First Semester Almost Over

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 the best students we could dream on having. I'm certain to believe the second semester will continue to produce more amazing triumphs. We are proud to believe they have and will Protect the Tradition.

Our faculty continues to take giant leaps every day.  As we move toward a new testing requirement. our faculty is continuing to redefine our curriculum and update our methods for assessment.  Please know this will always be a continuing process and our teachers will continue to work to provide an amazing education for our kids.  If anyone has questions we truly believe you need to speak with the teacher first and foremost.  We have the greatest teachers and believe they're the first cog to Excellence in Education.

Have a wonderful long weekend and look forward to an excellent second semester.

Make Education a Priority

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 encourage everyone to send personal email to your friends & neighbors to encourage them to write. Every member of our community can do a postcard, an actual letter, or an email to: Every Child Counts.  CHS has a dropoff box in the office and others are located around the community. 

If you would like more specific information please click on: Make Education a Priority.

Final Exams

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 movement in programs our master schedule has had to change recently. We are certainly sorry for these late changes but believe it will help our students have smaller class sizes.

Keeping Your Teens Safe on the Road

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.

Welcome Back

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 schedule on our campus homepage.  We will not offer lunch any of the 3 days and certainly hope our students come prepared to complete the first semester.

Also please remember in order to average pass a class for the year the student must pass the second semester.  This is a change from previous policy but we believe our students will be just as successful this way too.

Office Gives a Little Chipmunk Song

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.

Amazing Robotics

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 with Deepak, he is a very talented young man that works his tail off for perfection.

Dragon Tribune Update

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 fair and discovered Texans' fascination with all things deep fried.

To see the update go to http://www.dragontribune.com/

Memory Seminar

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 CSHS - S.A.C (Student Activity Center) from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

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.