Allegan Alternative High School
Eagle News
January 2015
Welcome to 2015!
From the Principal’s desk….
Happy New Year! It has been great welcoming your student back to school after Winter Break. As important as time off is, I know many of us were more than ready to get back into a routine.
With the start of a new year comes the resolutions we make (and sometimes quickly break!).
As Principal, I have learned that you have to be intentional about what you want to accomplish or those
items will quickly fall by the wayside. Here are a few items I plan to be intentional about and I hope you
will join me in striving to achieve:
1) I want to get to know each and every student as a learner and a person. I not only want to know their
strengths and weaknesses in the classroom, but also their goals, their dreams, their hobbies, and their
quirks. We have such a wonderfully diverse student body with so many different personalities and interests. Our small size makes this goal possible. The relationships the staff builds with our students is a key
ingredient to our success.
2) I want to increase school-home communication. Please know that I welcome phone calls, emails, or
face to face appointments to talk about your child and how we can best meet their needs. Are you wondering where your student is on the road to graduation? Would you like to learn more about our Tech
Center and Credit Recovery opportunities? A great start to this would be attending our upcoming parentteacher conferences. I hope to see you there.
3) I want you to join me in spreading the word about all the positive things happening at AAHS. There are
still community members who do not fully understand what our school is all about. It is up to us to educate them. Allegan Alternative not only gives students a second chance at a high school diploma, but I
watch students each and every day gain confidence, social skills, and a true sense of belonging. I am
calling on you to help share your student’s success story. We have a lot to be proud of!
Your partner,
Laura
Honor Roll and Excellent Attendance for 2014-15 First Trimester
Honor Roll “All A’s”
Honor Roll “B” or Better
Tristen Barnes
Stephanie Dailey
Alex Jager
Victoria Clark
Nicole Harris
Max Sobeck
Alyssa Hicks
Excellent Attendance 2 Absences or Less
Nicole Harris
Alyssa Hicks
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Important Dates
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, January 20
January 19 —No School
Featuring a * CHILI COOK-OFF
January 20 & 21—Parent/Teacher Conferences
4:00-7:00 pm
February 4-2 hr. Early Dismissal-Professional Development Day
Wednesday, January 21
March 6—No School-End of 2nd Tri
March 25—2 hr. Early Dismissal-Professional Development Day
April 3—No School...Good Friday
3:00-6:00 pm
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*Come sample all the different chilies prepared
by staff members and vote for your favorite!
April 6-10—No School...Spring Break
April 28 & 29—Parent-Teacher Conferences
May 1—Prom
Credit Recovery
May12—Senior Dinner
May 13—2 hr. Early Dismissal-Professional Development
Day
May 22—Seniors Last Day
May 25-No School...Memorial Day
May 26—AAHS Graduation
June 4-Last Day of School
If your student is behind in credits, your student should
begin to work on getting back on track to graduate with
their class right now.
Credit Recovery is offered Monday & Wednesday after
school from 2:30-8:00 pm; Tuesday & Thursday 2:30-4:00
pm. Your student may come any or every day for one or
two hours. They must check in to the learning lab. Some
lessons can also be worked on at home if your student has
access to the internet.
* Several of our Seniors are at-risk of not graduating in May if they do not complete E2020 classes.
“It wasn’t about the winning or
Please encourage them to take advantage of
even competing, it was about
the after school lab times. Now’s the time!
Tech Center News
the learning!” AAHS Senior
Max Sobeck won two medals
in the Technology Conference
hosted by Baker College. He
is one of many that recently
dominated the competition and
brought home the overall win
for the Allegan Tech Center.
Did you know…..?
.
*Students typically earn the privilege of attending the Tech
rd
Center in their 3 year of high school
*Attending the Tech Center is a requirement for graduation
*Students who earn a year or more of credit at the Tech Center can now also satisfy other high school requirements including certain math, science, and foreign language classes
*Real-world skills learned at the Tech Center are leading
more and more students to employment!
Our 10th graders will be visiting the
Tech Center on Tuesday, January 20th
Holiday Dinner
free to all AAHS students.
Adult Education
Enrolling now for High School
Completion and GED classes
Contact Sue @ 673-5433 x 3054 for dates & times!
Basketball Tuesdays….From 2:45-4:00pm for stu-
dents who would like to participate in basketball drills and
practice playing the game. Teacher Kyle Shack and often
other staff members join the students. If there is a consistent group showing up to practice and exhibiting good
sportsmanship, there is a chance of organizing a basketball team to play other alternative high schools.
Thank you to Immanuel Lutheran Church who graciously hosted our school
again this year for a holiday feast before Winter Break. This annual event is the
perfect reminder that there are many organizations and community members
that care deeply for our students.
CHECK IT OUT!!
Be sure to check out the APS website under
the “PARENT LINKS”
flyers & activity registration forms available
to students & community members!