- Any 7th grade student who would like to join chorus for next year should see Mrs. Kruper to sign up. Band and Orchestra students can also do chorus.
- The 8th grade graduation party theme is "Surfing into Stevenson." 8th grade students attending the party are encouraged to wear dressy/casual attire tied to the tropical theme, clothing choices must be school appropriate. There will be dinner and dessert throughout the evening. Dinner will be served at 6:30. Once you arrive, you need to stay within the building until the end of the party! The party is from 6:30 - 8:30 on Friday, June1. Reminder - if you haven't sent in your pictures, please get them to the office as soon as possible. By the way, you can still sign up! See the office for help.
AJHS Morning Announcements - May 18, 2012
Aptakisic Boys Win Track & Field Conference
Congratulations to the Aptakisic eighth grade boys track team who earned the 2012 PMSC Conference Championship title. (PMSC is the Patriot Middle School Conference, which includes six junior high schools in the area.) The 8th grade boys came in first place overall at the conference track and field meet on May 5. Aptakisic had athletes competing in grades six through eight and finished the meet with 58 total place awards. Thank you to the outstanding coaches for sharing their time and talent: Katie Gerber, Reid Carey, Andrea Fitt and Tom Eifert.
Graduation Details and Overdue Fees
If an 8th grade student has an unpaid bill (nutrikids or library fines), or have not returned a book, equipment or uniform, etc., you will not receive your tickets for the graduation ceremony until all records are cleared. Parents should check the nutrikids lunch account online for a negative balance. Students should check with their coaches regarding missing uniforms or equipment. Also, check with Mrs. Bazata or Ms. Weiner in the Library for overdue or missing books. All overdue fees must be paid by
June 3.
June 3.
If parents wish to receive picture proofs of the snapshots taken during the graduation ceremony from "GradImages", you must return the GradImages postcard sent in the 3rd quarter report card mailing. If you are unable to located this gray colored post card, feel free to stop in the AJHS office and fill one out with student name, address, parent email addresses, etc. We will be sure that Gradimages gets the information so they can forward to you the picture proofs after graduation.
If families do not plan on using all of the tickets for the graduation ceremony, please bring them to the AJHS before June 6.
If families do not plan on using all of the tickets for the graduation ceremony, please bring them to the AJHS before June 6.
AJHS Summer Reading 2012-2013
D102 Barnes & Noble Book Fair
Help D102 Celebrate Summer at our Annual Barnes & Noble Book Fair!
Saturday, June 2nd 9am - 9pm
Join us for a day of shopping, student and teacher talent, raffles and much more!
Meet and get autographs from 2 top authors!
Brenda Ferber - author of Jemma Hartman, Camper Extraordinaire
AND
Rachel Bertsche - author of MWF Seeing BFF
Volunteers still needed!
Questions or if you can volunteer, contact:
Ivy Elkins @ ivyelkins@yahoo.com or Dana Litwin @ danalitwin@hotmail.com
First Annual Orchestra Jazz Cafe - May 17 at 7pm
Mark your calendar for the Gelateria Sforando Concert, formerly Jazz Cafe. It will be performed by Sforzando Strings and Meridian Chamber Orchestra on Thursday, May 17 at 7:00pm in the Aptakisic small gym. Thank you to the entire music staff for sharing your talent with our students and to the parents for an active role in your child's music programs.
8th Grade Dance - Volunteers and Bakers Needed!
The Party Planning Committee is in need of volunteer helpers for the 8th Grade Dance! If you are able to help and/or supply baked treats for the party on June 1, please email Chris Donaldson (chrisanne1009@aol.com) before May 18. You must email Chris in advance in order to volunteer the night of the party.
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 May 2012 10:26
Aptakisic Students Earn Highest Award at State Science Expo
This weekend was exciting for Aptakisic science students Ruchi and Sushmetha who participated in the Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) Exposition at the University of Illinois in Champaign. There were over 1000 projects and these two D102 students earned the highest award level, gold, for both the paper and project experiment presentations.
The two girls also earned Best in Category from Project Session indicating that their project was the best of all others in their category at the junior high level. Congratulations! Aptakisic Junior High also received a separate award, the Dr. Lyell J. Thomas Memorial Award, for Supporting Outstanding Student Research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at the IJAS State Exposition. This is in addition to the third place trophy received at the regional fair for d102 student achievements as compared to all schools in the division.
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- Jazz Band "Pop Concert" Lights up the Evening
- School Supply List for 2012/13
- 7th Grade Springfield Trip - October 2012
- Parent Orientation Night - Information covered on April 17
- AJHS Arrowhead Monthly Newsletter for Parents and Students
- Residency Verification Required
- Online Registration Opens April 9 for Returning Students
- D102 Families Receive Discount for Summer Wonders Program
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