1st full week of Summer break - 05/24 - 05/30

Thanks to all students, parents, faculty, staff, and administration for a great 2009-2010 school year!

Congrats to our science students for 90.5% of them meeting or exceeding state standards on the KS State Science Assessment this year (out of 263 assessments taken)!

Students taking Driver's Ed. this summer should have a schedule of their driving dates and times - this was posted at least two weeks ago at school and given to them at the Saturday classes. They'll continue to meet at the middle school all next week (until further notice).

Welcome to our new principal, Donna Zerr, coming to us from Pittsburg, KS (USD 250). Please help to make her and her husband feel welcome and part of the community!

Lots of new construction and remodeling/renovation will be taking place at the high school this summer - we know everyone is excited to see the results, but let's try to let the crews get their work done in the short time they have without too many of us in their way!

Finally, this blog will be updated, but only about once every two weeks or so - feel free to leave comments on ANY posts (current or past) as it will continue to be moderated on a regular basis.

Thanks, and have a productive summer!

Last Week of School - 05/17 - 05/23

Well, it's the end of another great year at AHS this week - most classes will be taking (or will already have taken) their final exams, and some students will be scrambling just to get caught up so they can raise their grades. Teachers will have until Thursday at noon to get their grades finalized and turned in, so most will be accepting work up until around 10:30 or 11:00 that morning - just in case you (or someone you know) need to turn in something or make up a test...

On another note, this blog will be on 'maintenance-mode' for the summer months; instead of monitoring it for comments on an almost daily basis, someone on our committee will be checking it once or twice a week until right before school starts up again in the fall, then we'll be back to our previous moderation schedule.

See you next semester!

Renaissance Week - 05/03 - 05/09

Every semester, the Renaissance Committee, headed by Jeff Regier, rewards students for various accomplishments, the most prestigious of which are the Teacher Choice Awards. Each teacher in the building nominates one student from their current classes that they feel exemplify qualities such as scholarship, determination, perseverance, or any number of other traits that teacher identifies in top students. These awards will be handed out on Tuesday this week in a special assembly with their parents/family members in attendance to commemorate the occasion.

The other four days are reserved for recognizing things such as student involvement in extracurricular activities, 'A' performance in classes, and high/improved GPA. Thanks to many local businesses and individuals, this program has been funded completely from outside donations!!!

Way to go, Augusta, for supporting AHS students and the future of our community!