8 – 9 – AHS Instructional Technology PLC will take instructional technology questions in the media center (optional)

9 – 10:30 – IG Group (mandatory)

10:30 – 12:00 – Open for department meetings, PLC meetings, individual work time

12:00 – 1:00 – lunch on your own

1:00 – 3:30 - IRR teachers have data collection professional development (mandatory)

Everyone else - Open for PLC meetings, individual work time

Earn Credits$$ for your Health Insurance

Have you done your Well Being Assessment??

https://www.bewellshbp.com/

Have you called to set up coaching calls??

1-888-616-6411

By doing these things, you can earn up to $480 that will go towards copays and doctor bills

Our wonderful PTSA will host a pizza lunch for all staff during lunch on Thursday, January 19th in the staff café.

January 12 - Hard lock down, soft lock down, and fire drill - beginning of 5th period

January 12 - PSAT/Sophomore Night

January 16 - No school

January 17 - AHS PL Day - 1st IG group of second semester

January 19 - Pizza lunch by PSTA

January 19 - Special Programs Night

January 26 - HOPE Scholarship Night

January 27 - Winter Pep Rally

February 3 - Fire drill, time TBD

February 6 or 7 - February Faculty Meeting

February 8 - Mr. AHS, auditorium, 7 PM

February 9 - Anchor Time begins

February 9 - Band Concert

February 15 - Balance Night

February 17 - No school (inclement weather make-up day, if needed)

February 20 - No school

February 22 and 23 - ACCESS testing (ELL students)

February 23 - Middle School Transaction Night

March 30 - Senior Games - afternoon

April 22 - Prom

Sunny Wright, English/Special Education; Jaime Duran, Science; Alex Henner, math; David Boyd, Social Studies, Kim Holliday, English

If you are interested in joining PAGE, please visit the following link:

https://page.site-ym.com/?join

Teachers, if you have a 2nd semester student in your classroom with a 504 plan, please let the chair know and they will get you a copy of that student’s 504 plan.

The 504 chairs are:

9th: Derek Wright

10th: Ira Jenkins

11th: Whitney Decaminada

12th: Laurie Veillon

To check if a student has a 504 plan, click on the yellow “M” triangle next to the student’s name on your roster and it will read “Student has a 504 plan”. NOTE: not all students with a yellow “M” have a 504 plan.

There are some Office 365 workshops coming up in the next two weeks that still have some openings. These are full day classes and are titled Microsoft Innovative Educator Academy. If interested you can register in the Instructional Technology catalog in Edivate. There are two different classes for elementary level and one option for MS/HS.

If you cannot attend and are looking for more information about Office 365, you can always visit this training site in the FCS employee portal.

EOC test review:

http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/SharedLandingPage.aspx

*There are review materials included in the link for other non-EOC courses too!

The following students will be participating in the Fulton County Championship Meet on Thursday January 12th. Divers will be departing school 12:00 and Swimmers will leave at 2:00. Coach Kearney will also email individual teachers to inform them of the student absence.

Ackerman, Sela

Anzilotti, Joseph

Bilderback, Elizabeth

Bilderback, Grant

Boone, Sydney

Boyd, Rebecca

Cohen, Samantha

Cregan, Mia

Duncan, Margaret

Evonsion, Eric

Fawley, Dylan

Ferguson, Margaret

Henry, Parker

Holmquist, Kieren

Horvath, Hansen

Kim, Young Jae

Kloecker, James

Kulkarni, Sanika

Lu, Brandon

Lu, Eon

Martin, Taylor

Murray, Calista

Nyquist, Kevin

Oswald, Jason

Perraud, Shayne

Perreiah, Diana

Peterson, Zachary

Pillay, Sayanna

Prol, Emma

Renken, Cailey

Renken, Jillian

Schwartz, Abby

Schwartz, Jessie

Shedrawy, Madison

Sterneld, Eric

Sterneld, Nina

Tani, Aaron

Terrell, Ella

Thompson, Samantha

Tigert, Madison

Toddy, Michael

Traugott, Eric

Uphues, Audrie

Vater, Jonathan

Wahl, Patrick

The Spring 2017 club application is attached to this week's newsletter.

New Year, New You!

Interested in getting a healthy start to the new year? Dr. Kersey has agreed to support another At-Work Weight Watchers Group and she will be sponsoring a drawing for 2 free memberships! You could be the lucky winner!

We are looking for a minimum of 15-20 interested staff members. It’s so convenient! Private weigh-ins and meetings are right here on campus. Our last session was held Wednesday mornings, 7:15 AM weigh-in, 7:30-8:00 AM meeting. We have this timeframe available to us again this semester.

Cost depends on you! The more members we register, the more weeks we get for less! Plus, you could win one of those free memberships!

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please contact Tanoni Houston at houstonta@fultonschools.org by Friday, January 20th. Once we have received confirmation of interest from 15-20 members, we will host an Information Session to meet the leader and officially register with Weight Watchers. Great ideas, great comradery, and getting healthy too! Join today!

Jane Mando 8

Trudy Whitehead 9

Clarenda Baugh 10

Mike Scheifflee 12

Jacob Nichols 14

Mike Nance 16

Bryan Wells 18

Keisha Iton Moore 20

Connie Morrow 20

Jeff Macko 21

Kendra Magill 21

Kirk Duncan 22

Elzbieta Kaczkowska 23

Brenda Hunter 24

Brendan Ramsey 29

Andy Doetsch 31

Please stop by and see Michelle Waliaga to pick up your Jeans Sticker if you contributed to the Charitable Fund.

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

Carl Bard

We want to create a community filled with more balanced lives. The School Governance Council proposed a solution, and the Instructional Leadership Team agreed; thus, we have declared two nights a semester during the 2016-17 school year as "Balance Days."

February 15th

March 15th

The nights above are Wednesday nights the week of the 17th (to celebrate the class of 2017), and on these nights there will not be any homework assigned, no assessments will occur the next day, and no AHS meetings will be scheduled.

The idea is that Raiders will go home right after school and work to create balance in their lives. Staff members and students alike will take a night off. Club sponsors and coaches and directors may hold meetings and practices and games as needed. We feel students release stress through these extracurricular activities.

Please plan to enjoy yourself and work your assessments around these dates this year.