On Saturday, the APHS Girls Weightlifting Team competed at districts!
As a team, they finished 4th in Olympic and 5th in Traditional! They had a few PR’s and every girl finished way higher than they started this season!
Next stop, Regionals!
Olympic Results:
Grace Popa-Martinez-2nd
Skylar Hicks-5th
Kamila Watt-8th
Chloe Shoffner-2nd
Kamya Brassell-3rd
Jer-Myra Simmons- 5th
Hannah Burgos-5th
Cali Maisano-8th
Traditional Results:
Grace Popa-Martinez-4th
Skylar Hicks- 3rd
Kamila Watt- 9th
Janell Maldonado-8th
Jadyn Garrett-11th
Chloe Shoffner- 4th
Kamya Brassell- 2nd
Ivette Gonzale-5th
Hannah Burgos- 4th
Theresa Tomblin- 8th
Go Big Red! 🔥🔥
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Intersted in becoming a life guard? Here is more information about a lifeguard course that APHS is hosting.
APHS Competitive Cheer Team participated at Nationals and won 1st Place for Traditional, 1st Place for Game Day AND they won Overall Grand Champion!
They have done fantastic this cheer season.
We wish them luck at state competition!
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APHS would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Weikert Ford and their Mobile Service team. To show their appreciation for teachers and staff, they provided free on-site oil changes. APHS sends a huge thank you!
You rock!
Our senior student of the month for January, Taylor Reichert, was recently recognized at the Avon Park Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Taylor moved to APHS in her 10th grade year from upstate New York. She has been a competitive cheerleader for 13 years and a cheer coach and tumbling instructor for the past year. She is part of the veterinary program at APHS. She is also in her first year as an AFJROTC cadet and officer. She has been accepted to the University of Alabama, where she plans to study psychology to pursue a career in psychiatry, aiding those in the military and supporting Veteran's Affairs.
Congratulations to our January Students of the Month!
9th grade - Kadi Ogburn
10th grade - Juan Soto Sandoval
11th grade - Jiyai Lin
12th grade - Taylor Reichert
These are some pretty terrific red devils. Help us congratulate them.
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Join us for a planning meeting as we prepare to celebrate 100 years of APHS as an accredited school. We appreciate all ideas as we plan for this momentus occasion.
Attention Senior parent/guardian! FAFSA Night is January 25th @ 5:30 pm in the auditorium. This is an opportunity for your child to apply for free money towards their post-secondary education. Please bring your 2022 tax information, a valid identification, and your FSA ID that you created with your senior.
APHS Competition Cheer Team competed today, and they were on fire!
They placed 2nd out of 16 teams and earned their way STRAIGHT TO STATE FINALS!!!!
Congrats, Cheer! We wish you luck on your bid for the state championship in 2 weeks.
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Please see all APH weekly activities for the week of 01/22/24 at the link below.
https://aph.highlands.k12.fl.us/o/aph/page/aph-week-at-a-glance
Help us celebrate 'Literacy Week' next week at Avon Park High School January 22-26!
Tonight was senior night for boys' soccer.
Congrats to the four boys who were honored tonight with their families by Coach Virkler.
The seniors are Jose Islas,
Carlos Andre,
Juan Pablo Vera Sosa, and
David Najera Guzman.
We wish you luck with the remaining games of the season.
Congratulations to Skyler Navarro, who signed today to play softball for the South Florida State College Panthers upon graduation.
Skyler plans to attend SFSC to obtain her AA and continue her education in the EMT program.
Congrats, Skyler! We can't wait to see your next adventure!
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Congratulations to Avon Park High School which has been named to the 2023 AP School Honor Roll! Avon Park High School is a Bronze member of the Honor Roll! APHS had 58% of seniors who took at least one AP exam during high school, 28% of seniors scoring 3 or higher on at least one AP exam and 16% of seniors who took five or more AP exams during high school. Congratulations to the APHS Class of 2023 for this great recognition.
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Did you know Avon Park High School's app is built within the The School Board of Highlands County's app? The district's new app allows you to follow the schools of your choice. Download it today and then go to "My Organizations" and select the schools you want to follow to stay informed.
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3ROAdw7 Download for iPhone https://apple.co/46FR2gW
Please join us for a planning meeting for our 100 Years of Accreditation Celebration.
APHS has several job postings including School-based Health Worker, Enchancement Paraprofessional, and several athletic coaches. Come join our School of Champions.
Happy Holidays from the Faculty and Staff of Avon Park High School!
Avon Park High School has been an accredited institution by our accrediting agency, Cognia, for 100 years! What a great milestone! We plan to celebrate this school year. If you would like to help with our planning to celebrate 100 years, Night of 100 Stars in April, please refer to the attached flyer. We would love to have you join tonight for our planning meeting.
Take a look at this week's events at APH: https://aph.highlands.k12.fl.us/student-resources/aph-week-at-a-glance
