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Intercom Morning Announcements
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June 2019
June 5
- There are no announcements during Exam week. And parents, please remember there are no checkouts except during the lunch time.
- The school will remain open during the summer with a skeleton crew of administrative and clerical personnel. If you have a pressing need, appointments are encouraged.
- Check the webpage and follow our main Twitter feeds throughout the summer, for any important updates: @apexfriendship @AFHSAnnounce and @AFHSStudentserv. For our new parents, Twitter is one of our MAIN forms of communication at AFHS. Summer workouts for our Athletics are tweeted and @ayelmini @AFHS_AD will post the Fall Ticket To Play Schedule. Also several parent volunteer groups such as PTSA and Athletic Boosters transmit information there. Please familiarize yourself with all of our Twitter accounts, found on this webpage, under Our School.
- Thanks for your cooperation and enjoy your summer. We will see you again on August 26, 2019.
June 4
- Congratulations to our Seniors! You should be in the Auditorium at this time for the Awards ceremony, followed by the Senior SEND-OFF.
- Attention Juniors, Class of 2020: Save the date August 23rd from 11-1pm, for your Senior Kick-off Social in our cafeteria. There will be free food, important details for upcoming activities and some really good door prizes. Be sure to follow your class's Twitter @AFHSClassof2020 for all sorts of details over the summer and entire senior year.
- Also, your first dates to purchase parking spaces are 8/7 & 8/14 from 9-11am. Check out the webpage>Students>Parking & Lunch Passes for rules and applications.
- Rising Juniors will have a lottery for any remaining spaces, once Seniors have purchased. Again, information is on our webpage.
June 3
- Senior Awards and Send-Off it tomorrow. Seniors should wear their Senior t-shirts and be in the Auditorium by 9:00am. Following the awards, seniors will have a group photo in the stadium. Then will proceed to the basketball courts for a fun afternoon of food, games and a dunk tank!
- And several Seniors still owe fees and will not receive their graduation tickets UNTIL those fees are paid; Powerschool and/or Media fines.
- Thank you to Jada Enoch for being our morning announcer for the past 2 years. She will be missed!
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May 2019
May 31
EXECUTIVE BOARD AND SENIOR CLASS
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT
Zedrique Ahmed Hannah Delgado
STUDENT BODY SECRETARY STUDENT BODY TREASURER
Samantha Oleschuk Hayden Myers
STUDENT BODY HISTORIAN STUDENT BODY PARLIAMENTARIAN
Royce Watson Caitlin Reid
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT SENIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT
Emi Velez Sydney Turner
SENIOR CLASS SECRETARY SENIOR CLASS TREASURER
Angelina Hohls Christian Nightingale
SENIOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
Lauren Langston, Amanpreet Singh, Ashley Telli
JUNIOR CLASS
JUNIOR CLASS PRESIDENT JUNIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT
Liam Schmidt Ethan Wood
JUNIOR CLASS SECRETARY JUNIOR CLASS TREASURER
Devin Li Logan Pastor
JUNIOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
Sophia Atteberry, Ben Nightingale, Reagan Romans
SOPHOMORE CLASS
SOPHOMORE CLASS PRESIDENT SOPHOMORE CLASS VICE PRESIDENT
Justice Campbell Kendall Gillespie
SOPHOMORE CLASS SECRETARY SOPHOMORE CLASS TREASURER
Zev Van Zanten Abby Cowell
SOPHOMORE CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
Camden Kraft, Maddie Petrusa, Nicholas Willets
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2019 Spanish National Honors Society
President: Conner Dusterberg
VP: Logan Lewis
Secretary: Haley Turner
Historian: Herneet Bajwa
Congratulations to the new officers and thank you to all candidates for participating.
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The Food and Nutrition 2 Honors class would like to thank everyone who took the time to vote on their cakes yesterday.
And without further ado, the winners are:
For Appearance, Brandon Lucas-Ramirez for his beach scene cake
and
For Taste: Richie Gasper for his chocolate cake with oreo fluff filling and buttercream frosting.
A great job by everyone!
May 30
- Shout out to our Band and Chorus on an amazing Pops Concert!
- NHS inductions are tonight in the Auditorium at 7PM.
- The MSA Club is hosting an informational event this Friday in JRo's room. They are inviting anyone that would like to come and learn more about the holy month of Ramadan. All will be welcome and there will be treats.
- The interest meeting for the summer 2020 trip to South Africa will be this evening 6:00 in the media center. This is a community trip and is not affiliated with AFHS or Wake County Public Schools. All are welcome to attend.
- Spanish Honor Society Mandatory meeting today during STAR Lunch A in Mrs. Costa's room 4107. Elections will take place for next school year. Candidates have your speeches ready!
