A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING: If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together

A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING: If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together

In Conversation with Arshay Cooper Tuesday, February 23 from 6:30-7:30pm sponsored by Acalanes Parents Club and Acalanes Student Body. With our first sports season kicking off this week, this is a great opportunity for teams to join the event together, bond and get inspired! ARSHAY COOPER is a Rower, Benjamin Franklin award-winning author, the protagonist of the critical acclaim film…

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Don’s alumni doing great things

Hi all, Gareth Kwok, 2018 graduate, is at Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Broadcasting and Communication.  You may remember him as Voice of the Dons during football and basketball games.  He was nominated for the 2020 Jim Nantz Award for Collegiate Sportscasting.  The following link is his video submission.  It is impressive. https://youtu.be/C2cbA9tMceY

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DON-inate Finals Week!

DON-inate Finals Week!

Good Luck to all the Dons! Tackle Your Finals! Big big BLUE-tiful shout out to our Acalanes teachers! Teachers and coaches work with students that have a wide variety of skills and abilities. It is the job of the teacher ( classroom coach) to find a student’s  strengths, and also work on their weaknesses. The ability for a student to…

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Giving Thanks to Our Football Coaches

Giving Thanks to Our Football Coaches

Family, feast and football! Thanksgiving is a chance for family and friends to gather and give thanks for all that they have. However…this year is different.  Thanksgiving is unlike any other with a covid still looming. Yet, the Dons Football family is  grateful for our Acalanes football program and OUR COACHES! Coaching football in the age of Covid brings an…

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Dons Runners Keep Getting Faster

Dons Runners Keep Getting Faster

Cross Country Completes Camp #2 with Time Trials at Newhall Park Cross Country (5K & 2 miles) time trial update: Props to all of our cross country runners showing up on last Saturday (Nov 14) at Newhall Park.  Congrats to David Barron for remaining Group 2 Champ; shout out to huge PRs: Ethan Chow, Logan Farzan, Lucas Chow, Jack Dunne, Ben Kokel,…

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Athletic Clearances by Appointment Only

Hello Dons! Apologies…the link is now live. See below! Athletic Clearances will be offered on Monday, Nov. 16th from 6-8pm. Due to Covid protocols, we are allowed to offer this service by appointment only on a first-come, first-served basis for approximately 40 student/athletes. Check-in for this event will be in front of the Performing Arts Center (PAC). Here is a…

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Athletic Clearances to be Offered on Campus

Hello Dons! Over the past several years, Boosters has offered our student/athletes the opportunity to have a physical done by one of our volunteer physicians in order to be cleared to participate in sports. BACME (Boosters Athletic Clearance Medical Examination) usually takes place in late July, but with the pandemic, everything has been pushed back. The official start date for our athletes…

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Cross Country Camp Update: Dons on the Run

Cross Country Camp Update:  Dons on the Run

Props to all of our cross country runners for getting up early on last Saturday (Oct 10) morning and showing up at Newhall Park for the second of three unofficial time trials.  We had a great turnout!  Congrats to Ethan Chow and Corina McTigue for huge Personal Records.  Great job to Dominic Basaldua, Josh Evans, Ian Ho and Elle Casselman…

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