4/24/19

• How does a painting lesson in Paris sound or a tour of the Vatican? Art students & art enthusiasts from area schools are going to France & Italy in June 2020! There's an interest meeting on 5/2 at 6pm, in the art room.
• Seniors - Direct Message @afhsprom your favorite pictures and memories from high school. We want to use them as decor at prom!
• Students who are looking for community service hours: "Think Apex" is this Saturday. Think Apex Day is an annual day of community service in Apex where organized activities make it easy for students and residents to give back to their community. For information and registration, go to Town of Apex Website @apexnc.org.
• For students who had Mr. Baker for APUSH during 1st semester, there will be review sessions in Mr. Baker's Room 4234, starting next Tuesday, April 30th. The review sessions will be held at the beginning of A lunch, each day, through May 8th. 
• Want to the join the AFHS Dance Team? Any dancers interested in the dance team, please attend the interest meeting today during A lunch in the dance studio.
• Varsity softball beat Apex 12-0. Abby DaVia set the career strikeout record while pitching the shutout. 
• The JV Softball Team defeated Laura Dunca 25-1 yesterday in 3 innings. The team has an away game today against Holly Springs at 4:30.
• Women's JV LAX Defeated Garner 14-2.
• Congratulations to: Tim Baril, Sydney Winterrowd, Sena Cademus, Maria JOse Nunez Bonequi, Hannah Grimsrud, Ally Martello. These artists will represent AFHS, at Artsplosure, on May 18 & 19 in Raleigh. Work will be on display in the lobby of the News & Observer Bldg. 

4/23/19

• Roses are red, violets are blue, your poems for the Poetry Contest are due. It's time to get your poems into the library to enter the 4th Annual Library Poetry Contest. All entries are due Wednesday so be quick!
• Any student who is taking the AP Environmental Science Exam on May 6th, please stop by Mr. O'Shea's room (3216) to get the google classroom code for the exam review. The review session schedule will be posted as well. 
• Our Chickfila Leadership Academy is collecting new or gently used playground gear such as kick balls, soccer balls, jump ropes, hula hoops, etc. to help Hurricane victims in New Bern. Mr. Hicks and others will deliver these items on May 2nd to elementary school students. Collection boxes can be found in the main office or by the Compass Studio. 
• Please join WISE on Thursday, April 25th for the 4th Annual Women in STEM event from 3-5:30pm in the AFHS Media Center. The event will feature a keynote speaker and catered networking reception. Please RSVP using the bitly on posters, for the event. See Mrs. Cattrell with questions. 
• Congratulations to Jared Sloan, Fedora Castelino and CJ Fair who competed in the District Debate Competition at Durham Academy on Saturday, April 13th. Fedora earned a medal for 5th place in Big Questions Debate. Speech and Debate will meet in Mrs. Eckstein's room today during A lunch to discuss elections.
• Congratulations to the Golf Team for winning back-to-back SWAC Conference Championships! The team had 5 players make All Conference. 1st team Daniel Adkins and Garrett Risner. 2nd team Bryce Kettler, Jackson Spencer and James Baldouf.
• Good luck to our athletes competing today in Softball and Men and Women's LAX.
• Bus riders! Our outside courtyard now has orange construction fencing up. Please do not go near that area. This is where our future module classrooms will be placed, by this summer. 

4/12/19

• Prom is officially less than a month away and we only have 100 tickets left! Today is the LAST day to purchase prom tickets for $75 before the price increases to $100.
• Congratulations to the STUNT team on their 18-8 win over Panther Creek last night. They are the only team in the SWAC that is undefeated!!!
• AFHS Ultimate finished their regular season with a victory over Enloe High. The team overcame a 5-1 deficit to finish the game 15-12. Overall the team went 6 and 2 for the season. There will be a two day tournament/playoff following Spring Break. 
• The Craft N' Creations Club will be meeting today in the Cube during both lunches. See you Then!
• Students will be off until April 23rd. Enjoy the Spring Break. 

4/11/19

• Good luck to our athletes competing today. We have Stunt and Men's LAX at home and Varsity baseball and softball @ Middle Creek and Women's LAX @ Cape Fear. 
• Come see our Honors Dance members tonight at 7pm, in the Auditorium. Admission is $5. 
• Seniors: The Carolina Family Vision scholarship deadline has been extended to Friday, May 3rd. 
• Happy National Library Week! Friday is the last day to catch a break before spring break! Bring in all your overdue library books to get your fines waived for those books or come pay your existing fines for half off. The special ends Friday so make sure to look for your library books! 
• Prom is quickly approaching and we only have 140 prom tickets left! Tomorrow is the last day to purchase prom tickets for $75 before the price increases to $100. You don't want to miss out on this great opportunity.
• Tomorrow concludes our Autism Awareness Spirit Week. Freshmen wear YELLOW, Sophomores wear GREEN, Juniors wear RED and Seniors wear BLUE.
• Spring Break runs from April 15-22nd. Students return on Tuesday, April 23rd. 
• The AFHS PTSA is proud to offer three deserving Patriot Students a $500 college scholarship! Applications are due Friday, May 3rd and will be presented at Senior Awards on June 4th. The scholarships are based on GPA, a short essay, and volunteer service. The application can be found on the PTSA website.

