Friday, April 03, 2009

April 3, 2009

General Announcements

HELP!!! The Art Department needs your help. A painting (two black ink blot looking figures) is missing from the Art Department. A reward is being offered for it’s return – no questions asked. Please see Mrs. Hitchens in the Art Department. Thanks for your help, Arapahoe!!!

ATTENTION ARAPAHOE ARTISTS!!!! This is the week!! All “Art Attack” entries are due today. Get your entries in NOW!!!!!!

Attention juniors and seniors. Did you know that you can take college courses that can count as both high school and college credit? If you are interested, please attend an informational meeting regarding the Post Secondary Enrollment Options Program on April 7th in the Forum during the lunch periods. A representative of the PSEO program will provide information on how to take part in this exciting program. See you there.

Attention National Honor Society members – our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 8 in the Forum. Juniors: You will be electing officers for next year. If you plan to run for office, prepare a brief speech explaining why you would be a good NHS officer.

The Alive at 25 class has been rescheduled to take place on Wed. April 8th. All registered Alive at 25 students need to meet in room W201 at 4:30 on April 8th.

Attention All Juniors!
Registration for the State ACT is coming on April 13th. Please bring a number 2 pencil to your Western Civilization class so that we can pre-register you for the State ACT on April 22nd. If you do not have a Western Civilization class, please make an appointment with your counselor ASAP.

An important announcement from your 2009 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 Wednesday, April 22nd in Room N3. Please sign-up in Mrs. Sisler’s office between now and Friday, April 17th. This is a rare opportunity to share your observations with a captive audience. See Mrs. Cornils in the Social Studies Office for more details.

Calling all mathematicians or just people who like math! Metro State Math Day is Tuesday, April 14th. It is a fun-filled day of math competitions at Auraria Campus in downtown Denver. We can only take the first 12 who want to attend. If you are interested, please sign the sheet on Mrs. Bretz’s desk in the math office.

The Summer School Program brochures are now available in the Guidance office or front office.

Hey Arapahoe! Do you have talent? Well, sign up to audition for the Prom Talent Show! Auditions will be held on Monday, April 13th and Tuesday, April 14th. Sign up in the main office and see Mrs. Davis in the English office or Mrs. Melin in the Foreign Language office with questions. Show us your talent!

The Junior nominees for Prom Royalty 2009 are as follows:
Girls- Destiny Bell, Chelsea Humbach, Sarah Moore, Maren Welker, Kylie Youmans,
Boys – Luke Allen, Colton Beck, Ben Knopf, Chip Stahmer & Sean Sullivan.

The Senior nominees for Prom Royalty 2009 are as follows:
Girls – Alyssa Gafvert, Emily Levin, Amy Lindgren, Sarah Stoeck & Chelle Warwick,
Boys – Eric Boten, Collin McCabe, Carl Newman, Devin Pullara & Patrick Wyman.

Voting begins Monday, April 6 and the winners will be announced at the Prom Talent Show on April 21.

Athletics

Congratulations to the JV Black Girls Tennis team for defeating Heritage last night 12-2. We are undefeated this season, with an overall record of 30-3. Great Job Girls!

The girls’ varsity tennis team lost a close match to Heritage last night by a score of 3-4. Our current record stands at 3 wins and only 2 losses.

Congrats to the Varsity Girls Golf team for beating Regis in the golf tournament yesterday. Sarah Moore led the team with a low score of 41 and Becky Gutknecht took second with a score of 49. The JV golfers took second at the South Suburban Par 3 tournament vs. Heritage and Littleton. Special congrats go out to freshman, Katy Deechakova for making A HOLE IN ONE during practice play yesterday on the regulation course at south suburban.

Congratulations to the girls JV soccer team who defeated Liberty H.S. yesterday 2 – 0.

Congratulations to the Freshmen Boys' Lacrosse Team for their 11-3 win against Ponderosa last night. Goals were made by Luke Boardman, Connor St. Pierre, Connor Strait, Lance Loken, and Bolan Walker. Goalie, Nick Brown, had 6 saves.

The AHS Boys JV Lacrosse Gold Team will be taking on Denver East on Saturday, at Denver East High at 2:00 p.m. Come out and cheer on our Warriors!!

Attention Lady Warrior Lacrosse Players: A reminder that Individual and Team Pictures will be taken at the field beginning at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. Wear black jerseys/skorts. Order forms are available at the lacrosse website.