Good morning! These are your morning announcements. 

 

This Friday marks the beginning of ASFA's Alumni Weekend. Several departments have events arranged where alumni will speak to current students about their experiences since leaving ASFA.  

 

Creative Writing will unveil this year’s literary magazine Cadence in the ASFA Lobby from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pop in when you can for this event that includes Poetry-on-Demand (for instance for Mother’s Day), a reading by some students, and a display of 3-D literary artifacts created by students.   

 

The Music Department will present its final public performance of the year in the DJD on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. with a choral presentation of Carmina Burana. 

 

If you are a high school student interested in filmmaking and storytelling, make plans to attend the Urban Avenues Film Camp taking place at ASFA this summer, June 12^th-16^th!  Work with industry professionals from Fuji Films and local professionals on developing and pitching a project, learning production planning, filming, and editing, all while developing your creative voice!  The application window is open now, so visit www.urbanavenues.com  and click on “Urban Avenues Film Camp” to apply!   

 

Please remember that only the following students may use the elevators: 

 

• Dorm students accessing the 3rd floor after school hours (or during school hours with permission from an ASFA adult) 
• Music Students carrying double bass, tuba, harp, or baritone saxophone 
• Students with direct permission from an ASFA adult for the purposes of moving large objects between floors 
• Students with documentation* of a disabling condition preventing use of stairs 
  
        *To have documentation reviewed and approved, please have your parent/guardian contact our ASFA Nurse, Elizabeth Rochester (erochester@asfa.k12.al.us), to provide medical documentation. 

Congratulations to the 8^th-grade math team members who competed in Pizitz Middle School’s annual math team tournament, which was virtual this year. Three students received individual awards for the written test: 

4^th Place = Shreyas Keshava 

3^rd Place = Shreya Tandon 

1^st Place = Raymond Liu with a perfect score! 

  

The ASFA team also received the top 4 scores for the written test and the ciphering round and placed 1^st in their division! Usman Sehbai, Ibrahim Hossain, and Omri Hyde are the other team members who also contributed to the team’s success.  

 

Congratulations to Math/Science 10^th grader  William Peng who was awarded the level of Honors in the American Chemical Society's National Chemistry Olympiad and placed among the top 150 High School Chemistry Students in the nation. Read more here: https://www.acs.org/education/students/highschool/olympiad.html 

 

 

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and have created an interesting product to sell? ASFA wants to support and encourage you by holding a Student Entrepreneur Fair during Homeroom/Lunch next Thursday! Sign up to sell your merchandise to students, faculty, and staff.   Merchandise cannot be food or drink items but can be jewelry/accessories, artwork, etc. This will be a cash-only event and purchasers will pay you directly. If you have Venmo, CashApp, or ApplePay, you may also use those services. Sign up if you're interested in showcasing and selling your work! There are only 15 slots available, so sign up early! The deadline to sign up is Monday, May 15th.

 

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Do you want to find fun ways to learn, serve, and connect with the community over summer break? YouthServe Sustainable Summer offers sustainability-themed service, workshops, and social events for youths this summer. Find events and register at https://youthservebham.org/events/  YouthServe also sponsors tons of other community service and leadership opportunities. 

 

Good morning! These are your morning announcements.

 

Back by popular demand, we will have another ASFA Student Entrepreneur Fair Day next Thursday, May 18^th, during the school cookout!

 

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and have created an interesting product to sell? ASFA wants to support and encourage you by holding a Student Entrepreneur Fair during Homeroom/Lunch next Thursday! Sign up to sell your merchandise to students, faculty, and staff.   Merchandise cannot be food or drink items but can be jewelry/accessories, artwork, etc. This will be a cash-only event and purchasers will pay you directly. If you have Venmo, CashApp, or ApplePay, you may also use those services. Sign up if you're interested in showcasing and selling your work! There are only 15 slots available, so sign up early! The deadline to sign up is Monday, May 15th.

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe11FLxOLpi4buYXNoXuXNOgoXGBF_UKiJqU2WpFR0UdhSYLg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Do you want to find fun ways to learn, serve, and connect with the community over summer break? YouthServe Sustainable Summer offers sustainability-themed service, workshops, and social events for youths this summer. Find events and register at https://youthservebham.org/events/  YouthServe also sponsors tons of other community service and leadership opportunities.

 

Current ASFA Ambassadors will meet tomorrow promptly at 11:15 a.m. Please be present and on time.

 

The DJD Lobby will be closed to students Monday and Tuesday.

 

Good morning! These are your morning announcements. 

 

Congratulations to the 9^th Grade Visual Arts sculpture students. Under the inspiring guidance of their art teacher Randy Gachet,  the students took home 1^st and 3^rd place in the High School Sculpture Project during the recent Magic City Art Connection at Sloss Furnace.  

 

Congratulations also to the following Visual Arts students for their awards at the 2023 Statewide High School Juried Art Exhibit. There were 240 students in grades 10 through 12 from across the state who submitted nearly 400 works of art to this annual competition. Out of those works 80 pieces were selected. 

  

Best in Show - Madison Barrentine, 11^th grade 

  

Best in Sculpture - Amelia Carpenter, 10^th grade 

  

Best in Mixed Media - Merritt Crumpton, 12^th grade 

  

Best in Painting - Caroline Miller, 10^th grade 

  

Honorable Mention - Madison Jordan, 11^th grade 

  

Honorable Mention - Maxwell Hudson, 11^th grade 

  

 

ASFA middle-school Creative Writing students Savé Davis Williams, Chloe Floyd, Maddy Grant, Mairwen Jones, Berkeley Owens, Allie Rezek, and Claire Thomas will be reading their work in the Lecture Hall tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Please join us with permission from your instructors.  

