Week of August 17, 2026

Millennium Students and Parents,

We are excited to welcome our families to campus Tuesday evening for Open House. We will have an Activities Fair from 5:30 - 6:00pm in the Aux Gym. Teachers will be available in their classrooms from 6:00 - 7:30pm. Please be sure to have access to your student's schedule, which can be shared by your student or acessed through ParentVue. Our teachers are looking forward to having you in their classrooms.

Reminder - We kindly request that parents and visitors please avoid parking, picking up, and dropping off your students in Estrella Estates Gracious Retirement Living. We appreciate your cooperation in utilizing the alternative parking, pick up, and drop off areas provided on the main campus. By working together, we can ensure that our school remains a respectful and considerate presence in the neighborhood.

Entering Campus - All students entering campus must show their physical ID and students will be checked in electronically. If students forget their ID, they will be sent directly to the bookstore to get an ID before heading to class.

Highlights for this week:

• Football Scrimmage - Wednesday 8/19 @ 6:00pm
• Senior Sunrise - Friday, 8/21 @ 5:00am - Football Field

“Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.” Walter Cronkite

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Nichole Bundy

Principal

Millennium High School

Millennium HS is a member of the Agua Fria High School District family of schools

For the safety and security of our campus, all staff and students are required to wear a physical ID at all times while on campus. Students will receive their ID the first week of school on picture day 8/6 & 8/7.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ), Accelerate ASU, and the Agua Fria Union High School District (AFUHSD) have formed a strategic partnership to create a structured Healthcare & Nursing Pathway. This exciting opportunity is designed to strengthen Arizona’s future healthcare workforce while expanding college access and opportunities for students in the West Valley.

We are incredibly proud of these Tigers for taking the next step toward their future education and careers in healthcare. Congratulations, Tigers! We are so proud of you!

Pictured left to right: Matteo Curiel, Destiny Lopez, Mr. Leggett (Administrator over the SSI Academy), Bella Martinez, and Alyani Chavarria.

Mock Trial has new meeting days! Our first meeting is this Tuesday, August 18th, and we will now meet every Tuesday from 2:20–3:30 PM in T205 (Ms. Rychen’s room). Whether you’re interested in law, public speaking, or competition, come join us!

Stay up to date on upcoming meetings and events by following the official Millennium High School Mock Trial Instagram and checking the Mock Trial flyers posted around campus for more information.

Don’t forget—Mock Trial meets every Tuesday from 2:20–3:30 PM in T205. We’ll see you this Tuesday!

🐯💜🖤 MILLENNIUM TIGERS — SENIOR SUNRISE 2026! 🖤💜🐯

SENIORS, it’s time to kick off the year together! 🌅🎓 Join us on the football field for food, crafts, pictures, and senior fun as we watch the sunrise! 💜

📅 Friday, August 21, 2026
⏰ 5:30 AM – 7:15 AM
📍 Millennium Football Field

BEFORE 🌅
🖤 Bring blankets for a picnic
💜 Student IDs will be checked
🖤 T Building gates will open at 5:30 AM

DURING 🐯
🍽️ Free food provided
😎 Decorate senior sunglasses
🧺 Picnic on the football field
📸 Photo ops

AFTER 🧹
🗑️ Clean up all your trash
📚 Head to first period

Come make memories with your senior class and start your last year the Tiger way! 🐯💜🖤

Join the award-winning Robotics team! Millennium Robotics is holding an interest meeting Friday the 21st at 2:30. The meeting runs until 4:30, but you may leave early if needed. Check out our programming, mechanical, electrical, business, and computer-aided design teams to see where you might fit!

Game days are right around the corner! Avoid the long lines by purchasing a student or family pass! Both passes will be digital this year. Student passes can be purchased in the bookstore or online through our webstore and family passes can only be purchased online through GoFan.

Student Pass: bit.ly/MHS_Bookstore

• Scroll down to the webstore
• Under Returning Users use the student ID number as the username and the student last name as the password.
• Student Passes will be found in their StudentVUE app.

Family Pass: bit.ly/MHSFamilyPass

• Purchase through GoFan
• Each member of the Family Pass will have their own digital entry as physical cards will not be issued this year.

On September 11, 2026 MHS will play against Agua Fria High School. This game will be our military appreciation night. If you are a military connected family or staff member including active duty, reserve, retired, or a Gold star family, we would like to invite you to this event. We will be hosting a VIP area in the endzone for military connected staff and families. If you would like to attend, please RSVP using the QR code.

Join us Saturday, September 26, from 6–9 PM in the Aux Gym for a fun-filled night of music, dancing, and Homecoming memories.

📅 September 26
⏰ 6–9 PM
📍 Aux Gym
💿 Theme: A New Millennium

Mark your calendars, Tigers—Homecoming is calling! 💕🎶📱

Looking for an easy way to earn money and gain work experience right here on campus? Our school cafeteria is hiring student workers! Students work just the first 15–20 minutes of lunch, are paid for 30 minutes, and receive a free reimbursable meal each shift.

It’s a great opportunity to build job skills, earn money, and help keep our cafeteria running strong. Students who are interested should visit the Kitchen Manager in the cafeteria to pick up an application.

Get your yearbook now! On sale through 8/28 for $60. Use the QR CODE on the flyer to order. Prices will increase! Want to upload photos for the yearbook? See the yearbook flyers for more info on how to order and how to upload. Want to help CREATE the yearbook? Join yearbook club. First meeting after school on 8/18 in L704. See Mrs. Wallace for more info!

Grads Photography is offering in studio senior photo sessions. They have already started sending out emails to schedule. This photo will be the senior yearbook photo and will be a tux/drape style.

Your are able to start booking now at www.gradsphoto.com for the Glendale Studio or you can call us at 623-566-1082 ext. 2 to schedule an appointment.

Students having issues with their Chromebook need to visit the library counter. Students are required to have our campus technicians do any and all repairs to their device. The DPP is a great way to ensure these repairs are covered. This coverage does need to be renewed each school year. As a reminder, personal devices are not allowed to be used on campus.

Our school hours are from 7:30 AM - 2:15 PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM on Wednesdays. Students need to arrive on campus with enough time to arrive to their classes before the late bell rings. Please be sure to accommodate entering campus through security devices. There will be lines to enter campus.

• Regular student attendance is necessary to provide the greatest opportunity for student academic success.
• If you need to call in an absence for your student, please contact 623-932-7200 Extension 2 and leave your student’s name, ID number, date, and the reason for the absence and it will be processed as soon as possible.
• Students who are late to any class during the day will be marked tardy. 5 tardies to a class will be the equivalent of 1 absence for the class.
• Attendance Appeals will be held when a student misses 10 or more classes in a particular course.
• An Attendance Appeal could result in the loss of credit for the student. Please refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook and review the district policy regarding attendance and tardiness.

"The time you take to prepare shows the respect you have for the opportunity." - William Arthur Ward

Part of our Portrait of a Graduate is to prepare students to be responsible adults. This includes being on time to all classes every day.

Students who are more than 15 minutes late to class will be marked absent for that period. An accumulation of 5 tardies will equal 1 absence.

Consequences

5 tardies - Detention

10 tardies - Extended detention

15 tardies - Office referral (may result in ISS or OSS)

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Nichole Bundy, Principal | nbundy@aguafria.org

Jessica Femiak, Assistant Principal | jfemiak@aguafria.org

Amie Gilbert | agilbert@aguafria.org

Remigio Gordillo, Assistant Principal/AD | rgordillo@aguafria.org

Delawn Leggett, Assistant Principal | dleggett@aguafria.org