Website: https://ahs.usd385.org/
Location: 1744 North Andover Road, Andover, KS, USA
Phone: 316-218-4600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AndoverHighTrojans
Twitter: @AndoverHighKS

May 20th - 2nd & 6th hr finals

May 21st - 1st, 4th & 5th hr finals

May 22nd - 3rd & 7th hr finals - School dismissed @ 12:20 - lunch 12:20 - 1:00 - Busses @ 1:00

May 23rd - Detention Opportunity 8:00 -11:00 am

May 24th - Detention Opportunity 8:00 -11:00 am

SPORTS CAMP INFORMATION IS BELOW IN THE ATHLETICS SECTION

May 20th - Color Guard Tryouts 7:00 - 7:45 am, State Golf (@ Newton)

May 21st - State Golf (@ Newton), Girls Soccer (@ Maize South), Color Guard Tryouts 3:00 - 5:00pm

May 22nd -

May 23rd -

May 24th - State Track @ WSU

May 25th - State Track @ WSU

Wednesday, May 22nd: The lot west of AMS will NOT be available for AHS students to park in. There should be plenty of room in the main lot.

On Friday, May 3rd, AHS students had the opportunity to participate in "Away For The Day" which was part of STUCO's awareness campaign where we were asking AHS students to think about how their phone use during school impacts focus, engagement, and social connections. Students who participated by leaving their phone at home, in their car, or turning it into the office were given a free sonic drink voucher (we ran out and have more on the way!). Students who made it the entire school day were put into a drawing for one $100 gift card, two, $50 gift cards, and fifteen $10 gift cards.

433 students participated

182 students turned their phone into the office for the day.

182 students responded to a short survey sent to them at the end of the school day.

Survey Information:

99.5% made it through the school day without their phone.

On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being low and 5 being high...

83% of these students rated their stress level as being a 1 (46.7%) or 2 (36.3%).

73% of these students rated their focus level as being a 4 (49.5%) or 5 (22.5%).

68.7% rated their productivity level as being a 4 (40.1%) or 5 (28.6%)

87% of students rated their engagement with friends as being a 3 or higher.

94.5% of students indicated that they would do this again.

The following information was shared by STUCO with students throughout the week:

1. Research says that students who are regularly interrupted by text messages have 10.6% lower test scores. Just having a phone out on your desk has shown to cause a decline of focus during class.

• Let’s be real…turn off your notifications to all social media and messaging during school hours. Utilize your free time such as passing periods or lunch to check messages.

2. According to a study by Common Sense Media, 97% of 11-17 year old students use their phones during the school day with daily screen time ranging from less than a minute to 6.5 hours with a average time of 43 minutes. Think about that….43 mins is almost a class period on Wednesday’s and Friday’s.

• Let’s be real…set screen time limits for the apps you use the most. Establish personal boundaries such as only checking your social media during designated times such as lunch, passing periods, or when you truly have “free time.”

3. Research done by Common Sense Media found that teens use their phones on a daily basis, with an average use time of over four hours. Students pick up their phones an average of 51 times per day! Just having a phone out on your desk has shown to cause a decline of focus in class.

4. 54% of teens agree that social media distracts them from paying attention to the people they are with.

Thank you to all of our students and staff for participating in the event. We know that learning by experiencing can be an effective learning opportunity for our students.

- Mr. Riedy

May Family Talk

When summer first begins it feels like it will last forever, but if you’re like most of us, you blink and it’s gone. This summer, let’s take some time to intentionally create memories with our families! Head over to usd385.org/familytalk and grab three different Summer Bucket Lists for your whole family. One is designed specifically for elementary-aged kiddos, one for middle/high school, and one is blank so you can print and create your own list of fun ideas for summer! Challenge your family to find time to connect at least once every week, using these bucket lists to make that even easier!

Summer School through eCademy for credit advancement - Enrollment forms can be picked up in the counseling office.

• Courses are $150 per course.
• Students can choose from Health, Computer Applications, Algebra Review

Credit Recovery Summer School through Andover Central for English and Math

• Enrollment forms can be picked up in the counseling office.
• Credit recovery and skill improvement in Math and English. Students may recover ½ credit in each session if mastery of concepts is demonstrated. Sessions run from May 28th through June 27th Monday-Thursday in the morning and each session costs $200 for in district students.

Summer School through Orion for credit recovery- Information can be found HERE. Enrollment starts by contacting your student's counselor

The June and July tests are the best for rising seniors to achieve higher scores, especially if their first test was the state test earlier this year as juniors.

To register for an ACT PREP class at WSU on Monday, June 3 sign up here http://actprep.info/wsu

Parents, please remember that if your child has any medications in the health office at AHS, these must be picked up by a parent no later than 3pm on the 22 nd of May. Please make arrangements to pick these up on or before this day. If your child has medications to pick up, you will receive a letter in the mail to the address on file in powerschool. Any medication that is not picked up by this date will be disposed of, we do not keep medications in our offices over the summer. We do require that a parent pick up all medications for safety purposes. Also, Immunization letters will start coming out in the next couple of weeks. Please remember to get these vaccines updated over the summer so your student will be in compliance with our state mandated immunizations.

Thank you,

AHS nursing staff

Congratulations to the girls swim team for placing 2nd at State!!!

Brynn Eilert - 1st 200 medley relay, 12th 200 free relay, 10th 100 back

Kiersten Elliott - 1st 200 medley relay, 5th 100 Free, 2nd 100 Breast, 2nd 400 free relay

Hailey Ericksen - 12th 200 free relay

Mari Griffin - 1st 100 back, 1st 200 Medley relay, 2nd 200 Free, @nd 400 free relay

Anaya Madden - 14th 200 free, 14th 100 butterfly, 12th 200 free relay

Sophia Mandanis - 1st 200 Medley relay, 3rd 200 IM, 2nd 100 Butterfly, 2nd 400 free relay

Savannah Mann - 12th 200 free relay, 2nd 400 free relay

Every semester, 21st Century Journalism produces a class magazine as their final project. This year, The Spear has been edited by Erica High and Rylie Nance. Both students have shown significant leadership and skill in organization, design, writing, and photography. Be on the lookout for issues of The Spear available after our printing on Monday, May 20.

All tickets must be purchased online with GO FAN or by credit card. NO CASH will be taken at the entry gates.

To access Go Fan for tickets, click HERE