Monday, March 06, 2006

March 6, 2006

March 6, 2006

General Announcements

Congratulations to the World Affairs Challenge team who took 4th in this year’s state competition. Nick Sebesta got 1st place in the global affairs challenge quiz with a perfect score!

The FCA huddle meeting for tonight March 6th has been cancelled. See you next week.

Congratulations FBLA! Good Job on Friday at Districts. We have 12 state qualifiers and 22 more that made top ten. We will have a meeting after school today to talk about Friday so stop by. Again. Good Job.

Are you a typing whiz and good with Word, PowerPoint and Excel and haven't taken ICA yet? The ICA Proficiency Exam is being offered on Thursday, March 9th and Tuesday, March 14th from 2:30 - 4:00 after school in Rooms S2 and S3. If you pass this exam, you will be able to enroll in Computer Apps 1 next year instead of ICA. Don't miss this important opportunity - stop by the Business Department if you have any questions!

Congratulations to the speech competitors At State Speech and Debate Qualifiers! Qualifying for the State tournament is Maryn Lewallen in International Extemporaneous Speaking and Justin Lambert, first alternate in National Extemporaneous Speaking. Shamita Punjabi was named fifth alternate in humorous interpretation.

Congratulations to the winners of the University of Northern Colorado's Mathematics Contest. The second round was held on the Greeley Campus in January and Arapahoe is proud to announce that Spencer Zepelin placed second in the state of Colorado! Sean Egan placed 5th and Claire Bassett earned an Honorable Mention. Great job Arapahoe!!

Yearbook and Team pictures will be taken Tuesday, March 7 immediately after school here at Arapahoe.

Congratulations to all members of the Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble who performed at last Thursday's CBA State Qualifying Metro Concert Band Festival. Wind Ensemble got close to a perfect score with a very high Superior Rating! They will advance to the State Festival. Symphonic Band received a very high Excellent Rating and will have a chance to advance to the final 18 bands at the state level. State seedings will be announced on Wednesday. Concert Band also had a nice performance, resulting in a good rating. Congratulations to all you band musicians!!

Congratulations to the Winter Percussion Ensemble for placing 1st at Saturday's WGI Regional Competition. This took place at Northglenn HS, with Arapahoe scoring an Excellent Box 4 Score of 82.6! Congratulations Winter Percussion Musicians!!

Also, Congratulations to the Winter Guard for placing 2nd at Saturday's WGI Regional Competition. This took place at Legacy HS, with Arapahoe scoring 76 points! Congratulations Ladies!!

An admissions representative from the University of Northern Colorado will be here at AHS today, Monday, at 12:00 pm. Sign up in the Guidance Center.

Guidelines for the Student Film Festival have been posted around the school. Please follow them in submitting your films. We're really looking forward to seeing your work. Prizes will be announced sometime in the future. The deadline is April 7th. Film Club members, next meeting is today. We will be watching a certain film that has a certain title made up of certain letters. See you then.

All AHS women interested in math and science, there is a Women in Engineering Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. They would like to invite you to an upcoming event for high school women. Friday, March 10, 2006, is Discover Engineering Day at CU at the CU-Boulder campus. Students will learn about engineering applications while being immersed in campus life.

Attention Student Council Members and officers! Our meeting on Tuesday will take place in E9 instead of the Forum. Be there at 6:45 am in E9. Thanks.

Athletics

Attention all wrestlers, the Banquet is tonight at 5:30. Wear a tie and bring your assigned dish.

Attention all Girls Lacrosse Players: There is a MANDATORY meeting for all Coaches, Players, and Parents in the Forum at 6:30 tonight. Important information about individual teams, fundraising, and yearbook picture forms will be given out. We look forward to seeing EVERYONE at the meeting tonight.

Hey volleyball players! If you're planning on playing volleyball next fall, please plan on attending a short informational meeting next Wednesday, March 8 immediately after school in the forum. We'll discuss open gym, summer weight training, leagues, and camps. The meeting will be about 15 minutes, so you can make it to spring sports practice. If you can't attend, stop by and see Coach Syers. Thanks!