Office Gives a Little Chipmunk Song

Sometimes even the font office will provide a little humor for our faculty.  While you watch this please remember we don't do this for a living.

We hope everyone safely enjoys their break and spends time with their families.  We'll see everyone back at CHS after the New Year.

Amazing Robotics

One of our amazing freshman students, Deepak Chandra, took first place in Region 11's TCEA Robotics Contest (Advanced Division - grades 9-12) over the weekend and will be advancing to the state competition in April.  He received a 1st place trophy His previous placements in the TCEA state competition were 2nd place-2008, 1st place-2009, 1st place-2010, ?-2011 . According to those that have worked with Deepak, he is a very talented young man that works his tail off for perfection.

Dragon Tribune Update

We were just notified of the recent update for the Dragon Tribune.

We have a student whose sport is polo that was interviewed for this issue. You can catch up with the latest trend on Facebook.  Read about our teacher at CHS who recently went on a dig. There's an interview with a student who saved her mom's life. A funny story of our foreign exchange student from Finland who went to the state fair and discovered Texans' fascination with all things deep fried.

To see the update go to http://www.dragontribune.com/

Memory Seminar

The Carroll Advanced Placement Booster Club will host a "How to Train Your Memory" seminar presented by Mr. Ron White. Mr. White is the nation's No. 1 memory expert and is a memory and speed reading trainer.  He will discuss how to study efficiently to help get the best possible results in school, work or anything that requires the use of your memory.


The event will take place December 7th at CSHS - S.A.C (Student Activity Center) from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Dragon Dive/Swim for the Cure

For the first time, our Swim/Dive team will be swimming and diving to help support breast cancer research by raising money through a “Pink Out” meet. This year we would like to make a difference with fund raising. Each and every one of us has known and/or loved a family member or friend who has battled breast cancer.  Just within our teachers, coaches, and other staff employers, with grace and courage, they are facing this challenge. 

As young men and women athletes, our students would like to invite everyone to attend this meet on December 2, 2010.

Tickets for Regional Final

The Dragons will play Denton Guyer High School next Saturday, December 4, at 2:00 pm at Mansfield ISD's Vernon Newsom Stadium on Hwy 360.
 
Tickets will be sold at CHS Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and at the Dragon Stadium Athletic Office from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  The Dragon Stadium office will also open for ticket sales on Friday from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm.
 
Pre-game tickets will be $6.00 for students and $8.00 for adults.  All tickets at Mansfield's stadium the day of the game will be $10.00.  Parking at Mansfield will be $5.00.

Good luck DRAGONS and we look forward to everyone supporting our students Saturday.

Welcome Back from Thanksgiving

After seeing so many fans at Cowboys Stadium last week I'm absolutely positive everyone has returned from a wonderful break.

Please remember as we return we are in the last six weeks for this semester and we encourage everyone to work with our faculty for the most success for our students.

Congratulations Abound at CHS

While we are headed toward a Fall break next week I wanted to point out some amazing accomplishments recently for CHS/CSHS:

Jennifer Cruze was recognized last night as the DFW Werner Schulz award winner for Outstanding High School Chemistry and was recently named the Southwest Werner Schulz winner to be recognized in New Orleans in December.

Mandarin students were recognized as the group award winner for the Cheng & Tsui Superstar Karaoke contest.  Our students were able to beat out several college entries for this award.

Volleyball completed the season with a record number of wins and advanced to the Regional Quarterfinals where they faced a tough Marcus squad in a 5 game battle.

Football is still "Protecting the Tradition" and plays this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium at 2:00 PM.  We hope to see our community turn out for this battle against Colleyville Heritage.

Everyone at CHS is proud of our students and their amazing accomplishments.

Mandarin Finalists

Please watch and vote for our Mandarin students' video on the following site,

http://www.cheng-tsui.com/superstar/index.php?q=node/615

This is amazing work and we're proud of each of these students and their teacher Mrs. Lee.

Academy Graduate to Answer Questions

CHS is very excited about a special visitor who will be at our high school next week. Lt. Kris Loewecke (son of our own Mrs. Loewecke, teacher at CHS) will be at CHS during lunches. Lt. Lowecke is a recent graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and will be available to talk to students who may be interested in learning about the application and admissions process at our nation’s military academies.

Tuesday, November 9 – Lt. Lowecke will be at Carroll High School during each of the three lunch periods. He will be in the cafeteria; we welcome students to visit with Lt. Lowecke during their lunch period.

Lt. Lowecke will bring information about a timeline for the application/admissions process. He has a wealth of knowledge about this process and we truly appreciate his coming!

If you have questions, please contact the Guidance Office at CHS at 817.949.5620.

Engineering Expo 2010

A local school in our area will be hosting this expo on Nov. 7th, this is a FREE event for all students in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and is an opportunity for students to visit with engineering companies and universities to explore education and careers in engineering fields. The list of 40 schools, including MIT, Penn State, Purdue, USC and other schools from all over the country, and of course all the great schools from our region coming to visit students. There are also engineering companies coming to provide the students with insight into careers in engineering.

FOR A MAP & MORE INFORMATION GO TO

http://www.chsengineeringboosters.com/expo.htm

Dragon Tribune Arrives

The first edition of the 2010-2011 Dragon Tribune has been published.  The on-line newspaper can be accessed at: http://www.dragontribune.com/.

The first edition will encompass upcoming construction, car racing, foreign exchange students, and the next series for harry Potter fans to possibly enjoy.  We are proud of all of our participating students and certainly hope they will continue to produce outstanding stories.

Homecoming Game Tickets...Selling Out

As of 5:00 PM on Wednesday night, all student tickets at CSHS and CHS are almost sold out and there are only a few tickets remaining at each campus. In additionk, there are only a handful of tickets left in the Athletic Office as well. 