May 29
- Tonight! Chorus and Band Pops Concert at 4:30 and 7:30PM in the Auditorium. Donations welcomed at the doord.
- Shout Out to Jazz Band. The show was great, especially the first and last performance by the Blue-Barrell Crew. ;)
- All members of Spanish Honor Society meeting on Thursday, May 30th during STAR Lunch A, Room 4107). Elections will take place. Come vote please!
- The Diabetes Awareness Group will meet this Thursday, May 30th, during A lunch. Please come and help us plan for next year.
- If you registered to take AP Language & Composition next year, first off, congratulations on making a great choice. Secondly, you should be receiving important information about the summer reading assignment from your homeroom teacher today. If you don't get this info, handouts are available in student services as well as from Mr. Stapleton, in room 2236.
- Teachers should be handing out their Student Council ballots, tallying if time allows, and sending straight to 2231 or the front office.
May 28
- Well, gang, today's the day: your last chance to pick up your yearbook. To the approximately 200 students who have purchased a yearbook but who haven't yet retrieved their copy, they will be available during both lunches outside of the media center. If you miss out today, your only alternative will be to track down an irritated Mr. Stapleton who will reluctantly drop everything to find your book and give it to you. So Please, if you haven't yet, come and get your yearbook today during lunch.
- FCA will host it's last meeting of the year today. Come by room 2220 at lunch for food and fellowship!
- Shout out to the yearbook staff and Mr. Stapleton on the great job they did with The Continental.
- Congratulations to Speech and Debate Club members Jordanna Baldauf, Gavin Edmonds, Nathan Fair and Logan Lewis who competed in the national speech and debate tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this weekend. These students qualified as top competitors in their events and represented the school and our state in the two day tournament.
May 24
- There's no school on Monday for Memorial Day.
- Students, if you do not have a parking pass to park in the student lot, please do NOT park there. All spaces are taken and are NOT transferable. If you park there illegally, you will be towed.
- SENIORS! On 6/4, Lifetouch will be on-site to take a group SENIOR Class photo at the beginning of the field day, in the football stadium. If you want to purchase this photo, payment envelopes are in the front office.
May 23
- Congratulations to all Key Club members for a successful year. This school year AFHS Key Club completed a total of 5,254 service hours.
- Today's the day: yearbooks can be picked up in the media center during lunch and after school. Seniors, of course, can pick up their copies starting at 9:50am! justremember to bring your yearbook signing reception, invitation. We'll also be handing out yearbooks in front of the media center tomorrow during lunch and after school, and Tuesday too.
- Cross Country Interest Meeting Friday, during A Lunch, in main gym.
- Senior Spirit Week continues with College Decision or Future Professional day tomorrow.
- Several great events this evening. We have the 3rd annual fashion show, the last dance concert ($5 at the door) and our Opening reception of our Visual Arts show.
May 22
- Please come out and support the dancers this Thursday night at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $5.
- WCPSS School Board adopted a Student Dress Code, Policy Code: 4316
- Attention students who are running for a president or vice president position on Student Council: speeches are due TODAY at 2:30 in printed form to Ms. Wooten in Room 2231. No speech submitted means name comes off of ballot.
- Senior Spirit Week continues tomorrow with USA Day for Thursday.
May 21
- This Senior Spirit Week...class of 2019, show your spirit one last time.
Tuesday is Favorite Performer Day
Wednesay is BBQ Dads and Tennis Moms
Thursday is USA Day
Friday is College Decision/Future Profession Day
- AFHS Visual Art Exhibition Spring 2019 Opening Reception 5/23 from 6:00-7:00 pm All are invited.
- Great News: Yearbooks are almost here! This Thursday and Friday you will be able to come to the Media Center either during lunch or after school to pick up your copy. Remember to bring a photo ID or have your PowerSchool pulled up on your phone. Remember: Seniors who purchased a yearbook should have received an invitation to attend our "yearbook signing reception", where they can pick up their books a little early on Thursday. Any senior who bought a yearbook but did not receive an invitation, just drop by Mr. Stapleton's room, 2236.
May 20
- SENIORS: Have you earned ANY scholarship/grant money from ANY colleges/universities? If you answered YES, then you should bring a copy of ALL scholarship/grant awards that you have earned to Student Services. Whether you end up attending those colleges or not, if you earned those awards let us know.
- AFHS Physical Day is Wednesday, May 22nd from 3pm-6pm. Any current student or incoming student interested in participating in sports for the 2019-2020 school year may have a sports physical on-site for only $10, cash only. Physicals will be provided by our team doctors. Students should arrive with a completed 2019 WCPSS High School Athletic Participation Forms packet, page 3 will be done on site. Forms can be found on the AFHS athletics website, and in the front office.
