Friday, November 22, 2019

Friday Day 2

Drop A

E-Period Lunch

• Be sure to check out Student Union's table at lunch today to send a candy gram to a friend you're thankful for! Small bags of candy will be a dollar each and will be sent out during A period on Tuesday.

• Interested in attending the football game on Saturday? Please sign-up for the fan bus in the guidance office!

• Seniors who have not yet met with Ms. Cuffee-Gray! Come to Guidance and schedule a time to meet with her. Finish one of the two Seniors Surveys and make it happen.Your Friendly Neighborhood College and Career Advisor wants to have a conversation about "Life After ARHS" with you! College, Certificate from Community College, Gap Year, Americorps placement, military, employment, confused? Come and let her help you think about your next steps. (Psst..if she doesn't hear from you, she is going to find you and schedule a time with you in small groups starting next week!)

• Monday College Essay Support - From 2:30-3:30pm in room  Room 141.Come and get your essays and supplemental essays done, after school with Amanda Lewis and Deidre Cuffee-Gray. Common App and scholarship essay support as well!  

• FAFSA Day AGAIN! ARHS is hosting it's 2nd night for FAFSA assistance on January 8th at 6:30pm. Save the date! Set up your FSA ID PRIOR to the event - it will be easier! https://www.masfaa.org/fafsa-day-register/
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Sincerely,

Your Friendly Neighborhood College and Career Counselor - Deidre Cuffee-Gray




College in the Caf

• 1st Lunch Monday   
• 2nd Lunch Wednesday Friday
• 3rd Lunch Tuesday Thursday

                  Students can find Deidre Cuffee-Gray, the ARHS College & Career Advisor, for informal  conversations about college, career and life after ARHS.


• The Student Advisory Council will meet at 2:30 on TODAY in Mr. Thompson's room (room 239). 

• The Theater Company is continuing a series of dialogues around race, inclusion, and access in the theater program that began last year - and we'd love you to join us!  Whether you're active in theater already or have never set a foot on the ARHS stage, we'd love you to be a part of it.  Stop by the auditorium after school this TODAY for meaningful conversation, project planning, and a plethora of Trader Joe's snacks with your friends and peers.  See Mr. Bechtold, Serik White, or Kabir Narayanan if you'd like some details.  See you there!

• Did you know? The average amount of blood a person loses during their period in a lifetime is equal to the blood of four adults?  Women's Rights Club is running a TAMPON AND PAD drive all month! All donations will benefit the Amherst Survival Center so that hygiene products can be available to all that need it! Look for the signs and boxes located at the school to donate what you can.Donations should be in sealed boxes or packages. Drive will be up until the end of the month.

• The Guidance Office would like to remind the community that ALL students should be signing in to the FRONT of Guidance with Miss Garrity when they visit. We have a new electronic sign in sheet to reduce the amount of paper the office is using and to better support everyone who accesses the Guidance Office resources

• Singers of all types are invited to perform in this year's Cabaret, an evening of skits, duets and small group musical performances! There will be an information session at 2:30 on TODAY in the choir room. If you're interested in participating but can't make the meeting, please e-mail or talk to Mr. Fruth before Thanksgiving break.  

• Not school sponsored:Want to learn about the climate crisis and the climate strike in Springfield on Dec. 6th? Stop by the table during lunch today to sign up for or discuss the strike, as well as learn about one of the drivers of the climate fight, a national youth-led movement called Sunrise Movement.

• Do you like metal music? Do you play an instrument? Are you looking to join a band? If you play electric guitar/bass, drums, or can sing in the style of thrash metal/hardcore punk, contact Nakos Maroudas-- maroudasna@arps.org --to audition. Our band is called Defcon: Dead, and we could use a few more musicians to help bring thrash back to Hurricane Nation!

• Are you daydreaming of summer on these cold November days? Consider becoming a lifeguard for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation for the summer of 2020! Must be 16 years of age by June and be able to complete lifeguard training and CRP/First Aid training. Lifeguard positions are 40 hours a week, $15/hour from June 26th-Labor Day. Information available in Guidance.