Attachments: Summer 2008 Brochure.pdf
High School Valentine Dance
There will be a
semi-formal dance for senior high students on the evening of Thursday, Feb.
14th. The dance will be from 7:00PM to 10:00PM. We hope all our senior high
students will attend. There will be refreshments, fellowship
and music. All seniors (12th grade only) joining us will have
the extra privilege of being excused from classes on Friday, Feb. 15th.
(This dance not open to Middle School Students.
A social event for middle school is being planned for this spring.)
Note: The FAA boys basketball
team will be entering district play this weekend. If we should win this
weekend, we will host the first round of regional play on Thursday,
Feb. 14th. In the event we host the basketball game, the dance will be
postponed to a future date so our student body can support the Falcons!
International Festival- (Saturday, March 1, 2008) is
just around the corner! Detailed information has been sent in a separate
email as well as in the mail. Please contact Michele Puchala
mpuchala@cfl.rr.com to volunteer, or for more
information. This
event takes the effort of many!
**The following Countries
need Volunteers to provide food. Could you supply a dish (either homemade or
from a restaurant) that would represent the flavors of one of these countries?:
Bermuda, Canada,
Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Hong
Kong, Iceland, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Romania, Russia, United Kingdom,
Uzbekistan
The festival is fast approaching! Please let me know if you can help. mpuchala@cfl.rr.com
PLEASE
KEEP THE DATE OPEN!
Our Barnes & Noble Bookfair will run from February 29th thru March
7th.
Friday
evening, February 29th (the night before the International Festival) we
will have several in-store events. Please see the email previously sent regarding Spring
Family/International Festival Weekend sent under separate cover for
details. For those families coming in
for the weekend, it's a great activity for Friday night!
We hope you can join us. Proceeds will be used to purchase educational books, toys, etc. for the daycare, and Ms. Power's new middle school Space Exploration class.
ACADEMICS:pe
Sea Camp is
fast approaching!
Those 7th graders who have signed up will be at Sea Camp February
12-15th.
Please make sure that your son or daughter has all the necessary items listed
in the recent letter sent home. If, for any reason, you are having a difficult
time obtaining a few items, please email me at clund@flair.com.
Ireland and UK
Trip - June 3-16, 2008
There is still time and room to join this Summer's educational excursion. The cost is $3,515 for students and $3,880 for adults. See Mr. Derr's Homework Hero page for more information or contact him at gderr@flair.com.
<< File: Summer 2008.pdf >>
To view your child's grades:
For
online Passwords please
email bkilfoy@flair.com to request user
id and password.
Access
the Florida Air Academy website at www.flair.com and click onto the YELLOW
TAB in the upper right-hand corner indicated “PARENTS/ALUMNI”. This will
take you to a page with a MENU on the LEFT-HAND side of the screen. Click
on the choice “ON LINE ACADEMIC REPORT”. This will take you to the page
with the NETCLASSROOM link. Click on the link and enter your user name
and password to access your student’s grades.
If you
are in need of further assistance, please call Debra Jones at 321-723-3211
ext. 30027
ADMISSIONS: Sunday, February 17th at 1:00 pm
Please invite your friends to attend. It is time to begin
enrollment for '08-'09! We also have a few more spots for qualified students for this school
year, especially for female students as we build our co-ed program. 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/character development that
cadets at FAA receive!
Florida Air Academy Preschool Florida Air Academy Preschool still has room for
children ages 6 weeks through 5 years. If you know of anyone who is looking for a caring community
for their child to learn have them call the Admissions Office at 723-3211, ext.
30012. Snacks and hot meals provided!
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!
F.A.A. INTRODUCES ON-LINE
RE-ENROLLMENT!
It's nearly time to begin the process of re-enrollment for Fall 2008. However, this Spring there will be a significant improvement to the way parents complete the re-enrollment process. Lengthy amounts of paperwork and tedious notarizing will become a thing of the past. Parents will fill out a one page permission form, and then receive an on-line access code. Once they receive the access code parents will be able to complete the enrollment agreement and transition kit at their own computer in the comfort of their own home.
For parents of underclassmen, this data will be saved and when parents go to re-enroll the following year, their electronic forms will be available with pre-populated data. This is just another example of FAA's commitment to providing better customer service and cutting edge technology.
We are now accepting applications
for our Summer Session 2008! Our summer session is a six-week
non-military program that allows students to earn academic credit while
developing better study skills. Have your child take a class to get ahead,
which will mean more opportunities for advanced courses later! Honors classes are available. Students will also be able to participate in
fun activities such as Equestrian, Scuba, Flight, Sea Camp,
Surfing/Skateboarding and much more! FAA also offers weekly trips to Disney,
Wet and Wild, Blizzard Beach, Busch Gardens and other Central Florida theme
parks. For more information on how to apply, contact the Admissions Department
at 321-723-3211 ext 1. Make this summer a fun AND productive time for your
child!
