ALL STUDENTS

Parent Teacher Conferences
All parents are strongly encouraged to plan to come to the school from 12 Noon to 2:00 PM next week, Thursday October 2nd to receive Progress Report #1 AND to meet for 5 to 10 minutes with EACH teacher for all children attending La Huasteca. These gymnasium meetings are an excellent opportunity to meet your child’s teachers. These are popular conferences, but please plan to be here at 12:00 as we do not extend them past 2:00. Please remember, if a meeting of more than 10 minutes is required, you can make an appointment for a meeting at a later date. We look forward to seeing you! Please enhance the communication between the school and home by attending this event.
For parents who cannot make it to our gymnasium conferences, students will be given their progress reports the following day at lunch (no parent note required).

80th Anniversary Reunion
If you are an ASFM Alum and are planning to attend the 80th Anniversary Reunion this is a remainder that you have until Sept 30 to pay $65 US Dlls, after that is $75.
Go now and save your money!
For more info:
http://web.me.com/katorga/Site/ASFM_80.html
Alumni Office
alumni.office@asfm.edu.mx

Community Service Fair
This Thursday we have a special program for our High School students. We will hear about the wonderful things our students are doing in our community with organizations that need our help, and students will learn information so that they can sign up for their community service programs this year. Grade 8 students will be working with the Character Education Committee to visit community organizations such as Nuevo Amanecer. Grade 12 students will be visiting UdeM.

National Honor Society events August/September
Supply Drive
Without a doubt, the "Supply Drive" was extremely rewarding. We collected 57 boxes of used school supplies which we donated to different organizations/schools such as: Lic. Miguel Aleman (our sister school), Soñar Despierto, Lazos, Crecer Libre, Madres de la Misericordia Divina, and Enlazando Tradiciones. Our used school supplies even ended up being recieved by kids in la Sierra Huichole. Most importantly, we are amazed at the dedication and effort of several NHS members, who didn't mind spending the last days of summer tearing the used paper out of notebooks. In general more than 20 work hours where devoted to this project.
Introduction to New Students
The new student orientation was organized by Mr. McDonald. NHS worked in collaboration with Student Council to guide the new students around school a couple of days before school started. Since then, NHS members have helped new students adapt to the environment and have offered help/advice.
DreamScape
NHS has set out to help our community. For DreamScape, NHS members volunteered as ushers to improve the quality of the event. In addition, NHS members provided small details, such as labeling the chairs for reserved seating and helping at the box office (briefly). DreamScape was also a fundraiser for NHS projects, we sold food and drinks during the intermission. In general if was a win-win situation for both parties.

Community Service News
As we returned from vacation, ASFM students donated 27 boxes of school materials such as binders, page protectors, sheets and color to mision Topo Chico Kids. Another similar package will be donated to Fundación Crecer Libre.
Four overhead projectors and three bags of sports materials were donated to La República public school and another similar package will be given to Eduardo Caballero public school.
Also, Mrs. Jeanette Rauize de Santos donated 10 boxes of apples to Mision Topoc chico!
The kids at these communities are very thankful and more than grateful with the ASFM community. Thank you students and thank you Community Service Learning.

ASFM School Data--How are we doing?
Each week we will bring you some information about how are school compares to other schools, or how we are comparing to what we have accomplished in the past.

AP	2004/ 05	2005/ 06	2006/ 07	2007/ 08
# students	112	143	167	146
# exams	189	301	330	283
Ave. Score	3.78	3.58	3.41	3.51
% exams >3	82	81	75	75
# students/ HS enrollment	0.252	0.282	0.317	0.263
# exams/  HS enrollment	0.426	0.593	0.622	0.511

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Advisory Time
Our Middle School Advisory Program during conference period guides the academic, social and emotional learning of adolescents as they navigate through this unique stage in their lives. Education is a dynamic process that involves both academic and “real life” experiences, our Advisory Program is in place to assist our middle school students with the “adolescent balancing act”. Modern educational research indicates that adolescence is a stage of development when an individual works through many struggles related to identity, self-knowledge, and social challenges. It is proven that these challenges are significantly easier to face, when students feel supported by a teacher advisor. Advisory programs provide this adult guidance that is necessary during this crucial developmental time.
This week we have:
6th-- MUN Intro
7th-- SLC Goal Setting
8th--Creativity Invention Convention Presentations

