tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55290747873973819632012-02-02T11:08:52.551-06:00Updates from CHS Principal P.J. GiamancoP.J. Giamancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01809525452907401603noreply@blogger.comBlogger3411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5529074787397381963.post-25313075394770101782012-02-02T11:07:00.001-06:002012-02-02T11:08:52.564-06:00

Now that mid-year grades are finalized at CHS, the NHS advisor is starting to determine who is eligible for the National Honor Society.  Those eligible students will be sent a congratulatory letter at CHS indicating their eligibility based on scholarship alone.  Candidates will be given the opportunity to submit an information packet demonstrating the remaining criteria for National Honor Society

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In lieu of the March 5 Carroll Athletic Booster Club meeting, CISD will once again have Jack Renkins in town for the Recruiting Realities Seminar. We would like to invite all 7th-12th CISD student-athletes and their parents to attend the seminar. Mr. Renkins does a great job explaining the recruiting process and every individuals role in the process. The entire presentation lasts one hour.

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On February 7th the CHS/CSHS Guidance Counselors will be holding a parent information meeting regarding course selection and registration for the 2012-2013 school year. This meeting will be held at the Carroll Senior High Auditorium (1501 W. Southlake Blvd.) at 6:30pm. We look forward to seeing all families during this event.

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The CHS/CSHS counselors will be hosting a registration meeting for all 9th grade students to begin the registration process for their 10th grade year. The meeting will take place January 25, 2012 at 6:30 PM in the CHS cafeteria. During this meeting the counselors will discuss the upcoming process and a couple of teachers will discuss the impact of AP classes for the students. We look forward to

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The first official meeting for the new CISD Special Education PTO will be this Thursday in the Carroll Elementary library at 10:30 am. We look forward to partnering with all families choosing to participate.

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Carroll ISD continues to have trouble with inbound and outbound external emails. Correspondences we are sending outside the district or those that we are trying to receive from someone outside the district are not going through. We've been notified that it will likely be another 24 hours without external email service while we wait for a part to be delivered and installed. Please plan

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We are sad to inform our Dragon community of the death of Aaron Anderson. His sister Kelley, is a sophomore at Carroll High School and a member of our tennis team. Aaron is the son of Eubanks Intermediate School teacher Kim Anderson and Grant Anderson, a former CISD employee who now works at the Region XI Education Service Center. Aaron, a Carroll graduate from the class of 2010, was involved in

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CISD's sixth college transition fair is scheduled for January 31st, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the CSHS student activities center.  We have a great key note speaker attending from the Office of Disability Accomodations at UNT and a wonderful array of colleges attending.  This is an event that every one of our students, parents, teachers, and counselors don't want to miss. We look forward to seeing all

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Congratulations to the Dragon Football team, the staff, and kids have completed an amazing 16-0 season. The Dragons capped the season undefeated with a 36-29 win over Fort Bend Hightower and our 8th State Championship. These young men have definitely Protected the Tradition way to play as a TEAM.

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Students in grades 9-12 present some enjoyable reading for your holidays.  Choose from stories about a new trampoline park opening in Southlake, a review of our city’s best burgers, a story about one of our non-coffee drinking students becoming a part-time Barista’s Apprentice and a feature story about Glenn Brasher who you’ve no doubt seen on the sidelines of every Dragon football game in recent

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The letter below was posted by Coach Ozee in regard to the State Championship game: ...do not for any reason park in the Wal-Mart parking lot. It seems that last week at the 3A game someone was dressed as a parking attendant and directed traffic into the Wal-Mart lot. Many cars were towed. Even if the parking attendant appears legitimate, don’t fall for it. Please see the parking advisory below

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Due to tonight's weather forecast and pending rain, the Community Pep-Rally for the State Football Championship will be moved to the Carroll Senior HS gym. The pep rally will begin at 7:00pm. Please help spread the word to your distribution lists. Thank you and GO DRAGONS!

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We would like to encourage everyone to come support the Dragons at a community Pep Rally 7 PM Wednesday, December 14 at Dragon Stadium. We certainly hope to see thousands of green clad Dragon fans come out to support our students before they play for the state championship.

