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Week 28 - February 28th, 2018
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SUSD Superintendent Learning Community Meetings Cancelled
Dr. Birdwell, the SUSD Superintendent, was placed on administrative leave last week.
The district has therefore cancelled all learning community meetings for the rest of the year.
Please update your calendars accordingly.
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FEBRUARY DONATION DRIVE --- TISSUE BOXES - DROP IN OFFICE
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2/26 |
to 3/1 AHS Dance Placement Auditions, 3 - 6 pm daily, Studio 2360 |
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- 3/9 MARCH MADNESS for MARCH OF DIMES - Collecting in the front of Cafe
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3/5 |
Empowering Our Community, 6 - 8 pm, Cocopah Middle School |
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3/8 |
Sippin' with Stevens, 9:00 am |
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3/9 |
END OF QUARTER 3 |
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3/12 |
to 3/16 SPRING BREAK |
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3/20 |
Site Council, 2:30 pm |
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3/21 |
PTO Exec Mtg, 9:00 |
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3/28 |
SCC Enrollment Day at AHS |
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3/30 |
NO SCHOOL - District Recess |
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Alixandra Collections
44th St & Camelback (by AJ's)
4410 E Camelback Rd, Phx 85018
Instagram @alixandracollections
Facebook www.facebook.com/shopalix
Alixandra Collections seeks to offer women of all ages the most exciting array of jewelry and accessories around. All of which is offered at price points that fit any occasion and offer an exciting value. Collections are from local designers as well as NYC, LA and Chicago to name a few. A sampling of designers includes:
Viv and Ingrid - MZ Wallace - Hodges -
Nakamol - Nashelle
- Felicite
Chan Lu - Hardtail - Virgin Saints and Angels - Julie Vos - Leatherrock - Love Tanjane
My Saint My Hero - Three Dot - PJ Salvage - French Kande - Velvet - Cosabella
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 AHS Campus News
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Parent Institute
Thursday, April 5, 2018
4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
at Mohave District Annex
For Gifted & Talented Students
Equipping Today's Gifted Youth for a Brilliant Tomorrow
CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE LARGER
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Empowering Our Community
March 5th, 2018
RSVP at
EmpoweringOurCommunity.eventbrite.com
In light of the recent events and an the effort to provide a safe and supportive environment, we invite parents and teachers to "Empowering Our Community - how to reach, teach, and support our students." This educational event is a collaborative effort between Parents, Cocopah Middle School and SUSD.
Katey McPherson, highly respected for her expertise on digital media, childhood brain development, and teen suicide prevention, will share important signs that we need to be aware of. Chief Security Officer, James Dorer and Shannon Cronn, Clinical Support Coordinator, will discuss how our district handles crisis and supports the well being of all our students.
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Arcadia BLOWS Tissue Drive
MONTH OF FEBRUARY -
DROP IN FRONT OFFICE
Thank you for the great donations so far! Let's keep it going to make it all the way through the school year.
The month of February we encourage you to purchase tissues and drop them off in the front office to be distributed to our classrooms. Bring a bundle or bring just one box, all tissues are needed. Keep Arcadia germ free!! TIP: Costco has tissue on sale!
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Graduation Video Update
What we are looking for:
1. High quality, size not reduced or cropped
2. Group photos, photos with more than one or two students in them: clubs, teams, extracurricular activities, parties, etc
3. Every student in the photo must be identified.
4. Every student in the photo must be a senior.
5. Please do not email more than two at a time.
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Travel Club
Southeast Asia Summer Trip - May 30th to June 10th*
Mr. Martens will be taking the AHS Travel Club on its 9th educational trip this summer to Vietnam, Cambodia, & Thailand. Travelers must be an Arcadia student at the time of the trip and have a passport. For questions of more information, please email Mr.
Martens at jmartens@susd.org.
*Pending Feb Gov Board Mtg Approval
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Win Trip to Leadership Conference in St. Louis
from Rotary Club Youth Salute
See Mrs. Metzler in College & Career Center
The Youth Salute recognizes juniors who are leaders in their community. Compete against juniors from other area schools to win a trip to a leadership conference at Washington University in St. Louis. Students who are strong academically and have good public speaking skills are encouraged to apply.
