Tuesday, April 14, 2015

April 14, 2015



General Announcements

Art Attack is now up in the East wing of the building and in the Library. Please check it out.  If you submitted work to the show, we will be holding a short reception tonight to announce the winners in each category as well as hand out cash prizes.  The reception will start at 7:00 p.m. in the theater hallway; awards will be given at 7:30.  Please come join us, ALL ARE WELCOME!

You've seen the posters, you've heard the ads, you've seen the bright pink shirts, now come see what all the hype is about!  Bye Bye Birdie opens this Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. and runs through Saturday.  Get your tickets at lunch, we will be sold out before the show opens. Tickets are $8.00 for students and $10.00 for adults.

Hey Speech and Debate! Please come to practice ​t​oday to find out about​​ officer applications and elections for positions next year. Lettering applications will also be given out. We look forward to see you!  

All students interested in taking Honors American Literature, Advanced Placement Language, or Advanced Placement Literature should attend an informational meeting at 2:30 p.m. today in Room E9.  This includes those students currently in the A.P. or Honors track.  Please see your Language Arts' teachers with questions.

Attention freshmen!  Hearing and vision testing is this week!  Testing will take place during your English class.  Please be sure to wear and/or bring your glasses or contacts to school.  Thank you!

Attention Juniors and Seniors:  This year’s prom is on Saturday, May 2nd at The Wildlife Experience. Tickets are already on sale online through a link found on the Arapahoe Home Page. Each upperclassman can purchase two tickets for $35 each. Tickets purchased online will be handed out starting Friday, April 24 - Thursday, April 30th with a student ID. Tickets will cost $40 per person if bought at the door the night of prom.

Prom guest forms are located in the Attendance Office.  All forms are due by Tuesday, April 28th no later than 3:00 p.m.  

Juniors and Seniors:  It’s time to vote for your 2015 prom royalty. Your classmates were nominated by the staff of AHS this year, so don’t miss your chance to have your voice heard. Log in to your Naviance account, click the “About Me” tab, and the survey is up under “Surveys to Take” on the left side of the screen. Royalty voting has started and ends today.

Are you looking to go to engineering school? Do you want to use the design process to “engineer” a part through CAD Design, Prototyping and Manufacturing? Are you interested in an engineering related field? If you will be a Junior or Senior next year and have taken Tech Studies with 9 weeks of Cad, then Engineering 1 or 2 is for you.  Engineering 1 is a Junior level class and will be offered 2nd Semester, while Engineering 2 is a Senior level class being offered 1st Semester.  Please see Mr. Loptien or Mr. McMullen about register for Engineering 1 or 2!

Auditions for the 2015 - 2016 AHS Choirs will be held April 20 - 24. Please see Ms. Parmenter in the Choir Room for details and to sign up for an audition time. We are also looking for piano accompanists for next year.



Athletics

Congratulations to the JV girls tennis team for placing 2nd in the Heritage Invitational on Saturday. There were 10 teams. The team earned four 2nd place finishes and one 1st place finish. Great job!  Come out today to the AHS tennis courts and watch the Varsity take on Cherokee Trail at 3:30.  You could also come over to Powell and watch the JV play starting at 3:30.https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif

The Arapahoe boys swim and dive team compete against Cherokee Trail today at 4:30 p.m.  The meet takes place at Cherokee Trail – come on out and cheer on the team!  And congratulations to Griffin Eiber for making the 9News Prep Sports broadcast on Sunday, April 4!! 

Attention AHS baseball parents - the next AHS baseball booster meeting is set for tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Forum.  Please plan to attend as we'll be discussing many topics, including Senior day, end-of-season banquet, summer baseball and more.  Thanks!

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