4/10/19 

• Interested in competing at a local, state and national level in a variety of subjects with a team of your friends? Flaunt your academic prowess through friendly competition with other schools and join AFHS’s AQT. We compete in the Brain Game TV Show, History Bowl, National Science Bowl, and a variety of other interesting events! Come to room 4214 for an interest meeting on Wednesday April 24th during A lunch.
• The women's JV lacrosse team defeated Holly Springs 9-7.
• Catch a Break Before Spring Break! This week is National Library Week and we will be having Catch a Break Before Spring Break Specials all week. April 8-12, all overdue library books can be returned for no fine and all existing fines will be reduced to 50% off. The Overdues and Fines lists are posted on the library doors for your reference and teachers also have these lists if you need the information. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity, especially Seniors and Prom-Goers! Stop by the library if you have any questions. 
• The honors dance company and dance ensemble will present their honors concert this Thursday night, April 11th.  Tickets are $5.00 and the show is at 7pm.   Hope to see you there.
• Autism Awareness month continues on Thursday with Crazy Sock Day. 
• The Golf Team shot a dominating even par 144 yesterday at River Ridge Golf Course. We now have a commanding lead in the SWAC, heading into the conference tournament, April 22nd

4/9/19

• Jostens will be on campus for a * Make-Up* Delivery Day Thursday, April 25^th, in the Auditorium Lobby to deliver cap and gown units as well as other senior products. All items must be paid for in full before students can receive their products. Online payments must be made 24 hours prior to the delivery date.  Cash or money order only will be accepted on the delivery date. If you still need to place an order, go to www.jostens.com.
• Congratulations to Billie Waller, Aarya Upadhyaya and Kate Horner for their Biogen Foundation Spark Video Contest submittion, "Genetic Disorders and treament Options". They won the Grand Prize during the April Biogen employee voting round! AFHS will $10,000 because of their efforts!
• Men's LAX is facing Holly Springs 6:15 tonight. This is the biggest game of the year. Come out and be LOUD! We will need the PIT on our side.
• Baseball also has conf. play vs. Middle Creek today. Good luck to all of our Patriots. 
• Seniors: If you have received a scholarship, whether you are accepting it or not, bring a copy of your scholarship offer to Ms. Maxwell in Student Services. Also, if you have been accepted to a college or university that you are definitely going to attend, go on the Student Services website under Announcements and fill out the Google DOC for your College destination, or give a copy of your acceptance letter to Mr. Wight or Ms. Maxwell in the front office to get on the Class of 2019 College Destinations Map!
• Spirit Week for Autism Awareness Month continues tomorrow with Wear Your Favorite Sports Team Jersey. 
• We are beginning a school wide collection drive for the Month of April for the hurricane victims in New Bern, NC, who are still recovering.Chic fil A Leader Academy is sponsoring a collection of new or gently used basketballs, footballs, soccer & volley balls, baseballs & softballs, kick balls, jump ropes, hula hoops, board games & cards games for ages 5 and up for families to play together... we will visit Oaks Road Academy, where Mr. Hicks took our collection of basic needs in the fall semester, he is from there and knows the Principal.Mr. Hicks, Lane Tomey, a few Parents and Tanya Guinn will take 50 of our students to the school on May 2nd to interact with the elementary students on the playground in stations, and leave the collected items for the school to give out to students who need them to take home. We will also have a Pen Pal station for students to sign up to have a Pen Pal from our group to write cards and letters to, with parent permission. Items may be put in a box outside the front office, or outside the Compass Studio.  We applied for and received a $500 grant from Chic fil A toward our charter bus!

