Update ~ October 29-November 2, 2018

CELEBRATING SUCCESS...
City Champions sure has a nice ring.  It gives me great joy and pride to congratulate our 2018 Panther football team for their victory on Friday night.  Congratulations to coach Moran, the entire coaching staff and the athletes (our J.V. and Freshman teams also defeated the Eagles last week).  This victory was on behalf of our entire school and the love, joy, and pride that was displayed on Friday night to our whole town was possible because of all of you.  Think Rube Goldberg machine.   THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the success of this spectacular evening. 50 Years Panther Strong!

Each week when I sit down to write the celebrating success section I reflect on all the amazing things that happen at our school each week.
This weekend after performing with passion and enthusiasm at the football game our CHS band marched along proudly with the same vigor and enthusiasm in the NAU Homecoming Parade Saturday morning.
 In addition to the teaching and learning that goes on each day and in spite of the numerous disruptions and interruptions, big and little things contribute to the celebration of our successes.  Last week our counseling department hosted nearly 40 postsecondary institutions during our College and Career Fair.  Over 1000 students learned more about their options after high school.  While all this was going on Jesse Cornett, Brian Locke and David Tessmer hosted a Technology and Industry Summit to over forty business and college representatives in our community to showcase CTE and to strengthen our community partnerships.
And that was all in just one week, wow!

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE CLASSROOM...
It's Halloween   Students are permitted to wear a costume to school, however, the only head accouterments that will be permitted are animal ears and such, that are part of the costume.  Head-coverings such as ball caps, hoods, cowboy hats, stocking caps, bandanas etc., will not be permitted. Full face paint and masks are also not allowed. Grrrrrr!

SAFETY...
Our safety drill this week will be a fire drill, Thursday, November 1 at 1:45 pm.

THIS WEEK...
College knowing and going continues this week.
10/31 ~ College Application Campaign. All seniors will complete a college application.
11/1 ~ College Goal FAFSA night 5:30 PM

LOOKING AHEAD...
November 7 ~ Faculty Meeting 2:15-2:45 pm
November 9 ~ This is a teacher workday, but students will have the day off.  Certified staff members have automatically been registered for the Youth Mental Health First Aid training at CHS. Classified staff members must register through TNL for the sessions offered on the 9th.
November 12 ~ Veteran's day.  School holiday for all.
November 14 ~ This day has been designated for vertical PLCs.  CHS will hold an all-school PLC on this day, details soon.

November 21, 22 & 23 ~ Thanksgiving holiday.  School closed.

Mission 
Coconino High School strives to build upon the tradition of Panther Pride - A positive environment that honors yet unifies all cultures-and work in partnership with parents and the greater community to encourage each student in his/her pursuit of academic excellence and to instill a lifelong enthusiasm for learning.
Vision 
To create and maintain a vibrant school culture that exemplifies academic excellence and model global citizenship.
 Guiding Principles 
Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Integrity

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October 22-26, 2018

CELEBRATING SUCCESS...
Go Nuts!.  Congratulations to our CHS CocoNuts Robotics team who placed 2nd in the State Championships.
This weekend our CHS Band earned an "Excellent" rating at the statewide band day competition held at NAU.
Way to go Panthers!
WELCOME TO THE WORLD...
Two new additions to the Panther Family were born on the same day, October 17, 2018
Genevieve Jan Stevens
Rilee Montana Wescott
Congratulations to Lily and Nicole and their families!

CHS STRATEGIC PLAN...
"Vision with execution is hallucination." - Thomas Jefferson
Your input and feedback are critical for developing action steps aligned with our plan.  Thank you to those who have already responded to the Strategic Plan Survey.  If you have not yet taken the survey, it is still open. Please click here.

THERE'S NO "F" IN RESPECT...
What's the story with the new posters?  Last year the second highest incident referral was for inappropriate language.  We decided to talk to our student leaders to see what ideas they might have to help curb this problem. They responded by saying they thought we needed a motto or something short and sweet like we use for too much public display of affection, Hug and Release.  They asked if they could come up with the motto, and they did, in fact, they came up with a number of ideas listed here:
Panthers Care they Don't Swear
Swearing Isn't Caring
Try Caring not Swearing
Swearing Isn't Cool at School
There's no F in Success
There's no F in Respect
Would you kiss your mom with that mouth?
You are entering a no swear zone
You are entering a no F bomb zone

We found all of their ideas to be pretty clever.  The students liked the catchiness and play on words in the "There's no F in Respect" motto, so we went with it. Thank you to Greg Reiff and Jeremy Gemetta for coming up with and producing the posters. The PBIS team welcomes your suggestions and ideas to address the inappropriate language problem at CHS.

