Thursday, May 24
11:32 am    B Period

The Amherst Human Rights Commission is seeking two ARHS students to become part of the council. Students must be a rising sophomore or junior who possess a passion for human and civil rights and a desire to improve relations among town residents. Online applications can be found at www.amherstma.gov.

See the latest episode of Voices from Our Schools to learn about PRISM, an after school and summer school program at ARHS.

Academic folders for the Class of 2007 will be destroyed on July 1, 2012. Folders may be picked up in the Registrar’s Office prior to July 1. Students who were enrolled in the Classes of 2007-2011 are encouraged to pick up their folders during regular business hours. Members of the Class of 2012 may pick up their folders beginning on June 11, 2012.

Congratulations to our star tennis players! Tom Suchodolski won the Western Mass Individual Championship in boys tennis while Nicole McCann won the Western Mass title for girls tennis.

Members of the Class of 2012 should familiarize themselves with the Senior Exam Exemption Policy.

Congratulations to Tess Domb-Sadof, winner of the Student Stowe Prize for 2012 from the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Read more about this great honor for Tess.

Congratulations to the 28 ARHS students who won awards in this year’s National Latin Exam. See a list of the honored students.

The MCAS Science test will be given to all 10th grade students on Tuesday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 6 at 7:45 a.m.. We will follow a special schedule.

Read about ARHS alum Quianna Diaz-Patterson who has been named Rookie of the Year for the Atlantic 10 Conference in recognition of her outstanding play on the UMass softball team.

Two of our track coaches have been honored by the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Assocation. Dr. Mulazimuddin Rasool has been inducted into the Coaches Hall of Fame and David Thompson has been named Western Massachusetts Coach of the Year for Boy’s Indoor Track. Congratulations Coaches!

Students in the PRISM Music Lab program have written, performed and recorded their own original songs. You can listen to them at http://musiclab.bandcamp.com.

Congratulations to our Hurricane Singers, winners of WGBY’s Together in Song! See a video of the performance and read more about the competition. The singers are also featured in this article from the Amherst Bulletin.

Sixteen ARHS art students recently participated in the Memory Project, where young artists create portraits of children from around the world and then send the portrait to the child. See pictures of the Ecuadorean children holding the portrait created by an ARHS student. These photographs will also be on display in the ARHS lobby during the week of April 23. Read more about the students’ participation in the project in this article from the Amherst Bulletin.

Art teacher Jeff Stauder is showing five drawings at 60 Franklin Street in Worcester as part of the city’s Taking It to the Streets group art show. See more information about the exhibit.

Important End of the Year Dates:
Senior Exams: May 29 through June 1
Last Day for Seniors: Friday, June 1
Senior Awards: Wednesday, June 6
Graduation: Friday, June 8
Underclass Awards: June 12
Exams: June 20 through June 22
Exam Make Up Day: June 25
See detailed information about graduation week for the class of 2012.

Once again, ARHS students have earned national awards for the study of Russian. Read about the results from this year’s National Russian Essay Contest and the Olympiada of Spoken Russian.

The Preschool at ARHS is currently enrolling students for Spring 2012 and for the academic year 2012-2013. Learn more about the preschool program.

In an interview originally broadcast on WFCR, Principal Mark Jackson discussed the difficulty of financing school athletic programs with New England Public Radio’s Susan Kaplan. Listen to the interview.