February 23, 2007

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place on Thursday, March 1st, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. For everyone’s convenience, we are asking for parents to make every effort to meet with teachers as follows:

Students with last names starting with

A-M between 4:00 and 6:00 pm

N-Z between 6:00 and 8:00 pm

Teachers with last names beginning with A-H will be in the Auxiliary Gym, those with last names beginning with I-Z will be in the Main Gym.

No School on March 2nd

There will be no school on Friday, March 2nd, due to Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Informational Meeting about Taking College Courses at AHS

Attention sophomores and juniors! Are you interested in taking college courses next school year while you’re still enrolled at AHS? If so, you must attend a mandatory informational meeting on Wednesday, February 28th during first or second lunch in the forum. Please see your counselor if you have any questions!

Department Spotlight – Technology Education Department

The Technology Department is in full swing for the spring. We will be breaking bridges, racing CO2 racecars and flying planes this spring. The new equipment and computers in the Tech Lab are up and running with students designing house floor plans, web pages, creating mechanical CAD models, digital commercials and programming robots. All of the computer programs found in Tech Studies use industry-standard software and state-of-the-art equipment. What a great opportunity for a high school student! Come and see the new lab.

The student club, Technology Student Association, is gearing up for the state competition in April. TSA members will compete in Bridge design, CAD drafting, Architectural models, Prepared Presentation, CO2 Dragsters, and in many other technology related areas. Good luck to all of the students competing this spring.

Photo of the Week

Track practice. Photo by Lindsay Hess/Calumet.

February 16, 2007

No School on Monday
There will be no school on Monday, February 19th, in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday.

Dry Creek Dixie Dawgs
The Dry Creek Dixie Dawgs would like to invite you to a fun night of traditional jazz on Tuesday, February 20th from 6:30 until 8:30 pm. It will be a Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Celebration! This will take place at the new Copper Fox Pub (NE Corner of S. Holly and County Line – in the King Soopers Shopping Center). Come have dinner and enjoy all the great traditional jazz music by our Downbeat Music Magazine’s nationally recognized combo – The Dry Creek Dixie Dawgs! Hope to see you next Tuesday night!

Department Spotlight – Social Studies Department
As an ongoing project, many students from Arapahoe High School have teamed up with Project Education Sudan to build a secondary boarding school in the state of Maar, Sudan. This year for the second time, students solicited auction items for a Gala Dinner and Silent Auction. This year’s guest speaker was Victoria Butler, a correspondent for NPR and Time Magazine, as well as co-author of the book, Sudan: The Land and the People. Victoria’s husband, Timothy Carney, was the last standing ambassador to Sudan. The event was a huge success. A team from Project Education Sudan gave a report on their recent trip, where they finished building the school and Arapahoe has been so vital in supporting, they even installed solar panels and were able to send AHS students an e-mail from the site. This year, students helped raise over $10,000 to sustain the school, which AHS students named Hope Academy. The Amnesty International club would like to thank all those who help to support this cause. To see photos of the building, see the bulletin board by room C-6.

Photo of the Week
A junior holds the hand of a friend while she donates blood at the Blood Drive on February 25th. Photo by Mackenzie Lanphear/Calumet.

February 9, 2007

CSAP Is Coming March 12th – 15th!
CSAP tests are fast approaching. For all the details, visit the AHS Web Site.

My Baby’s Graduating Ads
Arapahoe Herald, the student newspaper, will unveil Arapahoe’s very first “My Baby’s Graduating” ads in the May issue. These ads will recognize graduating seniors, Class of 2007. Cost for the ad is $30 and includes one photo and a message of up to 15 words. Check your March Drumbeat for detailed information, or you can download a pdf.

Deadline for “My Baby’s Graduating” is April 2, 2007. Questions can be directed to 303-347-6028 or arapherald@comcast.net.

Department Spotlight – Science Department
The Science Department is enjoying another great year at Arapahoe. At the end of the year we will have two long-time teachers of Arapahoe retire; Anne Purvis and Roger Bates. Their leadership and expertise will be missed!

