FROM THE DESK OF: Adam Kurth, Principal
Thanks to all of the AHS families for the feedback on the updated newsletter. There are many contributors to each edition of the newsletter including Superintendent Myrah, Sue Casetta, Adam Boldt, Becky Gordon, Deb Paradowski, Ryan Mangan, our counseling and student services team, and many others. We hope this continues to be a source of convenience for our families.
Please take note of the information regarding this Thursday's AHS Open House Night listed below. This is a great opportunity to connect with your son or daughter's teacher and learn about their current classes.
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Homecoming week is next week!!! We are excited to bring back some of our great school and community events. We hope you will stop out to the parade at 4:30pm in downtown Hartland. Then, come watch our Warhawks get it done, watch our dance and cheer teams represent, and hear our band rock the halftime show.
Thanks to all who came out to support this year's DECA HAWKFEST! A great time was had by all and some awesome support provided to the DECA selected charities- The Make a Wish Foundation and Humane Animal Welfare Society (HAWS).
The next few weeks are a great time in the high school year. Fall athletics and activities are in full swing, the weather is ideal for both learning and extracurriculars, and classes hit a rhythm. Enjoy the changing fall weather and changing colors!
Adam Kurth
Principal, Arrowhead High School
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sep. 23rd: Open House(6:00 - 8:30)***note the change from the original district calendar
Oct. 1st: Homecoming Parade (4:30)
Oct. 1st: Homecoming Game (7:00)
Oct. 2nd: Homecoming Dance
See more details below for all Homecoming events!
Oct. 7th: Please eat at Noodles in Delafield! ASF fundraiser
Oct. 28th-29th: No school for students. Staff Professional Dev.
Nov. 4th: Parent-Teacher Conferences***note the change from the original district calendar
CONTACT INFORMATION
LAURA MYRAH- myrah@arrowheadschools.orgSUE CASETTA- casetta@arrowheadschools.orgADAM BOLDT- boldt@arrowheadschools.orgDONNA SMITH- smith@arrowheadschools.orgADAM KURTH- kurth@arrowheadschools.orgRYAN MANGAN- mangan@arrowheadschools.orgDEB PARADOWSKI- paradowski@arrowheadschools.orgBECKY GORDON- gordon@arrowheadschools.orgStaff Contact WebsitePARENT OPEN HOUSE
We hope to see many families out this Thursday, Sept. 23rd. Please see the linked document for detailed information.
AHS HOMECOMING!
Please review the following documents at your convenience!
2021 Homecoming Week Information to Parents
Homecoming Guest Dance Form 2021.docx
CELEBRATIONS!
National Merit Semifinalists!
Conratulations to our 12!!! National Merit Semifinalists. Through their participation in the National PSAT assessment, these 12 students scored in the top 50,000 scores nationally. Students typically opt-in to taking this test and over 1.5 million students take the assessment, placing these studentsin the top 3% of students taking this test. Incredible accomplishment!
In alphabetical order-
Anvita Bansal, Hannah Cabush, Samuel Harkavy, Aidan Jacobsen, Oliver Lee, Kate Lundberg, Isabelle Myers, Sam Polentini, Ainsley Reichert, Olivia Reiter, Caitlin Robel, David Zhou.
ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES
September 27th kicks off Homecoming Week Schedule!!
Movie Night - Wednesday 7:30 PM on the Turf
Parade - Friday afternoon 4:30 PM
Football Game - Friday evening 7 PM vs Waukesha South
Homecoming Dance - Saturday, October 1 at 7:30 PM.
Fall season updates - The Girls Tennis and Golf teams are rounding out their seasons and will be starting their championship tournaments :
Golf - Conference Sept 22 @ the Broadlands; Regionals Sept 30 at Watertown CC
Tennis - Conference Sept 24 @ Woyahn (Waukesha) ; Regionals October 4 at Oconomowoc HS
In May of 2021, the Arrowhead Scholarship Fund (ASF) was able to award $75,250 in scholarships to the graduating AHS Class of 2021 attending higher education at two- and four-year institutions!
ASF is a nonprofit organization that works with individuals, businesses and community members to provide Arrowhead High School seniors with scholarships each year. Since 1958, ASF has honored the achievements of well-rounded students by awarding more than $2 million in scholarships.
In addition to community scholarships, ASF also raises additional scholarship funds through events including our upcoming Noodles Night on October 7th from 4-8pm in Delafield, and our annual auction each spring.
If your student is a Senior this year, it’s important to note that the application for the 2022 ASF Scholarships will open in December. All graduating seniors will be emailed when the online application is available and are encouraged to apply.
Help ASF to honor the achievement of the AHS students by supporting the fundraisers and get involved by emailing asf@arrowheadschools.org.
For more information on the Arrowhead Scholarship Fund, please visit www.arrowheadscholarshipfund.org
COVID 19 Updates
Out of concern for the health and safety of our students and staff, along with a key goal of maintaining in-person learning, please:
Take responsibility for keeping yourself, your child(ren), and others as healthy as possible.
