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ARCADIA PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
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Eblast Advertiser Spotlight
Eric Brown
Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty
Eric began his career in commercial real estate in 1987 with CB Richard Ellis, practicing brokerage and development for 22+ years, focusing on residential real estate for the last several years. He is a man of Honesty, Integrity & Dedication to his clients. He represents buyers & sellers and works where the requirements take him. In addition to over 9 years with CBRE, he served as a VP of Investment Sales at Coldwell Banker Commercial and as a VP of Development with Trammell Crow Company, responsible for development of over 850,000 sf of office and industrial buildings.
Eric Brown, a Phoenix native, grew up in the North Central Corridor, attended Madison Meadows and then Brophy Prep High School. His strong work ethic was learned while working at the family business, Organ Stop Pizza, from the age of 14 through 23. Eric attended the University of Arizona where he earned a BS in Business Administration with majors in Real Estate, Finance & General Business Administration. A big part of his college & post college life has been with Sigma Chi Fraternity!
Eric has resided in the Arcadia area for the past 22 years and is raising his 3 wonderful children. The kids attend two of the area's great schools, Arcadia High School and St. Theresa Catholic School. He is involved with local businesses and is a member of Arizona Country Club. Favorite activities include: snow skiing, water sports / boating, cycling, fitness, family & friends. Eric is a firm believer in giving back to the community and has been involved with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix (EC70), St. Vincent De Paul, Active 20-30 Club of Phoenix and other community organizations.
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Date - Next PTO General Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 at 2:45 in Mount Olympus
We have an incredible agenda centered around how Arcadia teachers are utilizing technology in their classrooms!! Three AWESOME teachers have agreed to present, 2-3 students will present, and we are hoping students from Arcadia's SWAT (Students Working Actively with Technology) Team will be able to share what they do.
- Katie Assali- World History/Geog Honors
- Carol Tichio- Oceanography/Astronomy & Honors Earth Science
- Clifford Nafrada- Bio I & Bio II AP
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Attention Senior Parents!!
PROJECT GRAD MEETING
Monday, January 11th
6:30 pm
Home of Eleanor Beger
6114 E. Montecito Ave.
Scottsdale
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEETING AS WE REALLY "GEAR UP" TO PLAN THE PARTY FOR
OUR SENIORS. MANY OF YOU HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP, BUT MANY MORE ARE NEEDED!!
WE VALUE YOUR TIME AND WILL KEEP MEETINGS TO A MINIMUM.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR HELPING PULL OFF THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE YEAR FOR OUR GRADUATES!
Project Grad Co-Chairs:
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Arcadia HS Project Graduation Presents:
Mind Freeze w/ Mentalists Craig Anthony and Brett Barry
Just imagine what would it feel like to meet a complete stranger who somehow knew exactly what you were thinking? Someone who could truly predict all of the decisions that you thought you just freely made - before you even made them? Someone that could touch one person on the shoulder on stage, and yet another person only a few feet away feels the taps from unseen forces?
Anthony and Barry, both well-known throughout the U.S., will be bringing their intense mind reading and question raising ways to Arcadia High School
Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 at 7:30pm for a night filled with quality entertainment that will freeze your mind!
Mentalist Show for ages 14 and older
All proceeds benefit the 2015/16 Arcadia High School Project Graduation
Tickets Available in Front Office:
$10 Advanced; $15 at the D
oor
$25 VIP Seating Front Two Rows
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Cafeteria Monitor Needed
Volunteer needed as Cafeteria Monitor for the following Wednesday dates in 2016: Jan 27, Feb 24, March 16, March 30, April 13, April 27 & May 11. Duties involve helping the staff supervise the lunchroom. Volunteer timeframe is from 11:30 am until 12:15 pm. It's fun and easy duty! Please contact Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier at hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com if interested.
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Warm Welcome to our New Staff Members
Arcadia High School would like to give a warm Titan welcome to Milena Davis, Susan Metzler, Xiao Qi!
Milena will be working as Ms. Fesenmaier's Administrative Assistant, Susan in the College and Career Center, and Xiao in World Language teaching Mandarin. When you have a moment please come say hello to our new staff members.
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Future Teacher Scholarships
Arcadia Students Tierney Turelli and Cassandra Stewart have been awarded the Charro Foundation Future Teacher Scholarship. Tierney Turelli and Cassandra Stewart were selected by the Charro Education Committee and will be awarded $20,000 over the next 4 years.
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Goldbeck Senior Panoramic Picture
Tuesday, January 19 -
11:15am East Service Drive
- Please make sure you let EVIT know you will be absent that day if you would like to be in the picture.
- Pictures will be available for pick up the following day (Wed. Jan 20th) at lunch time near the gate to student parking across from Auditorium Lobby.
- And they will also be back on Thursday, Jan 21st before school at the same location around 7am to 7:45 am.
- See Mrs. McFarlin if you have any questions.
