Message from the Principal Un Mensaje de Nuestro Director

Winter 2015

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Message from the Principal“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

January 2015

Hello Aloha Warrior Families,

During our recent vacation, I spent a great deal of time considering our mission at Aloha. My reflections find me eager to begin 2015 with vision, optimism and determination.

Our vision for Aloha is to provide a rich, challenging and relevant education for each and every one of our students. This is articulated in our mission statement:

“Supported by a culturally rich and academically rigorous community, Aloha High School graduates students college and career ready.”

We are making steady progress in providing a great education that includes all our students. Various means to this end include:

• A continued commitment to a rich and diverse curriculum, including opportunities in the applied arts and choice for students.

• A strong Advanced Placement (AP) Program that prepares students for college and dedicated to increasing socio-economic, racial and ethnic diversity.

• Designing, implementing and monitoring courses and social supports that provide successful interventions for students to ensure they meet critical benchmarks necessary for graduation.

• Nurturing a sense of the “Aloha Family” that leads to both philanthropy and a true sense of community.

• Striving for excellence in the arts and athletics.

We have witnessed our students accomplish amazing things at Aloha over the past several years. Your support has been fundamental to these successes and I am forever grateful to be part of the Aloha community. However, as we commence upon a new year I am increasingly determined to help us realize our mission statement. Though not easy, with a talented and dedicated staff and your support this can and will happen.

Happy New Year and Go Warriors!

Ken Yarnell Principal

Un Mensaje de Nuestro Director“Salud para un año nuevo y una nueva oportunidad para hacer las cosas bien.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

Enero 2015

Hola familias Guerreras,

Durante nuestras vacaciones reciente, pasé mucho tiempo considerando nuestra misión en Aloha. Mis reflexiones me encuentran ansioso por comenzar el año 2015 con visión, optimismo, y determinación.

Nuestra visión para Aloha es de proporcionar una educación rica, retadora, y relevante para todos y cada uno de nuestros estudiantes. Esto se articula en nuestra declaración de misión:

“Apoyada por una comunidad rica en cultura y rigor académico, los estudiantes graduados de la Escuela Preparatoria Aloha se encuentran listos para la universidad y una profesión.”

Estamos progresando constante en la prestación de una gran educación que incluya a todos nuestros estudiantes. Varios medios para este fin incluyen:

• El compromiso continuo de un plan de estudios rico y diverso, incluyendo oportunidades en las artes aplicados y opciones para los estudiantes.

• Un programa solido de Clases Avanzadas (AP) que prepara a los estudiantes para la universidad y dedica a aumentar la diversidad socio-económica, racial y étnica.

• Diseñar, implementar, y monitorear cursos y apoyos sociales que proporcionan las intervenciones exitosas para los estudiantes para garantizar que cumplen parámetros críticos necesarios para la graduación.

• Cultivar un sentido de la “Familia Aloha” que lleva a la filantropía y un verdadero sentido de comunidad.

• Esforzarse a llegar a la excelencia en las artes y atletismo.

Hemos sido testigos de los logros increíbles de nuestros estudiantes en Aloha en los últimos años. Su apoyo ha sido fundamental para estos éxitos y estoy eternamente agradecido de ser parte de la comunidad de Aloha. Sin embargo, a medida que comencemos un nuevo año estoy más decidido en ayudar a darnos cuenta de nuestra misión. Aunque no es fácil, con un personal talentoso y dedicado y su apoyo esto puede y va a suceder.

¡Feliz Año Nuevo y Vamos Guerreros!

Ken Yarnell Director

Aloha High School • 18550 SW Kinnaman Road • Beaverton, Oregon 97007

Aloha Advanced Programs DessertJanuary 13, 2015

Future AHS students and parents or guardians are invited to the Aloha High School Advanced Programs Dessert, January 13, 2015, 7:00pm. Discover the variety of options available to students who value education and desire to energize their path toward college and a career. Key leaders as well as former students will share their vision and stories to help maximize future students’ experience at Aloha. Translation and childcare will be provided. Please RSVP by January 1, 2015 at http://tinyurl.com/AHSoptions. Questions? Contact Jenn Townsley, AP Coordinator, at 503.259.4819 or [email protected].

Cross Country girls 3rd in state academically.

