Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Wednesday Day 1
Drop G
D-period lunch


  • 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. 
  • Calling all students!  The fall deadline for completed applications is is around the corner, on Friday, October 11th! Do you have a great idea for an activity or innovation that will benefit the ARHS community?  Need money to make it happen?  The ARHS PGO offers $200 grants to students twice a year & the next deadline is coming up soon.  The PGO has helped to the Cambodian Heritage mural, instruments for Summit Academy, water bottle fillers, and more! You will find the current application form on the clubs page of the ARHS website.
  • 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!
  • Did you turn in a Chromebook to be repaired in the last few weeks? Good news! We have a big stack of repaired Chromebooks in the library that are hoping to be reunited with their rightful owners. Please check your email ASAP to see if your repaired device is ready for you, or stop by to ask in person anytime this week! As a reminder to ALL STUDENTS, the library loaner Chromebooks and chargers are ONLY available for in-library use or to students turning in a Chromebook to be repaired. We do not have additional loaners for students to check out.
  • Class Election News: During advisory, this week the Sophomore and Junior classes will be electing the class council leadership.  Election statements will be available for your review, Monday (10/7), Tuesday (10/8)  and Wednesday (10/9) during lunch. The Senior Class slate is running unopposed, therefore there is not a need for an election. Ninth graders who signed up at the Activities Fair will be contacted by their Advisor. Questions can be directed, by email, to Mrs. Haygood.
  • 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.
  • Girls interested in attending the October 24th Women in Engineering Career Day at UMASS: Permission Slips must be returned to Ms. Blauner in Room 223 by 3pm Friday afternoon (Oct 11). Questions? See Ms. Blauner!
  • 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.
  • 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.