Dear FAHS Families,

The fire alarm at Fort Atkinson High School was unexpectedly deployed today, Wednesday, December 15, 2021, this morning at approximately 9 am. As a precaution, all students and staff members were evacuated from the building and emergency personnel was on site within minutes to investigate.

Emergency and facilities personnel confirmed that it was a fire system error and approved the return of students and staff returned to the building. Emergency and facilities personnel completed secondary checks and confirmed there was no safety concern.

Responses in emergencies are a critical part of safety efforts. Regular practice for staff and students helps ensure that best practices are followed automatically in the case of an actual emergency. Despite the unexpected interruption, we are proud of our students and grateful to our staff members for their quick and efficient response in this situation.

Thank you for your continued support,

Estimadas familias de FAHS,

La alarma de incendio en Fort Atkinson High School se desplegó inesperadamente hoy, miércoles 15 de diciembre de 2021, esta mañana aproximadamente a las 9 am. Como precaución, todos los estudiantes y miembros del personal fueron evacuados del edificio y el personal de emergencia estuvo en el lugar en cuestión de minutos para investigar.

El personal de emergencia y de las instalaciones confirmó que se trataba de un error del sistema contra incendios y aprobó el regreso de los estudiantes y del personal al edificio. El personal de emergencia y de las instalaciones completó las comprobaciones secundarias y confirmó que no había ningún problema de seguridad.

Las respuestas en caso de emergencia son una parte fundamental de los esfuerzos de seguridad. La práctica regular del personal y los estudiantes ayuda a garantizar que las mejores prácticas se sigan automáticamente en caso de una emergencia real. A pesar de la inesperada interrupción, estamos orgullosos de nuestros estudiantes y agradecidos a los miembros de nuestro personal por su rápida y eficiente respuesta en esta situación.

Gracias por su continuo apoyo,

The School District of Fort Atkinson Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (“Protected Classes”) in any of its student programs and activities.

Good Afternoon FAHS Students and Families,

I am reaching out this afternoon to you to make you aware that Mr. Halvorsen will be on an extended medical leave from his position at Fort Atkinson High School beginning next week.  Mr. Halvorsen has shared with staff, “I have the utmost faith that our FAHS team along with our district office will be able to keep on track until my anticipated return.”  Dan and his family appreciate your continued support by way of positive thoughts.

Given the hard work and dedication the FAHS team has put forth in efforts to improve teaching and learning toward achieving our strategic plan goals, we have decided to place an Interim Principal during Dan’s medical leave. It is critical that the day-to-day operations are covered without too much disruption to others' responsibilities.  It is vital that we maintain the academic momentum of the school and school improvement initiatives.  As such, I am happy to share that Dr. Steve Sperry will be joining the FAHS team in the capacity of Interim Principal.

Dr. Sperry joins us with 35 years of educational experience, having served roles as a Technology Education and Special Education Teacher, High School Assistant Principal, Middle School Principal, and Director of Administrative and Human Services.  Dr. Sperry has also worked in a consulting capacity in a variety of educational roles since his retirement from the School District of Janesville.

Dr. Sperry will be starting on Wednesday, November 3rd. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Sperry to FAHS and making him feel part of the 1Fort Team.  

Buenas tardes estudiantes y familias de FAHS,

Me dirijo a ustedes esta tarde para hacerles saber que el Sr. Halvorsen estará en una licencia médica extendida de su posición en Fort Atkinson High School a partir de la próxima semana.  El Sr. Halvorsen ha compartido con el personal, "Tengo la mayor fe en que nuestro equipo de FAHS junto con nuestra oficina del distrito será capaz de mantenerse en el camino hasta mi regreso anticipado".  Dan y su familia agradecen su continuo apoyo a través de pensamientos positivos.

