Yearbooks are Here!

If you ordered a 2011-2012 CHS yearbook, you can pick it up during lunch this Wed and Thursday in the cafeteria. Check the posted list for your name, get in the appropriate line on the cafeteria stage, and get your yearbook.

We will also sell extra yearbooks for $70 on a first-come, first-served basis.

SPARK Message: Debbie Fresch's Tragic Loss

With the end of the school year approaching, CISD with SPARK is providing this video to help families and students discuss the importance of making wise decisions.

Debbie Fresch lost her son the summer before his junior year in a tragic accident that involved students driving while under the influence of alcohol. We hope that you will view the video; Ms. Fresch shares her perspective and her family’s terrible loss.

We have shown the video to classes at both Carroll High School and Carroll Senior High School, so your student may have already seen the video. If he/she missed it, please take this opportunity to watch the video with your student and discuss this issue.

If you have any questions, please call your counselor at Carrol

l High School – 817.949.5620.

Video Link

Mandarin Chinese Success

Chinese class students Neha Jain won 1st place and Drew Korschun won 2nd place in the South U.S. Regional Chinese Bridge Competition.  Competition was held at the Chinese Consulate in Houston this past Sunday, April 22nd.  Competitors, many of whom have lived in China, come from 8 different states.   Competitors make a 2-minute speech on the topic "My China Dream,"  answer 1 random cultural questions, and perform a 3-minute Chinese culture talent act.  First place winner will represent U.S. in the World Chinese Bridge Competition in Beijing this fall;  2nd place winner has the opportunity to compete/observe in the World Chinese Bridge Competition in Beijing.

Success is shown daily in CISD through every avenue possible and for this accomplishment we'd like to than our amazing teacher Yuhsin Lee.

Parade of Champions

Congratulations to all of our Dragon Champions. To see so many amazing students in one location with tons of fans recognizing them provided us all an amazing day.

Thank you to all fans for coming out to support our kids.

Last Round of TAKS for CHS

Please remember next week we will have our last set of days for 10th grade TAKS testing for Math, Science, and Social Studies at CHS.

We have a unique situation on this campus because 9th graders will not do state testing all week. If you have a 9th grader, they can arrive as late as 12:30 PM on Tuesday and Thursday. For Friday 9th graders must be in school by 10:00 AM. If a 9th grader arrives at their usual reporting time, he/she will have the opportunity to study or read in the cafeteria. Busses will run on their regular schedule and four and a half hours later for the late arrival on Tuesday and Thursday.

CHS will maintain a schedule after testing with all four classes meeting during the last two hours with the exception of no shuttle busses running on Tuesday through Thursday. We will not release a student during testing for appointments and encourage all students to be here the rest of the day for all classes. If you have questions please feel free to contact CHS.

Dragon Tribune Posted

We would like to welcome the newest edition of the Dragon Tribune to the internet. This edition has a news story about CSHS Principal Mike Rhodes retiring, a news story outlining the changes in the University of Texas at Austin admission standards, a personal story of a senior whose Spring Break helped her more deeply experience her family’s culture and history of sacrifice as well as student reviews.

We are so proud of each students effort and appreciate everyone's support in reading the edition.

Please go to: http://www.dragontribune.com/

Your User Name is: Dragon Tribune (case sensitive)

Parents Be Prepared

Online registration will begin on August 1, 2012 for the 2012-13 school year. Parents must know their login and password information for Family Access in order to register their student/s for the next school year. If you would like your information for Carroll High School please contact Kari Litwak in our Counseling office.

Thank You

Our administrative staff would like to thank all of our students, parents and employees for your actions during our Tornado Warning on Tuesday. Each of our students efficiently moved to the locations directed and they were polite at the same time. In addition, or parents were very understanding of our need to keep safety a priority and stayed in a proper location inside CHS. Finally thank you teachers for working to get kids situated and being very patient.

While we have items we have identified to help this process move more efficiently in the future we are proud of our work.

2011-2012 Teacher of the Year

The CHS staff nominated individuals to be considered for this honor by writing a brief discription of why each teacher is so deserving of this honor. Based off of these nominations the following teachers were considered:

Danita Barton, ASL Teacher
Dorothy Cassetta, Social Studies Teacher
Jill Clay, Chemistry Teacher
Yuhsin Lee, Mandarin Chinese Teacher
Amy McNay, Special Education Teacher
Karen Otto, English Teacher and Department Chair
Brett Pollock, Social Studies Teacher
Pam Randall, Technology Teacher and Color Guard Director
Michelle Simonson, Special Education Teacher

The staff had the opportunity to vote for the teacher of their choice and identified Mrs. Danita Barton to represent CHS this year. We would like to congratulate Mrs. Barton on this honor and thank her for her dedication to the community and most importantly to all of our students. She pushes for excellence every day and this is our opportunity to provide her acknowledgement for her excellence.

EOC English Days 1 & 2 Over

CHS would like to thank our amazing Freshmen for their great job during this new round of statewide testing. Your work was amazing and your dedication was evident in every room we entered.

Thank you to our parents for getting our Freshmen here on time, I believe in 2 days we had 4 late students. Students...this means you can be here on time everyday with this effort.

Finally thank you to our ELA teachers for your hard work, your dedication toward preparing for the new test was seen by all. Our kids haven't mentioned anything but being prepared.

Dragon Hockey Advances

The Southlake Carroll hockey team advances to the Varsity Silver City Championship after defeating Midlothian in a shootout on March 8. The Dragons meet Keller at 7:00pm on Wednesday, March 21 at the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Euless.

Keller draws from four high schools so they have great attendance at every game. We need our fans to show up, wear green, bring noise and support your Dragons! Good luck to all of our students as they show their Dragon fight.

Odyssey of the Mind Champions

We're pleased to inform everyone two teams representing CHS/CSHS have advanced from the regional level and will compete at the State Tournament in Houston on April 14th.

The teams are:

Vehicular Problem, Division III:
1st Place: Ann Dahl and Allison Newman, Braden Anderson, Christie Ballew, Spencer Lankford, Mackenzie Murphy and Jack Veenker(DMS).
Coaches: Megan and Carl Anderson and Shauna Newman

and

Technical Problem, Division III:
1st Place: Jenna Buckley, Nico Scalzo, Emilie Featherston, Nathalie Scherer, Annie Newman and Lyndsey Weiss.
Coaches Cynthia Featherston and Micki Scalzo

TAKS Testing Day 1

Please remember tomorrow is our first day of 10th grade TAKS testing for English Language Arts.

We have a unique situation on this campus because 9th graders do not test tomorrow. If you have a 9th grader, they can arrive as late as 12:30 PM on Wednesday. If a 9th grader arrives at their usual reporting time, he/she will have the opportunity to study or read in the cafeteria. Busses will run on their regular schedule and four and a half hours later for the late arrival.

CHS will maintain a schedule after testing with all four classes meeting during the last two hours with the exception of no shuttle busses running. We will not release a student during testing for appointments and encourage all students to be here the rest of the day for all classes. If you have questions please feel free to contact CHS.

GT Referrals Coming

CHS will be accepting GT referrals until March 23, 2012 with a possible testing date of April 14, 2012, if necessary.  Please review our campus webpage for the form to complete.

Cure for Drew

We were so lucky to have Drew at CHS earlier this week during his treatment. His arrival did come on a day we wore our Cure for Drew t-shirts at CHS. See below and please stop by CHS to pick up a shirt.