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calendar.<br><br>With October coming tomorrow, please make sure to set up a chat with your college counselor and update Maia -- we are in the process of uploading and sending documents. If your Maia account is not updated with the appropriate schools and application type (Early Decision, Early Action, etc.), then your application may not be read appropriately. For applicants to the US, you have to update everything through your Common Application -- simply fill out the “questions” section for each school. For applicants to other parts of the world, please make sure to add the school names to Maia Directly. Also, as a continued reminder: you are responsible for submission of your testing. Each school has different requirements, so please pay close attention to this and do your research!<br><br>Have a great week,<br>Mr. Hauck<br><br></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table align="center" width="640" class="main" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td> <table width="640" class="main-background" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td style="padding: 10px 20px" class="main-padding" align="center" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="left" class="column-table"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="leftColumnContent" align="left" style="text-align: left; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; color: #000000;"> <h1 style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; color: #e67e22;" width="100%"> ANNOUNCEMENTS </h1> <p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; color: #000000;"><strong>SAVE THE DATES:</strong><ul><li><strong>October 1st:</strong> Brown University event Mellon Library 7-8:30pm. Open to students and parents/guardians in grades 11 & 12</li><li><strong>October 2nd:</strong> U.Chicago event Mellon Library 7-8:30pm. Open to students and parents/guardians in grades 11 & 12. Please register for the event <a href="https://prospects.uchicago.edu/register/London">here</a>.</li><li><strong>October 3rd:</strong> Canada Night with Canadian universities: 6:30-8:30pm. Open to students and parents/guardians in grades 10, 11 & 12</li><li><strong>October 4th:</strong> Last day to register for October ACT - late fees are waived this month.</li><li><strong>October 5th:</strong> SAT & SAT Subject Tests - Register by September 6 (after that date you’ll be put on a waitlist, which doesn’t guarantee you a place)</li><li><strong>October 7th:</strong> Sinead Burke talk. 7-8:30pm in the School Center</li><li><strong>October 12-15th:</strong> October Break. Classes resume Wednesday, October 16th</li><li><strong>October 12th:</strong> ACT Test</li><li><strong>October 17th:</strong> Dutch Universities Night 7-8:30pm Mellon Library</li><li><strong>October 19th:</strong> PSAT Test for Gr. 11 only</li><li><strong>October 20th:</strong> Carnegie Mellon University event Mellon Library 2-3:30pm. Open to students and parents/guardians in grades 11 & 12.</li></ul><br><strong>FOR THE ANNOUNCED FIRE DRILL THIS WEEK:</strong><br>A reminder -- Please exit the building silently and please remain completely silent outside the building. There may be the need to provide instructions and/or directions to the student body during the exercise. In addition to this, as the oldest and most senior students in the school, high-schoolers serve as role models for the entire student body. Thank you for practicing well.<br><br><strong>SPECIAL REPORTS:</strong><br>As Mr. Ganeshananthan outlined in his recent email, some of you may have started receiving Special Reports, which are sent via the Dean. A Special Report is ASL’s formal communication from a teacher, coach or advisor to the student; and it is also shared with the parents/guardians, deans, college counselors (if appropriate) and SLD (if appropriate.)<br>Special Reports are used both for commendations and concerns.<br><br>If a Special Report is sent for a concern, the teacher will have already communicated with the student regarding the issue; if the concern is ongoing or needs greater interventions then a Special Report can provide helpful information, strategies and suggestions for improvement for the student, advisor, dean, parents/guardians and other involved personnel. We encourage parents/guardians to empower their students to follow up actively with the sender, and should also feel free to follow up on their own as needed.<br><br><strong>LATE CAFE THIS WEEK!</strong><br>HS Learning Commons, 4-6pm on Thursday afternoon, 3 October.<br><br><strong>NEXT WEEK - A LOOK AT INCLUSIVITY</strong><br>On Monday, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3FpLH3fDg">Sinead Burke</a> is coming to speak to the whole school and we will follow up on her visit with some conversation in advisory as part of an examination of our school’s theme for the year.