| Someone with a lot of time on their hands:). Enjoy the snow day everyone... HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
*We will likely have only those students whose grades will be impacted by their final exam take the exams during the first two weeks back after break. I will include a confirmation of this plan in the blog post, Sunday, January 5.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Update ~ December 16-20, 2013
Celebrating Success
It's Finals week, yay, we made it.
Common Assessments
Click here for the list of district approved Common Summative Assessments
This Week
Good luck with finals everyone. Please ask your students to bring reading material in the case that they finish their exams early. In order to help maintain an academic learning environment it is important that students are not dismissed form classrooms during final exam days. Remember to limit hall passes for emergencies only during finals.
I hope your winter break is relaxing and you enjoy time with family and friends. Happy Holidays!
It's Finals week, yay, we made it.
Common Assessments
Click here for the list of district approved Common Summative Assessments
This Week
Good luck with finals everyone. Please ask your students to bring reading material in the case that they finish their exams early. In order to help maintain an academic learning environment it is important that students are not dismissed form classrooms during final exam days. Remember to limit hall passes for emergencies only during finals.
I hope your winter break is relaxing and you enjoy time with family and friends. Happy Holidays!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Update ~ December 9-13, 2013
Celebrating Success
Congratulations to Cheryl Vignoli's class for taking first place in the annual CHS Holiday Door Decorating Contest. I have included the photo of this Winter Wonderland door in this blog post.
Even though this school year is flying by, somehow is seems as though the Friday Night Likes Contest was a long time ago. Anyway, this Thursday, December 12 is the much anticipated school wide Pizza Party. Because CHS received the most "Likes" on the KAFF Radio Facebook page, we get a free School wide Pizza Party. Free pizza will be served for all CHS students, faculty and staff in the South Commons during combined lunch this Thursday. Go Panthers!
Faculty Meeting and Lunch
There will be a Faculty Meeting this Wednesday 12/11 at 1:15pm in the mini theater. Lunch will be provided for us on Wednesday by our CHS PTO. (Hot dogs and chips).
AZVAB Reschedule
The AZVAB test will take place Thursday 12/12 in the small gym. We will follow a Wednesday schedule on this day, combined lunch and pizza party will be from 10:50 to 11:20. Please mark your calendars.
Looking ahead
Congratulations to Cheryl Vignoli's class for taking first place in the annual CHS Holiday Door Decorating Contest. I have included the photo of this Winter Wonderland door in this blog post.
Even though this school year is flying by, somehow is seems as though the Friday Night Likes Contest was a long time ago. Anyway, this Thursday, December 12 is the much anticipated school wide Pizza Party. Because CHS received the most "Likes" on the KAFF Radio Facebook page, we get a free School wide Pizza Party. Free pizza will be served for all CHS students, faculty and staff in the South Commons during combined lunch this Thursday. Go Panthers!
Faculty Meeting and Lunch
There will be a Faculty Meeting this Wednesday 12/11 at 1:15pm in the mini theater. Lunch will be provided for us on Wednesday by our CHS PTO. (Hot dogs and chips).
AZVAB Reschedule
The AZVAB test will take place Thursday 12/12 in the small gym. We will follow a Wednesday schedule on this day, combined lunch and pizza party will be from 10:50 to 11:20. Please mark your calendars.
Looking ahead
- Click here for next week's final exam schedule.
- Click here for important end of fall semester grading guidelines
- Hope everyone can join us for the holiday party this Sunday at 4:00PM. Click here for directions to my house from CHS
Just in case you need a little something to put you in the holiday mood, watch this video...
For sports and activities this week please check schedule star.
Have a great week!
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Update Dec 2-6, 2013
Celebrating Success
Welcome
back everyone! Hope you had a
wonderful Thanksgiving break and are looking forward to a productive three weeks before
our long winter break.
Filming at CHS
Just a heads up that tomorrow, 12/02 Karin Eberhardt will be at CHS with a videographer to film a "An ordinary school day" at CHS. This is part of a district wide initiative to create promotional videos for all FUSD schools. I suggested she use the LipDub, but she didn't take me up on the offer.
Faculty Meeting
There will be a faculty meeting this Wednesday, December 4 at 1:15 PM in the Mini-
Theater. For future planning there will also be a faculty meeting on Wednesday, January 8, please mark your calendars.
Dates to Remember
- December 2-5 CIT Capstone Presentations Mini-Theater beginning at 5:00PM
- December 3 Soccer and B Basketball @ home
- December 4 Faculty Meeting 1:15 pm Mini
- December 5 School wide Ice Cream Party (Because we are home to one of the top ten candidates for State Teacher of the Year, Christine Sapio)
- December 5 AZVAB
- December 6 B Basketball @ home
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Update ~ November 25-26, 2013
Celebrating Succes
CHS Students continue to share the love and make us proud...On Friday, fourteen of Mr. Ashcroft's Culinary Arts students prepared and served a thanksgiving dinner for over 60 Senior residents of the Flagstaff Meadows Senior Living complex. The residents were so grateful and happy to have the delicious food and "delightful" company, they have asked the students back to prepare a holiday meal in December. This was a great opportunity for our students to preform a service for our neighborhood senior community.
Mrs. Rathbun's class spoiled us here at Coconino as well, with traditional holiday pies, followed by cookies and hot apple cider. What a heart warming way to kick off the holiday season at CHS. Thank you Culinary Arts!
The first ever Panther Tracks Dance a-thon was a hit. Participating students had a blast dancing or watching their peers dancing away. Thank you to the Panther Tracks team for putting this event together and helping us publicly recognize positive behavior.
This week
We have a short week, as you know, but when we come back CHS Winter Sports will be in full swing. Please check schedule star for the complete schedule of events. Also, just a reminder that on Thursday, Dec 5, the AZVAB test will be administered. Please note, that our bell schedule will be adjusted slightly to accommodate the three hour test. Periods one and two will be 85 minutes each and lunch will be the same as Wednesday's schedule, please mark your calendars.
CHS & AIMS
I just want to take a minute to remind, congratulate and to thank you all for your commitment to our students. Your perseverance in the face of all the obstacles is what makes the difference. Our overall composite AIMS scores (10th, 11th grade combined) are on the rise. Although the state measures our school's progress primarily on 10th grade scores, we need to remember that it is the academic progress of ALL students that is ultimately our goal. There is a lot of work yet to be done, but I firmly believe we are headed in the right direction.
Thank you Derek Born for reminding us of our successes!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
- Cicero
CHS Students continue to share the love and make us proud...On Friday, fourteen of Mr. Ashcroft's Culinary Arts students prepared and served a thanksgiving dinner for over 60 Senior residents of the Flagstaff Meadows Senior Living complex. The residents were so grateful and happy to have the delicious food and "delightful" company, they have asked the students back to prepare a holiday meal in December. This was a great opportunity for our students to preform a service for our neighborhood senior community.
Mrs. Rathbun's class spoiled us here at Coconino as well, with traditional holiday pies, followed by cookies and hot apple cider. What a heart warming way to kick off the holiday season at CHS. Thank you Culinary Arts!
The first ever Panther Tracks Dance a-thon was a hit. Participating students had a blast dancing or watching their peers dancing away. Thank you to the Panther Tracks team for putting this event together and helping us publicly recognize positive behavior.
This week
We have a short week, as you know, but when we come back CHS Winter Sports will be in full swing. Please check schedule star for the complete schedule of events. Also, just a reminder that on Thursday, Dec 5, the AZVAB test will be administered. Please note, that our bell schedule will be adjusted slightly to accommodate the three hour test. Periods one and two will be 85 minutes each and lunch will be the same as Wednesday's schedule, please mark your calendars.
CHS & AIMS
I just want to take a minute to remind, congratulate and to thank you all for your commitment to our students. Your perseverance in the face of all the obstacles is what makes the difference. Our overall composite AIMS scores (10th, 11th grade combined) are on the rise. Although the state measures our school's progress primarily on 10th grade scores, we need to remember that it is the academic progress of ALL students that is ultimately our goal. There is a lot of work yet to be done, but I firmly believe we are headed in the right direction.
Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) CHS
Thank you Derek Born for reminding us of our successes!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
- Cicero
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Update~November 18-22, 2013
Celebrating Success
A group of brave and hearty souls from Coconino met up with students, teachers, parents and coaches from from Killip Elementary and Sinagua Middle School to participate in the first annual "Kindness Rally". The rally was held in front of City Hall on this chilly Saturday where students enthusiastically held up signs promoting kindness, compassion, citizenship and other positive messages. A special thank you to Coach Kelley Smith and the Varsity Basketball Team for showing up in full force to represent Coconino for this noble campaign.
Panther Tracks (AKA PBIS)
This Thursday, November 21 from 1:30-2:20pm there will be a special dance event for students with ZERO unexcused absences or tardies during first hour for the month of October. On Thursday, during 7th period these students will receive a Peach colored invitation to attend the dance off competition.
Keep your eyes out for an email from Krista with more details.
Communication
As we begin to descend on the close of the fall semester it's a good time to reach out and communicate with parents. Good news or bad news, communication is always (well, almost always) appreciated by the families of our students. It would be great if we all made a point of calling one or two families each week for the next four weeks with some positive feedback about our students.
Robotics Season
This upcoming weekend marks the official beginning of Robotics competition season. Both the south and the north areas of CHS will be alive with the buzz of Robots and their creators. Come on by Saturday anytime to check it out.
Dates to Remember
11/20 Progress report grades due
11/21 Panther Tracks Dance Competition 1:30pm
11/21 S3 Meeting
11/23 Robotics at CHS
A group of brave and hearty souls from Coconino met up with students, teachers, parents and coaches from from Killip Elementary and Sinagua Middle School to participate in the first annual "Kindness Rally". The rally was held in front of City Hall on this chilly Saturday where students enthusiastically held up signs promoting kindness, compassion, citizenship and other positive messages. A special thank you to Coach Kelley Smith and the Varsity Basketball Team for showing up in full force to represent Coconino for this noble campaign.
Panther Tracks (AKA PBIS)
This Thursday, November 21 from 1:30-2:20pm there will be a special dance event for students with ZERO unexcused absences or tardies during first hour for the month of October. On Thursday, during 7th period these students will receive a Peach colored invitation to attend the dance off competition.
Keep your eyes out for an email from Krista with more details.
Communication
As we begin to descend on the close of the fall semester it's a good time to reach out and communicate with parents. Good news or bad news, communication is always (well, almost always) appreciated by the families of our students. It would be great if we all made a point of calling one or two families each week for the next four weeks with some positive feedback about our students.
Robotics Season
This upcoming weekend marks the official beginning of Robotics competition season. Both the south and the north areas of CHS will be alive with the buzz of Robots and their creators. Come on by Saturday anytime to check it out.
Dates to Remember
11/20 Progress report grades due
11/21 Panther Tracks Dance Competition 1:30pm
11/21 S3 Meeting
11/23 Robotics at CHS
Monday, November 11, 2013
Update~November 11-15, 2013
Celebrating Success
CHS absolutely has the best JROTC instructors in the state of Arizona. As Russ stated in his earlier e-mail today a very special thank you to Master Sergeant Dave Alves and Chief Warrant Officer Travis Workman for your years of service and for your continued honorable and greatly respected leadership with the students of Coconino High school.
And, in Chief Workman's prideful words "The Panther Battalion has a winning reputation with all the JROTC Battalions in Arizona and is feared when it comes to the physical fitness team. At the first competition of the year the drill team delivered a flawless performance, both Color Guard teams did an outstanding job, the Physical fitness team beat their scores from last year and decimated the other teams and the Coconino Cadets were the last standing for the Drill down at the end of the competition. All teams placed 1st."
Way to Go Panthers!!!
Faculty Meeting
We will not have a faculty meeting in the month of November. The next faculty meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 4 @ 1:15pm, please mark your calendars.
The case of the missing hall passes
Never knew that hallway freedom would be so desired. The mystery of the missing passes has not been solved, which means many teachers are left without a lanyard style hall pass. Please see Joleen if you need a supply of paper hall passes and remember to continue to issue hall passes to any student who needs to leave your room during class time.
Law Related Education Don't forget to contact Ed to schedule time for him to teach in your classroom.
Copy Paper
For some unknown reason the use of copy paper at CHS is on the rise. In fact, almost doubled since last year. Here's a little trivia...Typically we budget about $6,000 - $7,000 for copy paper each school year. As of October 16, we have already spent $5480.00. I am not sure what we can do about this, but thought you should know and, of course open to thoughts and ideas about ways we can slow down usage.
Party Time
The Friday Night "Likes" school wide Pizza Party will likely take place on Thursday, December 12 (The Thursday combined lunch before finals).
Also, in honor of our school having one of the top ten finalists for Arizona Teacher of the Year, Christine Sapio, CHS gets a school wide ice cream party courtesy of Blue Bell Ice cream. The ice cream party is scheduled for Friday, December 6 during both lunches.
Holiday Party~ Hope everyone can join us for the CHS Holiday Party on Sunday, December 15 at 4:00pm at my house.
Hope you all have a productive four day week!
CHS absolutely has the best JROTC instructors in the state of Arizona. As Russ stated in his earlier e-mail today a very special thank you to Master Sergeant Dave Alves and Chief Warrant Officer Travis Workman for your years of service and for your continued honorable and greatly respected leadership with the students of Coconino High school.
And, in Chief Workman's prideful words "The Panther Battalion has a winning reputation with all the JROTC Battalions in Arizona and is feared when it comes to the physical fitness team. At the first competition of the year the drill team delivered a flawless performance, both Color Guard teams did an outstanding job, the Physical fitness team beat their scores from last year and decimated the other teams and the Coconino Cadets were the last standing for the Drill down at the end of the competition. All teams placed 1st."
Way to Go Panthers!!!
Faculty Meeting
We will not have a faculty meeting in the month of November. The next faculty meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 4 @ 1:15pm, please mark your calendars.
The case of the missing hall passes
Never knew that hallway freedom would be so desired. The mystery of the missing passes has not been solved, which means many teachers are left without a lanyard style hall pass. Please see Joleen if you need a supply of paper hall passes and remember to continue to issue hall passes to any student who needs to leave your room during class time.
Law Related Education Don't forget to contact Ed to schedule time for him to teach in your classroom.
Copy Paper
For some unknown reason the use of copy paper at CHS is on the rise. In fact, almost doubled since last year. Here's a little trivia...Typically we budget about $6,000 - $7,000 for copy paper each school year. As of October 16, we have already spent $5480.00. I am not sure what we can do about this, but thought you should know and, of course open to thoughts and ideas about ways we can slow down usage.
Party Time
The Friday Night "Likes" school wide Pizza Party will likely take place on Thursday, December 12 (The Thursday combined lunch before finals).
Also, in honor of our school having one of the top ten finalists for Arizona Teacher of the Year, Christine Sapio, CHS gets a school wide ice cream party courtesy of Blue Bell Ice cream. The ice cream party is scheduled for Friday, December 6 during both lunches.
Holiday Party~ Hope everyone can join us for the CHS Holiday Party on Sunday, December 15 at 4:00pm at my house.
Hope you all have a productive four day week!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Update~ Nov 4-8, 2013
Celebrating Success
Yay! $1000.00 for CHS and a Pizza party for all... CHS came out the winner in the month long KAFF Country Friday Night "Likes" competition. The best part of the contest was the opportunity for air time for CHS students to talk about all the great things happening at our school. Our students did a fantastic job and shared their Panther Pride with our community! Way to go Coco... We plan to use the money to host more combined lunch events and to support some building wide art projects in the near future.
When I closed my eyes this Saturday at Ardrey Auditorium, I felt as though I was listening to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Our CHS orchestra performed three beautiful pieces at NAU this weekend. Congratulations to this talented and gifted group of young musicians and their extraordinary conductor, Jennifer Hamilton.
A special thank you to our brave teacher, Jim McNease, who gallantly "Took one for the team" during Thursday's pep assembly. Thanks Jim and Panther dudes!
