Friday, May 20th

Friday, May 20th


Any outgoing 8th graders interested in playing soccer next year at Arapahoe, please visit the AHS athletics website, click on Boys or Girls soccer, and fill out the google form with your contact information. GO ABK!

Thursday, May 19th

Thursday, May 19th



Attention all students that have had Woods, Metals, or STEM this year: ALL PROJECTS MUST BE PICKED UP AND TAKEN HOME by the end of the day TODAY. Students - you may come into class at the end of the day to pick up final work to take home if you do not have room in your locker.


Any outgoing 8th graders interested in playing soccer next year at Arapahoe, please visit the AHS athletics website, click on Boys or Girls soccer, and fill out the google form with your contact information. GO ABK!

Wednesday, May 18th

Wednesday, May 18th

Today is the final CORE card drawing for the semester. All tickets are back in the mix - turn in any cards you might still have to the main office.


Attention all students that have had Woods, Metals, or STEM this year: ALL PROJECTS MUST BE PICKED UP AND TAKEN HOME by the end of the day on THURSDAY. Students - you may come into class at the end of the day to pick up final work to take home if you do not have room in your locker.

Tuesday, May 17th

Tuesday, May 17th


Tomorrow will be the final CORE card drawing for the semester. All tickets are back in the mix - turn in any cards you might still have to the main office.

Attention all students that have had Woods, Metals or STEM this year: ALL PROJECTS MUST BE PICKED UP AND TAKEN HOME by the end of the day on THURSDAY. Students - you may come into class at the end of the day to pick up final work to take home if you do not have room in your locker.

Monday, May 16th

Monday, May 16th


The semester CORE card drawing will be this Wednesday, May 18. All CORE cards turned in throughout the semester will be added back into the mix. If you have any cards that you would like in the drawing, drop them by the main office!

 

Friday, May 13th

Friday, May 13th


Attention all Pumas! If you would like to purchase a yearbook, you may do so by bringing $45 to the office. Your name will go on the waitlist. There are limited quantities available, so don't miss your chance to get your copy of the award-winning The Prowl Yearbook.


Heads up, Pumas! There will be 3 jugs in the cafeteria through TODAY to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Please add money to your specific grade level’s jug. All donations go towards LLS and the winning grade level will have a prize during lunch next week. So, instead of buying an extra cookie at lunch, donate to cancer research and help local kids!


Students, today is the last weekly CORE card drawing, so make sure you turn in your CORE cards!


Yesterday, we concluded the Fitness Finals with the Partner Pacer and boy was it a good one.
Our Co-Ed team of Alexa LeDuff and Gabe Nix ran their hearts out to beat the school record by 2 lines finishing at 180 lines!!
Audrey Thiel and Keira McElhiney placed first for the girls with 130 lines, while Cartie Soucie and Cole Beyer squeaked out a win against Maddox Mangers and Liam Folk by 1 line finishing at 187!
Great effort partner pacer groups and again, congrats to all TOP 10 Finalists who competed this year. We look forward to next year's competitions!!

Thursday, May 12th



Thursday, May 12th


Hey Pumas! Tonight is the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social from 4:30 - 5:30 on the blacktop


Attention all Pumas! If you would like to purchase a yearbook, you may do so by bringing $45 to the office. Your name will go on the waitlist. There are limited quantities available, so don't miss your chance to get your copy of the award-winning The Prowl Yearbook.


Heads up, Pumas! There will be 3 jugs in the cafeteria through Friday to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Please add money to your specific grade level’s jug. All donations go towards LLS and the winning grade level will have a prize during lunch next week. So, instead of buying an extra cookie at lunch, donate to cancer research and help local kids!


Students, tomorrow will be the last weekly CORE card drawing, so make sure you turn in your CORE cards!

