FROM THE DESK OF: Adam Kurth, Principal

Greetings AHS Families and School Community,

The last newsletter of the 2024-2025 school year. As the adage goes, long days, short years.

It has been an amazing year! The end of the year always highlights how special the Arrowhead school community is. Last week, we honored over 200 students in a new celebration, the Academic and Awards Breakfast. The list of celebrations is posted below and a few images are also posted below. I always hope to remind our community that the success our students accomplish, with the support of their families and AHS staff, is highly, highly uncommon. Most schools may have a perfect ACT, state champion, Jerry Award Winner, National Qualifier, etc. maybe once a year. Arrowhead has multiple students, groups, and teams recognized at the highest level, every year.

This year was a heavy lift. Our students and staff were weighed and measured and exceeded expectations. At the most recent board meeting, Superintendent Farner shared that this year AHS saw the best academic scores we have seen since prior to Covid. We're proud of all that our students have accomplished this year. The summer will be spent building on the efforts of this year and ready to welcome our students back for the 2025-2026 school year.

Thanks to our AHS families for your patience and flexibility this year. We hope everyone enjoys a safe and restful summer.

Go Warhawks!

Adam Kurth,

Principal, Arrowhead High School

UPCOMING EVENTS

June 4-5: Senior ExamsJune 6: Graduation Walk and Senior PartyJune 7: GraduationJune 11-13: Exams (grades 9-11)June 16 - July 24: Summer School

UPCOMING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS
June 4: All Committees meeting (Policy,Finance, Building & Grounds, Curriculum, and Personnel) 6:00 PM, District Board Room
June 11: School Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, District Board Room
July 9: School Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, District Board Room
August 6: All Committees meeting (Policy,Finance, Building & Grounds, Curriculum, and Personnel) 6:00 PM, District Board Room
August 13: School Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, District Board Room

GRADUATION INFORMATION

LAST DAY TO PURCHASE GRAD GRAMS!!! DUE Wednesday, June 4th by 3:30pm to the offices or online!

Please help us end this journey for our students with special, written memories or notes of congratulations to our graduates. Grad Grams are available in the high school offices or online at www.arrowheadpto.com/grad-grams!

We're excited to celebrate the graduating class of 2025!!

Please see the link HERE for information.

Additional information is listed below.

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 7:30 pm

Commencement will be held outdoors in the football stadium. The stage faces the home bleachers with the students seated facing East.
Gates will open at 6:00pm. No early access is permitted.
Students will enter in alphabetical order and be seated by last name A-Le on the left (north) side of the stage and Li-Z on the right (south) side.
Please see this linked information which was shared with seniors during lunch meetings on May 21st. This helps families know what is expected of our graduates.
There are no tickets for guests of the graduates and no limit to the number of guests per graduate. Seating for our families is available in the home bleachers. Additional seating is available for elderly and handicap attendees on the football field near the graduates, on the outer edge of the track against the bleacher base, and in the front rows of the bleachers which are accessible through ramps behind the stadium that lead to the reserved seats. Staff will be in the area to assist as needed.
For those who can’t make it to the ceremony, it will be live streamed using a link that will be sent closer to graduation from this AHS Youtube channel. For families with mobility or weather concerns, we will present the live stream in our AHS North Campus Theater.
Empire Photography will be on site taking pictures and will contact families with information on how to access the photos.
Graduates arrive at 6:00pm and should plan to be in their assigned classrooms at Arrowhead North Campus no later than 6:30 p.m.
We will send out room assignments for our seniors as we get closer to graduation and share the link with families in a future email.
Because of the size of our graduating class, our ceremony must be held outside to accommodate all families. The ceremony is scheduled on Saturday night to allow for inclement weather and may cause us to move the start of graduation to an earlier or later time on Saturday, or postpone until Sunday, June 8th starting at 1:30 p.m. If held on Sunday, graduates should plan to arrive at Arrowhead no later than 12:30 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE! We do everything we can to host the ceremony on Saturday, often rain or shine. We do not book the equipment, furniture, photographer, sound engineer, and numerous other parts of our graduation for Sunday because we would need to pay to reserve those services for both days. So in turn, we are not guaranteed any of those services. if we move the event to Sunday. In addition, if we have bad weather on Sunday, the result is an indoor ceremony where only two tickets are offered per family.
If weather is threatening, please monitor emails for a Skylert message on Saturday.

