See the Slide Show from the Town Hall Meeting that was held March 31, 2008.
See also the Alabama Awareness Campaign site at parentalyzer.org.
2008-2009 School Year Registration
Requires Proof of Residency
The 2008-2009 School Year Registration cards were due back to the school on Friday, February 29.
Proofs of residency must accompany the registration
card. For more information, please see the letter from AJHS Principal Jason Wright (web copy in PDF). The original of this letter was sent home with students the week of Monday, February 25.
Kroger Cards
Kroger is our Partner in Education again this year! Kroger is continuing the same program this year that has been so successful in previous years. Your Kroger card will also be your school card.
Present the Kroger Auburn Junior High School letter with our school's barcode to the cashier upon checkout along with your KrogerPlus card to have them scanned together. Your KrogerPlus card will be enrolled for the Kroger 2007-2008 Earning Plus Learning Educational Incentive Program. Every time you shop with your enrolled KrogerPlus card, Kroger will donate a % of your eligible purchases to the Kroger Earning Plus Learning fund that will be distributed to the Auburn City Schools based on participation by each school.
Just click on the Kroger symbol to print a copy of AJHS's Kroger Letter.
Cartridges for Kids - Benefit AJHS Media Center
Please take note of this new fundraising program for the AJHS Media Center. Cartridges for Kids is an environmentally friendly program that pays cash for recyclable items such as
- empty inkjet cartridges
- empty laser cartridges
- used cell phones
- used laptops
- used PDAs/Palm Pilots
- used iPods.
Please bring or send these items to the AJHS Media Center. Support your AJHS Media Center and help protect the environment at the same time! Click on the Cartridges for Kids icon at the right for more information, including a complete list of accepted items.
PSAT/NMSQL Frequently Asked Questions
The following information addresses questions which arose at the PSAT
Parent Information Meeting on Thursday evening, January 31.
PSAT/NMSQT
Pre-Scholastic Aptitude Test
National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test
Facts:
- The PSAT/NMSQT is administered on two dates in October each year.
- It is offered to 9th graders at AJHS and is for practice purposes
only. - All students take the test in 11th grade, which is the qualifying
year for National Merit Scholar. - The Selection Index is the sum of the raw scores earned in the three
test areas, Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing Skills. - A perfect score is 240.
- The Selection Index qualifying scores vary from state to state (200
to 223) and from year to year. - Alabama's Selection Index qualifying score for 2008 is 209.
If you have any questions about the PSAT/NMSQL at AJHS, please send a note to Sally Pickens, AJHS Counselor, at sgpickens@auburnschools.org.
E-mail Reminders
If you provided an e-mail address when you joined PTA, your address was added to the AJHS 9th or AJHS 8th grade parent e-mail lists. If you did not provide an e-mail address originally, and would like to subscribe to this mail list now, send a message to majordomo@auburn.edu with the following line in the body of the message:
subscribe listname emailaddress
where listname is either ajhs9th or ajhs8th and emailaddress is your e-mail address. To unsubscribe from one of the lists, send the following
unsubscribe listname emailaddress
Information Sessions for Parents of Teens
Informational sessions will be held periodically throughout the school year on topics of interest to the parents of teens. Topics like testing, technology, drug & alcohol awareness, wellness as well as programs that showcase our student’s fine art and/or musical talents are all being considered. Where possible, these sessions will be held twice…once at noon and again at 6:00 in the evening to make it easier for everyone to attend. Please plan to join us for those sessions! The schedule will be posted here (check the PTA Calendar) and e-mail reminders will be sent.
If you missed earlier sessions...
- Monday, September 24, 2007 - Agenda and Handouts
Interpreting test results, Graduation Requirements and Curriculum Options, Comparison of the AP and IB, Special Endorsement Diplomas
Welcome to AJHS!
Your PTA is excited about the 2007-8 academic year and looking forward to working with each of you. Parents play a critical role in the education of their children….the PTA is here to help facilitate your involvement with that process and serve as a source of information.
We’re looking forward to working with you to make 2007-8 the best year ever at AJHS!
Go Tigers!
Shawn & John Asmuth
PTA Co-Presidents