Once we sell out of tickets at CSH, CHS, and the Athletic Office, we are out of tickets until 6:00pm Friday night (limited numbers). We have a few general admission tickets left online but they will probably be sold by later tonight.

If you want to see the Dragons please purchase tickets ASAP.

Homecoming 2010

CHS and CSHS will be hosting our Homecoming Week 2010 beginning today.  This week will be accompanied by numerous "Super" events.  So all families are aware our activities will include:

Monday- Twin Day, Tuesday- 80's Day, Wednesday- Super Hero Day and Community Pep Rally at Dragon Stadium, Thursday- "Prep" Day and Friday- Dragon Pride Spirit Day, Saturday- Dance at Gaylord Hotel from 8 PM until Midnight.

We certainly will expect our students to abide by all rules in these activities.  Finally we hope our students enjoy the week and maintain Dragon Pride throughout the week.

Session Offered at CHS

There will be a free informational session for parents tomorrow evening, Tuesday, October 5th at 7 pm in room E103 at Carroll High School.  The group will discuss some of the challenges that face today's families as you are "Parenting Through the Process."  In addition, they will also discuss ways parents can help their student successfully navigate college entrance exams.

AP Booster Seminar

The AP Booster Club is sponsoring a seminar "Understanding College Application Process and Writing Essays" presented by Dr. Zuker on Oct.12 at 6:30 pm at SAC at CSHS.

Dr. Zuker is a college consultant and has been to CISD to talk about the same topic; last year we had over 300 attendees.

While our students may be a while from beginning the college process it can be wonderful information for everyone to experience early.

Play it Forward

Don't forget our CHS students will sponsor "Play it Forward" at this week's Varsity Football game Friday night at Dragon Stadium. They will collect used sporting equipment, clean and refurbish it, then pass it along to kids that otherwise would not be able to play sports due to equipment needs or costs. 


This is a wonderful activity sponsored by our kids to benefit others.  As we continue to ask them to work for our society this is truly servant learning.

Green Out Friday

We want to remind everyone that this Friday night will be our Green Out football game.  CHS still has several shirts available to purchase for this event.  All spirit wear items are available each day at lunch in our Dragon Shop.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Carroll ISD is excited to be teaming up with KISD and GCISD for an October 19 forum called The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: a taxpayer's guide to the public school funding crisis. It begins at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium of Carroll Senior High School.

The overall goal is to inform taxpayers and educators about school budgeting and to initiate a call to action at the grassroots level to have taxpayers send lawmakers in Austin a strong message in support of public education.  Following a general 45-minute presentation on school finance, representatives from each of the districts will be available to meet in face-to-face break-out sessions with their respective constituents.

Questions about this free, public event may be directed to the Communications/Public Information Offices in CISD.

Thank you in advance for helping us all Make Education A Priority!

All Region Jazz...WOW!

The Carroll Jazz program had a great day this past weekend! Students from 13 high schools in Region 24 auditioned for a total of 40 spots in the two All-Region jazz bands. After the audition, 18 of the 40 spots will be occupied by Dragons. 

These students have worked very hard all summer to achieve this outstanding accomplishment. Finally, thank you to our outstanding band directors and Mr. Lown for you work with these kids.

S.P.A.R.K.

The new website www.SparkNow.org launched yesterday, instantly becoming an online partner to parents and kids about the pressures of growing up. S.P.A.R.K. has been holding meetings since 2008 to provide education, information and support for the parents and students of our community. Its mission is to spark ideas, share information, identify needs, educate the community, mobilize resources, promote collaboration and advocate for sound public policy in a new commitment to empower our citizens in the battle against underage drinking, drugs, and internet perils.

S.P.A.R.K. meetings take place on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Check the City of Southlake’s web calendar or www.SparkNow.org for time and location. It is a recognized board of both CISD and the City of Southlake.

Presidential Speech to Students

Students in grades five through 12 will watch the Presidential speech live if they have history or social studies course on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at Noon. The district will record it for other history and social studies teachers to use once they attend class.
Parents can opt their children not watch the speech by submitting a written note, the student would have an alternative assignment to complete. In addition, parents may check their children out of school for one to two hours without penalty if they want to watch the speech live together.

Performing and Visual Arts Information

The PVA College Fair will be held on Tuesday, September 28th from 7-9 pm at SMU in the Owen Fine Arts Center. Over 80+ colleges will be in attendance. See the link below for more information and the attached spreadsheet for the list of attending colleges.

http://www.nacacnet.org/EventsTraining/CollegeFairs/pva/Pages/10PDal.aspx

Email Down 9/7/10 and Curriculum Night Wrap Up

Just so everyone is aware our email system and teacher webpages will be knocked off line tonight for service.  If you need to reach a staff member and need additional information please feel free to contact us at school tomorrow.

We'd also like to thank all of our community members for stopping by tonight to visit with our staff members.  Curriculum night is a welcomed experience and we appreciate everyone working with our staff to make this successful.

Nestle Very Best in Youth

Nestle has recently contacted us regarding a parternship to recognize young people who are making a positive difference in lives other than their own.  With the wonderful activities that we see daily at CHS we're hoping several of our students take part in this application process to be named one of the "Very Best in Youth."  The winners will receive several outstanding awards including $1,000 to donate to the charity of their choice, and an all-expense paid trip to Los Angeles, CA this summer for the awards ceremony.

Any student may complete their online application at http://verybestinyouth.nestleusa.com/ before the November 2, 2010 deadline.

Curriculum Night

We look forward to seeing everyone at CHS tonight from 6 to 7:30 PM for our curriculum night.  Our teachers will be running through a brief schedule with parents to discuss their classes.  Please make sure you get a copy of your child's schedule before you arrive.

