Thursday and Friday are "Spirit
Days"
To show our team spirit for this Friday’s big game
versus Holy Trinity, we are having color days!
(come out and support the team on Friday at 7!)
THURSDAY: CLASS COLOR DAY. (Wear as much as possible of the following color):
6th, 7th and 8th Graders wear White.
The 9th Grade wears Blue,
10th Grade is wearing Green.
11th Graders wear Red
Senior Class is wearing Black.
Staff and Faculty to wear Pink and
or Lime Green.
FRIDAY: FALCON DAY!!
All Cadets and Faculty will wear Blue, White or Gray or any combination of the colors.
Admissions Open House:
October 7 and October 21 (Sundays) 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!
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!
Fall Family Weekend:
Below are the links to the Fall Family Weekend. Hope to see you there!
Letter: http://www.flair.com/pages/faaToday/articles/2007FallFamWE.html
Agenda: http://www.flair.com/pages/faaToday/articles/2007FallFamWEAgenda.html
GUIDANCE
1. On Monday, October 1st at 2:30pm in Hart Hall on the FAA campus, a seminar, including an audio/visual presentation, on the NCAA Clearinghouse eligibility requirements and procedures will be presented. This seminar is a "must attend" for all student-athletes who plan to participate in NCAA Division I or II athletics in college and who may qualify for college athletic scholarships. Parents are cordially invited to attend and should R.S.V.P. to the FAA Guidance Office at: rbird@flair.com.
2. The first session of the Academic Assistance program has begun for the 2007-2008 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 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.
3. Any parent interested in obtaining tutoring, in addition to the already existing after-school teacher help, may contact Mrs. Lisa Gray at lgray@flair.com or your son's/daughter's guidance counselor listed below. There is an additional fee for this tutoring service.
4. 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 to 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!
5. The Guidance Office once again met with our Seniors and reminded them of a number of important items pertaining to their college application/admission process:
· The SAT scheduled here on campus on Saturday, October 6th. All Seniors have been given a practice test to review.
· Florida Seniors were provided Bright Futures scholarship brochures and encouraged to register on the Florida Financial Aid website.
· Don't procrastinate!
College Representative Visits to FAA:
September:
28th:
October:
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)
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
The next open water SCUBA class will be held on the weekend of October 20/21, with the ocean dives the following weekend, Oct. 27/28. If you have not yet signed your child up for this exciting experience, please contact accounting to reserve a slot.
Also, we will be able to open this dive up for certified divers. Please send an e-mail or FAX to John Hudacek at jhudacek@flair.com. allowing your diver to participate.
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. Thank you for your cooperation at this very busy and hectic time of year!
Thanksgiving
Winter Holiday: 22 December through January 5, 2008
YEARBOOK ADS
Here is the information you will need for a Senior Ad and a Business Ad in the 2008 Yearbook.
http://www.flair.com/pages/ParentsNL/2007SeniorAD.jpg
http://www.flair.com/pages/ParentsNL/2007BusinessAD.jpg
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 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- Home Football game
Saturday- Florida Mall in
Movies