PLCs
Collaborative Team successes abound. Thank you everyone for sharing your team notes and information about your progress. It was great to hear that our Biology department met together to analyze student scores from their first quarter benchmark assessment. In so doing they discovered lower than expected results. They formulated a plan for re-teaching and to spend time together to develop another formative assessment half way through the quarter. This is true collaboration and their students are benefiting greatly from their efforts as evidenced in the recent mark analysis.
Secondary I-pad rollout
Based on input from the departments who expressed interest in participating in the Phase 1 rollout, Social Studies and Science have been selected.
This week
Nada! We'll plan to buckle down with no anticipated disruptions, well almost none...Some of our 9th grade English students will be going on a field trip on Thursday. You should be receiving an email from their teachers early this week.
Hope you have a tranquil week!
Yay! $1000.00 for CHS and a Pizza party for all... CHS came out the winner in the month long KAFF Country Friday Night "Likes" competition. The best part of the contest was the opportunity for air time for CHS students to talk about all the great things happening at our school. Our students did a fantastic job and shared their Panther Pride with our community! Way to go Coco... We plan to use the money to host more combined lunch events and to support some building wide art projects in the near future.
When I closed my eyes this Saturday at Ardrey Auditorium, I felt as though I was listening to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Our CHS orchestra performed three beautiful pieces at NAU this weekend. Congratulations to this talented and gifted group of young musicians and their extraordinary conductor, Jennifer Hamilton.
A special thank you to our brave teacher, Jim McNease, who gallantly "Took one for the team" during Thursday's pep assembly. Thanks Jim and Panther dudes!
PLCs
Collaborative Team successes abound. Thank you everyone for sharing your team notes and information about your progress. It was great to hear that our Biology department met together to analyze student scores from their first quarter benchmark assessment. In so doing they discovered lower than expected results. They formulated a plan for re-teaching and to spend time together to develop another formative assessment half way through the quarter. This is true collaboration and their students are benefiting greatly from their efforts as evidenced in the recent mark analysis.
Secondary I-pad rollout
Based on input from the departments who expressed interest in participating in the Phase 1 rollout, Social Studies and Science have been selected.
This week
Nada! We'll plan to buckle down with no anticipated disruptions, well almost none...Some of our 9th grade English students will be going on a field trip on Thursday. You should be receiving an email from their teachers early this week.
Hope you have a tranquil week!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Update~October 28-November 1, 2013
Celebrating Success
Not only do we have a school full of excellent teachers, we have a school full of heroes. I cannot thank you enough for the quick response to Joleen's call for help last week when a fight broke out in front of school. I was deeply touched to see so many teachers swiftly uniting and heading out to help. Thank you everyone! This is just one of the many reasons, I am so proud to be the principal of Coconino High school.
A special thank you to Carrie Johnson and team for all your efforts to ensure a smooth round of AIMS. Great job, thank you!
Law Related Education
Another point of light at CHS is Officer Ed Vesley. Ed's position is grant funded and although he does many things, his primary responsibility is to teach law related information to our students. In order to for us to keep the funding we have to be sure Ed is visiting classrooms and working directly with students. Please contact Ed to schedule time for him to teach in your classroom.
Mix it up
On Wednesday, October 30, CHS is participating in Mix It UP at Lunch Day. This is a nationwide day of encouraging all of us to set aside stereotypes we may have, step out of our comfort zone, and sit with someone new for lunch. Please help support this by talking it up with your students. Mix It Up is October 30 at CHS. FOR Club is coordinating logistics and advertising, LINKS are dining in, and Student Council is including Mix It Up at Lunch in their Spirit Week calendar of events!!!
Halloween
It is fine if students want to come to school in costume, but dress code still applies. Please share this with your students. Full face paint and hats will not be permitted. If you are planning to dress in costume please help set the example, please do not wear hats or head coverings etc. Thank you in advance for your support and cooperation.
Dates to Remember
Not only do we have a school full of excellent teachers, we have a school full of heroes. I cannot thank you enough for the quick response to Joleen's call for help last week when a fight broke out in front of school. I was deeply touched to see so many teachers swiftly uniting and heading out to help. Thank you everyone! This is just one of the many reasons, I am so proud to be the principal of Coconino High school.
A special thank you to Carrie Johnson and team for all your efforts to ensure a smooth round of AIMS. Great job, thank you!
Law Related Education
Another point of light at CHS is Officer Ed Vesley. Ed's position is grant funded and although he does many things, his primary responsibility is to teach law related information to our students. In order to for us to keep the funding we have to be sure Ed is visiting classrooms and working directly with students. Please contact Ed to schedule time for him to teach in your classroom.
Mix it up
On Wednesday, October 30, CHS is participating in Mix It UP at Lunch Day. This is a nationwide day of encouraging all of us to set aside stereotypes we may have, step out of our comfort zone, and sit with someone new for lunch. Please help support this by talking it up with your students. Mix It Up is October 30 at CHS. FOR Club is coordinating logistics and advertising, LINKS are dining in, and Student Council is including Mix It Up at Lunch in their Spirit Week calendar of events!!!
Halloween
It is fine if students want to come to school in costume, but dress code still applies. Please share this with your students. Full face paint and hats will not be permitted. If you are planning to dress in costume please help set the example, please do not wear hats or head coverings etc. Thank you in advance for your support and cooperation.
Dates to Remember
- 10/28 CHS S3 Mtg 2:50pm Room 211
- 10/29 District wide S3 Retreat all day. SZ out of the building.
- 10/29 Volleyball @home v. Cortez
- 10/30 Progress Report grades due
- 10/30 Mix it up at lunch day
- 10/30 Volleyball at FHS
- 10/31 Pep Assembly 1:20pm
- 11/1 Varsity Football v. FHS @ the Skydome 7:30pm
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Update October 21-25, 2013
Celebrating Success
The impromptu College Fair was a success. We had about two hundred students mingling and asking thoughtful questions with college reps on Thursday. Thank you everyone for your flexibility and a special thank you to our counseling secretary, Denise VanWoerkom for organizing this important event.
And...woo hoo! Congratulations to our Panther Special Olympics Softball Team who took home a gold medal this weekend. Way to go Panthers!
Exciting News
The impromptu College Fair was a success. We had about two hundred students mingling and asking thoughtful questions with college reps on Thursday. Thank you everyone for your flexibility and a special thank you to our counseling secretary, Denise VanWoerkom for organizing this important event.
And...woo hoo! Congratulations to our Panther Special Olympics Softball Team who took home a gold medal this weekend. Way to go Panthers!
Exciting News
Phase one of the implementation of mobile devices for the secondary level is in the near future. After several meetings, focused discussion and comparison
of both the Chromebook and iPad features, the iPad was selected as the
device for implementation at the secondary level.
F.U.S.D. middle and high schools will be receiving several full ipad carts (with 30 ipads on each cart) this year. The lingering question is which departments will be on the receiving end during phase 1 implementation? If you have an interest in participating in the first roll out, please let me know.
AIMS this week
Reminder...this is AIMS week. All 11th and 12th grade students who have not yet passed will test this week.
Please share your vote of confidence with our students and encourage them to do their best.
Thursdays
Just so you know...nothing unusual this week, but looking ahead
October 31 ~ Annual pep assembly during Pathways (CHS v FHS Friday, Nov 1)
November 7 ~ Senior meeting with Balfour during Pathways
Heads up
This is Coconino's year to go through the accreditation process. This requires schools to critically
evaluate their vision, strategies, priorities, leadership, and programs
and resources. The process of earning and maintaining accreditation requires that we form various committees to examine our school system and develop goals and related actions. Our accreditation review will take place the week after spring break, but we will begin forming committees in December and our work will begin after winter break. I will let you all know what the focus will be for each committee as soon as I know, but wanted to give you a heads up.
PBIS
Raffle time ~ This Friday, October 25 the Pawsitive Panther Raffle winners will be announced.