In addition, we will have forms ready for parents to complete for our new Family Access/Dragon Access.

Despite the rain we hope to see everyone tonight.

Athletic Success to Start the Year

Congrats to both of the Freshmen Volleyball teams! The A-team played in a JV tournament last weekend and won the whole thing! The B-team played in an A-team tournament and won their Bracket. These girls really are amazing and help spread pride daily from the court.

In addition, we'd like to congratulate our Cross Country program on a wonderful start to their season at the Greenhill relay.  The teams once again showed why they can Protect the Tradition each and every year.

Open House On the Horizon

Curriculum nights are scheduled at CHS yearly during the first few weeks of school. This activity is designed for parents only (no students please). The meeting provides teachers with an important opportunity to visit with parents about grade-level and course curriculum, as well as classroom expectations.  We look forward to visiting with our wonderful parents on September 7, 2010 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM.

Please remember we tend to see about 1000 people arrive on a campus limited to parking.  If you're worried about this please arrive early.  In addition, DES will also have their curriculum night the same night so that too will eliminate some parking for those that like to walk.

We hope to see everyone soon.

Way to Go

As we begin our day 2 at CHS I wanted to first thank everyone for an amazing Day 1.

It was a pleasure to walk in so many classes and see relationships being built. We look forward to making sure day 2 is even better for everyone.

Thank you to Southlake Baptist Church for bringing in breakfast items for our faculty.  We are truly lucky to share our building with such an amazing group of people.

I'm the luckiest person with the best job imaginable. Good luck today.

Schedules on Day 1

All students should stop by CHS first thing tomorrow to pick up their schedule. Please know we've tried to minimize changes but to eliminate too many students in classes we've had to level some classes and this has changed schedules a bit.

See everyone tomorrow.

Welcome to 2010

Monday will finally bring our kids back to CHS. I can't ask for something so great. While we've been excited to have staff on campus for a week a real day is what our entire family loves. We can't expect anything but greatness and look forward to everyone playing a part.

Welcome back Dragons and stop by the office if you have any questions.

Sophomore Schedule Pick-up

Friday will be another wonderful day at CHS as we welcome our 10th graders back to campus. This event will be a come and go event for all students.

Welcome back DRAGONS.

Dragon Fish Camp

We look forward to seeing all incoming freshmen at CHS today. Our Dragon Fish camp will be a great opportunity to provide our kids a look into the campus, answer questions, and provide a chance for schedules to be picked up.

We look forward to meeting all students today.

Welcome Back to CHS

First we'd like to welcome everyone back to CHS. Yesterday our new staff began their orientation, today our freshmen will return for orientation, tomorrow our sophomores will pick up their schedules and next Monday our entire staff will return.

We look forward to reuniting our family and having a great year.

End of Year at CHS

The end of the school year is always a time of mixed emotions for everyone at CHS. On one hand, who doesn’t look forward to summer vacation? But on the other hand, summer also means saying goodbye - sometimes temporarily, sometimes permanently—to people you’ve enjoyed spending time with daily at CHS.

This year we will be saying goodbye to several teachers, some are moving and some are retiring. We will miss these excellent teachers tremendously and wish them all the best as they continue to educate our world.

One of the things I admire most about all teachers, especially all the teachers at CHS, is their dedication to their profession. Teaching is a challenging job, and teaching at the high school level in CISD can be especially demanding. To teach day in and day out, year after year, and still be able to say “I will miss it” at the end of the year speaks volumes about the excellence and never-ending commitment to our children by these wonderful people.

For our students moving on from CHS, good luck!  We expect nothing but the best from each and every person we have worked with and look for great things.  For our students that return next year...we'll see you soon.  Yes it is summer but it goes by fast and we are continuing to think about how we can help you have an excellent educational experience soon.

Parents, thank you for being our partners in this experience.  We truly appreciate your help and hope we will continue to partner day in and day out to make CHS the best learning environment ever.  You're wonderful and one of the many reasons I love to work here and like calling CHS a home.

Enjoy your summer.

Odyssey of the Mind, Success

The Odyssey of the Mind team won big in both of the problems they competed in this weekend and also got an Omer Award.
Technical Problem - Return of the Gift of Flight - 2nd Place - they were beat by Poland
Drama Problem - Food Court - 3rd Place
Omer Award - This award is given to a team who exemplifies the philosophy of the Odyssey of the Mind by exhibiting exceptional talent, outstanding sportsmanship, and astounding teamwork. This award was given to them by the Spontaneous problem judges.
 
Thank you to all of these students and their coach.  You've represented CISD extremely well.

Voice of the Dragon Survey...Update!

CISD has extended the deadline through June 4 so that all students' parents may complete "The Voice of the Dragon Customer" survey . Please take a moment and complete the survey if you have not already done so. We value your feedback.

Over 800 parents have completed the survey as of today, please take part.

Last Dragon Tribune Published

This is some of our best work of the year for our CISD newspaper students.

There is a series of stories on the front page titled "Progress the Tradition." Our students investigate improving our academic process.

With the on-line addition they have an interactive map on the front page of the newspaper to diagram where the senior students are headed.

Obviously the students are getting a handle on this new world of e-journalism and the future looks pretty bright. Hope you stay with them for the next installment in the fall.

Web site address: http://www.dragontribune.com/
User Name: tribune
Password: summer

Thank You to Volunteers

This morning we were able to honor our amazing volunteers for their help this past school year.  While we would have loved to have seen more of these amazing people today it was great to honor those that came.

CHS has been served with enough volunteer hours each week this year to amount to 2 full time staff positions.  In this day of needing every dollar to educate our kids this does wonders for our campus.  You're all truly amazing and a treasure to CHS.

