Morning Announcements March 28, 2025

Today is a B Day.

Today’s hot entrees at lunch are:  Fish and chipsTurkey ham and cheese on croissantSpicy chicken sandwichand Halal chicken sandwich

Today’s weather will be cloudy with a 0% chance of rain. The temperature today will be as low as 42 degrees F and as high as 66 degrees F.

From Ms DunbarGarden Club meets today. Join us outside Door #4 for some planting, weeding, and digging in the dirt. What a great way to end the week!

From Ms. Wall:Thank you to everyone who voted in yesterday’s Battle of the Books match.The winner of yesterday’s match is …. Tenth mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko We now have all the books competing next week’s Final Four:  BenBee and the teacher griefer, This book kills, Slugfest, and Tenth mistake of Hank Hooperman.  Get behind your favorites and vote starting Tuesday! Come to the Library and check out (or put a hold) on any of our 16 Battle books. Ask at the front counter!  Or check them out from Sora!

From the track coaches, Yesterday the track team ran their first meet of the season at Kenmore Middle School. The yellow jackets beat the cougars with a final score of 165.5 to 113.5! Great job runners and jumpers, check the track canvas page for the results.  The next track meet is here at TJ on Tuesday against Dorothy Hamm middle school. The line-up will be posted this afternoon.  It is not too late to join the track team. Join us at practice on Wednesday if you think you are the best of the best at running and jumping.

Here’s a special announcement:  [Ibrahim]Hi everyone,I am Ibrahim and I will talk about my Community Project on Food Insecurity.My plan is to help AFAC Arlington Food Assistance Center.I need your help on donations starting this week AFAC is most in need of the following.Canned tunaCanned soupsCanned vegetablesCanned tomatoesPeanut butter (in plastic jars)CerealPlease make a plan to donate food when you can?Thank you

From the Arlington Student FilmFest:

• Do you make films? You should submit a film to this year’s ASFF competition.  Any APS student can submit.  Films can be really any category.   Choose from:  drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, animation, experimental, music, news journalism, sports journalism, PSA, documentary, YouTube/content creation, and the 13th

If you are interested or have questions, ask Ms. Wall for more information or go to bit.ly/ASFF2025All films are due this Saturday 3/29 at midnight.

Here’s a special announcement:  [Mr. Malinosky]risk-taking award winners 8th GradeAnusha HossainMariia SharaievskaMohamed Cheibany Mohamed Amar DolphinsDavid Vallejos Claros DragonsChase Constantine MonarchsAnujin Erdenebaatar OwlsSadie Toves PenguinsRidwana Rahman StingraysAaliyah McDowell Ms. Holland-ShuffordMs. ShepardsonMr. Somerville

• There is no school on Monday in observance of Eid. We’ll see you back on Tuesday.
• Stay tuned after the Announcements for Ms. T talking students through the APS SEL survey.