Monday, March 31, 2008

March 31, 2008

General Announcements

WISH WEEK IS HERE! We are sponsoring a young boy named Marcus. His wish is to go to Disney World. We have many events planned this week to help raise money to make his wish come true. Plan to attend the CU Buffoons concert tonight at 7pm. Tickets are $5.00. Don't miss the senior students vs. staff basketball game on Thursday at 7pm. Tickets are also $5.00. You can also donate spare change in any of the wishing wells located throughout the school. Thanks for helping to Make Dreams Come True this week!

Attention All Juniors!!!! Registration for the State ACT is coming….
When: April 14th
Where: Western Civilization Classrooms
How: Counselors will walk you through it during class time
If you don’t have a Western Civ. class, please make an appointment with your counselor.

Calling all Speech and Debate Members! We are having a MANDATORY meeting today in Room C15. Whether you are competing or not, please show up and sign up to help organize the National Qualifying Tournament at AHS! We will need all the help we can get so if you cannot attend this meeting please see Mrs. Graham in the English Office. Thanks!

Summer School Brochures are available in the Guidance Office.

FBLA we have a meeting today afterschool in room S1. We will be passing out lettering requirements and answering questions.

Congratulations to all members of the Winter Guard for scoring their highest points of the season on Saturday in our very own gym! They placed 2nd with a season high 83.9 points, just 1 point out of first place!! Way to go ladies!!! The State Championships are on Saturday at the CU Events Center in Boulder - good luck Winter Guard.

Athletics

Attention all girls interested in playing softball next fall. There will be an important meeting on Wednesday, April 2nd at 2:30 in N5.

Volleyball Open Gym begins tonight in the small gym from 7 to 9 pm. See you there!

Over spring break, the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team easily defeated Mountain Vista and Rock Canyon while losing in a very close game to Mullen. This week they will play:
Douglas County- Wednesday, 5:30 at LPS,
Rangeview – Friday, 7:00 p.m. at Aurora Public Schools Stadium
Kent – Saturday, 5:00 p.m. at LPS
Get out there and support your team. Go Warriors!

Congratulations to all the boy’s swimmers who participated in the Coaches Invitational Meet this weekend. Arapahoe came in 13th out of 38 teams. Top swims were:
Dave Wise 18th place in the 200 Free, a new state qualifying time.
Andrew Gibbs, 17th place in the 500 free, state qualifying time.
Ian Francis 9th place in the 100 breast, state qualifying time, 16th place in the 200 IM, state qualifying time.
200 Medley relay, 14th place. 200 free relay 7th place. 400 free relay 9th place.
Congratulations swimmers!

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