4/8/19

• Congratulations to the following students who placed in a event at the Technology Student Association State Conference last week. 1st Place in SciVis by Dillon Freeer and Ryan Lutz. 1st Place in Digital Video Production by Logan Lewis, Joey Fleming, Landon Helsley, and Jake Maher. 1st Palce in Software Development by Hasan Handani, Will McLain, Srikant Vasudevan, Srinath Vasudevan, Luke Passy, Cameron Woolstenhume. 2nd Place in Architectural Renovation by Royce Watson. Also Congratulations to Ryan Lutz for becoming the North Carolina State Sargent at Arms. There will be a meeting tomorrow during STAR lunch A to discuss attending National Conference.
• Catch a Break Before Spring Break! This week is National Library Week and we will be having Catch a Break Before Spring Break Specials all week. April 8-12, all overdue library books can be returned for no fine and all existing fines will be reduced to 50% off. The Overdues and Fines lists are posted on the library doors for your reference and teachers also have these lists if you need the information. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity, especially Seniors and Prom-Goers! Stop by the library if you have any questions. 
• Girls Team - 4th overall out of 31 teams
• Boys Team - 11th overall out of 33 teams
• Top Performers
• Girls 
• Jade Martin - 5th in Premier 1600 with a new school record
• Taylor Turner - 2nd place in High Jump
• Girls 4x100 - New School Record (Haile Clayton, Addison Heintz, Laura Fouana, and Cierra Revelle)
• Girls 4x1600 - New School Record (Gwyn Ferri, Emily Caprioglio, Natalie Rodriguez, and Rachel Heinzerling)
• Girls 4x400 - 4th Place and Regional Qualifiers (Chloe Gee, Addison Hughes, Christian Nightingale, and Sydney Turner)
• Girls 4x800 - 3rd Place and New School Record (Chloe Gee, Sydney Turner, Asmaa Bekkare, and Jade Martin)
• Boys
• Tim Haughton - 3rd in Premier 1600
• Boys 4x100 - New School Record (Jacob Beck, Jakari Robinson, Chaucey West, and Jack Parker)
• Boys 4x800 - 5th Place and Regional Qualifiers (Naim Bell, Keagan Donovan, Josh Carlson, Tim Haughton)
• Brendan Fahey - 6th place in Discus

• Congratulations to all Speech and Debate members who competed at the State tournament in Charlotte this weekend.  Katya Watson was 2nd place in Declamation and Jordanna Baldauf was 3rd place in Lincoln Douglas Debate. There will be an officers' meeting today during A lunch in Mrs. Eckstein's room.

4/5/19

• The AFHS PTSA is proud to offer three deserving Patriot Students a $500 college scholarship! Applications are due Friday, May 3rd and will be presented at Senior Awards on June 4th. The scholarships are based on GPA, a short essay, and volunteer service. The application can be found on the PTSA website.
• AFHS Ultimate got back to their winning ways yesterday. Playing on NC State campus, Broughton got beat 14-8. Next up Fuquay-Varina at Apex Nature Park on Tuesday. Game starts at 3:30, come on out and see what it's all about. 
• If you are interested in listening to the guest author during lunch, please pick up a fREE ticket from Ms. McClellan.
• Get your copy of the Patriot Press! The newest issue is available now!
• Congratulations to the STUNT team on their amazing wins last night. They remain undefeated with a 21-1 win over Garner and a 16-15 win over HOlly Springs. Great job ladies!

4/4/19

• Good luck to our team members competing today in Track, Tennis, LAX, Baseball and Stunt!
• The JV softball team scored 6 runs in the 5th inning and came up one out short defensively from defeating Fuquay, in the conf. battle, for 2nd place last ngith. The Patriots lost 8-7 in a timed game where Shannon Carroll, Giana Mongone, and Mackenzie Smith each had two hits for the game while Lindsey Prianto had 4 assists and 2 putouts. 
• Key Club elections will place tomorrow during A lunch in the chorus room. All members should plan to attend.
• Roses are red, violets are blue, the next poetry contest winner could be you! Attention all poets and song writers: it's time for the 4th Annual Library Poetry Contest! All poems are due by April 24th in the library so get inspired!
• National Honor Society selections have been made. Please check your student email. Further action is required. 
• We have homeroom 1st thing in the morning, to distribute Report Cards. 

4/3/19

• Any senior who was unable to pick up their cap and gown order may do so today, during lunch, outside of Student Services. Remember, the order must be paid in full, prior to pick up!
• Come listen to author William Tracy discuss his new book, Fruit of the Gods. "I you like detailed world building and complex characters fighting against overwhelming odds, you'll love Fruit of the Gods! Pick up a ticket in Mrs. McClellan's room to attned the author visit in the library during STAR lunch on Friday. You must have a ticket to attend the event so be sure to see Mrs. McClellan before Friday for your ticket since the library will be closed. 

