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Shark Bites Special Edition
April 16th, 2020
Field Trip and Event Reimbursements
All trips and events through June 2nd have been cancelled. We are working with vendors to get reimbursed. As funds come in we will be processing refunds to families. Please be patient with us as we work through this process.
Isolation & Procrastination
During these times of forced isolation, procrastination and depression can become a reality for some people. It is so important that we address these feelings. Begin by forgiving yourself (your child) for past procrastination. Have a real heart to heart talk about how and why the procrastination took place. Look at the daily schedule and make adjustments.
Last and most importantly, come up with a reward system for getting tasks done. Literally reward yourself (your child)! It can be as simple as a piece of chocolate! The right kinds of chocolate, consumed regularly, can actually help keep your cardiovascular system pumping, keep your mind sharp and alert, and help your mood to feel calm and happy. Whatever it is, make sure to reward yourself (your child) for doing what you need to do every week. As simple as it sounds, this is so important to do to prevent feelings of isolation and stress from taking over. Don’t forget, we are here for you and if you need to talk to someone, remember our counselors are just a phone call or email away!
The Avant Garde Administration
Remote Learning What to Expect
(Week of April 20th - 24th)
We are currently in week three of remote learning.
Upper School All assignments will be graded and inputted in grade books. Please make sure students are checking all eight classes on a weekly basis, including electives.
Note: All of this information is on the AGA website
Student Recommitment for Academic Year 2020-2021 Each year we ask families to recommit to AGA for the upcoming school year to save your student's seat. The link below will take you to a form to let us know if your student(s) will be returning to AGA for the 2020-2021 school year. One form per student is required.
If you have multiple students that attend AGA THIS school year you will need to fill out the form multiple times. Please copy and paste the link below into your browser to complete the form.
https://forms.gle/kBFxxcd9pxBPFhqG8
COVID-19 Updates
Borrowed Devices
Due to schools being closed until at least May 1st, families do not need to return devices on April 17th. As we get information from the state and district we will communicate when and how devices will be returned to school.
NOTE: Past COVID information can be found on our website: agabroward.org
How to speak to your child regarding the uncertainty of tomorrow. This week’s social emotional learning article focuses on you…the parents. We have been providing support to our students, but parents are probably the most influential part of a child’s support system. Being a little unsure of what tomorrow will bring is very normal. We have a collective resilience to cope with many emotions. It is this resiliency that allows you to feel overwhelmed, and yet you still do what is necessary to be there for your child.
As parents you have a dual role to play in raising self-awareness in your children, and helping them to manage their emotions, make responsible decisions and learn how to resolve conflicts in a positive way. They are looking at you, and they draw their cues from you, even when you don’t realize it. How you model your behavior is what they see, and ultimately do.
• Be a good listener. Children will have questions. Answer them with age appropriate responses.
• Model the behavior you seek. Whether it is apologizing when you are wrong, or being respectful of others, children learn by what they see.
• Nurture your child’s self-esteem. When a child has a good sense of self, they are happier, more adjusted, and do better in school; yes, even remote learning. Give them responsibilities which are age appropriate and show your appreciation for a job well done.
• Respect your child’s differences. Each child has their own unique talents and abilities. Honor your child by providing support and encouragement for the challenges they will face.
We are living in challenging times. Challenges activate our senses, our fortitude and our trust in ourselves. At times, challenges may feel like it is testing our mental, emotional and spiritual world. While challenges may feel like a defining moment, we will get through this.
School counselors are available to speak with you. In addition to the free conference calls, you can email us as noted. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
[email protected] (Dr. Harper, upper school) [email protected] (Ms. Rubino, lower school)
Ms. Rubino and Dr. Harper, Social Emotional Learning
STEAM is an educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics to guide student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. At Avant Garde Academy, STEAM is how we engage in real-world applications and promote meaningful collaboration.
Habit 6: Synergy Challenge of the Week!
This week when you complete a task with someone else, use this Synergy Checklist to evaluate yourself. Are you practicing Synergy when working with others?
• Do you consider other people’s ideas? • Do you encourage your friend to share his or her ideas? • Do you listen to each other? • Do you work until you both agree on a solution? • Do you ask for help and are willing to help?
If you answered yes to all the questions, you have mastered Habit 6: Synergy!!! If not, today is a great day to change the No's to Yes!!!!
My name is Tony Nayan, and I am the Elementary Physical Education teacher here at Avant Garde Academy. I am very excited to be able to teach students the importance of physical education and the benefits of being physically active. Class is focused on development, growth, sportsmanship, and teamwork. We accomplished these through a wide range of physical activities.
