For the Week of November 22, 2021
Important Dates
November 19, 2021: Swim & Dive: Girls Varsity State Finals vs. TBA, Oakland University
November 20, 2021: Adams Varsity Football State Semi-finals vs. Grand Blanc, Howell High School, 1 PM
Swim & Dive: Girls Varsity State Finals vs. TBA, Oakland University
November 23: PTSA Breakfast for Staff and Students, Cafeteria, 6:45 AM
Thanksgiving Recess begins at the end of day, Districtwide
November 24-28: Thanksgiving Recess
November 29: Classes resume for all students
November 20, 2021: Adams Varsity Football State Semi-finals vs. Grand Blanc, Howell High School, 1 PM
Swim & Dive: Girls Varsity State Finals vs. TBA, Oakland University
November 23: PTSA Breakfast for Staff and Students, Cafeteria, 6:45 AM
Thanksgiving Recess begins at the end of day, Districtwide
November 24-28: Thanksgiving Recess
November 29: Classes resume for all students
SPOTLIGHT ON INSTRUCTION
Special Education Guest Teachers: Mrs. Burch and Perkins' Class
RED LOTUS YOGA
“Thank you to Brian, owner of Red Lotus Yoga, and Amanda, our yoga instructor, for hosting Mrs. Perkins’ and Mrs. Burch’s classes for yoga during our weekly community-based outing. Students and staff loved practicing our balance, stretching, and yoga posing skills.”
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"LET'S GO ADAMS!"
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
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ROCHESTER HILLS MAYOR BRYAN K. BARNETT VISITS!
SOCIAL JUSTICE CLUB
NOTES FROM KIM KELLY - PTSA President
Hello Highlanders! Our wonderful Admin team would like to show their appreciation to our staff and students by cooking breakfast on
Tuesday, November 23, 2021. If you are able to donate items or time, please sign up Adams Gratitude Breakfast
Our Green Team is sponsoring a Holiday Lights collection to recycle broken or unwanted lights.
A collection box will be in the office now until January 7, 2022.
We wish all of our student athletes competing this weekend the best of luck – Go Highlanders!
Kim Kelly
Hello Highlanders! Our wonderful Admin team would like to show their appreciation to our staff and students by cooking breakfast on
Tuesday, November 23, 2021. If you are able to donate items or time, please sign up Adams Gratitude Breakfast
Our Green Team is sponsoring a Holiday Lights collection to recycle broken or unwanted lights.
A collection box will be in the office now until January 7, 2022.
We wish all of our student athletes competing this weekend the best of luck – Go Highlanders!
Kim Kelly
MORE PTSA NEWS!
Click the link for membership toolkit information: https://adamshsptsa.membershiptoolkit.com/
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For more information or questions, please contact your school’s Founders Day Representatives, Angela DiBartolomeo at [email protected] or Emily Stow at [email protected]
PTSA AND ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE (RANH)
Adams High School PTSA is once again partnering with Rochester Area Neighborhood House (RANH) to provide holiday gifts for children of families
who are less fortunate in the greater Rochester/Auburn Hills area. We will be collecting gifts through Friday, December 3rd. Please click the Signup Genius link Adams High School Giving Tree To Benefit Neighborhood House to choose a needed gift! Return the new, unwrapped gifts to the box located in the main office. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Curran at [email protected]
Thank you for your support and generosity!
RCS - BOARD OF EDUCATION CELEBRATES
NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS
IMPORTANT SENIOR INFORMATION
Upcoming 2021-22 Dates
(Clickable link below)
SENIOR DATES AT A GLANCE
2021-2022 YEARBOOK PURCHASE
SENIOR ALL-NIGHT PARTY FOR THE CLASS OF 2022
Register now and save!
The Senior All-Night Party (SANP) for the Adams High School Class of 2022 will be held at Dave & Buster’s in Utica following commencement ceremonies.
The SANP is an Adams tradition, offering a safe place for seniors to spend time with their friends on graduation night.
Purchase your SANP ticket now for $75 before the price goes up on Jan. 1.
Cost is $75 until Dec. 31, 2021 or $90 from Jan. 1 to May 31, 2022. Ticket prices include games, food, contests, and transportation between Adams and Dave & Busters. Details will be shared this spring. TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.
To register your senior, please click below for the waiver and payment portal.
STEP ONE: CLICK HERE FOR SANP waiver form.
