Admissions Open House:
September 23 (this Sunday!) and October 7 (Sunday) at 1:00 pm. We have a few more spots for qualified students for this school year….If you have any friends or relatives with children who might be good additions to the cadet corps of FAA, please invite them to this! Contact our Admissions 321-723-3211 ext 30040 or request@flair.com or admissionwebsite@flair.com.We will be located in Classrooms 23-24. Spread the word about the excellent teachers, small classes and leadership development that cadets at FAA receive!
Commandant:
The New Polo Shirts are here!
Many parents have asked “When can my child wear the new polo shirt?”
The new polo's can be worn every day except Wednesday, which is combo 3A. The wearing of the polo shirt is a privilege which must be earned. Cadets must be in good standing behaviorally, and not failing any courses, to wear the polo's.
If you have any further questions regarding the ‘new polo shirt’, please contact the Commandant’s department.
Academics:
Advanced Placement and Honors English 4 will take a field trip to the Orlando Shakespeare Theater on Thursday, October 4 for a performance of A Comedy of Errors. This trip will cause students to miss all classes that day. Students will be back on campus by 3pm. Please contact Mrs. Alton at malton@flair.com if you have any questions.
Admissions:
RAP (Refer a Pal) If you refer a student to us and your potential cadet enrolls in the Academy, after one semester is completed, you are eligible to earn a gift card from Best Buy. Visit our website at www.flair.com and click on 'Refer a cadet' on the home page. The web site is simple and easy to navigate. Make a difference in a young person’s life!
Cadet Corner:
Congratulations to the
varsity football team who cracked the top 5 in the Florida
Sports Writers Association state football poll. We are currently ranked
#4. Great job Falcons! Come out and
support the team on Friday as we play
GUIDANCE
Friday, September 21st, is the cut-off date for the first printed academic progress report for the 2007-08 school year. At this time, all students with a "D" and an "F," or 3 "D's" or worse will be placed in our Academic Assistance Program. This effective program is designed to motivate and assist students who are having difficulty in their scholastic pursuits.
The Academic Assistance Program means that each student:
· Must attend after-school teacher help in those subjects in which he or she has earned a D or F.
· Must attend both weekend study halls, Friday evening and Saturday morning.
· Must attend evening study hall in the dining room under the supervision of a Tactical Officer and with tutors available.
· Will have his or her allowance cut to $5.00 per week.
This program will continue until the next printed academic report which will be report card # 1 with a cut-off date of October 26th.
Any parent interested in obtaining tutoring, in addition to the already existing after-school teacher help, may contact Mrs. Lisa Gary at lgray@flair.com or your son's/daughter's guidance counselor listed below. There is an additional fee for this tutoring service.
Parents are strongly encouraged to contact their son's/daughter's guidance counselor regarding the college application/admission process. Our Seniors have been advised to begin writing their college essays; to procure 2/3 letters of recommendation; to compile their high school resumes; to sign up for additional standardized testing, (i.e., ACT,TOEFL, SAT re-test); to register with the NCAA Clearinghouse; to investigate scholarship opportunities and sources; and most of all, to maintain or improve their grades and not procrastinate with their college application material. Parents, please speak to your cadets about this important process and encourage them to complete these tasks!
College Representative Visits To FAA:
September:
28th
October:
16th
22nd
25th
25th College Fair @
Please feel free to contact the following Guidance Office personnel: (321) 723-3211, ext. 30031
LTC Reggie Bird, Guidance Director: rbird@flair.com (Cadets with last names A through L)
Ms. Laura Zamjahn, Guidance Counselor: lzamjahn@flair.com (Cadets with last names M through Z)
Ms. Bonnie Miller, Registrar: bmiller@flair.com (School records)
SCHOOL PICTURES for YEARBOOK
Senior Photos
September 25 (next Tuesday-after school)
Underclass Photos
September 26 (next Wednesday- during English Class)
Makeups
September 27 (next Thursday- after school)
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
This weekend will be the first of this year's SCUBA training classes. We have a full class of 10 cadets for the weekend. We will however continue to schedule classes during the school year. Everyone who is interested in discovering the undersea world will have an opportunity later this year.
For those students in this initial class,
have all your homework done by Saturday morning. We will depart the
TRAVEL
November and Christmas breaks are approaching. If you haven’t yet booked flights for your son or daughter, you’ll need to do so as soon as possible. Please send your child’s itinerary, including airline and flight number, to our travel department at travel@flair.com, or by fax at 321.728.7233.
On travel days, such as Friday, November 16, our airport shuttles will begin at noon taking cadets to the airport – there will be no accommodations made for earlier departures:
· November 16, Check-out @ noon: The first airport shuttle will leave FAA at noon
· No
flights earlier than 4:00 pm
from
· No
flights earlier than 2:00 pm
from
· November 25, Return by 6:00 pm: The last shuttle will pick up from the airport for
·
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You should be aware that check-out days are also test days. If your child misses the morning classes that day, he or she will receive a grade of zero for those classes, and the absence will be unexcused. In addition to the unexcused absence, you will be responsible for booking some form of airport transportation other than the FAA shuttle. Our transportation will not be available to those leaving before the approved check-out dates and/or times.
Fall Family Weekend: Plan to be here for this important event! (It means a lot to your child.) See your child in their first parade of the
year, and meet with their teachers and tacs!
(School activities occur primarily on Saturday, then cadets may go on
home leave. Return to school by
6:00 pm Monday.)
Thanksgiving
Winter Holiday: 22 December through January 5, 2008
WEB SITE
Here is a link to the Daily Bulletin:
http://www.flair.com/pages/faaToday/bulletin/bulletin.htm
To find current sports schedules and rosters, refer to the site maintained by Jim O'Malley, our Athletic Director:
http://www.highschoolsports.net
For another link to the current weekly parent
email newsletter, check this page which will be updated on a weekly basis:
http://www.flair.com/pages/faaToday/ParNewsLtr.htm
Link for homework assignments only. Parents do not have to log in.
http://www.flair.com/pages/academy/heroes.htm
To view your child's grades:
For online Passwords please email bkilfoy@flair.com for your child’s User ID and Email bkilfoy@flair.com to request user id and password
· Go to FAA website www.flair.com
· Click onto the yellow “Parents/Alumni” tab in the upper right-hand corner of the FAA homepage. This will take you to a page with a menu on the left-hand side.
· Click onto “Online Academic Report”. That choice will take you to the screen where you will input your student’s user name & password.
If you are in need of further assistance, please call Debra Jones at 321-723-3211 ext. 30027.
Weekend Activities
Friday: Rooter bus to
Saturday: Epcot
Movies
Sunday: Beach