Grades K-2nd learned about proper health and hygiene. We begin by teaching them how to wash their hands properly. Teaching students personal hygiene early to help them understand and apply it to their daily routine. Students will not only learn how to wash their hands, but when to wash their hands, steps to proper hand washing, and ways they can prevent germs from spreading.
Grades 3-5th learned the basics of soccer, including the rules and regulations, an official soccer ball size, and improving on their necessary kicking skills. We incorporate STEAM in our lesson by using technology as a way for students to get a visual image in their minds before performing the activity. We also implement science by describing how the human body functions and which body part will be used during the activity.
IMPORTANT SENIOR REMINDERS: • Please log-in to NAVIANCE and complete your Senior
Survey. The deadline has been extended to April 20th. Once you log-in, go to ABOUT ME; then CLICK on MYSURVEYS, then click on SURVEYS NOT STARTED and you will see the Class of 2020 Spring Survey. Our goal is 100% participation. Let me know if you have trouble logging-in.
• If your family income or economic circumstances have changed due to the pandemic, you must complete or modify your Free Application for Student Financial Aid (FASFA) at https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa. You may be eligible for an adjustment in your expected family contribution (EFC) or an increase in your financial aid award. Go for it! You never know!
• Because you are a Florida resident (regardless of your legal immigration status), you are eligible to apply for financial aid from the State of Florida. This aid is in addition to federal financial aid awarded when you completed the FASFA. If you haven’t done so already, please complete your Florida Financial Aid Application at www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org. It is FREE. Just do it!
• The June 6th SAT Test has been cancelled due to the pandemic. Beginning in August, an SAT will be scheduled every month through the end of 2020. Register at www.collegeboard.org. Please contact Ms. Klein at [email protected] to determine if you are eligible for an SAT test fee waiver.
• The ACT test schedule has not changed and new tests dates have been added. The ACT will be offered on June 13, June 20, July 18 and July 25. Register at w w w. a c t . o rg . P l e a s e c o n t a c t M s . K l e i n a t [email protected] to determine if you are eligible for an ACT test fee waiver.
• If you need help interpreting your ASVAB scores, feel free to contact SSG Yamil Robles, AGA’s military recruiter. Inquire about virtual interviews and adjustments in the enlistment process during the pandemic. His email is [email protected].
Now that new grades have been reported, remember to update your RAISEME scholarship account at www.raise.me.
Dr. Williams BRACE Advisor
L a c h a n t e h a s b e e n interested in the field of medicine since she was in middle school. In the future she sees herself winning an Excellence in M e d i c i n e A w a r d p r e s e n t e d b y t h e A m e r i c a n M e d i c a l Assoc i a t i on fo r he r contributions to the cure for cancer. To make that happen, she plans to major in chemistry at Florida International University and become a medical oncologist.
Highly motivated by achievement, Lachante is a member of the National Honor Society. She has consistently made the AGA Honor Roll and successfully completed Advanced Placement, Honors and Dual Enrollment courses at Florida International University. A member of Student Government, Lachante balances her academic achievements by dancing. She is a ballerina and the captain of her church’s Praise Worship team where she choreographs and leads dance practices. She also serves as a camp counselor at her church’s summer camp.
Senior Spotlight - Lachante Pierre
Just for Fun!
Count Toilet Paper Rolls
Helping our community
Lime at Dania Pointe, was a new partner with AGA this school year. By a way of thanking them, they are our featured restaurant for a virtual family spirit night. The one difference is, AGA will not be receiving a percentage back of the profits as we want to help our community in these uncertain times.
Shark Happenings
Two of our varsity boys soccer players were named on the All Broward Boys Soccer Roster for the 4a -2a division. This is a first for our school and we couldn’t be more proud of them.
