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Albemarle High School Bulldog Newsletter Page 1
311 Park Ridge Road Albemarle, NC 28001 Phone: 704‐982‐3711 Fax: 704‐982‐9645
http://www.ahs.scs.k12.nc
IMPORTANT DATES
Oct 2 .............. Blood Drive ................... Tailgate Party (5‐7:15pm) Oct 6 .............. NTHS Induction (7pm) Oct 22 ............ Underclassmen retakes Oct 27 ............ Fall Chorus Concert (7pm) Nov 4 ............. Cap & gown meeting Nov 10 ........... Powder Puff (6:30pm) Nov 12 & 19 .. Senior orders during lunch Feb 4 ............. Payment for senior orders
BUS PASSES On Monday, September 21st, each student at AHS riding a bus was issued a bus rider’s pass. This is an effort to prevent the overloading of first and second bus loads. Bus passes are color coded so that the bus drivers will
able to identify AHS students and insure that their individual buses are not overloaded. Students are responsible for presenting their bus passes to the bus driver when loading the bus. If a student does not have
a bus pass, he or she may not have the opportunity to ride the bus.
PARENT/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Brenda Watson is the AHS Parent/Community Involvement Coordinator (PCIC). Her role is to act as informa‐tion liaison between AHS faculty and staff, the community and parents. The vision for PCIC is to develop and implement effective parent informational sessions in various community locations; and to maintain a wide
variety of readily available human and material resources that will enhance the learning environment at AHS.
TUTORIAL OPPORTUNITIES Successful efforts have been made to provide students with additional academic assistance during after‐school hours through tutorials. Both on‐site and community‐based tutorials have been established to meet the needs of our students. If you have any questions about tutorial locations and times of operation, please contact us at
704‐982‐3711.
SCHOOL HOURS Lately, there have been a number of students staying after school and wandering around aimlessly throughout the campus. School hours for students are from 7:30am—3:10pm. All students are expected to leave campus
at 3:10pm each day, unless they are involved in tutorials, school clubs, sports practices or band. Those students involved in extra‐curricular after‐school activities are expected to remain in their designated areas.
Failure to comply with this request may result in administrative actions of suspension.
Open House on September 17th was a big success! Thank‐you to all of the parents who came out to meet with the teachers. Congratulations to all of our door prize winners!
Conrad Lowder Rasailia Perez Erica McCall Kelly Hill
Robin Little Janet McClure
Weezie Lowder Penny Patrick Vita Pastorini Erin Napier Jeff Brock Cathy Ross
Todd Kimrey Becky Andrew Debbie Reitzell Jane Snyder Aeon Ewing Carol Harris
FALL Semester— Progress/Report Dates
Oct 7 .................. 2nd Progress Reports Oct 27 ................ End of 1st Quarter Nov 3 ................. Report Cards Nov 20 ............... 3rd Progress Reports Dec 15 ............... 4th Progress Reports Jan 12‐15 ‘10 .... Exams Jan 20 ‘10 ......... End of 2nd Quarter Jan 27 ‘10 ......... Report Cards
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Payne, Victoria Polk, Whitney Ross, Amanda Schmidt, Eric Scott, Macy Shaver, Justin Shen, Amelia Skidmore, Cameron Sniquer, Karen Stovall, Simone Surratt, Leah Thompson, Marissa Vang, Chueyim Watkins, Antoinette Williams, Dishana Williams, Hunter Xiong, Mary Xiong, Sherry Xiong, Yee
Acevedo, Brenda Allen, Andrew Bell, Erik Brock, Hannah Dockery, Desi Dutton, Stephanie Edwards, Steven Foley, Mallory Franklin, Brittany Futterer, A.C. Gardner, Jaron Guenther, D.J. Hatley, Adam Holbrook, Hunter Hooker, Raven Huntley, Shymari Kambouris, Maria Kartsimaris, Lina Kimrey, Caroline
King, Jacob Krol, Maddie Limthong, Vanessa Little, Jasmine Locklear, Sasha Lowder, Gabrielle Lowder, Leah Lowder, Mariah Ly, Shua Lyell, Kristen Maxwell, Amber McClure, Kathryn McConlogue, Shane Moore, Julia Morris, Caroline Mullen, Joshua Mullen, Julianne Myers, Tiffany Pastorini, Sophia Patterson, Miranda
PLATINUM
Barber, Nelson Brooks, Jonathan Brooks, Whitney Brown, William Brown, Xzavier Chadwick, Quashawn Chong Perez, Brenda Gibson, Carmen Hamilton, Demetrius Hamilton, Linda
Hughes, Will Kartsimaris, George Lilly, Shaquana Lor, Peter Melo, Benjamin Misenheimer, Loriel Page, Eva Poplin, Bradley Rodriguez, Bryan Russell, Hillary
Sellers, Kenya Smith, Maria Solis, Kimberly Sponseller, Jeromy Stokes, Jamere Surratt, Morgan Turner, Shawanna Watkins, Jasmine Xiong, Meng Yang, Mai Ker
BLUE
Bulldog VISA cards were issued on September 30th. 88 students qualified this semester. These students were treated to a special lunch. Many thanks to the Bank of Stanly and Bear Insurance who