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Balfour Important Dates
Due Dates? Delivery? for class rings, announcement and so much more
CLICK HERE
FREE Project Grad T-shirt
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Tax Credit Time!
Direct your state tax dollars to support Arcadia High School and so many of its fantastic programs (football, baseball, soccer, marching band, volleyball, CMAS, Media Comm, etc)
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PTO News
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PTO Needs You (next year)
We have some fun spots open for next year so please consider getting involved! Open positions include:
- A co-position to share VP of Volunteers or shadow with the very experienced Lori McClelland! It's a really fun position working with all the volunteers.
- Tax Credit representative
- Yes to Children
- Auction Chair (Important to know VP of fundraiser has already been filled. This person will be instrumental in helping secure sponsorships for next year's auction.)
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presented by ABC Nissan & Camelback VW - Subaru - Mazda
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Auction - Save the Date!
Save the Date: Friday, April 13
at Arizona Country Club
www.arcadiapto.org/auction
Hosted parties are a great source of revenue for Arcadia High School, and a great opportunity for community building! Whether you grab some friends and host a party or attend, you will have a great time meeting new friends and reconnecting with old ones.
LEARN MORE >>
The Auction Committee Needs Your Commitment
Please help us plan the greatest 60th Anniversary Arcadia Auction. We need many volunteers and some lead chair positions are available as well. If you have one hour or 100 hours to volunteer, we would love to hear from you!
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP or
contact our Arcadia Auction chair, Susan Hunt at auction@arcadiapto.org
Got Baskets?
Have any leftover holiday baskets, need more room in your pantry? Then donate your baskets to the auction!
Please contact Jill Beckis at beckisfamily@hotmail.com
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3/15
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Smashburger at 44th St/Indian School
4:00 - 8:00 pm
15% donated to AHS Band & Orchestra @AHSinstrumental
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3/22
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Chick-Fil-A
% donated to AHS Media Comm |
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3/31
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Arcadia Band & Orchestra
WALK-A-THON on AHS Track
SAVE THE DATE
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Key Club
CATCH MARCH MADNESS FEVER FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Key Club Arcadia will start a school-wide March Madness bracket event called March Madness 4 March of Dimes. Students can pay $5 to enter, choose their brackets, and pick the teams they predict will win. The grand prize will be Apple Bluetooth AirPods, and 2nd and 3rd place winners will win Hydroflasks. All proceeds will go to the March of Dimes Organization, which fights for healthy families. The March of Dimes is one of Key Club International's Charities. This event will take part the week of March 5th (Mar. 5-9) during lunch in front of the cafeteria. Key Club hopes students will catch the March Madness Fever for a good cause and it will become an annual tradition. #MM4MOD
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Dance
Auditions - Feb 26th to March 1st, 3:00 - 6:00 pm, Room 2360
Check in at 2:45 pm
Come be a part of our family! All levels welcome
Wear appropriate dance clothing & bring a recent photo/headshot
Monday - Technique // Tuesday - Jazz
Wednesday - Hip Hop // Thursday - Contemporary
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Media Comm
AHS STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL MAY 14 - PLEASE CONSIDER BEING A SPONSOR
The ever popular (and always sold out) Arcadia Student Film Festival is set for Monday evening
May 14
at the Harkins Shea 14 Theaters. The Arcadia ANN/Film students will showcase their talents at this annual event, under the direction of Instructor Eric Luse. This is the Arcadia Media Communications Program's biggest fundraiser of the year. There are multiple ways that individuals and local businesses can participate - ranging from sponsorships to donating goods/services to the Film Festival raffle.
Sponsorship levels include:
Preferred Sponsor $400 - Full Page Ad in Film Festival Program
Gold Sponsor $200 - Half Page Ad
Silver Sponsor $100 - Quarter Page Ad
Business Sponsor $50 - Business Card Ad
Raffle donations can include gift cards from local businesses, movie tickets, sporting event tickets, concert tickets, museum tickets, Botanical Garden tickets, camera or film equipment or services, Behind the Scenes Tours of Local TV or Radio Stations, gift baskets of food, wine or other items, stay at weekend homes - anything and everything is welcome. For further information on Film Festival sponsorships or the raffle, please contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at
hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com
or Rhonda Suder at
rksuder@gmail.com
. Thank you for supporting the Arcadia Media Comm Program students.