Dates to Remember
10/22, 23, 24 ~ AIMS
10/22 Volleyball @ home v. Monument Valley
10/25 V FB @ home v. Mingus
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Update October 14-18, 2013
Celebrating Success
Kudos to our CHS English Teachers who spent hours poring over hundreds of student essays last week. This productive project was a collaborative effort to read, review, discuss and analyze student work in order to calibrate and validate the English Common Assessments. Noble work indeed!!!
The LipDub...Epic! Thank you to Mr. Shaddy, Studio 340 and everyone for making this happen. If you haven't seen this yet click HERE to watch this fun video.
Extraordinary things happen when you have extraordinary people.
PBIS
Panther Power Play...Attention1st hour prep Teachers. Please join us for our first Panther Power Play on Monday. When the first bell rings, please be in the hallways encouraging students to get to class on time.
SY 2014-15
The FUSD Governing Board approved calendar # 3. This is the one where students return on Thursday, August 7, we'll have two days off in October and snow make up days spread out at the end of the year.
Observations
Just a reminder to you all to be sure to read the rubric for each evaluation indicator prior to your formal observation.
Faculty Meeting
We have a faculty meeting this Wednesday at 1:30pm in the Mini- Theater.
College Fair Thursday
This Thursday, October 17 CHS is hosting 23 colleges for our College Fair. Study Hall Teachers who have seniors are invited to take your study hall class to the cafeteria during Study Hall.
Dates to Remember
10/14 VB @ home v. Payson
10/15 VB @ home v. FHS
10/16 PSATs all morning
10/16 Faculty Meeting 1:45-2:45
10/18 NO SCHOOL
Varsity FB @ home v. Campo Verde
Have a great four day week!
Kudos to our CHS English Teachers who spent hours poring over hundreds of student essays last week. This productive project was a collaborative effort to read, review, discuss and analyze student work in order to calibrate and validate the English Common Assessments. Noble work indeed!!!
The LipDub...Epic! Thank you to Mr. Shaddy, Studio 340 and everyone for making this happen. If you haven't seen this yet click HERE to watch this fun video.
Extraordinary things happen when you have extraordinary people.
PBIS
Panther Power Play...Attention1st hour prep Teachers. Please join us for our first Panther Power Play on Monday. When the first bell rings, please be in the hallways encouraging students to get to class on time.
SY 2014-15
The FUSD Governing Board approved calendar # 3. This is the one where students return on Thursday, August 7, we'll have two days off in October and snow make up days spread out at the end of the year.
Observations
Just a reminder to you all to be sure to read the rubric for each evaluation indicator prior to your formal observation.
Faculty Meeting
We have a faculty meeting this Wednesday at 1:30pm in the Mini- Theater.
College Fair Thursday
This Thursday, October 17 CHS is hosting 23 colleges for our College Fair. Study Hall Teachers who have seniors are invited to take your study hall class to the cafeteria during Study Hall.
Dates to Remember
10/14 VB @ home v. Payson
10/15 VB @ home v. FHS
10/16 PSATs all morning
10/16 Faculty Meeting 1:45-2:45
10/18 NO SCHOOL
Varsity FB @ home v. Campo Verde
Have a great four day week!
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Update October 7-11, 2013
Celebrating Success
Oh my goodness what a great Panther homecoming week. Thanks everyone for your flexibility and good spirit last week. Thank you to James Ingram and Paul Pavlich for preparing the delicious taco lunch that helped us make it through the wild week. Thank you to Gaby and Student Council for organizing each and every event during this high spirited homecoming. Thank you to Dean Shaddy and the student production crew for an amazing day of filming...we are all anxiously awaiting the debut of the Coconino High school LipDub. Congratulations to our well loved homecoming dedicatees Daniel VanderValk and Karlyn Heilman. Finally thank you to all the homecoming dance chaperones, who each deserve a medal of honor...
I hope you all got some rest this weekend.
This Week
Pretty quiet...End of first quarter and the 40th day of the school year is this Wednesday, October 9 -We must be having a lot of fun because time is surely flying by.
Looking ahead
Oh my goodness what a great Panther homecoming week. Thanks everyone for your flexibility and good spirit last week. Thank you to James Ingram and Paul Pavlich for preparing the delicious taco lunch that helped us make it through the wild week. Thank you to Gaby and Student Council for organizing each and every event during this high spirited homecoming. Thank you to Dean Shaddy and the student production crew for an amazing day of filming...we are all anxiously awaiting the debut of the Coconino High school LipDub. Congratulations to our well loved homecoming dedicatees Daniel VanderValk and Karlyn Heilman. Finally thank you to all the homecoming dance chaperones, who each deserve a medal of honor...
I hope you all got some rest this weekend.
This Week
Pretty quiet...End of first quarter and the 40th day of the school year is this Wednesday, October 9 -We must be having a lot of fun because time is surely flying by.
Looking ahead
- PSAT testing will take place in the small gym on Wednesday, October 16, 8:00am-until finished which means ending times will vary. We have about 130 students signed up to take the PSAT.
- AIMS for all juniors and seniors who have not yet passed and also for those who wish to attempt to exceed will take place in two weeks
Tuesday, October 22 ~ Writing
Wednesday, October 23 ~ Reading
Thursday, October 24 ~ Math
Please keep an eye out for an email from Carrie Johnson with the names of all students who will be required to take AIMS.
PLCs
Thanks for sharing your PLC notes. It is great to see progress with everything from developing benchmark assessments, identifying students who need extra time and support and sharing effective lessons and strategies. Keep up the good work!
PLCs
Thanks for sharing your PLC notes. It is great to see progress with everything from developing benchmark assessments, identifying students who need extra time and support and sharing effective lessons and strategies. Keep up the good work!
PBIS
A little reminder from the Panther Tracks Team...
Remember teaching behavior is not apart from teaching, but rather a part of teaching
Hope you have a nice, calm academic week
A little reminder from the Panther Tracks Team...
Remember teaching behavior is not apart from teaching, but rather a part of teaching
Hope you have a nice, calm academic week
Sunday, September 29, 2013
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
LipDub Music Video
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.
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
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
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!
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Update- Sept 23-27
Celebrating Success
Way to go Panthers!
Varsity Football, Volleyball and Golf all brought home a big W this week. Niiice!
SY 2014-15
I know we just launched SY 2013-14 and we are talking about next year. There are three proposed calendars on the table for next year. Barbara Hickman is asking for staff and faculty input. I have posted a copy of the three options in the mailroom. Below I have attempted to highlight the main differences. (Winter and Spring break dates and last day of school are the same in all three options, so i did not include them).
#1. School start for students is August 4
Fall Break, one full school week, October 13-October 17
Built in snow days (Days off if not used for snow): May 7, 8, 11,12,13 (lumped together)
#2. School start for students is August 7
Fall Break, two days, October 16 & 17
Built in snow days (Days off if not used for snow) May 7,8, 11,12, 13 (lumped together)
#3. School start for students is August 4
Fall Break, two days, October 16 & 17
Built in snow days April 24, 25 & May 7, 8, 9 (separated)
*You will have a chance to indicate your preference during our prep hour meetings on Tuesday, September 24.
AIMS to PARCC
With the intent of helping schools overcome glitches and prepare for the transition from AIMS to PARCC, The Arizona Department of Ed is piloting the PARCC Assessment around the state. CHS will pilot Geometry, and 9th & 11th grade English Language Arts. The windows for testing will be March 24 through April 11 and May 5 through June 6. Only two classes per subject will test. I'll let you know who the "chosen ones" are as we get closer.
PR for CHS
The KAFF Radio challenge, Friday Night "Likes" begins Monday, September 23. This is a friendly competition between CHS and FHS to get the most Facebook likes. The winning school will receive $1000.00 and a Pizza party for the entire school. WE WANT TO WIN!!!
Please go to Facebook.com/Kaffcountry and "Like" Coconino High School. Also, please encourage your students, friends, relatives, people you meet on the street and anyone else you can think of, to do the same. You can "like" the page as many times and as often as you want.
Also, if you have any current photos of CHS related events, people, projects etc, please send them to Joleen so she can include them on our CHS Facebook page.
