O God, Who dost purify Thy Church by the yearly observance of Lent: grant to Thy household, that what we strive to obtain from Thee by abstinence, we may achieve by good works. Collect from the First Sunday of Lent |
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Koffee with Kurt: Please join us for a question and answer session with Principal Telford sponsored by the PTO Today, Tuesday, February 23 at 9:00 AM.
Zoom Link:
Meeting ID: 892 0969 7065
Passcode: coffee
MACS Re-Enrollment launches next week! Monday, March 1, all current families will receive emailed instructions on how to re-enroll for the 2021-22 school year. If you do not receive the re-enrollment email from MACS, please contact the MACS Business Office. The deadline to complete your re-enrollment and secure your student's seat is March 31. After the March 31st deadline passes, your student's seat is not guaranteed and may be placed on a waitlist. View the 21-22 Re-Enrollment FAQs HERE.
Men's Golf: There is a mandatory meeting Wednesday, February 24 immediately after school in Room 214 for anyone wanting to try out for Men's Golf this spring. Contact Coach Panther with any questions. SMPanther@charlottecatholic.com
Women's Tennis: There will be a brief, important meeting on Thursday, February 25 immediately after school in Room 512 for all girls who what to try out for tennis. If you cannot attend Thursday's meeting, please stop by Mrs. Cabana's room (512) at your convenience anytime before Thursday. If you have any questions please contact Coach Cabana jlcabana@charlottecatholic.com
Reminder - The Sister Paulette Williams, RSM Awards: These awards inspire and honor CCHS faculty members who truly excel in their roles as educators and mentors. The entire community - parents, students, faculty and staff - are encouraged to be a part of the process and nominate teachers for this award. Five winners are selected each year, and each winner is presented $5,000.
ECU will be discussing their BS in Public Health and BS in Environmental Health majors this Wednesday, February 24 at 6:00 PM. These majors are great for students wanting to pursue medical school, dental school, or Physician’s Assistant studies as well as a career in health education and promotion, epidemiology, non-profit health organization, healthcare administration, and much more.
News from the CCHS Athletic Boosters: Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, Friends want to watch the football game? Check out our “Upper Deck” parking spots for viewing the Cougar Home Games! With limited spectators permitted inside the stadium, we are offering parking spaces with a view located on the top floor of our parking garage. Details can be found here.
Students please remember to come to school with a mask. We have a limited supply to hand out for emergency need only.
CCHS Online Store: we have switched to an updated format with PayK12. Your previous order history will not be available in the new platform. If you have questions or problems using the new school store format or need to check on a purchase from the old school store, please contact Ms. Perez in the business office at meperez@charlottecatholic.com
Important Letters in case you missed them:
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News from the CCHS Foundation
Save the Date! The Gala 2021 will look a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please plan to join us in supporting Charlotte Catholic’s biggest fundraising event with this year’s Completely Online Gala Giving Week & Auction March 14-18, 2021. All the same ways to support the school, but all online!
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Donate an item to the 2021 Gala Auction: The Gala Acquisitions committee is looking for items to offer in the Online Auction! We are especially looking for beach, lake, and mountain house getaways this year and rounds of golf, local experiences and home services. We would love to hear from you! If you have any item, large or small, that you would like to donate please contact Casey Fuller. Donate an item to the online auction here
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News for CCHS Students
Yearbook Class: If you are interested in taking this class next year, you must submit an application. These are available outside Mrs. Simpson's room 514 and are due on Thursday, February 25. Submitted by Mrs. Simpson BASimpson@charlottecatholic.com
Attention all interested Ice Hockey players! High School hockey registration begins Sunday, February 28. It is a 7 week season beginning in April and played at Extreme Ice Center. If you would like to play Ice Hockey for CCHS, please contact either the coach, Michelle Krisa at mkrisa@bellsouth.net or the Team Mom, Cathy Bohaty at cbohaty@carolina.rr.com. They can provide you with more information.
CCHS Literary Magazine Amaryllis: Do you have any art, photography, poetry, or prose writing you're proud of? Have you ever dreamed of getting published? The 2021 edition of our school literary magazine Amaryllis is now accepting considerations for entries! Submissions will be accepted until March 31. Please send all submissions and questions to Mac Sizeland at catholicchronicle@gmail.com
Charlotte Catholic Martial Arts: will begin classes April 15, Click Here for more information.