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We look forward to seeing all Dragons come out to listen to our wonderful musical spirit from CHS and CSHS. All concerts will take place in the CSHS auditorium at 7 PM Choir Concert: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Show Choir Concert: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Band Concert: Thursday, December 15, 2011

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We had the wonderful opportunity to meet with a couple of families this morning asking about providing some holiday decorations to the CHS office. Before accepting these decorations we felt it would be appropriate to mention this for our entire school community. If you have holiday decorations and would like to provide these to CHS during the upcoming or current holiday season we'd love to

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Please take a moment to see our Mandarin class video. The video is posted for a competition they won last year. It's amazing to see what our kids can do when given the freedom to try. Mandarin Video

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Congratulations to both the Girls and Boys cross country teams on their first place finish in Round Rock. All Dragons are proud of each of you for the energy and effort you've used this year.

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Good luck to our Carroll Cross Country teams on their upcoming trip to Round Rock. The boys and girls teams are currently ranked first in the state and we are expecting great things to come from this race. Good luck Dragons. Please also remember Dragon Stadium, Senior High and High School are currently selling tickets for the first round playoff football game. We encourage everyone to see us

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In this issue we have a variety of student work for you to enjoy on a wide range of subjects. The updated 2011 Tribune contains a story on the Haunted Circus, a feature on the Homecoming Dance, a story of student support at CHS, and a discussion from a student about their volunteer activities in Tanzania. Please enjoy the first Dragon Tribune and remember the login and password is the student id

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Parents and students as you know our Homecoming Dance will be next Saturday, October 29th at the Gaylord. This is a special event and is a school sponsored event and as such students are expected to abide by the student code of conduct. We all are looking forward to this special night and want all students to have a great time. Each year we have anywhere from 1800-2200 students that attend the HC

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The CISD diving program was notified Lauren Crown a sophomore and Bryce Klein a junior have been chosen to attend the Diving Olympic Trials June 17-24 in Seattle, Washington for the 2012 Olympics. Lauren and Bryce are among the youngest to qualify. We are the only school district that has both male and female diver. There are only 35 boys and 35 girls who are chosen in the country. Out of those,

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CHS will add an additional STAAR presentation Monday, October 17, 2011. We will once again provide this session in the cafeteria at 6 pm. We look forward to seeing more families in attendance. If you have questions feel free to email Mr. Giamanco at: pj.giamanco@southlakecarrolledu

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Carroll ISD is proud to host its annual College Fair on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 6–8 p.m. at Carroll Senior High School in the Student Activity Center. Parents and students will have the opportunity to interact with admission representatives from over 100 universities and colleges from Texas and across the country. Please refer to the Carroll Senior High website at the end of October for a current

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Carroll High School will host a parent program with a panel of mental health professionals and community resources that are available to help you support your child during stressful times. We will discuss signs of emotional distress/stress and depression and resources to help. Dates/Times: Tuesday, October 11 – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, October 13 – 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Location: Carroll

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SAGT is partnering with the Southlake Public Library and the Bob Jones Nature Center to celebrate the Fall season with a fun family outing called Harvest Hike. We look forward to seeing everyone attend this event. When: Sunday, October 16th Time: 4-7 pm Where: Bob Jones Nature Center Cost: FREE!!

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Out of sensitivity for those wishing to attend the services tonight, our planned meeting to explain End of Course exams will be rescheduled. Please remember we will also meet this Wednesday in the CHS library at noon and then again next week on October 12 at 6 PM. If a replacement date is added we will send the data to all families immediately. We are sorry for the late notice but certainly

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Please accept our sincere apology for including a statement about the loss of a CISD student among other routine stories listed in the Dragon Diary this past weekend. As Principal, I do not believe this was an appropriate place to include comments about such a sensitive matter. I have put procedures in place to ensure this doesn't happen again, and appreciate your forgiveness and understanding.