Junior, Juan Solorzano - was named to the first team and senior Oswald Proano was named on the second
2AC WEDNESDAY APRIL 15 2020MIAMIHERALD.COM
7A-5A FIRST TEAMPOS., NAME, SCHOOL YR.F, Matheus Alves, Monarch So.Stats: 12 goals, 9 assistsF, Ashton Cooper, Pembroke Pines Charter Sr.Stats: 30 goals, 2 assistsF, Nicholas Diaz, Cypress Bay Sr.Stats: 8 goals, 1 assistF, Nico Lehoczky, St. Thomas Aquinas So.Stats: 15 goals, 6 assistsM, Brian Corion, South Broward Sr.Stats: 8 goals, 7 assistsM, Gabriel Gonzalez, Fort Lauderdale Jr.Stats: 15 goals, 18 assistsM, Mateo Hernandez, Pembroke Pines Charter Sr.Stats: 1 goal, 4 assistsM, Mark Kurtevski, South Broward Sr.Stats: 15 goals, 18 assistsM, Spencer Mallion, St. Thomas Aquinas Sr.Stats: 14 goals, 14 assistsM, Nic Roman, Pembroke Pines Charter So.Stats: 22 goals, 12 assistsD, Francisco Contreras, South Broward Sr.Stats: 5 goals, 8 assistsD, Matthew Gordon, Pembroke Pines Charter Jr.Stats: 1 goal, 5 assistsD, William Torres, Cypress Bay So.Stats: Top defenderGK, Josh David Alejo, South Broward Sr.Stats: 10 shutoutsGK, Eitan Waisfeld, Cypress Bay Sr.Stats: 10 shutouts
SECOND TEAMForwards: Giovannie Garcia, Coral Glades; Bautista Ham-
bra, Cypress Bay, Sr.; Cyrus Latimore, Coral Springs, Sr.; Tho-mas Waihrich-Kuhn, Cypress Bay, Jr.; Midfielders: CamiloGonzalez, Pembroke Pines Charter, Sr.; Adrian Levy, CypressBay, Sr.; Ryan Lopez-Ordax, Pembroke Pines Charter, Sr.; NicoRobles, South Broward, Jr.; Jonathan Silva, Monarch, Jr.; De-fenders: Aidan Binnion, Fort Lauderdale, Jr.; Daudi Brown,Coral Springs, Sr.; Luca Montes, Fort Lauderdale, Sr.; LautaroSantangelo, South Broward, Sr.; Victor Savu, St. Thomas Aqui-nas, Sr.; Goalkeepers: Alex Duque, Stoneman Dougals, Sr.
THIRD TEAMForwards: Robert Banhegysi, Coral Glades; Daniel Popa,
South Broward, Sr.; Miguel Torres, Western, Jr.; Midfielders:Patricio Cardenas, Cypress Bay, Jr.; Michael Castillo, CoralSprings, Jr.; Danilo Movarez, Coral Glades; Matthew Pryce, St.Thomas Aquinas, Jr.; Defenders: Alex Coupet, Pembroke PinesCharter, Jr.; Felipe Florencio, South Broward, Sr.; Brian Keane,Stoneman Douglas, Sr.; Walter Gnerre, Cypress Bay, Sr.; Goal-keepers: Giovanni Bonilla, Fort Lauderdale, Sr.; Malher Possu,Monarch, So.HONORABLE MENTION
Cooper City: Cole Martin, Chris Will; Coral Glades: HamzaFares, Santiago Ganzolas; Coral Springs: McKenzie Sammy,Jeffrey Torruella; Cypress Bay: Rafael Quero; Fort Lauder-dale: Mario Simones, Steven Noguera; Monarch: Zayne Palo-mino, Pedro DeOliviera; Pembroke Pines Charter: ArmandoSanchez, Julian Garcia-Rudnik; South Broward: MatthewRandall, Jordan Ferreira; St. Thomas Aquinas: Mauricio For-tune, Fernando Velasco, T.J. Wilder; Western: Bryan RamirezJr.
4A-2A FIRST TEAMPOS., NAME, SCHOOL YR.F, Sebastian Baredes, University School Sr.Stats: 20 goals, 7 assistsF, Martin Campedelli, North Broward Prep So.Stats: 18 goals, 15 assistsF, Joel Castellanos, University School Sr.Stats: 29 goals, 12 assistsF, Bence Demko, Westminster Academy Jr.Stats: 16 goals, 6 assistsF, Christian Dohler, North Broward Prep So.Stats: 30 goals, 10 assistsF, Jonathan Pereira, Highlands Christian Sr.Stats: 25 goals, 5 assistsF, Juan Solorzano, Avant Garde Academy Jr.Stats: 32 goals, 24 assistsF, Ethan Subachan, University School, Fr.Stats: 19 goals, 13 assistsM, Micah Lewis, Westminster Academy Fr.Stats: 10 goals, 8 assistsM, Sebastian Smith, University School Sr.Stats: 14 goals, 32 assistsM, Ethan Strati, North Broward Prep Jr.Stats: 9 goals, 21 assistsD, Christian Maldonado, American Heritage Sr.Stats: Top defenderD, Frank Roig, Cardinal Gibbons Jr.Stats: 9 goals, 3 assistsGK, Simon Mertnoff, University School Sr.Stats: 3 goals allowedGK, Reed Tillinghast, American Heritage Sr.Stats: 9 shutouts
SECOND TEAMForwards: Jacob Cooper, Cardinal Gibbons, Sr.; Graham
Gotlieb, Pine Crest, Sr.; Nigel Muirhead, American Heritage, Jr.;Oswald Proano, Avant Garde Academy, Sr.; Miles Walters,American Heritage, Sr. Midfielders: Payton Caja, HighlandsChristian, Jr.; Julian Camejo, Westminster Academy, Jr.; DiegoGarcia, University School, Sr.; Ethan Schumaker, North Bro-ward Prep, So.; Darshan Uppal, South Florida HEAT, Jr. De-fenders: Daniel Bell, South Florida HEAT, Jr.; Ethan Rose,Westminster Academy, Jr. Goalkeepers: Rocco Faustini, NorthBroward Prep, Sr.
