Two CHS students are moving on to the state finals in the Poetry Out Loud competition. Sophia Weinzinger took first place and Carly Smith placed third in the regional competition.
Also, our CHS Orchestra earned a "Superior" and the band a "Superior with Distinction" at the ABODA festival last week. Wow! Congratulations to these CHS students and teachers! Coconino Proud, Panther Strong!
Next year, right now
Believe it or not the 2016-17 begins now. It is time for students to select courses for next year - first up are rising seniors. Counselors will be visiting Junior English classrooms on Monday, 2/29 with registration materials. Throughout the week junior students will be asking for teacher signatures in order to be able eligible for certain classes. On Friday, the juniors will be in the computer labs selecting their courses on-line. Students who do not have their parent and necessary teacher signatures will not be permitted to participate in this round of registration. Please contact Cris or any of our CHS counselors with questions.
Catch me Up...
What the heck is the AP Scholars Program?
Also, our CHS Orchestra earned a "Superior" and the band a "Superior with Distinction" at the ABODA festival last week. Wow! Congratulations to these CHS students and teachers! Coconino Proud, Panther Strong!
Next year, right now
Believe it or not the 2016-17 begins now. It is time for students to select courses for next year - first up are rising seniors. Counselors will be visiting Junior English classrooms on Monday, 2/29 with registration materials. Throughout the week junior students will be asking for teacher signatures in order to be able eligible for certain classes. On Friday, the juniors will be in the computer labs selecting their courses on-line. Students who do not have their parent and necessary teacher signatures will not be permitted to participate in this round of registration. Please contact Cris or any of our CHS counselors with questions.
Catch me Up...
What the heck is the AP Scholars Program?
After CHS was tasked by the powers that be at FUSD, to create a program similar to FHS’s AP Academy, Paula Wright, CHS AP Coordinator, invited CHS faculty to participate in a series of 301 workshops to work on this project. This group of teachers, counselors, and administrators decided not to use FHS as a model because they preferred to create something that would capture all of the unique courses offered at CHS.
The group decided to package our existing "honors" level course together and call the program the “Coconino AP Scholars Program”. They felt this would not only satisfy the request from the superintendent, but would also be good way to highlight our numerous AP courses and wide range of additional "honors" level courses offered at CHS. The "AP Scholars Program" title would be the umbrella under which these courses fall.
In addition to hosting a very successful 8th grade parent information night in early February, the team also created brochures, posters, and informational literature to help spread the word that CHS does indeed have AP courses and a whole host of other highly academic programs and classes. Paula Wright & Christine Sapio visited 8th graders to present information about our programs. Further promotions include an ad on Panther TV, and presentations by current AP student ambassadors.
Reminders
- Don't forget to check and change the cell phone symbol on your electronic device policy traffic light. The cell phone guy should be appropriately placed to be in accordance with your expectations during class time. Consistency is key!
- Do NOT allow students to eat their meals in your classrooms. It is important that we do not give the rodents who tend to multiply quickly an invitation to be in our building.
Dates to Remember
- March 3, TSW Employment Encounter 12:20-2:20pm
