Announcements for the week of 10/2/23

Jaclyn MickeyOctober 2, 2023 Announcements

Announcements

Custodian Appreciate Day – October 2nd.  Please let our custodians know how much you appreciate them!  Help them out by cleaning up after yourself.

Arts and Crafts fair at UNM Continuing Education center November 11th from 10 am-4 pm/ 1634 University Blvd NE/ We will selling student art and the funds go to the artist directly. So please come out and support our amazing Visual Artists.

Being on time is important Tardies- reminder you must be in your class ready to work when the tardy bell rings, some students are walking in after the tardy bell. Teachers mark these students tardy unexcused unless they have a signed pass. If students have been tardy to your class 3 times or more, please make a plan with them to get to class before the tardy bell and call their parents to let them know their plan.

Please note that the use, possession, and distribution of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, smokeless tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, mood altering substances and illicit drugs at all schoolsponsored events both on and off campus are prohibited. Please keep this in mind when you pick up, drop off or attend school events and concerts. This includes parents as they attend events, pick up and drop off students. Thank you.

Save the date for the annual school carnival Panda Bam-Boo October 20th from 4:30-7 pm The Bam-Boo is our annual fall carnival that funds clubs, organizations, and PTSO teacher supplies. The PTSO is a 501(C) (3) non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible. Please support our students and the arts by helping us with this fundraiser and community event. Thank you! Please support the carnival with donations. Please see the sign-up genius here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054BADAA2FA1F58-44544626-annual

PAPA’s PTSO is asking for donations of gift cards of $10 or MORE to fill bags for our fun and very popular Mystery Bag fundraiser at this year’s PAPA Bam-BOO! Please bring your donations to the front office and let them know that they’re for the PTSO. If you have any questions, feel free to email papaabq@yahoo.com, and thank you for your support!

Origami Club will meet During Lunch every Wednesday (MS and HS)-get your lunch and come to Rm 16.

Students stay clear of the delivery area on Wednesdays and Fridays. It is an unsafe area for you to walk through as the drivers do not see you, and we do not want you to become road kill.

Restrooms are for business only, do not take your phone to the bathroom. Get in and get out! No loitering, vandalism, hanging out, skipping class, smoking or making out. The restroom is a dirty place and needs to be cleaned more than once a day and if you are in there for more that 10 minutes you will be called to come out.

Please do not forget In-service is Friday, October 6th and No School on October 9th and 10th – Indigenous Peoples Day and Fall Break.

Save the Date

MS Fairytale dance is Thursday October 5th from 6:00 – 8:30PM.

Seniors! The Senior Showcase Panel in which you have to perform what you’re working on/what you’re working toward is this Friday, October 6 from 9 – 11. It’s obviously okay if it’s still in the rough stages. Your attendance and participation are mandatory. It is a grade. Please be prepared.  After Senior Showcare, Seniors you can finish painting your parking spot if you have not finished.

PAPA would like to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on October 9th

Many students learn the phrase, “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”. But Columbus was not the first foreign explorer to land in the Americas. Neither he nor those that came before him discovered America—because Indigenous Peoples have populated the Western Hemisphere for tens of thousands of years. European contact resulted in devastating loss of life, disruption of tradition, and enormous loss of lands for Indigenous Peoples in the Americas. It is estimated that in the 130 years following first contact, Native America lost 95 percent of its population.Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere immediately experienced enslavement and theft of resources by the explorers turned settlers. Colonies created by the Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, and English grew throughout the Americas and increasingly encroached upon Native lives and lands. Warfare, enslavement, and forced relocation disrupted and altered the lives of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas. Celebrating Columbus and other explorers like him dismisses the devastating losses experienced by Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere in the past and the ongoing effects of colonialism today.

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