We will have a new procedure for placement of Freshmen students in Biology. The Math Department and Science Department have teamed together to create the Math/Science Audition Test. The test will take place March 10th at 9:45 am and March 15th at 3:30 pm. If you have any questions, please contact Jesse Craig, Science Department Chair.

Photo of the Week
Arapahoe athletes get their picture taken after signing their college letter of intent.

February 2, 2007

Spring Sports Registration February 12th – 14th
Registration will take place in room S-3.

Boys & Girls track, Monday, February 12, 2:30-3:30 pm
Baseball & Boys swimming, Tuesday, February 13, 2:30-3:30 pm
Girls tennis, Soccer & Golf, Wednesday, February 14, 2:30-3:30 pm

Registration packets are available for pick up in the Athletic Office.

If this is your first sport for the 2006-07 school year, you will need to complete the “long” blue registration form and an emergency card. Your physician will need to sign your registration card clearing you for practice.

If you participated in only a Fall sport you will still need to stop by and pick up a “long” blue registration form as the Athletic Code of Conduct changed during the Fall season and the Revised Code must be signed by all athletes and their parents before conditioning and tryouts can begin.

If you competed in a Winter sport and your physical is current, please complete the “short form” as the Athletic Office has your physical on file.

Do not delay your registration process or it will hinder your participation in conditioning and tryouts for the spring season!

There is a $100 fee for participation in each sport. A $200 individual maximum and a $300 family maximum is given for each school year. DO NOT BRING PAYMENT TO REGISTRATION! You will be billed for the athletic fee.

If you have any questions, please contact the Athletic Office at 303-347-6021.

Student Council Blood Drive
Student Council will work with The Children’s Hospital as we sponsor the GIVING PINTS FOR HALF-PINTS BLOOD DRIVE on Thursday, February 15th. Students 16 years and older can sign up to donate during lunch hours February 8-13th. Sixteen and Seventeen year olds will need parent permission.

Career Day
A Career Day will be held at Arapahoe High School the morning of Tuesday, April 10th, and attendance is required. Students will be attending three (3) different career presentations of their choice.

A list of careers is available for review. The careers are listed in alphabetical order and some are abbreviated. Look over all listings before making your selections.

Following the Instructions for Career Day Requests, students will pick their top four (4) career choices that they want to learn more about, and then a second set of six alternatives. The computer will try to schedule from the top four choices. If a student doesn’t get three of those scheduled, then Ms. Messer will try to schedule them into one of your six alternate requests. If students do not mark at least ten (10) careers, they run the risk of being scheduled into a session in which they are not interested.

Students may enter their career choices February 6 - February 12, 2007. They cannot do this from the regular LPS Campus Portal, but only from the special Career Day Portal.

Department Spotlight – Physical Education Department
The Physical Education Curriculum is being revised this year. The last curriculum update was in May, 1998. Arapahoe is proud to have 2 representatives on the committee: Katie Abner & C.J. Crow. The committee is working on adding new classes. Arapahoe is awaiting board approval in April to add classes to next years schedule including an Adventure Education class.

The Physical Education Department would like to thank the Toms and their Booster Club for 2005-06 & 2006-07 for donating and installing a new wood floor in the Cardio Room. The club donated its fundraising money for the last 2 years. The room is used during the day for Physical Education classes and after school by the Toms for practice. The following girls helped with donations: Shannon Adler, Ashley Babb, Marina Barrett, Cayla Berry, McKenna Brink, Anna Fazio, Molly Fleming, Meghan Haag, Kaelin Pilkington, Hannah Porter, Tylee Ragsdale, Tracy Sales, Makenzie Schrag, Ashley Seastone, Hailey Siebold, Aubrey Tidwell, Mackenzie Wilcop. Did you know February is American Heart Month?

Heart disease is the number one killer of adults in the United States. Visit the American Heart Association for information on preventing heart disease. Friday, February 2nd is wear Red Day for Heart Health Awareness.

Photo of the Week
From the 2007 Faculty Dance.