The last day of school has been finalized and confirmed:  June 12th 

Congratulations Class of 2025! 

Seniors, if there is a class you are not passing and you need it to graduate, please reach out to your teacher. Juniors, keep in mind as you make your summer plans that this is good time to visit colleges in which you might be interested. 

9th-11th Grade: Reminder that your online classes must be completed by Friday May 30th

Dual Enrollment-Mandatory Meeting

ALL students registered for Dual Enrollment courses at Alpena Community College this fall should attend an Orientation Session on Wednesday, May 28, during 6th hr at 1:30. This is a MANDATORY Orientation Session for ALL Dual Enrollment students (new and returning) that will be presented by Director of Admissions Mike Kollien and Dual Enrollment Liaison Darrin Lightner. Early Middle College students will have a separate Orientation Session at a later date and should not attend this session. All students who are NEW Dual Enrollment students for Fall 2025 courses should have received an Acceptance Letter in the mail from the college. Also contained in this envelope would be a Registration receipt confirming the courses for which you are registered along with any balance due, as well as an instruction guide showing you how to access your myACC accounts. Please log into your myACC accounts BEFORE the Orientation Session on May 28th, following the instruction guide. Returning students will receive only the Registration confirmation in the mail. We will cover a lot of information in this short meeting to help you be prepared to be successful in your college classes this fall. See you on Wednesday, May 28th at 1:30 pm in the Auditorium! 

 Students and Parents:

The gradebook in StudentVue and ParentVue will be temporarily turned off on June 10th through June 14th while teachers are posting grades.  Turning the gradebook off  will allow for the grades that you see to be accurate rather than potentially changing after you have viewed them. The gradebook will be turned back on June 15. Report cards will be able to be accessed in the documents tab in StudentVue and ParentVue by the end of the day June 18.

Friday, there is an altered schedule due to Decision Day 

See it here, and it will posted around school

Elementary Graduation Walk-Throughs ~ Mark Your Calendars 

Get the Day Off!

Monday → June 2: Hinks 10am & Besser 1pm

Tuesday → June 3: All Saints 10am & Ella White 1pm

Wednesday → June 4: Lincoln 10am & Sanborn 2pm (this is change due to a need at Sanborn from 1pm to 2pm)

Thursday → June 5: Immanuel Lutheran 10am & Wilson 1pm

What do you do?

• Arrive 15 minutes early.  I will be in the parking lot and will gather everyone.

• Remember your cap and gown!  It will only take 15 minutes and there will be teachers and principals if you want pictures afterward.  The principals will alert retired staff that may be interested in attending.  We had so much fun with this last year as you saw in the pictures from a few weeks ago ~ don't miss this great opportunity.

• Parents are welcome to come and take pictures.  You will be able to mingle afterward as well.  

• We will get a group picture at each site.

Senior Experience Day --> June 6th

It is imperative that you all make it this day.  

Senior Meeting Information 

• You get your graduation tickets following the graduation walk through

• Honor cords will be given out

Graduation Ticket Information:

Guests must have a ticket to enter the stadium. Students will be given 6 tickets on Friday during Senior Experience Day. If students need additional tickets, they need to ask their friends for extras, and if they aren’t successful, there will be a table at the stadium on Friday following the walkthrough with additional tickets. Please contact the Main Office (358-5200) for urgent ticket issues after Friday afternoon.  Please, tickets will only be given to students. 

It is imperative that your student attend June 6th for Senior Experience Day!

I want to share the diagram for student parking on Graduation Sunday.  We will have both the Bagley Street and M-32 gates open to enter and exit the stadium parking lot.  Please know that there will be a coned lane from the baseball field to the stadium for the graduates.  You will be able to park near that area but will have to leave the coned walkway open.  We will have security to help with parking, guide vehicles, and have limited shuttles for the farthest parking locations to assist guests.  You may have to be patient as the shuttles will be limited for those parking the fartherest.  