Faculty Meetings
I have had several questions about faculty meetings this year. The plan is to have only one faculty meeting per month. If we have a scheduled prep hour meeting, unless something unexpected comes up, I will not to plan an after school faculty meeting. This month, September 24, we have prep hour meetings scheduled. (This will take care of September) . Then on Wednesday, October 23 we will have a faculty meeting from 1:00-2:00pm.
On Wednesday, October 2, we will have a special Faculty lunch celebration at 1:00pm in the cafeteria. (No formal meeting).
Fire Drill
The first fire drill of the year went fairly well. Evacuation from the building happened within 1 minute of the alarm sounding, with the exception of one student had trouble being roused from a deep sleep. In a real emergency this sleeping student would pose a danger not only to him/herself, but the others trying to wake and help the student out of the building. Students who can not stay awake in class, should be sent to the nurse who will determine if the student should be sent home for the day.
Please note the following refinements to our fire drill procedures.
- Classes who go to the north parking lot, your rally point is as north as possible toward the fence line. Please do not gather in the cul de sac or side walk areas of the lot
- Classes who go to the west side of the building, your rally point will be the main football field, Cromer stadium.
- All teachers should bring your class roster and take roll at the rally point. A hard copy of your roster should be contained in your red emergency folder and easily accessible.
Homecoming Plans
Student council will be sharing the theme for homecoming spirit week soon. For your planning purposes
10/02 Faculty Lunch 1:00pm cafeteria
F FB @ home v. Bradshaw Mt. 3:30
Annual Bon Fire 6:15 pm
10/04 Abbreviated schedule Click here for schedule
School wide lip dub beginning at 8:00am
Homecoming Parade 1:00pm
Pep Assembly 1:20pm -2:20pm
Varsity Football game 7:00pm v. Bradshaw Mt.
Dates to Remember This Week
9/24 Prep hour meetings room 211 for all periods except 2nd. 2nd period will meet in the Mini-Theater.
9/25 F FB @ home v. Kingman 3:30pm
9/26 VB @ home all levels 4:00pm
9/27 V FB @ home v. Kingman 7:00pm
Welcome back Gaby and Dana, and our best for a speedy recovery for Eric Ashcroft.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Update-September 16-20, 2013
Celebrating Success
Freshmen freeze was really cool. Nearly 400 Freshmen gathered in the cafeteria to check in with their Link Leaders last Thursday. Lots of happy smiles and great conversations took place. Thank you everyone!
Freshmen freeze was really cool. Nearly 400 Freshmen gathered in the cafeteria to check in with their Link Leaders last Thursday. Lots of happy smiles and great conversations took place. Thank you everyone!
CHS Homecoming
You may or may not have heard the buzz about our CHS Lip dub. Now you might be thinking what the heck is a lip dub? A lip dub is a sort of school wide music video. High schools all over the country are producing these fun, high spirited videos. The purpose is to promote pride, excitement, energy and school spirit. Our CHS Student Council and Media Technology classes are working together to create our very own Coconino High School Lip Dub. The filming will take place on Friday, October 4. The students are really excited about this project and asked that I help support and promote the lip dub. Their hope is that every individual at CHS will be part of the video. You can find lots of examples of high school Lip Dubs on youtube, schooltube etc. Click here to view one example. I sincerely hope you will all get involved and help support this project. Keep an eye out for more information and details from our student council.
Friday Night Likes
KAFF Radio in Flagstaff is kicking off a campaign to help generate excitement and support for local high school programs. The kick off for this campaign is a competition to get as many Facebook "likes" for Coconino and Flag high. The school that receives the most "likes" will win $600.00 and the runner up school will receive $400.00. The competition will begin this Friday, September 20. Then, between 9/20 and 11/ 1 (The CHS/FHS football game), students from both high schools are invited to join the radio program to talk about their school and programs in which they are involved and how the community can support our students, activities and schools. I will keep you posted about this too.
Thursdays
As we expand options for students on Thursdays please follow these guidelines:
Friday Night Likes
KAFF Radio in Flagstaff is kicking off a campaign to help generate excitement and support for local high school programs. The kick off for this campaign is a competition to get as many Facebook "likes" for Coconino and Flag high. The school that receives the most "likes" will win $600.00 and the runner up school will receive $400.00. The competition will begin this Friday, September 20. Then, between 9/20 and 11/ 1 (The CHS/FHS football game), students from both high schools are invited to join the radio program to talk about their school and programs in which they are involved and how the community can support our students, activities and schools. I will keep you posted about this too.
Thursdays
As we expand options for students on Thursdays please follow these guidelines:
- Dismiss Math Intervention students first
- Refrain from giving hall passes during the first ten minutes of study hall
- Remind students to bring necessary supplies to 7th hour on Thursdays (This should help decrease the number of students needing to go their lockers).
Dates to Remember
9/19 Volleyball @ home (all levels) v. Show Low 4:00pm
JV Football @ home 3:30pm
9/20 Fire drill 9:00am
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Update-September 9-13, 2013
Celebrating Success
Math Interventions are up and running. Thank you to our CHS Math Teachers for organizing targeted interventions for our students.
Teachers please remember to send ONLY students who have a red pass to Thursday Interventions.
PLCs are alive and well at CHS. The Collaborative Team Goals and focus on creating formative assessments will undoubtedly help answer the questions that guide our Collaborative work:
1. What do we want students to know and be able to do?
2. How will we know if they are learning?
3. What will we do if they are not?
4. What will we do if they are?
Mastery Learning Center (MLC)
This year, the MLC is in room 353 (Popham’s old room). What is the MLC? This is a room utilized by students with IEPs for accommodations such as extra help on assignments or tests. When you’re sending students to the MLC, please fill out an MLC pass, with the student’s name, which assignment he/she should be working on, and what help he/she should receive. Click here for the MLC pass. Please see Marti Millhouse should you have questions about the MLC.
Hall Passes
Speaking of passes, please remember not to give hall passes during the first ten minutes of class. Keeping the hallways clear during first ten minutes helps our efforts in curtailing tardies and helps to promote the message that being in class on time is important.
Sweep Sweep Sweep
Sweeps are making a difference. Comparative data from last year to this year shows that tardies, and incidentally absences are down. Please continue to be at your door, marking students who are late to class on the tardy sheet. Also, double check that your tardy sheet includes your name and the first and last name of the students. Thank you for your help and support in this effort.
Dress Code
Please continue to send students to see nurse McKenzie should you find a student in violation of our dress code. Our policy clearly states that...
Field Trips
Ah yes, field trips... Please refer to the Coconino High School Faculty Handbook for details and requirements for scheduling a field trip. (This is the red book given out a the beginning of school year meeting). Eric Freas is the contact person for scheduling transportation and related questions. Also, remember if you are planning a field trip that requires students to miss classes other than your own, please check to ensure that students are in good academic standing in all classes in order to be eligible to participate.
TPEC (Teacher Performance Evaluation)
Our pre-conferences are wrapping up. Steve, Cris and I have enjoyed meeting individually with each of you and we are looking forward to spending time in your classrooms. Please remember to log in to the https://fusd1.truenorthlogic.com and accept your profile. Here is a brief tutorial thanks to Marshall Principal, John Coe.
Planning Ahead
Mark your calendars for prep hour meetings on Tuesday, September 24. Prep hour meetings will be held in room 211, with the exception of 4th period which will be held in the Panther Cafe.
Homecoming Week is September 30-October 5.
Dates to Remember
9/11 New Teacher Mtg 2:20-3:00pm Room 211
9/11 Panther Tracks (PBIS) Mtg 3:00-4:00pm Room 211
9/12 Freshman Freeze. The last 20 minutes of Thursday Intervention all freshmen students will join the Link crew leaders. (More info later this week).
Math Interventions are up and running. Thank you to our CHS Math Teachers for organizing targeted interventions for our students.
Teachers please remember to send ONLY students who have a red pass to Thursday Interventions.
