Wednesday, December 13, 2006

December 13, 2006

General Announcements

Thank you to all who helped wrapped toys at the wrapping party Monday. You did an incredible job- wrapping 400 toys in 40 minutes! The next event is the toy delivery to Ashley Elementary on Monday, December 18. Please meet the bus no later than 12:15 in the circle drive. You must have turned in a signed permission slip in order to go. If you turned in, a permission slip and are now unable to go, please let us know because we do have people on the waiting list. Thanks Warriors for all your help with a very successful toy drive again this year.

It’s almost here. The week you’ve all been waiting for – no, not winter break – FINAL EXAMS! Finals run from December 15 through December 20 with 3 exams each day. The kitchen will be open until 11:30 each day. Lunch will not be served. All buses will run on a regular schedule. Check with your teachers and on flyers around the school for specific testing times. The library as well as the Study Center will be open for your studying convenience. Please remember that the school dress code is in place throughout the exam period. This includes pajamas or any flannel pants that resemble them. Good luck on your semester 1 final exams!

Attention all NHS members! The last NHS meeting of the fall semester will be today, after school in the forum. All logs will be due for old members and all new members are invited to join this meeting. We will be passing out logs for next semester.

Hey Community Service Just ‘Cause members, we are having a meeting this Thursday right after school in room C19. Adopt a family was a huge success. Thanks for all your help. It’s are last meeting of the semester so we hope to see you there.

Be sure to join us tomorrow for a great night of music at the Annual Holiday Band Concert, starting at 6:30pm in the theater. It’s free and will feature Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and the Austria Trip Wind Symphony. Pre-Concert Small Ensembles start performing at 5:45pm. Senior timpanist, David Steinberg, will be featured with Wind Ensemble tomorrow night at the Holiday Band Concert!

Athletics

Attention Arapahoe Swimmers and Divers: The meet line up is posted on the swimming pool windows. Double check your events. Report to the pool, the bus leaves at 2:30.

Attention Arapahoe Girls Lacrosse Winter League I. This Saturday’s games are scheduled as follows: The Gold Team will play at 9:50 and the Black Team will play at 11:40. Go Warriors!

Your Arapahoe wrestlers will be hosting a dual against Cherry Creek here tonight. JV starts at 6pm and varsity will start at 7pm. Please come out and support your warriors.

The varsity boy’s basketball team earned their fifth victory in a row last night defeating Smoky Hill in a 59-54 comeback win. The game can be seen on CET channel 5 at 8:00 pm on Tuesday, December 19th. Way to go Warriors!

Student Initiated Groups-

Hey Animal Lovers! The Animal Deserves Rights Club is meeting for the last time this semester! Bring snacks to share today after school in W104 and help us to quickly review our plans for the shelter. We are visiting a shelter Wednesday, December 20th after the last final and anyone is welcome to join us. There will also be a Bake Sale in the cafeteria on Thursday during both lunches! See you all then!

The Remember Club asks you to buckle up and take care of one another.