STEP TWO: CLICK HERE FOR SANP online payment.
For questions, please contact Maria Gurzick at [email protected] or Jen Wood at [email protected].
Families with financial circumstances may contact
Assistant Principal Todd Calcamuggio at 248-726-5200 for confidential assistance.
Click here for a printable flyer.
The Senior All-Night Party (SANP) for the Adams High School Class of 2022 will be held at Dave & Buster’s in Utica following commencement ceremonies.
The SANP is an Adams tradition, offering a safe place for seniors to spend time with their friends on graduation night.
Purchase your SANP ticket now for $75 before the price goes up on Jan. 1.
Cost is $75 until Dec. 31, 2021 or $90 from Jan. 1 to May 31, 2022. Ticket prices include games, food, contests, and transportation between Adams and Dave & Busters. Details will be shared this spring. TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.
To register your senior, please click below for the waiver and payment portal.
STEP ONE: CLICK HERE FOR SANP waiver form.
STEP TWO: CLICK HERE FOR SANP online payment.
For questions, please contact Maria Gurzick at [email protected] or Jen Wood at [email protected].
Families with financial circumstances may contact
Assistant Principal Todd Calcamuggio at 248-726-5200 for confidential assistance.
Click here for a printable flyer.
LITERACY INFORMATION
COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
Dear RCS Families,
The Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) issued an Emergency Order (2021-01) for Control of Pandemic, which is effective immediately. The order states that daycares and educational institutions, to include pre-kindergarten through grade 12, are required to ensure all students, teachers, staff and community members consistently and properly wear facial coverings while inside a school building or structure, regardless of vaccination status. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also requires masks to be worn on school buses.
We have received updated guidance from the Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) specific to extracurricular activities. It states that students, school employees, and volunteers participating in extracurricular activities/sports are required to wear masks while inside an educational institution.
The Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) mask order for schools will remain in effect until community transmission for Oakland County is categorized as “moderate” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for at least 14 consecutive days or until further notice from the Oakland County Health Officer. Additionally, the CDC continues to require masks on buses. Rochester Community Schools is obligated to follow local, state, and federal emergency orders or the district could be subject to criminal and civil penalties.
RCS families are offered three choices for the safe education of their student: 1) wear a face mask while inside a school building; 2) observe an exemption while inside a school building; or 3) attend the RCS Virtual Campus. Parents or guardians of students who do not comply with the OCHD emergency order will be asked to pick their child up from school. When requirements on school buses are not met, parents or guardians will be asked to provide an alternate mode of transportation.
We are pleased that the OCHD is working to balance COVID-19 transmission risks with the impact of quarantine periods on student learning. The Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) has provided updated school quarantine guidance. An updated list of frequently asked questions is also available on our website.
*In the event that a student forgets their mask at home, staff members will offer the student a face covering.*
Dear RCS Families,
The Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) issued an Emergency Order (2021-01) for Control of Pandemic, which is effective immediately. The order states that daycares and educational institutions, to include pre-kindergarten through grade 12, are required to ensure all students, teachers, staff and community members consistently and properly wear facial coverings while inside a school building or structure, regardless of vaccination status. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also requires masks to be worn on school buses.
We have received updated guidance from the Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) specific to extracurricular activities. It states that students, school employees, and volunteers participating in extracurricular activities/sports are required to wear masks while inside an educational institution.
The Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) mask order for schools will remain in effect until community transmission for Oakland County is categorized as “moderate” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for at least 14 consecutive days or until further notice from the Oakland County Health Officer. Additionally, the CDC continues to require masks on buses. Rochester Community Schools is obligated to follow local, state, and federal emergency orders or the district could be subject to criminal and civil penalties.
RCS families are offered three choices for the safe education of their student: 1) wear a face mask while inside a school building; 2) observe an exemption while inside a school building; or 3) attend the RCS Virtual Campus. Parents or guardians of students who do not comply with the OCHD emergency order will be asked to pick their child up from school. When requirements on school buses are not met, parents or guardians will be asked to provide an alternate mode of transportation.
We are pleased that the OCHD is working to balance COVID-19 transmission risks with the impact of quarantine periods on student learning. The Oakland County Health Division (OCHD) has provided updated school quarantine guidance. An updated list of frequently asked questions is also available on our website.
