Monday, October 29, 2012

October 29, 2012



General Announcements

Sophomores, today is the last day to register for the PLAN! The PLAN is a practice ACT test; it will be given this Saturday, November 3rd. Come to the Guidance Office to register today! The cost is $12.

The PSAT will take place this Wednesday, October 31! If you signed up to take this test, please arrive at school no later than 7:15 a.m. Be sure to check the classroom assignments that are posted in the cafeteria. Regular classes begin for all students at 11:00.  Make sure to do your best on this very important test, and please remember that Halloween costumes are not permitted until the test is over.

Hey Warriors, this Wednesday is Halloween. As always, many of you will be planning on wearing your Halloween costume to school. Just as a reminder, you cannot wear anything that covers your face, including masks, face paint and hoods. Also remember that the dress code in your student planner is still in effect. If you are taking the PSAT that morning, please wait until after the test to change into your costume. 

Attention Warriors!  The 2012/2013 Arapahoe Winter Guard would like to invite any newly interested students to come to an informational meeting today, October 29th from 7-8 p.m. in the AHS Band Room.  The Arapahoe Winter Guard is a 4 Time State Champion team and will be returning to National Competition this year!  Please attend the meeting with one parent or guardian if interested.  See you Monday!

DAN: What are you going to be for Halloween?

MATT: A patron.

DAN: What's a patron?

MATT: You know, someone who goes to plays. Like It's A Wonderful Life November 8th-10th at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.

DAN: Tickets are on sale at lunch starting today.  $5.00 for students, $7.00 for adults, and senior citizens are free.

MATT: Forgot to bring money for tickets?  No problem, you can also buy them online. See Mr. Ahern for details.

DAN: Plus you can support Food Bank of the Rockies by bringing cans to all three showings.

MATT: Collection barrels will be located outside the theater. Thanks for your support!

Hey Arapahoe writers and artists!  Thank you for sending us your poems, stories and artwork last week!  We are still taking submissions, so keep them coming, and remember that in order to have work published in this year's magazine, we need it by our fall deadline, which is just before Thanksgiving break, November 16th.  And for those of you who submitted last week and the week before, your names were entered in a drawing for a $10 gift card to Chipotle!  And the winner is . . . Katarina Sipan! Congratulations, Katarina . . . you can pick up your gift card from Mr. Miles in the Language Arts office.

Congratulations to the following students for their achievements in this past Saturday's Great Pumpkin Novice Speech and Debate at Kent Denver High School:
·   Earning superior ribbons:
o Lauren O'Breza in Humorous Interpretation 
o Ethan Wylie in Poetry Interpretation
o The team of Jack Harvey and Sanjay Patil in Duo Interpretation
o Emily Harden in Lincoln Douglas Debate
o Lizzie Stephani in Varsity Student Congress
·   Earning excellent ribbons:
o The team of Emily Web and Adam Ten Hoeve in Public Forum Debate
o Spencer Hanson in Lincoln Douglas Debate
The speech and debate team will hold its weekly meeting and practice after school this Tuesday in C15. All members should attend.

Hey Warriors, stop by the library or the DECA Store and drop of your idea for the Prom theme this year. The idea box will be in both locations for the next two weeks so stop by and give us your input.

Did your order a yearbook?  Do have a library fine?  Lists are posted on the bulletin board by the bookkeeper's office.  Yearbooks are $65 and may be ordered until November 16, so check the list and make sure you are set to get yours!

Hey TSA, the "Nuggets of Leadership" conference registration is filling up!  There are a limited number of participants and we don't want you to miss out.  If you are interested in going, you must have your paperwork and money turned in to Mr. McMullen by the end of today.

Do you have canned foods just sitting around at home? Bring them to school October 31- November 9 to support Food Bank of the Rockies!


Athletics

The 2012-2013 Girl's Basketball season is finally here! All week starting today, the girl's program is hosting a Skills Camp in preparation for the season. Come to the gym at 2:30 for some skill work before we start tryouts next week. If you want to play basketball this year, we highly suggest this important camp! See you on the court!

Attention all cross country runners who have not yet turned in their uniforms or bags. The final uniform turn in is tomorrow, Tuesday October 30th. Please bring your clean uniform and bag to the cage at 2:30 tomorrow.

If you have not registered for baseball yet, please do so. We don't want you to miss out on winter workouts, booster club meetings or try outs this spring. Baseball booster club is the second Tuesday of each month.  Come join us in the forum on November 13th at 7 p.m. Spread the word!

Winter Sports Registration is coming!  Girls Swim/Dive on Tuesday, October 30th, boys and girls basketball on Thursday, November 1st and wrestling will take place on Friday, November 2nd.  Please bring your completed paperwork to the cafeteria between 10:30 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. during one of these three days.  Required paperwork can be picked up in the Athletic Office or online at www.ahswarriors.org.  Do not delay your registration or it will hinder your participation in tryouts beginning on Friday, November 9th!

For further details on any announcements see the Arapahoe web site. 
Warriors always take care of one another.