Wednesday, October 10, 2012

October 10, 2012



General Announcements

Imagine a project so captivating that you want to spend hours working on it to get it just right.  That’s what happens when TSA members compete at the State Competition.  Students work individually or as a team in such areas as agriculture and biotechnology, website design, dragster design, flight challenge, film technology, CAD with 3D modeling, desktop publishing, extemporaneous speaking, structural engineering, and many more. The TSA Club meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month.  To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please come to the first first TSA meeting of the year today at 2:25- 3:00 in Room E10.  Hope to see you there.

Students . . . This is our biggest week for college visitors!  Today we have reps coming from seven colleges, tomorrow 15 and Friday 10!  Take advantage of this opportunity to speak face to face with college representatives!  For more details, speak with Ms. Llewellen in the Post Grad Center today.

Students, please help the Arapahoe Herald newspaper by taking an online survey about politics and the upcoming election by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday! It is short and will help the staff find important information for the upcoming issue. Check your LPS email account or the AHS homepage for the link. Thank you for your participation!

Juniors, time is running out! Today is the last day to register for the PSAT! So bring $12.00 and your student ID to the Guidance Center and sign up for this very important test before it’s too late! Language Arts and Math study sessions for the PSAT are taking place this week at 6:30 am in Room S-10. The remaining Language Arts session will be tomorrow, Thursday, Oct 11th. The last math session is on Friday, Oct 12th.  Come to these sessions so you’ll be even better prepared to take the PSAT!

Students, are you interested in extra credit hours? Consider being a Student Assistant.  Please see Mrs. Flinders in the Guidance Center or Mrs. Ayres in the Attendance Office for available student assistant positions.

Free Alive @ 25 class for AHS students October 15th, 3-7:30 p.m. The class is normally $39. To sign up go to the alive @ 25 website or there's a link on the schools website or talk to Deputy Englert.

The Stride is just 3 weeks away! Register today with any PE teacher. This 5k & 10k event takes place on October 28th. Help support Arapahoe High School and the Littleton Public Schools Foundation. We need you and your friends there. Get moving and get your registration forms to a PE teacher by October 18th.

Athletics

Congratulations to all four volleyball teams for their wins against Cherokee Trail last night.  Their next home game is tomorrow night against Eaglecrest.  Tomorrow night is also sponsored by Jimmy Johns, so join us for free samples and giveaways!

All girls interested in playing lacrosse for the 2013 season should attend registration tonight at 7 p.m. in the Library.

The Arapahoe Boys Swimming and Diving Team will have a very important informational team meeting immediately after school, Thursday October 11th from 2:20 - 2:35 p.m. Please meet in the swimming pool or see Coach Richmond if you cannot attend.
Interested in baseball? Register now at http://www.arapahoebaseball.com/  so you get all the information you need about winter workouts, spring tryouts and fundraising opportunities.

Good luck to the Boys Varsity Tennis team as they compete in the state tourney this Thursday and Friday at Gates Tennis Center in Denver. The entire squad qualified! Go Warriors!

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