High School Daily Announcements
ANNOUNCEMENTS 7:50 AM Today is a White Day 2 – Tues., April 23, 2024
The Junior/Senior Prom is on Sat., May 4th. Guest slips for students that do not attend our school are available in the office & are due back by Wed., May 1st. A freshman or sophomore can only attend if they are a guest of a junior or senior. Just a reminder that guests have to be verified as a student in good standing by the principal of their home school so plan for turn around time.
Sports today: Boys Tennis away at Bradford excused at 11:30 if you eat C lunch eat during B lunch; Var. Track home against ECC; JH SB home against St. Marys
Did you forget to order a yearbook? There are a limited number of yearbooks still available for online ordering at jostens.com. Order yours before April 30 to guarantee that you get a copy!
Junior Student Council invites all seventh & eighth-grade students to the annual semi-formal spring dance this Fri., 6:00-8:30 pm in the café. Tickets will be sold this week for $5 during PM star outside of room 212 & in lunch A. No tickets will be sold at the door & no guest slips are permitted!
Do you have an empty juice or Gatorade bottle with a large cap? Please save the caps and drop them off in the box located outside Mrs. Green's room 118 for Art club.
For those who already registered, intramural pickleball games with be held today & Thurs. in the CDMG during PM STAR. No spectators will be permitted.
It's once again time for you to vote for The Punxsutawney Spirit's teacher of the year. To vote for your favorite teacher all you need to do is pick up a copy of The Punxsutawney Spirit and look for the Teacher of the year ballots that will appear in every Spirit edition up to and including the May 6th edition. All votes are to be dropped off in the yellow mailbox outside the Spirit office and all submissions must be submitted by 4 pm May 6th.
PSSA’s for grades 7-8 will be tomorrow & Thurs. for ELA. Tomorrow testing is during Pds. 1 & 2, Thurs. is during AM Star & 4th Pd. For testing Mrs. Peterson’s HR will report to room 240, Mrs. Norton’s HR will report to room 134, & Mr. Hughes HR will report to room 202. iPads should be fully charged.
Permission slips for the 10th grade field trip to the Altoona Curve game should have been distributed in HR. Permission slips are due tomorrow. Students your attendance on this trip is a privilege that can be revoked at any time due to poor conduct in school between now & the field trip.
Attention Science Club Members: We are meeting in room 132 during the AM STAR period today to hear a presentation by a guest speaker. ALL members should attend.
Ambassador Seminar Group will meet today during AM Star in room 126.
NHS will meet today during PM Star in room 226.
Foreign Language Club will meet today during PM Star in room 137.
Students going to the Cavalcade today should report to 1st pd. for attendance & report to the aud. following the flag salute.
Students going on the Fallingwater field trip today should report to 1st period for attendance & then report to the aud. lobby following the flag salute.
Leader in Me 9-12 will meet tomorrow during AM Star to complete the MRA.
There will be an important meeting tomorrow in room 127 during PM Star for all girls in grades 7-11 who plan on playing basketball next year. Please see Mr. Carlson in room 203 if you are unable to attend.
All students trying out for the competitive cheerleading team MUST have an updated physical packet turned into the athletic office and a permission slip signed and returned to Coach Leslie by Mon., April 29th.
There will be a rehearsal tomorrow PM Star in the aud. for Tri-M Induction. Tri-M Induction is tomorrow at 7 PM in the aud.
Show Choir will rehearse after school tomorrow.
Yearbook will meet on Thurs. during AM Star in room 228.
There will be a Boles meeting this Thurs. at 9 AM in the GOCR. The senior class officers should attend (Taylor Weaver, Kendall, Couser, Noah Greenblatt & Alex Deppen).
Any student interested in taking AP Biology next year should attend a meeting on Thurs. during AM Star in room 127.
Recycling is Thurs.
Piano Lab is on Thurs. during AM Star.
NJHS will meet on Thurs. during PM Star in room 133.
Junior Student Council Officers will meet on Thurs. during PM Star in room 212.
Treble will rehearse on Thurs. during PM Star in the aud.
Student Council will meet on Fri. during AM Star in the aud.
Art Club 7-8 will meet on Fri. during PM Star in room 118.
Art Club 9-12 will meet on Fri. during PM Star in room 111.
Any sophomore or junior interested in Dual Enrollment for fall, Miss Hand has received the information and registration forms for the in-person classes at IUP Punxsy. Please see her asap for the application.
Mid-term grades for the 4th 9 weeks must be posted in SIS by 11:59 PM tomorrow. Mid-term reports will be distributed on Fri.
Attention seniors – Sat., April 27th will be the 1st of 3 required Saturday graduation practices in order to graduate on Wed., May 22nd. This is considered a day of school. It will be held from 8 AM – 11 AM in the aud. Please submit an excuse to the office if you are not able to attend. Donuts, juice & milk will be provided.
FFRC will meet on Thurs. during AM Star in room 113. This meeting is for planning Mock Crash.
The District is hiring summer workers for summer maintenance & IT Technology help. $8.50/hr., Mon. thru Fri. - daytime hours - must be enrolled in an accredited post-secondary education program. Applications are available in the high school office or on the District’s website.
Any student between the ages of 13 & 15 interested in attending Camp Cadet this summer can pick up a brochure in the Guidance Office for more information.
Attention Juniors NOW is the time to register for the SATs here at PAHS. We will administer the SAT on May 4. This year we can only accommodate a much smaller group, so seats are going FAST! If you feel that you qualify for a fee waiver, please see Mrs. White. If you have questions on registration, please see Mrs. White or Miss Hand.
Free after school tutoring is available from 2:35 – 4:35 in the library. There’s no need to sign up ahead of time – just stay after school & join in. Students are expected to be engaged in school work. Activity buses leave the HS at 5:30 & have stops around the district.
Do you want your ideas heard? Place your ideas in Student Council’s new suggestion boxes! They can be found outside of Ms. Good’s room 130 and in the cafeteria. They’ll be checked weekly so we can work together to better our school!
Students are to be in 1st pd. in their seat by the time the 7:50 bell rings. If you are not in your seat, you are considered late for school regardless of your reason for not being in 1st pd. Students who are not in their seat by 7:50 should be sent to the office to sign in the late book & will need to bring in an excuse from their parent for the tardy. If you are late for school 3 times, you will be referred for detention.
Students are reminded to return an excuse within 3 days following an absence or tardy – turn the excuse into your 1st pd. teacher or drop it off in the office anytime throughout the day. All excuses from parents for students to leave the building for doctor or dental appointments, or any other reason, must be handed into your 1st pd. teacher just as soon as you enter class. Your name will appear on the absentee sheet. When you are ready to leave the building, you must stop in the office to sign out & pick up an excusal form that you must have signed at the place of your appointment. Remember, only an excusal note from your parent and/or guardian will be accepted by the office. The note must contain the place of the appointment, time of the appointment & time leaving the building. Students should include their first & last names on ALL excuses turned in & when signing in & out of school. When it’s time for a student to leave for their appointment, it’s their responsibility to come to the office to sign out – the office does not want to call to remind students it’s time to leave.
When students are aware that items are being dropped off in the office for them – it is their responsibility to come to the office to pick the items up. The office will not call you to let you know the items are here.
Bus passes should be submitted to the office by the student. Do not put them in the attendance envelopes.