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STUDENTS
Open Houses
Parents of Middle School students are asked to mark their calendars for the Open House on Monday, August 25th at 7:30 PM. The High School Open House will be Tuesday, August 26th at 7:30 PM. Parents on both nights will meet with teachers in the Guillermo Zambrano Auditorium at 7:30 and then follow a mini-schedule to meet each teacher for their son or daughter.
PowerSchool Parent Access
Last week, you should have received your PowerSchool log in Username and Password. If you lose this login information, please phone a school office, and your PowerSchool login will be emailed to your registered family email address(es).
At ASFM, we have been using PowerSchool as our student information system for the last two years, and now you are being given access to see information such as student data, library fines, family balance, and attendance. We are asking that you login to verify your student/family information at your earliest convenience. Any changes can be made directly in PowerSchool.
We have made settings for you to receive the Summary of Current Grades and Attendance report once a week to your registered family email address(es). If you want to change this setting to receive these reports more frequently, simply login to PowerSchool to make changes on the Email Notification screen. Please note that ASFM values communication to parents. Please try to maintain this as a minimum setting.
DramaFest 08
Yes, the date has already arrived!
For those young directors and screenwriters, DramaFest proposals are being requested this week. You can pick up a DramaFest proposal form on the Fine Arts bulletin board. Initial proposals are due this week on Wednesday, and Ms. Reddick and Mr. Smith will be reviewing them later in the week. For those students who wish to act, auditions will be coming up soon. DramaFest this year is November 6th-8th.
ExtraCurricular Activities
Each year we offer many opportunities for your children to get involved in school life. We have DramaFest prpoposals due this week, and after school sports started last week as well. Next week we will post other extracurricular opportunities for your students. Please encourage them to get involved.
Yearbook and ID pictures
Where? PE Room #1 When?
Grade 8--Monday August 25th (Spanish classes)
Grade 10--Tuesday August 26th (English classes)
Grade 11--Wednesday August 27th (Socials classes)
Grade 12--Thursday August 28th (Ecology/Mex. Gov't classes)
Grade 9/12 Generation Photo--Friday August 29th
Grade 6 Group Photos--Friday August 29th
Recommendations for better pictures:
Solid colors on clothes look better in pictures.
For hygiene reasons we will not provide hairbrushes or combs, we will appreciate if you bring your own.
We ask students to pay special attention to their appearance on that day.
Senda Bus
During the 2008-2009 school year, due to Huasteca's schedule there is an early dismissal at 1:40 on Fridays for high school students only. The regular bus runs 30 minutes later for middle school students. In order for a special bus to be cost worthy to run for HS students only at 1:50, we need a minimum of 12 high school students to ride this bus. During 2007-2008 school year, we did not meet the minimum number required for this route. We are not planning to run this route for the 08/09 school year. If you desire this route for your high school child, please inform Betty Elizondo in the main office. If we get the minimum number, we can offer this option.
After School Sports
For all those students who wish to participate on a Track and Field team, please report to the After School Sports office. This is a great year to begin Track, the Olympic year!
Reporting Out Grades
Please be aware of the dates your children will receive reports from the school this year. Students in Grades 6-12/Bach III will receive printed grade reports every 6 weeks. The first one is October 2nd and we will offer Gymnasium conferences from 12:00-2:00 that afternoon for parents to meet teachers. Students will also receive a report November 20th and the Semester 1 report card January 16th.
Second semester we have gymnasium conferences with the report February 24th, a report April 28th and the 2nd Semester Report card June 11th.
Parents should be aware that through Powerschool, you can check your child's progress regarding attendance and academics at ANYTIME throughout the year. We hope this 24 hour access will make progress reports almost obsolete, as communication with the school will be determined by the interest of the parent.
Clean Up Huasteca
We are organizing for the first time a "Clean Up Huasteca" on September 6 (Saturday), 2008. This "Clean Up Huasteca" will be the first in the school year, we are planning on a second one during the month of January, as done in previous years. We want two "Clean Up Huasteca's" during the school year because we feel our efforts are not enough (each year we go back to the Huasteca only to find it as messy as the year before). Look for more details as the date nears.
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