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ARCADIA PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
a 501c3 organization
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 Staff Highlights
Keri Blaker is a master multi-tasker! She must be in order to successfully accomplish her daily goals. She has worked at Arcadia for the past three years, this being her second year as Mr. Slater's Secretary. Her other responsibilities include Administration Support Coordinator as well as Arcadia's Website and Social Media Coordinator.
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Eblast Advertiser Spotlight - MATHNASIUM
Mathnasium is a math only learning center dedicated to teaching math in a way that makes sense to students. Students and parents notice an an increase in overall academic confidence, better school performance, and a more positive attitude towards math. Using first-rate assessments and a customized learning plan, Mathnasium helps kids catch up, get ahead, and stay ahead by filling in learning gaps as well as working on tonight's homework.
Try us out with two, 1-hr sessions for just $29! Email us at [email protected] and mention the offer (minimum 24hr notice required and subject to available times).
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STUDENT DIRECTORY: CHECK YOUR E-MAIL!
The AHS Student-Family Directory has been recently emailed to all current AHS PTO members. Please remember to save the .pdf file so you can access the directory as needed. The directory may also be printed, but may not be edited or manipulated in any way. To keep our families information secure, we ask that you do not forward the directory to people who are not members of our AHS community.
If you are a current PTO member and did not receive your copy, please contact Brigid Devney-Rye at [email protected]. To join the PTO or renew, visit our website, www.arcadiapto.org. Members will receive a directory when they join.
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Save the Date - Next PTO General Mtg
October 20
9am
Mt. Olympus
Guest Speaker: Kyle Ross, AzMerit District Test Coordinator, to explain AzMerit Test and help parents understand students' test results which will come home with students the 1st week of November
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Project Grad
Time to start planning for the Class of 2016's Project Grad
What: Project Grad is an all night party which takes place right after
graduation until the wee hours of the morning
Why: to provide our graduates with a fun-
filled, exciting evening, that keeps them safe and off of the streets.
1st Planning Meeting:
Monday, Oct 26
10:00 am
6114 E. Montecito Ave
All Senior parents who would like to volunteer with this exciting event
are invited to attend!
If you can't make the meeting, but would like to help, or if you have questions - please contact one of the Project Grad Co-Chairs:
Su Byron
602-619-6352
[email protected]
Eleanor Beger
480-620-1818
[email protected]
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IT'S A WIN-WIN-WIN PROPOSITION...
The Arcadia PTO is excited to announce the first
neighborhood dine outs of the year:
Spirit Nights at Chick-Fil-A on all JV home football game days including October 8 & October 22
4 to 7 pm - Come before or after the games to feed the whole family.
20% from ALL sales benefit Arcadia High School!!
Show your Titan spirit; feed the whole family;
earn funds to support our teachers and students.
It's a win-win-win for everyone!
Thanks to Chick-fil-A for supporting Arcadia High School!
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PTO Receives Gratitude Gram
Good morning (PTO),
I want to thank you all for the replacement
water
cooler. I appreciate the filtered
water and the convenience of the
cooler vs. the students'
water fountains.
Happy Friday,
Mrs. Jean Leiphart
English IV
Arcadia High School
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Teacher Wish List
The Science Department is looking for old bookshelves to store lab equipment (wood or metal and any size)
If you have shelving that you would like to donation to the Science Department - please email:
[email protected]
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Hiking Club
Like to Hike? Join the fun ! Meet fellow Arcadia Community members while enjoying Arizona's beautiful hiking trails and a tasty meal after the hike.
Please email
Click
HERE for Hiking Calendar including trailhead & restaurant locations.
Hiking Dates: Oct 27, Nov 19, Jan 12, Feb 11, March 23 & April 19
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Early Release - Today, Wednesday, October 7
End of 1st Quarter on Friday, October 9
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FALL BREAK - OCTOBER 12-16
Have a great vacation!
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A Special Thank you to our Arcadia Family,
The Gardners,
a
nd
Owners of Let Them Eat Cake
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College & Career Center
SENIORS: Don't miss T.H.R.I.V.E.S. on Thursday
Thursday, October 8:
Need Help Writing your College Essay?
