Thursday, October 10, 2019

Thursday Day 2
Drop A
E-period lunch


  • The Guidance Office is now home to two small, beautiful fish! Come by to meet them and enter our "NAME OUR FISH" contest! The winner will not only have naming rights for our new friends, but will win a bag of their favorite (nut-free) candy!
  • Reminder that this Thursday (10/10) during Advisory, all students who will be taking the PSAT on October 16th should come to the cafeteria for pre-registration after they check in to their Advisory. All 11th grade Advisors, please escort your advisees to the cafeteria after you take attendance. Thank you
  • Calling all National Honor Society members. NHS will have its first meeting this Friday (10/11) at 2:30 in room 117. Seniors and Juniors who are current members, please join me this Friday. This meeting is also for Seniors and Juniors who want to learn more about the National Honor Society and how to become a member.  Contact Ms. Clark at clarkb@arps.org with any questions. 
  • 19-20 yearbooks are available for pre-order at arps.picaboo.com! If you are on free/reduced lunch and would like to access a coupon code to purchase the yearbook at a reduced price, email Crystal Garrity at garrityc@arps.org.
  • Do you have pictures from Spirit Week, Homecoming, field trips, or clubs? Send them to the yearbook for review! You can email directly to garrityc@arps.org, share a Google Drive folder with Crystal Garrity, or upload directly to the Picaboo site at arps.picaboo.org!
  • It is time to sign-up for the Fifty-sixth Annual Mathematics Olympiad Competition that takes place on Thursday October 17th. For details and to sign-up, see your math teacher or come to the math office in room 221.  The deadline for signing-up is the end of school on Tuesday, 10/15.  There are 40 slots available first come, first serve.   Come to room 301 after school to get a copy of a past test and solutions.
  • Reminder that this Thursday (10/10) during Advisory, all students who will be taking the PSAT on October 16th should come to the cafeteria for pre-registration after they check in to their Advisory. All 11th grade Advisors, please escort your advisees to the cafeteria after you take attendance. Thank you
  • Not School Sponsored: Curious to know what's going on in the Middle East right now? Interested in the Trump administration's foreign policy decisions? This Thursday (10/10), come to The New York Room at Mary Woolley Hall, Mount Holyoke from 7-9 pm for a chance to hear from renowned experts on US Foreign Policy in the Middle East, an event put on by Critical Connections and Mount Holyoke's IR department. Contact Hanna Hartman, Amelia McMahan, or Ms. Camera for more information.
  • Join us this Thursday (10/10) evening for the Performing Arts Departments annual Fall Gala - a generous evening of short performances across our programs in music, theater, and dance.  All performances take place across four venues in the performing arts wing - and each performance lasts 10 minutes or less.  And - it's free to all!  See you at 6:30 this Thursday