Back to School Night, Wednesday 9/13
Back to School Night will be next Wednesday, 9/13 from 7-9pm. Students will bring home copies of their schedules for parents to use as a guide as they travel from one classroom to another.
Board of Education Open Forums @ AHS
The Albany Board of Education, which includes both student and elected members, will be hosting a series of forums to discuss important issues with students and staff. These forums will be held in the Albany High school atrium from 1-2p on the following days:
- Sept 14
- Nov 16
- Jan 18
- April 5
- May 7
Come meet your Board of Education members to share ideas, concerns or questions you have and let's work together to support all students in Albany!
PowerSchool Registration for Parents
Parents, please expect an email on or before 9/5 that contains detailed information about registering for access to the PowerSchool portal.
In preparation, the District Office has prepared a document to help you understand what PowerSchool is, and how it differs from Aeries.
Volunteer at the Solano Stroll—Get Fed (and Maybe Paid)
The Solano Avenue Stroll / Solano Avenue Association is looking for student help at this year's Stroll on Sunday, September 10th. It's a great opportunity to gain volunteer experience and entry-level leadership skills. There are a handful of paid positions, and plenty of food vouchers to share. Get in touch with us from the link below. We hope to see you there!
Click here for more specific information about volunteering.
New AHS Website
Albany High School barely had an Internet presence nine years ago, when we launched a website using a product from Google called Sites. The platform limited our creative freedom, but it was free and provided a range of functionality that we were looking for. It served us well, but Google hasn't supported the product in years. Its integration with our AHS News Update email system was broken. And the site was not responsive—a term used by web developers to describe pages that adjust to varying screen shapes and sizes. Even so, 40% of our visitors regularly tried to view the old site on a mobile device. Today we are happy to unveil the new, and very mobile-friendly, ahs.ausdk12.org.
Redesigns often happen for their own sake, but in this case, a total overhaul was useful. Looking at analytics data from the past decade, it became clear that some of the most desirable information on our site was really hard to get. The homepage of our old site was filled with news items, but users aren't browsing our site in an unprompted manner like they might do on nytimes.com or ESPN; they come when they need something. (We are talking about teenagers, after all.) The new homepage forgoes flash for functionality. A majority of its real estate is dominated by elements we're calling "Quick Guides." Some Quick Guides will be permanent, while others will be swapped in and out during the year. For example, there is a "Schedule Changes" Quick Guide up right now that will likely become a "College Apps" Quick Guide in a few weeks. NO ONE can remember our crazy bell schedule, so that Quick Guide will likely stick around ;)
To start, we focused on transitioning content from the old site to the new one. In the coming months, we'll post more videos and photos and really flex the muscles of our new platform. We're excited to have a better tool with which to share all that our students and teachers accomplish.
If you have any questions or comments about the new site, you can reach us via the Contact pages. If you haven't signed-up for our AHS News Update email, you can do so here.
Thanks for reading. I hope everyone had a relaxing summer and is ready for a great year,
Jeff Castle
AHS Webmaster
Teacher, Graphic Design | Film Production
Opening Day Schedule 2017-18
A previous post in the PTSA section of the website incorrectly listed the date for 2017-18 Orientation. The correct date is August 23rd.
10-10:30 Juniors A-M
10:30-11:15 Juniors N-Z
11:15-11:45 Seniors A-M
11:45-12:30 Seniors M-Z
12:30-1:00 Sophomores A-M
1-1:45 Sophomores N-Z
2:30-4:30 All Freshmen
AHS French Students Win Honors
Students in French 3, French 4 and AP participated in the annual Grand Concours, a national French context. This year, more then 85,000 students competed nationwide. Out of the 28 Albany High students who participated, the following won medals:
FRENCH 3
Gold Medalists (95th percentile)
Liu Yuhan
Helena Tremblay (# 2 in Northern California)
Ingalls Serena
Jared Williams
Albert Alexa
Magid-Kutlin Isabelle
Silver Medalists ( 85th and 90th percentile )
Higuchi Hope
Kiriruangchai Jirachaya
Aditi Jain
Chen Nuo
Sarah Weber
Kauffman Millie
Bronze Medalists (75th and 80th percentile)
Ding Angela
Ahn Jungah
FRENCH 4
Gold Medalists
Ibrahim Seif
Sophia Kamps
Silver Medalist
Simon Geiger
Bronze Medalists
Garrisson Pennington
Panian Julia
Than Michael
AP FRENCH
Silver Medalists
Zorigt Enhsaruul
Miles King
Annabel Driussi
Bronze Medalist
Amuuna Zulkhuu