ACADEMICS:
REMINDER: There is no
class on Monday, March 24th due to Easter weekend.
Check-in is as usual
6:00 pm.
ADMISSIONS:
RE-ENROLLMENT DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE:
The process of re-enrollment has begun and discount packages are available. To qualify for these discounts initial deposits for Fall and/or Summer must be submitted prior to April 1, 2008.
Additional discounts are also available for:
1. Summer/Fall early payments – full balances due before May 1, 2008
2. Fall early payments – full balances due before May 1, 2008.
3. Sibling discounts are also available and vary by term and number of siblings. Please contact the admissions office for additional details.
OPEN HOUSE Sunday, March 30th at 1:00 pm, for prospective families,
you’ve
seen the benefits that FAA offers---invite your friends. Contact Admissions 321-723-3211 ext 30040 or request@flair.com or admissionwebsite@flair.com. Spread the word about the excellent teachers, small classes
and leadership/character development that cadets at FAA receive!
The New 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!
We are now accepting applications
for our Summer Session 2008! Make this summer a fun AND productive time for your
child!
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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
CADET CORNER:
Florida Air Academy’s Military Ball will take place on Friday, April 18 at the Eau Gallie Civic Center from 6pm until 11pm.
Student
tickets for the ball will be on sale during lunches on March 19, 20, and 21.
(Senior tickets are covered by the Senior Activity Fee.) Students in grades 9 through 11 may attend
if they have a date. The cost is $80.00 per couple, which includes transportation
to and from the ball (from the academy), dinner and beverages, dancing, and
party favors. Seniors are required to attend the ball. Parents
interested in attending the ball should contact Assistant Principal Melissa
Alton at malton@flair.com. The cost for
adults is 50.00 per person.
Attention
parents of SENIORS: Graduation announcements, thank-you notes, name cards, and envelopes
were distributed to the senior class on Tuesday, March 18. Senior commemorative tankards were
also handed out to each student. Stacked tassels and additional materials have
not yet arrived. Please contact Assistant Principal Melissa Alton at malton@flair.com
if you have any questions about graduation materials
CONGRATULATIONS TO………………..
Michael Pinkley for his acceptance to Rochester
Institute of Technology
Phillip Phinn for his acceptance to Warner
Southern College
Phillip Bunker for his acceptance to Virginia
Tech.
Jacob Karlin for his acceptance to Edison
Community College.
Junior, Charlene Gracia for her acceptance to the
University of Miami Summer Scholars Program.
Jonathan Frazier for his acceptance to Liberty
University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Josh Laredo for his acceptance to the
University of Massachusetts - Amherst.
Julianna Harvin for her acceptance to the United
States Coast Guard Academy
Daniel Leon for his acceptance to the
University of South Florida.
FBLA members who will be attending the State Leadership Conference in Orlando April 27th-29th.
This is an amazing opportunity for
these six cadets!
(Brandon Borodach, Ryan Williams,
Elliot Mathis, Michael Pinkley, Jarvis Kornegay, Hunter Gaylor)
FAA PA: (FAA Parent Association)
Meeting is Tuesday,
March 25, 2008 at 6 pm in the Library. Agenda will include Teacher Appreciation Week and Senior
Picnic.
GUIDANCE:
1. Registration for the Advanced
Placement exams (scheduled for May) is nearly completed in all AP classes.
Should you want your son/daughter NOT to take one of more of these
exams, please contact Ms. Laura Zamjahn whose contact information is given
below. Please keep in mind that there is an additional fee for these AP exams
(approximately $85.00 each), but a passing score could very well result in the
earning of college credit.
2. "Class
of 2008" Information:
A. Bright Futures: Congratulations to the following
Seniors who have earned Florida Bright Futures Medallion Scholars scholarships: David Blonder; Phillip Bunker; Ryan
Callahan; John Casey; Richard Dexheimer; Julianna Harvin; Josue Hernandez;
Nicole John; Joshua Laredo; Daniel Leon; Pasean Loncke; Ploy Palakavong;
Michael Pinkley; Samantha Walsh; Jonathan Weiss; and Nicholas Zynko. There are
several other Seniors who may still qualify for Bright Futures Scholarships.
Congratulations to the "Class of 2008".
B. Seniors continue to be encouraged to visit
their college counselor to follow up on applications to those colleges from
which they've received little or no communication recently. We ask parents to
assist us in this endeavor by reminding their son or daughter to visit his/her
college counselor in Phelps Hall as often as necessary.
