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John F. Kennedy High School Weekly Email
Week of December 4-8, 2017
General School News
College Shirt Mondays: Show your college school spirit and wear your
favorite college attire to school every Monday.
COLOR RUN
Date: Saturday, December 9, 2017
Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Kennedy High School track
Upcoming Events
The COLOR RUN is a school-wide fundraiser created by the PTSA at Kennedy to raise money to
Dec 4 – School Site Council, Rm 215 3pm equip all Kennedy HS classrooms with Emergency Buckets and support Kennedy’s efforts to
enhance our students’ educational experience. Students who participate in the run may earn
Dec 4 – Band Concert, 7pm, KPAC Saturday Academy credit. We thank you for your support! Remember, your donations are tax-
deductible!
Dec 5 – Late Start Tuesday
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP OUT? We need volunteers for setup, clean-up, running the
Dec 7 – Cash for College Workshop, MP-1 Registration Table, and 'throwing color' during the run! The following link will take you to the Sign
5:30 – 7:30pm Up Genius page.
Dec 8 & 9– Choir Show @ KPAC 7pm Whether you choose to participate IN the Color Run, volunteer to make the Color Run a fun
experience for our community, or provide a financial contribution, any little bit helps! Thank you
Dec 11 PTSA meeting 6:30pm in MP-1 for your consideration! If you have further questions, please contact the PTSA president, Mrs.
Patty Gray. Her email is KennedyHighPTSA@gmail.com
Dec 19 NO Late Start
Dec. 21 & 22 MINIMUM DAYS End of First Joining PTSA for the 2017-18 school year is quick and easy! The membership fee is just $10.
Semester/Final Exams These proceeds go to helping support various Kennedy HS activities in our classrooms and on
campus.
Dec 25-Jan 5 Winter Break
The Kennedy Grad Nite Committee is having a fundraiser by selling car wash gift cards for $20.
Your purchase will help pay for buses and Grad Nite t-shirts. To purchase gift cards contact Vickie
Tanabe at Dvtanabe1@gmail.com.
Kennedy Connects GREASE, The Musical: A Cypress College Theater Department Dual Enrollment
Opportunity! Are you interested in being in a college level theater production? Do you want to
possibly earn Dual Enrollment College credits? Cypress College is putting on Grease, the
Musical in March 2018. High school students in AUHSD are eligible to audition for parts in the
musical, in the Jazz Band that will play during the musical, or as a member of the Stage Crew.
For more information, come to the Main Office to talk with Dr. Zurbano about the opportunity.
Flyers and more specific information about the auditions and time commitments to consider are
Instagram is an online mobile posted on the school website under “Auditions for Grease at Cypress College” at the Current
photo-sharing, video-sharing, and News section!
social networking service that
enables us to take pictures and DUAL ENROLLMENT – Spring 2018 @ Cypress College
Attention Students Currently in Grades 10-12:
videos, and share them. Download The following classes will be offered here at Kennedy for the Spring 2018 semester by Cypress
the app or visit us on the web College for Dual Enrollment: Chicano Studies, New & Emerging Technologies, Introduction to
at: www.instagram.com/KHigh4Life Library Science (LIB 100), and Educational Planning.
If you are interested in taking any one of these classes, please see Mr. Parker in the Counseling
Facebook is a social network that Office for more information! Don’t wait – get signed up now!
allows us to interact with others,
connect with our community, and STUDENT EARLY-PICK UP POLICY: If you must pick your student up from school early for any
reason, please notify the Attendance Office by e-mail at kenattendance@auhsd.us or in person.
share photos, video and If you email, we must verify the request prior to allowing a student to be released from class.
information. Download the app or We must maximize the amount of time our students remain in class. You must come to the
visit us on the web Attendance Office to request for your student and pick him/her up. The student must also sign out
at: www.facebook.com/KHigh4Life through the Attendance Office prior to exiting campus. We cannot release a student so that
he/she can be waiting for you to drive up. No exceptions to this. Thanks.
Twitter is an online social
DROP-OFF POLICY REMINDER: Parents/guardians may leave lunches, school supplies,
networking service that enables us books, P.E. clothes, or class projects for student pick up in the Attendance Office during passing
to send short 140-character periods or lunch time, but neither the school nor our employees accept any responsibility for their
messages called "tweets" to our security or the students picking said items up. Parents/guardians may not drop off anything of
community. For a quick read of the significant value (e.g. cash, credit cards, cell phones, tablets) with any Kennedy staff
latest info. download the app or visit us on the member for student pick-up. Staff will not call students out of class to meet with
parents/guardians during class time. Parents/guardians can text their students to come to the
web at: www.twitter.com/KHigh4Life Attendance Office to meet them during passing periods or lunch time to pick up any item of value.
"Find out even more"
on our Kennedy website: DETENTIONS are held after school in MP-1 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from
http://kennedyhigh.org/ 2:45pm-3:45pm. Students have only one school week to serve their detentions. They should
bring their ID and their detention slip to MP-1.