ATHLETICS:
Congratulations
to the varsity girls basketball team which
played in their first ever district championship game @ First Academy Saturday
night. They came up
short but brought home the runner-up trophy and have advanced to the regional
quarterfinals Thursday night @ Father Lopez (Daytona). They will tip-off at
7PM. If you can come out to support
them, it would mean so much!
CADET CORNER:
Congratulations
to all the District 16 FBLA members who attended the performance events at FAA
this Tuesday! Over 13
different schools from Brevard County were represented and 30 judges from the
FIT and the business community served as judges. The next event will
be the awards ceremony on Friday, February 22nd at FIT's Gleason Auditorium
from 10:00-12:00.
All are
welcome!
In reference to incoming
calls:
Please
note that all incoming phone calls for cadets go directly to voice mail. To leave a message for your child, you would
call the school at (321) 723-3211 and enter their extension number. The extension number for your child will be
the last four numbers of their student number preceded by
the number 2 (2xxxx). Example student number to be 10375, therefore their telephone extension
number will be 20375. Your child will then return your call during
the times authorized by the Commandant's Department.
In reference to you son's email services:
Effective
this school year, FAA no longer provides students with individual email
accounts; this was primarily due to non-use by the students. Your child may continue to use their personal
private email address. Should they not
have one, they can subscribe to many of the free email providers such as
gmail.com, hotmail.com and yahoo.com.
Please
feel free to contact us again if we can help in any way at technology@flair.com
.
CONGRATULATIONS TO………………..
Lynden
Hall on his
acceptance to Northwood University.
Jonathan
Weiss on his
acceptance to Colorado State University.
Kurt
Key for his
acceptance to Shelton State Community College.
Witchell
Reme for his
acceptance to Florida International University and Florida Atlantic University.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade: March 15th
The
team (50 D&B students and 20 Special Teams members) will need to meet no later than
1:00PM in the parade assembly area located in the vicinity of New Haven and
Strawbridge.
More information will follow.
GUIDANCE:
1.
The Guidance
staff met with all our Juniors during English classes last week to register
them for the required May 3rd SAT administered here on the FAA
campus. SAT practice tests and
test-taking tips were distributed along with college-related publications. We encourage the "Class of 2009" to
begin to prepare for this very important testing.
2. The SAT
Prep course will begin the week of March 10th in preparation for the May 3rd SAT.
If you're interested for your son or daughter, please contact Mrs.
McMillen in our Accounting Office at: mmcmillen@flair.com or (321) 723-3211, ext. 30015. There is an additional fee for this
course. Make sure your child is prepared
for this extremely important test!
3. Our tutoring program is still accepting students for second semester enrollment. Any parent interested in obtaining tutoring for their son or daughter should 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. "Class of 2008" Information:
A. Seniors should be fully aware of college application deadlines as late submission could preclude acceptance of an otherwise qualified candidate.
B. Seniors and their parents should be completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on-line at (www.fafsa.ed.gov).
C. Seniors are also reminded to register with the NCAA Clearinghouse at www.NCAAClearinghouse.net and Florida Bright Futures Scholarships @ www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org.
5. Parents are reminded to contact their son's/daughter's guidance counselor regarding the college application/admission process. Our Seniors continue to be advised to finalize 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); to register with the NCAA Clearinghouse; to investigate scholarship opportunities and sources; and most of all, to maintain or improve their Senior year grades and not procrastinate with their college application material.
Parents: Please speak to your son or daughter about this important process and encourage them to complete, submit, and notify Guidance of all college applications submitted and any subsequent information requests (e.g., first semester transcripts, additional letters of recommendation, residency information, etc.) from those colleges.
Reminder:
Acceptance to a college or university is a Florida Air
Academy graduation requirement.
6.
Academy Summer Seminars – Juniors interested in attending a military academy after graduation
are strongly encouraged to attend an Academy Summer Seminar. The application process has already begun and
deadlines are fast approaching. Don’t
miss out on this great opportunity.
For more
information contact your son’s/daughter’s guidance counselor or visit one of
the websites listed below.
US Military Academy at West Point
Guidance Calendar:
February
9: ACT (Optional - Standby Testing Only)
March
1: Spring Family Weekend/International Festival
Guidance Personnel:
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)
PARENT ASSOCIATION:
Dinner Show DVD is
now available for $25.00. Please email mpuchala@cfl.rr.com to reserve your copy.
SPECIAL
PROGRAMS:
The advanced
open water divers will be making their qualification dives in Key Largo
this weekend. If any more students sign up for SCUBA instruction, we will be
able to add more classes to our schedule to ensure completion before the end of
the school year.
Remember parents; flight and SCUBA are open entry programs: you may sign up your cadet any time during the year for these activities.
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
WEEKEND ACTIVITIES:
Friday- Fan Bus to the boys district semifinal basketball game
Saturday- Movies
Fan Bus to the boys district final basketball game
Jr. High mall run
Sunday- Bowling