Blood Drive

The CHS staff is sponsoring a community blood drive on Friday, February 13 to honor CHS staff member Tracy Herzik. Carter Bloodcare will be bringing at least 2 busses to CHS to facilitate the process. Please follow the attached link to sign up for a time to donate blood.

Click here to sign up for the CHS Blood Drive

**Rescheduled** Parent Registration Meeting

**Update**
The 8th and 9th grade parent registration meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 4 from 6 to 8 PM in the CHS cafeteria.

Due to the inclement weather and the decision to close school on Wednesday. We decided to postpone the parent registration meeting scheduled for the cafe.

The Sound of Music

The Dragon Drama program will begin their presentation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, The Sound of Music this Friday evening at 7:30.

Cick here to purchase tickets

**CHS Closed**

CHS/CISD will be closed on Wednesday, January 28.

Early Release

CHS students will be released at 2:30 today, Tuesday, January 27, due to inclement weather predictions. For students riding the bus our school busses will be running at their regular times. Students not able to leave campus immediately will be expected to report to the cafeteria until they are able to leave campus.

PTSO Meeting

Just a reminder the next CSHS/CHS PTSO meeting will take place at 9 AM on Monday September 2, 2009 on the CSHS campus.

Parent Meeting

Parents of current 8th & 9th grade students are invited to a meeting on January 28th, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the CHS Cafeteria. The CHS counseling staff will be discussing a variety of information regarding registration for the 2009-2010 school year.

A Student to Celebrate

Congratulations to CHS freshmen Katie Unkle. Katie will be featured on the Channel 11 morning news on Friday, January 30. The segment called "Texans with Character" will be broadcast between 6 and 7 am. Katie recently founded Cakes 4 A Cause, Inc. Through this organization Katie bakes and sells chocolate velvet tortes to raise money for autism research. Katie's inspiration for this effort is her brother Ben, a CSHS junior. To investigate and or support her efforts please visit the organization website at www.cakes4acause.com

CHS Concern

We are asking everyone in the Dragon family to keep our wonderful secretary Tracy Herzik in their thoughts and prayers as she recovers from her recent double transplant. While the surgery did not conclude as well as we hoped, we know Tracy will continue her fight daily until she can return home and eventually to CHS. For information on how to best assist Tracy please see the information in another post concerning "Transplant Assistance."

Pink Out a Success

We would like to once again thank our Lady Dragon soccer program for their efforts toward Breast Cancer awareness by hosting their "Pink Out" Monday. The most important result to remember from the night isn't the scores on the field but the message these ladies sent. Thank you ladies and coaches for shedding light on this battle.

Let's Start the Second Semester

Students, please remember to report to the cafeteria before your first class to pick up your official second semester schedule. You must have this copy of your schedule to report to class.

Transplant Assistance

Many of you know that Tracy Herzik is a Carroll graduate (1986) and now works at Carroll High in Southlake as the principal's secretary. She is also active in her church, Gateway in Southlake, Texas.

As you may know, transplantation is very expensive. Even with health insurance there are significant non-reimbursable costs. A fundraising campaign has been established with the National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF) to help defray uncovered expenses such as deductibles, co-payments and prescriptions. NTAF is a nonprofit organization that has been assisting the transplant community for over twenty years. All contributions are administered by NTAF exclusively for uninsured transplant-related expenses. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. To support this cause:

Make checks payable to: NTAF South-Central Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Fund

Note in memo section: In Honor of Tracy Herzik

Send to: National Transplant Assistance Fund
150 N. Radnor Chestor Road, Ste F-120
Radnor, PA 19087

To make a credit card donation, please call NTAF at 800-642-8399 or visit www.transplantfund.org.

It’s never easy to ask for help and now is certainly no exception. Tracy has touched the lives of many and we deeply appreciate the support she has received. At times like this, the assistance of family, friends and the community is crucial to help ensure a positive outcome. Thank you to all of you who generously lent your love and comfort to Tracy and her family during this very difficult time. Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated.

On behalf of Tracy and her family, thank you for your kindness and generosity.

Sincerely,

Christie Francis
817-379-3369
msf4717@verizon.net

Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. This campaign is administered by the National Transplant Assistance Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing fundraising assistance to transplant and catastrophic injury patients. Information: 800-642-8399.

