Update ~ March 28-April1, 2016

Celebrating Success
Congratulations to Keith Nicolson and Brian Locke.  Both CHS Teachers were nominees for this year's STEM City Teacher of the Year - Way to go!

Thank you counselors and all you have helped with student registration and course selection. The process is going very smoothly.  The last group to register will be our rising seniors, class of 2017. Once registration is complete, the master board committee will do their magic to build the board for SY 2016-2017.

Welcome to Our House
On Wednesday, March 30  we will open our school doors to the class of 2020, amazing right?  8th grade visitation is an important day for our incoming freshmen. Please join me in showing a warm Coconino welcome.  The 8th graders will arrive at the north entrance around 10:30am and go directly to the main auditorium.  Remember we will meet all six periods on an abbreviated schedule and our students will dismiss at 12:20pm.
8th grade student visitation will be followed by our 8th Grade Family Open House.  Open House will begin at 5:30pm in the main auditorium for a brief informational meeting. Families will then have the opportunity to walk around our school and visit classrooms from 6:00-7:00pm.

What we're talking about this week
AZMerit, mmm hmmm...
English Language Arts (ELA) End of Course (EOC) Writing for 9, 10 & 11 grade is this Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1.
Bell schedule:
Thursday periods 3, 4/5 and 7, no pathways
Friday periods 1,2 & 6
Please refer to the yellow Testing Dates paper handed out during the faculty meeting for times.

Pause for a random, but interesting thought...

Press on! Panther Strong! Have a great week everyone. 

Update ~ March 21-25, 2016

Celebrating Success
Welcome back!  I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break and found time to relax and enjoy the early signs of springs.  As we reunite and get back to work I am looking forward to working with renewed energy and enthusiasm for the balance of the school year.

Faculty Meeting 
Tuesday, March 22, 2:45pm in the mini-theater.

Kicking off Assessment Season
AIMS Science is this Thursday, March 24.  10th grade students (With the exception of those who took AIMS Science in 9th grade) will report to the large gym or accommodation rooms on Thursday morning.  If you have tenth graders in your first period, please send them directly to the gym or accommodation rooms.  Students will be released upon completion of the test, you can expect students to arrive to your classes throughout the morning, but we will not alter the bell schedule.  If you are a teacher with 3rd or 4/5 Prep your help in the gym would be greatly appreciated.

AIMS 10th grade exempt roster click here
AIMS Accommodation roster click here

301 Opportunity
Amanda Stalvey is offering a 301 training "Gauge Student Learning Immediately with an iPad" on Thursday, 3/24 3:30-5:30pm at CHS in room 704.  This training is for teachers with iPads, iPhones or Androids who would like to use these devices for quick formative assessments in the classroom. Course # 48874 in TNL.

I sincerely hope we can make the last eight weeks of the school year as important as the first.  Please let me know how I can help support these efforts.

"Real education consists of drawing the best out of yourself."  ~ Mohandas Gandhi
                                         
                                       
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Update ~ March 7-11, 2016

Celebrating Success

• CHS CocoNuts Robotics team wins the regional Championship AND the Chairmen's Award in San Diego. 
• The CHS Transition Program hosted another successful Employee Encounter event  at CHS.
• CHS' very own Areya Kugler wins the prestigious Viola Award for "Emerging Artist".
• The JROTC Military Ball held Saturday night was a shining example of citizenship, character and leadership; the guiding principles of the JROTC program. Our kids are truly amazing. 

And, just think, all of the above mentioned successes happened between Friday, March 4 and today, Sunday, March 6.  EXTRAORDINARY!!!

On the Horizon
School wide testing is around the corner.  The testing season kicks off with AIMS Science (Yes, we still use AIMS for science).  All 10th graders, with the exception of those who took the AIMS Science in 9th grade, will take the test on March 24th.  Barrett will send details this week.
It is time to begin the nomination process for CHS awards.  Karen Hughes will send a Google Doc with the award categories this week.  Teacher input is vital to the awards process,  please plan to devote a few minutes to help nominate and select student award recipients.

Dates to Remember
3/7 ~ City Wide STEM night 5:00pm at the NAU Skydome
3/11 ~ Robotics State Championship at NAU All Day
3/14-3/18 ~ Spring Break

Looking ahead
3/22 ~ Faculty Meeting 2:45pm
3/24 ~ AIMS Science
3/30 ~ 8th grade visitation and CHS Spring Open House

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