HIGH SCHOOL

Open Campus valid only with 08-09 ID
Bach/10-12 students should be aware that as of today, September 29th, Security will ask them to show their ASFM 08-09 ID in order to have the Open Campus privilege.
If they haven't picked your ID, they should come by the little window next to the clinic door to get it, during HS Break, Lunch or before/after school ONLY.
If you forget your ID at home and would like to leave campus, it will not be possible. If it is an emergency, you will need to contact an Administrator.

Conference Period
As you well know, ASFM is promoting much more than academic excellence. The whole child is focused on and values and character education are part of our program. We have included in our schedule each Wednesday a conference period during which smaller groups of students gather with a teacher to discuss issues, events and other items that are of importance to our student body. This is an excellent way for teachers to check in on students and get to know them better. Also it provides an opportunity for students to get to know their peers in a non-academic setting.
This week we have:
9th--College Fair
10th--College Fair
11th--College Fair
12th--College Fair

ASFM COLLEGE FAIR 2008
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 1:45-4:00 PM in the Gymnasium
(Please note the new, corrected date... The college fair is not October 8, as listed in the agenda!)
Representatives from universities throughout Mexico and the world will be available to speak to you. All ASFM high school students will be required to attend from 1:45-2:48 PM; the event will be open to the public beginning at 3:00 PM for a fee of $50 pesos. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend as well!

SENIOR TEC DAY AT ASFM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
Throughout the day, seniors will be invited to come to Room A106 to meet with the directores de carreras from the TEC and discuss any questions they may have. Seniors who are applying to the TEC need to pick up and complete the solicitud de admisión (available in the counseling office). They should bring the solicitud to school that day, along with all of the supporting documentation (see item 6 in the solicitud). The PAA will be administered after school, free of charge, on that day.

YALE COLLEGE VISIT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 - 3:20 PM in Room A106
Jean Lee, Associate Director from the Yale College Office of Admissions, will be joining us to discuss the fine undergraduate programs available. ASFM high school students who are interested in the possibility of attending Yale are strongly encouraged to attend with their parents.

PSAT/NMSQT
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 - PERIODS 6,7,1 (8:15-11:33 AM)
All students in the 11th grade generation will be taking the PSAT/NMSQT test on the morning of Wednesday, October 15. It is also optional for 10th grade students (see Ms. Loring by Sept. 29 to sign up). This test is a great practice for the SAT and/or the PAA (the admissions exam used by the TEC and UDEM). Students will receive their score reports in January, along with tips for how to improve their scores in the future. For more information, go to http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html

SENIOR UDEM DAY AT ASFM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
Throughout the day, seniors will be invited to come to Room A106 to meet with the directores de carreras from the UDEM and discuss any questions they may have. Seniors who are applying to UDEM need to pick up and complete the solicitud de admisión (available in the counseling office) They should bring the solicitud to school that day, along with all of the supporting documentation (see the front page the solicitud). The PAA will be administered after school, free of charge, on that day.

College/university planning
Please see Ms. Loring's ASFM web site at http://mshs-staff.asfm.edu.mx/~loring_sarah/ and click on the link to the college counseling web page.

NewsFlash!
Students and parents who are interested in receiving NewsFlash! messages about upcoming college events, sign up at http://teacherweb.com/MX/ASFM/Loring/gallery1.stm by clicking on NewsFlash!

Wednesday Oct. 1st

Thursday Oct. 2nd

Thursday Oct. 2nd

Saturday Oct. 4th

Monday Oct. 13th

Tuesday Oct. 14th

Wednesday Oct. 15-17th

Friday Oct. 17th-18th

Saturday Oct. 25th

Wednesday Oct. 29th