Larger Font Morning Announcements - Tuesday, January 30th

Tuesday
January 30th, 2018
Day 4
Drop C
Lunch - E Period
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Please see sports schedule listed at the end of morning announcements for
January 29th - February 4th, 2018
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Attention 10th and 11th grade students: we now have a Division III basketball coach coming to career day on Thursday.  If you are interested in hearing him speak, please stop by room 207 or email Ericka Alschuler or Andrea Dustin as soon as possible.
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Hi everyone! Best Buddies is happy to announce that we are having another meeting this upcoming Tuesday(today) at 3:00 in the PIP room. We will be decorating posters to put up around the school, and we will have good snacks as usual. New members always welcome! 
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Career Day is Thursday:  10th and 11th graders-- Please check the board out front for your room assignments for Advisory on Thursday, so you will know where to go ahead of time. Each room will have two guest speakers who have volunteered to come share their experience with you!  Please be prompt.
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Bomba will meet in the dance studio Tuesdays starting this week on January 30th (today)  See you there!
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The BIG Y scholarship is due February 1st which is Thursday

If you haven't given Mrs Cappelli your application, resume and print out of your scores, you have until 9 AM Thursday to do so.
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JETS Club: 
Please get your registration checks in for the TEAM+S competition. We want to make sure all 9 (NINE!)  teams get registered. Contact Ms. Blauner to request a fee waiver, or drop off a check (or cash) to Room 223... $30 made out to ARHS-JETS with your name in the memo line.
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Girls Outdoor Track Candidates!  Please stop by Room 326 briefly after school on Wednesday, January 31, to let Coach Gould know that you intend to participate.  We need throwers (discus, shot, javelin), long, triple, and high jumpers, pole vaulters, sprinters, and distance runners!  Never done it?  We don't care!  This quick meet and greet WILL NOT interfere either with afterschool help or team practices.  See you soon!
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The Student Advisory council is five members of the ARHS student body who meet once a month with members of the Regional School committee.  They discuss policy, procedures, the budget, student concerns and much more.  If you are interested in being a part of the student advisory council, please come to a brief  meeting on Thursday, Feb. 1st at 2:45 p.m. in room 117.
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AP Exam Sign-Up has begun.  The binder is in the Guidance office at Ms. Cappelli's desk.   Please submit payment of $95/exam, preferably by check, at the time of registration.  Include your name and the exam for which you are registering in the check's memo.   The deadline to register is March 9th.
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If you are interested in the Anti-Islamophobia Campaign, please send an email to farahbakhshn@arps.org, it’s really important to do so. Everyone is welcome!

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The Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) representative is coming today to meet with seniors interested in going there next year.
If you signed up for a time slot be sure to come to Guidance at that time. You can still sign up this morning if you want to meet with her.
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There are still plenty of time slots available to meet with the GCC and HCC representatives - if you are planning to go to either one you really should sign up.
The sign-up sheets are in Guidance. GCC is next Tuesday, February 6th and HCC is Wednesday, February 7th.
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Two different field trips are scheduled to visit community colleges.
One to GCC and one to STCC and HCC. Get permission slips in Guidance.
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Hampshire College has summer courses available for underclass students and for recent graduates.
If you are interested there are brochures in the Guidance Office.
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Seniors:
Would you like to visit GCC, HCC or STCC before deciding which to attend?  If so, sign up in Guidance for campus visits: GCC trip Thursday, March 1, morning only; STCC and HCC trip Monday, March 12, almost all day.  Signed permission slips must be returned by February 9.
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Philosophy Club will meet on Wednesday 1/31 in room 113. All are welcome. Questions? Ask Tristan Whalen.
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Not School Sponsored
In an age of heightened secrecy and plummeting transparency in matters of national security, how can we ensure democratic rule of law and citizen rights are protected? Join Critical Connections and Dr. Sudha Setty tonight (Tuesday 1/30) from 7-9 PM at the Jones Library to discuss. 
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Please see sports schedule listed below:



January 29th
5:30p @ Pope Francis HS - B/JV/Basketball 
7:00p @ Pope Francis HS - B/V/Basketball 

January 30
 5:00p EVENT UPDATE -- Belchertown HS - B/V/Swimming 
 5:00p EVENT UPDATE -- Belchertown HS - G/V/Swimming 
 5:00p ALPINE SKI PRACTICE
 5:30p Palmer HS - G/JV/Basketball
 5:30p @ Southwick Regional School - B/F/Basketball
 6:00p @ Chicopee Comprehensive HS - B/V/Ice Hockey 
 7:00p Palmer HS - G/V/Basketball 

January 31
TEAM PHOTOS - GIRLS BASKETBALL, BOYS & GIRLS INDOOR TRACK  

February 1
 4:00p EVENT UPDATE -- @ Springfield Central HS - B/F/Basketball 
 5:00p EVENT UPDATE -- Springfield Central HS - B/V/Swimming
 5:00p EVENT UPDATE -- Springfield Central HS - B/V/Swimming
 5:00p EVENT UPDATE -- Springfield Central HS - G/V/Swimming
 5:00p TBD - B/V/Skiing - Alpine
 5:00p TBD - G/V/Skiing - Alpine
 5:30p Springfield Central HS - B/JV/Basketball
 7:00p Springfield Central HS - B/V/Basketball 
 8:15p Ludlow HS - B/V/Ice Hockey

February 2
 5:30p Agawam HS - G/JV/Basketball 
 7:00p Agawam HS - G/V/Basketball

February  3
 9:00a PVIAC Fast Chance "B" Meet - B/V/Swimming
 9:00a PVIAC Fast Chance "B" Meet - G/V/Swimming
 9:30a @ Simsbury HS - B/V/Skiing - Nordic
 9:30a @ Simsbury HS - G/V/Skiing - Nordic 
 4:30p EVENT UPDATE -- @ Westfield HS - B/JV/Basketball 
 6:00p EVENT UPDATE -- @ Westfield HS - B/V/Basketball


February 
4


10:00a INDOOR TRACK - LAST CHANCE MEET