Weekly Eagle News

Fall 2024, 17th edition, 12/16/2024 - 12/20/2024

~AGHS Film and Video Production is Proud to Present "The Eagle Nest" Podcast~

Coach McAustin

Listen to this episode from The Eagle Nest on Spotify. The Eagle Nest team sits down with retired teacher and coach Mike McAustin from Arroyo Grande High School. The team explores his career at AGHS and his reasons for returning post retirement to help out Boys and Girls Golf.

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

~Finals Schedule for Thursday and Friday~

~New Announcements~

Winter Concert

Come see Choir, Concert Band & Wind Ensemble perform on Wednesday, December 18th in the Clark Center. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission plus Box Office Fees.

Grin and Bare It: New Ghoul at School

Get ready for a ghoulishly good time with this Monster High themed show on December 20th at 7pm in the MPR at Arroyo Grande High School. New Ghoul in School will showcase our Newbies; Luke, Hannah, Penelope, Randi, Melody & Maile. Hosted by senior and board member Charlotte West. Tickets are $5 at the door. Check out the last show of the semester.

2024-2025 Yearbook

Get your yearbook for the 2024-2025 school year while you can. Less than 370 remain, so order early.

AIM Ideas Lab

The AIM Lab is an 8-week program taking place from January 27 - March 17, 2025. Participants have the opportunity to earn 12+ hours of community service hours, connect with other teens, and develop skills and research, data analysis, and public speaking.

~Student Spotlight~

~Speaking Contests~

Optimist Club Speaking Contest

Topic for this year: “How Optimism Has Guided Me Through Trying Times.” The time allowed will be not under 4 minutes or over 5 minutes.

See Coach Chris Ryan in Room 401 after school on Monday or Wednesday or email him (chris.ryan@lmusd.org) for more details.

Lions Club Speaking Contest

Lions Club - with the topic: “Artificial Intelligence; friend or foe?”

Students entering the contest shall prepare a talk to be as close as possible to, but not over, ten minutes, nor less than five minutes delivery time. Lions Club AG (Feb 5) and Pismo Beach (Feb 12). Interest deadline January 17th because there are 8 speaking slots and we'll have a run-off if we have more than 8 potential speakers. See Coach Chris Ryan in Room 401 after school on Monday or Wednesday or email him (chris.ryan@lmusd.org) for more details.

~AGHS Club Announcements~

Clubs should know in order to advertise for your club's special events, please turn your announcement into room #205 for posting. Going forward, flyers will be hung in Eagle Hall, on the tri marquee and blue board in the quad, on the Softball Shed wall, outside room #912, and in the admin building window. All other posters will be removed.

~AGHS Athletics Announcements~

UPCOMING SPORTING EVENTS: See WEEK OF SPORT

Welcome Eagle Families,

Students can purchase an ASB discount card for free entry to all non CIF playoff events online at the AGHS Webstore or at the student business office on campus.

Purchase your digital ticket here: GoFan

How to Purchase Ticket Help Video: click here

~Community Service Opportunities - Click Here~

Reminder Eagles, donations of items do not qualify for community service as noted at the bottom of the community service form.

Dana Adobe & Cultural Center Community Service

Community Service for Child Care at Grover Beach Elementary

~Attendance~

Make Sure to Clear your Absences

Clear Absences by 4pm Tuesday, 01/14/25. Please make sure that the Attendance Office is informed of the reason for any still unverified absences for 12/02/24 - 12/20/24. After that date, we will not be able to make any changes.

College & Military Visits

Seniors and Juniors planning a college/military visit should stop by the Attendance Office to pick up an Excused Absence Request form ahead of their visit. If approved, up to two days may be excused. Visits that will last longer than two days would require a Short Term Independent Study Contract to excuse the absence.

Attendance FAQs

For any other questions about attendance:

Please contact the Attendance Oce:

Last names A-L: contact Mrs. Lewis 📞(805) 474-3200 ext. 2244

💻Dawn.Lewis@lmusd.org

Last names M-Z: contact Mrs. Black 📞(805) 474-3200 ext. 2243

💻Alisha.Black@lmusd.org

Spanish: contact Mrs. Robles 📞(805) 474-3200 ext. 2199

Fax: (805) 474-4222

~Counselor's Corner~

The end of the semester is upon us! It is important for students to focus on passing all of their classes and getting the help they need if they are struggling in any class. Remember that counselors are here to meet with students and help create plans for missing assignments or low grades. We only have three weeks until the semester is over and grades are final. Please email gisselle.ramos@lmusd.org or nancy.gonzalez@lmusd.org for an appointment with your counselor.

Attention Seniors and Senior Parents! The local scholarship application is now open! Please click HERE to complete the application. AGHS receives over $300,000 dollars in scholarships from local organizations and this is the form that will give seniors access to that money. Please see your counselor if you have any questions.

Cuesta Classes on Campus! Attention all students interested in taking a Cuesta college class on our campus in the evening! Cuesta will be offering two courses for the spring semester. Students can take ETHN 260 (Intro to Chicanx and Latinx Studies) or MATH 230 (Math for Humanities). Both of these courses fulfill a GE requirement for college. They are scheduled on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00PM - 6:20PM for the spring semester, which begins on January 21st and end on May 23rd. Please see your counselor if you are interested in taking either of these courses!

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.