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Athletics
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Boys Soccer
Post- Season Honors - Congratulations to all Players!
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SUSD All District:
- Sebastian Gutierrez (Senior)
- Jack Spier (Senior)
5A Northeast Valley All-Region First Team:
- Sebastian Gutierrez, Forward (Senior)
- Josue Medina, Defender (Junior)
- Jesus Ruiz Silva, Midfielder (Soph)
- Isaac Vazquez, Goalie (Senior)
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All-Region Second Team:
- Diego Clendenning Jimenez, Midfielder (Sophomore)
- Jack Cowen, Defender (Sophomore)
- Harrison Hofstedt, Defender (Soph)
- Ben Kiggins, Defender (Senior)
- Alexis Sanchez Castellanos, Forward (Soph)
- Jack Spier, Midfielder (Senior)
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Jordan, Ally, Mikaya, Mazoni, Kevin & Justin |
Track & Field
AHS Track & Field "Throwers"
Guys-Discus 1st place, Shotput 1st place, Girls-Discus 2nd place
Shotput 2nd place!!!
Way to go team!
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Lacrosse
CONGRATULATIONS AHS JV and VARSITY Lacrosse Teams!
Fantastic victories
Thursday
night over Corona del Sol. JV wins 5-3! Varsity defeats CDL 5-4.
Next Home Games
Varisty and JV March 8 vs. Chandler Pumas
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Tennis
The all District girls tennis tournament was played on Wednesday. Your Lady Titans played well. Your team consists of Rasmussen, Jill, Reed, Katie, May, Hannah, Brown, Avery, Gower, Sydney, Virden, Mackenzie
Jill Rasmussen and Katie Reed came in 2nd place in a hard fought battle against Chaparral. All of the girls played extremely well in our first match of the season. Congratulations to all of them.
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Neighborhood News
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What we know now about the Scottsdale school district investigations
Teachers, parents and residents have sounded alarms on multiple fronts since early 2017. Academic changes, school construction projects and finances are among their concerns.
The school board and Birdwell largely dismissed the complaints, which grew louder.
By year's end, the Arizona Attorney General's Office launched an investigation into the district's use of outside contractors and the district initiated its own review.
The fallout continues, but here's what we know now.
READ MORE >>
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Echo Canyon Pinewood Derby
March 24th, 2018 at OHSO
Echo Canyon hosts the 2nd annual PINWOOD DERBY at OHSO Arcadia on March 24th. All Arcadia neighborhood kids invited to buy & race a car. This is a great family event to enjoy on a beautiful AZ spring afternoon with family & neighbors. Registration coming soon! Follow @EchoCanyonPTO to stay in the loop of all the wonderful events at our evolving neighborhood school.
@EchoCanyonPTO
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Southwest MicroLiving Exhibition
February 17 - March 11, 2018
Each Saturday & Sunday | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$10 person or $20 family
This four-week event will feature up to 12 tiny home and garden structure plus various elements of living small in the Southwest, including micro-gardening, micro-art and micro-brews. Themed weekend activities will also feature demonstrating artists, workshops, live music, food and business vendors, kids activities and more!
For more details click HERE
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Arcadia Cares:
Food for Kidz Packathon 3/24
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 8:30
am - 1:30 pm
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Ages 3+ welcome to participate
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2018 Food for Kidz Packathon |
Packathon shifts (1ΒΌ hour duration) will begin at 8:30 AM, 9:45 AM, 11:00 AM, and 12:15 PM at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (NE Corner, 56th Street/Indian School). Small or large groups and individuals from ages 3+ are encouraged to
volunteer for this fun and rewarding neighborhood event.
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@HopiSUSD
@HopiPTA
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@EchoCanyonSUSD
@EchoCanyon_PTO
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@InglesidePTO
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@ScottsdaleUSD
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Email eBlast entries to communications@arcadiapto.org by Monday 12 pm
Please attach all flyer/image in JPG or PDF format
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