Announcements

Ankeny Centennial Prom

The Ankeny Centennial High Prom will be held on Saturday, April 9th from 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. at the Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center located on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

Ticket Sales

Tickets will be $20 each and will be sold online through the district’s Touchbase system. View the instructions to access Touchbase. If you have trouble accessing Touchbase, please contact Sandy Pieper at ACHS at 965-9610 for assistance.

Tickets will go on sale at 8:00 am on Monday, March 21st and will be available through midnight Monday, April 4th. This the ONLY time tickets may be purchased.  They will NOT be sold at school or at the door.  Tickets are only allowed to be purchased by parents/guardians of Junior or Senior CHS students.  A maximum of two tickets may be purchased per student.

Dance Guest Request Forms will be available on Monday, March 21st and can be picked up in the front office at CHS.  Dance Guest Request Forms must be filled out for any guests that do not attend CHS and 10th grade students that attend CHS.  No students in grades 9 or below or above 20 years of age will be allowed to attend.  No guest will be admitted the night of the dance without this form being on file.

Students will need to pick up purchased tickets during lunches on Wednesday, April 6th through Friday, April 8th. Students will NOT be able to pick up tickets other than these times. To pick up tickets, students must present their current school ID. If a student is bringing a guest that is not a Junior or Senior student at CHS or a sophomore at CHS, their guest request form must be approved before they pick up their tickets. All dance guest request forms must be turned in by 4:00 pm on Monday, April 4th.

All CHS students will need to have their ticket and school ID for admittance into the prom and their guest needs their ticket and a photo ID for admittance into the prom. The previously mentioned ID’s will be needed for admittance into After Prom as well.

High School juniors and seniors are welcome to attend After-Prom, whether or not they attend the dance. The After-Prom committees, comprised of Ankeny parents, have been working diligently to bring students a SAFE, substance-free, fun-filled night.

ACHS After-Prom – will start at midnight-5:30 a.m. at ACHS.

Junior and Senior Parents: To make After Prom a success, we need parent and business donations. Your committee is working hard on the business donation part, but we need more parent help.

1. DONATIONS NEEDED NOW! We count on about 300-400 ACHS parents (both juniors and seniors) to donate a recommended $30 to provide the funding and cash flow to put on this event. To date, we have only received 100 ACHS parent donations. If you are able, please consider making a contribution! Your student will get way more than $30 worth on a wonderful night of 5 hours of entertainment and prizes. (You do not need to attend Prom to attend After Prom.) You can donate via Venmo or have your student drop off a check at the high school office.
2. VOLUNTEERS You don’t have to be a junior/senior parent to volunteer. We are looking for adults that can help between midnight and 5 a.m. Use the Sign Up Genius link HERE or QR code and make sure to scroll down to look for a role that fits you. Casino, inflatables, photo booth, laser tag, tattoos, cleanup… so many choices! We need you!

If you have a senior, please send in the baby/senior pictures by March 31st, 2021.

See our flyer in the newsletter for all After Prom details and follow us on social media. https://www.facebook.com/AfterPromACHS/

A prescribed (controlled) burn of the District’s prairie grasses will be executed this spring. The DNR recommends a burn every three years to maintain prairie grasses. District staff conducting burns have been trained and certified in prescribed burns.

March: In Like A Lamb, Out Like A …?

As we are enjoying this unseasonable balmy first day of March here are some important dates to remember.

• February 28 – March 3rd: Parent/Teacher Conferences
• March 11th: No School
• March 14-18: No School/Spring Break

View our parent calendar for more.

What: Meet Rachelle Chase the author of Buxton: Creating the Black Utopia via zoom
Why: Learn about Buxton, Iowa, and a chance to win $2000 Scholarship
When: Wednesday, Feb. 23,  3:50 to 4:50 p.m.
Where: ACHS Media Center

We are excited to launch the process of re-imagining our graduate profile! This document will work together with our strategic plan and equity framework to help chart a path for the district’s future. Please view this short survey to provide feedback on our graduate profile.

The goal of college planning night is to get sophomores and juniors along with their parents/guardians equip with the proper information about selecting colleges and an understanding of how admissions and the scholarship application process works. By the end of this event parent/guardians and their students will have a better understanding of how colleges look over transcripts information such as ACT score, GPA/SAT scores and high school course selection.

Other topics that will be covered are:

• Career Exploration and Assessment
• Academic Preparation and Requirements
• Admission Process and Requirements
• College Selection and Campus Visits
• Application Process
• Understanding Costs – Cost of Attendance
• Scholarships
• Successful Transitions

College planning night will take place Tuesday, February 22 at 6:00 PM. The event will be held in the AHS Auditorium.

Several students from the Ankeny Community School District were recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing contest during the month of January. Their work was blindly adjudicated by a panel of creative professionals and recognized as the most outstanding work submitted among their peers.

Scholastic Art and Writing is the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7-12. Our students will be honored at an online celebration in March sponsored by Belin-Blank at the University of Iowa.

Our two students with Gold Key honors are automatically considered for national awards.

L to R: Vivian Powell, Celeste Rieder and Kalyani Bhat

L to R: Olivia Lammers, Brenna Coleman, Lillie Hamlin, Ella DeHaan.

World Read Aloud Day is Wednesday, February 2, 2022! For 13 years, World Read Aloud Day has called attention to the importance of sharing stories by challenging participants to grab a book, find an audience, and read-aloud! The global effort, created by the non-profit LitWorld and sponsored by Scholastic, is celebrated annually in over 173 countries and is all about bringing people together through the shared connection of reading aloud in all of our communities.

Several opportunities are happening all week long in our schools! View the Scholastic World Read Aloud Kit here, or go to https://www.litworld.org/worldreadaloudday for more!