2025 SENIOR PARTY

Before you get to proudly watch your senior cross the stage to receive an AHS diploma on Saturday, June 7th, your senior will be enjoying a final party with peers the night before the graduation ceremony. With that, WHY NOT HELP GET THE PARTY STARTED! We are asking you to let us know if you would be interested in helping.

Please complete the questions in this Google Form so we can be in touch moving forward. THANK YOU in advance for your help!

Graduate Yard Signs

IMPORTANT UPDATES AND INFORMATION

END OF YEAR INFO!

In short for families:

Senior families

Last day is Friday, June 6th with the Grad Walk! All Seniors are to be at school by 8am with their cap & gown and will be released by 12pm.
Exams are Wednesday and Thursday- these are full days of school and seniors are required to attend all classes.
All materials must be returned and fines must be paid before graduation.
Diplomas can be picked up June 11, 12 or 13, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Freshman, Sophomore, Junior families

Students last day is Friday, June 13
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday are half day exam days
Students are expected to attend all classes but do not need to attend study halls.

Exam schedule below.

Exams

Exams & Lab Days Schedules

Summer School

STUDENTS CAN STILL SIGN UP FOR SUMMER SCHOOL!

We would like to share Arrowhead Summer School information with you. Below is a list of important information for you to be aware of before you sign up for a class. If you have signed up for a class, you will receive additional information in May.

Location

Summer school will be held at North Campus (unless stated otherwise)
Students are to enter using Door 1
If you are not sure where your class is located, there will be staff and information in the lobby at Door 1 the first week

Summer School Dates

Summer School begins Monday, June 16 and ends Thursday, July 24
Classes will be held Monday through Thursday
- No classes are held on Friday
Session one runs 7:30 - 9:55 am
Session two runs 10:00 - 12:25 pm
Session three 12:30 - 2:55 pm (Traditional and Performance PE only)

Attendance

Students can not miss more than 2 days of summer school; on the third absence, the course will be dropped with a failing grade added to the transcript - NO exceptions
- If you know your student will miss 3 or more days, please do not enroll in a summer course
- Students enrolled in Adventure Phy Ed, need to review communication sent from those teachers as NO absences are allowed

Every Day On Time is still in effect during the summer session so please remember:
- An absence is when a student is 20+ minutes late for class; under 20 minutes is a tardy
- 4 tardies = 1 absence (student can not have more than 2 absences)

Dropping a Course

If you register for a class but decide you no longer wish to attend, you need to do so on or before June 19th (end of the first week of summer school) to avoid the penalty of a failure. Let your teacher know and also contact Ms. Gordon to drop your course(s). gordon@arrowheadschools.org or x4210
If you meant to drop your summer school course(s) but neglected to officially drop it by the end of the first week, you will receive a failing grade.

If you have any questions, please contact Becky Gordon at gordon@arrowheadschools.org.

We are looking forward to another fantastic summer!

ARROWHEAD HIGH SCHOOL

SCHOOL BOARD

Hello, Arrowhead Community!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ARROWHEAD CLASS of 2025!

June 7 will mark a proud milestone for our graduates - and it’s also a celebration of those who stand in continuous support behind them.

A heartfelt thank you to our parents and families who have nurtured, encouraged and advocated for their children. A sincere note of appreciation to our committed Arrowhead team of teachers, administrators and staff who, on a daily basis, offer support and guidance to our students.

Your ongoing dedication to and belief in these kids has made a difference; your contributions have helped to shape futures that are bright for these young people. As we acknowledge the achievements of our students, we share this special moment in time in recognition of all those who have made these journeys possible.

Congratulations to our graduates and the team that inspired their success!

Kim Schubert

School Board President

CELEBRATIONS!

