Return to School Monday, May 5, 2025
School is back in session on Monday, May 5, 2025. Please read entire message for more information.
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Kicking off the school year with a sweet treat during recess!
A-RMS Teachers Support A-R Band
Popsicles on the playground to celebrate the new equipment!
A-RES Student Council Student of the Month
Cross Country WPIAL athletes
School lunch is one of our favorite times of the day!
Fall has arrived and we are enjoying all it has to offer!
Middle School PTA Pie a Teacher day is always so much fun!
Mr. Skiba’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee spent time reading to elementary students
A-R Marching Band participated in the Kennywood Parade!
Kindergarten smiles are always welcome!
Homecoming parade
Halloween math fun in Mrs. Bowser’s class!
Mrs. Deceders room celebrated International Dot Day from the book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds! The Dot is about a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to “make her mark”.
Students enjoy the new playground at the Elementary School!
In focus lesson: Kindness has a domino effect!
Science is a blast with Mr. Saxion! First grade launched their rockets!
Finding friends on the walk into the building on the first day is always a great way to start the year!
Making Applesauce!
We Are A-R!
Mr. Saxion's first graders finished their maple tapping guide books and enjoyed tapping the trees. Science is fun!
Rainy days call for inside recess!
4th grade factor and multiply turkeys!
The football team and the band get ready for their first Friday night under the lights!
Mrs. Donaldson’s and Mrs. Hartman’s chemistry classes celebrated Mole Day on October 23. A mole is a unit of measurement in chemistry equivalent to 6.02 x 10^23 atoms. The unit has been made into a fun day full of puns and mole day projects.
Elementary Students are excited to be back to school!
Members of SADD club participated in the Prevention Connection Fieldtrip sponsored by the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission.
Middle School Students enter the building on the first day!
1st Grade Scientist!
Superintendent, Dr. Curci, welcomes students on the first day of school!
"Train" Lydon, #77, pumps up the student body getting them ready for the first football game of the season!
A new playground needs celebrated with popsicles! Thank you A-REF!
Can you guess who these guest servers are during National School Breakfast Week?
All smiles when it comes to sunshine, a new playground and popsicles! Thank you to the A-REF for sponsoring the popsicle treat!
Does anyone recognize these two? 🧐 👀 #NationalSchoolBreakfastWeek25
Apollo-Ridge Cross Country Team
Gianna Suhadolnik 2nd place at the Keystone State Championships in the 9-10 Girls 85!
Science is even sweeter when you learn about the science of motion making cotton candy in Mr. Saxion's 1st Grade classroom!
Every year Mr. Saxion is amazed at the work his students put together for their experiments! He always says his favorite scientists are his students!
Cheerleaders take the Ray Bartha Court as they get the students ready for the first A-R football game of the season!
Pumpkin Day in Pre-K
We got the Spirit! The A-R Viking Spirit!
A-R 4th Grade takes on Heinz Hall
8th Grade Students visited Flight 93 National Memorial
Watch out Mr. Barta, this pie is for you!
Nurturing Future Leaders: The close-knit campus community provides an environment where high school students can mentor and inspire their middle school counterparts, helping them seize every opportunity and reach their full potential.
A great representation of A-R by a handful of LEOs who helped at a community dinner!
Super Mario Bros Sophomore Float
Our multiplication skills are no joke, but the riddles are pretty 'punny'!
Valiant Viking Bonus Bag Winners
You never know what you are going to find in Mr. Saxion’s science class! #learningisfun #VikingPride
NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY
We are so very excited to present to you our new Viking Mascot!!!!
Mr. Virag teaching tempo in band!
Valiant Vikings enjoyed lunch with SRO Harshell
Thank you to the Apollo-Ridge Education Foundation for sponsoring Popsicles on the Playground
19 of our High School Choral students participated in Armstrong Sr. County Chorus
Kindergarten collected items for Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter
One of our favorite things about A-R is when our little Vikings get to hang out and learn from our older Vikings! The A-R Cheerleaders hosted a mini cheer camp and then the mini cheerleaders performed on the field!
2nd Grade Science
Thank you to the A-REF for sponsoring a portion of the cost of the new playground and popsicle day!
Elementary Students unload from their busses and head into the 2024-2025 School Year
Valiant Viking lunch with Officer Harshell winners!
Family Fun Night!
College Biology students testing for carbs, lipids and proteins in our food.
We Are A-R!
Valiant Vikings!
The Elementary Staff wore cardigans for World Kindness Day, November 13, 2024.
Mirabella Andree, Beck Andree, Aaron Myers, and Parker Gourley competed in the regional PJAS (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science) competition at Slippery Rock. All four obtained a first place award and will be moving on to the state competition in May at Penn State University. Beck also received a perfect award and a cash prize. Congratulations to these very successful Vikings on creating and presenting their individual science projects. They make A-R proud!
Olivia Massari escorted by Gabe Kavulic during the homecoming parade!
4th grade factor and multiply turkeys!
Enjoying recess with friends on the new A-RES playground!
A-R High School students took a field trip to the Build On Apprenticeship and Skilled Trades Fair and then to tour Rosedale Tech.
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Recent News
A Letter from Superintendent, Dr. Curci
Please read the letter from Dr. Curci pertaining to the current power outage. Thank you!
School Closed May 2, 2025
Due to the power outage, school will be closed on Friday, May 2, 2025.
Status for A-R Campus on May 2, 2025
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School Closed May 1, 2025
Due to the power outage, A-R will remain closed on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
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- 98% Graduation Rate