Hello AAE Families:

Hello Everyone - thank you all so much for staying on top of our newsletters. Hoping you can join us on Friday night at our Hispanic Heritage Celebration!

We are always available by email and phone as well. If we can be of assistance, please call our main office at (860) 243-0857 or email aaemainoffice@crec.org. If you would like to email the whole AAE administrative team, you can email aaeadminteam@crec.org. You can also feel free to email us individually.

Thanks you!

Mr. Johnson

Picture Day is this Tuesday, October 8th. Forms were given out last Wednesday in advisory . You can order online @ mylifetouch.com Picture Day ID EVTKSVDJ3

We are looking for parents interested in representing our school at this year's Parent Senate. Meetings are held both on Zoom and in-person. For more details, please refer to the flyer or contact Mrs. Patterson at 860-305-6882 or dpatterson@crec.org if you're interested.

Please come the Community STEM Expo on Saturday, October 12th from 10am to 1pm. Please read the flyer or email Mr. Coley at mcoley@crec.org for more information.

We will only have one day, Thursday, each week for after school clubs. All after school clubs will be on Thursdays after school until 4:30 pm. * We know some students want to do more than one club. Students who want to do more than one club must make individual arrangements with all the club advisors involved.

Parents/Guardians must fill out the sign-up form before their student stays after school! Free Snack and Free Late Bus Transportation will be provided.

** Drama Club Sign-ups will be done later (December or January) and may require auditions for some parts.

*** Tutoring is not a club - sign-ups for tutoring will be done separately.

**** Fan Club is done separately - sign-up is done directly with Mr. Narcisse.

***** Sign-ups for Advisory activities (done on Wednesday mornings during first period) are done directly with the teacher offering the activity. Advisory includes Student Council, GSA - Gender Student Alliance, SBAT - Student Based Advocacy Team and more.

Important Notes:

1 - Additional Clubs may be added in the future.

2 - Clubs with low enrollment may be cancelled.

3 - This form limits each account to one submission.

If you have more than one student, you can use a second account or contact Mr. Copeland at cocopeland@crec.org

Club sign-up link is: https://forms.gle/o3A2JD6Wumrk95FCA

Field Trips will be starting soon! Make sure you have logged into the Powerschool parent portal so you will be ready to go! Science teachers are also requesting you to go into the portal to complete lab safety agreements so your students can do labs this year. Thank you!

HS Sports News:

AAE has been awarded The Michael Jewelers cup award along with the other CREC schools from the CIAC. There will be a ceremony and lunch on Monday 10/7 at the Aqua Turf in Southington. Our very own Davinci Prado will be speaking at this event and has been a very active member of our high school community.

Some Friendly Reminders: Please remember that we have a shortage of officials, so we may not agree with all their calls, they are there to make our games happen. Let's root for AAE and let the officials do their jobs.

There are no suburban buses for games. Also note if we are playing another Crec School the Hartford bus will run from that site. For example, if a game is at ASI, the Hartford bus leaves from there.

Buses leave promptly at 2:15 to offsite sports competitions

It is important we clean up our snack after receiving one from Mr. Copeland and we must not wear cleats in the cafeteria.

As we approach the end of the season; please return uniforms 3 days after the last competition. Any missing uniforms will impact eligibility for the next season and beyond.

This week in Sports

Saturday 10/5

10 am JV soccer vs ASI

10am JV Football vs Coventry

Monday 10/7

9am CIAC Sportsmanship and Award Ceremony!!!!!!!!!!

4pm CREC Colts JV vs Coventry

Tuesday 10/8

3:45pm Cross Country Meet at Northwest Park

3:45pm Boys Soccer vs Bulkeley @ Colt Park

3:45pm Girls Soccer vs HMTCA @ Hyland Park

4pm JV Volleyball vs Bulkeley

5pm Volleyball vs Bulkeley

Wednesday 10/9

3:45 JV boys Soccer vs East Granby

4pm JV Volleyball @ Bloomfield

5pm Volleyball @ Bloomfield

Thursday 10/10

3:45pm Girls Soccer vs International

3:45 JV Boys Soccer vs Granby

6pm Crec Colts vs Granby under the lights!!!

