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Pictured very top:
CHS Culinary Arts and Hospitality students celebrate their competition successes at the Orlando World Center Marriott (story below).
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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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SEASON'S GREETINGS!
This is our final
Colonial Connection of 2016 and it is a bit longer than usual as we have a number of exciting events to share with the community. Due to space limitations I need to keep my remarks short here, but please remember that Winter Break begins next Monday, December 19. All OCPS campuses will be closed during the Winter Break. Classes will resume on Wednesday, January 4.
Kindly accept my best wishes to you and your family this Holiday Season and if you are traveling, please remember to buckle up and drive safely - especially if you are headed up north to icy road conditions.
I look forward to seeing everyone back on campus next month and again, always remember . . .
It's Great to be a Grenadier!
Sincerely,
Jose T. Martinez
Principal
Colonial High School
Note:
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Vital Signs credit: Dr. Lisa Karcinski, Asst. Principal
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Attention Class of 2017!
SENIORS have an opportunity to win $500.00 from OCAEM (Orange County Association for Educational Media) for
writing an essay on Intellectual Freedom. Our District winner will then advance to the State level and could win another $500.00! Not sure what Intellectual Freedom is all about? Do some investigating over Winter Break...and be on the lookout for resources VERY soon. Essay (both print and electronic versions) will be due to Mrs. Parisi in the Library Media Center no later than January 24...stop by on December 15 to learn more about it.Information will also be shared with our ELA teachers.
 Popular Authors to Visit in February
The authors of All American Boys, one of this year's Florida Teens Read (FTR) titles, will be at Edgewater HS on Feb. 21, 2017. This book has won 12 different awards; pretty amazing! Mrs. Parisi will be reserving a bus to take a group over to hear Jason Reynolds and Brandon Kiely speak...all you need to do is read their book and attend a book meeting to discuss the book with others who have read it. We have both print and electronic versions (limited copies). Here is an excerpt from the audiobook:
https://soundcloud.com/simonschuster/all-american-boys-audiobook-excerpt
Battle of Books
Congratulations to
Alexandrea Purdy, captain of the CHS Battle of the Books team! She has completed all 15 of this year's
Florida Teens Read books and is preparing her team for a March 9, 2017 competition with other OCPS high schools.
Alexandrea Purdy with copies of all this year's Florida Teens Read books
The 2017 Battle of the Books competition will take place at Edgewater HS. We are looking for both student and adult volunteers who would be willing to read one of the books and write questions for it. If you are interested, please contact
andrea.parisi@ocps.net on main campus or
aimee.havrilesko@ocps.net on the 9th grade campus.
* Students, if you read at least 3 titles you can vote in our state election for your favorite one.
Incentive Program Kicks off in January
Starting in January, the Library Ladies have a special incentive program...stop by the media center on either campus to find out more. Here are two links to all of this year's fantastic
Florida Teens Read titles so you can learn more about them:
Florida Teens Read book trailers:
https://youtu.be/tsOI3YZ_8eU
Annotated book list:
http://www.floridamediaed.org/uploads/6/1/4/2/61420659/ftr_2016-2017_annotated_list.pdf
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Mathew Harmon, Jessie Otaiza, Alejandro Resto
Congratulations to Mathew Harmon, Jessie Otaiza, and Alejandro Resto.
They did an outstanding job in their performance as a part of the Tri-State Honor Band!
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CHS Club News: Business Professionals of America
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CTE - Regional Leadership Conference Results
Congratulations are in order!
The following students, who are members of the Business Professionals of America - Colonial HS Chapter organization, placed at the Regional Leadership Conference last Friday. They competed against Orange County high schools chapters.
(300) Computer Network Technology
FIRST PLACE - Arjune, R
SECOND PLACE- Sauceda, K
THIRD PLACE - Ngo, Hieu
FOURTH PLACE - Pagan, D
FIFTH PLACE - Dix, Avon
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(305) PC Servicing & Troubleshooting
SECOND PLACE - Arjune, R
THIRD PLACE - Hernandez, N
FOURTH PLACE - Marsh, J
FIFTH PLACE - Laliberte, A
(391) Information Technology Concepts - Open
FIRST PLACE - Ngo, H
SECOND PLACE - Arjune, R |
Please congratulate these Grenadiers and wish them luck! In February 2017, they will have the opportunity of representing Colonial High at the State Leadership Conference.
CTE = Career and Technical Education
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Chamber Choir to Sing at the White House!
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Mr. Rodrigues would like to take a moment to thank all the administration, faculty, and staff, parents, and community members that continue to support the chorus program.
We are pleased to announce that Colonial High School Chamber Choir has been invited to perform at the White House, December 22 at 6:30 p.m. Please take a moment and congratulate the following students:
Acevedo, Dominic (11)
Augsburger, Jenna Drue (12)
Ayson, Travis (12)
Beltran, Carlos Antonio (10)
Cabrera, Ramnie Noelia (11)
Fox, Emily Spencer (12)
Hernandez, Lourdes Angelica (11)
Herrera, Thais (10)
Hughes, Cameron Ivan (10)
Jones, Kathryn Grace (12)
Jones, Victoria Rose (9)
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Jorge, Sofia Valeria (10)
Maneiro, Paola Cristina (12)
Montanez, Ian-Li Shivan (9)
Payne, Keith Reginald (12)
Quinones, Jeffrey (10)
Rabell, Gabrielle Angelique (12)
Rios Manzano, Valerie (10)
Rivera, Melanie Ann (12)
Rosado Millan, Javier Khalil (11)
Sierra, Paula Andrea (10)
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'Champion of the Valencia Experience' Award:
Mrs. Paul (left) with a representative of Valencia College
Valencia College Recognition - Mrs. Paul
Colonial High School received the award for having the most Valencia College visits at our campus this year! Above is a picture of our College and Career Specialist, Ms. Paul, receiving the award at last week's annual counselor day hosted by Valencia College.