generously provided the Bulldog VISA t‐shirts this year. The Bulldog VISA coffers are empty. The funding for this program
comes from corporate sponsors, parents and grants. We use the money for the monthly treats. Please consider making a donation to the Bulldog VISA program. Any amount will be appreciated. You can contact Carol Sasser for more information at 704‐982‐3711
English III Oct 2 Research First Draft Due Oct 16 Research Final Draft Due Oct 30 Resubmissions
English IV Nov 6 Products due Nov 10 Products evaluated Nov 12 Products returned to student Nov 16 Product resubmitted Nov 23 Portfolios due Nov 25 Portfolios returned/evaluated Nov 30 Portfolio resubmissions Dec 14‐18 Presentation Day—TBA Jan 4—12 Presentation Reevaluations—TBA
Teachers to contact: English III—Gary Moran & Ruby Napier
English IV—Charles Johnson & Ruby Napier Media—Carol Sasser
Graduation project link to papers and manual: http://www.scs.k12.nc.us/for_students/
nc_gradation_project_students
Other resources: Questia (for online book & magazine articles) http://www.quetialschool.com/index.jsp
To log in, use student number and date of birth
NCWise Owl http://www.ncwiseowl.org Go to “High School Zone”
Password off campus: WISEOWL
GRADUATION PROJECT INFO
The Fall chorus concert is October 26th at 7pm in the auditorium at AHS. Admission is free! Come support the Bulldog Chorus and hear some great live music. See you there!
Congratulations to Da’mond Kelley, Dishana Williams, Michaela Boaz, Simone Stovall, Jaques Baldwin‐Peoples, Mercedes Lee and Malaysia Smith. These students have been selected to audition for the Mars Hill Choral Clinic
at Mars Hill college this coming February. Break‐a‐leg!
Women’s football season is here! That’s right, it’s time for POWDER PUFF! On November the 10th, the Junior girls will take on the Senior girls in a battle of epic proportions at 6:30 pm. They’ll fight it out on the football field in an effort to raise money for this year’s prom. They’re counting on YOU to come
out and support them!
Any juniors interested in coaching or playing need to see Mrs. Napier, ad any seniors interested in coaching or playing need to see Mrs. Hesley. Of course,
we also need the help of the male cheerleaders! Any guys interested in cheering need to see either Ms. Kimrey or Ms. Hildreth. Anyone interested in participating needs to sign up by October 2nd. Admission for players and cheerleaders is $2.00, and admission into the game is $2.00. Make sure to mark it on your calendar so you can come help these guys and gals raise some money.For more information or if you would like to help out, please
contact [email protected]
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Bank of Stanly, Bear Insurance, H&K Automotive &
McGowen Insurance
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Art Club took a trip to NoDa (short for North Davidson Street) on Friday, September 4th for the bi‐monthly gallery crawl. We will be taking several trips to NoDa (pronounced “Know‐dah”) during the year as well as planning other funtivities. Art Club met on September 17th to greet new members and elect officers. If you would like to join Art Club (you don’t have to be an artist, just interested in art), then come to any of the
frequent meetings. Dues are $5.00 bi‐annually.
‐ Lauren Kimrey Visual Arts Education/Art Club Advisor
In the FACS (Family and Consumer Sciences) Department at AHS there is a Housing and Interiors course offered. This semester they are off to a great start learning about the rental and buying process of a home. Students traveled to the Stanly County Courthouse and visited the deed room and the mapping department to see first‐hand some of the details involved in purchasing their first home. In the Foods I class, students are learning bout the nutrients
needed by their bodies and how to include them in a more healthy lifestyle. In Foods II class students are learning how to start their in‐school entreprise by studying entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. These students will soon be catering lunches to the faculty as a class business. Both Foods I and Foods II classes enjoyed seeing a student chef from Johnson and Wales University demonstrate his abilities and teach them how to make fondant (an icing used for wedding cakes). He also explained all the benefits of attending a world‐renowned culinary institute like J&W, where TV personality
chef Emeril Lagasse graduated from.
The culminating activity of the North Carolina Graduation Project is the oral presentation in which the senior shares what he or she has learned through their research and work on a chosen topic. This crucial part of the project takes place before a panel of
judges called the Review Board. We invite you to serve as a judge in the 2009‐2010 school year and to participate in this exciting day for our seniors.