Art Supplies: Students, If you took an art class last semester please return any borrowed supplies to the CCHS Visual Arts Department this week especially Prismacolor pencils, oil pastels, rulers, clay tools, and printmaking rollers. You can drop them off in the grey box at the front lobby or you can bring them to your first semester art teacher's classroom. Any questions can be directed to Ms. McManus: melissa.mcmanus@cchsemail.org
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News for CCHS Parents
Bishops Day Off Monday, March 8: March 8 will be a day off of school for CCHS. This “Bishop’s Day Off” was granted by Bishop Jugis at the community wide Catholic Schools Week Mass yesterday. Bishop Jugis shared in his announcement that a Bishop’s Day is meant to celebrate God’s blessings.
Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week: We will be celebrating our faculty & staff the week of March 9-12. We are collecting $25 git cards to be raffled off to the staff throughout the week. Please consider signing up and donating one. It is our goal to be able to give one to each of our 130+ staff members. Details can be found on the Signup Genius page. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EAAAD2EA75-teacher2
CCHS class of 2025: Have a rising freshman student or know someone considering CCHS as they begin high school? Click here for information for rising freshmen, including how to register for the High School Placement Rising 9th Grade Letter
School Pictures: The proofs from the Underclass picture makeup day are in the front office and available for pickup during office hours.
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News from CCHS Athletic Boosters
Cougar Athletics: Please see details related to spectators here. As of today these guidelines apply to basketball, lacrosse and men’s soccer. We know you want to cheer our teams on in person, but since spectators are limited, why not cheer them on from your sofa! Watch the live stream here. Full season schedules can be found on Max Preps.
The live stream for all sports is made possible by the CCHS Athletic Boosters.
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Counselor's Corner
Juniors and Parents of Juniors: Please complete the insight questionnaires by Monday, March 1. In order for counselors to write letters of recommendation both the student and parent insight questionnaires must be completed. To access your questionnaire: log into your SCOIR account https://app.scoir.com/signin, click the three lines at the top right corner, go to "surveys". Parents will access it the same way by logging into your parent account.
VIRGINIA TECH- Black College Institute Virginia Tech invites talented, high-achieving and intellectually curious rising high school juniors and rising seniors to apply to participate in a summer, residential, academic leadership program at the Virginia Tech main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. All programs are FREE of cost to students!
Black College Institute (for rising seniors) will offer three-day sessions twice during the summer of 2021: June 13 - June 16 and June 20 - June 23.
Black College Institute (for rising juniors) will offer a three-day session for the summer of 2021: June 27 - June 30.
Application closes: April 1, 2021
Seniors: The Gene Marie Alfaro Scholarship is now open. The Columbiettes of St. Matthew Catholic Church will award the 17th annual $1,000 scholarship in memory of Gene Marie Alfaro. All high school seniors who are Catholic and pursuing a career in the nursing or another healthcare field are welcome to apply. If interested in applying please contact Mrs. Chris O’Connor at 980-224-8484. Submitted by Mrs. Smith ccsmith@charlottecatholic.com
Auburn University Engineering Week: Monday, February 22 through Friday, February 26. You must register at auburn.edu/eday and you will be sent a link to view exhibits, lab spaces and interact with current faculty and students through a live sessions. Submitted by Mrs. Smith CCSmith@charlottecatholic.com
COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE VISITS: The schedule for College Rep Visits may now be found on the Counseling section of the website. Students should register through their Scoir account. Click here for Spring 2021 College Rep Visits
Seniors: Please provide a copy of information regarding any scholarships earned to your counselor. These scholarships will be noted one time in the Catholic Daily on Fridays and the Graduation Program. The name of the scholarship and the school that awarded it will be recognized. The actual dollar amount is not made public though is noted as part of the class total at the end of the school year.
To view previous Catholic Daily posts from the Counselor’s Corner and available scholarships, please click Click here
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Cougar Kudos
Thank you from Catholic Charities! Because of Charlotte Catholic’s generosity during the Catholic Schools Week Toiletries Drive, they were able to make nearly 200 hygiene bags for our food pantry participants!
White Lies, an original Web Series by the Acting and Acting Honors classes.
Click on the links below to find the first two episodes.
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Campus Ministry
As February is Black History Month, we have the opportunity to highlight the contributions of Black Catholics to the Catholic Church. Each week this month we are honoring a black Catholic who lived in the United States.
This week we honor Venerable Pierre Toussaint, a man from Haiti who moved to New York when he was young and is in the process of becoming a canonized Saint in the Catholic Church.
Toussaint was born in 1766 in Haiti, and in his early twenties moved to New York due to political unrest. It was there that he learned how to be a hairdresser, and quite a good one - he did the hair of many wealthy people in the area, thus earning a lot of money in the process. After getting married and being released as a slave in his early 40s, he and his wife were very conscientious of helping the poor, regardless of skin color, frequently hosting orphans and giving much to local charities. He embodied the words of Christ: "Whatever you did for the least of this, you did it to me." But Touissants efforts were rooted in a deep life of prayer, as he loved praying the Rosary and was a daily Mass goer for over 60 years!
