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AUSD Board of Trustees recognized Santa Rosa Academic Academy for it's Gold Green Ribbon state recognition. Principal Tim Sobraske shared how the students are experiencing new foods with garden tastings, learning how the rain barrel works in recycling water, participating in 'Fit and Fun Fridays', making films on where the waste goes, and practicing 'Walk, Roll or Car Pool' in getting to school.  Carrisa Plains: Silver-National Green RibbonAUSD Board of Trustees is pleased to recognize Carrisa Plains Elementary Schools 2019 National Green Ribbon School recognition. They are among a handful of schools that will be recognized in Washington D.C. later this year. Principal Sarah Betz stated that the school had received a silver state recognition last year and students and staff continue to work everyday, caring about the well being of each other and the world around them. Creston: Silver-Green RibbonAUSD Board of Trustees is pleased to recognize Creston Elementary School for their 2019 State Silver Green Ribbon School recognition. Principal Sarah Betz thanked the many outside organizations for their support and shared how the school has 'Walk and Roll' Wednesdays where the students walk or ride bikes to school as an effort to show how they can help their world. Monterey Road: Silver - National Green RibbonThe Board of Trustees was happy to recognize Monterey Road Elementary School's achievements as a Green Ribbon School. They have been recognized as a Silver State recipient twice, a Gold State recipient as well as earning National Recognition in 2018. She stated that by taking academics outside her students have been given the power to act on those things they care about. San Benito: Silver Green RibbonThe Board of Trustees recognized San Benito Elementary School for their Silver Green Ribbon School state recognition. Principal Kat Holmes stated that #BENGALS GO GREEN reflects the students actions; by wearing hats and sunglasses, turning off lights, garden club and One Cool Earth meetings weekly to promoting wellness amongst the staff with 'Walk & Talk' Wednesdays, followed with a weekly memo on ways to take care of oneself. Flying High Atascadero High School's Stunt TeamLast year, stunt was recognized as an official sport in California high schools. “Stunt being recognized as a sport allows the athletes who participate in sideline cheerleading to have a season that recognizes their hard work,” said Coach Haworth. Last year the team focused on learning about the game and the routines. “We did well with our competitions and are excited for this season,” Coach. Haworth said. You can check out the next stunt competition on Thursday the 18th at AHS Gym, the Hounds will be going up against Arroyo Grande and Paso Robles. Read the full article in the Hill Top News Learning Among the Oaks Students Graft Apple Trees at Atascadero High SchoolMembers of CA Rare Fruit Growers led by Dr. Joe Sabol of Cal Poly came to AHS on March 15 to teach apple tree grafting to the Agriculture Systems Management class. 20 students learned how to graft scion wood to rootstalks. The class pruned scion wood from an apple tree on the east of the "B" building and affectionately named it "Greyhound Apples" in addition to grafting "Fuji" variety trees. The newly grafted trees will remain on campus at the Ornamental Horticulture unit where students will care for them until the end of the school year when they will be able to take them home. In the mean time everyone is anxiously awaiting the first buds of spring. Hounds Baseball Beats BearcatsAtascadero and Paso Robles faced off for game one of their two-game series on Wednesday afternoon, April 3, at Kidwell Park in a game that will go down as an instant classic. The game between the rivals saw three lead changes, two ties and ended with a Justin Vose walk-off home run for the Greyhounds who took the game 5-4. Read this entire article and all about the game in the Atascadero News. Thank You Big Creek Lumber!Big Creek Lumber donated garden kits to several local schools. Paloma Creek High School was one of the ten schools that received one of these kits that included redwood lumber ready to assemble and soil courtesy of Sun Land Garden Products. Read the full story at KSBY. Check Out Cal Poly's Radio Antenna at San Benito's Open HouseOver the summer, Cal Poly Liberal Studies students Sara Bettencourt, Sarah Coyle, Carly Muller, and Aileen Saucedo participated in FROST summer research with Dr. David Mitchell. They were able to construct and use a radio antenna to observe Jupiter storms throughout the summer, and this led to their senior project. This entailed the four students creating, planning, and piloting lessons on waves for Mrs. Jowett's first graders and Mrs. Mueller's fourth graders at San Benito Elementary. The lessons focused on sound waves and included a variety of activities, from interactive games, videos, and hands on stations. The goal was for students to discover that sound makes