Weekly Eagle News

Fall 2022, 3rd edition, 9/05/2022 - 9/09/2022

PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCE

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883. By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday. SOURCE

This Week's Food Menu - click here for a direct link

~New Announcements~

ATTENTION EAGLES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH WE ARE ON MINIMUM DAY SCHEDULE

Kindness Week: Follow @aghseagles or check out the flyers posted around campus for daily lunchtime activities and special events.

The Color Blast Dance is back! This event combines an after game dance with festive powdering of color upon entrance. Tickets are on sale until September 13th for $10 with ASB and $12 w/o. Prepurchasers will receive a free screened white t-shirt. Tickets at the door cost $12 with ASB, and $15 w/o.

PARKING PERMIT INFO

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LOST AND FOUND

Please come into the front office and pick up your lost items. There are numerous sweatshirts, sunglasses, keys and water bottles.

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WORK PERMITS

Attention all students that plan on working this year. Please submit a completed work permit request form to Mr. Coville ASAP, or email him at trevor.coville@lmusd.org. Anybody that needs their current permit extended can stop by Room 510, or email Mr. Coville as well.

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MAKE SURE TO CLEAR YOUR ABSENCES

Clear Absences by Midnight Tuesday, 09/13/22. Attendance Month Deadline - Please make sure that the Attendance Office is informed of the reason for any still unverified absences for 08/18/22 - 09/09/22. After that date, we will not be able to make any changes.

ATTENTION EAGLES: STUDENTS NEED A PASS TO LEAVE CAMPUS

If your student needs to leave campus for any reason, please call / email / send a note to the Attendance Office, giving as much prior notice as possible. A pass will be delivered to your student during one of their classes. This pass is shown to staff to show that the student has permission to leave campus at the time stated on the pass.

Attendance Office contact details:

Dawn Lewis (805) 474-3200 ext. 2244 Dawn.Lewis@lmusd.org

Alisha Black (805) 474-3200 ext. 2243 Alisha.Black@lmusd.org

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Homework Center

Need a quiet place to get your work done after school? The Homework Center is open from 3:45-4:45 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in room 208 in the Career Center. The HW Center is open to all students! Hope to see you there!

~COUNSELOR CORNER~

A Thought For The Week: “The expert at anything was once a beginner.” Helen Hayes.

Remember how amazing you are and don’t be discouraged by needing to work hard and persevere through difficult things! Let your teachers and peers inspire you to do better and be better and reach higher than you think you can.

Schedules: Just a friendly reminder that no schedule changes will be made until the spring semester.

Calling all student tutors! If you are interested in being on our tutor list, please fill out this FORM so we can get you on our list. Remember that you can get paid to tutor or you can earn community service hours.

Seniors and Senior Parents: Stay tuned for your Senior Guidance talks coming up in September! We will go over post high school plans and provide great information about college applications, community college options, trade schools and military, as well as financial aid resources, including FAFSA and scholarship opportunities.

We will also be sending out our first round of senior letters in the coming weeks. This letter will include transcripts, graduation status, and four year college eligibility information. Please watch your mailboxes for this important letter!

Senior Parents, we will host an evening informational session after we finish our talks with seniors. Please reserve the evening of Thursday, September 29th at 6:00PM for a google meet with us!

Juniors: The PSAT/NMSQT is coming up on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH. We will be offering the test here at AGHS on that date to our JUNIOR class only. This test is a way for juniors to practice for the SAT and also to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program and other scholarship opportunities. Doing well on this test can earn juniors recognition they can put on their college applications next fall.

If you want to take this test, please fill out this FORM to register for the test. After completing the form, please pay the fee ($25.00) in our Student Business Office on campus or through our AGHS Webstore at this LINK. The deadline for registration is FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.

Sophomores: We will be meeting with you in October for your guidance talks. In the meantime, if you have questions or just want to meet with your counselor, please come to the counseling office and make an appointment.

Frosh and Frosh Parents: We can’t wait to meet with all of you and get to know you! Your guidance talks start this week in your English classes. Each counselor will meet with a small group and we will go over all of the important AGHS information and you will get to sign up for an individual appointment if you have more questions.

Frosh Parents, we will host an evening informational session after we finish our talks with freshmen. Please reserve the evening of Thursday, September 8th at 6:00PM for a google meet with us!

Mental Health Counseling: AGHS does have mental health counselors on campus. If interested, your first step is to either set up an appointment to meet with your school counselor or ask to speak with Mrs. Martinez who is located in the administration office.

~AGHS CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS~

1388 EAGLE ROBOTICS NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION

Interested in Robotics? Have a passion for programming, fabrication, electrical, designing, welding or just want to learn what we are all about? Come check out FIRST Team 1388 Eagle Robotics on September 12th at 7pm in the George O'Connell Board Room on Orchard Street (next to 900 wing) as we review our program for all interested new members. This is a mandatory meeting if you are interested in joining robotics, and please bring a parent along.

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SPEECH AND DEBATE CLUB

On Saturday, September 10th, Speech and Debate will travel to a workshop at Hart High School that will provide demonstrations of each event that we participate and compete in. We’d be happy to have you join us to learn more.

You can join our Google Classroom or contact Coach Chris Ryan to get more details. We look forward to speaking with you!

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MOCK TRIAL

Mock Trial is starting up again this year. If your interested in acting, law, public speaking, debating and want to make some new friends, stop by room 309 after school on Mondays and Wednesdays for snacks, games and more information. Email Mr. Silva for more information.

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FNL (Friday Night Live)

FNL will host it's first club meeting this Thursday, September 8th during lunch in room 308. Remember, Thursday is a minimum day so this is technically after school.

BEACH CLEAN-UP CLUB

We will be having our first meeting this Friday at Lunch in Room 707 immediately following the Environmental Club Meeting. Come join us and make our Beaches a better place.

~Seniors~

~Career Center News~

Career Center Hours:

Career Center is open all day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Open at lunch only on Monday and Friday.

College & Career Visits:

September 16th-Willamette University during 2nd period

September 21st-Marines NROTC Program during 4th period

**Juniors & Seniors have priority and you MUST sign up beforehand.

Stop by the career center to sign up. Space is limited**

Scholarships

ELKS TEENAGER OF THE MONTH SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

The Oceano/Five Cities Elks Lodge #2504 selects an AGHS senior male and female each month based on achievements, character, leadership, service, citizenship and scholastics. The Teenager of the Month will be recognized at an Elk’s dinner and will then be eligible for selection of "Teenager of the Year". Monthly for the 22'23 School Year - Completed application should be submitted to Brianna.boyd@lmusd.org. Students only need to apply once. If your application is not chosen in a given month, it will be considered for the following month. The sooner you turn in an application, the more opportunities you will have for selection. At the end of April, we have a panel of Elks Members judge the Student of the Month Applications. From this pool, we will select one male and one female who will each receive a college scholarship.

Go to the AGHS Website under scholarships for more information or stop by the Career Center.

~AGHS Athletics Announcements~

UPCOMING SPORTING EVENTS: See WEEK OF SPORT

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Girls Wrestling

For girls interested in wrestling this year, there will be a meeting Wednesday, September 7 in room 207 at lunch.

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Boys Soccer

There will be an organizational meeting this Thursday for Boys Soccer. The meeting will be at 12:55 during the Lunch period. All prospective Soccer Players should attend this meeting held at the AGHS football stadium West bleachers.

~Community Service Opportunities - Click Here~

Book Sale

On Saturday, September 10th from 7 to 3 there will be an opportunity to get up to 8 community service hours. If you have questions and are considering helping email at darleneraekelly@gmail.com or text at 1-559-362-0785