One final thank you goes out to Kathy Smith, our CHS volunteer of the year.

Voice of the Dragon Survey

Please remember to complete the Voice of the Dragon Survey from the CISD website.

We look forward to truly understanding everyone's information through this survey so we can better plan to meet our communities needs.

Voice of the Dragon Survey

UIL State Champions

Rowdy Howell and Andre Nel represented the Dragons at the UIL State Academic Competition in Austin May 7th! Rowdy received FIRST PLACE in the Computer Science competition! The individual contest consists of a written test over java (programming language) and programming concepts.

Congratulations to our Dragons.

Relay for Life and Rachel's Rally Successful

As we're approaching 11:30 tonight, I want to give a giant thank you to the community of Southlake and our amazing CISD staff.  I want to give an extra special thank you to two amazing CHS staff members, Tracy Flores and Karon Hutcheson.  These amazing ladies have helped serve in such an amazing way and we're truly proud of their work.

What was truly a dream has been so much more for many people in attendance.  We'll continue all night here and continue walking for a fight against cancer.

Congratulations following Austin State Championships

While our Dragons did not win state championships in Austin they had a great showing. We would like to congratulate the student/athletes on their performance.

Dragon Golf:
2nd place Team
Thomas Birdsey 3rd Place individual

Dragon Track:
4x400 Relay 3rd Place
Neal Smith 5th Place

Dragon Tribune Updated

This launch includes a commentary on the ABCs of Prom, an interview with a 2004 graduate who is touring with a band, reviews of the new exhibit at The Fort Worth Zoo: MOLA, a new radio station that features local bands, and colorful restaurant destinations in old town Roanoke.

There's more. A local kickball league is hosting Moms for Toms (shoes) charity event on May 8. The Carroll student who spent a semester in Brazil writes about soccer...Brazilian (obsessive) style, and another student writes about 101 Things to Make Yourself Happy (my particular favorite).

All you have to do is go to http://www.dragontribune.com

End of TAKS Today

Today CHS will mark the end of our 2010 TAKS testing process.

We'd like to thank our students, faculty, and parents for helping to make this process run so smoothly. We're truly excited to see our results soon and believe our kids have excelled in this round of testing.

If you have any questions or concerns please phone the office and have a great Friday.

Teacher Appreciation

Last night I had the joy of attending an event put on by one of our local churches. The youth chose to have a dinner reception for Teacher Appreciation "On Eagles Wings." It was once again a glorious reason why so many staff truly love working with our students.

Having the opportunity to thank our many teachers is sometimes difficult but these students truly went above and beyond to prepare a meal and serve teachers across CISD for their hard work. Thank you to everyone for this event, it truly gave me another wonderful "Push" to do what is truly right and to work to excel every day for kids.

Half Way Through TAKS

Today we will have all of our students testing on various tests. We first want to thank our kids for working so well on our first day of Math testing on Tuesday. Second we'd like to thank our staff for so efficiently working with our kids to address all of their needs. Finally we'd like to thank our parents for working so well to have all students present and ready to work each day.

We certainly believe the next 2 days will work so well and we truly appreciate everyone.

If you have any questions please feel free to phone the school and we will be happy to discuss everything with you.

Good Luck

Good luck to our Regional UIL academic contestants this week in Lubbock.  We're proud of you and all that you will accomplish in representing the best from CISD.

Regional Champions

Congratulations to our Dragon Golf program on their Regional Championship today in Lubbock.  The Dragons came out and shot a 291 to top the Mansfield Tigers, who had held a 3 shot lead on day 1. In addition, we'd like to congratulate Jeff Litwak for his individual regional championship.  Jeff shot a 72/69 and finished by beating Jordan Spieth in a first hole playoff.

Good Luck in Austin.

Next up...Lady Dragon Golf followed by our Academic team in Lubbock.  The girls will begin their competition tomorrow morning followed by the UIL team on Friday.

Rumor Control at CHS

A lot of rumors are circulating among students and parents about a threat against CHS. The rumors started after several students were talking about "what if" scenarios and then began to name specific students as part of their made up scenario. The administration is aware of this and has been working with local law enforcement and parents on this matter. Since last Tuesday, we have been checking and double checking our information, taking phone calls, monitoring internet sites and interviewing students that have been identified in these rumors. Please understand. . .we have found NO credible information that there was ever a threat against this school. This was a rumor that started and has continued to gain momentum because some have chosen to use Facebook, texting and cell phones to discuss this serious matter.
We have absolutely no facts or information to support the rumors that are going around. Some students are growing alarmed because everyone is talking about it and making the situation worse. We know some students may be genuinely scared but we want everyone to think carefully about the facts and not base your fear on misinformation. As adults and teenagers, we all have a responsibility to help make our school safe. Joking about or making false accusations about threats in school or other students will not be tolerated.

As we announced last week, we welcome students, parents or staff who have concerns to discuss them with the administration. But generally, we are asking everyone to be responsible and show strong character by stopping the rumors and calling a halt to all comments and discussion that could falsely accuse or scare students. School safety is a serious matter and local law enforcement is involved.

Thank you for being responsible and helping us put a stop to these rumors.

Good Luck on Final Day of Regionals

One of our 2 boys varsity golf teams is in 2nd place int the region 1 golf tournament in Lubbock. I had the pleasure of watching our students participate in both golf and tennis today. I'm truly proud of all of our Dragons and their performance in Lubbock.

Good luck tomorrow and we hope to see you in Austin.

Odyssey of the Minds...Way to Go

The Dragons had an impressive showing at the Odyssey of the Mind state finals over the weekend in Houston. Two high school teams finished in 1st place to advance to the Odyssey of the Mind 2010 World Finals at Michigan State University, May 26-29. The teams were: CHS Drama and  CHS Technical.