(Juniors Welcome too - get a sneak peek)
Did you know that early college application deadlines begin October 15th?
Mrs. Fitzsimmons will be offering a college essay workshop for any seniors. She will give the students helpful handouts as they begin their essay writing process.
- How to Start
- Basic Tips
- How to develop your ideas
- Creating Authenticity and MORE!!
Work on your essay over Fall Break and bring it back for
follow-up assistance.
The PSAT will be administered on Wednesday, October 28th. This will be a late start for any non-testers. The PSAT is given to all Sophomores and 9th grade AVID students for free. If there are any non-Sophomores that would like to take the PSAT they can do so by paying $20 in the bookstore from now until October 20th. So don't delay in signing up! There is also a direct link on the AHS website
from the Khan Academy that allows you to get additional practice. Check it out!
Sign up for the PSAT in Arcadia's bookstore by October 20
FREE PSAT Cram Sessions Available - provided by Kaplan:
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Arcadia's Orchestra to Perform Sunday Nov 1 at Shemer's Art Center
Come join your community for the annual Family Arts Festival and listen to our very own Arcadia Orchestra perform.
Read more about this event |
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Travel Club's
Extra-Curricular Educational Event to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
In May/June of 2016, Mr. Martens will be leading his 7th educational trip for Arcadia Students. Previous trips include visits to: Costa Rica, Italy, Peru, China, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
In 2016, we will travel to Quito, Ecuador and many of the islands that make up the Galapagos Islands.
The trip will include visits to: Quito, Charles Darwin Station, Tortuga Bay, Isabela, volcanos, beaches and many other exciting points of interest!
Multiple State Standards will be covered.
Must be a current SUSD student at the time of the trip to attend.
Sorry, seniors are not allowed as they will have graduated.
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Results from last week:
Freshmen - Lost 12-34 vs Tempe
JV - Lost 14-44 vs Tempe
Varsity - Lost 14-21 vs Tempe
This week's games:
Freshmen - Wednesday, 10/7 @ Maricopa, 6pm
JV - Thursday, 10/8 - HOME vs Maricopa, 6pm
Varsity - Friday, 10/9 @ Maricopa, 7pm
Lots of updates on the website every week. Be sure to check it out - www.arcadiatitansfootball.com
Senior Night (and Future Titan Night) is on Friday, October 30. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details.
The Titans Cookbook made up of favorite recipes submitted by the Spirit Line and Football communities is here! It will be on sale for $10 at the Spirit Line merchandise table at all home games. It is full of yummy recipes that will inspire you to turn on our oven! Thank you to Heidi Ashworth for putting this all together!
Parent Meeting - Monday, 10/19 at 6:30 pm in Mt. Olympus - Find out about all of the Booster Club Board and Committee/Lead positions that will be available for 2016.
Thank you to ALL of our Football sponsors! We appreciate all of your support and team spirit. Special thanks to Arcadia Tavern and Cane's for donating meals for our teams last week!
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FUTURE TITANS:
Check out
Registration Open for
Future Titan Night
FRIDAY, OCT 30
Students K-8th GradeRegister Online:
Click Flyer or link below:
Online Registration available in English and Spanish
Select your language of choice from the drop-down on the upper right hand corner of the
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Basketball
Please consider donating to Arcadia's Boys Basketball Team for uniforms, travel costs.
Arcadia High friends, family and fans, we truly appreciate any support you can give. We are blessed to have a remarkable team of exceptional young men and your generosity provides the resources needed to make the most of their hard work and talent. Our program strives to build character, and integrity for each of our players. Please help by make a donation and sharing by way of Facebook, email, text and Twitter.
Thank you for your kids support. -Coach
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JV & Varsity Soccer Tryout Information
- Soccer is a cut sport for JV and Varsity teams.
- Tryouts for JV, and Varsity Soccer begin Monday,November 2, 2015 at 2:45 pm on the fields and continue through Thursday, November 5. Both JV and Varsity teams will be selected Thursday evening and rosters will be posted Friday morning, November 6.
