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Welcome Back! We hope
everyone had a safe and blessed Thanksgiving Holiday!
STAFF FOCUS AWARDS
This week ACHS focuses on Angelica Chavez, SocialScienceTeacher. Ms. Chavez has a
long history with OUHSD. Before her three years teaching at ACHS and two years at PHS she graduated
from Oxnard High. After high school Ms. Chavez attended UC Berkeley where she majored in Political Science with plans to
become a lawyer. However, she began mentoring a young girl and changed her mind when she
realized she wanted to help kids before they needed a lawyer. At that point she transferred
to UCSB and worked on becoming a teacher. She also was closer to family benefiting her son,
Sam, too. Although Ms. Chavez’s major was in History, she was just three classes shy of
earning a minor in Chicano/a Studies too. Her Bachelor’s is from UCSB and her teaching
credential and Master’s in Education are both from Azusa Pacific University. Ms. Chavez is currently in her second
year working toward her doctorate in Educational Leadership at CLU; she expects to graduate
in 2014. Ms. Chavez has a combined total of 7 years teaching experience which includes two
years at Santa Paula High School and five years with OUHSD. Her son attends
Pacifica, where he is a freshman. Favorite hobbies Ms. Chavez
enjoys include cycling, kickboxing, and traveling. This past summer Ms. Chavez spent 40 days
in Europe where she travelled to 7 different countries. Her motto is
Life isn’t fair – do something about it. Ms. Chavez also owns a family income tax
and notary business and is a wedding officiate. Congratulations Angelica Chavez for being the
recipient of this week’s Certificated Staff Focus Award!
This week ACHS focuses on Brandae Rossini, MathTeacher. Mrs. Rossini is a graduate
of Royal High School in Simi Valley. After high school she attended Brigham Young University where she majored in math and earned her
Bachelor’s. Mrs. Rossini is currently working on her Master’s in Math Education. Four years
ago Mrs. Rossini began teaching with OUHSD and has been with us at ACHS the entire time.
Playing with her 16-month old son is Mrs. Rossini’s favorite activity. Her goal is to travel
the world. Mrs. Rossini said she is “grateful for her friends here at ACHS for their help and
support, and making me a better teacher.” Congratulations Brandae Rossini for being the
recipient of this week’s Certificated Staff Focus Award!
SUPERB STAFF
This week, teacher Kevin Buddhu was selected as Superb Staff because he is a very
intellectual and a great teacher. Campus Supervisor Oscar Blanco was honored as
Superb Staff by our ASB Students because heis very friendly and helpful.
Congratulations!
PRINCIPAL’S CHARACTER RECOGNITION
Principal Lipman honored Leslie Ortiz and Sarkis Grigoryan this
week for demonstrating exemplary Scorpion Character. Leslie found several items including cash and
turned it all in to the office. Sarkis returned a lost flash drive to the library. Thank you for
showing excellent Scorpion Character!
BAND
Bandcompeted at Moorpark Saturday November 19th and qualified to go to the Southern California Championships being held tomorrow in San Diego! To Mr. Stava’s knowledge, this is the first time
Camarillo has advanced into Finals competition. Our students have
worked very hard for this honor. Please wish them the best!
ATHLETICS
Over Thanksgiving week, Boys Cross Country finished 6th in the CIF Division 2
finals and advanced to last Saturday’s state finals in Fresno. The boys ran well there and finished 9th in California. On November 18, Football finished their fine
season. Congratulations to all the players and coaches on all their success this year.
This week we began winter sports. On Tuesday, November 29, Boys Basketball beat Besant Hill 78-39 and
Boys Soccer defeated Simi 1-0. Girls Basketball opened with a 55-32 win over Burroughs of
Burbank and Girls Soccer played to a 0-0 tie with La Reina
on November 30.
Fall Sports Awards: On Monday, December 5, we will honor Fall Athletes (cross country,
football, girls tennis, girls volleyball, girls golf, and boys water polo) beginning at
6:00pm in the ACHS gym. All Fall Athletes and their families
are invited to attend!
Students: Girls Softball has a mandatory meeting next Wednesday, December 7 at 12:25pm in room M-1. New and
returning Boys Tennis has a mandatory meeting at lunch on Friday, December 9 in room J-2. Boys need to take their
challenge match scores.
FORENSICS
Sophomore Jeremiah Olson took 5th place for OUHSD and ACHS in Oratorical
Interpretation at the Tri-Valley Forensics League (TVFL) Speech Tournament on held at
Golden Valley High School in Santa Clarita. Jeremiah’s speech entitled “Duty, Honor, Country”
was delivered by Gen. Douglas Macarthur’s to the Corps of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point, NY, May 12, 1962 in accepting the Thayer award.
GEO CHALLENGE
ACHS finished 3rd in the Geo challenge on November 19. Congratulations to the team advisor Mr.
Ropes and to all team members: Ryan Cosgrove, Steven Porta, Alexander Paul,
Rebecca Sexton, Chelsea Barrios, and Sara Long. Special kudos to Alexander who also
took 3rd place in the individual part of the competition!
ACADEMIC DECATHLON
Thank you to all who participated in the ACADECA scrimmage on November 19. Hopefully this helped
the students get a feel for the kind of test questions that might be on the formal test coming up
on January 7 and February 4. The first competition in January will include the
prepared speech, impromptu speech, essay, and interview. On Wednesday, January 4 and Friday, January 6, there will be extended meetings from 3:00 to 4:45pm, where students will only work on impromptu speeches
and prepared speeches, if time is available.