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Parents of current freshmen students enrolled at Carroll High School are invited to attend one of four public meetings designed to help parents learn more about the state end of course tests and how these tests will impact their children. The meetings are scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m. in the CHS cafeteria; 6 p.m. October 3 in the CHS cafeteria; noon on October 5th in the CHS library; and 6 p.m

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We would like to congratulate each of our CHS/CSHS student on winning the recent competition for the Homecoming Court: Freshman prince: Sam Avers Freshman princess: Emily Bond Sophomore prince: Steven Bergmark Sophomore Princess Sydney Fugett Junior Prince: Ryan Nolan Junior Princess: Emily Zapinski Homecoming King: Carson Henderson Homecoming Queen: Beth Venesky

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As expected, we are expecting homecoming game tickets for the home side are to be sold out sometime today. We currently have a small number of home side tickets, 150, still available at CHS for adults. Please remember these could be sold out today. Once home side tickets are completed fans can still purchase visitor side tickets online or at the Dragon Stadium. As of this morning, we have

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We would like to congratulate each of our Homecoming nominees from CHS and encourage everyone to cheer them on at the Homecoming Pep Rally next Wednesday at Dragon Stadium. Sophomore Princess Nominees: Sydney Fugett Lacey Muñoz Sophomore Prince Nominees: Steven Bergmark Zachary Truesdale Freshmen Princess Nominees: Emily Bond Carley Browning Freshmen Prince Nominees: Sam Avers Chase Punko We

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Registration in Family Access has been re-opened until Monday September 12, 2011. If you have not already registered your child, please do so during this time period. If you do not know your login and password please contact Kari Litwak at CHS guidance.

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We hope to see all parents at CHS tonight for Curriculum Night. We will begin the classroom activities at 6:00 PM. If you need a schedule those will be available through our counselors. In addition, several students will be located throughout the building to provide directions. Thank you and we look forward to seeing all of our parents tonight.

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With the start of the 2011-2012 school year we will be implementing our new Texas EOC testing for all freshmen students. Later in the semester we will provide a parent information session to distribute more information and data regarding the district policy for this test. Below is a link you may view for EOC information for parents to review. EOC Document Please feel free to contact CHS if you

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Curriculum nights are scheduled at CHS each year 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. While we'd certainly love to sit and talk one on one with each parent we are limited in

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Can you say amazing! We have said it a hundred times at CHS today. Our kids were amazing, our staff was amazing, and our parents were amazing. Today quite possibly might have been the best first day we've ever seen at CHS. You can't ask for a better place to spend every single day. This DRAGON campus can't stop smiling.

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On Monday students please follow these procedures to start your day:   1.       If a student KNOWS that he/she is in a 1st block class that meets at CSHS (i.e., a sophomore in basketball) the student should go to that class even though the class is not at CHS. This will include athletes and drill team students, etc.   2.       Coaches/directors, etc., will allow 1st block students to leave early

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CHS was so happy to experience all of our teachers today. We started the day off with convocation at CSHS and finished with a staff development at CHS. We are so lucky to have such a respected bunch of teachers and cherish them daily. If you want a good laugh, and yes we know it is blurry, check out the flash mob at convocation this morning. Flash Mob Welcome to 2011 and 2012.

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While I'm watching our new Freshmen tour CHS and visit with each other I'm amazed again at how wonderful CHS is and the kids we have every single day. I have seen our Sophomores visit in the morning, our new students eat lunch at noon, and our Freshmen work through our Fish camp and pep rally all with smiles amazing to every person that passes. Thank you Dragons. I'd also like to thank all of

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Parents we would encourage you soon to login to your family access location and begin the on-line registration experience. As of our first day, CHS had 66 registrants and we would love to see that number double or triple today. Please do this soon so you can begin the process for your child and avoid many of the hand written forms later. If you have questions feel free to phone CHS and we'll do

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We hope your summer is off to a wonderful start! Thank you for an amazing school year at CHS. We have reviewed the Voice of the Dragon Survey and appreciate all of the positive comments. We are proud of the continuing improvement at CHS. We strive to be better each year and believe the comments of our families certainly assist in this process. As always, we will share the results with our

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We are still looking forward to our event tonight and certainly hoping the rain will hold off. The Rachels Ralley and event will begin at 7:00 PM in the gymnasium. We look forward to seeing everyone at CHS.

