Traffic Changing

The City of Southlake and CISD are finalizing a change to the traffic pattern at CHS beginning on Tuesday, September 8, 2009.

There should be at least an announcement sent from each party once a final decision is made.

Again we thank every parent and staff member for working through this change and will do all we can to make sure it is finalized in a way that will serve our students best.

President's Speech to be Archived by CISD

CISD/CHS plans to provide Dragon families with a link to the archived copy of President Barack Obama's speech to school children Tuesday. This is an unprecedented event in our nation's history, and we applaud any and all attention our elected officials can give to the topic of public education. However, CHS will not interrupt our planned scope and sequence to show the speech live in classes Tuesday. Our teachers are already deep into the instructional delivery of the district's curriculum content, and we want to do whatever we can to protect the lessons and activities they already had planned for that day.

We look forward to hearing this message from our President, but we are choosing to allow parents to decide when and where to deliver that message to their children. Once the video has been archived and provided in a format for replay, we'll provide parents with access to the link on our CISD website. Information about the speech, along with lesson plans for parent-student discussion are already available from the US government at

http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html.

Another New Dragon

Congratulations to Coach Stephen Langford and his wife Jackie on their baby girl, Caroline, born last night/early this morning. We have been told everyone is doing wonderfully. We look forward to seeing our new baby Dragon soon.

H1N1 Updates *Please Read*

With our return to school the H1N1 virus is starting to find its way around the community and schools.

If you will follow the link below it will direct each individual to the district's most recent updates for the virus. Please take the time to review the information ASAP. While we continue to do all we can to help students at CHS we do ask all students and families to continue to take precautions as necessary.

Link to Carroll ISD H1N1 information

Week 2

It is my hope that many of our kids enter week 2 with the belief they will be successful at CHS and excited to feel welcomed here.

Please remember if you have any questions regarding a class please first and foremost contact the teacher to discuss the concerns. Remember we value and treasure everyone's honesty and willingness to appropriately discuss our students. If you need help to set something up please contact the office and we'll do all we can to help direct this venture for you.

This will be another exciting week on campus as our students continue to prepare for the opening to their district and competition seasons. If you have any questions please let us know and we'll be happy to address those with you.

Way to go Dragons!

Traffic Update

Obviously we're several days in and it appears traffic is starting to hit the regular system based on all of our students now beginning to get used to the new setup. Obviously what we're seeing right now is not what anyone expected last year when this was discussed last January. I can assure everyone we'll continue to meet to update and adjust as needed.

Thank you to all of you for working through this right now. While it has been a joint venture with the district and the city, I am willing to admit the parents are the ones working through it the most. I truly do appreciate each of you and can assure you I will not stop until we have a situation that is successful for everyone.

Good Luck Freshmen and JV Tonight

I'd like to wish our student athletes a wonderful evening tonight as they begin their play for the new football season. The 9th Grade will be here in town at Dragon Stadium with the JV heading over to play in Plano. Good luck and we'll expect victories later tonight.

Keeley Lowery Named State Teacher Finalist

Please congratulate our very own Keeley Lowery for being named one of 3 secondary Finalists for Texas Teacher of the Year. The next stop for Keeley will be a committee meeting in Austin, during September, where she'll have the chance to truly communicate her amazing accomplishments to a wide group of people. We're extremely proud of Keeley and wish her nothing but the best on the road to becoming the top teacher in Texas.

The link form T.E.A. can be found below:

Keeley Press Release

Way to go Keeley Lowery you're an amazing teacher and we appreciate all that you do for our kids.

Tickets for 1st Football Game

Please don't forget tickets are now on sale for the first Football game this Saturday at SMU against Plano West. You or your child may come by the main office and purchase a maximum of 10 tickets from our staff. Adult tickets are $8 with student tickets costing $6.

Let's GO DRAGONS! See you Saturday.

Wonderful First Day

First and foremost I would like to congratulate our Students, Staff, and Parents on a wonderful first day at CHS. Please remember no matter what else happens I ask that you continually remember we always get the first choice to cherish each and every day.

With this having been said let me point out the one major problem we faced at CHS currently...Traffic Flow!

Please remember there are 2 turn lanes once you turn onto the CHS property. Once driving on the property please remember from the gym to the commons we have about 2 hundred yards to drop kids off in the inside lane. We ask that everyone continue to pull forward as much as possible to drop students off for the day. If this is the case we will continue to do a better job of driving in the outside lane to our point of exit. In addition, I apologize for some doors not all being open for kids to walk in before school starts, this will be done throughout the rest of the year. This is a new process and we ask that everyone continue to focus on the wonderful things that will happen each day as we continue to evaluate this new procedure.

Having touched on our major issue let me point out how excited we were to see each and every kid come to school with a smile and an interest in learning. To go with this thank you let me also point out the wonderful job I saw from our staff as I entered each classroom today showing respect and appreciation to have students on campus.

Again thank you to everyone and I ask that if you continue to have questions feel free to email me or our staff at your convenience and we'll do all we can to make sure everyone is taken care of promptly and with appreciation.

I truly Love to be at CHS and look forward to continuing to meet more and more of you each day.

Region XI Teacher of the Year

Please congratulate our very own Keeley Lowery for being named Region XI Education Service Center Teacher of the Year. The next stop for Keeley will be the state competition in the next couple of weeks. We're extremely proud of Keeley and wish her nothing but the best.

Traffic Information on SRO Smith's Blog

Please click on the link below for traffic update information and a quick little video for you to see what it looks like.

Traffic Information

Assistant Principal Changes

Please be aware as we start this year our Assistant Principal and Counselors have been changed up slightly.

CHS now has 4 full time counselors and 1 new Assistant Principal.

The data for all of the information is on the campus website. If you have any new questions please feel free to phone the office and we'll do all we can to help you out.

New Traffic Flow at CHS

Who knows what a summer does to a Principal at CHS. I have just realized I forgot to also post on here the Traffic Change at CHS.

Last Friday Carroll ISD and the City of Southlake completed a process to change traffic at CHS so that it would now be one way. While it is apparent to me everyone is having zero problems getting on the campus in the right lanes now I figured I'd remind people again.

Please remember there are two lanes around the building. Please do not drop any students off on the outside lane while circling the building it is for driving only. All students may be dropped on either side or in the back of the building. The front of the building is for visitors and busses only.

If you click the link below it will take you to a webpage that will show you a map to explain the flow.

Bus Map Link

Another New Dragon

Congratulations to Coach Brandon Rogers and his family on bringing another Dragon into the world.

Ileigh Grace Rogers was born this morning weighing 6 lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long.

It appears all are doing well and we're looking forward to seeing the baby soon.