Polo High School Student Council’s Doggy Dash to Help Homeless Pets. All proceeds will go to Happy Tails Humane Society. Sign up early for a guaranteed t-shirt! Register at https://23-doggy-dash.cheddarup.com
The JV home football game scheduled on Monday, September 18th vs. Ridgewood will be played at 6pm instead of 5:30pm.
Just a reminder - tomorrow, September 14th, is picture day! Please make sure you send your completed order form/envelope in with your student, even if you are not ordering pictures or ordered online.
A big THANK YOU goes out to the Polo Crossroads Community Church Sisters Group Women's Ministry, Polo Subway, and Oregon Dairy Queen for donating a very special surprise gift to all Aplington Middle School teachers. Your kindness and generosity brightened the day of our teachers!
The Aplington Middle School office has a fresh new look thanks to Nora Balayti of Nora Kate Paints LLC!
School picture day for all 3 buildings in Thursday, September 14th. ALL students must bring their picture order form that day, even if you are not ordering pictures or if you already paid online. Please complete the envelope and send it with your child. A complimentary class composite photo will be given to all students at no cost.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the football game tomorrow night. We are requesting that you do not go around the barricades that are set up. If you are in need of parking closer to the field please let one of the supervisors know. We will assist you.
Due to transportation issues, the 6/7th & 8th grade games against Forreston on September 19th will be moved back to 4:30pm.
We are now accepting nominations for Homecoming Prince and Princess (kids ages 4-6). The Homecoming game is Friday, October 6th with the Grand March on Saturday, October 7th. If you would like to nominate someone (with their guardian's permission), please email their name and age to ejoines@poloschools.net.
Friday, September 1st (tomorrow) junior high volleyball and cross country will have pictures taken after school during practice. Please be sure to send uniforms to school!
Monday August 28, 2023: Today's Junior High VB game against Chadwick will be held at the school in Milledgeville at 4pm.
Friday, August 25. 2023: All Aplington staff and students will be at the high school all day today for class. You can call the high school at 815-946-3314 or email Katie Chesnut at kchesnut@poloschools.net
Thursday, August 24, 2023: Junior high cross country practice is canceled today.
Senior night intros will begin at 6:25 tomorrow evening (8/25/23). Please have your athletes/parents there at 6:15.
Thursday, August 24, 2023: All Aplington staff and students will be at the high school all day today for class. You can call the high school at 815-946-3314 or email Katie Chesnut at kchesnut@poloschools.net
Thursday, August 24, 2023: Today's high school home volleyball game against Durand will be Varsity only. Start time is 6pm.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023: Junior high cross country practice is canceled today.
Due to lack of officials, we will be moving the football game against Peoria Quest scheduled for Friday, October 13 to Saturday, October 14, 1:00 start time.
Congratulations to Gage Zeigler, Alex Albano, and Myah Ackeberg for receiving the National Rural and Small Town Award from the @CollegeBoard Recognition Program for their strong performance on CollegeBoard assessments and hard work in class. This award is an additional way for students to showcase their hard work with colleges at a time when it is increasingly difficult to be “seen” during the college recruitment process. For more information about this award visit: https://bit.ly/NRPolo
Tuesday August 22, 2023: The phone lines are down in the district. Please email your building secretaries if you need to contact the school. For the high school, Kayla Wright at kwright@poloschools.net; for Aplington, Katie Chesnut at kchesnut@poloschools.net; For Centennial, Taylor Woodin at twoodin@poloschools.net