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January 3, 2023

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful break with a chance to relax and spend time with family and friends. 

We are almost halfway there. I will share the midyear exam schedule later this week once liaisons provide some feedback. I will plan to share it with students and guardians on Friday.

There is no X-block today, Tuesday, January 3. Please instruct students to spend this time signing up for activities for the week. Remind them the semester comes to an end in less than 3 weeks!

Please welcome some new staff members to the AHS family!
Will Viti starts today in the history department. He is a certified history teacher who will be teaching psychology.
Elizabeth Darling will be starting sometime in the next week with the EL department as an ESP. 


We saw an uptick in staff illness/absences before break that I anticipate will continue into the new year. A few reminders regarding absences:
1. Please make sure to include your plans in your request. It can be as simple as saying instructions will be in Google Classroom.
2. Do not count on a sub or students being in your classroom. Materials & directions should not be left in your classroom.
3. If you are Covid positive please feel free to check in with me or the nurses regarding dates. The rule of thumb is "day 0 is symptom onset or positive test, whatever happened first. You can return to school on day 6 and stay masked through day 10."
4. If you can remember, we find days are more likely to be picked up if they are entered individually. If you know you need to be out 5 days, enter them all at once, but as separate days rather than a group. 
5. If you are taking partial days please try to change your status to no sub needed. 
Please take care of yourselves and your families! 

Important dates this month:
January 9-11 - ACCESS testing begins for EL students
January 12- Faculty meeting
January 13-16- Family Reconnect Weekend - no homework, please review policy here
January 17- Professional Day 
January 24-27 - Midyear exams
January 26- 8th grade step-up day - potential new students will tour after exams
                    Department meeting
January 30- ACCESS testing 
February 1- grades due 3pm

Have a wonderful week!

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