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Boys Golf Team
Please consider donating to Arcadia's Golf Team - they are raising funds for travel and golf related expenses for the two day AIA State Golf Tournament in Tucson this November.
On Wednesday and Thursday, September 30th and October 1, the Arcadia Boys Golf Team placed 12th out of 25 teams in the Dobson Invitational. On day one, Bobby Pierce led the Titans with a score of 77 followed by Chaz, Jaxx, Grant and Kyle. On day two, chaz led the Titans with an even par score of 72 followed by Bobby, Grant, Jaxx and Kyle! Good Job Team!
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Volleyball
Congratulations to the girls Varsity Volleyball Team for upsetting the #2 ranked team in the state, Prescott, Monday night, 8/28 in 5 tough sets. The Titans we led by Kenadi Mitchell with 20 kills, Christina Conrado with 14 kills, and Kara Woodard with 13 kills. Evynn Eubanks added 30 assists and Katie Murphy had 29 assists. Katie Tolson finished with 30 digs.
Congratulations to the Freshmen girls for their win over Flagstaff on Sept. 30.
Congratulations to the JV girls for their win over Flagstaff on Sept. 30. The Titans were led by the hitting of May Forshey and the defense and serving of Caitlyn Teefy. Great job ladies!
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Cross Country
Twilight Invitational Cross Country Results:
- Congrats to all the Arcadia XCC runners for their great performances at Friday's Twilight Invitational meet in Casa Grande -which featured some of the top runners in the Southwest.
- Sarah Jacobs blazed to First place in the Freshman girls race
- Amber Harger earned a medal for 20th place for Freshman girls.
- Pablo Miranda grabbed a medal in the Boys Open with 14th
- Alexis Harger was a medalist in the Girls Open with a 20th place finish.
- Megan Reniewicki cruised to 8th place in the Sole Sports Sweepstakes race.
Arcadia's Twilight Invitational individual results & times
Click HERE for the complete meet results
District Meet - Oct 22 Competition against other SUSD Schools at El Dorado Park. Bus leaves Arcadia at 1:45pm
GO TITANS!!!
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Unitown Counselor Application Time
- Attention all students who have ever attended Unitown:
- It is time for counselor applications for this year's Unitown program. If you are interested in applying to be a counselor, please stop by Mr. King's room (6272) to pick up an application. Please return the application to him by Wednesday, October 21st. Counselor interviews will be held on Saturday, October 24th at Chaparral High School.
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New Club: Arcadian Charity Foundation
What: A club centralized to help people in need
When: Tuesday's at lunch
Where: Mr. Topczewski's room
Time: Lunch 11:45 am- 12:20 pm
Other: President: Isabelle Brown
Vice President: Rudy Escutia
Treasurer: Emmay May Beers
Secretary: Alicia Belter
Our Goal:
This club's goal is to help two national charities raise money to afford food, water, clothes, transportation, toiletres and much more to the homeless. We will take trips to these charities: Saint Vincent de Paul and Famiy Promist to devote our time to work with the kids, serve food, decorate for holiday parties and much more. We will also be having extremely fun fundraisers including a rave run and an obstacle course laong with food, water and toiletry drives.
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Dr. Peterson's October Letter
Click Here to read SUSD Superintendent, Dr. Peterson's October letter |
Kids Club Collects Canned Food
SUSD Kids Club is a licensed before and after school program administered by Scottsdale Unified School District's participating elementary schools. Students participate in activities including arts and crafts, active group games, sports, team-building exercises, science, and technology and supervised homework time. Each fall students participate in a food drive to benefit members in the community.
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PINK OUT DAY - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
Italian Night - October 22
Get ready to mix and mingle Ingleside Families!!
Thursday, Oct. 22nd
5:00 - 7:00 pm
IMS Cafe
DeFalco's Italian Eatery & Deli will cater this fun, family event including
good food,
student artwork &
musical entertainmentby our IMS students. The student garden will be open for your viewing pleasure.
