Seniors Only:

1. Bring All scholarship offers received to student services. EVEN if you are not accepting the offer. Last year our students earned over 5M in offers, lets see if we can beat that goal with the Class of 2020!
2. Do you want your name on the college map in the lobby? Drop off your acceptance letter to Student Services.
3. If your college/university has requested a mid-year transcript and you applied through Common App or Coalition App, your transcript was automatically uploaded mid-February. IF you did NOT use those websites but only used CFNC then you need to log into your CFNC account to send your mid-year transcript to the school that is requesting it. If your out of state college is requesting a mid-year transcript order at wcpss.scriborder.com and it will be processed mid-February.
4. Ms. Sykes is our AFHS financial aid advisor that visits each Monday. To make an appointment with Ms. Sykes please stop by student services.

 
AP Testing & Parent Volunteers:
If you are interested in volunteering for AP Testing anytime between May 4th-15th please email the Dean of Students, Kari Kite, at Kkite@wcpss.net. Parents must have volunteer clearance through WCPSS. You will be assigned to proctor a test that your student is not participating in. Need to start the volunteer clearance process? Sign up in the front office.
All spring AP students were given instructions to register for the AP exams for this school year. Fall AP students registered in the fall to take the test in May. If your spring AP student has questions, they should contact their current AP instructors this coming week. Spring AP students must register by March 13^th to avoid a late registration fee.

Class Registration for the 2020-21 school year:
Counselors will be available outside of the entrance to student services during STAR lunch the week of March 2nd-6th to answer students registration questions.
Students attended class registration sessions during the school day on February 27^th. Hardcopies of the Registration Directions Packets were sent home with students that day. You can find this information on the student services website: https://www.wcpss.net/Page/36548
 Parents attended the evening registration sessions for their student’s grade levels. If you missed the Rising Parent Night presentations for each grade level, you can find the presentations on the student services website: https://www.wcpss.net/Page/40414
 
 
Upcoming Dates:
February 29^th-March 7^th-Students register online independently for the 2020-21 school year.
March 8^th-Registering for a class that requires an application? All applications due by the end of the day.
March 13^th-Registration Deadline for spring AP courses, contact AP teacher with ?’s
March 25^th-WTCC CCP Meeting. Registration is required through WTCC. WTCC Registration sessions will open around March 9^th Per WTCC.
WTCC-CCP Registration Link: https://www.waketech.edu/admissions-aid/career-and-college-promise/info-session


Summer Enrichment Opportunities:

https://www.wcpss.net/Page/36592

Scholarship Opportunities:

https://www.wcpss.net/Page/36894

 
For all Student Services announcements please visit the Student Services tab on the website. https://www.wcpss.net/Page/34698
 

Reminders:

Student Appointments for counselors: Appointments are scheduled using an online system.  Students can access this from their personal device at any time. Students may also use the computer in student services to sign up for an appointment. Students will receive a confirmation email after their appointment is set. This email is used as a pass for their classroom teacher. Students should always check their student email for any changes/cancellations from their counselor.  

Link for STUDENTS: https://www.wcpss.net/Page/36544

Parent Appointments for counselors:  Counselors are available to meet with parents by appointment. Please email your student’s counselor so that they can set up a date/time that works for everyone and ensures there is enough time to adequately address the topic of the meeting.  Parents should not use the student online appointment system. To find your counselor’s contact information: https://www.wcpss.net/Page/36544

Reminders:
Visit the Student Services website for our latest and greatest information: https://www.wcpss.net/domain/13891
Follow us on TWITTER: @AFHSstudentserv

 

2019-2020 Reflections Winners!
 

 
All submissions were judged by the following volunteer judges:
Jacquie Howarth, Studio 123 - https://www.jacquiehowarthart.com/
Cynthia Mollenkopf, Cocoon Gallery - https://www.cocoongallerync.com/
Jane Wolfgang, Jane Wolfgang Studio - https://janewolfgang.com/
 
Wake County Award Winners

 
2D Visual Arts (Wake County)
3^rd Place - Amishi Goel, Perspectives of Life - 10th Grade
 
3D Visual Arts (Wake County)
1^st Place - Jaden Slattery, Internal Beat - 12th Grade*
2^nd Place - Sydney Nguyen, Persona - 12th Grade
Honorable Mention - Olivia Rudd, A Beautiful Mind - 10th Grade
 
Music (Wake County)
1^st Place - Zachary Chase Bonin – Sonder*
 
Apex Friendship High School Award Winners
Please see below for the 2019-2020 local AFHS PTA Council Reflections Program Winners!
 
Literature (AFHS)
1st Place:  Michele Jennings, Soul of Shards - 12th Grade
2nd Place:  Serkute Abebe, We the People - 11th Grade
3rd Place:  Jackson Haycraft, Within the Mind - 9th Grade 
 
Music Composition (AFHS)
1st Place: Zachary Chase Bonin, Sonder - 11th Grade
 
Photography (AFHS)
1st Place:  Devin Sehgal, The backyard we should all have - 10th Grade
2nd Place:  Cole Swain, Realization of a Dragonfly - 11th Grade
 
Visual Arts 2D (AFHS)

 
Visual Arts 3D (AFHS)
1st Place:  Jaden Slattery, Internal Beat - 12th Grade
2nd Place:  Emma Markusen, Judgment - 10th Grade
3rd Place:  Olivia Rudd, A Beautiful Mind - 10th Grade
Honorable Mention:  Anna Durnin, Open-Minded - 12th Grade
Honorable Mention:  Sydney Nguyen, Persona - 12th Grade
 

ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY MARCH 19-21
 
This reimagined version of the timeless fairytale expands on the original classic musical with additional songs combined with a funny and romantic script which introduces some new characters and surprising twists.  Featuring the talents of the students from AFHS’s Theatrical Arts, Chorus, Dance, Technical Theatre, and Music Departments and cultivated by the multiple DPAC Rising Star Award-winning AFHS creative direction team - This is a Royal Ball you will absolutely not want to miss!
 
$10 assigned seat tickets are available for purchase at www.afhstheatre.org for all of our shows:
 
March 19-21 @ 7:00PM and MARCH 21 @ 2:00PM
 
(Stay after the Saturday Matinee for photos with Cinderella, Prince Topher, Fairy Godmother, and More!)
 
Buy your tickets today before the best seats are gone – see you at the show!
 

 

Senior Send Off planning meeting
 

Our first planning meeting will be on Wednesday, February 19 at 7 pm at Panera in Apex. . If you are interested in planing the event, please join us!

But first, COFFEE!
Our workrooms are just about empty and our teachers need fuel to get through the second half of the year. Support them by buying some K-Cups and support us by doing it through smile.amazon.com!  If you sign up below, we'll be able to track our inventory. Although donations are welcomed at any time, we are trying to restock by next Friday, March 6th. We appreciate your support. So do our teachers!
 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e48a5ae2aa6f49-butfirst