Thursday, May 13, 2021
- Yuji Ichioka was a Japanese American historian and civil rights activist born June 23, 1936, in San Francisco, California. Ichioka experienced racism against Asians in America starting from a very young age when he and his family were forced into an internment camp in Utah during World War II. After being released, his family returned to California, where Ichioka finished his education with a Bachelor’s degree in history at UCLA in 1962, and a Master’s in Asian Studies at UC Berkeley in 1968. Ichioka and his wife, Emma Gee, are credited with coining the term “Asian American,” and founding the Asian American Political Alliance to unite Asian Americans and push for social and political justice. In 1989, he won the U.S. History Book Award of the National Association for Asian American Studies with his book Issei: The World of the First Generation Japanese Immigrants, 1885-1924. Ichioka also worked to incorporate the culture, history and contributions of Asian Americans into the American education system, serving as the first course professor, associate director and later senior researcher of Asian American Studies at UCLA from 1969 until his passing in 2002. - Written by Alice Crawford-Muscat for the International Students Club AAPI Heritage Month celebration
- For in-person students: Take out your phone right now and disconnect it from the school wifi. Individual student phones are bogging down the school wifi and having an impact on the classes throughout the building. Please do this every day just before A period.
- Everyone parking on campus should have a parking permit.Staff, please go to the main office for staff permits.Students, please go to the Deans Office, RM# 168 to submit a parking permit application to receive your permit. Student parking permits are free through the end of this semester.Staff parking areas include the first 4 rows denoted by the yellow lines in the main parking lot in the front of the school. Student parking are the rows behind staff parking denoted by the white lines. A Staff parking lot is also adjacent to the back gym. The parking spaces adjacent to the Maintenance Dept. are assigned to specific staff. Please do not park there unless you have been assigned a space. Please do not park in Visitor Parking.
- Are you interested in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the return to “normalcy”? Do you want to learn more about equity, or inequity, in vaccine distribution around the world? This Friday, May 14, at 2:30pm the ARHS Schools For Africa Club will be hosting a short informational presentation and discussion on these topics and how they pertain to our club. Newcomers are welcome! Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/
lookup/edmw2qd5f2?authuser=1& hs=179 Contact club leader Sierra Triozzi for any questions.
- Between May 11th and May 21st, for any and all students new to ARHS, including 9th graders, or ANY student looking to mix it up and reach out to find new faces to have lunch with, come to the courtyard! Each day a counselor will be there to have a relaxing and fun lunch and connect with students. This is a great time and space to meet new people and or get to know them in new ways. Come join us!