UPDATED LEAVE POLICY...
The FUSD Leave Policy went through an update approved through negotiations and the governing board and is now ready for implementation.  Please review and familiarize yourself with the updated policy Click here to review revised leave policy 

COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE...

The Counseling Office is excited to host our 6th Annual College Fair, Thursday, 10/25! This is an opportunity to expose our 10-12th-grade students to various post-secondary opportunities. There are designated times for grade levels to attend. Individual classes can come to the gym as it fits in your schedule. Please accompany your students to the gym, you do not need to stay for the entire period.

· Seniors 12:35-1:30 pm
· Juniors 1:35-2:05 pm
· Sophomores 2:00-2:30 pm

THE BIG GAME...
This Friday, October 26 is the annual rivalry football game between CHS and FHS.  For the past thirty plus years, this game has been held in the dome at NAU (The Skydome is the home-field for FHS). This year we are the home team and we are hosting the game on our home field at Cromer Stadium. Coconino County has provided addition bleachers on the visitor's side so we can accommodate about 4000 people. Nackard Pepsi has provided concession trailers and Southwest Foods has donated food to sell through concessions. Our Student Council has teamed up with KAFF radio to host a pre-game event on the practice field. This will be a great evening and hope you can all come out to help cheer on the Panthers and enjoy a great hometown evening.
Friday, October 26
Pre-game starts at 3:00 pm
Gates to Cromer Stadium open at 4:30 pm
Kick off at 7:00 pm
Goooooo Panthers!

NOVEMBER 9...
This is the district-wide professional development day focused on mental health, wellbeing.  The secondary certified faculty is already signed up in TruNorth Logic.  Classified staff must register independently through TruNorth Logic. If you need help logging on, see your supervisor or Les Hauer.

CALENDAR...
Rivalry week all week long
*Please note the shelter in place drill originally scheduled for 10/25 has been changed to November 1 at 1:45 pm
10/22 ~ Testing Committee Meeting 3:05 pm
10/24 ~ Class of 2019 Senior Photo 10:50 am in the outdoor classroom
10/25 ~ College and Career Fair 12:30- 2:30 pm in the main gym
10/26 ~ Spirit Pep Assembly and The Big Game

Bell Schedule for Friday, October 26th
Period 1
8:00-8:50
Period 2
8:55-9:40
Assembly
9:45-10:40
Period 3
10:45-11:30
Lunch
11:30-12:00
Periods 4/5
12:05-12:50
Period 6
12:55-1:40
Period 7
1:45-2:30

Mission 
Coconino High School strives to build upon the tradition of Panther Pride - A positive environment that honors yet unifies all cultures-and work in partnership with parents and the greater community to encourage each student in his/her pursuit of academic excellence and to instill a lifelong enthusiasm for learning.
Vision 
To create and maintain a vibrant school culture that exemplifies academic excellence and model global citizenship.
Guiding Principles 
Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Integrity

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Update ~ October 15-19, 2018

CELEBRATING SUCCESS...
Our first annual Chili Cook-Off was such great fun and oh so delicious.  Thank you to all the chefs who shared their seriously delicious chili and for all the judges who participated.  A special thank you to the CHS Social Committee for organizing and hosting the event. We look forward to the next event, Turkey Bowling on November 14, and of course, the annual Holiday Party on December 16.

And the winners of the first annual CHS Cili Cookoff-Drum roll, please...
3rd place ~ Jen Parker
2nd place ~ Carrie Crowther
and
The grand prize goes to Ted Lyons for his Double Delicious Double Burner Chili

REMINDER...
This week Calvin Terrell returns to CHS. Wednesday, October 17, Calvin will hold a morning assembly for the entire school body in the large gym.  The assembly will be from 8:35 to 9:40 am.  Following first period teachers will accompany their students to the gym.  Please note the day's bell schedule for Wednesday, October 17

Period 1       8:00-8:30 am
Assembly    8:35 -9:40 am
Period 2      9:45 - 10:15am
Period 3     10:20-10:50 am
Period 4/5  10:55- 11:25 am
Combined Lunch ~ 11:30 - 11:55am
Period 6     12:00- 12:30 pm
Period 7     12:35- 1:05 pm

1:45-2:45 pm - Calvin will meet with faculty and staff to follow up from our meeting in August. We will meet in the mini-theater. 
6:00-7:00 PM Community Night with Calvin Terrell

CHS STRATEGIC PLAN...
Our goals for this school year are:

Goal #1: The CHS learning community will foster positive academic relationships that ensure the achievement of rigorous learning expectations.