Friday 10/11

4pmJv Volleyball vs Comp Sci

5pm Volleyball vs Comp Sci

Saturday 10/12

10:30 am Crec Colts vs Granby

Go Jets!

The UConn Pre-Engineering Program (PEP) is a weekly Saturday enrichment program for current 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students! They designed the program to have hands-on STEM exploratory activities, Empowerment Sessions, and STEM Moments with Homework Help opportunities! You get to do fun STEM activities and get help with your math and science homework! The deadline to register is September 10th! They also have plenty of scholarship money available so please don't let the cost stop you from signing up! Please use the following link to get more information about the program and to register:

The AAE Music Department ensembles are hard at work learning songs for the Winter Concert that will take place on Thursday, December 19th in the auditorium! Hits & Classics that everyone will LOVE!

All field trip permission slips will be completed through the parent portal. If you are having trouble logging into the portal, please be sure to email aaemainoffice@crec.org or call the school at 860-243-0857.

We are excited to build a strong, comprehensive middle school, school counseling program. We know that the middle school years can be difficult, but also a time of unprecedented growth and excitement. As school counselors, we work with all students and their families to help navigate this time. Your child will often see us in the classroom leading lessons, checking in with them or their friends, or in the hallway and cafeteria to say hi. We cover topics like conflict resolution, advocating for self and others, goal setting, college and career aspirations, time management, organization, in short many of the skills that aren’t a discrete skill for a job, but necessary to get the job done! We also are a great resource for you and your child if they are struggling academically or with a teacher and if they have concerns about themselves or their friends.

In the meantime, as you and your child get back into the routine of school please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or concerns. While we are rarely in our office (we like to be where your kids are!) we will always get back to you in a timely fashion. The best way to ensure this is to email us. Even if you’d like a phone call, email us with some times you’re available and we’ll do our best to not to play phone tag with you.

Jen Skitromo & Hannah Kaizer

jskitromo@crec.org;

hkaizer@crec.org

Meet the Counselors.pdf

Greeting High School Families! We are excited to be serving as your student’s school counselors throughout their high school years. We are available to support your student in the areas of academics, social/emotional health, and college/career planning.

Grade 12:

Wednesday October 16th: SAT School Day for all grade 12 students (testing begins promptly at 8am)

Thursday October 17th: Paid 4 College Scholarship Program for Parents at AAE (5:30 refreshments, 6-7pm program)

Friday October 18th: Paid 4 College Scholarship Program for students at AAE 1-2pm

Friday November 1st: Application Fee Free Day for all public CT colleges and universities

(Students will submit their applications and then enjoy a special breakfast as a class)

Monday November 4th: CREC Financial Aid Night at 5pm at CREC Central (111 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford) or on Zoom

Grade 10/11:

• Counselors will be onboarding 10th and 11th grade students into the new college/career planning platform, SchooLinks, during the month of October.

Wednesday October 9th: PSAT School Day for all grade 10th grade students (testing begins promptly at 8am)

• Friday October 11th: PSAT School Day for all grade 11th grade students (testing begins promptly at 8am)

Grade 9:

• In the next few weeks, counselors will be visiting Freshman Focus classes to onboard 9th grade students into the SchooLinks platform and to review important information for high school such as transcripts, GPA, and future planning.

Families can now apply for energy assistance from the comfort of their home by clicking the provided link. Don’t delay—winter is coming, and help is available! Act now to ensure your home stays warm this season.

Good afternoon parents,

The SNAP health portal is a communication platform that allows for sharing information with your child's school nurse as well as the ability to have access to your child's health information.

If you would like your child to receive Tylenol and Motrin while at school, this portal allows parents to give written permission to the school nurse.

Attached are instructions of how to create your account.

Thank you.

SNAP Health Portal.pdf