Monday, March 03, 2008

March 3, 2008

General Announcements

All of us want Arapahoe to be a safe, drug free campus. So please be aware that anytime during the school day the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office may have canines in the building and in our parking lots. These specially trained dogs are expert at drug detection. Thank you

Do you like Croatian music? Or music based on Julius Caesar? Then you should come to the choir and orchestra concert on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:00 in the Arapahoe Theatre

Attention National Honor Society members – we are still looking for volunteers for the LPS Foundation Silent Auction on March 14. Please contact Mr. Sale or Ms. Gaffney, by email or in person in the English office, if you are interested. Check the NHS web page for details.

Hey all you musers! We will be having a meeting Today after school in room C-17. We will be working on Bios and discussing Fund Raising and Activities. See you there!

Congratulations to all of our FBLA members who participated in district competition!
48 out of 55 members placed in their business events, 16 qualified for State 6 more are on alternate status.
All FBLA members come help us celebrate with our after school ice cream social in room S1

Congratulations to the Winter Percussion Ensemble for placing 1st at their first competition of the year! This took place at Mountain Range HS on Saturday. Arapahoe competed in the prestigious Concert World Class.

Congratulations to the Winter Guard for placing 2nd at Saturday's Air Academy Competition. They scored 74 points in the Scholastic Open Class.

Good luck to all members of the Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble who will be performing tomorrow at Grandview HS in the 2008 State Qualifying Concert Band Festival. The top 24 Colorado high school bands will go on to perform at the April 20-21 State Festival.

Give a HIGH FIVE to members of the Speech and Debate class. They competed at State Qualifiers this weekend and Arapahoe qualified eight students for the State speech and Debate Tournament. These include Nathan Arnold, Will Hea, Irene Lahana, Alyse White, Ben Horblit, Liana Boraas, Alexa Ankele, and Madeline Favre Our alternates include Shamita Punjabi, Amanda Noel, Ashley McCulloch, Bobby Bloom, Emily Haskins. Wish us luck March 14 and 15!

Athletics
Attention all you spirited Warriors out there! Next Tuesday, March 4th, there will be a mandatory informational student-athlete meeting for anyone interested in trying out for one of our Cheerleading teams for the 2008-2009 school year. It will be held in the main gym at 6:00 p.m. You and a parent must attend if you are interested in cheering next year.

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