Tuesday, October 5, 2021
- National Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15 and ends on October 15. In honor a Fun Fact about Hispanic Heritage will be placed in the Afternoon Announcements.. We will also be sharing announcements submitted by students about influential Latinx People.
- Today's Fact- The following states all have a Hispanic population of at least 500,000 = Washington, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, New Mexico, New Jersey, Nevada, Massachusetts, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Colorado, California and Arizona.
Attendance Tip of the Day #7
For planned early dismissals:- A note signed by a parent/guardian must be turned in to the Main Office first thing in the morning! Any student who leaves without a valid note will be considered cutting class. Notes for early dismissals cannot be brought after the fact. In the morning, main office will give students a pass to leave at the dismissal time.
- At dismissal time, students must sign out in the main office.
- Model UN will be meeting this Wednesday at 3:45 in Ms. Bourbeau’s room (325) for a debate. There will be snacks! Even if you’ve never come before, we’d love to see you come this Wednesday! If you have any questions, email Kyle Crosby (crosbyak@arps.org), Quinn Schein (scheinqf@arps.org), or Mira Setty-Charity (settycharityma@arps.org).
Math Competitions: Are you a problem solver? It is time to sign-up for the Fifty-Eighth Annual Mathematics Olympiad Competition that takes place on Thursday, October 21st. Start time is 8:45 am. Topics covered are Number Theory, Algebra 1 and 2, and Geometry. It is a 90-minute multiple choice test. Some take it for fun, others take it to put their scores on their college applications, and some take it to win prizes. To see if this interests you, visit the website http://www.maml.org to see past competition questions and solutions. You can still sign up on this Google Form until October 15th. There are 40 slots so first come, first serve.
American Mathematics Competition (AMC) : The American Mathematics Competition (AMC) takes place on Wednesday, November 10th. There are two levels of math contests, AMC 10 includes Algebra and Geometry topics and the AMC 12 includes Precalculus topics. To see if you are interested, visit the website AMC Problems Sign up on this Google Form until November 1st. There are 20 slots for each test so first come, first serve.
- College and Career Planning Coming Up!
EARLY DISMISSAL WEEK OF OCTOBER 4 - OCTOBER 8