THIRD TEAMForwards: Stephan Galebe, Pine Crest, Sr. Midfielders:
Davi Dos Santos, Highlands Christian, So.; Alfredo Lafee, NorthBroward Prep, So.; Rafael Matiello, University School, Fr.; Mat-thew Miller, Westminster Academy, Jr.; Santiago Mizrahi, Uni-versity School, Sr.; Greg Priyen, Cardinal Gibbons, So. Defend-ers: Nicholas Almeida, Highlands Christian, So.; Camilo Espi-nosa, American Heritage, Sr.; Daniel Garcia, Pine Crest, Sr.;Dimitri Selimos, Westminster Academy, Sr. Goalkeepers:Austin Jobson, South Florida HEAT, So.HONORABLE MENTION
American Heritage: Carlos Palacio; Calvary Christian:Carlos Romagosa; Pine Crest: Gavin Sullivan, Adeele Kaliahm;South Florida HEAT: Nick Beckwith, Isaac Hibbert, JoshBrunk, Nick Jhoslien, Sam Ribero, Graham Tuso; UniversitySchool: Jack Levine; Westminster Academy: Daniel Milora,Jaiden Clunis, Ethan Muller.
The 2020 All-Broward boys’ soccer team was selected byMiami Herald sportswriter Bill Daley with input from localcoaches.
7A-5A 4A-2A
Matheus Alves Monarch
Ashton Cooper Pembroke Pines Charter
Sebastian BaredesUniversity School
Martin CampedelliNorth Broward Prep
Nicholas DiazCypress Bay
Nico Lehoczky St. Thomas Aquinas
Joel Castellanos University School
Bence DemkoWestminster Academy
Brian CorionSouth Broward
Gabriel GonzalezFort Lauderdale
Mateo Hernandez Pembroke Pines Charter
Mark KurtevskySouth Broward
Spencer MallionSt. Thomas Aquinas
Nic RomanPembroke Pines Charter
Francisco ContrerasSouth Broward
Matthew GordonPembroke Pines Charter
William TorresCypress Bay
Josh David AlejoSouth Broward
Eitan WaisfeldCypress Bay
Christian DohlerNorth Broward Prep
Juan SolorzanoAvant Garde Academy
Micah Lewis Westminster Academy
Ethan StratiNorth Broward Prep
Frank RoigCardinal Gibbons
Reed TillinghastAmerican Heritage
Jonathan PereiraHighlands Christian
Ethan SubachanUniversity School
Sebastian SmithUniversity School
Christian MaldonadoAmerican Heritage
Simon Mertnoff University School
ALL- BROWARD BOYS’ SOCCER
Hollywood Launches #StayStrongHollywoodFL Community Campaign featuring City's Sea Turtle Logo
Looking for a way to show your Hollywood pride and send a positive message of hope, strength and unity? The City of Hollywood has created a downloadable coloring page for residents to decorate and display in their windows. Children are encouraged, with the help of a parent or guardian, to download and print out the City’s sea turtle logo coloring page. The coloring page can then be personalized and proudly displayed in a show of community spirit during our current “safer-at-home” emergency restrictions.
The #StayStrongHollywoodFL sea turtle coloring campaign is inspired by the efforts of children in the United Kingdom who started a global window artwork initiative by hanging handmade rainbow artwork in their windows as a way to spread cheer and hope in a show of solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic. A Teddy Bear scavenger hunt is also underway across the U.S. with children playing an “I Spy” game by placing teddy bears in their windows, posting pictures to social media and tracking how many others have followed suit.
“This creative use of the City’s logo is a great way to express our strong community spirit, get the kids involved in a fun activity, and demonstrate that we are all connected and in this together,” says Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy, “It’s a little dose of cheer during this difficult time.”
In history and mythology, the sea turtle is a symbol of endurance, persistence and the continuation of life with a resilient shell ready to protect it from threatening outside influences. Help show the strength and solidarity of our Hollywood community by coloring and displaying the sea turtle logo during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Once decorated and hung in the front window, residents can share their photos on the City’s Facebook page using the hashtag: #StayStrongHollywoodFL.
Take a picture of your sea turtle displayed in the window where you live and include #AGALEADS to show your support.
The Sea Turtle is attached to Shark Bites or you can click on the link in the above article.
