Arrowhead high schoolscience team excels at stateCongratulations to the Arrowhead Science Team for taking Second in State at the Science Bowl January 26th! Team members are Max Strange, Griffin Tschurwald, Meridith Johnson, Zach Bednarke, and Alex Stran...
AHS Forensics Team
Arrowhead high schoolForensics team does well at TournamentThe Forensics Team had a great showing at the DeForest Forensics Tournament; AHS had 6 students bring home trophies and 3 won their events and a great showing by the rest of the team. Congratulations to Mr. Steve Schmid, advisor, the entire Forensics team, as well as the following individuals: Shannon Johnson1st Oral Interpretation of LiteratureMorgan Smearon1st StorytellingIan Cogswell1st Duo InterpretationOlivia Dellomodarme1st Duo InterpretationRachel Feder3rd Duo InterpretationKaileigh Pieroth3rd Duo InterpretationAmy Teske2nd...
AHS Students Reach Out to Africa
Arrowhead high schoolTwo Amazing students reach out to helpYoung people in AfricaAHS JuniorElle LichteTwo Arrowhead students, Jessica Yost and Elle Lichte, started a charity called the 15:30 Project. They began this charity after going to Africa and working with kids who desperately needed help getting an education. Last year, Mrs. Whitehaus, AHS English teacher, convinced all her students in the class to support a charitable effort to help these young people in Africa, raising approximately $200. Well, this year, the two Arrowhead juniors contacted Mrs. Whitehaus and wanted...
Art Student's Work on Display
Arrowhead high schoolAP studio art student's work on displayDelafield art centerThe Fine Arts Club has set up a show of Arrowhead Student Art at the Delafield Art Center, which runs through January 31, 2013. Works on display are from Mr. Luebke's Advanced Placement Studio Art students.On Thursday January 16, an official opening reception was held at the Delafield Art Center, located at 803 Genesee Street (corner of Genesee Street and Milwaukee Street, around the corner from The Milwaukee Street Trader coffee shop).The opening reception was well attended and exceeded expectations. The...
Proposal to Change Graduation Requirements
AHS Graduation RequirementsThe Board Personnel Committee has reviewed a proposal to modify the graduation requirements at AHS. The proposal was approved and will advance to the full board for discussion and action to approve at the February 13th board meeting.Currently, students receiving alternative education options at Arrowhead Union High School earn an equivalency diploma upon completion of requirements. The transcript speaks to the “path” the student took to earn an Arrowhead diploma. The proposal recommends that students be awarded a regular diploma upon completion of requirements...
AHS Band Going Goofy?
AHS SeniorBrianna MeyerArrowhead High School senior Brianna Meyer contributes monthly articles to the Lake Country Publications to be published in the Living Lake Country Sunday edition. The following is Bri’s article, which will appear in the January 27th publication:Arrowhead Band Heads to DisneyLate last year, the band directors at Arrowhead announced that all five ensembles would be able to travel to Disney World from February 21-24, 2013. Now, with February 21 quickly approaching, directors Jacob Polancich and Stacey Zwirlein are putting the final touches on their group before...
Traffic & Pedestrian Issues Being Addressed
Generous Private Donation Allows AHS to Begin Improving Campus Pedestrian and Traffic IssuesIn October, 2010 a group of community members tasked by the Board of Education met for approximately 7 months to develop facility recommendations. The group was called the Facility Community Task Force (FCT). The FCT identified a wide spectrum of facility-related needs and possible solutions. One of the areas identified was "Logistics, People, and Parking." The FCT identified that Arrowhead needs to improve traffic flow on campus of both people and vehicles: "Vehicular...
School Success Program
Arrowhead High School IntroducesNew School Success ProgramThe Arrowhead High School Student Services Department strives to provide a wide variety of services focusing on the needs of all students in order to promote student school success. Over the past year and a half a group from the Student Services Department has been working with Willowglen Academy, an outside mental health provider, looking at how to address the needs of students with intensive mental health needs greatly impacting their ability to learn and attend school.Currently, Arrowhead staff and families are supporting...
Arrowhead high schoolKudos to the following students and staffKudos to Cheri Kaiser, science team advisor, and the Arrowhead Science Team for taking first place at the Opportunities Conference Science Competition at MSOE. Team members were:Strange, MaxTschurwald, GriffinFilmanowicz, JohnStoner, KaitlinVan Gilder, AndrewMcColl, ParkerOsowski, StephanSchneider, NathanFilmanowicz, JohnMedal winners in general science were Andrew Van Gilder and Zach BednarkiMedal winner in Chemistry was Max StrangeMedal winners in Physics were Parker McColl and Zach BednarkiMedal Winners in Biology...
Picturing Arrowhead: Avoiding the Roadblocks with eBooks
Check out Donna Smith, technology and library media specialist, at Arrowhead High School as she blogs at Picturing Arrowhead: Avoiding the Roadblocks with eBooks: the most recent post talks about Arrowhead College Strategies students who are reading and note taking via Nook. Rather than feed a growing paperback budget and have students highlight with traditional markers, Liz Jorgensen's classes are reading and highlighting electronically. The class, designed to prepare students for college is perfect for teaching this type of skill. &nb...
Arrowhead Student Excels
Arrowhead senior accomplishes Something specialArrowhead High School senior Stephen Osowski has earned all 134 badges offered through the Boy Scouts of America and is the first person from Southeastern Wisconsin to do so in almost 20 years. According to a recent article, only two percent of all Boy Scouts will become Eagle Scout, the organization’s highest rank, and only half a percent of them will earn all 134 merit badges. Nationally there have 181 individuals who have earned all 134 badges.CONGRATULATIONS STEPHEN!...
AHS DECA
ARROWHEAD DECA SOARS OVER COMPETITION AT DISTRCT COMPETITIONOver 70 Medals Earned-22 Qualify for State CompetitionEleven Students Earn Top Five in EventsWales, January 2013 – On Saturday January 13, 2013 over 700 high school Marketing students from 34 schools all over southeastern Wisconsin came together to compete in the DECA (an association of Marketing students) District Career Development Conference at Kettle Moraine High School. Students applied everything they have learned through their Marketing classes in role play presentations and comprehensive exams....
