Responses to Suggestions
These are responses to questions asked or suggestions made. Some web-related questions are addressed at the Analy Web Developer's Corner.To ask questions feel free to use the form mail for this purpose available at this link.
Q: Where is next year's calendar for vacations,
etc.?
A: What you're looking for is probably the District-wide
website calendar. The 2012-13 calendar is at http://wscuhsd.k12.ca.us/Calendar/03-29-2012_2012-13_SYCalendar.pdf,
available via the District web page at http://wscuhsd.k12.ca.us.
This calendar will eventually be incorporated into Analy's main
calendar. The District calendar may not reflect all that is happening
at Analy. Given the major budget issues happening at the state level it would
make sense to check back to see whether the calendar has changed and to subscribe
to Analy News to keep up with important developments at Analy.
Q: What is Tiger Pause?
A: Tiger Pause is a monthly meeting hosted by Mr. Heller.
It is held on a drop in basis in an open forum and encourages parents to ask
questions, make suggestions or just listen to information shared by other parents.
The meetings will be held in Mr. Heller's office from 7:30 am - 8:30 am on the
following dates:
September 23, 2011, January 20, 2012
October 21, 2011, February 10, 2012
November 18, 2011, March 9, 2012
December 16, 2011, April 20, 2012
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and look forward to meeting you!
Q: What is Project 141?
A: Here is one description we have found (quoted
from
this link): "Operation
141 is an anti-drug/anti-alcohol group at Analy High School. Our mission is
to spread awareness to the larger population of the dangers and hazards associated
with drug use. Our faculty advisor is Mr. McCracken with a lot of help from
Friday Night Live's Jessie Lenth. Our meetings are Thursday after school, usually
in room 102. If you have any questions, just write on the wall or talk to Mr.
McCracken."
Q: What is the California Scholarship Federation?
A: Please visit their
web site for further information.
Q: Can you please tell me when is the first day of school?
A: The 2011-2012 school year will begin on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.
See the District-wide calendar at http://wscuhsd.k12.ca.us/Calendar/SchoolYear_2011-12.pdf.
Q: I have attempted to access this website to obtain grade information, assignment, etc and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Today I was able to get grades from [one teacher's web site] for one daughter but not the other. Then when I attempted to get grades on another daughter I just got grades for on [same teacher's site], it wouldn't access. And forget about accessing [another teacher's] site at all. Is there a trick or helpful hint that I'm missing? Is it a browser thing? Signed frustrated parent!
A: Thank you for writing.
You have to be very specific about which teacher for us to help you. We strongly encourage you to write to [the teacher] if you can't resolve this. We use [the second teacher's] site all the time and it appears to work; we just tried and it worked and we're using Firefox; Explorer (PC), Chrome (Mac or PC), Safari (Mac) should work too. You have to make sure you have the right class and then that you have the right student ID, entering the appropriate number of leading "0s" before the ID. If you have never been able to log onto this teacher's gradebook you might write them.
Followup Comment "Thank you for such a quick response. It seems that it's the leading zero's that are the problem. Some teachers use only two, some use only three. And know some are using four. As far as the students name, student id and period, I am pulling the information directly from their report cards.
Q: It was great finding the school had a web site. It is
amazing how technology and things have changed. I enjoyed discovering the
alumni link. It is nice to see the school still focuses on helping us stay in
touch. If I could make one suggestion it would be to have a place on the school
site, where alumni, parents, students or friends of the school could sign up
and receive sport scores and school updates by email throughout the year. That
would be a fun addition.
A: For general information and announcements go to Analy News. For Analy sports the best you will find is
at Tiger Athletics.
Q: Would it be possible to have the AHS daily
announcements (daily bulletin) added to the web site? Thanks.
A: We made the request and the AHS daily bulletin is now posted
on the same page as the Analy High School Newsletter. Go the the navigation
link on the left, "News & Reports," and then click on the "Daily Bulletin"
submenu. We will post them when they are made available to us. Thanks for the
suggestion!
Q: The search engine isn't including the centennial web
site. What's happening?
A: The centennial is on an off-site (i.e., not in the analyhighschool.org domain) and is
therefore not indexed. The Google search engine will also not include other
wikis, blogs or web pages related to Analy that are not in its domain. You
could configure Google to search a specific domain, wherever it might be.
Q: I commute from Rohnert Park and need someone to car
pool with. Can you please post my information?
A: Good question, and the answer is YES! Principal Heller approved the Analy Commuter Form at http://www.analyhighschool.org/carpoolform.html. Fill out the form, submit your contact information, and the information will be posted online at http://www.analyhighschool.org/commuterform/ in spreadsheet or pdf. In other words, here is support for carpooling! Carpooling or ridesharing has probably been around since Analy's doors opened a century ago but now even more people can do it -- here is an easy way to advertise your empty seats and/or need for a lift.
Q: I was just trying to get the Analy girl's soccer
schedule, and can't find a link from the home page to the Sport schedules. I
did eventually find it via Google.
A: 1) Go to the Analy Athletics blog. 2)
go to "Programs & Activities" and it opens up on the menu. For the Sports
schedule, either take the prior link or go to "Calendar" and then pick "Sports"
(that link takes you to the off-site sports calendar. 3) You can always
go to the"Site Map" in the footer of the page
to find either, but 4) the search engine (Google)
works great too--it only searches Analy High School!
Q: It's my opinion that the music program should not be
listed under "extra-curricular." All of the instrumental music groups at Analy
are classes that earn units and grades toward graduation. A pep band meeting as
a club would be extra-curricular.
A: We've looked into this and changed the name to "Programs and
Activities". Thanks for the suggestion!
Q: Should there be a link for potential volunteers to sign
up on-line (under Community Support)?
A: That seems like a good place to put the link: it is now there. Thanks.
Q: Thanks for all you have done over the years...My child
has just graduated from Analy, and I'll be moving...to care for parents. Please
remove me from your email distribution list. All the best,
Q: How about some sound - like the Analy hymn. Where can I
find the written words to the hymn?
A: We're looking for the words...check back. As for sound,
check out the "Analy Fight Song"
from way back when delivered during the Centennial Celebration on 5.17.08 or
listen to the sounds on Analy's media
page.
Q: I could not find any form from the athletic department. I
was advised by a volleyball coach to download the packet and form of physical
exam for upcoming fall sports
A: These forms have been revised and are now available through
the Tiger Athletics
blog.
Q: It would be nice if the calendar on the website listed
more than just holidays. It would be nice to see dates for rally schedules,
school performances, testing dates, etc. on the calendar.
A: All of these are available on the revised calendar. The "Consolidated Calendar" has the most dates of happenings at Analy but there are others not on it, such as athletic events and library meetings. See the discussion of this issue on the Web Developer's Corner.
Q: In the list of links at left, could you please organize the Faculty List and the Faculty Websites next to each other in the list, rather than have one alphabetically under Faculty and the other under Teacher?
A: The links were changed. Thanks for the suggestion. We also made a sortable list of faculty--click the column header and the page will sort by first name, last name or department--you choose!