4/2/19

• Key Club elections will take place this Friday during A lunch in the chorus room. All members should plan to attend to choose the exec. board for next year. 
• Animal Shelter donation drive is this week! Please bring in donations. There will be bins near front office, cafeteria and in room 2210. All donations will be donated to Wake County Animal Center. We will take new or lightly used blankets or large towels, unexpired canned or bagged dog, cat, putty and kitten food (unopened!) please. New or slightly used "idustructable toys" like a Kong), unopened kitty litter, treats, little critter, food and newspaper. Donate Monday the list to Friday the 5th. 
• Any senior that was unable to pick up their Josten's cap and gown order, may do so today or Wednesday, during lunch outside of student services. Remember, the order must be paid in FULL, to do so. 
• Please note that the library will be closed all day Wednesday and Thursday for Workkeys testing. Please plan accordingly.
• The Golf team shot a conference best 3 over par 147 yesterday at Bentwinds. The victory keeps the Patriots in first place. Garrett Risner led the team with a 2 under 34. 
• Friday, varsity softball won a conference game 3-2 at Garner to improve our record to 5-5. We play next tomorrow at home vs. Fuquay at 4:30pm.

4/1/19

• Any senior that was unable to pick up their Josten’s cap and gown order, may do so today or Tuesday, during lunch outside of student services. Remember, the order must be paid in FULL, to do so. You can still order senior products at www.jostens.com. The next distribution day, for new orders, will be April 25th, during lunch in the Auditorium Lobby. 
• We are beginning a school wide collection drive for the Month of April for the hurricane victims in New Bern, NC, who are still recovering.Chic fil A Leader Academy is sponsoring a collection of new or gently used basketballs, footballs, soccer & volley balls, baseballs & softballs, kick balls, jump ropes, hula hoops, board games & cards games for ages 5 and up for families to play together... we will visit Oaks Road Academy, where Mr. Hicks took our collection of basic needs in the fall semester, he is from there and knows the Principal.Mr. Hicks, Lane Tomey, a few Parents and Tanya Guinn will take 50 of our students to the school on May 2nd to interact with the elementary students on the playground in stations, and leave the collected items for the school to give out to students who need them to take home. We will also have a Pen Pal station for students to sign up to have a Pen Pal from our group to write cards and letters to, with parent permission. Items may be put in a box outside the front office, or outside the Compass Studio.  We applied for and received a $500 grant from Chic fil A toward our charter bus!
• The AFHS PTSA is proud to offer three deserving Patriot Students a $500 college scholarship! Applications are due Friday, May 3rd and will be presented at Senior Awards on June 4th. The scholarships are based on GPA, a short essay, and volunteer service. The application can be found on the PTSA website.
• The International Club invites you to their INTERNATIONAL FAIR on Saturday, April 6  from 1:00 to 4:30 PM in the cafeteria .  Come see and hear what we have learned about countries around the globe. Stop by to play a game or hear a song.  Dessert food truck will be here. All are welcome. Admission is free. Any donations people choose to give will go to the US Committee on Refugees and Immigrants.
• April is Autism Awareness Month. The UNify Club is sponsoring a Spirit Week beginning on Monday, with Tie-Dye Day! We will announce the theme for each day, as the week goes along. See posters throughout the building for more information. 
  
  • Monday Tie-Dye
  • Tuesday Wear Blue
  • Wednesday Wear your Favorit Sports Team Jersey
  • Thursday Wear Crazy Socks
  • Friday Freshmen Wear Yellow, Sophomores Wear Green, Juniors Wear Red and Seniors Wear Blue

• The Wake County Public School Systems Future Teachers Program Applications are due this Friday, April 5th.  See the Student Services website under Scholarships for details.

• Friday Night at Raleigh Relays

  Jade Martin - new school record in the 3200m (11:13.32)

  Tim Haughton - new school record in the 3200m (9:14.88)

  Saturday at Wake County Championships

  - Girls 4x800 (Rachel Heinzerling, Natalie Rodriguez, Nicole Van Liew, Samantha Weitzel) placed 3rd

  - Chloe Gee was 2nd in the 1600 and qualified for Regionals

  - Asmaa Bekkare was 7th in the 1600 and qualified for Regionals

  - Gwyn Ferri and Rachel Heinzerling were 5th and 6th in the 3200m

  - Sydney Turner was 5th in the 400m

  - Taylor Turner was 2nd in the High Jump

  - Keagan Donovan was 5th in the 800m

  - Brendan Fahey was 7th in Discus

• The JV Softball team defeated Garner Friday night 20-4. The Patriots earned 17 hits as a team. Katelyn Winders went 2-2, Mackenzie Smith went 3-3 with a double, and Emma Schnoke went 3 for 3 with a triple. 
• Congratulations to Mr. Brooks Wilson and our amazing students on our Winter guard teams. They competed this Saturday at the Atlantic Indoor Association Championships. Our Blue team placed second in their class with their show "Having it Maid." Our Red team placed 6th out of 11 groups in their class with their show "Going West." Congratulations also to Jessica Harasti who was awarded a scholarship from the championships committee.