Final Exams on Horizon

We have officially posted our final exam schedule for the fall semester. Please remember all exams must be taken during the scheduled time. If you have concerns please see your assistant principal. Late exams will occur once we return from winter break.

Dec. 19th- 5th, 6th, and 8th
Dec. 20th- 1st, 2nd, and 4th
Dec. 21st- 3rd and 7th

Busses will continue to transport between campuses. We will not serve lunch on any of the three exam days.

Playoffs Round 3

Tickets will go on sale at CHS, CSHS, and Dragon Stadium Tuesday morning at 8 AM. We would encourage everyone to plan accordingly to purchase the tickets. Birdville Fine Arts and Athletic Complex is a wonderful location but it will be limited on seating.

In addition, we have been made aware parking will be $5.00 for this game.

We look forward to seeing all of our fans for this game against Trinity.

Dragon Tribune Issue #2 On-line

The Web site is:  www.dragontribune.com

Students in this issue share photos with subscribers of the students from Tring, England,  who attended the Halloween band party.

Our Foreign Exchange Student compares the SAT and ACT with the college entrance exam in her native Germany.

 

An editorial on school’s disciplining students for postings on Twitter and/or Facebook, a news story about Carroll High School hosting VASE regional competition in 2013, concert going etiquette, a student sharing the impact of his mom’s death seven years ago.

 

Another student describes life in the home she shares with her 23 family members.

Volleyball Victory

We'd like to congratulate the Lady Dragon Volleyball team on a sweep of North Crowley last night in Arlington. Good luck to the girls as they travel to face Amarillo Tascosa this Friday in Vernon.

Craft Fair This Weekend

The 20th annual CHS/CSHS PTO Craft Fair is this Saturday and Sunday at CSHS. The fair has over 200 vendors selling a variety of items, and we are excited to welcome hundreds of shoppers throughout the weekend. We'd love to see each of our families attend this event.

All proceeds from the fair benefit our Project Graduation, a drug and alcohol free event designed to provide a fun and safe environment for our seniors to celebrate graduation.

Click here for a link to our craft fair.

 

First Dragon Tribune Posted

We are excited about the first edition of the on-line Dragon Tribune posted earlier today. In this edition you'll find a story about the current court battle over education funding, the victories of two Carroll students in competitions they're passionate about, and a comparison of German and Carroll schools.

We look forward to all CISD community members reading the most recent paper.

If you have questions please contact Linda Rose at: Linda.Rose@southlakecarroll.edu

 

Campus Excellence Committee

As we are now one six weeks into the school year we will begin to have our campus excellence committee meetings next week. I would once again like to invite a couple parents to participate on this committee. We are searching for a Freshmen and Sophomore parent as well as a person from a local business in CISD.

This committee is our site based committee and will do some work on our Campus Improvement Plan, Staff-Development, and student concerns at CHS. We love the work our committee provides and we'd be excited to see any parent participate. This year we will have at least four meetings: 10/10, 12/12, 2/13, and 4/10. The meetings will start at 3:45 daily and we'll be going for one hour.

Please contact Mr. Giamanco @ pj.giamanco@southlakecarroll.edu if you would like to participate.

CEF Change Week

With the Carroll Education Foundation (CEF) fundraiser on the horizon, CHS along with the rest of our CISD schools will be hosting a change week September 24-28, 2012. We certainly look forward to our students and staff participating. Let's see who has a little cowboy/cowgirl deep down inside.

Monday- Western Hat Day

Tuesday- Cowboy Boot Day

Wednesday- Western Shirt Day

Thursday- Big Belt Buckle Day

Friday- Always Dragon Spirit Day

 

The CHS class collecting the most money will receive a Chick Fil A party. In addition, CEF will match all funds collected, up to $500. Let's make a difference through CEF.

Parents Invited To Review "Big Decisions" Health Curriculum

Starting this year, Carroll ISD has updated its school health curriculum at the request of parents to include information on healthy relationships and how to prevent disease and unplanned pregnancy through abstinence and other means. Studies have shown that this type of instruction gives teens the confidence to avoid risky behavior and make good choices. To complement this curriculum, CISD is hosting a parent-only session to offer a preview of the updated health curriculum and answer any questions that parents may have about this curriculum. 

Who: Health parents

What: Discuss human sexuality curriculum “Big Decisions”
Where: CHS Lecture Hall (former art rooms on the northwest side of the building)
When: 6:30 PM, October 2nd, 2012
Teen pregnancy is a problem in Texas. In 2010, our state had the third highest rate of teen pregnancies in the U.S. Sixty-four of 1,000 births are to teenage mothers, higher than the national rate of 43 births to teenagers per 1,000 births nationally. Tarrant County has a teenage birthrate of 56 per 1,000 births, and our zip code does not make our kids immune to these issues.

PSAT, October 17, 2012

Freshmen students taking PSAT exams at Carroll High School must register for exams here by September 28th.

Registrations after that point will incur a $5.00 late fee per tests being available. The last day to register is October 12th.

Carroll High School is will offer families the ability to pay their exam fees through the counseling office.

Please contact Kari Litwak,  if you have any questions .

Curriculum Night

We would like to thank all families for the wonderful time at CHS Curriculum Night on Wednesday. While we certainly regret scheduling on a night where we have other activities going on we did feel confident in the large number of families in attendance.

I can assure you we love the great importance our families place on getting to know our teachers and our curriculum. The support you provide makes this job better for everyone at CHS.

Online Tickets for Subvarsity FB

We’ve opened up the online ticket system for subvarsity football games at Dragon Stadium.  The link for tonight’s game(s) is:

https://www.totalgatesolutions.com/SelectEventTickets.aspx?eventId=29955

 

Tickets will also be sold at the Dragon Stadium home ticket booth beginning at 4:00pm.

DMN Article from CHS

Please take a moment to review the following article Mr. Bybee, CHS GT English teacher, published in the Dallas Morning News. Mr. Bybee is an amazing teacher and sharing his wealth of information with everyone outside of CHS.

DMN Bybee Article

Officer Allen Smith Honored Sunday

Below is a video link which was shared to me from Lead Pastor Clayton Reed, Southlake Baptist Church. Please take a moment to view this and possibly share a positive note with Officer Smith. He is truly one of our students best advocates and a man we love to see at CHS every single day. Another thank you should go out to the members of this organization for honoring a great individual.

Officer Smith Celebration

2012 Jr. Belle Dance Clinic

Join the Varsity Emerald Belles for the 2012 Jr. Belle Dance Clinic in the Carroll Senior High School Gymnasium and perform a routine before the October 18th Freshman football game at Dragon Stadium. The Clinic is open to all girls Kindergarten - 4th grades and includes:

• Three hours dance instruction
• Snack (Chick-Fil-A nuggets, cookies and drink)
• Jr. Belle T-shirt (Jr. Belle will receive on performance night)
• Souvenir Photo Button (Parent will receive on performance night)
• Public Performance at Dragon Stadium (Oct. 18th)

Clinic Attire: Sneakers, shorts and a t-shirt/dance top (Please no high ponytails - the Belle hats will not fit for pictures)

Bring: Water bottle labeled with name

 

$*45.00 when registering on-line by 10/03

Registration available day of clinic for $50.