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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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Main Campus:
6100 Oleander Drive
Orlando, FL 32807
(407) 482-6300
Freshman Campus:
7775 Valencia Collage Lane
Orlando, FL 32807
(407) 249-6369
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 This is a short week for the students as our Thanksgiving break runs from November 23 to November 25. Classes resume on Monday, November 28.
On the eve of Thanksgiving break, I want our school community to know how very thankful I am to be your principal. There are many reasons for my gratitude that I might list here, but as I reviewed this week's publication, I could see no list was necessary. Kindly take a few moments to scroll down this extended issue and take note of the students' successes, the dedication of our faculty and support staff, the involvement of the community, the support from the OCPS school district and more. Here at Thanksgiving '16 I could not be more proud to serve at CHS.
I hope you enjoy a wonderful holiday with family and friends and always remember . . .
It's Great to be a Grenadier!
Sincerely,
Jose T. Martinez
Principal
Colonial High School
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Vital Signs credit: Dr. Lisa Karcinski, Asst. Principal
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Take a Bow! Marching Band Earns a 'Superior' Rating
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2016 Music Performance Assessment (MPA)
Our band students worked extraordinarily hard this marching band season and were able to secure a
Superior Rating during their Marching Music Performance Assessment (MPA) at University High School two Saturdays ago. Congratulations to all of our band members, and thank you to our Band Director, Mr. Chapkin, for the countless hours you devote to the program and our students!
Grenadier band at University HS for this year's MPA where they brought back a Superior Rating
(Nov. 12, 2016)
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Extended Media Center Hours . . .
Extended Media Center hours run from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM Monday-Thursday; the library closes at 2:30 PM on Fridays.
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Student Artwork on Display at Winter Park Chalk Festival
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place! Bot
AP Studio Art students along with Ms. Salcedo participated in the "Winter Park Chalk the Walk" Chalk Festival two weekends ago. They used soft pastels in 5' sections on the sidewalks through the park.
Akira Dix and Yamilet Diaz created a beautiful reproduction from Yamilet's original photograph
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Emily Gonzalez and Zaimari Flores accurately portrayed Roy Lichtenstein's "We Rose Up Slowly"
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Rosemarie Santiago battled the sun and falling tree debris to draw "Madame X" by
John Singer Sargent
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Ms. Salcedo won the Art Teacher's Award for her reproduction of "Dreamer" a photograph by
Sydney Sedloff
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Grenadiers in the Community: Boys Basketball at Election '16
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Boys Basketball volunteers at the election polls . . .
Coach Sterchele, Coach Pavlicek, and Ms. Samantha Sanders along with a few of our basketball players and managers, all volunteered to run a polling place for the election.
Coach Sterchele, Shacare Perkins, Joseph Campos,Alex Montanez, and Coach Pavlicek
Coach Sterchele, Shacare Perkins, Joseph Campos, and Alex Montanez, Coach Pavlicek,
Ms. Samantha Sanders, Najalyn Rodriguez and Oscar Martinez
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Staff Recognition: CHS' Media Specialists
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Honoring our Media Specialists at the OCEAM Principal's Breakfast
Ms. Parisi (Main Campus Media Specialist) and Ms. Havrilesko (NGC Media Specialist)
Dr. Karcinski (Main Campus Assistant Principal), Ms. Reussow (NGC Assistant Principal) and our amazing Media Specialists: Ms. Parisi and Ms. Havrilesko
* NGC = Ninth Grade Center
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Curriculum: Saturday Geometry Tutoring
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Mathematics
Geometry on a Saturday? Our teachers are working tirelessly to get every single student to master the math standards. If you want extra practice, we have tutoring on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays!
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On November 11, our Air Force Junior ROTC Cadets, Chorus, and Orchestra put on an assembly in honor of Veterans Day. Colonial High School would like to honor those families who have sacrificed loved ones for our country and our freedom.
Thank you for your service!
