Dragon Tribune Updated

Earlier today I got the opportunity to read the most up to date Dragon Tribune. I am so excited to see the work by our students each and every month. In this issue, a student writes about experiences at an Eagles concert, another writes about the variety of activities they're exposed to in school, and our students begin the discussion on creating a proper schedule to lead them toward college.

We hope you love the newspaper, please go to: www.dragontribune.com

Your Favorite Teacher

Currently Barnes & Noble is hosting the “My Favorite Teacher” contest. We'd love to see our students participate.

Congratulations

We would like to congratulate our entire swimming and diving programs for a dominate performance at the District 4-5A championships. The Dragons advanced regional qualifiers in 60 out of 64 possibly opportunities. Way to go!

Additionally we'd like to congratulate Justin Leonard on being name the NFHS Texas Cross Country
Coach of the Year. Way to represent Dragon Tradition.

Diving Champions

We'd like to congratulate all of our divers on their work at the district meet. The girls swept all 3 medals and the boys finished 1 & 2. Each of our students qualified for the regional meet.

Great job Dragons and good luck swimmers tomorrow.

Drop-Off Locations

This morning it was brought to our attention some parents have started to wait in the drop-off lanes for an extended period of time. Please remember these are drop and go locations. We certainly want to honor every individuals time and provide them an opportunity to exit quickly. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at CHS.

Are You Riding the Bus?

Please remember on Tuesday, January 22nd anyone who has not paid their 2nd semester bus fees will not be allowed to ride the bus home for that day.

While some students have started to drive we did not want any student not prepared to be transported on January 22, 2013. If you have questions please feel free to contact the CISD transportation at 817-949-8333.

CHS Yearbook Deadline Approaching

Time is quickly running out to order your CHS Yearbook! There are three ways to do this. To order by mail, pick up an order form in the front office. To order by phone, call the Smart Pay Call Center at 1-800-853-1337. But, the easiest and quickest way to order is to go to the Smart Pay website – www.smart-pay.com (make sure to smart “dash” pay “dot” com – the dash is very important). Select Texas, Southlake, and Carroll High School to order your yearbook! A confirmation receipt is sent directly to your email address.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity – there are NO guarantees that extra books will be available after this week, so order NOW! We don’t want any student to be disappointed this spring at distribution. Thank you for your support of the Carroll High School Yearbook Staff. If you need to check to see if you ordered a yearbook, you can call the number above.

Contact Karen Otto if you have any questions. karen.otto@southlakecarroll.edu.

Free Tutoring

Do you have a student that can benefit from free-of-charge, good quality tutoring service that won’t take up your time?  Announcing the launch of the Southlake Carroll Tutors Club (SCTutors).  This is a club of CSHS students offering free-of-charge tutoring services to other students at CHS and CSHS in exchange for community service hours.  Each inquiry student is matched up with a student tutor excellent in the subject the inquiry student needs help.   The schedule is flexible and can be on as-needed basis.   Tutoring is offered in all subject areas, including Mandarin! 

If you know of any student that might benefit from the service or qualify to be a tutor, please spread the word.  For more information, please contact sctutorsclub@gmail.com or visit website.  

Transition Services College and Career Expo

Our CISD Special Education Department will be hosting this event on January 22, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM in the CSHS Student Activity Center.

This program will help high school students with learning differences gain knowledge about: colleges, application process, career opportunities, department of disabilities services, and transition needs when pursuing post secondary education. All students and parents are encouraged to attend.

We will have a guest speaker, Ron Venable, from the University of North Texas Office of Disability Accommodation. Mr. Venable will be discussing "Tips for Student Success" and "Navigating the World of Higher Education."

Teens Together On Horizon

S.P.A.R.K. & Carroll High School students are proud to announce the formation of TEENS TOGETHER . Over the next few months we will be asking teens in our community to commit to watching out for each other by promising to Care, Understand and Commit to each other’s well being. TEENS TOGETHER is also co-sponsoring the February 4th town-hall meeting.

 

Any questions please contact Laura Hill, 817-797-0782 or LHill@downeypublishing.com

 

SPARK Townhall February 4, 2013

Teens & Parents are invited to a powerful town hall meeting on February 4, 2013 7:30pm - 9:00pm at CSHS. Parents and Students (Grades 7-12) are urged to attend.

S.P.A.R.K. wants to start a conversation in every home. Our children are growing up in a very di cult world where Anxiety and Depression are far too prevalent.

• How do parents and teens talk to each other about painful subjects
• How does a parent know when their child is struggling
• What can your child do if they see a friend in crisis

The Grant Halliburton Foundation will present this “Must-See” program. Please go to www.granthalliburton.org for more information.

Any questions please contact Laura Hill
817-797-0782
Lhill@downeypublishing.com

Bus Passes and Parking For Spring

The CISD Administration Office has moved into a new building and things are very busy as they get settled.

As a result we will not be enforcing the lack of parking and bus passes until January 22, 2013.

 

Students and parents can to come to the new CISD Administration Building beginning on January 14 to purchase the new passes, we are sorry for the inconvenience.  The new address is 2400 North Carroll Ave, Southlake, TX 76092