<br><br><strong>MAKE SOMEONE’S DAY - SEND AN EAGLEGRAM IN THE AACC OFFICE</strong><br>Want to brighten someone's day? Thank someone? Wish someone luck? Congratulate someone? Come to the AACC office and send an EAGLEGRAM in our special Eaglegram box to a student, faculty or staff person.<ul><li>include first name & last name of the recipient</li><li>sign your name or not</li><li>we will deliver it for you</li></ul><strong><br>STUDENTS CLUBS</strong><br>Still thinking about joining a student club? Click <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BnyF6BM1EdvabymOFx1xgwmZKMm0dHZQt_su-M0h58s/edit?usp=sharing">here </a>to see the different clubs we have available this year and get in touch with the club leader to find out more.<br><br><strong>UPCOMING COLLEGE VISITS</strong><br>(Visits take place in Academic Advising and College Counseling, unless otherwise noted)<table><tbody><tr><td>Columbia University &Yale University</td><td>10/01/2019</td><td>9:25AM - 10:00AM</td></tr><tr><td>Brown University</td><td>10/02/2019</td><td>9:15AM - 9:45AM</td></tr><tr><td>University of Rochester & Brandeis University</td><td>10/03/2019</td><td>9:20AM - 10:00AM</td></tr><tr><td>Southern Methodist University</td><td>10/03/2019</td><td>9:20AM - 10:00AM</td></tr><tr><td>Yale-NUS College</td><td>10/03/2019</td><td>12:45PM - 1:15PM</td></tr><tr><td>Boston University</td><td>10/08/2019</td><td>1:00PM - 1:45PM</td></tr><tr><td>Lafayette College</td><td>10/10/2019</td><td>9:25AM - 9:55AM</td></tr><tr><td>Tulane University</td><td>10/16/2019</td><td>9:15AM - 9:45AM</td></tr><tr><td>Washington University in St. Louis</td><td>10/16/2019</td><td>9:15AM - 9:45AM</td></tr><tr><td>Carnegie Mellon University</td><td>10/20/2019</td><td>2:00PM - 3:30PM</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Remember to check MAIA regularly for upcoming college visits and sign up for them.<br><br><strong>CANADIAN COLLEGE FAIR:</strong><br>Click <a href="https://educanada.eventmagpie.com/ug-fair/">here</a> for information about this London event on October 5th.<br><br><strong>SAT<br></strong>The deadline to register for the subjects only test in November is October 1st. Please make sure that you register by then! ASL's test centre code is 57180. For any questions, please email testing@asl.org<br><br><strong>WHEN LIFE THROWS CURVE BALLS ...</strong><br>Check out the September AACC <a href="http://www.asl.org/lifebeyondasl">blog</a>. (You will need to login)<br><br><strong>A FEW MOMENTS WITH MRS. RICHARDSON:</strong><br>For those of you in the throes of college essays, and, in fact, writing in general, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvb1e4-YgRE">here</a> is the best advice on how to write. Watch until the end.<br><br></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="main" width="640" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" > <tr class="social-icons" align="left" bgcolor="#F47A20"> <td align="left" style="padding: 10px 30px; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/americanschoolinlondon" target="_blank" style="text-align: center; text-decoration: none; margin-right: 5px;"> <img src="http://www.asl.org/uploaded/Misc_design/facebook_white.png" border="0" width="40" height="40"/> </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/aslnews" target="_blank" style="text-align: center; text-decoration: none; margin-right: 5px;"> <img src="http://www.asl.org/uploaded/Misc_design/twitter_white.png" border="0" width="40" height="40"/> </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/asinlondon/" target="_blank" style="text-align: center; text-decoration: none; margin-right: 5px;"> <img src="http://www.asl.org/uploaded/Misc_design/insta_white.png" border="0" width="40" height="40"/> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="color: #FFFFFF; padding: 10px 30px; font-family: arial;" bgcolor="#F47A20"> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">The American School in London</span><br> One Waverley Place<br> London NW8 0NP<br> <br> <a href="//www.asl.org" style="color: #FFFFFF;">www.asl.org</a><br> <br> <a href="https://family.veracross.eu/asl/subscription/manage?key=eyJobWFjIjoiMjY2Njk5MWZiMDFkY2IwOTczMzIyZjAyODFhZWM0MzczZDZjOThhMSIsImRhdGFiYXNlIjoiYXNsX2RhdGFiYXNlIiwiZXhwaXJhdGlvbiI6IjIwMTktMTAtMTRUMTY6MDE6MDBaIiwicGVyc29uX3BrIjoiMTcxNDYifQ==" target="_blank" style="color: #FFFFFF;"></a> <br> <p style="font-size: 10px;"></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="main" width="640" height="30"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <img width="1px" height="1px" alt="" src="http://email.mail3.veracross.com/o/eJw9jssKwyAURL-mLuX6jC5ctE39jWB8EIl5oG2gf99k083AzIHhBJOE7nhChx_2WNu2DnFxuQz7bKTgSlFAk9GBihhTUFpodobUrhsDS5SMxMvoUTYUiAbNgEggwDHBtheqt-J1f8LDwt3eOFzHDB-xOl-31rDfFlRNcksu3xNPMa81--nc8We-jHzJcX0b18rV_mKdAAY_W0g5rg"></body> </html>