PLCs are alive and well at CHS. The Collaborative Team Goals and focus on creating formative assessments will undoubtedly help answer the questions that guide our Collaborative work:
1. What do we want students to know and be able to do?
2. How will we know if they are learning?
3. What will we do if they are not?
4. What will we do if they are?
Mastery Learning Center (MLC)
This year, the MLC is in room 353 (Popham’s old room). What is the MLC? This is a room utilized by students with IEPs for accommodations such as extra help on assignments or tests. When you’re sending students to the MLC, please fill out an MLC pass, with the student’s name, which assignment he/she should be working on, and what help he/she should receive. Click here for the MLC pass. Please see Marti Millhouse should you have questions about the MLC.
Hall Passes
Speaking of passes, please remember not to give hall passes during the first ten minutes of class. Keeping the hallways clear during first ten minutes helps our efforts in curtailing tardies and helps to promote the message that being in class on time is important.
Sweep Sweep Sweep
Sweeps are making a difference. Comparative data from last year to this year shows that tardies, and incidentally absences are down. Please continue to be at your door, marking students who are late to class on the tardy sheet. Also, double check that your tardy sheet includes your name and the first and last name of the students. Thank you for your help and support in this effort.
Dress Code
Please continue to send students to see nurse McKenzie should you find a student in violation of our dress code. Our policy clearly states that...
Students may be asked to change clothes if the clothing is
deemed inappropriate by staff. Staff
discretion will determine appropriateness.
The dress code policy can be found on the front page of our CHS website.
The dress code policy can be found on the front page of our CHS website.
Field Trips
Ah yes, field trips... Please refer to the Coconino High School Faculty Handbook for details and requirements for scheduling a field trip. (This is the red book given out a the beginning of school year meeting). Eric Freas is the contact person for scheduling transportation and related questions. Also, remember if you are planning a field trip that requires students to miss classes other than your own, please check to ensure that students are in good academic standing in all classes in order to be eligible to participate.
TPEC (Teacher Performance Evaluation)
Our pre-conferences are wrapping up. Steve, Cris and I have enjoyed meeting individually with each of you and we are looking forward to spending time in your classrooms. Please remember to log in to the https://fusd1.truenorthlogic.com and accept your profile. Here is a brief tutorial thanks to Marshall Principal, John Coe.
Planning Ahead
Mark your calendars for prep hour meetings on Tuesday, September 24. Prep hour meetings will be held in room 211, with the exception of 4th period which will be held in the Panther Cafe.
Homecoming Week is September 30-October 5.
Dates to Remember
9/11 New Teacher Mtg 2:20-3:00pm Room 211
9/11 Panther Tracks (PBIS) Mtg 3:00-4:00pm Room 211
9/12 Freshman Freeze. The last 20 minutes of Thursday Intervention all freshmen students will join the Link crew leaders. (More info later this week).
Monday, September 2, 2013
September 3-6, 2013
Celebrating Success
As August slips into September, first grading cycle is complete, Open House is behind us and Rachel's Challenge was a success. Immediately following the assembly about 75 Coconino students met together to share their feelings and perspectives about Rachel's Challenge and its impact on them. Their honesty and courage to speak openly about their own hardships and the challenges they face at school was really amazing. The students collectively agreed that actively promoting kindness and compassion will help Coconino be a better place. They split into groups with the help of 13 CHS Faculty members to begin planning action steps toward this effort. A special thank you to James Mason for introducing the idea for Rachel's Challenge at Coconino. There will be another meeting this Wednesday, during combined lunch in the mini-theater. ALL students are invited to attend. Because this meeting will take place on Wednesday, and we only have announcements on Thursdays, we need your help letting students know about this meeting.
Study Hall/Intervention
Study Hall and Math Interventions will begin in ernest this Thursday, September 5. Math teachers will give intervention passes to students in need of extra math support. At 1:20PM we will make an announcements asking teachers to release only those students who have a pass to go to the specified math classroom. All other students should remain in study hall.
CHS Events
If you would like to view scheduled CHS events you can go to Schedule Star. Go to our CHS website, click schedule star on the left. The user name is chs@fusd1.org and the password is panthers.
Dates To Remember
Sept 5 Spirit Committee Mtg 11:05 room 211
Sept 6 Panther Varsity Football @ home v. Tempe 7:00pm
Have a great week!
As August slips into September, first grading cycle is complete, Open House is behind us and Rachel's Challenge was a success. Immediately following the assembly about 75 Coconino students met together to share their feelings and perspectives about Rachel's Challenge and its impact on them. Their honesty and courage to speak openly about their own hardships and the challenges they face at school was really amazing. The students collectively agreed that actively promoting kindness and compassion will help Coconino be a better place. They split into groups with the help of 13 CHS Faculty members to begin planning action steps toward this effort. A special thank you to James Mason for introducing the idea for Rachel's Challenge at Coconino. There will be another meeting this Wednesday, during combined lunch in the mini-theater. ALL students are invited to attend. Because this meeting will take place on Wednesday, and we only have announcements on Thursdays, we need your help letting students know about this meeting.
Study Hall/Intervention
Study Hall and Math Interventions will begin in ernest this Thursday, September 5. Math teachers will give intervention passes to students in need of extra math support. At 1:20PM we will make an announcements asking teachers to release only those students who have a pass to go to the specified math classroom. All other students should remain in study hall.
CHS Events
If you would like to view scheduled CHS events you can go to Schedule Star. Go to our CHS website, click schedule star on the left. The user name is chs@fusd1.org and the password is panthers.
Dates To Remember
Sept 5 Spirit Committee Mtg 11:05 room 211
Sept 6 Panther Varsity Football @ home v. Tempe 7:00pm
Have a great week!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
August 26-30, 2013
Celebrating Success
Smooth take off into the new school year-With just a bit of turbulence we are reaching our cruising altitude (Thanks P.Pavlich for the metaphor). Great job everyone for a super two weeks. Congratulations to all of our new colleagues who boarded with great enthusiasm and energy. A shout out to Kally VanderValk for her hard work and tenacity in getting our Check in/Check out program off the ground right away. We already have 10 teachers serving as mentors and 13 students identified and receiving extra support. Yes!!!
This week promises to be even more exciting than last. Rachel's Challenge Assembly on Tuesday, 8/27,
Assembly A 8:20-9:20 then back to period 1 until 10:50.
Assembly B 9:50-10:50 followed by combined lunch. (See email sent from Cris on 8/23 to check which assembly your class will attend).
Teachers are also invited and encouraged to attend the evening Community Presentation of Rachel's Challenge, August 27 at 6:30pm in the main auditorium. CHS Open House is Thursday, August 29 at 5:00pm. We'll close out the school week with our first Varsity Football game at the NAU Skydome at 5:00pm. Go Panthers!
Hopefully you can rest on the long weekend! No school Monday, September 2.
Athletic Posters
You have probably noticed that the 2013-14 Athletic Posters have a typo...COCONINO is misspelled. If you have posted or are planning to post these, please cut off the right side and bottom strip of the poster. Thank you!
What's up with the bells?
Our daily bell schedule will include a three minute warning bell between class periods. The ring tone for the warning bell will be different than the regular bell that signals the beginning and end of the class period.
Sweep Sweep Sweep
Thank you all for being at your doors and marking students who enter late to your class. This has helped tremendously. Cris and Tadd have called the parents of all students who reached two absences. Parents were very receptive and appreciative of the personal phone call. We will continue this same process this week. Please continue to be at your door when you hear the sweep announcement. Also, don't forget to mark students on the hard copy as well as in Synergy. Tardy sheets will be collected after first lunch and again at the beginning of seventh period.
Free Money
Last year CHS won $1000.00 by participating in the Flagstaff Mall School Cents program. Our PTO has signed us up again. This year's contest started on August 15th and runs until April 15th. We need only to show receipts from purchases at the Flagstaff Mall at the Guest Services desk (right outside Sears), and request that the attendant mark points for Coconino High School. If you wear a shirt with a CHS logo or show your I.D badge, we get extra points. First place is $3000.00.
The LG Announcement TV for the South Commons was purchased with the $ from last year.
Dates to Remember
8/27 Rachel's Challenge Assembly and Bondo's Birthday:)
8/29 CHS Open House 5:00PM Begins in the South Commons. Beginning at 5:20PM parents will follow their student's schedule and attend each class period for ten minutes with a two minute passing period.
