{"id":10132,"date":"2022-01-28T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=10132"},"modified":"2022-01-28T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:49:54","slug":"more-stories-from-the-week-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-14\/","title":{"rendered":"More Stories from the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">More Stories from the Week:<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-14\/#achs-students-among-posse-class-of-2022-awarded-full-tuition-scholarships\" >ACHS Students Among Posse Class of 2022 Awarded Full-Tuition Scholarships<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-14\/#achs-students-receive-national-recognitions\" >ACHS Students Receive National Recognitions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-14\/#school-board-agenda\" >School Board Agenda<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/more-stories-from-the-week-14\/#parent-teacher-conferences-schedule-reminder-and-tips\" >Parent-Teacher Conferences: Schedule Reminder and Tips<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"achs-students-among-posse-clas\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"achs-students-among-posse-class-of-2022-awarded-full-tuition-scholarships\"><\/span>ACHS Students Among Posse Class of 2022 Awarded Full-Tuition Scholarships<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Three Alexandria City High School (ACHS) students are being celebrated for having been selected as Posse Class of 2022 Scholarship recipients. Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.possefoundation.org\/\">Posse Foundation<\/a>, Nana Addo Offei, Mya Lopez and Sylvia Rahim will receive full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse\u2019s partner colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>Their plans include Nana and Mya attending Sewanee University and Sylvia the University of Virginia on scholarship. In sharing the news, ACHS College and Career School Counselor Stacy Morris said, \u201cThey have accomplished these milestones during an immensely demanding period of their high school career. We could not be more delighted to share this great news.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"achs-students-receive-national\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"achs-students-receive-national-recognitions\"><\/span>ACHS Students Receive National Recognitions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Additional recognition of academic excellence goes to three Alexandria City High School (ACHS) students who have been selected in the College Board\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/click.e.collegeboard.org\/?qs=3abea995e010598aaf9ca8887024f4f1d21a0e1e5849b02a8a9c529baa7ca1ac5f22d40daf656b8d6c9e71b70f2b140c1e54629b49cd28a6\">National Recognition Program<\/a>. Isabel Cruz Rivera, Brianna Jerez Bustillo and Sabine Mead have been awarded recognition for their academic achievements in school as well as their outstanding performance on the PSAT\/NMSQT\u00ae, PSAT&#x2122; 10, and\/or AP\u00ae Exams.<\/p>\n<p>ACHS Director of School Counseling Melissa Deak said the honor was well-deserved. \u201cThe recognition for the College Board affirms what the ACHS community already knows about Isabel, Brianna and Sabine,\u201d said Deak. \u201cThrough their dedication, persistence and love of learning, they have bright futures ahead of them. They are college bound and college ready!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"school-board-agenda\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"school-board-agenda\"><\/span>School Board Agenda<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the School Board meeting scheduled for Thurs., Feb. 3, 2022, the agenda includes a COVID-19 update. School Board meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. For School Board meeting agendas and documents, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandriapublic.ic-board.com\/\">Electronic School Board<\/a>. You can also visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/570\">School Board meeting web page<\/a> for information on how to view meetings live and participate.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"parent-teacher-conferences:-sc\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"parent-teacher-conferences-schedule-reminder-and-tips\"><\/span>Parent-Teacher Conferences: Schedule Reminder and Tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ACPS conducts parent-teacher conferences twice each calendar school year to provide opportunities for parents and teachers to discuss students&#8217; social, emotional, and academic progress. This year, the conferences are taking place virtually in accordance with ACPS policy regarding essential visitors. Each school will communicate with their students, staff and families regarding the schedule for conferences and related logistics.<\/p>\n<p>For the 2021-22 school year, the first parent-teacher conferences were held in October and November 2021. Schools following the traditional academic calendar will hold Winter 2022 Parent-Teacher Conferences on Feb. 2-3. Students will not attend school on Feb. 2 and 3 and will be released early on Feb. 4. For the modified calendar, conferences are scheduled for March 30-31; these students will not attend school on March 30 and 31 and will be released early on April 1.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare for a successful parent-teacher conference, the ACPS Family and Community Engagement Center (FACE) suggests these tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involve your child: Have a conversation with your child beforehand, asking them what are their favorite subjects and activities at school as well as their least favorite and why.<\/li>\n<li>Ask questions: Make a list of questions for the teacher before your meeting. Include any questions your child may have as well.<\/li>\n<li>Take notes: During the conference, write down the teacher\u2019s responses to your questions. Parents are also urged to take notes about their child\u2019s progress in school, including areas of success and those in need of improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Make a plan: Develop an action plan of what the teacher, parent and student will do to achieve academic excellence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To further prepare, download the FACE Center&#8217;s parent-teacher conference planning worksheet: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/861\/PTC-Update2022.pdf\">in English (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/861\/PTC-Spanish.pdf\">en espa\u00f1ol (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/861\/PTC-Amharic.pdf\">\u12a0\u121b\u122d\u129b (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/861\/PTC-Arabic.pdf\">\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACHS Students Among Posse Class of 2022 Awarded Full-Tuition Scholarships \u2022 ACHS Students Receive National Recognitions \u2022 School Board Agenda \u2022 Parent-Teacher Conferences: Schedule Reminder and Tips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 00:39:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10134,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132\/revisions\/10134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}