vibrations, and vibrations make sound, and also for them to draw models of how different sound waves behave. This general knowledge of waves was then connected to the radio antenna, which functions by picking up radio waves, and students were introduced to the electromagnetic spectrum. On the final day of the project, the students were able to see the radio antenna which was set up in a nearby field, and were able to hear signals from the universe and the sun. The project was a success and the Cal Poly students are in the process of revising the lessons in order to make them available for teachers to use in the future. The radio antenna should be set up during Open House, Friday May 3rd, so everyone can see it in action! Atascadero High School Hosts End of Year Ocean League Tennis TournamentIt was Atascadero’s turn to host the end of the year tennis tournament which brought the six other Ocean League schools — Santa Maria, Orcutt Academy, Nipomo, Morro Bay, Mission Prep and Pioneer Valley — to Heilman Park for league prelims and finals. Atascadero’s Nathan Hontz made it to the finals after opening with a first-round bye and the doubles team of Jaedyn Imhoff and Andy Pericic advanced to the semifinals. Read all about the exciting matches that took place in the Atascadero News. Learning Among the OaksMrs. Witt's 2nd grade class participated in the Santa Margarita LATO trail Bioblitz last Friday. The goal: find as many different animals as possible. Santa Margarita School Oak Ambassador Class of 2019. Atascadero Unified School District hands on soil, rocks and fossils for Santa Margarita's OAs-in-training last Friday! LATO Program Coordinator Nathan Sharon and Program Assistant Rialda Mustic guided the lesson and activities. We learned about the geologic history of Santa Margarita, how soil is formed, why soil conservation is important and what a watershed is. | Atascadero Unified Superintendent: Tom Butler 5601 West Mall, Atascadero, CA 93422 805-462-4200 The tougher it gets to be a kid, the tougher it is to be a parent! Anyone raising adolescents is welcome to join this free 10 week parenting class. Click on the flyers below for more information.  Parents Helping ParentsOur staff is committed to helping parents navigate the joys and challenges of raising a child with special needs or learning related issues.Read the latest Newsletter from Parents Helping Parents to find out about events going on in the month of March. Achieving Recognition at Atascadero Middle SchoolThe Atascadero Middle School Yearbook class of 2018 has been selected to be featured in the national LOOKBOOK for Jostens Publishing company. The LOOKBOOK features top designs from across the nation and is used as a resource for all schools as an inspiration on layouts, design, and photography. We are so proud of our amazing AMS Yearbook students for their hard work in achieving this recognition! Great Job Saints! L.I.T Club (Librarians in Training)The L.I.T. Club (Librarians in Training) at the AHS High School would like to thank CAPS for continuing to sponsor a grant that funds their annual book buy trip to Barnes and Nobles. The students research appealing new titles and are each given a portion of the total budget to manage and spend on new books for the AHS Library. This year they also toured the Atascadero Public Library. San Benito Elementary Students Learn About ArraysArrays are everywhere! Students in Ms. Edgar’s class are learning about arrays through analyzing otherwise ordinary buildings and places. During our small group instruction, students looked at City Hall and worked together to identify as many arrays hidden in this building. Atascadero High School 9th Graders Visit National Steinbeck CenterThanks to a CAPS grant 31 freshman English students and their chaperones: Mrs. George, Mrs. Corey and Ms. McSpadden, attended the National Steinbeck Museum in Salinas on March 20th. Students toured the museum and read excerpts from John Steinbeck's novels, noting how much of his writing described actual locations and attractions in the Monterey and Salinas regions of California. There were hands-on displays and many items of historical significance. This was a great learning experience that took students out of the classroom. Birds Eye View
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Our Mission, Vision, Core Values, Graduate Profile and District GoalsWelcome to the Atascadero Unified School District, where we are dedicated to students and committed to excellence. One of the unique strengths of AUSD is the talent and teamwork that is exemplified by our students and staff. Through this talent and teamwork we aim to produce the top students in the nation who are college, career, and citizenship ready. In addition to our world class graduate profile, we also set high expectations for our students, staff, and parents through our core values of respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.  Thomas Butler, Superintendent |
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