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April 2019

APRIL 2019 3 Credit For Life Fair 5 Senior Prom [Rhodes on the Pawtuxet] 6-11:00 PM 6-7 Spring Musical [Bray Aud.] 7:00 PM 10 Highly Selective College Panel 5:30PM 10 Parent Conferences 6-8:00 PM 12 ½ Day—Professional Development Day* 15 No School- Patriots’ Day 16-18 No School- April Break 19 No School- Good Friday

MAY 2019 3 Special Olympics [Tozier-Cassidy Field] (5/6 rain date) 4 SAT Exam 6-10 AP Test Week 9 Awards Night [Bray Aud.] 6:30 PM 13-17 AP Test Week 16 Scholarship Night [Large Gym] 6:30 PM 17 Junior Prom [Roseland Ballroom] 6-11:00 PM 18 One-Act Festival [Bray Aud.] 9 AM- 5:00 PM 21 Val/Sal Ceremony [Principal’s Lobby] 1:00 PM 22 Spring Concert [Bray Aud.] 7:00 PM 21-24 MCAS Math Test [Sophomores] 21-23 Senior Final Exams 23 Attleboro Community Academy Graduation [Gym] 6:00 PM 24 Senior Transition Day/Yearbook Dedication 27 No School - Memorial Day 28 Graduation Rehearsal [Bray Aud.] 8:30-11:00 AM 29 Graduation Rehearsal [Bray Aud.] 8:30-11:00 AM 30 Graduation Rehearsal [Bray Aud.] 8:30-11:00 AM 30 Senior Reception [Large Gym] 7:00 PM 31 Senior Breakfast 9-11:00 AM 31 Graduation [Tozier-Cassidy Field] 6:00 PM

*10:50 dismissal

Music & Drama

April is “Jazz Appreciation” Month! When asked what the definition of jazz was, Louis Armstrong famously stated, "If you've got to ask, then you'll never know!" Attleboro High School's Music and Drama Depart-ments proudly present the musical LEGALLY BLONDE (Book by Heather Hach, Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture) on Saturday, April 6 at 7:00 PM and Sunday, April 7 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $10 general admission, and $8 for students and senior citizens. The musical tells the tale of Fashion Merchandising major Elle Woods who applies and gets into Harvard Law School to follow her boyfriend after he breaks up with her. While there, she influences the people around her and finds her true calling. Come see how AHS brings this popular movie to life on stage! Tick-ets will be available at the door. Reminder to cast members: Dress Rehearsal is Wednesday April 5 be-ginning at 3:00 PM, meaning students must be in cos-tume and ready by 3:00 PM! The Attleboro Music Parents Association will meet on April 2 at 6:00 PM in the High School Music Room. Parents of all music students are encouraged to attend. The Attleboro Music Parents Association is hosting a Funny4Funds Comedy Night Fundraiser to benefit the Music Department on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at VFW Post#443, 50 Jefferson Street in North Attleboro. The doors open at 6:00 PM and the show starts at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20.00. For tickets, to donate, or sponsor, please visit https://bit.ly/2WcbVwf. Get ready for the annual Mattress Sale fundraiser on May 4 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the B1 cafete-ria. Buy a mattress, sheets, pillow, frame, and more! More information will be coming out on our websites soon! Please visit our department websites: Chorus: https://bit.ly/2CtMXkw. Band: https://bit.ly/2HMcngA.