Keeping the campus clean and beautiful is a responsibility of everyone on campus. Kennedy is
like a second home to many people on campus - show your love and pride for the school by
keeping it clean! Throw your trash away in the appropriate garbage bins. If you come upon trash,
even if it is not yours, pick it up and throw it away. We appreciate your effort!
Useful Contact Information
Attendance Office Teaching & Learning
714-220-4131
714-220-4132 This section in our Weekly Bulletin highlights the different ways Kennedy students are
kenattendance@auhsd.us engaged in their learning. If you are not able to join us in our Parent Reflective Learning Walks,
we want to celebrate with you by giving you this insight into the wonderful things that happen on
Health Office our campus. You also get the chance to see 21st Century innovation furniture and the various
714-220-4115 configurations they are used in to facilitate cooperative group work, among other non-traditional
formations in our classrooms on campus. We are excited to bring this perspective to you
Records Office through our Weekly Bulletin. Enjoy!
714-220-4121
Registration Office
714-220-4126
Students in Physics collect real-time data
through the use of Vernier Probes, utilizing
Counseling Office frictionless tracks, in order to investigate the
714-220-4120 714-220-4134 relationship between mass and acceleration.
714-220-4137 714-220-4124
714-220-4133
Main Office
714-220-4101
Students in Friday Night Live, sponsored by
TUPE, attended their leadership training,
hosted by the OC Dept of Ed, in Santa Ana at
the Delta Center last 11/18.
Kennedy Staff gathered at the Thanks-IRISH!-
Giving Feast during lunchtime on Thurs, Nov
16. Food was prepared and served by the
students of our Culinary Arts Program, led by
Tune in next week for more snapshots of our
Robyn Parratto. The menu featured delectable
Fighting Irish engaged in learning!
smoked turkeys by Erik Haaf, Advanced
Engineering & Manufacturing Technologies
Teacher.
Counseling
Check out the Kennedy Counseling Haiku Page!
All Guidance Lessons are posted at www.kennedyhigh.org on the Counseling
tab (look on the LEFT side of the main page).
Tiger Woods Winter Applications are now available. You can pick up a copy
with Mrs. Britton in Counseling or download the application on the Haiku
Counseling Page. Application deadline is December 22. Olease see Ms. Ponce
in Counseling should you have questions.
Counselors are in the process of meeting students who earned under a 2.0 grade point average
(GPA) at the quarter and seniors who earned a D/F on their quarter report card. Emails were sent
to parents of all students who received a D or F on the quarter report card. Parents should
review their student's latest progress report and contact their teachers and/or counselor with
specific concerns or questions.
The Counselors will be presenting information to seniors through the English Department about
financial aid this week. The presentation is posted on the Counseling Haiku Page for students and
families to reference and assist in completing the Free Application For Federal Student Aid
FAFSA).
On December 7th at 5:30 (in MP1), counselors will provide assistance to complete the FAFSA
during the free Ca$h for College Workshop!.
Library Hours Monday – Friday 7:00am – 4:30pm
Fall Counselor Connection 2017 “Lunch Time Workshops”
Wednesday Workshops will cover various topics for all grades.
12/6 Understanding the College Process Learn how to find the “right” college for you 9-12
Timeline review and registration for playing
12/13 NCAA/NAIA 9-12
athletics in college
College Information
College Shirt Mondays: Show your college school spirit and wear your
favorite college attire to school every Monday.
Kennedy High School will host its first Cash for College Workshop on
December 7th. This is open to all 12th grade students and their families in the
community. Attend this workshop to get help completing the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or California Dream Act (CADAA) and Chafee Grant for Foster
Youth applications. Please bring with you: FSA ID
( https://fsaid.ed.gov/npas/index.htm) and a copy of your 2016 Tax Return. Go to “Current News”
on the school website to get the live link to sign up for this FREE workshop!
College Visits - For a detailed list of colleges/universities, dates, and times their
representatives will be visiting Kennedy, go to the Kennedy Counseling Haiku Page
Clubs/ASB
Bags of Hope: Hey Irish! Make sure to come out to the stage during lunch all this
week to donate to the Bags of Hope project for children, here in Anaheim, who are
less fortunate. Those who bring back an item will receive a raffle ticket for a
chance to win a Christmas surprise. Help us spread the Christmas spirit by making
a difference in a child’s life this holiday!
See the post on the school website under “Current News” to see an updated list of requested
items.
ASB Presidents Club Meeting Tuesday, December 5 in ASB room at lunch.
Winter Spirit Week December 11-15
Kennedy Athletics
SPORTS
Check out all athletic events on our Kennedy website athletics page at:
kennedyhigh.org.