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We would like to congratulate Kelley Anderson on her second place finish at the State UIL Tennis Championships. To see a freshmen finish this high at the state event is amazing. Way to go Kelley! In addition, we would wish our Dragon Golfers good luck at the state golf tournament begininning Thursday morning in Austin. The Dragons are prepared for a first place finish at this tournament and we

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Parents, please be aware CHS will be using Thursday and Friday, May 12 and May 13, to present our Game Over presentation to our students. This event will include a mock drunk driving car accident on May 12 and an assembly on May 13. The assembly will include a video presentation of the accident and an individual speaking on the consequences of drunk driving on her family. If your child could

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Please remember tomorrow is our first day of 10th grade TAKS testing for Math. 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 11:55 AM on Tuesday. If a 9th grader arrives at their usual reporting time, your child will have the opportunity to study or read in the cafeteria if he/she needs to arrive prior to

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Congratulations to our most recent state champion, Dragon soccer. The boys completed the tournament Saturday night in Georgetown defeating Round Rock McNeil 2-0. The boys were amazing and maintained confidence all night. Once again another great reason to be a DRAGON!

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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: Joe Barton, Social Studies Teacher and Coach Lyndee Hayes, French Teacher and Department Chair Karen Otto, English Teacher and Department Chair Kathy Prado, Social Studies

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Congratulations to the Dragon soccer program on the two victories in Midland. I just received notice the Dragons beat Plano 1-0 in overtime. We hope to see everyone at the state tournament next weekend.

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CISD Transition Services presentation will help special needs families learn how to develop and communicate the Life Plan. The Seminar has become an invaluable tool to help you provide the best and latest information to your family and teachers on what Families of Special Needs must do to provide themselves and their family member with a secure future. • The program will provide information for

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Congratulations to our Dragon Soccer and Lady Dragon Soccer programs on their bi-district playoff victories last night. Both programs faced talented squads and found a way to come out victoriously. The next round playoff games will occur Friday night. The boys will play Mansfield at 6:00 PM at Birdville ISD Stadium. The girls will play later at 8:00 PM at Dragon Stadium against Colleyville

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Please be aware that our campus should have our new updated Talk About It program running for our students this week. This program provides Dragons the opportunity to provide a statement to our Administration, our Counselors, or Officer Smith. Students can access this off our campus website and or use the phone number (662-801-0242) to call at their convenience. This is a wonderful anonymous

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Please take a moment to congratulate any of our varsity hockey players on their most recent trip to the US Hockey National Championship. In the end they played a great tournament and ultimately lost 3 - 0 to New Trier High School from Illinois in the championship game Sunday morning.  These athletes represented the school and the city well. The Southlake Carroll Boys' Varsity Ice Hockey Team is

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Please check out our Carroll High School Facebook page for the most recent photos of our staff this week. Some people take their dressing up to a new level and others couldn't believe another teacher isn't a Disney fan (so they shower her room with Disney galore).

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This past Saturday Dragon Band members received 120 1st division solo medals and 116 ensemble medals.  One Hundred and Thirty Six Dragon Band members qualified for the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest by receiving the highest ratings at the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest at RL Turner High School in Carrollton.  Twenty seven ensembles advanced to state as well as seventy two solos which had to

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While additional information will be released soon, we would like to remind all students, teachers, and parents CISD technology will be suspended during Spring Break 2011. The purpose for this will be the relocation of services to the stadium data center. Beginning at 4:00 PM this Friday, the network will be turned off. We will lose our Internet, email, and phone system for this period of time.

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Carroll's Jazz Bands I and II competed at the UTA Jazz Festival on Friday, which was held at the Hereford University Center on the UTA campus. Jazz Band II won first place in the 5A/2nd Band category, and Jazz Band I won first place in the 5A category. Jazz Band I was also awarded the Sweepstakes Trophy for its selection as the outstanding band of the Festival in all divisions.