Touissant was named a venerable by Saint John Paul II in 1996, meaning which means that Rome recognizes that this man led a life of heroic virtue. If you want to learn more about Touissant, click here. Ven. Pierre Touissant, pray for us!
Thursday, March 4, our chaplain Father Reid is planning on conducting a ceremony after school to enroll any men and women interested in joining the Angelic Warfare Confraternity, which is an international group of both men and women who say a few prayers daily for themselves and everyone else in the group for the graces to grow in chastity and purity of heart, which is being attacked to a great degree in our culture today. If you have any questions, please email robert.bauman@cchsemail.org or TSReid@charlottediocese.org.
For more information about Campus Ministry, the Weekly Rosary intention, and more, click here.
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Admissions
Please click here watch the presentation: Discover Charlotte Catholic! Feel free to share with any families of 8th graders who are considering options for high school.
Have a friend or family member interested in attending Catholic?
To learn more about enrollment or schedule a visit to CCHS, click here:
Charlotte Catholic was featured on the PBS Charlotte show Carolina Impact: PBS Video
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Amazon Smile
Shopping on Amazon? Support CCHS through the Charlotte Catholic High School Foundation at the same time! Click here to link your account
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Athletics
For contact information for all CCHS Sports Coaches click here: Cougar Coaches
Click here for the CCHS Athletics page and information on specific sports. Athletics
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Attendance
Unless your student has elected full remote learning or is a temporarily remote learner, students must be on campus in school.
24-hour Attendance Hotline 704-716-2418
24-hour Attendance Hotline: 704-716-2418
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All remote learning is allowed for students who have elected for the full semester of remote learning.
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Temporary remote learning is for students who have been notified that they are under a school-mandated quarantine OR for students whose parents have requested and been granted permission due to exposure or an extenuating circumstance. To request permission, please email Mr. Telford at ktelford@charlottecatholic.com.
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All other students will be marked absent if they are not in school in person.
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Calendar/Daily Schedule
(see page 9)
Instruction time will end at 2:19 PM, however end of day prayer and announcements will begin then, followed by a staggered dismissal. Plans for afternoon carpool and transportation will not change. Students will not begin extracurricular activities before 2:35.
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Carpool and Parking Information
The paved and gravel lots are closed for pre-construction work.
There is no parking in these lots this year.
Construction update: The Little Avenue entrance will be closed due to construction of the Fine Arts Center as of Monday, January 25. All traffic entering campus will use the Highway 51 (Pineville-Matthews Road) entrance or the Walsh Boulevard entrance. Traffic exiting via Little Avenue will now be redirected behind the visitors’ side of the stadium and to Walsh Boulevard.
As construction for the Fine Arts Center begins, there will be no vehicle or pedestrian access to or from Little Avenue. Anyone needing an on campus parking permit, please see Mr. Belk. Parking information can be found below in Quick Resources.
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The Catholic Daily
Please keep UP-TO-DATE with daily announcements (The Catholic Daily) and communications from CCHS via email. Senders will be "Charlotte Catholic High School" noreply@charlottecatholic.com or communications@charlottecatholic.com. Please mark both as safe senders.
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COVID-19 Information
As of February 22, there are seven current reported positive cases of Covid-19 among Charlotte Catholic students.
If your child has been in close contact (within 6 feet for 15 minutes or greater) with any student or staff member who has tested positive for COVID-19, you will be notified directly by the school and/or the appropriate government authority. We will continue to keep you informed.
If a student tests positive for COVID-19
Please see the protocol on page 23 in the Return to School plan. Any shift in the plan (to hybrid or full remote) would be in consultation with the health department and at the direction of the Diocesan Schools' Office.
Additional resources include:
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Drivers Ed Eligibility Forms
Drivers Eligibility forms are available during scheduled office hours.
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Inclement Weather
If school is closed, or there is a change to the regular daily schedule due to inclement weather, you will be notified via the email address and telephone number the school has on record.
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Remote Learning
Remote Learning Expectations: Please make sure you read the important letter sent from Mr. Telford regarding parent and student expectations for remote learning. Click here to read again: Remote Learning Expectations.
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Tuition Assistance
For information on applying for Tuition Assistance through MACS, click here
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Visitor Policy
To ensure the health and safety of our school community, we remind our community of our current policy regarding visitors: No visitors, including parents, alumni and volunteers will be allowed inside the main school buildings until further notice without an appointment. This includes Masses. Those with an appointment must be screened.
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