Computer Aided Drafting goes 3DThe Computer Aided Drafting class just purchased a new 3-D printer thanks to money from the Perkins grant. The Aloha High School Architecture/CADD (Computer Aided Drafting & Design) classes get funding from Perkins because it is a CTE (Career & Technical Education) class that offers college credit. We will soon be able make working models of parts that we created in AutoCAD, Inventor and Revit. Engineering Drafting students will create parts, verifying whether or not they fit/operate properly. This hands on experience will help students prepare for college classes as well as careers in engineering, CADD, graphic arts and many others.

Infographics and World LitAdvanced World Literature has moved into the 21st century. Say goodbye to posters with hand drawn stick figures and say hello to infographics. Students in Ms. LoBello's Advanced World Literature class created infographics analyzing a main character from the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Students identified their character's attributes, provided textual support, and analyzed the connection between the two. Not only were students displaying critical thinking and analysis, they were using new and innovative t e c h n o l o g y . Moreover, students turned their projects in digitally! The characterization infographic uses technology to teach critical thinking and writing, while saving expensive paper and ink.

National Honor SocietyHello from your National Honor Society board! Are you a sophomore or junior who positively influences others, serves the community with pride, and is a leader? If yes, prepare for your personal invitation to join National Honor Society in the spring. As a club, we promote the four pillars of character, leadership, scholarship, and service. By graduation, each member will have completed 48 hours of community service and obtain a 3.5+ GPA. If you are a current junior in NHS, and is interested in becoming an exclusive board member next year, please sign up/have your questions answered in E-5! Positions include President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Sergeant at Arms, and Parliamentarian. We look forward to seeing many lovely new faces and new incoming officers the next upcoming year!

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PTO/BoostersJoin The Club!

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Athletes of the Month

October Volleyball - Ellie Parker Senior Setter/Varsity Captain This is Ellie's third year on Varsity as our team’s setter. She leads the team in running our offense with assists and is averages over 20 digs defensively per match. Her defense and serving has improved tremendously over the season. Ellie is an excllent student with a 3.90 GPA, a positive role model within the program, very respectful and a polite young lady. She plays club volleyball in the off season and is involved in photography and the National Arts Honor Society at AHS.

Boys Soccer - Junior Cordon Junior has been a great leader for the boys soccer team. His maturity and focus this season has helped the soccer program become more competitive than it has been in a few years. He is a good teammate and a fierce competitor who scored in the double digits this season.

NovemberVolleyball - Lexi Wahlstrom, Junior Middle Blocker This is Lexi's first year on Varsity and she was a strong leader for us in the Middle. As the season progressed, Lexi really improved her net play contributing more kills and blocks each match. She leads the team in running our offense and plays with great enthusiasm on the court. Lexi is a dedicated student with a 3.90 GPA and a positive role model within the program. She plays Varsity Softball, competitive softball for Rip City during the summer, participates in club volleyball in the off season and is involved in the Environmental club and the National Honor Society at AHS.

Cross Country - Luis TorresAs a junior, Luis had a memorable season. He was the Metro League Champion and was named second team All-State and qualified to represent Oregon at the Nike Border Clash. He ran near the top of the pack in all of the invitationals this season. He was fifth at the Night Meet, fourth at the Tualatin Invitational, fifth at Bellarmine Invitational, and fifth at Nike Pre Nationals which had over 250 runners in the race which helped establish his confidence to earn the Metro League Champion. The Oregonian nominated him as athlete of the week. Luis is the only member back from last year's Metro League Champion team and showed great leadership to our boys who never ran varsity before to help us with a 5-2 record and third place finish in the standings.

Tara Hasett Signs with Notre DameTara Hassett signed with University of Notre Dame on a fencing scholarship. Tara has been fencing for seven years with the guidance of Ked Korfanty the US Women’s Olympic Sabre Fencing coach, and is ranked 4th in the United States Junior Women’s Sabre classification. She competed in the Chicago Senior World Cup this year and beat the #1 fencer from Spain she also placed third in the North American Cup. Tara would like to thank her family and fellow Warriors for their support.

Join our PTO/Booster Club! These great parents meet every second Wednesday of the month in the library. The PTO/Boosters works closely with principal Yarnell to support our academic, arts and athletics. Aloha PTO/Boosters is proud to have given out 6 grants so far this year: pottery wheel for ceramics class, tents for Track and Field Team, funds for Choir to attend competitions, Golden Dozen - books and lunch with principal Yarnell, art supplies for senior projects. These grants help enrich our students in the classroom, on the stage, in the studio, on the field, in the classroom and at home.

The grants are funded by selling concessions at athletic events. Winter concessions are underway. If you want to help out even for just one game please email [email protected]. Check out our new scarves and look for the Aloha High School app for smartphones.

