AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL
16 January 2012
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
Check the Highline School District website or local news for weather related delays or closure information.
Monday: Non-School Day - Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Tuesday: Robotics 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Wednesday: Film Festival Everyone welcome! Concessions will be sold during the festival.
Film Club after school in Mr. Savishinsky’s room
Robotics 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Thursday: End of Semester One!
Culture Club in Room 24 3:45 – 4:45
Robotics 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Friday: Non-School Day for Students - Day In-Between Semesters
Speech and Debate at Federal Way High School
Saturday: Robotics 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Speech and Debate at Federal Way High School
Reminder: Next Week is Spirit Week #2
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE:
The weather forecast calls for snow this week, which could result in school starting two hours late or being canceled. If there is a change to the school schedule, Highline Public Schools will launch an automated call to staff and families. You can also find the information by:
• Checking local TV and radio reports.
• Checking our district homepage at www.highlineschools.org
• Signing up for text or email bulletins on www.schoolreport.org
If in doubt about the school schedule, please check www.highlineschools.org. The website will be your best source of information. If you live outside of the Highline district, please remember that Aviation High School follows the Highline School District schedule—not your resident district’s. Safety always comes first, so if school is in session and you cannot make it in, please remember to call our office at 206.716.0006.
First semester ends this Thursday, January 19. Spaceports and lunar colony projects, AP practice exams, and other project presentations and tests will represent the culmination of learning for Semester #1. If your anxiety is heightened just a bit this week, know that it is natural. Remember to prioritize your studies and give it your all!
Congratulations and thanks this week are extended to:
• Katie McConville and Royce Le, who along with their parents and Ms. Dyer will be traveling to MIT in Boston Massachusetts where they will attend a conference sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They will provide testimony regarding a digital curriculum piloted in Ms. Dyer’s health classes. Congratulations, Katie and Royce, on your selection to serve as AHS ambassadors!
• The following students are commended for their professionalism in representing AHS at the 40th Annual Economic Development Conference last week: Lori Baca, Austin Coleman, Kirsten Noble, Lauren Crom, Rocco Buty, Andrew May, DeAundre Cola, Austin McHenry, Jennifer Luoma, Dustin Werran, Tran Tonnu, Austin Chick, and 2010 graduates Sam Swan and Jaime Katzer.
Thank you, students, for ‘suiting up and showing up’ in such an exemplary manner!
• ASB for an outstanding MLK Assembly last week!
• Science Olympians traveled to Camas, Washington this past Saturday for a long day of demonstrating their knowledge and skills in a variety of events. Congratulations to team for their preparation. Final results will be posted at a later date.
• Sincere thanks goes to EVERYONE who helped out last week with our final 8th grade Information Program! Now the fun begins with reading applications (250 already received; first round deadline is January 31) and interviewing to select the next 100-115 students who will be Aviation High School’s Class of 2016. If you are interested in serving on an interview team, please sign up with Mrs. Hiranaka in the Main Office. Our goal is to interview in February and March and announce the new class by April 1.
Enjoy this week of learning! Remember…no school on Friday so that teachers have time to grade final projects and exams. Report cards will be mailed home the week of January 30th.
Honored to be your principal—Reba G.
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COMMUNITY CONCERT at Highline Performing Arts Center – Tuesday, January 17, at 7:30 PM:
Highline and Kent School Districts will join the Seattle Symphony for Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz as a part of the Symphony's Gold Medalists program. This concert, conducted by Eric Garcia, includes Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 and is presented as part of the Seattle Symphony’s Family, School & Community Programs. Aviation student Kirk Cieszkiewicz will perform at this event.
Congratulations Dain Wright! Puget Sound Skills Center Student of the Quarter for Welding Careers.
AHS Film Club and Art Credit: We do not need film enthusiasts, we just need you! Do you want an exploratory art experience? AHS Film Club is now offering art credit for those who seek an alternate to Visual Arts or CAD! Come join the Film Club where you can indulge in technical innovation and creative development of film as a story telling art form. You can take part in great projects like the Renton Film Frenzy, the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, the Seattle International Film Festival Future Wave Committee, and much more! If you have any questions, you can ask Kevin Schilling, Dustin Abrahamson or Mr. Savishinsky. Film Club meets every Wednesday from 3:30 – 5:00.
The Kavli "Save the World through Science and Engineering Video Contest" is open to students in Grades 6-12. Deadline is March 1, 2012. Students make a short video ( :30-:90) that shows how scientific discoveries and inventions can improve our lives and change our world, either right now or in the future. Enter your video on Schooltube and compete for cash prizes! First prize is $2000 and a travel stipend to Washington, DC to the USA Science and Engineering Festival: April 28-29, Second prize is $750, Third prize is $500, and People's Choice is $250. Winners will be honored in a special awards ceremony hosted by Bill Nye the Science Guy.
http://www.schooltube.com/contests/2012-kavli-save-world-through-science-engineering/
Paid Internships with Aerotec Engineering: Announcing 1-2 full time, paid internships with Aerotec Engineering for the summer 2012. Juniors and Seniors can apply, with application deadline March 15, 2012. Candidates should be pursuing an engineering career, and will need to submit a cover letter and resume, letters of endorsement, transcript and any supplemental materials demonstrating their qualifications. Intern/s will work directly with engineers in flight testing and many other areas according to their interests. Julie Burr, Coordinator of Work Based Learning, can answer questions and a full internship description is on the bulletin board outside the Career Center.
Central Sound Regional Science & Engineering Fair: March 10, 2012 @ Bellevue College.
New for 2012!