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Please remember Tuesday will be our first day of TAKS 2011. All students will be taking their English TAKS test. Our sophomores will be testing in English and our freshmen will be testing in reading. Everyone needs to arrive and be ready to test by 8 AM. Please be sure to plan for extra time getting to school as traffic will be congested. CHS will begin testing once all of our students are on

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The CSHS guidance staff will present a session with admission representatives from colleges and universities. They will present valuable information to help students and parents prepare for the college application and admission process. A Financial Aid seminar will begin the evening, followed by four workshop sessions. Please check the website for more information and to view the universities.

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Please mark your calendars for the following events: Coffee with the Counselors and Q&A 2011-2012 Course Selection/Registration Thursday, February 17, 2011 - CHS at 9:00 A.M. AND Q&A Session for 2011-2012 Course Selection/Registration current 8th and current 9th grade parents and/or studentsTuesday, February 22, 2011 - CHS at 4:00 P.M.

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Congratulations to our student-athletes on their amazing recent accomplishments. We are truly proud to call ourselves DRAGONS and this is why: Girls Basketball District Champions and Playoffs 2/14/11 Boys Basketball Playoffs Wrestling District Champions and 3 Wrestlers advanced to State UIL Swimming District Champions, Regional Champions, numerous students off to State UIL We are so proud of all

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With our fourth day out of CHS we hope everyone has enjoyed your extra winter break. We will see everyone on Monday. Please be safe and enjoy the break. If you can get out on Friday afternoon don't forget the ESPN special taking place at CSHS. We believe they will start to allow entrance after 3:00 PM.

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Judging by the ice I've seen at CHS we are hoping for some warmth on Thursday to allow us to return on Friday. We will post the A/B schedule tomorrow.

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With the ice coming in overnight CHS and all activities were canceled for Tuesday and now Wednesday. Please remember Thursday will be a B Day at CHS. We will add the two days into our calendar where they are currently listed on the calendar. Be safe and we'll see everyone on Thursday.

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It is with great pleasure that we announce that Carroll High School is a 2010 NCEA Higher Performing School! We would like to offer our Congratulations to our students for their performance and a big thank you to our teachers for their commitment to excellence in education! CHS was identified as Higher Performing based on the students' achievement on the spring 2010 Texas Assessment of Knowledge

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In this issue we have a variety of student work for you to enjoy on a wide range of subjects. Our students have focused on: post holiday blues, local homes with holiday spirit, a Harry Potter extravaganza, college roomates, Charm School thoughts, rock climbing attempts in a short period of time, local gyms that fit your needs, and curing country phobia. Cozy up with your laptop on a cold dreary

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There will be an informational meeting for current 8th grade parents/students at 6:00 p.m., Monday, February 7th in the CSHS library.   Mrs. Sherry Martin will attend along with several current CMA students (grades 9-12).  They will present information and answer questions about the CMA program.   Copies of the 2011 applications will also be available at the meeting.  The new application is also

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As we complete our final exams today we will finish our first semester.  It has been absolutely amazing to see everyone at CHS work so well. Our kids have had an amazing first semester and accomplished a variety of tasks.  Our students performed an amazing musical, they have debated all over the nation, they have accomplished a variety on the athletic fields and on the courts, finally they're

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Carroll ISD has joined various districts across Texas to encourage Texas Legislators to Make Education A Priority! The district hopes to collect a letter and/or postcard for each student enrolled in Carroll ISD - 7,676 - to hand deliver to Austin during the 82 Legislative session. Please remember, all family members can sign the cards and/or write their own personal notes. We would also like to

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Please remember our final exams will be this Wednesday through Friday. The schedule is posted on the school website. Good luck to all students. Each day we will not be offering lunch at CHS. In addition, our students will have off next Monday and Tuesday. New schedules will be handed out, before school, once we return. These should be posted electronically on Tuesday evening. Due to some

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What young drivers must know? How to deal with aggressive drivers? Cell phones, texting, and the risks? All parents and teens are invited to this event January 25, 2011 from 7 to 8:30 PM, Southlake Town Hall 3rd Floor.

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First, we are so excited to see everyone return to CHS happy and healthy. I hope your break was as successful as mine...I can honestly say I will not be moving to Chicago anytime soon, it was great to see my family in one location but the cold was too much for this principal. As we return let me remind everyone FINAL EXAMS are coming up next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Please check the

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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