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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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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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 In this week's issue you will find an extended section devoted to testing schedules as we are fast approaching that time of the school year for the FLDOE exams. If you should have any questions, please contact our Guidance Office -
CHS Guidance Dept. website & contacts.
Parents, we are asking for your help. Our annual school climate survey is essential to our ongoing improvement efforts. We are striving for a 20% participation rate. Please know that all responses from this short survey are completely anonymous. Thank you for your time.
I hope you enjoy this week's update. Have a great weekend.
It's Great to be a Grenadier!
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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Second Semester
In an effort to give you as much time to plan ahead as we can, we wanted to make you aware that there are several dates coming up in the next few months that we will be testing a large number of students. This will require us to be on an adjusted bell schedule for those days. We are currently working on the schedules for those dates and will get those out to you as soon as they have been approved, however, we wanted to make you are aware now of what the dates are so that you can plan accordingly.
February 7 - ACCESS for ELLs - Listening & Reading
February 9 - ACCESS for ELLs - Writing
February 10 to March 1 - ACCESS for ELLs - Speaking One-on-One
March 1st - SAT for all Juniors
March 6th - FSA Writing all 9th and 10th graders plus any 11th and 12th grader that still needs a passing score
March 7-10 - PERT Math 10th, 11th and 12th graders who have not passed the Algebra I EOC
April 17th and 18th - FSA ELA Reading for all 9th and 10th Graders (All students must take All three parts of the FSA ELA Writing and Reading test for the Test to count)
April 24th - 26th - Common Final Exams for Seniors
April 27th and 28th - Algebra 1 EOC, Algebra 2 EOC, and Geometry EOC (First time takers only, 2 part test)
May 1st-12th - AP Testing
May 2nd to June 6th - Cambridge Testing
May 4-10 - PERT Math 12th graders in Math for College Readiness and Liberal Arts Math classes and those that have not passed the Algebra I EOC
May 8th - US History EOC
May 9th - Biology 1 EOC
May 15 -19 - PERT Math for 9th, 10th and 11th graders who have not passed the Algebra I EOC (both campuses)
May 22nd - 24th - Common Final Exams - all 9th - 11th graders
* FSA = Florida Standards Assessments (FLDOE)
** EOC = End of Course Exam
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IMPORTANT REMINDER
Official SAT Practice - Khan Academy
Research data shows that if students practice on Khan for 9 hours prior to taking the SAT, students will see 100 point increase on SAT scores. Remember all Juniors will be taking the SAT on March 1st. Please encourage your child to take advantage of this free resource (click image below).
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Freshman Campus
We had an amazing turnout this past Saturday for AP Human Geography, Math, and ESOL
tutoring on our freshman campus!
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Developing a "Growth Mindset"
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Ms. Johnson's Advanced Topics in Mathematics class . . .
Having a growth mindset is all about making mistakes and never giving up until you succeed. In Ms. Johnson's
Advanced Topics in Mathematics course, she instills this message with her students everyday. At CHS we believe that through hard work every student can be successful and meet their goals.
Visible above the main board in Ms. Johnson's mathematics classroom:
"Mistakes Are Proof You Are Still Trying"
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CHS FFA won both 1st and 2nd place at the District Land Evaluation competition!
What is FFA?
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Continuing Improvement at OCPS
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A New Learning Management System (LMS) is coming!
Last week our instructional coaches Ms. Bacetti, Ms. Williams, and Mr. Anderson, along with assistant principals Ms. Reussow and Dr. Karcinski, attended training to learn all about the new LMS coming to OCPS next year.
* A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of electronic educational technology (also called e-learning) courses or training programs.
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Wrestling
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A snapshot from a recent home match with our Grenadiers out 'on the mat'
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Cheerleading
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Cheerleading took 6th place at States this past Sunday
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Girls Weightlifting - Regionals
Coach Grove, Coach Berry, Mr. Smiley, weightlifting students and a team of other CHS coaches and volunteers helped to put on an amazing Regional Weightlifting Meet hosting teams from both Orange and Seminole counties.
Football
Coach Rummel & CHS football player Gabriel Woody with Jason Taylor working the Special Olympics football camp at ESPN Wide World of Sports
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New Head Football Coach
If you haven't meet our new football coach, Coach Hodges, click on the link below to find out more:
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Freshman Campus
Ninth Grade Campus Students of the Month Nominees and Winners!
Orchid Q. Son Tong |
Osman Alvares-Torres |
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January 2017
Congratulations to our January Teacher's of the Month, Ms. Hopper, Mr. Miller, and Ms. Giroux!
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Our Magnet Open House was a huge success. Thank you to all the parents and students who came out to learn more about our Magnet programs.
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CHS Well Represented at National Conference: Ms. Plumblee
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Way to go Ms. Plumblee!!
Last week Ms. Plumblee presented a terrific session on 'Blended Learning' during the 38th Annual Future of Education Technology Conference held at the Orange County Convention Center
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Parting Shots of the Week
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Goodbye Mrs. Rios! We will miss you.
Students surround Mrs. Rios on her last day at Colonial High School this past Tuesday. We wish you a wonderful and relaxing retirement.
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