March 9, 2007

CSAP Next Week – March 12th – 15th
Visit this page for the schedule and all the details.

Parent and Student Survey
Parents and Students - we need your input! Your voice is important to help us be the best we can be! Please take the Arapahoe High School Survey available online March 1st – April 15th.

Parent Survey

Student Survey

The Arapahoe Warrior Special Olympics Basketball Team Finished 10-0
“Ten and 0!” that’s what the members of the Arapahoe Warrior Special Olympics Basketball team are saying after their recent defeat of Mountain Vista High School during the March Madness 2007 Tournament. The coed team, organized by Special Education teacher Sheila Pepe and coached by her husband, Rich Pepe, is composed of Special Education players and AHS student partners.

“It was our first undefeated season!” said head coach Pepe.

The players and partners really came together as a team and played some terrific basketball,” said one of the volunteer assistant coaches. Special thanks to our three assistant coaches: Trux Simmons, Cheryl Stinson and Frank Louder.

So congratulations to the Arapahoe Warrior Special Olympics Basketball Team and a special thanks to the volunteers, parents and supporters who made this year, 2007, the team’s finest season yet. Look for a trophy commemorating this achievement in the school’s awards area soon. Join us next season!

Working With Students With OCD: Strategies for Parents & Teachers
All parents and teachers are invited to attend a presentation which is co-sponsored by the LPS Gifted & Talented Advisory Council, LPS Twice-Exceptional Task Force and the Special Services Advisory Committee. It’s titled “Working with Students with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder): Strategies for Parents & Teachers.” It’s scheduled for Monday, March 19th, 2007, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the ESC Board Room. The speaker is Dr. Judy Reaven of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Director of the Autism & Developmental Disorders Clinic of JFK Partners. Space is limited so contact Barb Bolen at 303-347-3475 to register. Call Melinda Ness, LPS Coordinator for Gifted & Talented with questions at 303-347-3477.

Department Spotlight – Business Department
Exciting things are happening in the AHS Business Department! We are pleased to announce that we will be offering several new courses next year to help prepare students for college and a possible career in business.

New marketing classes include Sports & Entertainment Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Both of these courses are for juniors and seniors that have taken one year of marketing coursework. New technology courses include Web Design I and Web Design II. These two courses are open to students in grades 9-12.

Please click on this link (pdf) to review the detailed course descriptions for these new courses along with all other business courses in the newly published 2007/2008 Pathfinder.

Another exciting opportunity for all students who enrolled in our Personal Finance class this year is coming soon! The Colorado Business Bank in Littleton will be sponsoring a $1,000 college scholarship each year for an AHS senior that successfully completes this course. Scholarship application information will be available early in April. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to help finance your college education.

Students who believe they are eligible for a Business Department Certificate of Proficiency may pick up an application in the business office starting in April. Certificates of proficiency are awarded to students who have earned a grade of B or better in a series of business classes. These certificates include Business Management, Business Technology, Accounting and Marketing. These certificates are impressive credentials on college and job applications. If you need more information, please contact the business department.

Our clubs have been very busy competing. DECA, an association of marketing students, qualified 47 students to attend state competition at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs at the end of February. Congratulations to the three National DECA qualifiers who will compete in Orlando, Florida in April.

FBLA, Future Business Leaders of America, had 57 students compete in district competition in February at Johnson and Wales University. 42 members placed in the top ten of their competitive categories. Congratulations to the 17 members who qualified for state competition in Vail in April.

Photo of the Week
Spring sports have begun! The first varsity baseball game is March 9th at Cherokee Trail at 3:30 p.m. Photo by Madison Fletcher/Calumet.