Valencia Scholarship
In addition, each year at Counselor Day Valencia College awards one counselor a $500.00 scholarship through a raffle ticket drawing. For the second consecutive year, CHS won the scholarship! We will select a senior who plans to attend Valencia College as the scholarship recipient at the end of the school year.
Pictured from left: Ms. Perkins, Valencia College Representative, Ms. Paul, Ms. Ferraiuolo with an enlarged copy of the $500.00 scholarship check.
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Culinary Arts and Hospitality Academy
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Culinary Competition Winners
Some of our Culinary Arts and Hospitality students recently had the opportunity to participate in the Orange County NAF Hospitality and Culinary Competition held at the Orlando World Center Marriott.
These students had the opportunity of touring the facilities, participating in different chef demonstrations, and showcased their abilities. Two of our teams placed 2nd in the Gourmet Meals & Waiters Relay events. Congratulations!
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NAF Academy of Information Technology
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Last week, the NAF Academy of Information Technology students had the opportunity to attend the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2016 held at the Orange County Convention Center.
I/ITSEC promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, Industry, Academia, and various Government agencies in pursuit of improves training and education programs, identification of common training issues and development of multi-service programs. To meet the needs of today's rapidly growing information technology career and educational fields, many of the nation leading companies, technical schools, and military personnel have created an environment to educate and simulate minds interested in information technology. The conference also showcases the latest in computer and simulation technology.
Our Academy students were introduced to the newest information technology tools through hands-on experience and demonstration. In addition, the students gained knowledge pertaining to the development and implementation of these tools in an industry.
NAF = National Academy Foundation
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From left: Elenna Vias, Iverson Alfaro, and Emily May
Elenna Vias, 10th Grade
2nd place Extemporaneous Public Speaking: students draw three agricultural topics and are given thirty minutes to prepare a 4-6 minute presentation with impromptu questions
Iverson Alfaro, 9th Grade
1st place Creed Speaking: students memorize the five paragraph FFA Creed, recite, and answer impromptu questions on the creed's meaning
Emily May, 10th Grade
2nd place Prepared Public Speaking: students prepare a speech on an agricultural topic of personal choosing. They are scored on presentation, manuscript, and responses to impromptu questions.
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Cyber Defense Competition at Colonial High School
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Under Mr. Matias' direction and guidance, our Grenadiers completed the 2nd Round of CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITION (CYBERPATRIOT).
CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program. At the center of CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. The competition puts teams of high school and middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of a small company.
In the rounds of competition, teams are given a set of virtual images that represent operating systems and are tasked with finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities within the images and hardening the system while maintaining critical services in a six hour period. Teams compete for the top placement within their state and region, and the top teams in the nation earn all-expenses paid trips to Baltimore, MD for the National Finals Competition where they can earn national recognition and scholarship money.
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CHS Grenadiers worked alongside the Panthers of Azalea Park Elementary . . .
We had a great day hosting a group
Azalea Park Elementary 5th graders for the 'Hour of Code' last Friday. Our Video Game club and Cyber Grenadier students from CHS enjoyed this opportunity to mentor this amazing group of students!
CHS students assisting Azalea Park 5th grade students during last week's Hour of Code event
(Dec. 9, 2016)
Some of the feedback from the 5th graders included:
"I thought this was going to be boring, but it is so fun" and
"We want coding to be a new special." Many remarked that they would like to do this again, and they wanted more opportunities to code.
The Colonial students were impressed with how talented and enthusiastic the Azalea Park students were, and we even had one of Azalea Park's brightest students help four of our gaming club members who were stuck on one particularly difficult coding task in a Code.org module she had previously mastered.
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Thank you to Mrs. Maldonado (Principal, Azalea Park Elementary) for partnering with us. We look forward to bringing more Azalea Park students over in the near future!
CHS Principal Jose Martinez with Principal Maldonado of Azalea Park Elementary
(Dec. 2016)
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Boys basketball defeats Winter Park High School
Freshman, JV, and Varsity boys basketball teams all defeated Winter Park this past Friday. Pictured above is the final score after the Varsity game.
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The performing Arts Center was packed Friday night for our orchestra and choir winter concert.
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Mr. Filler's classroom working with NASA scientists . . .
Mr. Filler's classes have been 'Skyping' with NASA scientists to learn how studying ants impacts
robot programming and space exploration!
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Fox 35 Student of the Week
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Congratulations to Sara Humphrey! Sara is an accomplished senior in our Cambridge Program and Animal Science Magnet Program.
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OCPS Teacher of the Year Banquet
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Mr. Reale and Ms. Jones, Colonial High School's Teachers of the Year, were recognized at the Rosen Center last week.
Mr. Reale with his wife and Principal Martinez
Ms. Jones with her mother and Principal Martinez
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CHS Grenadiers Appreciate our SROs!
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Thank you Deputy Powers and Deputy Monforte for all you do!
Several main campus students are seen here giving "Cookies to Cops" with our two School Resource Officers, OCSO Deputy Powers and OCSO Deputy Monforte, as a part of the MADD Program.
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Parting Shot for the Week . . .
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Happy Holidays from the Colonial High School Ninth Grade Campus!
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