• High school students from King and Snohomish Counties must participate in the CSRSEF in order to compete in the 2012 Washington State Science & Engineering Fair.
•There will be a $10 entry fee per student. Each team member will pay an entry fee. Fee waivers will be available for
students receiving free or reduced-fare lunches. The fee will be waived for the first 3 students that register from
each school!
• March 10 is a designated SAT testing date. Students who wish to participate in the fair should plan to take the SAT on an alternate date.
Aviation High School Students: Do something today that will help someone tomorrow. Did you know 1 in 3 homeless people in the U.S. are under the age of 18? “Teens for Jeans” is an event on DoSomething.org that is asking for our help. The organization collects gently used jeans and donates them to over 600 homeless shelters. In the past 4 years this organization has received and donated over 1.5 million pairs of jeans. Are you up to the challenge? I’d like to ask you to collect your gently worn jeans, any brand, ANY SIZE, and donate them to the Lunch room starting January 16th! If our school collects the most jeans our school will be granted $5,000. For any additional information please contact Ashley Snyder @ ashley1st@comcast.net
Note from the AHS Office: Dear Aviation HS Community: We want to get your information into the NOTAM. Please help us by using the following guidelines to ensure your important information is made available to our aviation community:
• NOTAM submissions are due by the end of school day on Thursday of each week.
• All submissions need to be submitted electronically via email to pamela.suiaunoa@highlineschools.org . This will ensure your submission will be posted.
The Staff Appreciation Marathon continues, so be ready to write comments for your favorite teachers and staff members here at AHS! The idea is to thank our adults in the building for their hard work before the quarter ends. We will fill up 1-2 cards of appreciation each day of this week until the end of the semester. Check with ASB officers for this week’s theme to thank and honor our teachers. Remember to come by the lunchroom. Card signing will be available during lunch.
PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS BUT STILL RELEVANT:
The AHS Ultimate Frisbee team is starting up again! Practices start Wednesday, Feb 22! Whether or not one has experience or not anyone is welcome! We would hopefully like to have a Varsity and Junior Varsity but we are in need of more girls. The games will begin in mid March on Saturdays! If you need more information feel free to contact Chris Lu (chris.lu94@gmail.com) or Jennifer Luoma (luomajen@gmail.com)!
From Your ASB:
Tolo: AHS students: get pumped for the second dance of the year! Tolo (girls ask guys) will be on January 28th from 8-11 p.m. and the theme is Beauty and the Geek. For more information about ticket prices look for posters around the school. Tickets will be sold the week of the dance. If you want to bring someone from another school, make sure to pick up the proper paperwork from the main office and get it turned in to Mrs. Hiranaka no later than Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Special Edition Sweatshirts: We still have some Special Edition Sweatshirts available for sale. There are two different styles of crewnecks (black or red) available for $28. See Mrs. Fitzpatrick in room 22 or talk to Mrs. Hiranaka in the main office if you are interested in purchasing one.
$5 Fridays: Every Friday during lunch, the ASB will be opening up the Spirit Shop (AKA the ASB Closet next to Mrs. Flynn's classroom) and selling all t-shirts, lanyards, and sunglasses for just $5! Come check out our inventory...we have some new t-shirt designs available. Also, spirit buttons are being sold three days a week during lunch for just 50 cents!
JANUARY 23-27: Spirit Week
o Monday: Mustache Day (and an afternoon Spirit Assembly)
o Tuesday: Fake Injury Day
o Wednesday: Superhero/Villain Day
o Thursday: Wild Animal Day
o Friday: Spirit/Class Colors Day
• Research Science Institute - The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) co-sponsors of the Research Science Institute (RSI) are looking for talented 11th Grade STEM Students! Are you one of them, and would you be interested in doing some really exciting cutting-edge summer research?
If so, consider applying to the (RSI) program to be held on the MIT campus June 24 to August 4, 2012. Participants will meet some of the world’s most talented students and have an opportunity to conduct research in amazing labs! For application materials and more info about the program, take a look at the CEE web site: www.cee.org
If you have any questions, please contact Maite Ballestero, Vice President, Programs, maite@cee.org.
• Attention 9th grade students: If you are interested in hosting an 8th grade “shadow,” you must sign up, be endorsed by your teachers, and attend mandatory training. To start the process, sign up in Ms. Carper’s office this week!
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR AHS SENIORS:
There are only two weeks left for high school juniors and seniors in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties to apply for the Bank of America Student Leaders Program.
Winners receive:
• An eight-week paid internship at a charitable organization
• A week-long Student Leadership Summit in Washington, DC (July) to gain valuable civic, social and business leadership skills (all expenses paid as part of the Student Leaders Program)
Students can apply by going to www.bankofamerica.com/neistudentleaders
Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation supports many students all over the world with various scholarship opportunities. For more information about the different scholarships available, visit https://www.coca-colascholars.org/cokeWeb/index.jsp
AXA Achievement Scholarship- The AXA Achievement Scholarship is directed by AXA Equitable and offers more than $1.3 million a year in scholarships. If you are ethnically and economically diverse, have drive and determination, and feel you are able to succeed in college; this is the right scholarship for you! Visit http://www.axa-equitable.com/axa-foundation/about.html for more information.
Abbot and Fenner Business Consultants are offering $1,000 scholarships. Applications are available at www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm. Deadline: June 15, 2012.
Big Sun is offering an annual scholarship to any young athlete. All students are eligible for this award, it does not matter what sport you are participating in. To learn more visit http://www.bigsunathletics.com. Deadline: June 22, 2012
Continue checking the AHS website or logging on to school computers to get updated information on events and meetings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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