*In the event that a student forgets their mask at home, staff members will offer the student a face covering.*
THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
Counseling Department
Click link https://ahs.rochester.k12.mi.us/academics/counseling
If you need to reach out to your student’s counselor, please see below for contact information.
Last Names: Counselor: Email Address:
A – Don Mrs. King [email protected]
Doo – Kek Mrs. Falkowski [email protected]
Kel – Or Mrs. Bellomo [email protected]
Os – S Mrs. Clement [email protected]
T – Z (and International Exchange Students) Ms. Parliament [email protected]
The Counseling Department page on our website has a list of colleges that will be sending reps to visit Adams this fall.
Juniors and seniors may sign up for these visits in the counseling office.
You will also find a list of available scholarships on this page. Be sure to check back regularly, as we add to this list frequently.
SENIORS
The College Application Process information can be found on the following website:
https://adamsseniors.weebly.com.
Click link https://ahs.rochester.k12.mi.us/academics/counseling
If you need to reach out to your student’s counselor, please see below for contact information.
Last Names: Counselor: Email Address:
A – Don Mrs. King [email protected]
Doo – Kek Mrs. Falkowski [email protected]
Kel – Or Mrs. Bellomo [email protected]
Os – S Mrs. Clement [email protected]
T – Z (and International Exchange Students) Ms. Parliament [email protected]
The Counseling Department page on our website has a list of colleges that will be sending reps to visit Adams this fall.
Juniors and seniors may sign up for these visits in the counseling office.
You will also find a list of available scholarships on this page. Be sure to check back regularly, as we add to this list frequently.
SENIORS
The College Application Process information can be found on the following website:
https://adamsseniors.weebly.com.
FRESHMEN
Last week, we met with all 9th graders during their physical science classes to introduce ourselves and to share some tips & tools for 9th grade success. We also talked with them about the importance of learning about themselves and about the world of work in order to eventually find a career that’s a great fit for them. They had some time to take inventories and explore on Xello. Ask them to show you what they did and learned! The links to our Freshman Meeting Packet and to Xello are on your freshman’s Google Classroom, and we’ve attached the packet below. – AHS Counselors
Last week, we met with all 9th graders during their physical science classes to introduce ourselves and to share some tips & tools for 9th grade success. We also talked with them about the importance of learning about themselves and about the world of work in order to eventually find a career that’s a great fit for them. They had some time to take inventories and explore on Xello. Ask them to show you what they did and learned! The links to our Freshman Meeting Packet and to Xello are on your freshman’s Google Classroom, and we’ve attached the packet below. – AHS Counselors
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UPDATE FOR SEMESTER 1 EXAMS
Dear Highlander Families,
As we begin the second quarter of the 2021/2022 school year, we wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with information regarding final exams for semester 1. There will be NO final exams for students to end semester 1. The schedule of January 12, 13, 14 will stay the same.
As we begin the second quarter of the 2021/2022 school year, we wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with information regarding final exams for semester 1. There will be NO final exams for students to end semester 1. The schedule of January 12, 13, 14 will stay the same.
FREE AND REDUCED LUNCHES
Rochester Community Schools via Chartwells Food Service Staff will serve free breakfast and lunch meals to RCS students in all grade levels, thanks to flexibilities provided by the USDA's National School Lunch Program. Students can take advantage of these free meals served in their school cafeterias on regular school days. No registration is required.
Students enrolled in the RCS Virtual Campus will have a weekly curbside distribution at West Middle School and signup is required in advance. RCS Virtual Campus families should visit the website listed below to register for free curbside pickup.
Please use this link to access daily menus, nutrition details, RCS Virtual Campus food registration, and additional information about Chartwells food services at RCS: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/about-us/departments/foodservices.
Rochester Community Schools via Chartwells Food Service Staff will serve free breakfast and lunch meals to RCS students in all grade levels, thanks to flexibilities provided by the USDA's National School Lunch Program. Students can take advantage of these free meals served in their school cafeterias on regular school days. No registration is required.
Students enrolled in the RCS Virtual Campus will have a weekly curbside distribution at West Middle School and signup is required in advance. RCS Virtual Campus families should visit the website listed below to register for free curbside pickup.
Please use this link to access daily menus, nutrition details, RCS Virtual Campus food registration, and additional information about Chartwells food services at RCS: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/about-us/departments/foodservices.
