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!