 

Friday is a Focus Schedule and school will be dismissed at 3 p.m. following the 1 p.m. Spring Dance Performance.  

 

All ASFA students are invited to participate in an ASFA Community Engagement event on Saturday, May 6. The ASFA Groove Rhythm Nation Dance and Drum Workshop will be held at the Greenhouse, 602 – 19^th Street Ensley from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. This is a free community event.  

 

The ASFA Ambassador application for next school year is now available on the ASFA website under Student Life. Students currently enrolled in grades 9-11 may apply. Current Ambassadors do not need to reapply. To keep the Ambassador organization a manageable size, only 10-15 new students will be added for next year, and only the first 20 completed applications will be given consideration. The deadline to apply is 8 a.m. Friday, May 5.  Best wishes on your application!

Good morning! These are your morning announcements. 

 

Creative Writing middle school students Ella DeRocher, April Gray, Will Noble, Denise Otali, Naima Salvary, Omari Washington, and Ari Woertz will be reading in the Lecture Hall tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Please join us with permission from your instructors.    

 

Congratulations to ASFA’s high school Science Olympiad team for winning second place in the Alabama State Science Olympiad tournament this past weekend at Auburn University! Four points separated ASFA from the winning team!  

Team members of the State squad consisted of Zoya Aleezada, Abhai Anand, Becker Barghothi, Monisha Bommu, Sanjana Chada, Nicholas Godwin, Sophia Guo, Asterion Lee-Irwin, Cynthia Liu, Eli Mrug, Deepak Sathishkumar, Prisha Sharma, Steven Tran, Rishi Yellamraju, Daniel Zhao. Alternates were Ananya Mohanraj and McNair Shah. 

Asterion Lee-Irwin and Daniel Zhao medaled in all their events. Daniel Zhao even pulled a Bronze medal filling in last minute on Detector Building with a quick Physics refresher from Dr. Uhoya. 😊 

Individual medalists: 

Nicholas Godwin and Rishi Yellamraju – Bronze – Astronomy 

Cynthia Liu and Daniel Zhao – Gold – Bridge 

Sophia Guo and Daniel Zhao – Silver – Cell Biology 

Monisha Bommu and Eli Mrug – Silver – Chemistry Lab 

Becker Barghothi, Asterion Lee-Irwin, Eli Mrug – Bronze – Codebusters 

Asterion Lee-Irwin, Daniel Zhao – Bronze - Detector Building 

Abhai Anand, Becker Barghothi, Prisha Sharma – Bronze – Experimental Design 

Nicholas Godwin and Deepak Sathishkumar – Bronze – Forensics 

Steven Tran and Daniel Zhao – Gold – Green Generation 

Abhai Anand and Cynthia Liu – Gold – It’s About Time 

Eli Mrug and Rishi Yellamraju – Gold – Remote Sensing 

Monisha Bommu and Deepak Sathishkumar – Silver – Trajectory 

Cynthia Liu and Rishi Yellamraju – Silver – Wifi Lab 

Steven Tran and Daniel Zhao – Silver – Write It – Do It 

 

Congratulations to ASFA’s  Middle School Science Olympiad Team, which came in 3^rd  in  the State competition held at Auburn University on Saturday. 

  

9th grade members: Clark Baty, Albert Chen, Danielle George, Audrey Guo and Jaiden Lee 

8^th grad members: Fatima Aziz, Akhil Batchu, Aniyah Davis, Colton Fletcher, Ibrahim Hossain, Omri Hyde, Shreyas Keshava, Raymond Liu, Usman Sehbai, Shreya Tandon and Greeshma Vinoy 

  

The following students won awards for their individual events: 

  

Gold medals in Can’t Judge A Powder:     Omri Hyde and Raymond Liu 

Gold medal in Bridge:     Albert Chen and Clark Baty 

Silver medals in Roller Coaster:   Greeshma Vinoy and Shreya Tandon 

Silver medals in Codebusters:    Audrey Guo, Raymond Liu , and Albert Chen 

Silver medals in Meteorology:    Clark Baty and Fatima Aziz 

Silver medals in Bio Process Lab:   Audrey Guo and Clark Baty 

Silver medals in Green Generation:   Danielle George and Jaiden Lee 

Bronze medals in Fast Facts:    Shreyas Keshava and Akhil Batchu 

Bronze medals in Experimental Design:    Raymond Liu, Greeshma Vinoy, and Shreya Tandon 

Bronze medals in Road Scholar:    Albert Chen and Clark Baty 

Bronze medals in Disease Detectives:   Clark Baty and Akhil Batchu 

4th place in Solar System:    Colton Fletcher and Ibrahim Hossain 

4th place in Forestry:     Danielle George and Jaiden Lee 

4th place in Rocks and Minerals:   Fatima Aziz and Omri Hyde 

4th place in Crave the Wave:    Audrey Guo and Greeshma Vinoy 

  

Congratulations to a team of three ASFA Math/Science students for being declared the state winner for Alabama in the You Be The Chemist Challenge! More than 10,000 students from schools nationwide participated. 

  

The 2023 Alabama YBCT State Champions are: Shreyas Keshava, Raymond Liu,  and Colton Fletcher 

  

The Challenge is an exam and research project-based competition hosted by the Chemical Educational Foundation (CEF) in which teams of 5th-8th grade students explore chemistry concepts and the role of those concepts in their community.