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Students of the Month is a monthly recognition highlighting outstanding students who have captured the gratitude and appreciation of both teachers and administrators. Our goal is to celebrate the exceptional qualities and achievements of students who display dedication, leadership, academic excellence, and high-quality character within our school. Congratulations to these incredible students who represent the true quality of our AHS student body!

Congrats to our APRIL Students of the Month!

Congrats to our MAY Students of the Month!

Academic and Activities Awards Breakfast!

Arrowhead was proud to celebrate over 200 students at our first ever Academic and Activities Awards Breakfast! Activities Director, Ryan Mangan recognized over 20 different accomplishments for AHS students and student groups from this year including Perfect Attendance, 4.0+ GPA over 5+ semesters, National Merit Finalists, Art awards, Writing awards, Jerry Awards for theater performance, Music Solo & Ensemble, National DECA qualifiers, HOSA, Forensics, and many other impressive achievements! Great job to our AHS students!

Committed to Serve

Arrowhead High School is proud to celebrate nine students who have chosen to serve our country after they graduate from AHS. Those students were recognized in a special ceremony this morning at the AHS Awards Breakfast. Military representatives were on hand to help honor these students and speak to their commitment. Our gratitude to the following seniors:

Tyler Knaebe, Army

Breckin Saffert, Air Force

Andrew Jahn, Navy

Rachel Meyer, Navy

Nate Thorpe, Navy

Olivia Kucharski, US Coast Guard Academy

Zachary Zalewski, Marines

Aiden Figueroa, Marines

Nora Hansen, Army-ROTC at UW-Green Bay

Honoring Memorial Day

Check out the Leaders Mindset 2, Flags and Flowers project in honor of Memorial Day! US History Classes joined in by identifying a flag with name of relative who was in the military, getting a name from the veterans display case, or getting a name from Hero cards. They then presented in class the veteran name, rank, military branch, job, etc.

Thanks to all of the donations to make this project come together- Lorleberg's True Value donated the flags and potting soil, Gorth's Country Gardens donated the flowers, and thanks to Mr. Reichle and Mr. Haase who donated the planters. Students also did an amazing job presenting each Hero in class and then planting the flag in their hero's honor!

PARENT GROUPS

Arrowhead Scholarship Fund (ASF) and Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

AHS PTO

Much appreciation from the AHS staff to all of the families who donated, baked, and purchased for Teacher Appreciation Week! Teachers shared that they have never felt more appreciated by our parents with the incredible effort displayed during the week.

AHS PTO - Next meeting is at 6:30pm at North Campus on Monday, June 23rd

If you want to get involved with the PTO but can't make a meeting, feel free to reach out to us at hello@arrowheadpto.com!

FACEBOOK

INSTAGRAM

WEBSITE

Support the AHS PTO at no cost to you via Raise Right. You can purchase gift cards (physical and digital) where the retailers and restaurants send a portion directly to the AHS PTO. If you download the App on your mobile device, you can have the gift cards delivered directly to the app within minutes of purchase. The link to sign up is https://www.raiseright.com/enroll/TJ18CTSKL7AM.

Arrowhead Scholarship Fund

the Arrowhead Scholarship Fund recognized over 100 students and awarded over $110,000 in scholarships to AHS seniors. Thanks to President Abbie Holland, Katie Andrew, Karen Fickel, Jackie Lentz, Patrick Noll, Emily Pfeiffer, Tricia Wilson, and Hilarie Tuerk for all of your work for our students! And thank you to all of our sponsors and donors for your continued support of this great event.

PARENT INFORMATION

ACT National Testing Dates at Arrowhead

Is your student thinking about taking or retaking the ACT during the 2025-26 school year?

Right now, ACT is offering a 2 test bundle for $99. This voucher will cover the registration fee for two no-writing tests. Currently this exam is $65 each time, so this voucher will save you at least $31 over the normal price for two attempts.

You can use the voucher on any two national test dates from this summer through June 2026.

2025-26 ACT dates (all of the dates listed here are offered at Arrowhead):

September 6, 2025
October 18, 2025
December 13, 2025
February 14, 2026
April 11, 2026
June 13, 2026

Registration for the 2025-26 dates should open up in mid-July.

