Curriculum Guide for 2012-13 - The 2012-13 High School Curriculum Guide is now available. Click here to download a copy.

Mock Trial Competition - AHS competed in the district Mock Trial competition on Friday, February 3, at Putnam County courthouse. Although the team will not be moving on to regional competition the students did a great job presenting their case. Brandon Bryan received outstanding witness in the morning trial. Students who participated were Nick Cassidy, Erin Nafziger, Chan Tinsman, Brie Deskins, Balynn Ponce, Brandon Bryan, Meagan Helmke, McKayla Ripke, Elizabeth Flores, and Rachel Bowman.

Community Meal Served - Students from Archbold High School involved in Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and National Honor Society recently helped out with the "community meal". They welcomed the opportunity to serve and enjoyed the fellowship as well!

Student Online Newspaper - Students in the Advanced Publishing Class have published this year's first copy of "The Phoenix". The Phoenix is the student generated onlline newspaper. This years version utilizes the Site feature of Google Docs for Education. Click Here to see The Phoenix. (The link is also located in the "Student Activies" section above.)

Distirct One Honors Festival - Chan Tinsman and Brandon Bryan were selected to participate in District One Honors Festival on Sunday, January 29. The band rehearsed Saturday, January 28, at Sylvania Northview high school and performed Sunday at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo.  The guest clinician was Dr. Chad Nichols from Indiana-Purdue at Ft. Wayne.

We The People Competition - Archbold High School students from the AP Government class competed in the “We The People” state competition on Friday, January 27 at the Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus.  The students testified as experts on the U.S. Constitution and were questioned by panels of esteemed judges regarding various historical and modern applications of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The “We The People” team placed third in the state completion.

High School Honors Choir - Congratulations to the following students selected for the 2012 Ohio Music Education Association District 1 High School Honors Choir:

Moriah Rosales, Olivia Deskins, Brie Deskins, Erin Nafziger, Caleb Wyse, Gabe Short, Nathan Wachtmann, Adam Steider and John Hartman

These students were selected out of hundreds of other applicants from over 60 schools in Northwest Ohio.  Their performance will occur on January 29, 2012 at the Stranahan Theater.  Congratulations to these students on their fine accomplishments!

Academic All-Ohio Football Team - The AHS football team has been named an Academic All-Ohio Team for the 4th year in a row. The team's cumulative GPA was 3.71 which ranked 14th in the state. The top 20 teams are named Academic All-Ohio. The 22 team members were Tanner Wyse, Zach Zimmerman, Tyson Dietrich, Tyson Lersch, TJ Gerken, Lincoln Parsley, Evan Wyse, Chandler Tuckerman, Kellen Seaman, Darin Sauder, Jay Miller, Brandon Goering, Jase Grosjean, Dylan Lantz, CJ Gladieux, Zach Driver, Justice Zimmerman, Preston Klopfenstein, Jacob Wagner, Travis Jaramillo, Quinton Ranzau, and Tyler Joseph. The AHS football team is one of only four teams in the state to have received the Academic All-Ohio distinction all four years of its existence.

Additionally, TJ Gerken and Chandler Tuckerman were both selected Academic All-Ohio individually. Only 116 players in the state are chosen for this award (which is less than one half of one percent of all players in the state).

Master Teacher Certified - Kent Vandock, High School Choral Director, was awarded the Master Teacher Designation. Kent earned the certification through a statewide program that honors experienced teachers who have made a difference in student achievement. The program is run by the state Professional Standards Commission.

Kent earned the certification based on a comprehensive application process, along with evidence of demonstrated student achievement gains. As a certified master teacher, Kent becomes part of a pool of candidates eligible to become academic coaches, professionals who serve as mentors for their peers.

Junior Achievement Competition - Bria Pelmer, Chandler Tuckerman, Zach Driver and financial advisor Kirk Weldy participated in the Junior Achievement Business Challenge in November. Out of 32 teams the Archbold team placed 2nd earning the team $2,000.00 each for college.

Flamingos Raise Funds - "Breaking News:  Flamingos have been flocking in resident's yards!"  The money raised to rid the lawns of these pink, plastic birds is collected by the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA ) members as part of their Flamingo Project.  All of the proceeds are given to the Archbold Friendship House to help with expenses.

Optional Insurance Form - Click here to download an optional insurance form for your student. [Click Here] PDF viewer is needed.

Absence Policy - Attention Students and Parents: Under the new proposal, a student is allowed to have a parent write notes to excuse absences up to five (5) days in a semester, the sixth and subsequent absences in that semester will require a medical note. If one is not provided, the absence will be considered unexcused. There are many students who have reached their five days for this semester. If you are one of them, you need medical notes.

Cafeteria Accounts - During the school year this year students will need to turn in their money to the high school office by 10:30 AM in order to have the money deposited into their account for that day. No money will be taken during the lunch line. Parents who do not want their child letting other students using their lunch accounts, need to notify Mrs. Babcock. Question can be emailed to Mrs. Babcock.

Daily Announcements - Parents can receive the daily announcements via email. Please contact Mrs. Gerken by sending an email message to her. Please state your student's name and grade. Click here to send email to Mrs. Gerken. When the school year starts, the daily announcements for the high school will be available on the web. Click here.

Ohio Graduation Test Results

Percentage of Student Passing

Ohio Graduation Test Results

March - 2011 Writing Reading Math Social Studies Science
Archbold 98.1 95.3 94.3 91.4 86.7
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