Senior Grad Night 2015 – June 6Grad Night is a safe and fun way for our class of 2015 to celebrate their accomplishment. For information and required registration forms go to the AHS website to parent/student section then click to Booster/PTO for graduation information. We are selling tickets on Fridays at lunch beginning 1/30/15. We have a special first 50 deal. The first 50 tickets sell for $40.00. After the first 50 sold the price goes up to $50.00. Completed registration forms are required prior to purchasing a ticket. Questions? Call Kathleen Casey at 971-221-9336.

Join the planning – freshman, sophomore and junior parents are encouraged to come too! Join our Senior Grad night meetings on 2nd Tuesday of each month in the library. Kathleen Casey is the Grad Night Coordinator please give her a call if you would like to help 971-221-9336.


Holiday Sharing

Warriors Commitment to Community

Warriors raised over $7000 to help 25 needy families from our feeder elementary schools and for our own homeless teens.

We raised money by: T-shirts, pies in faces, Mohawks, dancing, taping to a wall, Ducks dressing as Beavers, nice guys as Grinches, crazy costumes, food drive, wrapping, tree sales, piercings, 25 eggs in 20 minutes, and eating “great balls of fire!”

Holiday Sharing! We Take Care of Our Own

ACT - Tuesday, March 17th will be test day for all Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen.

JuniorsACT – College Admissions Test

SophomoresPlan, Pre-ACT Test

FreshmanExplore, Pre-ACT Test

SeniorsNo School for Seniors

Registration for the above tests will take place at school. Parents will not be involved in the registration process. There are many free resources available on the internet to help your student prepare for testing. You may want to search for sample tests or other preparation materials. Ex: www.actstudent.org


College VIP DaysFall semester is a crazy time of year for seniors as they submit their college applications and then nervously wait for acceptance or rejection letters that determine their fate. Over 100 of our seniors skipped ahead by participating in Viking, Wolf, or Beaver Day. Representatives of Portland State University, Western Oregon University, and Oregon State University came to interview students. Those students who qualified got their

admission letter that day. Congratulations seniors!

NAEP 2015Coming soon to Aloha High School!Our school has been selected to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as NAEP. You may have heard of NAEP. The results are called The Nation’s Report Card because it measures student achievement across the country. It is important because the results help the President, Congress, and all of our educators make decisions about how to improve our education system. In February, 95 of our seniors will participate in this important assessment. They will represent not only Aloha students, but students across the state of Oregon. They will have a chance to have an impact on the future education policy decisions in the United States. Every student that is selected to participate makes a difference. We will be providing more information for students and parents in the upcoming weeks.

Aloha High School AppKeep up to date with the Aloha High School App for your smart phone. Just search your App Store for Aloha High School and look for the Warrior.

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www.beaverton.k12.or.us/aloha/

District Goal for 2010-2015: All students will show continuous progress toward their personal learning goals, developed

in collaboration with teachers and parents, and will be prepared for post-secondary education and career success.

The Beaverton School District recognizes the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups. It is the policy of the Beaverton School District that there will be no discrimination or harassment of individuals or groups based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, marital status, age, veterans’ status, genetic information or disability in any educational programs, activities or employment.

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Dates of InterestCheck Beaverton.k12.or.us/aloha for updates

January5-10 Musical Auditions – Dirty Rotten

Scoundrels

13 Advanced Options Night 7:00

14 Grad Night and Booster/PTO Club 6:00/7:00

16 Jam the Gym 7:15

19 Holiday – MLK Day

20-23 Finals

23 Break the Bleachers – Basketball 7:15 pm

24 Winter Formal

27 First day of 2nd semester – Gold Day

28 8-11 Grade College and Post HS Planning Night at SRHS 7:00 pm

February5 NHS Elections

11 Grad Night and Booster/PTO Club 6:00/7:00

20-21 District Wrestling and State Swimming Meets

Graduation DatesSenior Last Day & All grades and outside work due: Wednesday, June 3

Senior Finals:

June 1 (Period 5 & 7)

June 2 (Periods 2, 4 & 6)

June 3 (Period 1 & 3)

Senior Awards Night at AHS:

Wednesday, June 3, 6:00 pm

Senior Breakfast at AHS:

Thursday, June 4, 6:30 am

MANDATORY Graduation Practice:


Senior Assembly (Families invited):


Graduation Ceremony at U of P Chiles Center:

Saturday, June 6, 7:30pm

Seniors arrive by 6:00

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