Good luck in at the Finals.

Carroll Robotics Headed for World Competition

Good luck to our CISD robotics team as they prepare for the Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The finals will take place April 15-17 at the Georgia Dome. The team will receive their parts and their challenge once they arrive but with no instructions.

CHS Teacher of the Year 2009-2010

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:

Connie Ball, Special Education Teacher
DeAnn Barta, English Teacher and Department Chair
Kari Opie, Math Teacher
Donna Rafferty, Social Studies Teacher
Rhea Voelkle, Special Education Teacher

The staff had the opportunity to vote for the teacher of their choice earlier this week and identified Ms. Connie Ball to represent CHS this year. We would like to congratulate Ms. Ball on this honor and thank her for her dedication to the community and most importantly to all of our students. Every student is a joy for her to work with and it truly shows each and every day.

Drivers Education Almost Full

The CISD drivers education program has a few spots still open for students to register. The program will begin on April 12, 2010 with the classes at CHS. In order to register all students must turn 15 before June 7, 2010.


If you're interested you may collect a registration packet from the CHS front office or contact Niki Gilley at 817-949-5859.

Parent/Staff Seminar

Our district is hosting an amazing seminar for parents and staff members about current youth culture trends and how to help all of our students. Dr. David Fraze is a nationally renowned author and speaker and truly knows what is coming and how to help our students. His topics include cyberbullying, internet issues, social internet sites and their issues, media influence upon our students, etc. Dr. Fraze has a true heart for young people; this will be a terrific opportunity to educate ourselves.

The session will take place on Saturday, April 17, 2010, from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 at CSHS.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Becky Rollins.

Relay for Life Q & A

Carroll ISD will host a public Question & Answer session about the May 21 Relay For Life all-night fundraiser that will be hosted at CHS.

Officials from Carroll ISD, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the event volunteer planning committee will be present at the public meeting, scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, April 12 in the library of Carroll Middle School. Relay For Life is the official fundraiser for ACS. Already 122 teams and nearly 1,000 participants have signed up to participate in the Southlake event.

Dragon Tribune Updated

The most recent update has been posted for everyone to read. Our students have posted information on their Spring Break trip to Spain with their Art History teacher; join the search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie; compare student life in suburban Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Southlake; examine what it's like to be considered vertically challenged by your friends; tips on taking care of a pet hedgehog, or read about a student who chose to bungee jomp over Spring Break.


Please support these wonderful students and their work on this on-line newspaper.

Web site: www.dragontribune.com
User Name: tribune
Password: Please join soon to receive this information.

Nobel Educator Award

Teacher Kathy Prado was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). A role model to everyone at CHS, Prado was nominated by student Victoria Orr for outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence in the classroom. Each year, student members of NSHSS have the opportunity to nominate the educator who had made the most significant contribution to their academic careers. The Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction award recognizes teacher role models who have made a lasting difference in their classroom by encouraging students to strive for excellence.

Drug and Alcohol Awareness Fair

Keller ISD will be sponoring this event on Tuesday, May 11 from 6 to 8:30 PM. The event will take place at the KISD Education Center, 350 Keller Parkway. We would like to continue to encourage our students, parents, and faculty members to attend this event to continue to be more educated on an issue that impacts all of our students.

Amazing Soccer Season Closes

Congratulations to our boys soccer team on a wonderful season. The Dragons completed our season on Friday night in Midland against El Paso Bel Aire. In one of the most interesting games of the season we came up just short in an OT game 5-6. Despite the loss everyone in Midland was once again proud to be a Dragon and proud of our athletes.

Thank you to everyone that made the trip on a holiday weekend.

Digging for the Dragons 5K Run

Please join our community at the Digging For Dragons, 5th Annual Community Event.  The 5K fun run will take place on, Sunday, April 18th, 2010-3:00 PM hosted by the Shops of Southlake (central market).  In addition, there will also be a stroller decorating parade in conjunction with this event.

State Hockey Champions

CHS will take this opportunity to congratulate our latest State Championship team, Varsity Dragon Hockey. These amazing student athletes completed their quest earlier today in Farmers Branch against Allen High School.

Once again I will remind everyone how proud I am to be a Dragon and wish these students luck as they progress on with their season.

Southlake Green Day Essay Winner

Congratulations to our 9th grade student, Hayley Ritter, for winning the Dragons Go Green contest. It was wonderful to see Hayley receive her award yesterday at the Green Day event.

The essay titled, "Think Green," was truly amazing and will be posted on our website Monday.

Soccer Playoffs...2nd Round

Please note the changes below

Our boys will play this Friday when we take on South Grand Prairie, at 8:00 pm 7:00 pm at Mustang-Panther Stadium in Grapevine. Our girls are scheduled to compete against McKinney Boyd, at 8:00 pm at Hebron High School Denton High School stadium.

Once again please get out to support our kids as they strive to Protect the Tradition.

National Honor Society Inductions

It has been brought to my attention that our NHS organization has had to move their induction ceremony.  The new date will be April 6, 2010. Additional information will be sent out to all students ASAP.   Congratulations to all students for this wonderful accomplishment.

Transition and Disability Expo

We are approaching the April 10, 2010 date for the Transition and Disability Resource Expo scheduled from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Resource Connection Conference Center, 2300 Circle Dr., Fort Worth.

Three free, informative workshops will be offered to all expo attendees. Representatives from area organizations, service providers, and suppliers will be available to inform you about products, supports, and services for people with disabilities.
For additional information, please contact:


Crystal Adams
cadams@ntx.easterseals.com
(817) 759-7973

Dan Gadbury
dan.gadbury@mhmrt.org
(817) 569-4045

Congratulations Carroll Robotics Team!

