Monday, April 07, 2008

April 7, 2008

General Announcements

Students, last week we collected your feedback on the school calendar survey. This week we are asking for your parents to complete a similar survey. Parents may access the survey on the Arapahoe website or the Littleton Public Schools website. Paper copies are available in the Main Office or the Attendance Office. Website surveys must be completed by Thursday, April 10. Paper surveys must be returned to our Main Office by Friday, April ll.

An important announcement from your 2008 Graduation Committee: You should sign-up now for graduation speaker auditions. Here is your chance to leave a legacy with your friends and family. Auditions will be held on Tuesday, April 15th in the AHS Forum. Please sign-up in Mrs. Sisler’s office between now and Friday, April 11th. This is a rare opportunity to share your observations with a captive audience. See Mrs. Cornils in the Social Studies Office for more details.

Attention future AP science students: You will need to fill out an application form by Wednesday April 16th if you are planning on taking any Advanced Placement courses next year. The blue forms are in the science office by the phone.

The 2008 Prom Talent Show is right around the corner and tryouts are Tuesday, April 8th and Wednesday, April 9th. So make sure you hurry into the Main Office and sign up! Get your ticket to Hollywood!

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.

FBLA, our meeting after school has been changed to today April 7th. We will be meeting in room in S1 after school to work on our community service project at the Colorado Humane Society. See you then.

Have you always wanted to use the school loud speaker? Would you like sharing the Arapahoe news for the day? If you are interested in reading the daily announcements next year, sign up for auditions in the Attendance Office by April 21st.

Congratulations to Winter Guard for being named State Champion Runners-up for the second consecutive year! They received their silver medals in the prestigious scholastic open class!! Way to go ladies!!!

Congratulations to the Winter Percussion Ensemble for placing 1st at Saturday's Northglenn Competition!

Congratulations to the Wind Ensemble for achieving straight superior ratings at Friday's CHSAA Large Group Music Festival! Symphonic Band received a superior in sight reading and an excellent rating overall. They just missed a superior by one point. Also, congratulations to Concert Band for earning an excellent rating at Friday's Festival!

In celebration of National Poetry Month, AHS and the Muse (Arapahoe’s Literary Arts Magazine) are holding an iPoem contest. To participate, you must compose an original poem and create a digital project that – at a minimum – includes audio of your poetry. You will need to submit your project by 3:00 pm on Monday, April 28th. Entries will be judged by a semi-distinguished panel of AHS Language Arts teachers and the winner will receive an iPod Shuffle. For more details, see the AHS website or your Language Arts teacher.

Speaking of the Muse, the event you’ve all been waiting for is this Thursday night, at 7:00 pm in the Forum. You will see some of the most talented artists, poets and writers at Arapahoe share their gifts. Come and see your friends read their work and show their art. There will be refreshments, and all are welcome… and best of all, it’s FREE! Join us at the annual Muse Showcase night this Thursday in the Forum to celebrate our beautiful new Volume 6 edition of the Muse!!

Athletics

The girl's varsity tennis team defeated Littleton on Friday by a score of 6-1. Come out to the AHS courts on Tuesday to see the Warriors go up against Heritage.

Varsity baseball plays cross-town rival Heritage at their field today at 4:00pm.
Our fans presence in "their house" reduces their home field advantage. Go Warriors!

A special invitation to all students to the Hall of Fame game Wednesday, April 9th against league rival, Highlands Ranch. The "first pitch" will be thrown by our newest sponsor "Streets of Southglenn"! There will be special prizes for students at this game! One more thing, the game is going to be televised.

The Varsity Boys Lacrosse team defeated Rangeview 12-2 Friday evening. On Saturday, they lost to
Kent 7-11. Their overall record is 10-2. Make plans to attend the next game against Ponderosa at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The girls JV soccer team continues to roll as they defeated Castleview 5- 0 Thursday and Highlands Ranch 3 -0 on Saturday. Keep it up ladies. All girls JV soccer players meet in room C-7 at 2:45 today.

The girls JV Lacrosse team had another fantastic week! On Monday, they defeated Pueblo West 9-2. Goals were scored by Audrey Damico, Amber Olsen, Kayla Fasold, Nicole Lyons, and Sarah Miller.
On Wednesday, they defeated Heritage/Littleton by a score of 9-6. Amber Olsen , Kayla Fasold, Audrey Damico, Liz Hallinan, Madison Miller, and Molly Witt scored.
The team will play Green Mountain today and Douglas County on Thursday. Congratulations girls!

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