NURSE’S NOOK
Our fall blood drive was November 30 and December 1. Thank you to all who participated.
FIELD TRIP
Mr. Campos’ Native Spanish 3 classes read The Underdogs, a famous novel about the Mexican
Revolution. To culminate this theme, the students went on a field trip to the LA County Library
because it is holding an exhibit on the Mexican Revolution sponsored by the Getty Museum
organization. Lunch at Olvera Street followed.
WOODSHOP
Woodshop donated toy cars to Casa Pacifica. Thank you Mr. Seidler for
orchestrating the donations and to our students for their giving hearts.
CHEERLEADERS
Once again Adolfo Camarillo High cheerleaders will be working at the Rescue
Mission in Oxnard on December 11th decorating the women and children’s shelters for
the holidays. Last year we had an amazing outreach from teachers, students and parents to
bring to the establishments. If you have any ornaments or children’s books, adult or
children’s clothing, or household items you could donate we would really appreciate it. The
cheerleaders will be decorating two homes for homeless and displaced women and children (one
of which is the emergency shelter), reading holiday stories to the kids, and decorating for
the Christmas season with the children. Please remember these women in many cases are coming
with just the clothes on their back and from situations where they left abusive households,
so any donations or clothing items would be greatly appreciated. We will be collecting items
until December 9th.
SABC (SCORPION ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB)
SABC helped raise over $45,000 for Athletics in 2011! To help us to provide even more support to
our student athletes in 2012, please send nominations for officers for election to the SABC Board
of Directors. Nominations must be received no later than the 15th of January. We are especially looking for a Secretary.
President, Director of Special Events, and 2 Members At Large are also up for election. Visit
our web site at ScorpionAthleticBoosterClub.com.
WASC
We are in year 5 of our 6-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and
Credentialing. As we prepare for next year’s WASC visit we are having WASC focus groups as part of
our faculty meeting agendas. We have asked parents and students to join us for these meetings. Our
remaining faculty/WASC focus meetings are January 17, February 21, and March 20 in the ACHS Library from 3:15pm to 4:15pm. Parents and students, please let us know if you
are interested in participating.
We also need parents and students involved as part of our School Site Council which meets
on Thursdays once a month. These meetings are in the ACHS Library
Media Room from 2:15pm to 3:15pm on January 12, February 9, March 29, April 19, and May 17.
COLLEGE & CAREER CENTER
The ASVAB Career Assessment Interpretation (and scores) will be held next Thursday, December 8 at 2:00pm. For Juniors and Seniors who
missed the test but are interested in taking the ASVAB, there will be another opportunity in
February.
The Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program, administered by the American Society For
Engineering Education, is an 8-week summer research program. Students must be at least 15 years old
and have completed 9th grade, for some labs, or a minimum 16 years old to participate in all the
ONR laboratory research opportunities. Stipends paid upon completion. Get more information from
Mrs. Prentice in Room C-4.
For Seniors there is a VCCF Scholarship Application Workshop in the ACHS Library on Tuesday, December 6 at 1:00 pm. Please sign-up in room C-4 or
with counselor Ms. Tacla.
PTSA INFORMATION
Meet the Superintendent: Come meet the new OUHSD Superintendent Dr.
Soumakian who will present the District’s “Blueprint for Greatness” at the January 3 PTSA meeting. The meeting is January 3, 2012 at 6:30pm in the ACHS library. All ACHS students
and parents are invited to join us.
Finals Treats: Take a moment and write a little note to let your student
know you appreciate all the hard work they have done and how proud you are of them. For just $5,
your student will receive a bag full of treats, useful items and a note from you to give them the
little pick me up that they might be needing prior to finals. Finals Treats flyers are available in
the office, in the November/December edition of the PTSA newsletter, and on ACHS PTSA Facebook fan
page!
Mark Your Calendars: After Prom Safe and Sober Party meetings begin in
January. The meeting schedule is January 12, February 9, March 8, April 5, April 26, May 3, and May 10. All meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in the ACHS library. For this event to be a success we
need your assistance.
Follow us on FACEBOOK: ACHS PTSA is a fan page on Facebook. Have easy
access to PTSA Newsletters and Forms whenever you need them. Know about meetings and special events
sponsored by PTSA and ACHS. Be sure to “Like” ACHS PTSA today!
Do you have a teen
planning to take an online driver's ed course? You can sign-up for online driver’s ed
@ www.welcomedriver.com. On the website click SIGN UP NOW under Students. Use school referral code
"adolfo" & click Start. PTSA receives $25 for every student who registers. Be sure to
follow directions to enter your personal info, which generates a password & email
confirmation.
As you know, the power of PTSA is our membership– the parents, teachers,
and students in our schools and in our communities. Membership in your PTSA not only provides local
support, but also provides advocacy for children throughout California. The California State PTA was instrumental in creating:
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Small class size at elementary schools;
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Higher nutrition standards for school meals;
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Funding for the arts in the state budget; and
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Parent involvement requirements to help make your voice
heard.
It is the membership at ACHS that helps make this happen! The PTSA membership
campaign is a year round drive, For those of you who haven’t joined, it's not too late.
Membership envelopes are available in the front office at ACHS or we can mail you an
envelope. Please email CAMARILLOPTSA@yahoo.com if you would like an envelope mailed. Don't forget students may also
join!
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