The team competed in the FTC Regional Championship in San Antonio over spring break and WON 1st place TEAM!!! They were also finalists for the Best Design Award! Once again our Dragons prove we can compete in absolutely everything.

Soccer Success

It was wonderful to see our Dragons prevail 3-0 tonight at Northwest and our Lady Dragons prevail 1-0 at Birdville. Good luck in the next round.  It is a pleasure to see our kids continue to succeed every single day. Our DRAGONS are exceptional.

Southlake Green Day

Please don't forget the annual Green Day activities will take place March 27, 2010, from 10 am to 5 pm in Southlake Town Square.  The secondary essay winners will also be announced beginning at 1:45 pm. 

Good luck to everyone and we hope to see everyone out taking part in the activities.

Dragons in Soccer Playoffs

Please remember to support our outstanding Dragon athletes Tuesday night in the UIL playoffs. Both the boys and girls teams open the Class 5A bi-district playoffs Tuesday, March 23. The Lady Dragons face Fossil Ridge at 8 p.m. at Birdville FAAC. The Dragons meet Trinity at 6 p.m. at Northwest HS.

Southlake Youth Art in the Square

Students this is a reminder that the application deadline for Youth Art in the Square is this Friday, March 26th. This year the application is on-line at www.artinthesquare.com/youth.aspx .


Students must:
1. Go to the above website and fill out application on-line.
2. Take digital pictures of their artwork and submit them with their application on-line (up to three pieces).
3. Pay a $10 application fee on-line through Pay Pal which requires a debit or credit card.

Return from Spring Break

As we begin to return to CHS tomorrow I hope all of our students have had a safe and exciting break.  We look forward to seeing everyone as we begin our stretch to finish up a successful spring semester.

Please remember to keep up to date on the various events that we'll take part in throughout the next 11 weeks.

Texas Forensic Association State Tournament Success

Congratulations to the members of the Carroll Forensic Team who competed in the tournament in El Paso March 12-15. The program was named the top program from the DFW metroplex and EVERY member of the team was named All State. We truly appreciate the time you put into competing throughout the year and representing Dragon Tradition.

Doodle for Google Contest

While we continually want to pursue activities that will provide our students opportunities to show the world what we work on at CHS, I wanted to provide this activity for our students.  CHS has officially entered the Doodle for Google contest.  If you would like to take part in this contest please feel free to contact Mrs. Lapierre or Mr. Giamanco at your convenience.  With the deadline quickly approaching after spring break I hope we'll have some students that will show the world what we truly have do at CHS.

This year’s theme is, “If I Could Do Anything, I Would…”. The winning student’s school gets $25,000 for a new computer lab, and he or she wins a $15,000 college scholarship and the chance to have his or her design on the Google.com homepage for a day for millions of people to see.
Good Luck to all students that choose to partake in this contest.

Go Green Scholarship Essay

I would like to remind all parents and students that the Southlake Go Green group is still looking for students to choose to write an essay.  The 9th through 12th grade students are required to write an essay regarding "My part in Protecting the Environment."  $1000 for first and $500 for second.  If you would like more information please click on the link below.  Good luck students.

Dragons Go Green

Essay contest Due Date has been Changed to March 22, 2010.

Drugs and Alcohol – Latest “Trends” with High School Students

Please remember this presentation will begin tonight at 7:00 PM in the CHS cafeteria. 


We invite all parents to attend this very informative meeting with our CHS School Resource Officer, Allen Smith. Officer Smith will share with our parents/community what the latest “trends” are regarding drug and alcohol use and availability with our students. Recovery Resources will also be available to talk about resources that are available to help families who are experiencing difficulty with alcohol/drug use with their teens.

While your child may not be involved in this part of our society, this is truly an important facet that we'd love for you to understand.  It may never truly impact you but it does hit close to home for us as we work with teenagers.

Registration Ending Friday

Please help your student complete his/her course selection for the 2010-2011 school year. Family/student access to the Skyward on-line registration program for course selection will be discontinued at the end of the day on Friday, March 5, 2010. If you need any help, please contact the Carroll High School Guidance Office at 817.949.5620 or the Carroll Senior High School Guidance Office at 817.949.5813.

TAKS Success

We would like to thank our wonderful students for a successful TAKS day.  While entering several classrooms to observe our testing conditions I continually observed amazing things from our kids.  I'd also like to thank our staff for working so amazingly throughout the day.

9 weeks and we'll complete our testing with Math, Science and Social Studies in May.  If your child needs additional help with any of these subjects please contact their teacher and they can direct you to the format we'll use for providing our students opportunities to be successful.

AP Test Registration

We have a new on-line system, through TotalRegistration, for students to order their AP exams for the May administration. Please encourage your students to access this system by going to the home page for the website for CHS or CSHS - they have until March 12 to complete their order. After they order their AP exams. they need to print two copies of their registration form. Then, they need to bring one of the registration forms to the Guidance office at their school to pay for the exams. Each exam costs $60.00.

REGISTRATION

Please remember to complete your registration process soon.  The deadline is this Friday, March 5, 2010.  If a student is unable to complete this process our staff will choose classes for them.

Success in Austin

CHS would like to thank all of our great athletes for their work in Austin this past weekend. Our male swimmers were successful by coming in 2nd place at the UIL swim meet. Our female students were also successful by turning in a 3rd place position. While I don't want to debate the UIL I believe the girls would have won first if allowed to properly participate in the last relay. Finally our wrestlers were successful by returning with a 3rd place and 6th place in individual events. Way to go Dragons we are so proud of each of you.

