 Check it
out!
BE
PREPARED!
Traffic
on the first day of school during early morning drop-off at CHS is going to
be extremely crowded - make sure to leave extra early to ensure your student
arrives to school on time for first block (by 7:50
am).
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NEW CHS ASST
PRINCIPAL
A warm welcome to our new CHS assistant principal, Ed
Maneikis, who joined our CHS staff on August 11th. Mr. Maneikis comes
to us from Arlington Bowie High School, and is excited to be a part of our
Dragon Team. Mr. Maneikis will be the 9th grade Assistant Principal, and will
also be responsible for the CHS campus textbook inventory/distribution,
substitute teachers, Crimestoppers, and the School Safety plan. You can reach
Mr. Maneikis at ManeikiE@cisdmail.com
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DEBATE/FORENSICS
MTG
There will be a meeting for all Debate I parents and
Forensic Team Parents on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:00 pm in the CSHS
Library. This will be an
opportunity
to meet the coaches, discuss upcoming events for the year, and have all of your
questions answered. A student meeting will be held in conjunction with the
parent meeting in Room 316 at CSHS.
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BASKETBALL MTG - 9th
Grade
All freshmen girls who want to play basketball this season for the
Lady Dragons need to meet in Coach Rogers' classroom (B318 ) on Aug. 25th at 1:50 pm (i.e. do not go to
the gym). This is a mandatory meeting on the first day of school. If your 9th grade student is thinking about
playing on the girls basketball team but hasn't signed up yet, and therefore, is
unavailable at 1:50 pm on Monday, please email Coach Brandon Rogers at
rogersb@cisdmail.com
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WELCOME
Coffee
Parents New to the CISD
District
are invited to attend a CHS/CSHS Welcome Coffee, which will be held in
conjunction with the first PTSO meeting on Monday, September 8 at 9 am in the
library at Carroll Senior High School (CSHS), located on the corner of Southlake
Blvd. This will be a great opportunity to meet other new parents as well as
members of the PTSO! Hope to see you there.
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Calculator Info for 2008-09
All
students should have a TI-83 or TI-84 graphing calculator for their math class
this year. If purchasing a new calculator, please consider purchasing the TI-84
Plus or TI-84 Plus Silver Edition and please save the proof of purchase to give
to your math teacher at the beginning of the year as the department can use
those proofs of purchase to order extra items from TI.
Please make
sure to label your calculator (not the lid) with your name, clearly written in
permanent marker. This calculator can be used in all math and science classes
in grades 9 - 12 as well as on the TAKS, PSAT, SAT, and ACT. Used calculators
can often be found online; some online resources include: Ebay, http://www.usedcalculators.com
, or http://www.calculatorexchange.com
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EASY MONEY FOR
CHS/CSHS
Attention Parents -
Tom
Thumb
is having its annual back-to-school promotion to benefit our schools. Starting Sept 9th, your receipt will have a
coupon code that the PTSO can report and receive 10% back on the amount of your
qualifying purchases. No amount is too
little!!! Please send your coupon
receipt to the front office of each school. And when you're out shopping for
school/office supplies at Office Depot, please tell the cashier to credit our
school's account. We'll get 5% back on
every purchase. If you have questions,
please contact our PTO Community Partners Volunteer, Meridith Watford at
jmwatford@verizon.net.
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FIRST GAME tickets available
Tickets for
the first Varsity Dragon Football game of the season, scheduled for Sat,
August 30th @ 4:30 pm at SMU, between the Carroll Dragons and Plano
West, will be available for purchase beginning Tuesday, August 26th at noon at the
following campuses: CSHS,
CHS, DMS, CMS, JES, DES. Tickets are $8.00 (adult) and $6.00 (student) and will
be sold through the week until noon on Friday, August 27th. Tickets can be purchased at the gate for
$10.00. Checks or cash accepted (please try to have exact change).