Gift of Life

Thanks to the kind and caring heart of an individual out there, CHS secretary, Tracy Herzik will be undergoing a kidney and pancreas transplant this morning.

Please keep Tracy in your thoughts.

On behalf of Tracy and many like her we would like to encourage everyone to register as an organ donor. You may follow the link provided to investigate further:

www.donatelifetexas.org

Welcome our Newest Dragon

We would like to congratulate Amelia Trojacek and her husband, Jeremy (a CSHS teacher/coach) on the latest addition to their family. The Trojacek's have been going through the adoption process since August of 2007. Yesterday they received the wonderful news that they have been blessed with a new baby boy.

Parker Reid Trojacek
6 lbs. 14 oz.
19 1/2 in.
Born in Kileen, TX at 9:22 am

Pink Out

Don't forget the Lady Dragon soccer program will be sponsoring a "Pink Out" on Monday, January 19 at Dragon Stadium versus LD Bell. Games will take place at 4:30, 6:00, and 7:30. Please come out and support this wonderful endeavor.

As many of you know cancer has impacted our campus in so many ways over the last couple of years. It is our hope that events such as this will help shed some additional light on a great battle and promote awareness.

Good Luck Ladies.

School Board Appreciation Month

On behalf of the many people at CHS I would like to take this opportunity to thank our very dedicated CISD Board of Trustees.

The CISD Board of Trustees includes: Sue Armstrong, Trustee; Bernie Ausdenmoore, Trustee; Danny Gilpin, Trustee; Craig Rothemeyer, Secretary; Erin Shoupp, President; John Thane, Trustee; and Sherri Williams; Vice President.

We will officially honor the board at a campus lunch with our Executive Council on January 28th. If you run into any of these outstanding individuals please be sure to let them know how much you appreciate the work they do for the students at CHS.

Final Exams

Good Luck to all CHS Dragons on their 1st Semester Final exams this week. Please remember Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will be half days for our students. The schedule can be found by clicking on the following link:

http://www.southlakecarroll.edu/carrollhigh_finalexamsched.aspx

Students will also have a long weekend as Monday, January 19 and Tuesday, January 20 will be student holidays. All staff will be off on Monday as well.

Long Range Planning

Are you interested in the future of CHS? Don't pass up the opportunity to hear directly from the Long Range Facility Planning committee. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 14 at Carroll Intermediate School.

Parent University is Coming

Don't forget to investigate the wonderful offerings available to parents on Saturday, January 31 at Dawson Middle School. You can find additional information on the district website (http://www.southlakecarroll.edu/) under the parent tab.

Parent Volunteers

With the introduction of Rachel's Challenge on the horizon, we have a new opportunity for parents to volunteer to help our students and serve on a Parent Advisory Council for Rachel's Challenge. We will need somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 to 8 parents to sign up to serve our students. If you are interested in this opportunity please contact your child's counselor.

Dragon Condolences

Please keep Annie Abner, one of our amazing counselors, in your thoughts over the next couple of days. We were informed earlier today that Annie's mother passed away last night. Services will take place this Saturday in Temple.

25th Annual Dragon Choir Variety Show

Mark Your Calendars

Variety Show Performances are Friday and Saturday, February 20th and 21st.

Audition submission deadline is Friday, January 23, 2009 and can be submitted on line at http://www.dragonchoir.net/

Thank You Dragon Families

On behalf of all of the staff members at CHS I'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful gifts and well wishes that were distributed prior to our leaving for winter break. Your love and appreciation for our staff is AWESOME! Please take every opportunity you get to let our staff members know how much you appreciate them, they are phenomenal.

Happy Birthday to our Dragon Teachers

Dragon Birthday wishes go out to a couple staff members this week

Annie Tam- Thursday, January 8th

Sandra Sobocinski- Saturday, January 10th

Don't forget to stop by and congratulate these ladies this week

Rachel's Challenge is Coming

CHS along with the rest of CISD is on the verge of begining an exciting new program, "Rachel's Challenge." Please click on the link to the right to preview this community changing program.

Welcome Back Dragons

As we approach our return to school on Monday, January 5, 2009 I hope everyone has had a wonderful Winter Break. I would also like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. In so many respects the past year has been difficult for our Dragon Family, without forgetting the past let's focus on the positives and begin the new year with renewed hopes and dreams.

If I can assist anyone please feel free to let me know.