Month: February 2020

AHS 2021 Travel – England-France – WW2 and the Western Front

Your student is invited to join Arlington High School on a once-in-a-lifetime international travel experience with their peers to learn about WWII and the Western Front in England and France over April vacation in 2021.
Please come to hear all the details including the itinerary, activities, academic opportunities, and affordable payment options as well as the official opening of enrollment! 

This meeting will be held on Monday, March 2nd at 6:30PM in Old Hall. There are limited spots on this tour, and we would love to have you attend this meeting to learn more about this exciting opportunity! One parent must be in attendance.

Can’t make the meeting but want more information contact Lisa Clark (lclark@arlington.k12.ma.us).

Thanks,

Lisa Clark

History Teacher

Arlington-Nagaokayo Exchange – Host family opportunity – April 2020

We are now accepting host family applications for the 2020 visit. Students will be visiting Arlington 4/24 – 5/4. In 2020 we celebrate the 16th anniversary of the student exchange program and the 36th anniversary of our sister city agreement. For information on hosting please contact Joanne Routenberg; jroutenberg@yahoo.com 617-749-6654

2020 Host Family Application & Photo Release

Parent Advisory – School Council 2/27 7:45 am

At the high school we hold an open morning meeting to act as the High School Council and advise the Principal. This meeting is open to parents, students, and staff.
If you are interested in meeting the Principal, asking questions, hearing about our annual School Improvement Plan, or hearing about other projects, please join me Thursday, February 27 for coffee at our morning meeting. We will meet from 7:45-8:45 am in the Principal’s Conference Room at AHS.
There’s a lot going on around AHS including planning phasing and design for the new building, new approaches to school discipline (collaborative problem solving), inclusion programming, equity initiatives, and ongoing efforts to promote wellness. We will be talking about school improvement priorities for next year.
This is the third of 4 meetings this year:
October 17
December 19
February 27
April 30
Sincerely,
Matthew Janger

Last Blast Envelope Stuffing

Hello AHS Families -Our first volunteer opportunity to help with the Last Blast will take place on Thursday March 5th at 7pm in the conference room across from the Lowe Auditorium.  We just need folks to help stuff the envelopes with the donation requests for the Last Blast.  If you are new to AHS, the Last Blast is our overnight party for our graduated seniors that night of their graduation.  This year the event will be held on June 6th and you will get lots of emails in the next few months asking for your help with either setup, overnight support and cleanup.  Also mark your calendars now for the planning meetings.  If you have any questions feel free to email Lori Pescatore at loripescatore@hotmail.com
Thursday April 2nd 7pm
Thursday May 14th 7pm
Thanks,
The Last Blast Committee

SEPAC Meeting 3/10

3/10/20 Meeting

PLEASE POST

ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

In accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 30A Section 20, notice is hereby given for the following meeting of the Special Education Parent Advisory Council,

Tuesday, March 10th, 8:30am

at the Jefferson Cutter House *

AGENDA

Call to Order

Approve minutes

3. Officers/committee reports

4. Planning Workshops for the coming year.

a. Transition night in the spring (Gibbs/Ottoson/High School)

b. Others. . .

5. APS Staff reports

6. Public participation / New business / Open discussion

7. Announcements

8. Adjourn

* The Jefferson Cutter House is located at 1 Whittemore Park at the corner of

Mystic Street and Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington. The meeting room is

accessed through the door at the rear of the building that opens onto the

municipal parking lot.

Those Who Can,Teach” Art Exhibit

Congratulations to members of the APS staff (Kayla McKenna, Polly Ford, and Aimee Archambault) who are part of the “ at the Nave Gallery in Somerville. Whoever thought up the uninformed insult, “Those who can’t, teach”, has never met the Arlington Public School art teaching staff or thousands of other art teachers who practice what they teach and who are devoted to their own art making.
I took the liberty of attaching images of your exhibited work and I hope everyone will click on the link below to get more information about this important exhibit.
http://navegallery.org/wp/those-who-can-teach-2020-exhibition/