Security will direct those arriving where to park, and it needs to be followed to maximize the most efficient parking.  The staff will park the earliest to arrive to the back and work their parking closer as guests arrive.   

Following Commencements, both exits will be used and APD may have officers similar to what you have following the football games.  The shuttles will be near the front gate to transport those parked at the far ends of the parking lot.

Thank you for driving carefully and be mindful that there will be many people moving about before and after the ceremony ~ safety first when entering and exiting.

Thank you, 

Romeo Bourdage

Graduation Inclement Weather Notification ~ 10am on Graduation Day 

• Rain makeup day is Monday @ 7pm 

• Gates will open at 5:30pm.

SENIOR GRADUATION PARADE 

~ Friday, June 6th, from 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Route:  AHS parking lot ~ down Third St. to Campbell (right) up 2nd Ave to Ripley back to Third St and ending in the AHS parking lot

• Start in the AHS student parking lot; you should be early to decorate vehicles

  • All decorations must be in graduation theme

  • Parent/adult driver is best -- communicate with Mr. Bourdage with any concerns 

  • Trucks-- you may be in the back but may not exceed 15mph

  • Bring candy to throw

Seniors ~ the KAPUT Senior Celebration will begin following the parade at AHS until 2:30am.

Chromebook Update from APS Technology

Congratulations to the AHS graduating class of 2025! It is a great accomplishment and something, I hope, you all feel proud about as you take that next step in your life/career.

As you know, upon graduation you will be able to keep your Chromebook. Additionally, your APS student email account will be disabled. The goal of this email is to share some information on when these items will be completed and what you can expect. Please take a moment to review the information. Please let technology know if you have any questions.

Chromebook:

On Friday, May 30, 2025, the command will be sent to your Chromebooks to remove them from APS control. 

What to expect with the reset:

• After the reset command is sent, the next time you connect to wireless on your Chromebook, it will restart and reboot in the "out of the box" experience. At this point, all APS control will be removed from the device and you would need to create your local account.

• If you are online at the moment the command is sent - it will reboot without warning.

• You can create your local profile using your APS account but we suggest that you look into creating/using another Gmail account as your email account will be disabled (see below)

• After the reset, the device is yours to do as you see best. APS would no longer provide any support, repairs, etc.

Email Account:

Your APS student email account will be disabled on Monday, August 5, 2025.

This should give you plenty of time to have important emails changed to another account or to extract/copy emails that you may need. Once your account is deactivated you will not be able to access it and anyone who emails it will receive a rejection message.

Please be sure to let others know of your account change (especially colleges or those with other important communications you may require moving forward).

Thank you and congratulations!

DID YOU GET A YEARBOOK!? 

Starting May 27th, you no longer need a ticket to pick up your Yearbook. 

See Ms. O'Neil in E206

Before or after school, 1st Hour or 4th Hour

(If you are not in the building, send Ms. O'Neil an email to set up arrangements to pick up your book ahsyearbook@alpenaschools.com)

WE STILL HAVE YEARBOOKS FOR SALE! 

You can still purchase online. Use this LINK

You can bring cash or check for $85 to Ms. O'Neil in E206

Upcoming Events:

• 5/26/25 Memorial Day No School

• 5/27/25 Senior Exams

• 5/28/25 Senior Exams

• 5/29/25 AHS Choir Concert 7pm in the AHS Auditorium

• 5/30/25 Last Day for Seniors

  • Decision Day Schedule and event

• 6/2/25 Graduation Elementary Walk Throughs - Specific Days TBA

• 6/6/25 Senior Celebration

  • Senior Parade 6pm Leaving from AHS

  • Senior Celebration Starting at 7pm

• 6/8/25 Graduation 1:30pm at Park Family Field

• 6/10/25 Day One of Final Exams

• 6/11/25 Day Two of Final Exams -- 1/2 Day for Students

• 6/12/25 Day Three of Final Exams -- 1/2 Day for Students

  • Last Day for Students 1/2 Day