News and Events from the Guidance Department

Highly Selective College Admission Panel We are excited that college admission officers from Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, and Northeastern University will be joining us to share advice on applying to highly selective colleges. The presentation is different every year and is aimed at any student looking to go to a competitive college. This year the questions will be generated by Attleboro stu-dents and selected by College Admissions Officers. If you are applying to a competitive institution, this event is a must! The event will take place on April 10 from 5:30-6:30 PM in Bray Auditorium. This event is open to all families. Please see our flyer for more information. Registration is required at the fol-lowing link: https://highlyselectivepanel-2019.eventbrite.com Boys and Girls State We were fortunate that the American Legion and the Women’s Auxiliary were able to sponsor twelve Attle-boro students to attend the prestigious Boys and Girls State Conference in June at Stonehill College. Stu-dents were selected based on outstanding academic performance, potential for leadership and commitment to after school activities. We had a number of well qualified candidates apply for this leadership oppor-tunity. Students were asked to write an essay about leadership and interview with a selection committee. We are pleased to announce this year's Boys and Girls State representatives are Jessica Matheson, Ashley Pierce, Parker Sweeney, Julia Willis, Derrik Rivet, Emily Gittle, Samuel Bloch, Jacob Kane, Jenna Gittle, Camille Perry, Gabrielle Lauzier and Victoria Greaves. Congratulations to all of the 2019 Boys and Girls State representatives! Massachusetts Youth Leadership Forum Each year the Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foun-dation sponsors a three day leadership conference for Grade 10 students held at Lasell College in June. Each school in Massachusetts can send only one Grade 10 student based on demonstrated and potential leadership ability. Candidates are chosen by a commit-tee that bases decisions on demonstrated leadership at Attleboro High School. We are happy to announce William Runey, III as this year’s MassSTAR delegate.

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Costa Rica Excursion 2019 Ten students enjoyed a trip of a lifetime to Costa Rica over February Break 2019. The trip was led by Mrs. Angela Larson and Mr. Christopher Neves, both science teachers here at AHS. The students enjoyed a week of waterfalls and volcanoes while learning about how an entire country survives using only sustainable energy and natural re-sources. Students enjoyed adventures in zip lining, snor-keling and hiking the foothills of the Arenal Volcano. Oth-er activities included a tour of a coffee plantation, a cook-ing class to learn how to make empanadas and a hike to the bottom of the La Fortuna Waterfall where students were allowed to swim in the ice cold water at the base. Af-ter seven days in 90 degree weather students returned with a passion for travel and memories that will last a lifetime.

Senior Prom 2019 Senior Prom will be held on April 5, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The venue is Rhodes on the Pawtuxet locat-ed at 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI 02905. Check in will begin at 6:00 PM and end at 6:45 PM. If seniors and their dates have not checked in by 6:45 PM, a call will be made home. We look forward to a wonderful night with this great group of young adults. Mrs. Sawyer will be collecting senior dues ($45.00 cash or money order ONLY) in room 109A until May 17, 2019. This must be taken care of in order to receive your cap and gown to walk at Graduation. Starting April 8, and weekly through May 17, seniors will receive reminders of any obligations they may have. If you owe something to the school, it must be paid in full in or-der to receive your cap and gown to walk at Graduation. Please attend to these reminders as soon as possible to clear your obligations well before Graduation!

Class of 2020 - Junior Prom

The Class of 2020's Junior Prom will be held on May 17, 2019 at the Roseland Ballroom located at 172 Broadway in Taunton, MA, 02780. This event will run from 6:00 – 11:00 PM. Permission slips will be available starting on April 8 in the Student Activities Office and all House Offices. Tickets will be on sale from April 22 until May 2 for a cost of $60 per ticket. All obligations must be paid and a signed permission slip must be present in order to purchase a ticket. No tickets will be sold after that point due to the venue's contract.

Obligations

Students are required to clear their financial obliga-tions before they can purchase tickets to class events and dances. Obligations may include lost text books, library books, sports uniforms, lunch balances, senior dues, and any other money that a student may owe to the school. If students have questions regarding their obligations, they may check in their House Office.

Attleboro High School Alumni Association (AHSAA)

THE ORIGINAL "BLUE PRIDE" The Attleboro High School Alumni Association

(AHSAA) will hold its next meeting on

Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at 6:00 PM at the offices of:

DoubleACS, Attleboro Access Cable System, Inc., 42 Union Street, Attleboro, MA

Mr. Bill Runey, Principal of Attleboro High School,

will speak to the Association about the progress of the new high school and discuss transition plans for the new

building.

If you’re interested but can’t attend, you can contact us via email at: AttleboroHSAlumniAssociation@yahoo.com, or find out more information at our website,

http://ahs.attleboroschools.com/community/alumni, or follow us on FaceBook:

The Real Attleboro High School Alumni Association We always look forward to seeing NEW FACES!

Hope you can join us!!