- Attention AoE Seniors: Please stop by Mrs. Eckstein's room by Wednesday to let her know the correct pronunciation of your name ahead of the banquet Wednesday night.
- Congratualations to our Visual Arts Students Hannah Grimsrund and Chloe Howarth. Hannah placed third in Artsplosure and Chloe received a $1000 art scholarship awarded from the Fine Arts League of Cary's Teen Art Exhibition.
- AFHS State Track Meet results: Girls 4x800 - Chloe Gee, Samantha Weitzel, Sydney Turner and Asmaa Bekkare (4th overall and earned All State honors). High Jump - Taylor Turner (5th)
- We love our Seniors! The library is having a Senior Amnesty event the week of May 20-24. Return any overdue library books for no fine and pay any existing fines for 1/2 off. Seniors Only! Take advantage of this opportunity to clear all fines before graduation.
- The Fashion Club is hosting their 3rd annual fashion show here at AFHS on Thursday, May 23rd at 6:30 pm. Doors open at 6:00. You won't want to miss it!
May 17
- All Key Club hours sheets must be turned in outside of room 2230 by the end of today.
- There is a required meeting for the National Honor Society for Dance Arts today during A lunch in room 1519. All dancers who are interested in being officers for next year will need to get their applications. We will go over the induction ceremony as well.
- Reminder: There is a mandatory meeting for all Science Natiional Honor Society members during A lunch today in the Media Center.
May 15
- Softball lost their 3rd round playoff game last night at Heritage to bring the season to a close. Workourts for next season will start next month.
- Come see the tech side of things! The theatre department and drama club are hosting a tech theatre workshop today, B Lunch.
- Attention all Key Club members: Hours sheets must be turned in outside of room 2230 no later than Friday afternoon.
- Today is the day! Come to 9th Star Designs Pop Up Shop A&B lunch in room 1232. Great Products, Great Prices.
May 14
- Interested in becoming a Patriot Pit Leader? Applications are due to Mrs. Sichak in room 3105 by the end of the day tomorrow.
- There is a mandatory TSA meeting today to elect the next officer team in room 3215 STAR Lunch A. All members should Attend.
- Come on down to the 9th STAR DESIGNS Pop Up Shop on Wednesday A& B LUnch in room 1232! We will be selling rings, lanyards, bags, chokers, key fobs and more for extremely good prices! Hope to see you there!
May 13
- Boys finished 17th overall
- - 4x800 was 5th in a new school record (Naim Bell, Keagan Donovan, Teiari Matthews, Josh Carlson)
- - Alan Josephson broke the school record in Pole Vault
- Girls finished 4th overall
- - Jade Martin won the 1600 and 3200. Qualified for the State Meet.
- - Chloe Gee was 4th in the 1600 and qualified for the State Meet.
- - Taylor Turner was 4th in High Jump and qualified for the State Meet.
- - Indya Nivar was 2nd in Shot Put, new school record, and qualified for the State Meet.
- - 4x800 was 2nd and moves on to the State Meet (Chloe Gee, Asmaa Bekkare, Sydney Turner, Samantha Weitzel)
- Softball won their 2nd round playoff game 11-7 over Enloe led by Kendall Johnson with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs and Liz Wright also with 3 RBIs. The 3rd round game is Tuesday at Heritage at 6PM.
- Good news: in just over a week, the yearbooks will be here - distribution will start during lunch on the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend. Bad news: As of this morning, we have just five, that's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 copies left for sale. This means that today is the last day you'll be able to buy a yearbook, so go to josten's com while these 5 are still available.
- Our V.I.P. for seniors is tomorrow. Roughly 80 students will be displaced from their parking spaces during the program. They may park along side Humie Olive Road or down by the football carpool loop. Students are asked to carpool if possible and parents have been notified of the disruption to morning carpool.
May 10
- Pick up the newest issue of the Patriot Press! Read all about what your fellow students want from the Student Council candidates, why teachers are marching, the men's lacrosse team, and so much more! There is a limited amount of copies, so be sure to pick one up today!
- Enjoy the prom this weekend and everyone be safe!
May 9
- Seniors: Have you earned ANY scholarship/grant money from ANY colleges/universities? If you answered YES then you should bring a copy of ALL scholarhip/grant awards that you have earned to student services. Whether you end up attending those colleges or not, if you earned those awards let us know.
- Attention all students wishing to run for Student Council: applications are due tomorrow to Ms. Wooten in Room 2231 by 2:30 PM. That is a final deadline so plan accordingly, especially if you are currently missing signatures ow will be taking AP exams, as they are NOT acceptable excuses for submitting applications late.
