Friday, May 14, 2021
- Taylor Rapp is a free safety for NFL football team Los Angeles Rams. Rapp was born December 22, 1997 to a Chinese mother and white father. He grew up in Bellingham, Washington with his older brother and they played football, baseball, and ran track. As one of the only Asian-American students in a majority white environment, he was racially taunted and mocked for his Chinese ethnicity. He was frequently overlooked by recruiters and had coaches trained not to develop Rapp as a player. "It was hard to get recruited. I felt like I didn't look like a typical football player to college coaches, you don't see a lot of football players who are Asian." Nevertheless, Rapp was recruited for University of Washington and played three seasons there before being the fifth safety drafted in 2019 (61st overall). In the second round of the draft, the Rams selected him and he played 15 games and recorded 100 tackles his rookie season. Recently, with the increased violence and hate towards Asian-Americans, Rapp joined a growing group of Asian-American athletes who are supporting their community and standing up to anti-Asian hate. He started his NFT (non-fungible token) collection and will donate much of the proceedings to the #StopAsianHate Go Fund Me campaign. - Written by Ava Polak for the International Student Club AAPI Heritage Month celebration
Let's send the Class of 2021 some love and support as they prepare to say their final goodbye to our schools! Signs are just $10 each and can be ordered here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNYr4tb_ vKkxAop0fqIXFYXQ- XM8Fil2N6Fw6nRl1_YGbRaA/ viewform?usp=sf_link . Let our seniors know their communities are proud of their achievements! All proceeds will support signs for seniors. The deadline to order signs is Tuesday, May 18th at NOON!
- Seniors--we need you to fill out this survey so we can plan your graduation day. Today is the last day (Friday, May 14th). If you do not fill this out by midnight your graduation guests ticket number will default to 3. https://docs.google.com/
forms/d/e/ 1FAIpQLSchtrgp5ATNMU4doZ8AfMn6 ygjhk9f84MnJAD_E988oc5Q_Uw/ viewform?usp=sf_link - Juniors! Class of 2022. Check your email for instructions regarding the Teacher Recommendation process that begins next week and lasts through the 28th. Ask for support from Ms. Cuffee-Gray, Ms. Garrity, or your school counselor.Also, schedule your Life After ARHS Meeting with Ms. Cuffee-Gray, if you haven't done so already. Time is ticking. https://calendly.com/
cuffee-grayd/junior-college- planning-meeting
- For in-person students: Take out your phone right now and disconnect it from the school wifi. Individual student phones are bogging down the school wifi and having an impact on the classes throughout the building. Please do this every day just before A period.
- Everyone parking on campus should have a parking permit.Staff, please go to the main office for staff permits.Students, please go to the Deans Office, RM# 168 to submit a parking permit application to receive your permit. Student parking permits are free through the end of this semester.Staff parking areas include the first 4 rows denoted by the yellow lines in the main parking lot in the front of the school. Student parking are the rows behind staff parking denoted by the white lines. A Staff parking lot is also adjacent to the back gym. The parking spaces adjacent to the Maintenance Dept. are assigned to specific staff. Please do not park there unless you have been assigned a space. Please do not park in Visitor Parking.
- Between May 11th and May 21st, for any and all students new to ARHS, including 9th graders, or ANY student looking to mix it up and reach out to find new faces to have lunch with, come to the courtyard! Each day a counselor will be there to have a relaxing and fun lunch and connect with students. This is a great time and space to meet new people and or get to know them in new ways. Come join us!
