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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
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Pictured very top:
CHS Jazz Band at WKMG studios
(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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 It seems like only yesterday I was writing here just prior to Thanksgiving mentioning how proud I am to serve as your principal, but also noting that there were too many reasons to list explaining my gratitude. To understand that message, all you need do is simply scroll down this week's issue. This is a very busy time at Colonial High School and I think you will enjoy this snapshot from recent days.
Please remember that the OCPS Parent Academy is offering a 1-hour online special event tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM specifically geared to high school issues -
Details I strongly encourage both our students and their parents/guardians to view this short presentation as it will be packed with helpful material appropriate to all four grade levels.
Enjoy the rest of your week and as always, please remember . . .
It's Great to be a Grenadier!
Sincerely,
Jose T. Martinez
Principal
Colonial High School
Note:
If you no longer attend or have a student attending CHS and do not want to read our weekly updates, you may opt out at the very top of this issue. However, if you do so, your email will be permanently removed from the system as a security step. We hope you will continue.
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Vital Signs credit: Dr. Lisa Karcinski, Asst. Principal
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Our Jazz Band performed at the WKMG studios and was recorded for an upcoming Christmas Day TV special!
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U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC, FL - 861
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Colonial High School AFJROTC Participated in the Orlando Veteran's Day Parade
FL - 861
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CHS Appreciates our Law Enforcement Officers!
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One of our
SAFE Ambassadors giving 'Cookies to Cops' as a part of the MADD Program.
* SAFE = Student Assistance and Family Empowerment program at CHS
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Congratulations to Troupe 592 who earned 13 'superiors' and 10 'excellents' at District competition! They will compete in the state competition next March.
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A Very Special Recognition: CHS Boys Basketball Team
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Thank you for helping out with this year's election process Grenadiers. An awesome job!
Bill Cowles (far right) presenting a check to our coaches: Mr. Sterchele and Mr. Pavlicek with several players. Basketball players pictured here: Shacore Perkins, Alex Montanez, and Joseph Campos. Members of the team volunteered their time to work at a polling place during the November 8th election.
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The CHS Video Game Club hosted its first annual video game tournament this past Friday evening. Seen here, Principal Martinez and Ms. Plumblee (Assistant Principal) compete against our students at video game stations set up throughout the media center.
Members of the Chess Club practicing after school in the Media Center this past week
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Algebra 1
Rotations and Algebra Tiles:
Our Algebra 1 classes have been using 'Algebra tiles' to represent variables and constants, learn how to represent and solve algebra problems, solve equations, substitute in variable expressions, and expand and factor.
If you look closely, the students will move about within three stations: 1) Teacher led station; 2) Independent station; and 3) Collaboration station (groups)
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Week of Nov. 28 - Dec. 2
CHS Boys Soccer kicked off a winning week for CHS Athletics and beat East River 2-0 this past Monday, Nov. 28!
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Game over!
Girls Basketball defeats Boone 60-45, Friday, Dec. 2
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Shut out!
Girls Soccer defeats Ocoee 6-0, Friday, Dec. 2
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Boys Basketball Shout Out!
Our CHS boys basketball team rated a shout out in the
Orlando Sentinel for their performance over Trinity Prep in the Metro Florida Tournament that took place during the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Colonial NAF Academy of Information Technology students attended the IITSEC Conference 2016!
 National Academy Foundation Programs at OCPS: One of the goals of Career and Technical Education is to provide support to schools that host NAF (National Academy Foundation) programs. These programs follow a nationally recognized model known as career academies. A career academy is a small, personalized learning community within the high school setting in which students learn both academic and technical curricula within the context of an industry or career area.
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Thanksgiving Holiday Prize Winners
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Congratulations to our holiday meal prize winners!
This year's holiday prize was provided courtesy of OCPS Food & Nutrition Services Department
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AVID along with our College and Career Room, hosted another successful FAFSA application night this past Thursday, December 1.
* FAFSA = Free Application for Federal Student Aid
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From the Media Center . . . the 'Heart' of Campus
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Our Grenadiers use all the unique spaces in our media center:
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ndividual rolling desk, lounge seating, high top tables with power outlets, and whiteboard collaboration tables.
Grenadiers hard at work on their studies individually and within groups in the main campus
Media Center this past week
Makerspace Club
Makerspace Club experimenting with Raspberry Pi and 'Sphero' (above right)
Save the Date: Barnes & Noble Bookfair - Colonial Plaza Market Center
This event will help our Battle of the Books Team earn money so that they can purchase books necessary to prepare for their battle against other OCPS High Schools on March 9, 2017.
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Parting Shot for the Week
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Colonial High School remembers the 75th anniversary of the air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Dec. 7, 1941)
Last Friday at Pearl Harbor, Oahu
161202-N-GI544-001 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 2, 2016) USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) renders honors to the USS Arizona Memorial and USS Battleship Missouri Memorial during its arrival to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Seen above, the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis approaches the Pearl Harbor Memorial off her port side while sailors and officers offer a hand salute to those who perished on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 - 'a date that will live in infamy.'
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