CHS Homecoming Week September 30-October 4

Celebrating Success
I am so proud and honored to say that not only is CHS home to the Coconino Teacher of the year, Terry Wilson, we are also the

• Home to the Arizona Science Teacher of the Year~Christine Sapio
• Home to three nominees for the Northern Arizona STEM Teacher of the Year~ Brian Locke, Craig Howdeshell and,  the winner of the STEM Teacher of the Year~ Christine Sapio
• Home to one of the top ten finalist for Arizona Teacher of the Year~Christine Sapio
• Home to the 2013 Commission on Disability Awareness High School Educator of the Year.~Eric Neat

These recognitions are the kind that deserve a stand up applause and ovation. Congratulations to Terry, Christine, Brian, Craig and Eric! 

Safety 

The safety committee met last week to review data and make some recommendations for continued safety at CHS. First of all, thank you everyone for doing a great job reporting and documenting student conduct concerns. It appears that Thursdays are our highest absentee day as well as the day of the week with the most student infractions. Hmmmmm? We are not exactly sure why, but we know lunch is longer on this day, which might have something to do with high absenteeism in the afternoon. Let's keep an eye on this and see what we can do to change the trend. 

CHS Literacy Initiative 

The CHS Literacy Team would like to share some helpful tips about how to quickly update your Teacher WebPage. Click here for WebPage tips.

Academic Tutoring
College students are here at CHS offering free academic tutoring for CHS students. The tutors are here on Mondays 2:30-5:00pm and Wednesdays 1:00-4:00pm, both days in room 204.

PSAT 
PSAT testing is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16. 8:00am-12:50pm.  Registration open until filled. Students can sign up in the bookstore. 

Homecoming Happenings

Spirit week dress up themes are all based on Dr. Seuss books: 

Monday:  "The Sleep Book" ~ Pajama day
Tuesday:  "Thing One, Thing Two" ~ Twin Day _ (Our white long sleeve staff shirts).
Wednesday:  "Maybe You Should Fly a Jet. Maybe You Should Be a Vet" ~ College Day
Thursday:  "The Butter Battle Book" ~ Camo Day
Friday:  "Hooray for Coconino (Diffendoofer) Day" ~ Spirit Day

Dodgeball Tournament ~ Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

In addition to our usual combined lunch Wed and Thurs, we will have only be 1 lunch on Monday, 9/30 and Tuesday, 10/1.  That lunch will be 1st lunch.  If you normally have a 4th hour class you will have lunch before you see your students on those two days.  For those of you who normally have a 5th hour class, nothing will change for you!

Staying Fit @ CHS

The Coconino Cross Country Team is encouraging everyone to stay fit and participate the first ever Panther “No Time” Mile on Tuesday October 1 @ 5:30pm.

 No need to sign up in advance, just show up on the CHS Track by 5:00pm.  You can go as fast or as slow as you’d like. $5.00 fee will go to help support our X-Country team. 

Faculty and Staff Luncheon

Wednesday, October 2 1:00pm  in the CHS Cafeteria 

Bonfire 

Wednesday, 9/2 6:30pm CHS South Parking Lot 

LipDub Music Video

The production team had been working hard to put together the plan for filming day, Friday, October 4. Dean Shaddy will be sending an e-mail to you all with the lipDub Production Schedule, Zone Map and link to the theme song.  The dry run and then the filming will all begin around 8:30 am on Friday. 

Parade

Traditional CHS Homecoming parade Friday, October 4 1:00pm

Pep Assembly

Action packed assembly will begin in the main gym immediately following the parade 1:20 ish. 

Panther Football

Friday at 7:00pm Cromer Stadium

Panther Classic Golf Tournament 

Saturday, October 5 8:00am Elephant Rocks Golf Course in Williams (It's not too late to sign up, see Jen Parker). 

Homecoming Dance 

Saturday, October 5 8:00pm CHS Cafeteria

Sleep

Sunday, October 6 All day!

Happy Homecoming Week!