Dado el trabajo duro y la dedicación que el equipo de FAHS ha puesto en los esfuerzos para mejorar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje hacia el logro de nuestros objetivos del plan estratégico, hemos decidido colocar un director interino durante la licencia médica de Dan. Es fundamental que las operaciones del día a día se cubran sin interrumpir demasiado las responsabilidades de los demás.  Es vital que mantengamos el impulso académico de la escuela y las iniciativas de mejora escolar.  Como tal, me complace compartir que el Dr. Steve Sperry se unirá al equipo de FAHS en calidad de Director Interino.

El Dr. Sperry se une a nosotros con 35 años de experiencia en la educación, habiendo servido como profesor de Educación Tecnológica y Educación Especial, Asistente del Director de la Escuela Secundaria, Director de la Escuela Secundaria, y Director de Servicios Administrativos y Humanos.  El Dr. Sperry también ha trabajado como consultor en una variedad de roles educativos desde su retiro del Distrito Escolar de Janesville.

El Dr. Sperry comenzará el miércoles 3 de noviembre. Por favor, únanse a mí para dar la bienvenida al Dr. Sperry a FAHS y hacer que se sienta parte del equipo de 1Fort.  

The School District of Fort Atkinson Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (“Protected Classes”) in any of its student programs and activities.

Good morning Fort Atkinson High School Families,
As a reminder, we will be having virtual Family/Teacher Conferences November 4th and 8th from 4:30-7:30 pm.  Our November 4th conferences will be virtual and our November 8th conferences will be in person in the FAHS gymnasium.

For November 4th, teacher sign-ups can be found directly on our HS webpage under the Conferences drop down tab near the top of the page or by following this link:  FAHS Fall Conference Sign Up. At this location, you will find a complete listing of all of our teachers by department to schedule a 10 minute conference time block, along with individual teacher's Zoom links further down the page.  If you are unable to sign up for a block that works for you, please contact the teacher directly to set up an alternative communication time.   Also, teachers will be sending their conference Zoom links to all of their students to share with families to meet about their classes.  The deadline to sign up for conferences will be noon on Tuesday, November 2nd.  On November 4th, the Zoom links to actually participate in your scheduled time with a teacher, is under the same Conferences tab, "CONFERENCE ZOOM LINKS".

Counselors will also be present both evenings for any additional assistance and are linked on the same page.  If you have any questions or need help with the process, please do not hesitate to contact the high school main office or your student's associate principal.

Thanks for everything you do for our students and GO BLACKHAWKS!

Dear 1Fort Families,

Our school is taking part in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction. The survey will ask about health behaviors that keep young people healthy, as well as behaviors that result in unintentional and intentional injuries, tobacco use, and alcohol and other drug use. It will also ask about bullying, sexual risk behaviors (mostly for high school students), online risk behaviors, stress and anxiety, self-harm, dietary behavior, and physical activity. It also focuses on positive things like strong connections to the school and to other people.

Students will be asked to fill out an anonymous, online questionnaire that takes about 25-35 minutes to complete. They will take the survey during regular homeroom time.

Completing this anonymous survey will cause little or no risk to your child. The only potential risk is that some students might find certain questions to be sensitive. The survey has been designed to protect your child’s privacy. Students will not put their names on the survey and it does not ask for student IDs or any other individual identifiers. The classroom setting will be set up like a test so that students’ answers remain private.  The school will only not have access to individual students’ answers and no class or student will ever be mentioned by name in a report of the results. Your child will get no benefit right away from taking part in the survey. However, the results of this survey do help students by providing schools and the community with information that is used to improve health and safety programs. We would like all students to take part in the survey, but the survey is voluntary. No action will be taken against you, or your child, if your child does not take part. Students can skip any question that they do not wish to answer. In addition, students may stop participating in the survey at any point without penalty. If you have questions about the survey, you may ask your child’s principal or school counselor.  If they cannot answer your questions, they can direct you to the proper person at the Department of Public Instruction.

