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Save the date for artful, chocolate decadence
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ASTEC Charter Schools' Annual Art & Chocolate Festival is set for 6 p.m. March 3.
The event will feature chocolate delights created by ASTEC student clubs and groups, a student art show and sale, and a silent auction with a bevy of beautiful gift baskets prepared and provided by student, faculty and staff groups and ASTEC's friends in the community.
Ticket sales will benefit ASTEC's Social Studies department. Art and auction sales will benefit ASTEC's Art Club. Artists will also keep a portion of the proceeds from each piece of art sold!
This year's Art & Chocolate festival also will have a very special local sponsor we will announce soon! More information about this event to come!
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Experience Counts:
Communications Director Heather C. Warlick
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ASTEC Charter Schools has a new creative mind behind-the-scenes, making sure the school, its faculty and students have someone working hard to bring ASTEC all the positive attention we deserve!
Heather C. Warlick is ASTEC's new Communications Director and has hit the ground running. She began by giving the Comet's Tale a major facelift and is currently building a new, user-friendly website.
Ms. Warlick comes to ASTEC by way of The Oklahoman, where she was a reporter and editor for nearly a decade, and most recently, from United Way of Central Oklahoma, where she was Vice President of Communications.
Passionate about education, she is currently finishing coursework at University of Central Oklahoma in the Master of Public Administration program;
She will graduate with her MPA in December. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from UCO and an Associate of Arts degree in Music Performance from Palomar College in southern California.
Ms. Warlick plans to incorporate her video production skills into the ASTEC website, newsletter and social media platforms in order to highlight all the amazing things ASTEC scholars and faculty are doing. She is also excited to promote to local news media outlets any outstanding events, human interest stories and other newsworthy happenings to further promoting ASTEC in the community.
We are so pleased to welcome Ms. Warlick to the ASTEC Charter School family and I am sure we can expect great things to come from this dynamic professional.
Dr. Freda Deskin
Superintendent, Founder and CEO, ASTEC Charter Schools
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ASTEC Comets are bringing it home!
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Homecoming is Feb. 10 and ASTEC faculty, staff and scholars are in full swing preparing for one of the school year’s biggest events.
For our Homecoming game, our ASTEC High School boy’s and girl’s basketball teams will be playing Destiny Christian School at NW Baptist Church, 3030 NW 23. Times for the games are to-be-announced.
Between the games, the Homecoming ceremony will be held, introducing the Homecoming court and naming the Homecoming King and Queen.
From 8 to 11 p.m., a mixer will be held.
Our eighth grade Homecoming Court, Kaleb Cravens and Wardice White, will crown the Homecoming King and Queen.
The High School Homecoming Courts are:
Freshmen Girls - Wendy Trinh, Adriana Esquivel, & Natalie Hernandez
Freshmen Boys - Edson Hernandez, Kenniedey Lewis, & Victor Cervantes
Sophomore Girls - Jessica Rodriguez, Sandy Trinh, & Britny Lopez
Sophomore Boys - Brandon Lopez, Marcos Chavez, & Victor Bravo
Junior Girls - Kelsy Ruiz, Tammy Sounantha, & Madison Clayton
Junior Boys - Maxwell Clayton, Juan Deleora, & Eric Martinez
Contending for Homecoming Queen and King are...
Senior Girls - Ana Safores, Irma Lopez, & Glendi Barrios
Senior Boys - Ramon Sanchez, Guy Freeman, & Ever Burciaga
Final voting for King and Queen will be held Feb. 9.
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Keeping our kids safe: Captain explains dangers
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Captain Adam Flowers of the Canadian County Sheriff's Office delivered a presentation during the January ASTEC Faculty and Staff monthly meeting.
Flowers, a 12-year veteran of law enforcement, specializes in preventing predators from having access to children and teens. He's been directly involved in busting hundreds of child predators.
During his presentation, Flowers explained how many child predators find and befriend youth. He also discussed how youth use their cell phones in often inappropriate ways, including sending explicit photos of themselves to their friends.
Parents should check their
children's phones regularly, looking for apps that may appear to be calculators or phone setting apps, which are actually secret photo vaults or texting platforms.
