To help prepare our students for the SAT®, Atlantic Community High School is working with the College Board — the maker of the test — to provide your child with free access to The Official SAT Online Course™. This one-year subscription gives your child unlimited access to one of the most effective SAT practice tools.

The Official SAT Online Course is available anytime, anywhere from any computer with Internet access, so your child can practice at a time that works best with his or her schedule. See your guidance counselor for course registration details.

Juniors will take a free SAT during the school day on February 26th.

Atlantic Community High School college and vocational school application completion day is Monday, November 25. Students will sign up to go to the media center computer lab where school counselors will be available to help them complete and submit at least one college or vocational school application. 

Counselors will supply students with a checklist of documents and information they need to bring to the workshop. Atlantic High School will provide one free paper transcript for colleges or vocational schools that don't accept transcripts electronically, and the school will provide application fee waivers for students who qualify. For students who do not qualify for a fee waiver and for those applying to schools that do not accept fee waivers, the school will provide the first 100 students with the application fee of up to $30. 

For more information please contact Len Peters, College and Career Counselor at len.peters@palmbeachschools.org. 

The Suncoast Community High School PTSA (1717 Ave. S, Riviera Beach, FL) is hosting a college admissions information session presented by Judi Robinovitz of Score At The Top on Thursday, November 21 at 5:30 pm in the school's media center.

Judi Robinovitz is a certified educational planner specializing in educational counseling and test preparation and college planning. The presentation is open to the public. For more information please call Stacy Mechlin, President, Suncoast PTSA at 561-309-4030

The Atlantic Eagles Robotics team took first place at the South Florida Robotics League competition at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale on November 9.

Congratulations to junior Meera Radhakrishnan who is one of two Palm Beach County high school students selected for the Sunshine State Scholar Recognition Program.

Meera was selected based on her excellence in math and science and participation in Mu Alpha Theta, the mathematics honor society. The district scholars, along with their parents and a science or math teacher of the student’s choice, will be invited to a ceremony in Orlando in early 2014. Read more about Meera in the Sun-Sentinel here.

The goals of the program are to recognize student achievement and to increase the number of students with outstanding mathematics and science credentials who choose to attend Florida colleges and universities.  

Kash is a bloodhound donated to the Palm Beach County School Police Department by the Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abduction. Kash (his name is an acronym for "kids are safe here") has been stationed with Officer Curtis Riddick at Atlantic High School since last year. After Kash completes his training, he and Officer Riddick will work throughout Palm Beach County to assist in finding missing and endangered children and adults.

The Atlantic Community High School Student Government Association, People for Animal Welfare (PAW) Club and Parent Teacher Student Association are hosting a party for Kash on Friday, Dec. 13, during all three lunch periods in honor of his first birthday and to raise money for the Jimmy Ryce Center so the center can donate more bloodhounds like Kash to police departments across the country. 

Students who purchase a got Kash t-shirt will receive an exclusive invitation to Kash's birthday bash, and all proceeds from the t-shirt sales will go to the Jimmy Ryce Foundation. See your SGA representative for t-shirt ordering details.

Two of Kash's brothers and his sister will be at the party, along with Jimmy Ryce Center founder Don Ryce whose son was abducted in 1995. Mr. Ryce will be presented with a check from Atlantic High School. Click here to read more about Kash.

The Atlantic Community High School PTSA is hosting a book fair at Barnes & Noble on Wednesday, December 11 from 6 pm to 9 pm. It promises to be a fun evening of shopping, entertainment and prizes — and a great way to support our school!

If you can't make it on December 11, you can still support ATL by shopping online from December 11-16. Click here for details.

Comcast's Internet Essentials program offers Internet service for $9.95 a month, low-cost computers and free training to families that have at least one child eligible for participation in the National School Lunch Program. Call 1-855-8-INTERNET (1-855-846-8376) or visit the Internet Essentials website for more information.

DID YOU KNOW the Atlantic Community High School Criminal Justice Academy has an annual promotion ceremony? The 2013 ceremony was October 25. We asked academy instructor Karl Milenkovic to tell us about the promotion ceremony: 

The yearly promotion ceremony is where we elevate those who are leading by example in the areas of academics, physical fitness, marching and leadership.

• Students promoted to corporal were Raven Peele, Gregory Wright, Nicholas Cooper and Lucas Pereira. 
  
• Sarah Long, Alexis Garnett, Mercy Lewis and Alieza Corona were promoted to sergeant. 
  
• Promoted to lieutenant were Louis Bonet, Ilyana Escalona, Kimberly Acuna and Evena Elison. 
  
• Avencia Pierre was promoted to captain. 
  
• Mariah Little was promoted to the highest academy rank.
  

The Criminal Justice Academy has a strong partnership with the Delray Beach Police Department. Students work alongside police department employees in the community at events such as Paint Up Delray and beach clean-ups, and providing holiday meals to the needy in the community.