Please read the section below. If you do not want your child to take part in the survey, check the box, sign, and date the form and return the form to the school no later than October 15.  Signing and returning this form will dismiss your child from taking the survey. If you have no objection to your child taking part in the survey, you should do nothing with this form.  Thank you.

Child’s name: __________________________________________

Grade: ___________

I have read this form and know what the survey is about.

[   ] My child MAY NOT take part in this survey.

Parent’s signature:___________________________________

Date:_________________

Estimados Familia de 1Fort,

Nuestra escuela está participando en Youth Risk Behavior Survey (Encuesta sobre el Riesgo Comportamiento de los Jóvenes) patrocinado por el Departamento de Instrucción Pública. La encuesta preguntará sobre comportamientos de salud que mantiene a los jóvenes saludables, además comportamientos que resultan en heridas no intencionales e intencionales, uso de tabaco y alcohol y otras drogas. También preguntará sobre bullying, riesgos de comportamientos sexuales (más para estudiantes en la prepa), comportamientos de riesgo en línea, estrés y ansiedad, autolesión, comportamiento alimentario y actividad física. También se enfocará en cosas positivas como conexiones fuertes a la escuela y a otras personas.

A los estudiantes les pedirá llenar un cuestionario anónimo y en línea que tomará como 25-35 minutos para completar. Realizarán la encuesta durante el tiempo regular de clase.

Completando esta encuesta anónimo causara poco o no riesgo a su hijo. El único riesgo potencial es que algunos estudiantes pueden considerar que algunas preguntas son delicadas. La encuesta ha estado diseñada para proteger la privacidad de su hijo. Los estudiantes no pondrán sus nombres en la encuesta y no pregunta por la identificación del estudiante o ningún otro identificador individual. El entorno de la clase se configura como un examen para que las respuestas de los alumnos sean privadas.  La escuela no tendrá acceso a las respuestas individuales de los estudiantes y ninguna clase o estudiante será mencionada por su nombre en un informe de los resultados. Su hijo no se beneficiará de inmediato de participar en la encuesta. Sin embargo, los resultados de esta encuesta sí ayuda los estudiantes por proporcionar las escuelas y la comunidad con información que es utilizada para mejorar programas de salud y seguridad. Nos gustaría que todos los estudiantes participaran en la encuesta, pero la encuesta es voluntaria. Ninguna acción se tomará contra usted, o su hijo, si su hijo no participa. Los estudiantes pueden pasar cualquier pregunta que no quieren responder. Además, los estudiantes pueden dejar de participar en la encuesta a cualquier momento sin ser penalizados. Si usted tiene preguntas sobre la encuesta, usted puede preguntar al director de su hijo o consejero escolar. Si no pueden responder a sus preguntas, pueden dirigirse a la persona adecuada en el Departamento de Instrucción Pública.

Por favor de leer la sección a continuación. Si usted no quiere que su hijo participe en la encuesta, marque el cuadrado, firma y ponga la fecha y devuelva el formulario no más tarde que el 15 de octubre. Firmando y devolviendo este formulario, su hijo no podrá realizar la encuesta. Si no tiene inconveniente en que su hijo participe en la encuesta, no debe hacer nada con este formulario. Gracias.

Nombre del Estudiante: __________________________________________

Grado: ___________

He leído este formulario y entiendo de que se trata.

[   ] Mi hijo NO PUEDE participar en esta encuesta 

Firma del padre:________________________________________

Fecha:_________________

The School District of Fort Atkinson Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (“Protected Classes”) in any of its student programs and activities.

Dear Students and Families of Fort Atkinson High School,

On Tuesday,  October 5th, Fort Atkinson will be hosting a morning of testing for grades 9-11.

This year, we are placing emphasis on preparing our students to be successful on career readiness skills as measured by the ACT. In addition to developing skills in the classroom through literacy and targeted instruction, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be taking the PreACT assessment. This assessment will prepare students for the feel and rigor of state required assessments at the same time of determining needs they may have to be successful academically.  In other words, we need to know where the students currently are, so we can get them better prepared for where they are going.  Data from these assessments will be used to inform us of our students’ strengths and weaknesses to help guide instruction.