ALUMNI MISSION ~ committed to creating a unified, in-formed and proud body of Alumni through our service to

SCHOOL ~ CLASSMATES ~ COMMUNITY

TDA Drivers Education

Attleboro High School offers driver education classes through TDA, Teachers Driving Academy. Students must be 15 years 9 months and older to be eligi-ble.The State of Massachusetts requires 30 hours of classroom instruction, 12 hours of driving instruction, and 6 hours of driving observation. Parents are re-quired to take a two hour parent class as well. The cost for classroom instruction is $90.00. All classes will take place in the high school Mini Auditorium. All registration for Drivers Ed are now to be done on line. Please visit the TDA website, www.teachersdrivingacademy.com for more details or call TDA at 774-203-3245. The 2019 sessions are as follows: APRIL VACATION 2019 #4 Tuesday, April 9* 6:00-8:00 PM Thursday, April 11 5:00-9:15 PM Tuesday, April 16 8:00-2:30 PM Wednesday, April 17 8:00-2:30 PM Thursday, April 18 8:00-2:30 PM Friday, April 19 8:00-2:30 PM * Parent & Student Class: Tuesday, April 9, 6-8 PM SUMMER 2019 #5 Monday, June 3* 6:00-8:00 PM Monday, June 24 8:00-2:30 PM Tuesday, June 25 8:00-2:30 PM Wednesday, June 26 8:00-2:30 PM Thursday, June 27 8:00-2:30 PM Friday, June 28 8:00-12:30 PM * Parent & Student Class: Tuesday, June 3, 6-8 PM (will change if AHS has snow days) SUMMER 2019 #6 Monday, August 12* 8:00-2:30 PM Tuesday, August 13 8:00-2:30 PM Wednesday, August 14 8:00-2:30 PM Thursday, August 15 8:00-2:30 PM Friday, August 16 8:00-2:30 PM * Parent & Student Class: Monday, August 13, 12:30-2:30 PM

Athletics Winter Sports Awards

Congratulations to our AHS February student athletes of the month: gymnast Juliana Baldani and basketball player Bryant Ciccio. We would also like to congratulate the following winter athletes for being selected as Hockomock League All Stars and Honorable Mentions.

Swimming: Connor Dunn, Colton Parkinson, Matthew Marcil, Elizabeth Saltz, Tiffany Chin, Jacqueline Lynch-Bartek and Ella Lynch-Bartek Ice Hockey: Ryan Morry and Sam Larkin Basketball: Olivia McCall, Mason Houle, Bryant Ciccio and Qualeem Charles Indoor Track: Colin Levis

The following students received an Honorable Mention: Jordyn Lako and Kevin Velazquez-Rivera (Basketball), Kyle McCabe (Ice Hockey), Juliana Baldani (Gymnastics), Kelly Neuendorf and David Cataloni (Indoor Track), Brenna O’Connell and Alex Harrop (Swim).

The Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Scholastic was awarded to gymnast Andrae Butler.

Our cheerleaders also had a great season as Hockomock League Sportsmanship winners, CO-ED Large Division Regional Champions, earning third place at the States, and third place at the National Championship in Florida! We would like to thank all the winter athletes and coaches for demonstrating BLUE PRIDE throughout the season!

Our Spring Sports schedules are available online. Or, you can download the MIAA app to your mobile device.

BPAC & School Store

The AHS School Store has teamed up with the AHS Graphics Design Department & Skills USA to create a calendar with lots of Blue Pride! In it you

will find dates for AHS events and district information like school vacations, holidays, 1/2 days and school events. There is a directory of Attleboro Public Schools & PTO contact information and information on the Blue Pride Bistro and Automotive Department services. This calendar is a fundraiser for Skills USA which is a competition club for our CTE students. The cost is $10 when purchased in the store and $11 when purchased on-line. Please stop by the store or order your copy on their website at https://squareup.com/store/AHSBluePride/.

BPAC continued...

The BPAC is looking for volunteers to fill the positions of Vice President and Treasurer for the 2019-2021 school years. Please contact us at BPAC@attleboroschools.com if you are interested in learning more about these positions. BPAC is on Remind to inform parents of upcoming meet-ings/activities. Please join our Remind "class" by texting @ahsbpac to the number 81010. You are responsible for any charges associated with receiving text messages. BPAC is also on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/AHSBPAC) and Instagram (ahs.bpac). Please like or fol-low to stay up to date on our activities.

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