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