8/30 Varsity Football Game at the NAU Skydome 5:00PM
At this time the captain has turned off the seat belt signs, please feel free to move about the cabin!
Smooth take off into the new school year-With just a bit of turbulence we are reaching our cruising altitude (Thanks P.Pavlich for the metaphor). Great job everyone for a super two weeks. Congratulations to all of our new colleagues who boarded with great enthusiasm and energy. A shout out to Kally VanderValk for her hard work and tenacity in getting our Check in/Check out program off the ground right away. We already have 10 teachers serving as mentors and 13 students identified and receiving extra support. Yes!!!
This week promises to be even more exciting than last. Rachel's Challenge Assembly on Tuesday, 8/27,
Assembly A 8:20-9:20 then back to period 1 until 10:50.
Assembly B 9:50-10:50 followed by combined lunch. (See email sent from Cris on 8/23 to check which assembly your class will attend).
Teachers are also invited and encouraged to attend the evening Community Presentation of Rachel's Challenge, August 27 at 6:30pm in the main auditorium. CHS Open House is Thursday, August 29 at 5:00pm. We'll close out the school week with our first Varsity Football game at the NAU Skydome at 5:00pm. Go Panthers!
Hopefully you can rest on the long weekend! No school Monday, September 2.
Athletic Posters
You have probably noticed that the 2013-14 Athletic Posters have a typo...COCONINO is misspelled. If you have posted or are planning to post these, please cut off the right side and bottom strip of the poster. Thank you!
What's up with the bells?
Our daily bell schedule will include a three minute warning bell between class periods. The ring tone for the warning bell will be different than the regular bell that signals the beginning and end of the class period.
Sweep Sweep Sweep
Thank you all for being at your doors and marking students who enter late to your class. This has helped tremendously. Cris and Tadd have called the parents of all students who reached two absences. Parents were very receptive and appreciative of the personal phone call. We will continue this same process this week. Please continue to be at your door when you hear the sweep announcement. Also, don't forget to mark students on the hard copy as well as in Synergy. Tardy sheets will be collected after first lunch and again at the beginning of seventh period.
Free Money
Last year CHS won $1000.00 by participating in the Flagstaff Mall School Cents program. Our PTO has signed us up again. This year's contest started on August 15th and runs until April 15th. We need only to show receipts from purchases at the Flagstaff Mall at the Guest Services desk (right outside Sears), and request that the attendant mark points for Coconino High School. If you wear a shirt with a CHS logo or show your I.D badge, we get extra points. First place is $3000.00.
The LG Announcement TV for the South Commons was purchased with the $ from last year.
Dates to Remember
8/27 Rachel's Challenge Assembly and Bondo's Birthday:)
8/29 CHS Open House 5:00PM Begins in the South Commons. Beginning at 5:20PM parents will follow their student's schedule and attend each class period for ten minutes with a two minute passing period.
8/30 Varsity Football Game at the NAU Skydome 5:00PM
At this time the captain has turned off the seat belt signs, please feel free to move about the cabin!
Sunday, August 18, 2013
August 19-23, 2013
Celebrating Success
Thank you everyone for all your efforts to help to make the first week go smoothly and for setting a positive tone for a successful school year. It sure feels like we are off to a great start. A special thank you to Krista, Gaby, Theresa and students for creating the catchy CHS Expectation videos.
Reminders
Please don't forget to sign up for your pre-observation conference. A quick clarification about what this is. This is a brief meeting with Cris, Steve or myself, to talk about your professional learning goals for the year and to prepare for your observation/evaluation. We need about 15 to 20 minutes for this conference and Becky has the sign up sheet.
CHS
You may have noticed numerous bulletin boards around school. If you or your students wish to post information, flyers, posters etc, please use the bulletin boards. And, if anyone would like to claim a board to create a special display, you are welcome to do so, just let me know which board you would like. Also there are two window displays in the south commons, next to the cafeteria doors, that have some very old CHS memorabilia and could use some updating. We have so many great things to show off. Any ideas for these display windows are welcomed.
Thursday
This Thursday, August 22 during Study Hall period 1:15-2:20pm we will be preparing for Rachel's Challenge assembly scheduled for Tuesday, August 27. You will receive a copy of the FUSD Anti-Bullying Policy, a student questionnaire with five questions relating to bullying, assembly behavior expectations and suggested guidelines for discussion and completion of the questionnaire, early this week. If you would like more information or have questions regarding Rachel's Challenge, please come to the optional Rachel's Challenge meeting this Tuesday, August 20 in the mini-theater at 2:45pm.
Study Hall and Interventions will begin Thursday, September 5.
Curriculum Maps
I put the instructions to access our district curriculum maps in your boxes. I have also added a digital version of this document to the Frequently used Forms section of the Panther Report. (Upper right hand corner of the blog).
The Common Assessments are ready to be picked up. They are in the back conference room. Department Chairs please come to the office to pick up the materials. In accordance with the district plan, the common assessments must be given the 2nd or 3rd week of school.
Teach Like a Champion
Cris Holmes and I will be facilitating a book study, Professional Growth Academy (PGA) class using the book Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov. The book describes a repertoire of 49 techniques and skills that teachers can use to promote high level learning, student engagement and increased student motivation in the classroom. We would love to fill the class with Coconino Teachers. Please keep and eye out for an email from Gretchen Markiewicz with instructions about how to sign up for the class. The first 15 people to sign up get a free copy of the book. The class will be held at CHS on Thursday evenings from 4:00-7:00pm beginning Thursday, September 5.
Keep up the great work and have a wonderful week!
Thank you everyone for all your efforts to help to make the first week go smoothly and for setting a positive tone for a successful school year. It sure feels like we are off to a great start. A special thank you to Krista, Gaby, Theresa and students for creating the catchy CHS Expectation videos.
Reminders
Please don't forget to sign up for your pre-observation conference. A quick clarification about what this is. This is a brief meeting with Cris, Steve or myself, to talk about your professional learning goals for the year and to prepare for your observation/evaluation. We need about 15 to 20 minutes for this conference and Becky has the sign up sheet.
CHS
You may have noticed numerous bulletin boards around school. If you or your students wish to post information, flyers, posters etc, please use the bulletin boards. And, if anyone would like to claim a board to create a special display, you are welcome to do so, just let me know which board you would like. Also there are two window displays in the south commons, next to the cafeteria doors, that have some very old CHS memorabilia and could use some updating. We have so many great things to show off. Any ideas for these display windows are welcomed.
Thursday
This Thursday, August 22 during Study Hall period 1:15-2:20pm we will be preparing for Rachel's Challenge assembly scheduled for Tuesday, August 27. You will receive a copy of the FUSD Anti-Bullying Policy, a student questionnaire with five questions relating to bullying, assembly behavior expectations and suggested guidelines for discussion and completion of the questionnaire, early this week. If you would like more information or have questions regarding Rachel's Challenge, please come to the optional Rachel's Challenge meeting this Tuesday, August 20 in the mini-theater at 2:45pm.
Study Hall and Interventions will begin Thursday, September 5.
Curriculum Maps
I put the instructions to access our district curriculum maps in your boxes. I have also added a digital version of this document to the Frequently used Forms section of the Panther Report. (Upper right hand corner of the blog).
The Common Assessments are ready to be picked up. They are in the back conference room. Department Chairs please come to the office to pick up the materials. In accordance with the district plan, the common assessments must be given the 2nd or 3rd week of school.
Teach Like a Champion
Cris Holmes and I will be facilitating a book study, Professional Growth Academy (PGA) class using the book Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov. The book describes a repertoire of 49 techniques and skills that teachers can use to promote high level learning, student engagement and increased student motivation in the classroom. We would love to fill the class with Coconino Teachers. Please keep and eye out for an email from Gretchen Markiewicz with instructions about how to sign up for the class. The first 15 people to sign up get a free copy of the book. The class will be held at CHS on Thursday evenings from 4:00-7:00pm beginning Thursday, September 5.
Keep up the great work and have a wonderful week!