Some apps Flowers recommends you install on your child's phone can monitor your child's photos, messages and whereabouts, even creating a GPS "fence" that will alarm parents when the child's phone has left the established GPS perimeter. These apps include Phone Sheriff and TeenSafe.
Capt. Flowers is the son of ASTEC teacher Linda Flowers.
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Prom Perfect: Outfit an ASTEC
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Does your closet need a little more space? You can help yourself, the environment and a deserving ASTEC Junior or Senior girl by donating your gently-used prom dresses to the ASTEC prom dress project.
Your closet will thank you, you'll immediately reduce your carbon footprint, and an ASTEC scholar will look like a million bucks at prom. That's a win-win-win situation!
Bring your donated prom dresses to the ASTEC Central Office in suite 39A.
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Let's face it, yearbooks aren't cheap and not all ASTEC scholars can afford one. Imagine not having a yearbook to look back on and remember your fond high school days.
If you'd like to step up and be a Yearbook Angel, you can pay for a yearbook for an ASTEC student who might otherwise miss out.
Last year, Yearbook Angels were able to bridge the gap, making sure each and every senior got their own yearbooks. This year, we hope to inspire Yearbook Angels to do the same.
Yearbooks are $50. If you'd like to sponsor a yearbook for a student, you can pay it at once, or spread payments over the next few months, we're here to help you. To buy a yearbook,
see Business Manager Mimi Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief Abraham Mendieta, or Yearbook Advisor Mr. Perkins.
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Buy a Yearbook Banner Ad for only $100!
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This year, we hope to feature as many local businesses, ASTEC sponsors, supporters and generous individuals as possible.
That's why we are offering an affordable advertising option in the ASTEC Charter Schools 2017 yearbook.
Your banner ad will be an eye-catching way to congratulate the ASTEC graduating class while bringing positive attention to your business!
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Today's ASTEC Scholars: Tomorrow's Leaders!
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CAN YOU SPELL 'REGIONALS?'
Look who's going to a regional spelling bee! At ASTEC Middle School's recent spelling bee, sixth-grader Adrian Cardenas-Martinez took top honors.
Way to show off your spelling expertise, Adrian!
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A FUTURE IN SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Congratulations to Kimberly Alvarez, Danna Payan, Kimberly Santillan, Monica Delgado and Erika Ochoa!
Our ASTEC Middle School team won "Most Sustainable City" at the Future Cities Competition on Jan. 24! These are our future leaders!
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MENUS
January 30 to February 3, 2017
All meals include fresh fruit. All breakfast meals include milk or juice and cereal as a choice. All lunch meals include milk or water and salad bar.
Breakfast: Waffles and sausage
Lunch: Chicken and noodles, roasted carrots and dinner roll
Tuesday
Breakfast:Cinnamon toast and scrambled eggs
Lunch: Rigatoni, green beans and breadstick
Wednesday
Breakfast: Biscuit and gravy
Lunch: Pineapple glazed ham, ranch roasted potatoes and dinner roll
Thursday
Breakfast: Muffin, Trix yougurt
Lunch: Chicken Taquitos, beans, Spanish rice and chips
Friday
Breakfast: Breakfast taco
Lunch: Stromboli with marinara, garden salad and cinnamon stick
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Mark Your Calendar!
January 30 to February 4, 2017
Monday, Jan. 30
Middle School Basketball
ASTEC vs. Crooked Oak Middle School
1901 SE 15th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73129
Girls 4:30 p.m., Boys following
Tuesday, Jan. 31
High School Basketball
ASTEC vs. Harding Fine Arts Academy
Girls
6 p.m.
Boys
7:30pm
NW Baptist Church, 3030 NW 23rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73107
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 2 and 3
No school for students Feb. 3
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Friday, Feb. 3
Bowling- In House Conference Play
Heritage Lanes, 11917 N Pennsylvania Ave. 73120
(see Mr. Tremain for more details)
Friday, Feb. 3
OKC Beautiful Litterblitz
8:30 a.m. to noon
See Mr. Perkins or a student council representative for more details.
Friday, Feb. 3
High School Basketball
ASTEC vs. Harding Charter Prep
Girls 6 p.m., Boys following
3333 N Shartel Ave. 73118
Saturday, Feb. 4
Dove Math Competition
8:30 a.m. to noon
Dove Science Academy, 919 NW 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
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