State U Announces Summer Dual Credit

The Texas Education Agency announced this week that TEA approved online dual credit courses provided via the TxVSN will be FREE to Texas students-incoming juniors and seniors. These state-funded courses include courses offered by the University of Texas at Arlington and Lamar University through stateu.com. High school students across the state have an amazing opportunity to earn FREE college credits from 4-year state universities this summer.


Eligibility requirements are outlined at State U.

Carroll Robotics Team

We would like to invite everyone to come out to watch our amazing students participate this coming weekend at UTA in the Southwest Regional Championship.  The competition will begin at 10 AM on Saturday.  Please come out and watch our wonderful students capture another championship.

Congratulations Jazz Students

We were recently notified our jazz band was selected one of 15 finalists at the 2010 Essentially Ellington jazz competition in New York City! The competition takes place from May 8th-10th, and the students will perform their program before an all-star panel of judges including the famous Wynton Marsalis.

To view the actual press release click here.

UIL State Swimming/Diving and Wrestling

CHS will like to wish all of our Dragons good luck this weekend in Austin for the state UIL Swimming/Diving and Wrestling.  We will be cheering for you and look forward to a state championship following our students back to Southlake.

GOOD LUCK DRAGONS!

TAKS Upcoming

Please remember TAKS English/Reading will be happening next Wednesday, March 3, 2010.   The testing will take place soon after the day starts at 8:00 AM.

We hope all students are prepared to be successful on this test and ask that everyone let us know if they need any additional help.

Registration Update

Please remember registration is currently happening at CHS.  We have now activated registration for parents to access through their home access instead of just through the student accounts.

We ask for students to have a wonderful part in the conversations that will select these schedules and we hope they'll be up to date soon.

Good luck and please let us know if you have any questions.

Lady Dragon Basketball

Support your Lady Dragon Basketball team Friday night in the Area Championship game.

Lady Dragons vs Cedar Hill

Friday, Feb. 19th

Grand Prairie High School

7:00pm

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others MAKE it happen.

Relay for Life

If you haven't formed a "Relay for Life" team we would still encourage each individual to form a team to participate in this CISD/City of Southlake community service project.  While we continue to strive to enrich our students academics we also believe it is important to continue to expand our students goals for the future and encourage them to work to be positive members of society.

Please also remember this event will conclude with a "Rachel's Challenge" event to begin to complete our year.

Thank You Students

I would like to take this opportunity to thank several wonderful students that attend classes regularly at CHS: Colton Quinn, Andreas Nauwelaers, Chase Milyo, Brian Hill, Barrett Benesh, Alissa Walburg, and Vicki Griffin.  These great students provided a wonderful service at the Board of Trustees meeting last night and led the board in the pledges.  Collectively, they have provided more than 1200 work hours of service to CHS this school year through classes with Connie Ball.

While the above named students led the verbal pledge at the meeting these next ASL students provided an opportunity to Sign the pledge at the same time: Bradley Benoit, Connor Papie, Torie Berlin, and Natalie Swart.  I would also like to thank Danita Barton for providing these students another opportunity to utilize the offerings of our ASL program.

Summer Santa

Please don't forget our Science Club is sponsoring the Summer Santa program, Feb. 8 through Feb. 12, at CHS.

We would like to encourage everyone to bring an unwrapped toy--No stuffed animals please.  There is a box outside the main office for toys to be left.

Tuesday Schedule

While speaking with Mr. Rhodes we have decided to maintain our published schedule for next Tuesday, February 16. Tuesday will be an A day much like Thursday was supposed to be marked.


After considering the events of our half day and the fact we probably lost most of our time due to weather and many concerns with our time to release, we feel it is best to start over and work with our published calendar. Obviously with Frideay being missed we will now be making up 2 days later in the semester and thus we will simply add in the A day and B day in the schedule.

We will do all we can to publish this information on the campus homepage quickly for everyone.
Please be safe and have a wonderful time with your families over this extended weekend.

Registration Information

The course selection process for the 2010-2011 school year is now available through Family Access. Please remember that each student must utilize his or her individual user name and password to select courses; students may not use their parents’ user names and passwords. If you don’t have the individual user name and password, please contact your current school’s Guidance office and they will help you with this once we return to school.

The course selection process must be completed no later than March 5, 2010.

If you have questions, please contact your current school’s Guidance office.

Lady Dragon Playoff Game

Congratulations to the Lady Dragon basketball team for their committment to the season and emerging as the District 6-5A Champions. 

The ladies will play their first Bi-District playoff game against Fossil Ridge on Monday, Febrauary 15, 2010 at 8:00 PM at Byron Nelson High School.

Congratulations to all of our Dragons.

PINK Zone Game

Please remember the Dragon Basketball Pink Zone basketball game for Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in the Dragon gymnamsiums.  Our programs will be supporting the Jimmy V and WBCA/Kay Yow Foundations through a variety of activities. 

While it is always an honor to support a Dragon this night can be memerable for everyone to cheer.  Please wear pink and cheer for the Dragons as we help to battle cancer.

Registration Update

The counselors from CHS and CSHS met with all of the rising freshmen, sophomores, and Juniors through their World History, World Geography, and Middle School classes during the past few weeks. They provided students with information about graduation plans, course selections, and how to select courses through Family Access. The Academic Planning Guide is posted on both high schools’ websites; this document describes, in detail, each course that is offered at both schools. It also provides information about prerequisites and about summer assignments that may be required for specific courses.


All students’ parents will receive a Connect Ed phone call when the on-line registration process is available. We anticipate that this will happen within the next week.

If you have any questions, please contact Carroll High School (rising 9th and 10th grade students) at 817.949.5620 or Carroll Senior High School (rising 11th and 12th grade students) at 817.949.5813. Thank you so much.

