September 15, 2006

No School on September 22nd
There will be no school next Friday, September 22nd, due to a teacher in-service day.

After Prom Meeting
On Tuesday, September 19th at 7:00 pm in room E9 there will be a meeting for parents interested in helping with After Prom. Volunteering for After Prom is a great way to meet other parents, have fun and help put on one of the best parties of the year for our children. Over 1,100 kids participated in last year’s event, so we need your help.

Positions range from chairing a hall (coordination of the decorating efforts for a hall), helping decorate, coordinating food, donations, prizes, to helping clean up. Wherever you volunteer, your efforts are greatly needed.

No matter what grade your child is in, or whether your child does not want to see you the night of After Prom; there is a job for everyone.

If you have an idea for a theme for this year, please bring it to the meeting, send it to Stefani Ernst at stefanisews@aol.com or call her at 303-689-0281.

Bringing Guests to the Homecoming Dance
If students are planning to bring a guest to the Homecoming dance they will need to fill out a guest form. The forms are in the Attendance Office, Main office, and the Dean of Student’s office.They are due by 3:00 on September 28th.

Department Spotlight – Language Arts Department
The MUSE – Arapahoe’s magazine of creative arts - is up and running, and the staff is breathing life into the magazine like the mad scientist in this painting by Arapahoe artist Jessica Ng.

We are thrilled to announce our officers: Co-Editors – Steven Doss and Dylan Pierpont; Art Board Editor – Lindsay Downs; Publicity Committee Director – Samantha Velez; Poetry Board Editor – Michelle Shebowich; Fiction Board Director – Annie Hathaway and Julia Brennan. We are currently putting together submission dates and our very first college essay contest! Submissions will be accepted through the Language Arts office for the contest up to October 13th and prizes will be food gift certificates to local restaurants. Encourage your junior or senior to submit their personal narrative to the contest; this would look wonderful on an application to state that they are a published writer!

We are also in the thick of fundraising. Our magazine is funded solely from bake sales, MUSE magazine sales, and donations. If anyone would care to contribute to the magazine, we would greatly appreciate any donation! You can mail responses to: Steve Miles, Language Arts Office, Arapahoe High School, 2201 E. Dry Creek Rd., Centennial, CO 80122. Thank you for your support of the literary arts. Our artists don’t often get the recognition they so aptly deserve; the talent is abundant and we are proud to give them a voice through the MUSE.

Photo of the Week
Students work on a lab assignment in chemistry. Photo by Kelsee Prado/Calumet.