Congrats to our Partner Mile & Push-Up Finalists on Tuesday!
The track was on fire with a couple groups close to surpassing the school record in the Partner Mile.
Gabe Nix & Trajen Frasier burned up the track with an astounding 4:32 win for the boys!
Ava Budler & Alexa LeDuff were on fire with a 5:02 win for the girls!
While for the Co-ed championship, Kayla Hanson & Liam Folk took the gold with a 5:08 time!
Way to go speedsters and thank you for all the runners making this a great event!

In the gym, strength was the name of the game as our Push-Up finalists gave it their all! 6th grader, Caden Muller, came out on top with 67 amazing Push-Ups while 8th grader, Ava Budler, took the top for girls with 32! That's some serious upper body strength people!

We had a great turnout by all and looking forward to the Partner Pacer Finals to end all events tomorrow. Stay tuned!!

Wednesday, May 11th

Wednesday, May 11th

Attention all Pumas! If you would like to purchase a yearbook, you may do so by bringing $45 to the office. Your name will go on the waitlist. There are limited quantities available, so don't miss your chance to get your copy of the award-winning The Prowl Yearbook.


Hey Fitness Finals Pumas!

Reminder that the Partner Pacer Finals will be run tomorrow. See you then!


Heads up, Pumas! There will be 3 jugs in the cafeteria through Friday to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Please add money to your specific grade level’s jug. All donations go towards LLS and the winning grade level will have a prize during lunch next week. So, instead of buying an extra cookie at lunch, donate to cancer research and help local kids!

Tuesday, May 10th

Tuesday, May 10th

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream - especially when it is dished up by Powell staff members. Come join us next Thursday, May 12, from 4:30-5:50 for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social located on the concrete by the basketball courts. Have your parents complete the RSVP that went home last Wednesday, May 4, to let us know you’re attending. We need the RSVP completed by 3:00 tomorrow!


Student Council we will have our last meeting of the year this Wednesday at 9:15 in room 3040

Attention all Pumas! If you would like to purchase a yearbook, you may do so by bringing $45 to the office. Your name will go on the waitlist. There are limited quantities available, so don't miss your chance to get your copy of the award-winning The Prowl Yearbook.

Attention NJHS students - we will meet in Mrs. Donda's room TODAY after school for our outdoor service project. Bring your own pair of gloves and/or a rake to use if possible.


Fitness Final Students: Don't forget to sign up for the Partner Pacer tutorial if you have qualified!
Remember it has been moved to this Thursday, May 12th.


Heads up, Pumas! There will be 3 jugs in the cafeteria today through Friday to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Please add money to your specific grade level’s jug. All donations go towards LLS and the winning grade level will have a prize during lunch next week. So, instead of buying an extra cookie at lunch, donate to cancer research and help local kids!

Monday, May 9th

Monday, May 9th


Hey Fitness Finals Pumas!
Due to some last week school wide activities, the PE department has had to change the date on a couple Fitness Finals events. Please note that:
Tomorrow, May 10th, we will be running the Partner Mile AND the Push-Ups Finals.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream - especially when it is dished up by Powell staff members. Come join us next Thursday, May 12, from 4:30-5:50 for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social located on the concrete by the basketball courts. Have your parents complete the RSVP that went home last Wednesday, May 4, to let us know you’re attending. We need the RSVP completed by 3:00 tomorrow!

Student Council we will have our last meeting of the year this Wednesday at 9:15 in room 3040

Magic: The Gathering Club will have our final meeting of the year this afternoon after school in room 1068. See Mrs. Blake if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

Attention all Pumas! If you would like to purchase a yearbook, you may do so by bringing $45 to the office. Your name will go on the waitlist. There are limited quantities available, so don't miss your chance to get your copy of the award-winning The Prowl Yearbook.

Today is the LAST DAY to sign up for the spikeball tournament this Wednesday after school. Get a group of 2 - 4 students together and come pick up a sign up sheet in the attendance office today.

Attention NJHS students - we will meet in Mrs. Donda's room TOMORROW after school for our outdoor service project. Bring your own pair of gloves and/or a rake to use if possible.