Each Review Board will be comprised of three to five judges from the community who will listen to the student’s 10‐minute presentation, followed by an opportunity for impromptu questions. Each judge will assess the student’s performance by
specific criteria outlined on a rubric. Training in using this rubric will be conducted on the actual presentation day at the school site. During this event, you will evaluate approximately four to five presentations, and your commitment should take no longer
than three hours. If you are willing to serve as a judge, please complete the interest form (found on the AHS website). After submitting the form,
you will always receive a letter detailing the presentation date, time and agenda for the school(s) you have selected approximately six weeks in advance of this scheduled event. At that time, you will have the option of accepting or declining
participation according to your availability at the time of the contact. We appreciate your interest in and support of our students. Without your participation, the Graduation Project would not be such a meaningful experience for our seniors. If you have additional questions or would like to notify me of other who are
interested in serving, please contact me at (704)‐983‐5151 or email me at [email protected]
Picture retakes for underclassmen will be on Thursday, October 22nd. Any student wanting to retake his or her pictures must bring back the original photos on picture day. This is also for any under‐
classmen absent on September 17th.
Buy your yearbook now, while the price remains $65! This year’s book is
bigger, higher quality and offered at this price only until November 30th.
Senior yearbook ads are now on sale until Friday, November 6. Full‐page ads are $200.00, 1/2 page ads are $100.00, 1/4 page ads are $60.00 and 1/8 page ads are $40.00. See the yearbook bulletin board
outside of Mr. Johnson's room for more information or an order form.
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) is hosting an open house for prospective students who may be inter‐ested in attending NCSSM for their 11th and 12th grade academic years. It will be held on Sat., Oct. 31st. It provides students and their families with an opportunity to visit campus, explore aca‐demic and student life, and ask questions of faculty, staff, and
NCSSM students. Interested students/ families must register online at ww.ncssm.edu/admissions by Oct.16th to attend. Please see Mrs. Weeks if you need assistance registering for this event.
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The AHS Black Culture Elected Officers for the 2009‐2010 School year.
President: Xzavier Brown Vice President: Chris Scott Secretary: Simone Stovall Treasurer: Mercedes Lee
President ‐ Gospel Choir: Deitra Watkins Spokesperson: Shantika Parker
The BCC is involved in several community service projects. We have performed at several area churches as well as programs here at the school and Black History
month. We meet once a month. The purpose of the BCC is to help educate the community and students of our culture. Anyone interested in joining please see Ms.
Watson in the Main Office.
Demetria Clark Jamaica Stanback
Wanita Polk Shaniqua Harris Onjaya Tyson Ashley Bennett Ebonee Tyson
Sierra Simon Alexis Davis Jerica Leak
Marcia Ridenhour Twaneshia Brice Tyleshia Fleming Shaquana Lilly
Khadijah Clark
This fall all classrooms at AHS were outfitted with new desktop computers and video projectors. All teachers received a new
laptop and ActivSlate. The Promethean ActivSlate 50 is a wireless, fully integrated mini‐board; small enough to sit on a desk or to
move around the classroom. The computer lab and media center also received new desktop com‐puters and projectors. This new equipment is part of the county’s 21st Century Classroom project. Over the next four years, all of the county schools will have this
new equipment installed.
TEST DATE
REGULAR DEADLINE
LATE DEADLINE
October 10 September 9 September 15
November 7 October 1 October 15
December 5 October 30 November 12
January 23 December 15 December 30
March 13 February 4 February 18
May 1 March 25 April 8
June 5 April 29 May 13
SAT Dates & Deadlines
TEST DATE
REGULAR DEADLINE
LATE DEADLINE
October 24 September 18 Sept 19—Oct 2
December 12 November 6 November 7‐20
February 6 January 5 January 6‐15
April 10 March 5 March 6‐19
June 12 May 7 May 8‐21
ACT Dates & Deadlines
President: Alex Robichaud Vice President: Bradley Poplin
Secretary: Carl Hill Treasurer: Quinton Thomas
Parliamentarian: James Webster Reporter: T.J. Melton Chaplain: Tyler Watkins
The PTO will be hosting a Tailgating Party on Friday, October 2nd from 5:00‐7:15pm in the lower parking lot (next to the library).
Hotdogs and drinks will be sold for $1.00. There will be a cornhole tournament held! It will be $5.00/person to participate and will start at 5:30pm. We will also have a football toss for $1.00. Come
out and have some fun before the game, and help support the PTO!
Visit http://www.harristeeter.com/community/
together_in_education/tie.aspx To learn about Harris Teeter’s
TOGETHER IN EDUCATION program. You can also link your VIC card!