If your child is showing COVID symptoms, do not send her/him to school. Return to school after:
a. isolating for 10 days and returning after the symptoms are gone, OR
b. receiving a note from a physician explaining it is an alternative illness/ailment, OR
c. obtaining a negative COVID test.
(PCR tests are effective. Per the local health department, home test kits are for awareness only and should not be accepted as proof of a negative test.)
If your child has been exposed to COVID, particularly within the household, consider quarantining for 10 to 14 days. If close-contact quarantining is not a chosen practice, watch carefully for symptoms and consider the use of a mask at Arrowhead for at least the 14-day COVID incubation period to prevent potential disease spread to peers and staff members.
During these first couple weeks of the school year, Arrowhead has had 36 confirmed positive cases of COVID in students and 8 more in staff members. Last week, we averaged 160 students called in sick each day (COVID, and certainly other illnesses, as well.) Approximately 500 students have been close contacts of one or more of those confirmed positive cases, with 15 close contacts ending up positive with COVID. As a comparison, last school year by September 17 Arrowhead had 8 confirmed positive cases in students, and no confirmed positive staff members. During all of last school year there were 270+ students confirmed positive with COVID. Of approximately 2,800 close contacts during the school year, 36 of them ended up positive with COVID with about 6 likely linked to spread at school.
Whether the increased cases this school year is due to masks being optional, or the Delta COVID variant being far more contagious, or other reasons … we simply don't know, nor does the Waukesha County Public Health Department have any definitive answers for us. In consultation with that local health department leadership, they shared these peer-reviewed studies regarding COVID spread in schools last year. The health department director also stressed that COVID transmission occurs more frequently among unvaccinated people than the vaccinated, and unvaccinated people tend to become more sick than the vaccinated.
The Arrowhead School Board holds the responsibility of making the rules regarding our COVID mitigation strategies. Currently, masks, close-contact quarantines, vaccinations, and physical distancing remain optional. Our superintendent provides school board members weekly COVID data updates. Also, the COVID 19 Communication webpage, reporting confirmed positive case numbers, is updated at least once per week. It is important to understand that actual cases of COVID may be more prevalent than what is noted on that webpage because students and staff members may be choosing to not get tested when ill; only confirmed (with a COVID test and reported to school) are shown on the webpage.
In terms of procedures, the school board would hold a meeting to discuss any potential changes to our COVID-related plans, if/when necessary. Further, in an emergency situation of a quick, widespread illness outbreak (in consultation with the local health department), or if faculty absenteeism levels prevent in-person learning, the superintendent (or the state health department) has the legal authority to close school. This never had to happen last school year at Arrowhead, so let's hope for the same this school year! If a closing must occur at some point in the future, temporary virtual learning would be implemented until the student population could return to campus.
Let's be One Team to 'stay safe to stay open' here at Arrowhead High School!
Parent Support!
ARE YOU A MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL?
Health Occupations class is having their annual career fair on October 8th from 8-10:15 a.m.
If you are a parent or a community member who is a medical or health professional, we would love to have you as a guest speaker.
If you are interested, please contact CTE Program Leader, Brenda King - king@arrowheadschools.org 262-369-3611 x3128 by September 27th.
Parent Support!
Attendance Procedures
We are getting many inquires about the best procedure to get your son or daughter released from school in a timely manner for appointments scheduled during the school day. If your son or daughter needs to leave during the school day for any reason, please send them with a note signed by you the morning of the appointment. Students should bring notes to the Attendance Office between 7-7:20 a.m. to receive their pass to leave. This procedure is the most efficient way to get students released on time for appointments without having to interrupt classes.
We realize that from time to time appointments need to be made last minute and therefore you are unable to send a note. In these instances, please call the Attendance line a.s.a.p. and feel free to leave a message. Passes will be written and waiting for students to pick up in Attendance. If the student is unaware of the appointment, please let us know and we will try to get the pass to the student before the time they are expected to leave.
State Statute 118.15(3)(C) states that parents may excuse their child from school for not more than 10 days (all of part of) in a school year. So we encourage students to bring back medical excuses from appointments which will ‘exempt’ the absence, meaning it would not be counted as one of the 10 days allowed.
If students are feeling ill during the day, they should report to the Health Room first. The Health Room will then contact the parent in regard to releasing the student to go home.
Thank you for your cooperation.
South Campus/District Office
700 North Avenue
Hartland, WI 53029
(262) 369-3611
Attendance: ext. 4101
North Campus
800 North Avenue
Hartland, WI 53029
(262) 369-3612
Attendance: ext. 4201
TECH AT ARROWHEAD
Be a Canvas Parent Observer!
See your child's online course materials by registering with our course management system (CMS), Canvas.
Parents need to click on the Canvas icon at the top of the website or go to https://arrowhead.instructure.com
Click on the words "Parent of a Canvas User? Click Here for an Account."
Complete the parent sign up form. You will need a PAIRING CODE from your child (teachers and school counselors can also give you your child's pairing code).
What can you see as an observer? Here is an Observer Visibility and Participation chart.
Have more questions? FAQs here.
Want more? Check out the Canvas Observer/Parent Guide.
What can you expect to see in Arrowhead's Canvas instance? Watch the quick video below.