Dragon Tribune Updated

The most recent update has been posted for everyone to read. Our students have posted information on school calendars, "Survivor", our soccer programs, adventures of getting a new job, and a variety of opinions on ebooks.

Please support these wonderful students and their work on this on-line newspaper.

Web site: www.dragontribune.com
User Name: tribune
Password: Please join soon to receive this information.

CISD Outdoor Athletic Activities

All CISD outdoor athletic activities for Friday, January 29 have been postponed/cancelled or moved indoors due to the weather.

Thank you and please be careful.

Support the Belles and receive kudos from your Sweetheart!

Corinthian Wellness Spa is helping the Emerald Belles fund-raise this season!

From now until Febraury 14, 2010 simply call or go into CWS and purchase a gift card.

Mention the "Belles" and a portion of the proceeds will help our Emerald Belles!

Do You Think Pink?

The Carroll Lady Dragons will be hosting a "Pink Zone" basketball night on Febuary 9, 2010 when our Dragons face Flower Mound. Pink Out shirts are currently on sale at both CHS and CSHS during lunch.

**Entertainment will be provided during halftime
**Raffle and Silent Auctions will take place before and during the games
**Face Painting and Balloon making for the kids

Admission is NOT FREE, but the FUN IS as we THINK PINK!

All donations will be given to the Jimmy V and WBCA/Kay Yow Foundations

Registration Information

While some of these days may change as we continue to observe things I wanted to try to post some CHS registration dates early.
1/26/10 - 8th grade parent registration meeting - CHS commons area 6-8pm

1/28/10 - 9th grade parent registration meeting - CHS commons area 6-8pm
1/27-1/29 - 8th Student Registration Meetings at the middle schools (School location to follow later)
2/1/10 - Counselors at middles schools during lunch for student Q&A
2/1/10 - Q&A Parent Meeting - CHS commons area 3:30-5:00 PM
2/2/10 - 9th grade student registration meetings through Social Studies
2/3/10 - 9th grade student registration meetings through Social Studies
2/4/10 - Q&A Meeting - CHS commons area 6-7:30 PM
2/16/10 - First Registration Deadline
2/23/10 - AP Booster Club Seminar to review CHS levels 6-7:30 PM

End of February send home registration verifications for all students to verify

Second Semester Begins

As we begin this wonderful semester at CHS, we hope all students start off this semester with the same zeal and energy we witnessed last week.  With the second semester we find numerous events outside of school work occupying each students' time.  Whether we are discussing academic clubs, athletic events, or wonderful opportunities to volunteer we hope each child is able to meet their needs daily at CHS.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the school at anytime.

End of 1st Semester

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our amazing students, wonderful faculty, and our outstanding parents for a great first semester.

Please remember Monday and Tuesday next week will be student holidays.  Our faculty will be on campus on Tuesday for a work day if you would like to communicate.

Revolution Test Prep

We have recently recieved the following communication from Revolution Test Prep.  At this time we have communicated our concerns via the phone system and email system but wanted everyone to know who to contact at Revolution for your concerns.

Please feel free to direct any parent or student complaints or questions directly to me so that Revolution Prep may take full responsibility.


Sara Gray - Regional Manager
Email: sara.gray@revolutionprep.com
817.733.2821

High School Summer Session Dates Announced

CHS/CSHS summer school sessions have now been announced.  While this is only the beginning of information we can assure everyone we will continue to post data once it is decided.

Session 1 June 14-July 2nd
Session 2 July 6-July 27th

Final Exam Week

As we begin to hit our 1st semester Final Exam week, it reminds me how fast a school year can go.  While I still remember welcoming our class of 2013 in August it is amazing how quickly they've joined with the class of 2012 to continue to make CHS a great place to learn and an unbelievable place to be welcomed everyday.

Good luck to our students this week and we hope the new year is as welcoming to everyone as it can possibly be.

Athletics Announcement

Due to the pending weather temperature, all CISD Athletics outdoor activities for Thursday, Jan 7 and Friday, Jan 8 are to be moved indoors or postponed.

The JV Girls Soccer Tournament at Hebron has been canceled.

The Varsity Girls Soccer Tournament is being rescheduled. The girls will play at TCU's indoor facility at 8:00am Thursday. Friday's games will be canceled and Saturday will be TBD.

The Varsity Boys Soccer Team will not participate in tournament play Thursday and Friday. The boys will try to play on Saturday depending on the weather.

In the event of freezing precipitation, we will make adjustments accordingly.

CHS Recognized by "Just for the Kids"

Congratulations to all CHS Dragons!

Carroll High School has beeen name to the Just for the Kids list of Texas Higher Performing Schools! Just for the Kids is sponsored by the National Center for Educational Achievement.

We are higher performing in College and Career Readiness for Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. While we always believe our wonderful students and great staff can achieve still more it is another wonderful accomplishment to be named to this list. Way to go DRAGONS!

Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Welcome Dragon Additions

I’m absolutely proud to announce the arrival of 3 new Dragons to our family. Tara Peet, one of our wonderful English teachers, proudly delivered her triplets. The wonderful babies were happily born at the start of our break. Due to the early delivery the Peet family would prefer to not have any visitors at this time. In exchange they have set up a blog to be followed by everyone and it is very forthcoming with information.

 http://thethreepeets.blogspot.com/

I would also ask everyone to continue to consider Tara's and the babies quick recovery so we can enjoy their presence soon at CHS.

Welcome Back to CHS for 2010

While I know many people are sad to be back at work after a long 2 week vacation, I am excited.  It is a pure joy to get back into CHS and see our wonderful students and staff.  It truly is amazing how much you miss a place while being gone and I'm just happy to see everyone again.  I hope everyone's New Year is as exciting as I hope mine is and I look forward to many more successes at CHS.