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December 10, 2017

Good afternoon, 

I hope you've had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the snow.  

I loved Paul Vieira's message this week so I am re-sharing here.  "Relating what happens in your class to the “real world” helps kids make connections between what they learn and how and when they will be able to use it. So often we hear kids say "when am I ever going to need to know this?" How can you make a real-world connection with your content this week? How can we have students see the relevance of what we are doing in their everyday lives or in a future job?" I said to a couple of different teachers this week after walk-through's that I loved how they related what they were teaching to the students lives. Keep up the great work everyone!

Thank you for supporting the PBIS team and the 1st Core Values Student Recognition Breakfast. It was a great way to honor all of the students you all nominated.



I am hearing from everyone in my Principal's job-alike about the issues they are having with vaping in their schools. A colleague recently shared this video and I wanted to pass it along. We have been lucky at AHS that we have not seen the level of in-school use that other schools have seen but we do need to educate ourselves and continue to be vigilant.

This YouTube channel was shared by a health teacher at a local high school.  It is one of 165 videos this teen has made, his video How To HIDE & HIT Your JUUL at SCHOOL WITHOUT Getting CAUGHT has 6,537,658 views.  Thought it might be a good resource for teachers.



A reminder that we have a faculty meeting this Thursday morning at 7:10am.  I will share the agenda in the next day or two.  

I will be out of the building at meetings outside the district on Tuesday afternoon after about 11:30am and Friday morning.  I should be in around 10:30am.  

A reminder that next week (yikes! It's coming quickly.), Friday, December 22 is an Early Release Day.  We are dismissed at 12:35pm.   


Ashland Raises Healthy & Happy Kids: Add One of These Games to Your Shopping List
As you are shopping for holiday or birthday gifts, consider getting a fun, family board game. There are benefits of playing board games for people of all ages:
  • Engage in activities that do not involve staring at a computer screen or a smartphone.
  • Exercise your brain by learning something new.
  • Improve your memory by keeping track of what is happening in the game.
  • Revive your creativity and problem solving skills.
  • Spend time with family and friends.

Below are some fun family games:
  • Monopoly Empire
  • Skip-Bo (card game)
  • Pandemic
  • Bubble Talk
  • Telestrations
  • Over Under
  • Ticket to Ride - European Edition
  • 7 Wonders
  • Cranium
  • Hoopla
  • Phase 10 (card game)
  • Sleeping Queens (card game)
  • Tri-ominos
  • Apples To Apples
  • Taboo
  • Quirkle
  • Mad Gab
  • Blokus
  • Last Word
  • Funglish


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