- SENIORS! If you have not completed the Senior Survey, please complete as soon as possible. You will not receive your graduation tickets if you have not completed the survey. The link is found on the website under TIME SENSITIVE.
May 8
- Softball won their first round playoff game yesterday, 10-7, in extra innings. Evalie Quinene and Amanda Malinsky both hit 2 run home runs. Next game is Friday at Enloe.
- Baseball and Golf ended their seasons yesterday. Great efforts by both teams.
- Good Luck to our Stunt team tonight as they start their playoff season. They compete at 5, here, against Green Hope High.
May 7
- Good luck to our Spring Athletes in Baseball, softball and soccer as them compete today in their playoffs!
- If you have not picked up your stole for magna, cumma and sum laude, please come to student services this week.
May 6
- Prom Tickets are available for pick up today through Thursday during lunch in front of the auditiorium or after school in room 3105. All school and library fines must be paid off in order to pick up your prom tickets.
- The Chick-fil-a Leadership Academy has extended their deadline to May 25th for the collection of gently used playground gear and games. They are being joined by the Key Club and AFMS students in this collection. Boxes are in the main office and the Compass Studio.
- The Student Political Awareness Club will be holding a Voter Registration Drive during A&B lunches throughout this week, by student services. Students ages 16 and older are eligible to register, and you will need either your last 4 digits of of your Social Security number or your driver's licence to register.
- Students taking AP tests at the Middle School should report to our cafeteria and will be escorted over by Administration. This is true for the AM and Afternoon tests.
- In February, French students were given the opportunity to the the Grand Concours (pronounced: grahn concoor) national French exam. The following students ranked high enough to receive recognition for the efforts: Audrey Cumbee, Cassie Deering, and Molly Borowiak all scored in the 60th to 70th percentile and received an honorable mention; Lucienne Chabaneix, Alina Myakota, and Brenda Rosa all scored in the 80th percentile to receive a silver medal; and Ashleigh Sico scored in the 90th percentile, earning her a gold medal. The French department would like to congratulate these students and all others who took the exam, it is a great accomplishment in their French learning. All students who received awards should see their French teachers for their medals.
May 3
- Please note that the library will be closed during STAR Lunch Today for the Quill & Scroll International Honor Society Inductions. Please plan accordingly.
- Special congratulations to our AFHS bus driver, Jennifer Jones, for her 1st place win in the WCPSS Bus Rodeo. She received a perfect score! She now moes on to the next level and will compete on May 10th.
- Congratulations to our Apex Friendship Ultimate Frisbee team as they ended their season in the quarter finals of the playoffs finishing with a 7-3 record. Our team finished 5th out of 24 other teams!
- Apparel 2 is selling lots of great accessories for their class business. Come by room 1232 during lunch or in the cafeteria on Monday A&B lunch, to buy rings, jewlery, makeup bags and MORE.
- Seniors: Have you earned ANY scholarship/grant money from ANY colleges/universities? If you answered YES then you should bring a copy of ALL scholarhip/grant awards that you have earned to student services. Whether you end up attending those colleges or not, if you earned those awards let us know.
May 2
- All prom forms are due to Mrs. Sichak TODAY to room 3105. Everyone attending prom needs a permission form.
- Interested in being a Patriot Pit Leader? We need rising Seniors and Juniors to apply. Applications can be found outside Mrs. Sichak's room 4105.
- Congratulations to the STUNT team on their outstanding performance last night. They beat GHHS in double overtime 15-14. They Finished the regular season undefeated in the Southern Conference. First round of playoffs will be hosted here on Wednesday!
- The JV Softball team defeated Garner on Tuesday 17-10. The team finished the season with a 7-4 record.
- Boys Team - 4th overall
- Top Performers
- - Tim Haughton: 1st in the 3200m; 2nd in the 1600m; 1st Team All-Conference
- - Brendan Fahey: 2nd in Discus; 2nd Team All-Conference
- Girls Team - Conference Champs!
- Top Performers
- - Chloe Gee: 2nd in the 800m; 2nd in the 1600m; 1st Team All-Conference
- - Jade Martin: 1st in the 3200m; 1st in the 1600m; 3rd in the 800m; 1st Team All-Conference
- - Isabella Levering: 1st in High Jump; 1st Team All-Conference
- - Indya Nivar: 1st in Shot Put; 1st Team All-Conference
- Seniors that have achieved Summa, Magna and Cum Laude status, please to to the auditorium lobby Thurs., 5/2 and Fri. 5/3 during lunch to pick your stoles up.
- Seniors! Those of you that received a CPR test slip must come today during B Lunch to room 1519 to complete yu CPR test, which is a graduation requirement!