If you want to take advantage of this offer, you need to sign-up and pay for the voucher through this link by Tuesday, June 10.

We will order all the vouchers after the June 10th deadline, and you will receive your voucher from Ms. Charles once they arrive. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Charles (charles@arrowheadschools.org).

ACT PREP: SUMMER 2025

Summer is the best time to get an edge!

You’ll find that ACT academic coaching enhances skills, knowledge, and confidence as students learn strategies and practice ACT passages with expert guidance.

All summer classes will be held at Arrowhead High School.

Please use this link for additional details, contacts, cost and registration.

LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL MATH SUPPORT FOR ACT PREP? Please see this link for MORE MATH PREP

SUMMER READING

On behalf of the AHS Language Arts Department, we’d like to request your assistance in keeping your child reading over the summer months. While there is no specific required summer reading list that we are asking your child to complete, we are strongly recommending that all of our students read avidly — for pleasure — over the summer so as to widen their breadth of background knowledge and increase reading stamina. A realistic goal would be to encourage your child to read at least one book per month this summer. Even better, we recommend you consider reading alongside your child so as to encourage deeper engagement with the text and spur opportunities for discussion and meaningful time spent away from screens. Consider patronizing your local public library or visiting the libraries here at AHS prior to summer break.

The books that your child selects do not necessarily have to be particularly challenging or considered high school “classics,” but rather, they should be texts that your child genuinely feels excited to read and that feel interesting and engaging for them, regardless of genre. Our primary goal in this endeavor is to help all of our students become more curious, skilled readers. Being able to walk into class feeling confident on that first day in September will make your child’s school year — and likely their entire high school experience — so much more rewarding.

We’d also like to recommend a database to help your child find just the right books: YALSA's Teen Book Finder App & Database, which can be found at https://www.ala.org/yalsa/products/teenbookfinder or by scanning the QR code below.

Have a wonderful, safe summer, and please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

The AHS Language Arts Department

ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES OFFICE UPDATES

Boys Lacrosse - 3rd in Conference to Kettle Moraine and Mukwonago. Record is 10-5. They play Homestead on Tuesday, June 3 at Arrowhead in the WIAA Regional Playoff game.

Girls Lacrosse - Conference Runner up to Kettle Moraine. Record is 10-4. They play Mukwonago on Tuesday, June 3 at Arrowhead in the WIAA Regional Playoff game.

Boys Tennis - Classic 8 Conference Champs. 5th at WIAA Sectionals. They qualified a few individuals for WIAA State in Madison on June 5th, 6th and 7th. Eason Zhang will play singles and Tyler Reinders and Mason Long will play Doubles.

Boys Golf - Classic 8 Conference Runner-Up to Oconomowoc. They are WIAA Regional Runner-Ups to Oconomowoc again. They play on Tuesday, June 3 in the WIAA Sectional Round at The Legend at Bergamont Country Club.

Girls Soccer - Classic 8 Conference Champs. They begin their WIAA playoff season on Tuesday, June 3 with a game at Arrowhead against West Bend.

Softball - Classic 8 Conference Champs and WIAA Regional Champs. Their season record is 21-4. They play in the WIAA Sectional Semi-Final game on Tuesday, June 3 with a game against Hamilton at Sussex Hamilton.

Baseball - Classic 8 Conference co-champs with Mukwonago. Their season record is 19-5. They begin their playoff season on Thursday June 5, at 4:30pm at Arrowhead.

Boys Track & Field - Classic 8 Conference Champs, WIAA Regional Champs, WIAA Sectional Champs. The team qualified several athletes to compete at the WIAA State meet in Lacrosse on Friday and Saturday, June 6th & 7th.

Girls Track & Field - Classic 8 Conference Champs, WIAA Regional Champs, WIAA Sectional Champs. The team qualified several athletes to compete at the WIAA State meet in Lacrosse on Friday and Saturday, June 6th & 7th.

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Follow our social media to see results of each of our team's play!