For the complete Dragon
Football schedule for 2008-2009, click
here
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CHS GUIDANCE OFFICE NEWS
SEE YOUR STUDENT'S GRADES, ATTENDANCE, Etc
ONLINE!
Don't
forget that your Family Access logon id and password remain the same for this
school year. Don't have FAMILY
ACCESS? Visit
your student's home campus guidance office to sign up. Family
Access allows you to review your student's grades,
attendance, schedule, etc. online, at your convenience.
Schedule
change?
Does
your student need to make a change to their schedule? Have them stop by their home campus guidance
office to fill out a schedule change form. For more information on the CISD schedule
change policy, click
here.
SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS
The
CHS/CSHS administration offices will be open 7:45 am - 3:45 pm,
Monday-Friday, effective immediately. To ensure the quickest attention to your
needs, please email any questions/concerns to your guidance counselor. Or CHS
parents, email the CHS Guidance Office at TerryK@cisdmail.com; CSHS parents email SchwarMa@cisdmail.com
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 Dear CHS/CSHS Parents
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We hope your students enjoyed themselves at the CHS FALL Kick-Off or the
CSHS Prep Day on August 15th. If your student wasn't able to stop by and pick
up their schedule, don't worry - all CHS/CSHS students will be given a new copy
of their schedule on the first day of school. Check out the 'FAQ'
section below for answers to some commonly asked questions. And don't
forget to check out the CISD back-to-school website.
We hope you and your family had a fun and relaxing summer, and we'll see
your student for their first day of school, on Monday, August 25th.
Lynne Anderson
CHS/CSHS Dragon Diary Editor
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL
- FAQ
 There's a lot to
keep track of when starting a new school year, and we know you have lots of
questions. Click
here to review a list of some of the most Frequently Asked
Questions to see if they can answer some of the questions you might have about
the beginning of school.
And don't forget to checkout the CISD Back-to-School website for information.
And for those of you who would like to see the bell schedules for the
two schools, check out the links below
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WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE
Mon, August 25
First
Day of School
Tues,August 26 9:30 am CHS Assembly
for Girls-cafe
9:30 am CHS Assembly for Boys-gym
5:30 Vball Aledo @ CSH/CHS JV, V, 9A,
9B
2:30 Tennis V/LB @ Grapevine
Wed, August 27
No
activities scheduled
Thurs, August 28 4
pm Tennis JV @ Grapevine
5:30 & 7 pm Freshmen FBall @ Plano
W
5:30 JV Black FBall @ D.
Stadium
7 pm JV Green FBall @
D.Stadium
Fri, August 29
No
activities scheduled
Sat, August 30
4:30 Ftball V Plano West @
SMU
C. Country-Greenhill 6-Mile Relay
-Dallas
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FIRST DAY
PACKETS
 Parents - be on the lookout for
FIRST DAY PACKETS that will be sent home with your CHS and/or CSHS student(s)
this week. Students will receive the packets during the first couple days of
school, during their 2nd block class. The packets will contain district
forms that must be completed and returned by September 8th. ** Please
note a NEW AUP form, which gives your student authorization to utilize school
computers for online learning, is in the First Day packet. This new AUP form
MUST be completed and turned in with the other district forms, in accordance to
state law. Even if you previously filled out this form before, you must
complete this new AUP form.
Also you may have noticed that the packets are much smaller than in years
past because we have moved the majority ONLINE, in an effort to
save 'trees' and expenses. The ONLINE version of the First Day Packet will be
emailed to you early next week, and it will also be accessible via our CHS and
CSHS websites. Please make sure to review all of the online flyers for
information on clubs, upcoming events, booster clubs you can join, yearbook
purchases, etc.
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Back-To-School
Checklist
1) Register/Pay for
bus pass, if needed, at the
CISD Admin Office (at Dove & Kimball)
2)
Purchase Parking
Pass
(10th graders and older who plan to drive to school) at the CISD Admin Office -
don't forget to bring copy of insurance information! Click
here for a 'pay to park
form'.
