Weekly Flight Tips

This week, we encourage our students to be efficient and effective with their time at school and at home. Students should work with others and double check their work, use tools to help them focus, prioritize what needs to be done first, take notes, and get help at lunch from their teacher. When studying, small brain breaks can help to break up long periods of study. Please support these efforts from home by encouraging students to use these tips to make best use out of their time.

Assignment Calendar

Speaking of being efficient with our time. The 7th and 8th grade teachers have created an assignment calendar to help students stay caught up on assignments. It is available on the High Desert School Website and in the ASB Google Classroom. Our goal is to have the assignments listed in one place for both parents and students to use as a daily checklist and ensure that all assignments are completed.

HDS Block Schedule Survey for 2022-2023 School Year

As we begin planning for next school year, High Desert is proposing changing to block schedule for the 2022-2023 school year. Use of a block period of time for instruction does the following: promotes cooperative learning, increases quality time with students, helps students focus on specific topics each day, supports implementation of the new CTE lab, and supports time for classroom-based interventions for all students. Please complete our Block Schedule Survey to provide feedback. We also invite you to attend one of the Block Schedule Parent Information Meetings next week.

HDS Soccer

Congratulations to all of the players who made the HDS Boys and Girls Soccer teams. We are excited to see you in action this year!

• Boys Practice is Monday and Friday 3:15-4:45pm at Meadowlark
• Girls Practice is Monday and Tuesday 3:15-4:45pm at Meadowlark

Remember to get COVID tested weekly if you are participating in Soccer or Dance Force and you are unvaccinated and have not tested positive in the last 90 days.

VHS Testing Center

Reminder that all participants must register for testing prior to arriving at VHS.

https://www.aadusd.k12.ca.us/ domain/388

• Monday 1/24 Open 12:00 - 3:30
• Tues 1/25 - Fri 1/28 Open 1:30 - 3:30

At-Home Testing Rapid Tests

Submit your results via e-mail to covidtestresults@aadusd.k12.ca.us Be sure to include the student's name and the results in the subject line of the e-mail.

Week of January 24, 2022