PreACT is approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes long and consists of 4 tests in Reading (30), English (30), Science (30), and Math (40).  There are about 60 minutes of pre-administration activities. The questions on the exam will be questions from previous ACTs that have been reformulated, so the difficulty level of the test is on par with the regular ACT. The point of the test is to help students get a better sense of where they would score on the real ACT and how much more they need to prepare before taking it.

Students lists will be posted in the commons and outside of classrooms prior to October 1st. All teachers will be proctoring tests on this day. Some students will be pulled into alternate locations for accommodations and to support numbers. Please see below for a schedule of the day.

Seniors are not required to attend school in the morning however, they are required to attend the abbreviated afternoon schedule with first block, 1A, beginning at 12:15. Please see the attached schedule of class periods in the afternoon that are 40 minutes long.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Rousseau via email at rousseaua@fortschools.org or 920-563-7811 ext. 1107

GO BLACKHAWKS!

Good afternoon Fort Atkinson Families, Students and Staff,
As mentioned in previous communication before school started this year, we wanted to ensure that families that pick up and drop off their students before and after school are aware there are other points of entry that can be utilized aside from just the front entryway.  As we did last school year, we greatly encourage those picking up and dropping off students before and after school to feel free to utilize any of the other open entrances of the athletic and green halls for their students to enter and exit the building.  If you remain in your vehicle, you may also utilize parking stalls in any of the three large parking lots for entry as you wait for your student to arrive. 
 
One other important item to be aware of is that both before and after school, parking along the main entry drive will not be permitted.  Whether present in the vehicle or not, those found parking along the drive, will be subject to parking violation citations from the Fort Atkinson Police Department. 

We would like to thank all of you for your patience and assistance as we continue to  implement the school district's transfer point at the high school and possible modifications moving forward. 

Have a great rest of the day and GO BLACKHAWKS!

This message is for students, families and staff of Fort Atkinson High School,

This is a reminder that tonight, we’ll be having our annual Back-to-school night at the high school from 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm.  Back To School Night provides an important opportunity to help gain a clear understanding of the course content, expectations surrounding your student’s classes and to meet their teachers.  Due to popular demand, the format this year will continue to be an "Open House" style with all teachers in their rooms for the evening. If you need help accessing your student’s schedule, there will be staff in the IMC to help with logging onto PowerSchool for access to their schedule, grades and other information.  We look forward to seeing you there!

GO BLACKHAWKS!

I would like to introduce you to the standards established by my yearbook staff with regard to senior photos and their due date for the 2021/2022 school year. Our specifications are as follows:

Students should submit their picture through Google Forms Senior Photo and
Quote 2021-2022 using the link below by December 3, 2021:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRFgzdMBK4WZeFfqFVRDismM30
FgW01K4-TqDvMGSUr5M_Mw/viewform?usp=sf_link

ALL GRADUATING SENIORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE FEATURED IN
THE YEARBOOK MUST SUBMIT A PHOTO AND QUOTE BY THE ABOVE
DATE!!

Pictures submitted should follow these specifications:
Students must have appropriate attire and background.
Pictures must be vertical.
Pictures must be a JPEG with a 300 dpi.

Please submit your photo by December 3rd, 2021.
We would appreciate every attempt for the pictures to be submitted by the December 3rdst deadline.
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please call me, Julie Newbury, at 563-7811, extension 2014. Thank you for your time and cooperation. A chart will be posted outside the yearbook lab where we will keep track of student names for which we have received a professional portrait. If a name is not listed, it means we have received no submission, and we will assume no professional portraits were taken. * If we did not receive a professional portrait, we will use the photo taken at registration for the senior section. If you do not have a portrait taken at registration, there is a possibility that your photo will not be featured in the senior section.