Friday, May 6th

Friday, May 6th



Ice cream, ice cream, who wants some ice cream? Hopefully, it’s you! Come join us next Thursday, May 12, from 4:30-5:50 for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social located on the concrete by the basketball courts. Have your parents complete the RSVP that went home Wednesday, May 4, to let us know you’re attending.


It was a beautiful day for the girls to compete in their 20 min run yesterday!
Representing 6th grade, Maddie Pepe ran 10.25 laps finishing 1st! For 7th grade, Julianne Dail improved by 1.25 laps finishing with an astounding 11 laps and Alexa LeDuff finished strong for the 8th grade girls with 10.5 laps!
Thanks to all runners for giving it their all!!


Congratulations to Lilly Duran for being recognized this morning at the Optimist International Youth Appreciation Ceremony this morning. Lilly was chosen to represent Powell and was given the Youth Appreciation Award because of her positive mindset, consistent empathy, and unrelenting optimism. Congrats, Lilly!

Thursday, May 5th

Thursday, May 5th


Powell’s next Dining for Dollars is this TONIGHT at Papa Johns! 20% of sales will be donated to our school! Order online or over the phone, for Delivery or Carryout – all day long! Thursday, May 5th!
When ordering, mention or enter promo code: SCHOOL1 to receive credit.


As a community service project, Ms. Jayasanker's and Mrs. Toland's Core Plus students have sorted, organized, and delivered lost-and-found items from twenty different classrooms. There are dozens of water bottles, clothing items, and school supplies leftover without any identification. Please plan to look at the Lost-and-Found Pick-Up tables near the ramp on Wednesday and Friday morning this week to claim your items.


Hey Pumas, Who’s craving ice cream? If it’s you, join us for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social Thursday, May 12th, from 4:30-5:30 on the blacktop by the basketball courts. It’s everyone’s favorite event! Have your parents complete the RSVP that is going home today to let us know you are attending!


On Tuesday, we had some abs of steel flexing in the gym for the Plank Finals! A big congrats for phenomenal form and time goes to Caden Muller with a time of 4 minutes and Maddie Pepe with a time of 4 min 30 seconds. Great job and thanks to all who participated!
Good luck to the 20 min run girls today during tutorials. If you want to enjoy some fresh air and cheer them on, come on out! Just stay outside of the fence line please!

Wednesday, May 4th



Wednesday, May 4th


Calling all eighth graders! Are you interested in speaking at the Continuation Ceremony this year? If so, pick up a flier from your Language Arts teacher and bring your prepared speech to audition in Ms. Jayasanker's room on Thursday, May 5. Although the speech doesn’t need to be perfect for the audition, it’s really helpful if you rehearse beforehand!


Powell’s next Dining for Dollars is this Thursday at Papa Johns! 20% of sales will be donated to our school! Order online or over the phone, for Delivery or Carryout – all day long! Thursday, May 5th!
When ordering, mention or enter promo code: SCHOOL1 to receive credit.


As a community service project, Ms. Jayasanker's and Mrs. Toland's Core Plus students have sorted, organized, and delivered lost-and-found items from twenty different classrooms. There are dozens of water bottles, clothing items, and school supplies leftover without any identification. Please plan to look at the Lost-and-Found Pick-Up tables near the ramp on Wednesday and Friday morning this week to claim your items.


I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream - especially when it is dished up by Powell staff members. Come join us next Thursday, May 12, from 4:30-5:50 for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social located on the concrete by the basketball courts. Have your parents complete the RSVP that is going home TODAY to let us know you’re attending.


Hey Fitness Pumas!
Due to some last week school wide activities, the PE department has had to change the date on a couple Fitness Finals. Please note that:
On Tuesday, May 10th, we will be running the Partner Mile AND the Push-Ups Finals.
On Thursday, May 12th, will be the Partner Pacer. See you soon!