Action and/or Evidence

The continuation and expansion of instructional rounds

Goal #2: The CHS learning community will embrace, value, and advocate for diversity.

Action and/or Evidence 

Professional development opportunities for faculty and staff
Training and assemblies for students

Goal #3: The CHS learning community will display the characteristics of high achieving, ambitious learners.

Action and/or Evidence

Improved performance data by grade level. 

Establish success criteria with each grade level team of teachers.
An overall increase in the number of scholarship applications from the senior class.
50% of Flinn eligible students will complete the applications for the Flinn scholarship (8 or 9 students of 17 eligible)

Goal #4: The CHS learning community will systematically analyze curriculum and assessment data to inform teaching and learning.

Action and/or Evidence

Develop a data team to guide the progress monitoring process

 These goals were developed in alignment with our long-range strategic plan. As we move toward the heart of the school year we are asking for your help and input regarding our school's progress toward our current goals and future planning. The leadership team is asking that you take a few minutes to read through, reflect on and respond to the plan by rating progress.  please click here for the strategic plan survey. 

Mission
Coconino High School strives to build upon the tradition of Panther Pride - A positive environment that honors yet unifies all cultures-and work in partnership with parents and the greater community to encourage each student in his/her pursuit of academic excellence and to instill a lifelong enthusiasm for learning.
Vision 
To create and maintain a vibrant school culture that exemplifies academic excellence and model global citizenship.
Guiding Principles 
Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Integrity

Press on!  Panther Strong!

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Update ~ October 8-12, 2018

CELEBRATING SUCCESS...
Thank you all for your enthusiasm, flexibility, and patience last week during homecoming.  It was a successful week and your support for our students truly makes CHS a special place.  The culminating event was the dance on Saturday night and it was better than ever.  Thank you to Liz and Bree from our TSW program who spent time before the dance helping students from our specialized programs get ready for the homecoming dance.  The students joined in and danced the night away,  it was really cool.  A shout out of course to Gaby and our CHS Student Council, Jeremy, Daniel, and CHS Digital Media students.  You guys and gals are amazing!
Oh yeah, and how bout those Panthers? Congratulations to our football team for the big homecoming W! Goooooooo Panthers!

HONORED...
Congratulations to CHS teachers Katie Scholler and Bryce Brothers for being selected as this year's Homecoming Dedictees. Your care and compassion for our kids are noticed by all. Thank you for doing what matters.

ACT/ASPIRE...
On Sept 27, our 9th grade English teachers administered the first round of the ACT ASPIRE and we already have the results, how about that?  Our interventionists Mike Vogler and Page Ballard examined the data and provided amazing insights and feedback with the 9th-grade English collaborative team. Much of what they discovered is relevant to all disciplines and probably not really a surprise.  The areas in which our students performed the lowest are; nonfiction reading, making comparisons, making inferences and synthesizing. I think these findings are worthy of further discussion, and we welcome your thoughts. Questions related to this information will be included in the Google Classroom "Hot Topics" section in the near future.

A.D.E.  A-F LETTER GRADE...
On October 5, the Arizona Department of Education released the school letter grades.  CHS Maintains a "C" letter grade. We are moving the needle forward and by our continued efforts, one day it will show up in our letter grade.

CALENDARS...
10/8, 9 ~ 9th grade ASPIRE for math.  This will take place in the math classrooms with no necessary schedule change.
10/10 ~ PSAT testing.  Students who signed up to test will report directly to the small gym. We will make an announcement at 8:00am to remind students to report to the gym.
10/10 ~ First annual CHS Chili Cook-Off
10/11, 12 ~ Fall Holiday woot! woot!

Mission 
Coconino High School strives to build upon the tradition of Panther Pride - A positive environment that honors yet unifies all cultures-and work in partnership with parents and the greater community to encourage each student in his/her pursuit of academic excellence and to instill a lifelong enthusiasm for learning.
Vision To create and maintain a vibrant school culture that exemplifies academic excellence and model global citizenship.
Guiding Principles 
Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Integrity

Press on! Panther Strong!

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