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Boys Soccer Results
Varsity, JV tie Agua Fria
Both the boys varsity and JV teams had hard fought battles on the road against Agua Fria on Tuesday
night January 5, ending in tie games. The varsity game went to double overtime and finished 1-1. Nick Bourgeios scored for the Titans. The varsity are 3-1-1 on the season.
The JV were down 2-0 but rallied back in pouring rain to snag a 2-2 final. Goals were scored by Joshue Medina and Kyle Durchslag. The Jv remain undefeated with a 2-0-2 record.
La Joya:
Varsity win 3-2;
V tie 3-3
The Arcadia boys varsity soccer team extended their winning streak with a 3-2 victory over La Joya at home on Dec. 18. Francisco Campos led the charge with two goals. Jack Spier added the third goal and also had an assist. Sebastian Gutierrez also helped out with an assist. The defense stood tough in preserving the victory. The Varsity are now 3-1.
The JV remain undefeated and came from behind to grab a 3-3 tie. Jess Nava scored the first goal to put the Titans up 1-0, but then La Joya scored three unanswered goals. But the Titans did not give up. In the last 6 minutes of the game, Joshue Medina knocked in two straight goals to earn the tie, and nearly had a third to take the win. The defense held off La Joya to maintain the tie. The JV are now 2-0-1.
The Titans' next home game is Thursday, Jan 7 gainst Verrado. JV game at 4pm; Varsity game at 6pm. Come out and support your Titan soccer teams!!!
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Lady Titans Basketball
Your Arcadia Lady Titans Girls Basketball team was busy over our winter break. First, the Lady Titans took on St. Mary's at home on Friday, December 18. Arcadia prevailed with a 70 - 57 victory over the Knights. Freshman and JV girls won as well, for another Lady Titan sweep.
From December 21 - 23, Arcadia hosted 24 teams for the 7th Annual Lady Titan Winter Hoops Classic, and your Lady Titans had a great tournament. On the first day, Arcadia beat Mingus 68 - 26, and then beat Boulder Creek 56 - 36 to win their pool. The next day, the Lady Titans beat Horizon 65 - 52, to make it to the semifinals. On the final day of the tournament, Arcadia lost to Mesa 56 - 45, before bouncing back to beat Centennial 59 - 50. The Lady Titans went 4 - 1 in the tournament, and took 3rd place.
Arcadia returns to action this Wednesday, Jan 6, on the road, as the Lady Titans travel to Tucson to take on Marana.
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Arcadia Welcomes New Boys Tennis Coach
We are pleased to announce that we have hired Coach Annie Booth to take over the Boys Tennis coaching position following the resignation of Coach Rob Straub. We greatly appreciate the outstanding efforts of Coach Straub over the years and wish him the very best in whatever endeavors he pursues. Coach Booth has extensive experience playing tennis at the high school and collegiate level, as well coaching and providing personal training for tennis players of all ages. We are very fortunate to have found such a well-qualified candidate to take over the program. Coach Booth was, by the way, chosen from a number of qualified candidates. We are confident it will be an exciting year for the boys tennis program. Over the next week or two Coach Booth will be on campus to meet with any boys who plan on trying out for the tennis team this year. Details will be announced on ANN.
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Baseball
There will be a mandatory meeting for all baseball players planning to tryout this year on Thursday at lunch in the weight room. Please contact coach Gerlach if you have any questions
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Football
There will be a mandatory meeting for all football players in the Weight Room right after 6th
period this Thursday.
After this short but important meeting you will be able to attend THRIVES.
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Track & Field
There will be a
Arcadia Track and Field Team meeting on Wednesday 1/6 at lunch in room 5630.
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Arcadia's Lacrosse Club
Lacrosse Club will meet this Thursday
during lunch in Ms. Erwin's room #2309. RSVP to
arcadialacrosse@gmail.com
for pizza and bring $5 to meeting.
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Debate Club
Attention all Debate club members, there will be a meeting on Thursday after school in Mr. Guy's room. The new topic of the month will be discussed, so make sure to be there.
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SAVE THE DATE:
Arcadia Cares:
Food for Kidz Packathon - Feb. 27, 2016
The Second Annual Arcadia Cares: Food for Kidz Packathon will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at Prince of Peace Church,
3641 N. 56
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Street, Phoenix (northeast corner of 56
th
Street/Indian School).
Between 150-200 volunteers are needed to help with the assembly line packing of meals that will be provided to hungry families in the Phoenix metro area. The packathon will have one or two-hour shifts from
9:00 AM to
1:00 PM. All ages from three on up are welcome to participate. Last year's Packathon packed over 60,000 meals - this year's goal is to pack 70,000 meals. Sign up on the
Prince of Peace website.For more information, contact
Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier.
Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier
Arcadia Cares: Food for Kidz Packathon Committee
602-799-7735
Download: Arcadia Cares Flyer
Download: Arcadia Cares Sponsorship Opportunities
Download: Arcadia Cares Newsletter
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