principal—Reba
NOTE:
o Continue checking the AHS website or logging on to school computers to get updated information on events and meetings.
Quote of the Week:
“To me, it seems like we’re on the verge of a golden age of spaceflight; that’s where I wanted to be.”
~Garrett Reisman, NASA astronaut who joined private spacecraft builder SpaceX
Seattle Times, April 24, 2011
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