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Student Chromebooks
We are continuing to deploy student Chromebooks, by appointment only, on Tuesdays 7:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. through December 14. Parents are encouraged to schedule a Technology Services Appointment using the following link: https://form.jotform.com/203207837751153 . Direct parents and students to our website for new Chromebook or service.
Student Chromebooks
We are continuing to deploy student Chromebooks, by appointment only, on Tuesdays 7:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. through December 14. Parents are encouraged to schedule a Technology Services Appointment using the following link: https://form.jotform.com/203207837751153 . Direct parents and students to our website for new Chromebook or service.
- Parent/Student Requesting Technical Support - If a student/parent needs technical assistance or has lost their device, please direct them to the Technology Services page on our district website https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/about-us/departments/technology-services
- Parent/Student Requesting Help with ParentVue/StudentVUE - If a student/parent needs help with ParentVUE or StudentVUE, please direct them to the website https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/about-us/departments/technology-services/family-technology-support/parentvue.
- Students Needing a 1:1 Device - If you are working with parent and determine that they either require a new device, should swap an old 3120, or should swap a defective device – please send them the link to schedule a Technology Services Appointment: https://form.jotform.com/203207837751153
ParentVUE and StudentVUE LOGINS
Parents can obtain login information via ParentVUE for their students in all grades and programs. Please note that students in grades 6-12 are able to change their own passwords and ParentVUE will only display the initial password.
Parents can visit the Remote Learning @ RCS page (https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/about-us/departments/technology-services/family-technology-support/parentvue) for more details.
Parents can obtain login information via ParentVUE for their students in all grades and programs. Please note that students in grades 6-12 are able to change their own passwords and ParentVUE will only display the initial password.
Parents can visit the Remote Learning @ RCS page (https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/about-us/departments/technology-services/family-technology-support/parentvue) for more details.
- ParentVUE (web browser) - go to Student Info.
- ParentVUE (app) - go to Student Info > Additional Information.
- If a student needs a password reset, you can use our support form. It is the first item under the Contact Us grid in the link above.
- If you are still having trouble logging in, please email [email protected]
ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL IS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER
AHS is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Stay up to date on all the Highlander happenings by following us on:
Facebook; Instagram; and Twitter. Click below.
Facebook; Instagram; and Twitter. Click below.
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SOCIAL - EMOTIONAL WELLNESS!
As we continue to care for the social-emotional health and well-being of our school community, we would like to remind our students, families, and staff of some valuable resources. To access a list of available support systems and help lines, please visit our website or go to: https://rcssocialemotionalresources.weebly.com/.
As we continue to care for the social-emotional health and well-being of our school community, we would like to remind our students, families, and staff of some valuable resources. To access a list of available support systems and help lines, please visit our website or go to: https://rcssocialemotionalresources.weebly.com/.
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
ATTENTION ALL ATHLETES FOR WINTER SPORTS!
All students who participate in any sport must have a physical filled out and turned in by the beginning of practices. We kindly ask that BOTH pages be filled out completely. Your student will not be able to participate in practices or games if we do not have the physical with all sections completed.
Please click here for the forms required by the MHSAA
Students also need to pay to participate for any sport they are in. This can found at the following link:
https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/athletics/pay-to-participate
If you have any questions regarding the physical forms, please contact Amanda Elston in the athletics
office at (248) 726-5272 or at [email protected].
UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS! |
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Varsity Football Semi-Finals
(Away at Howell High School)
Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 1 PM!
ADAMS vs. GRAND BLANC
(The A-Pass and Econo Pass cannot be used at this game)
Spectators: A Digital Ticketing system will be used, no cash ticketing. Do not validate your tickets
until instructed to do so on-site. Tickets can be found at the following link:
https://gofan.co/app/school/MI9877
Please join us for upcoming sports events at Adams High School campus or away games.
For more information, see our website at: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/athletics
(Away at Howell High School)
Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 1 PM!
ADAMS vs. GRAND BLANC
(The A-Pass and Econo Pass cannot be used at this game)
Spectators: A Digital Ticketing system will be used, no cash ticketing. Do not validate your tickets
until instructed to do so on-site. Tickets can be found at the following link:
https://gofan.co/app/school/MI9877
Please join us for upcoming sports events at Adams High School campus or away games.
For more information, see our website at: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/athletics
Regards,
Mr. Pasquale Cusumano, Principal
Mr. Todd Calcamuggio, Assistant Principal
Mr. Luke Swanson, Assistant Principal
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