Update ~ October 12-14, 2015

Celebrating Success

It was great to return back to CHS after the RTI conference to lots of questions about what we learned about secondary interventions.  The strong message from the conference was about why the most effective form of intervention is prevention and what systems should be in place to ensure all students are learning at high levels. While at the conference, we had a chance to reflect on what we do have in place at CHS and look closely at areas that require us all to give more attention. There are questions we were asked to ponder and questions we will need to answer together about our school’s current reality, questions like; Does every adult who works in your building truly, sincerely and whole heartedly, believe that all students can learn at high levels, and if so, what are we doing in each and every classroom to ensure learning for all?  We were challenged not only to examine our Tier 2 and Tier 3 academic interventions but to also look closely and carefully at what we are doing in Tier 1.  Over the past few years we have spent a great deal of time developing a system of interventions for behavior and pieces of our academic intervention are beginning to fall into place too.  The key is to work together collectively to unite the attention to academic behaviors and social behaviors to ensure all students are learning at high levels.  I am very proud of what we have accomplished together and look forward to the next steps. Thank you for your passion and commitment to our students.  Stay tuned for more details soon…

Hope the LipDub brought a smile, click here to view the 2015 CHS Lip Dub  
Congratulations to the CHS digital Media crew for this exceptional production!

Special Guests

On Tuesday, October 13^th  CHS will have the honor of hosting another group of distinguished guests. Brent Neilson, the CAVIAT Superintendent, and Christine Meyer, the CAVIAT Regional Program Coordinator, several state legislators, our Flagstaff Mayor, along with FUSD dignitaries (about thirty people total) will be here to visit our Career and Technical Education Programs (CTE).

The group is expected to arrive at CHS around 12:15pm on Tuesday, October 14.  Please share a warm welcome should you see them on campus on Tuesday.

Faculty Meeting

Due to numerous conflicts, the scheduled faculty meeting for this Tuesday, October 13 has been changed to Wednesday, October 21 at 2:45pm. Please mark your calendars

Declaration

From this point on, we have lifted the ban on ear buds in the hallways.  We will no longer be asking students to remove their earbuds during transition times in the hallways. The original purpose for this rule was in response to a safety concern, however, after much reflection and conversation we do not believe that earbuds in the hallways pose a safety concern, therefore we have decided to make this change. This change does not affect the classroom electronic device policy, this revision is strictly regarding the wearing of earbuds, or headphones in the hallways. We will change our hallway expectation signs to reflect this revision. 

Wednesday

October 15 is an adjusted schedule:

1    7:50-8:35

2    8:40-9:20

3    9:25-10:05

4/5 10:10--10:50

Lunch 10:50-11:20

6    11:25-12:05

7    12:10-12:50 

Also, please note, 96 students will be taking the PSATs in the small gym beginning at 8:00am on Wednesday.  Students should come directly to the small gym when they arrive to school.  We will also make a reminder announcement. 

Enjoy the short week and fall break ahead!

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