The Acorn

Greetings AOC Families,

I hope that you had a wonderful weekend! Friday is a T/TH schedule. Here is the student bulletin. All families are invited to our AOC talent show this Friday. We hope that you have a wonderful Spring Break next week! We will look forward to seeing you when you return on April 10th.

Our Seniors are starting to receive their college acceptances. Thank you to our students who have shared this news with us. We're so excited to celebrate with you.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, March 28th

• District Wellness Department presents the topic of "Sleep and Teens" on zoom. See flyer below for details.
• Dr. Shapiro will be hosting a meeting for students interested in a historical tour of New York City and Washington DC from 6-6:30pm. See link and message below.

Wednesday, March 29

• ROOTS Board Meeting at 6pm on zoom.

Friday, March 31

• 6-9pm AOC Talent Show Rescheduled in the COC Cafeteria.

Monday, April 3-Friday, April 7

• Spring Break for AOC, No School for WSHUHSD

Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Dr. Juliet Fine

Principal of AOC

(661) 362-3056

jfine@hartdistrict.org

661-362-3056

Carla Tuttle, Office Manager/ Registrar- ctuttle@hartdistrict.org

AOC Families,

I have attached a copy of a letter that I have written and sent to all of our students. I asked the teachers to read this letter aloud to their classes. The entire William S. Hart Union High School District has taken a position to require our students to no longer use this word on our campuses.

Newhall and Canyon Country public libraries will be serving free lunches all summer on Mondays-Fridays to anyone 18 and under. This is a new public service that many of our students and siblings may take advantage of. The Valencia library did not qualify for this funding so this one branch will not be offering the service. And the library in Stevenson Ranch is not city-run so they are not part of this either.

All families are invited to the AOC Talent Show held on 3/31 from 6pm-9pm. It is an opportunity for families to see the many talents of our AOC community. Everyone is invited to this community-wide event held in the COC Cafeteria.

Please fill out the survey to help make our school a better place. Thank you to everyone who has participated.

Tiffany is a future architect who was accepted into the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She

hopes to explore design and learn more about the technical aspect of creative thinking!

RISD was her top school of choice! Tiffany followed her passion in design and architecture. Congratulations, Tiffany! AOC is so proud of you!

For the rest of the school year, students and parents are invited to share any good news that they are proud of with the rest of the AOC community. Please share the good news with me, jfine@hartdistrict.org and I will share it with the entire community. Let's celebrate our students' accomplishments together.

Dr. Shapiro will be hosting a meeting for students interested in a historical tour of New York City and Washington DC on Tuesday, 3/28 from 6-6:30pm

AOC marathon runners for SOAR.

Thank you, ASB for an AWESOME community-wide event! Way to go, Seniors! All of our students were wonderful competitors! Great job, AOC! School spirit is high at AOC!

Our visit with our youth ambassadors from Matsuri, Japan has come to an end. We held a beautiful discussion with AOC students and our guests in UCEN 107 on Tuesday at lunch and the City of Santa Clarita and Sister Cities recognized our students as youth global ambassadors. Thank you to our hosts, Emma Finch, Zayna Jawich, and Chloe Williams and their families for hosting our guests. They have safely arrived home and invited our students to visit.

Spring Break is from April 3rd-April 7th and there is no school.

Located on the campus of College of the Canyons, AOC is proud to be the middle college high school in the William S. Hart Union High School District serving students 9th-12th grades in the Santa Clarita Valley. Students have the opportunity to earn between 24 and 44 transferable college units, prior to receiving their high school diplomas. Upon graduation, the majority of Academy students pursue their post high school education by continuing at COC and completing their college transfer requirements in only one year after high school. Other AOC students go directly into a four-year university, bringing their community college units with them and placing themselves well into their freshman and sophomore years at the college level. While attending AOC as a high school student, community college tuition is waived for established California residents.

Email: jfine@hartdistrict.org
Website: https://www.academyofthecanyons.com/
Location: Academy of the Canyons, Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone: 661-362-3056
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Academy-of-the-Canyons-Middle-College-High-School-330158873741614
Twitter: @Academy_Canyons