Thank you to all who attended last night's All School Exhibition!  Our students and faculty worked hard to create such a moving and engaging evening and we are grateful for all the behind-the-scenes support it required.  Thank you to the Roth family for providing the golf carts for shuttles from the parking lot, AHS Board members and other parents who helped with set up and staffed the information table, 99X's Cody Kopp for providing live radio coverage in the hours leading up to Exhibition and Alpine Bank for their generous sponsorship.  It was truly an inspiring display of student learning!

We wanted to share some beautiful words one sophomore wrote to her Humanities teacher, Matt Dooley, and Math teacher, Aliza Cruz, after last night's Exhibition: 

You've given everything to this project, you guided us and gave us a chance to really be proud of something. With all the flaws and setbacks, this project is beautiful. I appreciate you both so much for giving us this chance. We're more cohesive as a sophomore team and individually we all have learned something that will help us so much in our future lives. Now, we can see what we really can do here, with enough strength, ambition, and dedication. Thank you both so much.

	sophomore Sierra McCall reads her bilingual poem about the experience of friends of hers who are immigrants in our community

We hear in these words an authentic appreciation for both the challenges and the deep learning that project-based learning contains.

With juniors headed off to LINK Internships on Monday for the next three weeks, we settle in to the last stretch of the school year.  Seniors are wrapping up their Take Action Projects, the final piece of Senior Project.  Mark your calendar for the Senior Project Exhibition on Thursday, May 18, 4:00 to 7:00 at the Powerhouse Science Center, where students will showcase how they turned their research into action in our community.  

Our final AHS Information Session of the year is next week.  Enrollment numbers are looking strong for the 2017-18 school year, and we have a few seats still open for next year's 9th, 10th and 11th grades. Please encourage friends considering enrolling to join us from 5:30 to 6:30 Tuesday evening, here at school to learn more.

juniors Sterling Gates, Eric Klatt, Oakley Felker and Elena Rivera dive into the chemistry of food

The Parent Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday morning, 8:30 to 9:30, at the Smiley Cafe.  They'll be checking in on end of year activities, including the AHS End of Year Family Picnic on May 19 at Rotary Park plus ways to show appreciation for our hardworking faculty and staff.

Also on Wednesday, 9th and 10th graders will sign up for next year's electives during Advisory.  Please be sure that you've reviewed the 2017-18 AHS Course Catalog together so students are prepared to indicate their top class choices.  After Advisory, during XBlock period, the 9th and 10th grade will work together with staff on a Campus Clean Up in lieu of regular XBlock activities.  Please note that this means students will all stay on campus Wednesday afternoon rather than traveling to off-campus XBlock locations (Rec Center, Rock Lounge, etc.), which means they will be at AHS at the end of the day; the Hub Bus will run to DHS for those who need it.

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for all you do to help the Ospreys soar!