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Can you guess who these guest servers are during National School Breakfast Week?
Thank you to the Apollo-Ridge Education Foundation for sponsoring Popsicles on the Playground
Valiant Viking Bonus Bag Winners
You never know what you are going to find in Mr. Saxion’s science class! #learningisfun #VikingPride
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.
A-RMS Teachers Support A-R Band
Super Mario Bros Sophomore Float
Gianna Suhadolnik 2nd place at the Keystone State Championships in the 9-10 Girls 85!
Pumpkin Day in Pre-K
Kicking off the school year with a sweet treat during recess!
Valiant Vikings enjoyed lunch with SRO Harshell
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!
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!
Middle School PTA Pie a Teacher day is always so much fun!
A-R High School students took a field trip to the Build On Apprenticeship and Skilled Trades Fair and then to tour Rosedale Tech.
A new playground needs celebrated with popsicles! Thank you A-REF!
Making Applesauce!
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.
8th Grade Students visited Flight 93 National Memorial
4th grade factor and multiply turkeys!
A-RES Student Council Student of the Month
The Elementary Staff wore cardigans for World Kindness Day, November 13, 2024.
4th grade factor and multiply turkeys!
A-R 4th Grade takes on Heinz Hall
We Are A-R!
School lunch is one of our favorite times of the day!
Science is even sweeter when you learn about the science of motion making cotton candy in Mr. Saxion's 1st Grade classroom!
Homecoming parade
Kindergarten collected items for Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter
In focus lesson: Kindness has a domino effect!
NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY
Fall has arrived and we are enjoying all it has to offer!
A great representation of A-R by a handful of LEOs who helped at a community dinner!
Watch out Mr. Barta, this pie is for you!
Thank you to the A-REF for sponsoring a portion of the cost of the new playground and popsicle day!
Cross Country WPIAL athletes
2nd Grade Science
Family Fun Night!
All smiles when it comes to sunshine, a new playground and popsicles! Thank you to the A-REF for sponsoring the popsicle treat!
Olivia Massari escorted by Gabe Kavulic during the homecoming parade!
Kindergarten smiles are always welcome!
Mr. Saxion's first graders finished their maple tapping guide books and enjoyed tapping the trees. Science is fun!
Elementary Students are excited to be back to school!
19 of our High School Choral students participated in Armstrong Sr. County Chorus
Middle School Students enter the building on the first day!
Halloween math fun in Mrs. Bowser’s class!
1st Grade Scientist!
We Are A-R!
Does anyone recognize these two? 🧐 👀 #NationalSchoolBreakfastWeek25
Mr. Skiba’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee spent time reading to elementary students
Students enjoy the new playground at the Elementary School!
Finding friends on the walk into the building on the first day is always a great way to start the year!
The football team and the band get ready for their first Friday night under the lights!
We are so very excited to present to you our new Viking Mascot!!!!
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”.
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!
Our multiplication skills are no joke, but the riddles are pretty 'punny'!
Valiant Viking lunch with Officer Harshell winners!
Members of SADD club participated in the Prevention Connection Fieldtrip sponsored by the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission.
Superintendent, Dr. Curci, welcomes students on the first day of school!
Science is a blast with Mr. Saxion! First grade launched their rockets!
Enjoying recess with friends on the new A-RES playground!
Apollo-Ridge Cross Country Team
"Train" Lydon, #77, pumps up the student body getting them ready for the first football game of the season!
We got the Spirit! The A-R Viking Spirit!
Rainy days call for inside recess!
Cheerleaders take the Ray Bartha Court as they get the students ready for the first A-R football game of the season!
Elementary Students unload from their busses and head into the 2024-2025 School Year
Popsicles on the playground to celebrate the new equipment!
A-R Marching Band participated in the Kennywood Parade!
Valiant Vikings!
Mr. Virag teaching tempo in band!
College Biology students testing for carbs, lipids and proteins in our food.
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