General Announcements
*Welcome back to school Warriors! It’s great to see your smiling eyes!
*Student Reminders:
Please remember your self health screening (including your temperature) each day before you come to school. You will be able to enter the building more quickly.
Please remember to always wear your Arapahoe Student ID on your lanyard.
Once you enter the building, remember to follow the one-way traffic patterns. We want to keep face-to-face crossing to a minimum wherever possible.
Virtual Days -
On Wednesdays, beginning August 26, 2020 - EVERYONE should be prepared to log into a Google Hangout with each of your teachers throughout the day. Your teachers will be providing the link to the Hangout.
On your asynchronous Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday, please remember to check your teachers’ websites, your Google Classrooms, and your LPS email for assignments to be done for each of your classes.
*Attendance Reminders:
Attendance on the in-person days will be recorded by the teacher via the Infinite Campus Staff portal (no change--this is how it’s been done in years past).
Attendance on the remote/virtual school days will be recorded by the student via the Infinite Campus Student Portal. Please see the links below for how a student can do this. The attendance window for the day will be open from 8:00 am through 3:00 pm. Students must take their own attendance during that time or they will be marked “Unexcused Absent.”
Student Recording Attendance on Remote/Virtual Days:
Student logs into the Infinite Campus Student Portal: https://littletonco.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/students/littleton.jsp
The students’ class schedule will be on the right hand side.
Click on each class individually.
Click on the blue YES I’M HERE button.
For more detailed explanations and screenshots, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1byW3Om3ZqZbAo5RwnFwb7iWABBvyQ39b/view?usp=sharing
Parent: Recording an Absence on In-Person & Virtual Days:
Call the school’s attendance line (303-347-6030) to leave a clear and concise message on the AHS attendance line to excuse an absence. You may call this line 24/7.
Follow the attendance line instructions by listening to the pre-recorded voicemail.
All parents must also complete the Attendance Form, located on the Arapahoe website (https://littletonpublicschools.net/schools/arapahoe-high-school/contact-ahs)
Parents/Guardians are the only members of the family who may excuse an absence. Per AHS Policy, absences may only be excused within 24 hours after the absence. Please call as soon as you are aware that he/she will be absent from school.
Leave your message with the following information:
Student’s full name, spelling out the last name
Date of absence(s)
Specific reason for absence (“personal” is not specific enough per LPS/AHS policy).
**NEW THIS YEAR for COVID-19**
YOU MUST ALSO FILL OUT THE FORM ON THE AHS WEBSITE ABOUT YOUR STUDENT’S ILLNESS. IF YOU DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM, YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY AHS BEFORE THE ABSENCE CAN BE EXCUSED.
*Sign up for the National Business Honor Society!
The National Business Honor Society allows students to become nationally recognized as exceptional business scholars. Becoming a member can enhance students’ college, scholarship, and employment applications. In order to be a member of NBHS, you must take 3 business classes; have an overall minimum GPA of 3.0 and a minimum GPA of 3.5 in your business courses. Here is the National Business Honor Society Application Form. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, October 2nd.
*Mark your calendar! Photo retakes are scheduled for Thursday, October 8 (Group A (A-K)) and Friday, October 9 (Group B (L-Z)) from 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM.
*AHS Information
Would you like to stay current on what is happening at Arapahoe High School? Here are some helpful resources for you:
AHS website: https://littletonpublicschools.net/schools/arapahoe-high-school
AHS Daily Announcements are available on the AHS website announcements blog: http://ahsdailyannouncements.blogspot.com/. If you want to subscribe to receive the daily announcements in your email click the "subscribe via email" option on the right-hand side of the blog.
AHS Drumbeat is a monthly publication with news, department updates, calendars and other important information. Click https://littletonpublicschools.net/schools/arapahoe-high-school/newsroom for the latest and archived issues of the Drumbeat.
AHS Athletics website: https://www.ahswarriors.org/
AHS Activities: https://littletonpublicschools.net/schools/arapahoe-high-school/activities
AHS Post Grad Information (for all students - not just seniors): https://sites.google.com/lps.k12.co.us/ahspostgrad
AHS Counseling: https://sites.google.com/lps.k12.co.us/ahs-counseling/
Infinite Campus: Please keep your email and phone information current for parents/guardians and students on your Infinite Campus account. AHS uses the Infinite Campus messenger system to send important emails and text messages.
Be sure to check the Arapahoe website for further details.
Warriors always take care of one another!