Congratulations to the 6 Powell sixth-graders whose poems were recently selected to be published in "A Celebration of Poets" from the Creative Communication Spring 2022 Writing Contest! Only the top 45% of entries submitted from across the nation are invited to be published. Congratulations to the following 6th graders:

Addie Jones for her poem "Marvelous Morgan"
Marley Render for her poem "Gunnison, Colorado"
Riley Stearns for his poem "Where I am From"
Ethan Hunt for his poem "My Sharp, Strong Blade"
Olivia Cherney for her poem "Soccer"
Kaveri Nagpal Nagpal for her poem "The Elegant Enigma"

Congratulations to these and all of our Puma writers who entered the contest!
If you are a writer who would like to consider entering your writing in contests or submitting it for possible publication, Creative Communication's upcoming Summer 2022 Poetry Contest Deadline is August 11th, 2022. Please see Mrs. Jordan for more information.
We are so proud of all of our Puma authors!




Tuesday, May 3rd



Tuesday, May 3rd

Hey, Pumas get ready to perform your longest Plank ever! See you this morning after you check in with your CORE+ teacher.
A reminder that the Girls 20 min Run finals are this Thursday! Please sign up for our Tutorial if you have qualified and want to burn up the track!!
Go get 'em Puma athletes!!


Calling all eighth graders! Are you interested in speaking at the Continuation Ceremony this year? If so, pick up a flier from your Language Arts teacher and bring your prepared speech to audition in Ms. Jayasanker's room on Thursday, May 5. Although the speech doesn’t need to be perfect for the audition, it’s really helpful if you rehearse beforehand!


Powell’s next Dining for Dollars is this Thursday at Papa Johns! 20% of sales will be donated to our school! Order online or over the phone, for Delivery or Carryout – all day long! Thursday, May 5th!
When ordering, mention or enter promo code: SCHOOL1 to receive credit.

Monday, May 2nd

Monday, May 2nd


Your 8th-grade girls volleyball girls wrapped up their season with 2 wins on Saturday. The B girls got things started by winning in three competitive games. The girls never wavered in how they played the game as they worked for three hits the entire match. The girls earned the win in those three games thanks to amazing serves from Kacky R and Emery M.

The A girls took the court against the feisty team from Euclid. The girls let a late lead slip away from them as they had to fight back in clutch time to get the win in the first game 27-25. The second game the girls out hit Euclid 27 - 5 but Euclid was able to keep things close with their serves. But Lilah V would not be stopped as her clutch serves in both games finished the job. And if you weren't there you should have seen and heard some of Morgan A's hits - wow.

The C girls were the only ladies playing for the championship. They came out of the gates strong as they narrowly won the first game. The Vikings pushed back and won the second game. The girls scrapped and clawed for every loose ball but Goddard's serves were too much as the girls lost in that third game. Great serves were seen from Lily E, Tatum K, Avery L and Katelynn M.

Be sure to congratulate the girls on a fantastic season. Girls, please listen later in the week for when our party is going to be for us to celebrate the season.




Congratulations to the 25 Powell students who recently participated in the Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum 55th Annual Creative Writing Contest! The Arapahoe Community College judges were impressed with the quality of their writing.

Congratulations to sixth-graders:
Izzie Usagani for taking 2nd place in the Fiction category for her "Wildfire" piece.
Anna Rowe for earning Honorable Mention in the Poetry category for her "Where I'm From" poem.


Congratulations to seventh-grader, Lily Stallilonis, for taking second place in the Poetry category for her "The Old Barn" poem.

Finally, congratulations to our eighth-graders:
Brianna Murray-Matos for taking second place in the Poetry category for her "Let's Learn" poem.
Remi Wozniak for taking 2nd place in the poetry category for his "The Narwahl and the Unicorn - A Metaphoric Thought" poem.
And a special congratulations to Goergia Jewell for taking FIRST PLACE in the Fiction category for her "Ten Years Apart" piece.



Congratulations to these and all of our Puma writers who entered the contest!