C. Seniors and their parents should
have already completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) on-line at: (www.fafsa.ed.gov).
and registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse at www.NCAAClearinghouse.net
and Florida Bright Futures Scholarships @
www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org.
D. Seniors and their parents should pay close attention
to the deadlines for college deposits which
are the fees necessary to hold a space for your son or daughter in the
college/university of his/her choice once he or she has been accepted.
Information about the amount of these deposits and submission deadlines is
found on the student's "letter of acceptance".
E. Parents of international Seniors are
advised that nearly all U.S. colleges and universities require both an
"Affidavit of Support" and a notarized bank letter as a major part of
their admission process. Many of these forms are available on the
colleges'/universities' websites under "International Admissions".
Contact your son's or daughter's counselor if you need assistance with this critical
college admission related item.
Reminder: Acceptance
to a college or university is a Florida Air Academy graduation requirement.
5. Service Academy Summer Seminars –
Juniors interested in attending a military academy after graduations 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:
April 4: Checkout for Spring Break
May 3: SAT for all Juniors
May 16: GRADUATION
Guidance 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
(Student records)
SPECIAL PROGRAMS:
Congratulations to Taylor Haines and Joshua Svejda for completing the Open Water SCUBA course this last
weekend.
Remember parents: flight and SCUBA are open entry programs: you may sign up your cadet
any time during the year for these activities.
TECHNOLOGY:
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 student'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 .
TRAVEL:
Spring Break Travel Information
You should be aware that check-out
days are also test days. If your child misses the morning classes that day,
the absence will be considered unexcused, and he or she will receive a grade of
zero for the test/s missed. 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 – or coming back later than -- the published
check-out/check-in dates and times. These
are VERY HECTIC travel days, so we appreciate your cooperation so that they may
run smoothly!
Cadets Traveling Home by Air:
Spring
break is approaching, and the deadline has passed for sending your child’s
travel information. If you have not yet done so, 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, April 4, our airport shuttles will not begin taking
cadets to the airport until 12:00 noon – there
will be no accommodations made for earlier departures:
·
April
4th, Check-out @ noon: The first airport shuttle will leave FAA at noon
·
No flights departing earlier than 4:00 pm from Orlando
·
No flights departing earlier than 2:00 pm from Melbourne
·
April
13th, Back at FAA by 6:00 pm: The last shuttle will pick up from the airport
for
·
Orlando flights arriving no later than 4:00 pm
·
Melbourne flights arriving no later than 5:00 pm
Day Student Transportation on Check-Out Days:
On Friday, April 4th, students are
free to check-out at 12:00 noon, but ONLY AFTER their area passes inspection.
The day student buses will depart campus at 12:30 pm.
Florida Shuttle Transportation on Check-Out Days:
On Friday, April 4th, students
traveling by Florida Shuttles (Miami, Jacksonville, and Orlando-West Coast
routes) will be free to check-out beginning at noon. The shuttles will start
loading at that time and will depart FAA at 1:00 pm. Please adjust your pick-up
time accordingly. The Miami Shuttle will fill up fast – encourage your child to sign up as soon as the
sign-up list is available. Any cadets who do not sign up in time to be assured a
seat on the shuttle will have to be picked up.
WEB SITE:
Here is a link to the Daily
Bulletin:
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 - Movies
Saturday- Hollywood Studios (Disney)
Whistle Junction
Sunday- Andretti's Go Cart Theme Park
Monday- Makoto's Restaurant, Beach
YEAR END ACTIVITIES: (Separate letter w/details to be mailed/emailed
shortly)
Mother’s Day Dinner/Salute to America – Friday, May 9th 7:00 pm
Change of Command
Parade/Grades 9-11 Awards Assembly – Saturday, May 10th (All cadets report 8:00 am)
Seniors – Class of 2008
· Military Ball (Friday April 18th)
· Senior Grad Night @ Disney (Saturday, April 26th)
· Senior Family Dinner (Thursday, May 15th @ 6:00 pm)
· Class of 2008 Last Parade/Awards/Graduation (Friday, May 16th,
Parade/Awards on campus 8:00 am; Commencement begins @ 3:00 Calvary Chapel of
Melbourne)
Middle School Awards & 8th Grade Promotion – Saturday, May 31st, 11:00 am
· 8th Grade Grad Night @ Sea World – Friday, May 2nd