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Panther Report August 11, 2013
Celebrating Success
Launching the school year by learning reading strategies designed to help our students become better learners was refreshing and hopefully gave you all some tools to add to your already heavy tool bag. A special thank you to our colleagues and excellent "Close Reading" instructors; Terry Wilson, Paula Wright, Priscilla Aydelott and Tadd Ragan. And if the excitement of new learning strategies wasn't enough, the multi-agency safety exercise provided another level of excitement. We learned a great deal and rest assured that the numerous Community Emergency Response Teams; Flagstaff Police, Flag Fire, Guardian, Flag Medical Center, CERT etc., care deeply about our safety and without a doubt, will take good care of us in case of a real life emergency. Thank you to all who participated and thank you all for your cooperation during the drill. (We will talk more about this during this week's faculty Meeting). Topping off the three days with a warm, albeit, brief introduction and welcome to our new staff and faculty members followed by Panther University made for a full three days. Thank you to everyone who prepared and presented this important information. So as not to add to the head spinning that these full three days may have caused, and so the greatness of the new school year can begin, I will keep this post short and to the point.
My very best to you all for a terrific first day of school!
Reminders
"A school without dreams is like a day without sunshine".
-Arnie Bianco, Author
I hope you have dreamy 2013/14 School Year!
Launching the school year by learning reading strategies designed to help our students become better learners was refreshing and hopefully gave you all some tools to add to your already heavy tool bag. A special thank you to our colleagues and excellent "Close Reading" instructors; Terry Wilson, Paula Wright, Priscilla Aydelott and Tadd Ragan. And if the excitement of new learning strategies wasn't enough, the multi-agency safety exercise provided another level of excitement. We learned a great deal and rest assured that the numerous Community Emergency Response Teams; Flagstaff Police, Flag Fire, Guardian, Flag Medical Center, CERT etc., care deeply about our safety and without a doubt, will take good care of us in case of a real life emergency. Thank you to all who participated and thank you all for your cooperation during the drill. (We will talk more about this during this week's faculty Meeting). Topping off the three days with a warm, albeit, brief introduction and welcome to our new staff and faculty members followed by Panther University made for a full three days. Thank you to everyone who prepared and presented this important information. So as not to add to the head spinning that these full three days may have caused, and so the greatness of the new school year can begin, I will keep this post short and to the point.
My very best to you all for a terrific first day of school!
Reminders
- Wednesday, August 14 Students dismiss @ 12:50. Faculty Mtg 1:15pm in The Mini-Theater
- Thursday, August 15 Extended 3rd hour. School Announcements will be read over the intercom during this time. 1:15-2:20 Study Hall teachers will show student created PBIS expectation videos. (More info in an e-mail from Krista Dobosh on Monday)
- Friday, August 16 Make up day for student IDs (Students will be called by alpha)
- Please submit your Teacher Professional Learning Plans to me ASAP
- Please submit your Classroom Management Plan to Cris by Friday, August 16
- Join in welcoming our students back to school by being visible in the hallways and at you door when students arive
Planning ahead
- August 27 Rachel's Challenge School-wide assembly (Modified class schedules)
- August 29 CHS Open House 5:00pm
- August 30 First home Panther Football Game
Helpful resources for Classroom management
http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/
https://www.effectiveteaching.com/
Lastly, I am grateful and honored to continue to serve as your principal. You can be proud of the significant progress we have made toward our ultimate goal of improved student achievement. I am looking forward to spending time in your classrooms and observing the high quality teaching and learning that happens everyday at Coconino High School.
http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/
https://www.effectiveteaching.com/
Lastly, I am grateful and honored to continue to serve as your principal. You can be proud of the significant progress we have made toward our ultimate goal of improved student achievement. I am looking forward to spending time in your classrooms and observing the high quality teaching and learning that happens everyday at Coconino High School.
"A school without dreams is like a day without sunshine".
-Arnie Bianco, Author
I hope you have dreamy 2013/14 School Year!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Welcome back!
This is the official welcome back blog post- I hope the summer break provided time for relaxation and recreation and you're now refreshed and excited for another school year.
I am happy to announce that we have many new teachers joining our Coconino family and I especially want to welcome these new colleagues.
Teacher workdays begin this year with the 301 Day on Wednesday, August 7.
AUGUST 7 Optional 301 Day
The theme of the day will be "Common Core Close Reading" This is for all teachers with the exception of math teachers who are invited to attend the Common Core Phase 2 math training at the Family resource Center.
I am happy to announce that we have many new teachers joining our Coconino family and I especially want to welcome these new colleagues.
Welcome back everyone!!!
You will find below some important information to help get us started for the new school year. Please pay close attention to the details about the upcoming multi-agency safety drill.Teacher workdays begin this year with the 301 Day on Wednesday, August 7.
AUGUST 7 Optional 301 Day
The theme of the day will be "Common Core Close Reading" This is for all teachers with the exception of math teachers who are invited to attend the Common Core Phase 2 math training at the Family resource Center.
Those who participate in the August 7th training
day will earn six 301 hours (paid at the rate of $50/hour) and will also
learn valuable skills that can be immediately implemented and applied
in their classrooms. Hours and locations are
included below:
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8 am – 3:30 pm (with 1.5 hours for lunch on your own, this is a total of 6 seat hours)
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Report to CHS and sign-in
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Math teachers for grades 6-12, report to the Christensen Professional Learning Center
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Please
bring your laptops and your phase 1 notebooks for ELA (or phase 1 for
math if you are a secondary math teacher). All other materials will be
provided. If you have not completed phase 1 training, don’t worry! We
will have more offerings during the school year and your facilitators on
8/7 will make sure you have what you need to be successful on this 301
training day.
AUGUST 8 Teacher Work Day
8 am - Superintendent Hickman All District Welcome Back Opening Address @ CHS.
9 am - 11am CHS Teachers who are not involved in district meetings have this time to work in classrooms.
11am Lunch on your own. CHS will prepare for multi-agency safety drill. If you do not plan to participate in the event as an observer, you can stay and work in your classrooms, but remember between12:00 pm and 2:00pm you will need to stay locked in your classroom. You are welcome to meet outside of the building on the afternoon of the 8th if you wish. Street access to CHS will be restricted to emergency vehicles only from 11:30am-2:00pm. The drill is expected to conclude around 2:30 at which time access to CHS will resume as normal.
12 noon CHS will be in lock down and the safety drill will begin in the North End of the building. The drill will involve numerous emergency response agencies as well as the Coconino County Emergency Response Team (CERT). All official participants in the building will be wearing vests. Please be aware that anyone on or around campus during the drill, not wearing a vest, will become a suspect and will become involved in the drill. Once the drill begins we will be in a hard lock down. If you choose to stay in your room you may work at your desk and you may use computers, but cell phone and land line phone use will not be permitted. All CHS Teachers are invited to participate. You can be in the north end of the building and become an active participant as the drill plays out, or you can observe the event from the observation post in the bleachers of the main gym.
AUGUST 9 Teacher Work Day
7:30 am ~ CHS New Teacher Orientation.
7:30am ~ Prep time in classrooms
11:30am-12:20pm ~ Lunch for everyone in the cafeteria
12:30pm ~ CHS Welcome back greeting in the mini-theater
1:00-3:00pm ~ Panther University for all CHS Faculty
Please note ~ Panther University will take the place of the opening faculty meeting. We will have our actual back to school faculty meeting during our first early release Wednesday, August 14 1:00-2:45PM. Please mark your calendars.
Please note ~ Panther University will take the place of the opening faculty meeting. We will have our actual back to school faculty meeting during our first early release Wednesday, August 14 1:00-2:45PM. Please mark your calendars.
I am excited to embark on a new school year. I have enjoyed reading your professional growth plans and am, as always, moved by your professionalism and dedication to helping and inspiring our students to become intelligent, productive and successful members of society. You truly make a difference and I look forward to working together and supporting your professional growth goals. If you have not submitted your CHS Professional Learning Plan, please do so by Friday, August 9. We will be using these plan to help guide your observations and evaluations for this school year.
Welcome back, see you soon!
Welcome back, see you soon!
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