Upcoming Kennedy Home Games
12/5 Girls Basketball – Yorba Linda, FS 4:00pm, JV 5:30pm, VR 7:00pm
12/5 Boys Soccer – Orange 7:00pm
12/6 Girls Soccer – Crean Lutheran 3:00pm
12/6 Boys Soccer – Schurr 7:00pm
Students interested in playing boy's golf in the spring should come by room 502 and pick up the information for tryouts? Players need to have their own clubs and golf shoes and an established handicap would also be helpful, but not required. See coach Pascal in room 502. Attention All Athletes, if you’re interested in trying out for boys’ tennis, please go to the tennis courts after school to get more information from Coach Johnson or Coach Panis. Saturday Academy Saturday Academy Dates: January 20, 2018 April 7, 2018 February 3, 2018 April 21, 2018 STEAM-A-PALOOZA February 24, 2018 May 5, 2018 March 24, 2018 February 24, 2018 Girls in Engineering Event ADDITIONAL DISTRICTWIDE EVENTS: Saturday, March 3, 2018: Theater & Dance Festival Saturday, April 28, 2018: City-Wide Serve Day (“Love Anaheim" & "Love Buena Park”) Seniors Seniors: The Counselors will be presenting information to seniors through the English Department about financial aid this week. The presentation is posted on the Counseling Haiku Page for students and families to reference and assist in completing the Free Application For Federal Student Aid FAFSA). Remember December 7th at 5:30 (in MP1) assistance will be available to complete the FAFSA. GRAD NITE: Friday, May 18, 2018 at Disney’s California Adventure. Prices for Grad Nite tickets: $135 for December/January. $145 all of February $155 in March (until deadline). Tickets will be on sale at lunch in front of the Counseling Office on Thurs. 12/14. For more information about Grad Nite is available at kennedygradnite.org.
This includes the Ticket Purchase Agreement / Medical Release Authorization form that must be turned in with your payment to reserve your ticket. You can turn in the TPA and your check to the Main Office on campus. All questions regarding Grad Nite must be forwarded to KennedyGradNite.org. SoCal Grad: Senior class rings, announcements, and accessory services are provided by SoCal Grad. Their website is: https://socalgrad.com. Senior Sweatshirts and Class T-Shirts are no longer available online. Students can still purchase these items at the Activities window depending on availability of size. Juniors Sophomores Freshmen
5 Star Students/Student of the Month
5 Star Students Staff members will give points to students for participating
in school activities, showing good character, or any positive behavior. We held
our first drawing for all students who earned points during the months of
January and February. Each point equaled an entry in the drawing. Prizes
ranged from front of the line passes, to items donated by local businesses and
community partners. Congratulations to our winners!
Below is a link to the 5 Start Students leaderboard- to check your star point status simply type in
your ID# in the search bar: http://5starstudents.com/khigh4life
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH!
DECEMBER: Divya Abraham and Matthew Campos
Family and Community Engagement
Kennedy High PTSA Board meetings in MP-1 @ 6:30 pm
Monday, December 11
Monday, January 22
Monday, February 26 Monday
Monday, March 19
Tuesday, April 24
Monday, May 7
Coffee Talk with the Principal: Coffee Talks are hosted on the same dates as Saturday
Academy. After you drop your student(s) off, come by the Library (Media Center) from 8:30-
9:30am for some coffee/juice, pastries, and information shared by Dr. Zurbano.
Upcoming Meeting Dates
January 20, 2018, February 3, 2018, March 24, 2018, April 7, 2018, May 5, 2018
Parent Leadership Academy (PLA) The Parent Leadership Academy is a great program that
equips parents with tools to help their teens achieve their college and career goals. Topics such
as connecting with counselors and teachers, technology in education, GPAs, College Admission,
and Financial Aid will be covered. The Academy will be offered in English, Spanish and Korean
during three simultaneous sessions. Childcare will be provided. For questions and registration,
contact Silvia Van Wye at: 714-220-4104.
6:30 – 8:00 pm. MP-1, Kennedy High School
Winter Session: Tuesdays – Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 & Mar. 6
Kennedy High School and Walker Junior High School are proud to share a Family &
Community Specialist, Mrs. Silvia Van Wye, to assist in making connections in the community.
Visit our Kennedy Parent Resource Center located in the Attendance Office, or click on the
“PARENTS” tab on our Kennedy website for more information. Contact Silvia with any questions
or to provide information at vanwye_s@auhsd.us or (714) 220-1404.
The City of Cypress and La Palma are hosting the Teen Fashion Scene 2018 on Saturday,
March 24 @ 6:00pm at the Cypress Community Center 5700 Orange Avenue, Cypress.
Designers and Models are needed Designers applications are due January 12 and Model
applications are due February 2, to the Cypress Community Center. For more information 714-
229-6780 or cypressrec.org.
Miscellaneous
School Clubs and Organizations: Advertise your group meetings and
upcoming events!
Be sure to send details to Virginia Carranza in the Attendance Office
(carranza_v@auhsd.us) and she will share information in this Weekly Emai
Outside organizations: if you want to host a meeting on campus, be sure to
submit a request through the AUHSD Community Use Office. Lynn Nakayama can be reached at
nakayama_l@auhsd.us.
Alumni Information
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