Please fill out the google form on the sports page of the Arrowhead website - https://www.arrowheadschools.org/activities/sports/spring

Please make sure the athlete's annual online athletic forms are complete. They are the concussion form, the WIAA eligibility form and the athletic permission form. The forms can be found on the FAMILY access skyward account. Please also make sure the athlete has a current green physical exam card on file in the activities office.

All of these items must be current and complete before the first day of practice / tryouts in order to be eligible to participate.

Activities Office Contact Information

Activities Director: R.yan Mangan 262-369-3612 Ext 4203 mangan@arrowheadschools.org

AD Assistant: Patrick Cottrell 8:00am-4:30pm 262-369-3612 Ext 4202 cottrell@arrowheadschools.org

Activities Asst: Jill Bradley 7:00am-10:45am 262-369-3612 Ext 4213 bradley@arrowheadschools.org

Activities Asst: Tina Groff 10:45am-4:00pm 262-369-3612 Ext 4213 groff@arrowheadschools.org

Fax: 262-367-1870

School Year Hours: 7:00am-4:30pm

Click HERE for information on all of our Clubs and HERE for our Fine Arts Programs!

REPEATED PARENT INFORMATION AND UPDATES

PARENT COMMUNICATION UPDATES

We are excited to announce two new communication features we want to share with our AHS families:

Emergency Text Messaging System

To receive our emergency text messages, please use your phone to opt in and text "yes" to the number 67587.
- If you have another child in one of our feeder districts, you may receive a message that you are already enrolled.
- If you do not opt in, we will do our best to use email and social media for communications as soon as possible.

Changes to Attendance/Absence Procedures for Parents

In an effort to create an easier and more efficient process for families to enter absences, AHS will be transitioning to using the Parent Access to Skyward for submitting student attendance. We still accept phone messages but it is our hope that the Skyward App becomes the main method of absence notification.

Skyward App Absence Reporting

Log in
Select Main Menu
Select Attendance
Select Add Absence Request
The following will automatically be entered
1. Student Name
2. School
3. Current Date
The date can be changed to enter a future absence
If absence is not all day, click green switch to enter time period of absence
1. It is critical that you enter the time in and out, if not all day, so we have an accurate picture of the time your student will be gone (for example, part of a class period or only part of a day).
Select Reason (drop down box)
1. If you select “other” please enter comments on the reason
Comments (optional unless you selected “other” for the absence reason)
If you want siblings to be absent on the same time and day, click the green yes by that child’s name

Absence Requests from Guardians within Skyward Mobile App VIDEO

AHS FUNDRAISING

AHS Programs Financial Support

School funding is always a challenging world to navigate. Each year, schools see a set of opportunities with costs associated with them that are unable to be funded by the current state funding and the AHS budget. We often have families with the means to support such opportunities who have expressed that there isn't an avenue to be made aware or to donate directly to a need. Each newsletter, we will list opportunities for our community to consider supporting. There is never an expectation, only an appreciation for considering.

Current Considerations

The Warhawk Rise Program - We are still looking for a committed benefactor who would like to support this great event! A new program we are developing at AHS that will recognize any student who has improved their grade point average by 1.0 or better from one semester to the next. (EX: from a 2.5 Fall semester to a 3.5 Spring semester) This is a significant achievement by students who put in great efforts toward success that may not always receive the recognition they deserve. The annual cost of this program runs about $4,000 each year and includes a semi-formal celebration brunch with their families invited and and gift bags recognizing their efforts. Please contact Principal Adam Kurth at kurth@arrowheadschools.com or North Counselor, Kelly Matthias at matthias@arrowheadschools.org to support.

Arrowhead Scholarship Fund - This amazing program provides an incredible amount of scholarships each year thanks to the generosity of our community. Families and companies have the ability to provide direction as to how their scholarship would be decided and awarded. Please see the ASF Donor Webpage for more information!

AHS Tennis Courts Fundraiser Please consider supporting our tennis efforts to update and upgrade our AHS tennis courts!

Something we missed?

Please email kurth@arrowheadschools.org and let us know! We want this newsletter to have all of the information our families need.