Click
HERE for Pre-Order Form
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Cultural Exploration Week- Dia De Los Muertos*
October 26-30
In lieu of our first Exploration Friday which was scheduled for October 9, we will be having a full week of cultural exploration. This is a beautiful celebration that incorporates art, flowers, foods and more; which are all a big part of ANLC
Friday, October 23 - Haunted House Celebration - 6-9pm
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ANLC Parent Prom -
November 14
We are in the process of planning a new event this year for parents only.
Our "Blast from the Past Prom" planning is under way. We are going for a nostalgic prom with throw back music, decorations, dresses, tuxes and more. We have secured the venue, we have starting planning prom picture stations, shopping for decorations and thinking about cheesy prom awards. Soon we will have a "Prom Store" on our website as well as pop-up shopping on campus. Our busy bees have been collecting "vintage" (also know as gaudy/old school) prom dresses, tuxedo jackets, bow ties, and cumber bunds. We want you all to dress the part, so thought we would help you out! Start digging out your prom photos...there will be a special bonus for all of those that are submitted.
We would love to have more people involved in the planning, so please contact [email protected]
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Used Book Fair
Friday, October 23
We will ONLY be collecting CHILDREN'S Books, games & puzzles. WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ADULT FICTION AND NONFICTION.
We will be collecting books at turnaround and in the cafeteria from October 19th-October 22 until 10:30 am each morning. Don't forget the classes with the most donations will earn a "popcorn party."
**Due to Safety Concerns the Book Fair is only for Hopi Families**
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Volunteers Needed
- City of Scottsdale Senior Center is looking for volunteers to help with their Dog Days event. Please email Kevin McKee [email protected] with questions or to sign up.
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Save the Date: Sunday @ Shemer
Family Arts Festival Nov 1 - 10am5pm
The Sunday @ Shemer Family Arts Festival will be held Sunday, November 1 from 10am - 5pm. Forty artists will be selling their works of art at this year's event, representing the visual arts including the medias of ceramic, jewelry-making, sculpture, painting printmaking, paper arts and other diverse disciplines. Read MORE about this event.
Arcadia's Orchestra will be one of the the cultural performances showcased on the Shemer Stage.
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| Mountain View Precinct Halloween Festival Wed, Oct 28, 2015 - 2075 E. Maryland Ave - 5:30-8:30 pm |
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Fourth Annual - Dia De Los Muertos Phx Festival
Sunday, Oct 25
1-6pm - FREE
Indian Steele Park
The 2015 Entertainment will feature over 150 masked performers and lots of exciting and original performances!
The 2015 Dia de los Muertos PHX Festival will take place on Sunday, October 25th at Steele Indian Park on 3rd Street and Indian School Rd in Phoenix, AZ, from 1 to 6 pm. Our masked entertainers and musicians will greet everyone with amazing performances in music, dance and theater. Together we will honor our ancestors and celebrate our heritage and traditions. It is a beautiful gathering of artists and families!
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Eblast Submission Instructions
Every Wednesday morning during the school year, Arcadia PTO publishes an Eblast. The Eblast contains PTO information, Arcadia High School News, Arcadia team & club info, SUSD info, Arcadia Complex Info, Legislative Updates and local Scottsdale Community Information.
If you have information that you would like to share with the Arcadia community, please click HERE for submission instructions.
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Advertiser Invitation for Weekly PTO Eblast
Would you like to advertise your business and support the many great things your Arcadia PTO does for Arcadia? Click
HERE to learn more ! Only 3 spots left!
Your company's ad appears in each of the weekly Eblasts and your business will be spotlighted for 1 month out of the school year.
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PLEASE THANK OUR
PTO NEWSLETTER SPONSORS
BY SUPPORTING
THEIR BUSINESSES
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Please click on the ads
to access the websites.
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Got Pics Capturing Arcadia Student Spirit, Titan Pride, Teacher Greatness, Staff Awesomeness or Volunteer Amazingness?
Email JPG to
[email protected] if you'd like them included on PTO website and possibly used in a Tweet or FB post.
*Submitted Pictures subject to approval of PTO*
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