3) Complete Summer
Assignments - click
here for a list of required CHS summer
assignments; Click
here for a list of CSHS summer
assignments.
4)
Turn in recent
physical to coach/trainer, if taking
Athletics
6) Turn in updated
immunization records to CHS or CSHS Nurse, if you received notice
that your student's immunizations are not up-to-date.
7)
Turn in any FOUND
textbooks or pay your LOST textbook fine at the Assistant Principal's
office
8)
Don't buy too much in
terms of school supplies just yet - just bring basic supplies for the first
week. Each teacher will let students know what they need in regards to supplies
once school begins.
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YEARBOOKS -
PICKING UP and/or BUYING NEW
 PICKING UP
- Have your 10th grade student pick up their 2007-2008 yearbook at the CHS
Front Office if they didn't get a chance to pick it up at the Fall Kick Off.
Current 11th & 12th grade students can pick up their 2007-2008 Yearbooks
in the Journalism Room at CSHS (Rm 115). Questions on 2007-2008 yearbook
orders? Contact Linda Rose at LRose@cisdmail.com
BUYING NEW - This year, we are going to have TWO high
school yearbooks - one from CHS, which will showcase 9th and 10th grade
students, and one from CSHS, which will showcase 11th & 12th
grade students. All clubs, organizations, sports teams, etc. with members from
both CHS & CSHS will be highlighted in both yearbooks.
The
CHS yearbook will be coordinated by CHS teacher Karen Otto (OttoK@cisdmail.com),
while the CSHS yearbook will be done under the direction of Linda Rose
(LRose@cisdmail.com)
1) To order a CHS 2008-09 yearbook online, go to the
Smart-Pay website.
2) To print-off a CSHS 2008-2009 yearbook order
form,click
here.
3) To
place a personal ad (to honor your CHS student) or a business ad in the
CHS yearbook, click here
(information on how to order a personal ad in the CSHS yearbook is
forthcoming).
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REQUIRED NOVEL
BOOK FAIR
Don't
go chasing all over town for those required English novels! Buy all your required novels in one place
and let the CHS or CSHS Library profit! And make the whole experience a  pleasant
one...
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At CHS Library
for CHS required Novels only - Sept. 3rd - Sept 12th, during
school hours (8:00am - 4pm); Sept 8th (CHS Curriculum Night) from 6:00 - 8:00
pm.
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At CSHS Library for CSHS required Novels
only - Wednesday, Sept 10th (CSHS Curriculum Night), 6-8:30 pm. After the 10th, novels will be
available for sale during school hours until September 15th. Feel free to call
ahead of time to see if the novel you need is still available:
949-5822.
Payment may be made with check, cash
or credit card.
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Mark
your calendars now with these important dates...
- Sept 8th - CHS
Curriculum
Night
from 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- September 10th - CSHS Curriculum
Night from 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- September 11th - Town Square
Parade
- October 24th weekend - Homecoming
- November
3rd & 4th -
Craft Fair at CSHS. All proceeds will go to benefit Project
Graduation.
- November 7th -
Major Mania at CHS college/career planning seminar
- November 16th
& 17th - Annual Dragon Classic:
Auction, Dinner & Golf Tournament. Click here for more info on this fun annual
fund-raising
event.
- Jan 14th - 16th - Final Exams, 1st Semester
for Grades 7-12
- Week of March 16th - Spring Break
- May 23rd - Prom
- May 31st - Baccalaureate (non-denominational
service for graduating Seniors) at White's Chapel United Methodist Church - 4
pm.
- June 3rd - 5th - Final Exams, 2nd
semester for grades 7-12.
- June 5th - Class of 2008
Graduation and the annual Project Graduation Celebration (all night
lock-down for graduating Seniors). The entire Proj Graduatation event is
organized and run by undergraduate PTSO parents.
For
a complete list of CISD events, check out the MASTER
CALENDAR OF EVENTS or the CISD School
Calendar for the A/B school calendar.
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