Bonding Day Success and Future Events!

This past Friday was ASTI's 5th Annual Bonding Day! It was a huge success, all classes had a lot of fun rotating from activity to activity. At the end, we had our traditional potluck where a plethora of food was devoured by our voracious ASTI students. Everyone enjoyed the 2 hours of fun and hopefully next year will be even bigger and better. In other news, ASTI Leadership A's Enrichment branch had its first club meeting Friday at lunch and distributed forms vital for people who want to start and maintain their own clubs at ASTI. If you need any of these forms, please contact Carrie Huang, Samanthan Chin, or Jannell Jauregui.

We Are Back in ACTION!

Welcome back to a new school year at ASTI! Welcome incoming freshmen, hopefully your first two weeks at ASTI were fun, exciting, and enlightening. Welcome back, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, we hope you had a relaxing and productive summer and welcome back to another year of hard work at ASTI. As many of you know, there is a new dress code in effect. Students MUST wear the ASTI uniform everyday, no exceptions. But students are allowed to wear any kind of hoodie or jacket with the uniform as long as the hoodie does not have blatant advertising or obscene words on it. Leadership will be hosting ASTI's annual Bonding Day this Friday from 1 to 3PM. There will be a plethora of fun activities for everyone and it is a great chance to get to know the other classmen at the school. Also, Leadership will be hosting Bonding Day, courtesy of the Enrichment Branch. For forms to start your own club or to continue one from last year, please contact Samantha Chin or Carrie Huang.

ASTI's Graduating Seniors!!

Congratulations to all the Seniors and their efforts in completing high school! It is only a day away from the last day of your high school careers and only two days from your graduation. The 2010 ASTI graduating class' graduation will be held at Michaan's Theater (A.K.A. Auctions by the Bay) at 2700 Saratoga Street, Alameda CA. The graduation ceremony will be from 6PM to 8:30PM and the entire ASTI community is welcome to come and enjoy the event. Please come and send our Seniors off to college with a dose of ASTI love.

Drum roll please. Time for WASC Results!

Mr. Fong has put out an email to everyone about WASC's decision about ASTI. Here's the email:

"On behalf of the ASTI staff I am very happy and extremely proud to announce that ASTI has formally received a six-year term of accreditation with a midterm review from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) that begins now and will expire on June 30, 2016. This was our realistic target given the age of our school and we are very pleased.

I want to thank all who contributed to our year-long WASC efforts. This was truly a group effort on the part of staff, students, parents/guardians, and the extended community of AUSD and COA. The Visiting Committee was especially impressed with the active role our students and parents/guardians took in the school improvement process. They specifically mentioned that they had never seen a student-run or parent/guardian-run focus group!

Moving forward we are already at work on our action plan and are very excited about where ASTI is going. We are confident that in three years the Visiting Committee will be impressed with our growth and in six years we will once again receive a favorable result.

Thanks and congratulations to all."

Isn't this amazing?! ASTI has come a long way since its humble beginnings almost 6 years ago. Now we are an accredited high school. Looks like its about time for a CELEBRATION!

Think you're the most creative? Find out at ASTI's 2nd Annual Awards Night

The time has come again and ASTI's 2nd Annual Awards Night is just around the corner! For those of you who had your heads under rocks for the last week and a half, ASTI's Recognition Committee has organized another amazing awards night to recognize every and all student for their individual struggles and accomplishments throughout the year at ASTI. The Awards Night will be this Thursday, May 27th 2010. It will be from 6:00PM to 8:30PM and semi-formal wear is required. Entrance fee is a grand total of ZERO dollars, but it is going to be a potluck and so those attending with last names starting with letters A to J bring side dishes, K to S brings main dishes, and finally T to Z brings drinks and desserts.

ASTI Teacher Appreciation Dinner Information

ASTI's PTSA is proud to announce another Teacher Appreciation Banquet this Thursday, May 20th from 6:00PM to 9:30PM. The banquet will be held at Le Chavel. Please look to the flier above for the specific address of the banquet. The banquet will provide an eight-course dinner at only $15 a person and it will include an array of teacher appreciating entertainment and testimonials. Be sure to RSVP to the event with Ms. Soloman or with Elaine Ma by this Wednesday otherwise you will miss a chance of a lifetime to show your appreciation to your very own ASTI teachers! Be sure to be there and show your ASTI love.

Hot Deal on ASTI Uniforms!

Mr. Fong has been informed that Dennis Uniforms has our ASTI uniforms ready. They are also offering us a great deal. For any order of $75 or more, they will throw in an extra polo for free. This deal only lasts until May 7th. So get your uniforms fast.

You can obtain polo shirts from Dennis in one of three ways:

1. Order directly from their
2. website:www.dennisuniform.com(you will need to enter our school code: NASTIC)
3. Order by phone: (510) 763-0967
4. Visit the showroom/store: 810 E. 8^th St, Oakland, CA 94606

ASTI has already sent home with your students an informational flier, but we will also send another informational pamphlet with all the information needed to order the uniforms.

If you can't follow under the new dress code due to financial problems, please contact Mr. Fong. ASTI will make sure that all students can get their uniforms. No need to worry.