Happy December! We celebrate our Honor Roll students, totalling 59% or our student body.
Please see this term’s Honor Roll. Q1 Honor Roll 2023-2024.pdf
We congratulate three senior Lakers for their National Letter of Intent to college in the Fall.
Jacob Cusson - Lacrosse at Franklin Pierce University
Lauren Bernaiche - Softball at Thomas Jefferson University
Nathan Levesque - Baseball at Franklin Pierce University
Another special congratulations to Brody Joly who broke another school record for the Lakers. Brody now has the single-season rushing record with 1,509 yards in a single season. He also capped his record breaking scoring record with 29 touchdowns on the season. Congratulations Brody!
The results are in for Mr. Mare’s Engineering classes and the 3-D printing competition. Student pairs were tasked with creating an I-phone holder AND relating the design to one of our Core Values of Achievement, Resilience, Honor, and Self-Advocacy. Congratulations to the designers!
First Place:
Eva Zuber
Jackson Chamberlain
Resilience
Second Place:
Payten Moniz
Jake Milligan
Achievement
Third Place:
Dylan Pires
Josh Mak
Advocacy
Fourth place:
Jack Fawcett
Zeke Sandry
Resilience
Our Apponequet Players debut their performance of She Kills Monsters: Student Adventures Series. Costumes, monsters, action…it will be a thrilling play! Tickets on sale at the door $10 students and seniors, $15 general admission, and in the Library. December 1st and 2nd at 7:00 pm. PG-13 rating suggested.
Thank you to those of you who purchased Poinsettias.
They will be available for pick-up on Thursday, December 7th.
Core Value Recipients:
Landon Camara - Achievement
Kaighen Allen - Achievement
Nick Brum - Achievement
Trevor Costa - Achievement
Brady Buker - Achievement
Fayth Soares - Honor
Javon Thorpe - Random Act of Kindness
Reagan Keogh - Achievement
Aisling Richards - Achievement
Nora McClurkin - Achievement
Dane Magpayo - Achievement
Here is a list of clubs to join:
Student Government (class)
Student Council - J. Solomon, L. Mordini
Art, Share, Travel Club - K. Lima
Chorus/Select Choirs - E. Ledwith
DECA - F. Rosa, J. Cronin
LIFE (Lakers) - N. Briggs
Environmental Club - K. Marshall
Game Club/SHAPE - J. Giorlando
GSA (Gay/Straight Alliance) - K. Desrosiers
Math Team - S. Pacheco
NHS (National Honor Society)-by invite - B. Ferreira
Tech and Engineering Club - J. Mare
Unified Basketball - N. Briggs
Yearbook - K. Desrosiers
All Booked at Apponequet - J. O’Brien
*Debate Club - M. Macek- New!
* Programming - coming soon
Events and opportunities
We are so grateful for your support of the Laker Care Closet which stocks items for students with unmet needs or unexpected "situations" so that they may be able to better focus on school and achieve.
Please visit our regularly updated wishlist for needed items!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2EJ3DPB697U1O?ref_=wl_share
The Apponequet winter athletic season began this week with a record number of winter athletes (187) registering to participate. Sports offered in the winter are girls basketball, boys basketball, girls indoor track, boys indoor track, boys ice hockey, girls ice hockey, boys swim and girls swim. Well done Lakers!
Please check www.southcoastconference.org for all of our contest schedules and join us for exciting competition and please see the daily announcements on the ARHS website for shoutouts to our students.
Student dismissal: Please visit freelake.org and choose the Apponequet website. Click on the “ARHS Parent Dismissal button” and complete the form to dismiss your student.
Reminder of Driving Instructions for Parents/Guardians
Drop Off - The school opens at 7:00 am and students are supervised in the Lecture Hall until the bell rings at 7:30 am.
Please note that both entrances are open for drop off this year. Vehicles must exit by the same side as they entered and are cautioned to drive carefully as our student drivers enter the building from the parking lot. Please contact the Main Office or SRO Bartholomew with any questions.
Pick Up - We continue to ask parents and guardians to park when arriving for pick up to ensure that cars do not block the bus lanes and Howland Road. If you have any questions about this process, please contact the Main Office or SRO Bartholomew.
Follow ARHS on Instagram - Arhs.lakernation - where we celebrate every day Laker life, events and our Core Value Award recipients. We have honored multiple students for their achievement, honor, resilience, self-advocacy and random acts of kindness.
To read the November Issue of ARHS Library News, please click the following link.
Upcoming Dates:
December 1&2 - Fall Play
December 4- DEI Meeting 6 pm
December 14- Winter Concert
December 15 - John and Abigail Adams Scholarship presentation 9 am
December 22- Half-Day
Class of 2024 Important Dates & Information.pdf
Wellness Highlights:
There’s an extra incentive to excel in Pickleball for 9th and 11th graders. Check out “The Belt”! Each winner wears the belt for bragging rights until it’s won by another in the next unit. Great bragging rights!