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America Recycles Day took place on November 15th. Colonial High School's students do their part to help the environment, not only on America Recycles Day, but every day.
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Ninth Grade Center Recognitions
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Meet our November Students of the Month!
From the left: Raquel King, Malik Parkinson, and then both students with Asst. Principal Reussow
Principal's Ninth Grade Honor Roll (1st Quarter of 2016-17)
Straight A's!
Congratulations to our Ninth Grade Campus Principal's 4.0 GPA Honor Roll students.
Keep up the great work!
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Main Campus Principal's Honor Roll
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As with the Ninth Grade Center, CHS just recognized the Main Campus' 1st Quarter Principal's Honor Roll students (see above with Principal Martinez to the far left)
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Congratulations FFA!
 The Orlando-Colonial FFA Chapter is pleased to announce that after competing in the State preliminary qualifying exams on Tuesday in Food Science and Environmental Science, that both teams qualified!
* Our Food Science team missed only one question and qualified out of 53 teams.
* Our Environmental Science team is the top qualifier in the state . . . #1 out of 41 teams!
Congratulations to our students who have a lot of work ahead of them in preparation for state competition in January and February!
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All-County Recognition for 5 Band Members
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Congratulations All-County Honor Band Members!
Please congratulate your fellow Grenadiers for having made the All-County Honor Band!
- Maria Picado
- Jana Jirgens
- Kaitlyn Campbell
- Mathew Harmon
- Jessie Otaiza
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Continuing Professional Development for CHS Teachers
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The whole faculty participated in a professional development session joined 'virtually' by OCPS Chief of Staff Bridget Williams
Full view of the entire CHS faculty in this latest professional development event
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Faculty working on an exercise during the program
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While not present physically, OCPS Chief of Staff Williams participated with our teachers during this training session. If you look closely, you will see two pictures here: 1) Dr. Williams seated from a conference room downtown; and 2) a live feed from CHS of the teachers as seen above.
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Congratulations to Ramon Gordon being chosen to the 2016 Central Florida All-Star Football Team!
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Thank you to all of our Teach-In volunteers that came out to spend the day and shared their passions and careers with our students!
We were visited by so many talented accomplished professionals, including Jeremy Palko from the television series,
The Walking Dead (top two pictures).
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Congratulations AP Scholars!
On Monday of this last week, we visited the homes of our 21 AP Scholars to congratulate their families on their accomplishments and then on Tuesday morning we held a breakfast for these accomplished students. We are so proud of our AP Scholars!
Custom made yard signs for our AP Scholars
AP Scholar special breakfast . . . again, congratulations!
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OCPS High School Magnet Fair
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OCPS High School Magnet Fair was held at CHS this year . . .
Thank you to OCPS for allowing us to host the 2016 OCPS Magnet Fair. So many students and families came out to learn about all the magnet programs we offer in OCPS!
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Please note . . .
****** ATTENTION CLASS OF 2017 ******
NEXT WEEK: FAFSA Night
December 1st from 6:00-8:00PM.
We ask our parents and students to come out to receive step-by-step assistance with completing the FAFSA forms.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT - FAMU SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT - CASANDRA LOPEZ
Colonial High School students attended the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University educational fair on Friday, November 18th. Our very own, Cassandra Lopez (below) was offered a full-ride scholarship to FAMU that is worth up to $64,000/year. She was one of only three students who earned this scholarship opportunity!
Cassandra is pictured dead center standing between the two female students sitting on the bar stools
DREAMERS SCHOLARSHIP
The scholarship application is now open for students who are undocumented first time in college students. See your guidance counselor or Ms. Paul for more information.
REMINDER FOR SENIORS!
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Paula Cortes
We are so proud of Paula Cortes who was selected for the National ACDA Jr. High Mixed Honor Choir! Congratulations Paula!
Paula Cortes, Nov. 2016
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Parting Shot of the Week . . . 'Catching the Winning Behaviors'
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