We concluded our Dewey Decimal Classification System unit today. Fifth graders worked in teams as we played Jeopardy to test students' knowledge of where books belong in the library. Some questions were tougher than others, but it was fun to see students work together!
Here are some more photos from the Oral Round of the Furnas County Spelling Bee yesterday!
Arapahoe hosted the Furnas County Spelling Bee yesterday. It was a great day of strong competition!
Arapahoe's competitors included: Meg Hilker, Amelia Blickenstaff, Elizabeth Magorian, Alaina Leising, Zach Einspahr, Romalie Williamson, Lilly Helms (not pictured: Elena Lee, Cydney Carlson, and Bryce Melhus)
The Arapahoe students performed well and several earned medals!
In the written round:
6th - Lilly Helms
3rd - Cydney Carlson
2nd - Elizabeth Magorian
In the oral round:
5th - Amelia Blickenstaff
4th - Cydney Carlson
Congratulations Warriors! Way to represent your school well!
Create, Solve, and Innovate Lab (CSI)
Courtesy of ESU 11 and Area Businesses/Donors
The last two weeks we've had the annual ESU #11 CSI Lab and students have been having a great time creating, innovating, and problem-solving things w/ technology on the 9+ different stations as described below.
Here's some photos from while it was here!
1. 3D Prototyping (1) – Use a 3D printer to make objects
2. 3D Prototyping (2) – Use a 3D printer to make objects
3. 3Doodler 3D Printing Pen Sets – Bring ideas to life in 3D using pens.
4. Electronics – Conduct electronics experiments culminating in a 2-wheeled robot
5. Pneumatics – Use air to make machines do the work (also applies to hydraulics)
6. Internet of Things – Make a Smart home that you can run from an Echo Dot or phone.
7. Graphic Design – Tell a story using the Cricut Explore Air 2 cutter
8. Virtual Reality – Tell a story in 3D using a 360-degree camera and view the story or have other unique experiences using the Oculus Meta Quest 2 headsets
9. Sphero RVR+ programmable robots (Total of 4) – Learn coding skills and computer science basics to program a robot.
Today marks our final day of FCCLA Week at APS - No school tomorrow!
We’ve enjoyed getting to do a little extra with so many students and staff this week! 😃 Today was Spirit Day - simply to CELEBRATE our 16 Members and the wonderful things they bring to our Chapter, FCCLA, District 11, APS, our community, all their extras, and their awesome families that support all the things!
Thank you, thank you, thank you kids! 👊🏼
#arapahoefccla #fccla #nefccla #leaders #beawarrior #wearred
Arapahoe hosted the Furnas County Spelling Bee yesterday. It was a great day of strong competition!
Arapahoe's competitors included: Meg Hilker, Amelia Blickenstaff, Elizabeth Magorian, Alaina Leising, Zach Einspahr, Romalie Williamson, Lilly Helms (not pictured: Elena Lee, Cydney Carlson, and Bryce Melhus)
The Arapahoe students performed well and several earned medals!
In the written round:
6th - Lilly Helms
3rd - Cydney Carlson
2nd - Elizabeth Magorian
In the oral round:
5th - Amelia Blickenstaff
4th - Cydney Carlson
Congratulations Warriors! Way to represent your school well!
NSAA State Wrestling
Thursday, February 15th - Saturday, February 17th
CHI Health Center
Omaha, NE
Arapahoe Qualifiers:
120 - Wayne Lee
132 - Briggs Hill
144 - Titus Goshert
150 - Grayson Koller
150 - Rafe Hill
Good luck to the Warrior Wrestlers at State Wrestling as Class D kicks off at 3 pm today!
NSAA Individual Wrestling Championships HQ
https://nsaahome.org/nsaa-individual-wrestling-championships-hq/
2024 NSAA Individual Wrestling Championships Schedule
https://nsaahome.org/textfile/wrest/wrchampschedule.pdf
Class D Brackets
https://nsaahome.org/textfile/wrest/classdbrackets.pdf
Capping off FCCLA with a Tug of Water Challenge. The juniors were the winners of the class competition!
Help us welcome Nicole Warner to the #WarriorFamily as a new Speech-Language Pathologist!
Help us welcome Heather Doggett to the #WarriorFamily as a new PK teacher!
The second grade enjoyed decorating (and eating) sugar cookies for their Valentine’s Day activity.
The second grade enjoyed decorating (and eating) sugar cookies for their Valentine’s Day activity.
Your Arapahoe Warrior Speech team had a great day at RPAC placing 5th overall as a team!
RPAC Speech Update
RPAC Speech Update
The Arapahoe Backpacks for Kids Program would like to thank MNB for their very generous donation!
Due to the shortage of kitchen staff, we will have a menu change:
PBJ
Salad bar for those who normally get it.
NO PIZZA
NO Alternative
BREAKFAST REMAINS THE SAME
Today is EDUCATOR Day for FCCLA Week!
We sure do appreciate the many things our Educators at APS continually do for ALL our students! Even on the hard days, they make it special! We thank you! 🫶🏼
Take a look at our THANK YOU video created by Berkley Warner & Haiden Garey!
https://youtu.be/EBpdwsoJEW4
Furnas County Spelling Bee
Wednesday, February 14th
1:00pm
Arapahoe, NE (N Gym)
Arapahoe is hosting the Furnas County Spelling Bee on this Valentine's Day today in the North Gym starting at 1pm. Good luck to everyone competing today!
RPAC Speech at Southwest
Wednesday, February 14th
8:30am
Bartley, NE
Good luck to the Warrior Speech team at RPAC Speech on this Valentine's Day!
Congratulations to Walker for winning Where in the US last week! He knew that Mrs. Weatherwax was at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.
