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This past week was National School Counselors Week. Our Colonial counselors work so very hard every day and we are most blessed to have such a wonderful group of caring professionals. Our counselors, and the whole CHS Student Services team, are engaged in a wide variety of activities for the benefit of our Grenadiers throughout the year. Here is a partial list of their responsibilities:
- Student schedules
- Counseling students who are not passing their classes
- Checking credits for our students for graduation
- Advising students and parents on courses
- Orientations for the incoming 9th grade students
- Career, college, and military service planning
- Counseling students who are in crisis or just need to talk
- Student 504 plans
- Parent conferences
- Coordinating with our feeder middle schools for 8th graders going into 9th grade at Colonial
- Coordinating with Orange County Virtual School and Florida Virtual School
- Working with our Seniors on scholarship opportunities
Please click here for the names and emails of all our Colonial counselors. If you or your student has had a particularly helpful experience with one of them this year, kindly take a moment to send them an email. I know they would love to hear from you and it would mean a great deal.
As always, thank you for your continued support during this extraordinary school year and best wishes for a successful week ahead.
It's Great To Be A Grenadier!
Dr. Maestre
Principal
Colonial High School
Pictured very top: 5th place at Metros!!!!!
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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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Thursday: School Advisory Council (SAC)
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SAC meets the second Thursday of each month at 6pm on Main Campus. |
- February 11
- March 11
- April 8
- May 13
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- Make sure to check your email at least ONCE a day. Very important information is sent to you via email.
- We will be meeting with all our students to review course selection forms for next year.
- If you need tutoring, you can sign up at tiny.cc/CHSTutor
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MASKS ARE REQUIRED: ALL students, faculty, staff, and visitors on campus are required to wear a mask on the school campus. A copy of the full district policy can be found on the OCPS website.
NO FOOD delivery service is allowed on campus.
AFTER SCHOOL HOURS: In accordance with OCPS policy, all students must be off campus within 30 minutes of the school day ending. Students will be ushered off campus at 3:00 p.m.
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English 2 with Mrs. DeToma |
Mrs. DeToma recognized students who wrote awesome informative essays in her English 2 classes. Students received a free entry pass into FunSpot as a token of recognition for their hard work! Way to go, Grenadiers! |
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SGA December Teacher of the Month |
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“It’s an honor just to be nominated! This is my 6th year teaching here after graduating in the Class of '08. I teach American History and Global Perspectives in the Cambridge Program. I’ve been the Varsity Basketball coach for 3 years now. My favorite movie is Midsommar, I’m training to get on Survivor, and I can make some mean Cauliflower Hot Wings.” |
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* Vote here for the Jan. Teacher of the Month (open until 2/20) |
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Grenadier Boys Basketball vs. Timber Creek |
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Top Talent is a showcase of student talent in the performing and visual arts! Applications need to be in by Feb. 19th.
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Grenadier Students and Parents:
If you have not yet done so, please invest a few minutes today to complete the 2021 CHS Parent Survey. The results of this annual survey are used by school leadership, School Advisory Council, and PTSA to make positive changes to our school system and at Colonial. We value your input! Tell us what is working for your student and family, and tell us improvements we could make to enhance your educational experience. Data is collected anonymously.
Please click on this link for the survey:
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Career and Technical Education |
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Congratulations to the following juniors and seniors that passed their brake certification test this past week! |
If you see any of these students, please congratulate them! IT'S GREAT TO BE A GRENADIER!
- Amparo, Arlix (12th)
- De Leon, Jose (12th)
- Destefano, Jack (11th)
- Gonzales Sobalvarro, Anderson (12th)
- Jacobs, Isaiah (11th)
- Navarro, Ja'Daysi (11th)
- Fernandes, Jay (11th)
- Mediavilla, Eugenio (12th)
- Roca, Christian (12th)
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SGA Veterans Supply Drive - Final Days |
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This is our last week and thank you very much to those that have already made donations. Please send in with your student or drop off at the main office.
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FFA Grenadiers - State Champs!
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Colonial's FFA Team Wins the Food Science & Technology State Championship! |
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On Saturday, January 30, the Florida FFA Food Science and Technology Career Development Event (CDE) state championship finals were held virtually across the state. A preliminary round was held earlier in the school year and the top 5 high school teams earned the opportunity to compete for the state championship.
We are so excited to announce that Colonial High School's FFA earned the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Our Grenadiers demonstrated their skills in sensory evaluation, food safety and food quality. Additionally, the team had to make a presentation on an assigned scenario - food product and development - and were required to include food nutrition knowledge, food cost analysis, food production and target food marketing. The team also had to take a comprehensive exam covering the food science and technology industry.
This CDE is designed to promote learning activities in food science and technology related to the food industry and to assist students in developing practical knowledge of principles used in a team decision-making process.
Our FFA students will next be recognized and receive their state awards at the Florida FFA State Convention in June. Our FFA chapter will also advance to the national event at the National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana this October.
Bravo Grenadiers!
CTE and FFA ... Food For Career Success - it’s a beautiful thing!
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Testing (Updated for week of Feb. 8)
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FSA ELA (DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS FEB. 10) - Click here
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Algebra 1 EOC (DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS FEB. 17) - Click here
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College Financial Aid- FAFSA |
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Live Virtual Information Session this next Wednesday |
On Wednesday, February 10th, Colonial High School will be hosting a Live Virtual Information Session on FAFSA/FINANCIAL AID from 6:00-7:00 PM. |
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Sign up using the link below:
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Mr. Witham will email out the LIVE CANVAS CONFERENCE LINK on Wednesday February 10th, 2021 (Day of Event) to all students that sign up.
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Chart: As of Jan. 22 (latest available when this issue went into production) only 26.4% of Colonial's senior class had completed the FAFSA paperwork to become eligible for college financial aid. If you are a senior or have a senior at CHS with plans for college, please consider participating in this coming Wednesday's Virtual Financial Aid Night.
Lost Opportunity: In Florida, 58% of high-school seniors completed the FAFSA last year; those who didn’t left more than $100 million on the table in federal Pell grants, according to the Florida College Access Network, which works to increase FAFSA completion rates in the state.
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Important Links (updated regularly) |
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Virtual College Fairs
Scholarship Opportunities
Financial Aid
College Application Platforms
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Social & Emotional Learning Corner |
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LaunchED@Home students,
All school-owned computers must be inventoried. We do this when you log-on to your device. Please make sure that you are using your school-owned laptop by logging on and signing in into Launchpad for class. It is very important that you do this in order for your device to be inventoried. If you can't log in to your school-owned device because it is not working, please submit a tech request so you can be contacted through your student email for repair.
Thank you,
Mrs. Mentzer, Media Specialist
Ms. Dorries, Assistant Principal
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Students - speak up using the link on your Grenadier Gate Canvas page. |
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Herff Jones graduation links and information:
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Green Team - Congratulations to our Greenadiers! |
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Monday's Motivational Moment |
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In the spirit of both Black History Month and Super Bowl LV, we thought we would share some inspirational "Wisdom To Live By" quotes from successful African American football coaches:
Dungy On Taking Action
When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?
~ Tony Dungy, NFL player, NFL head coach, author
Robinson On Success
You can be anything you want - if you're willing to pay the price.
~ Eddie Robinson, Grambling State University (56 years)
Tomlin On Vision
You must continue to dream the wild dream that you dreamed when you were young.
~ Mike Tomlin, Head Coach Pittsburgh Steelers
Green On Persistence
The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.
~ Dennis Green, Division I-A college head coach and NFL head coach
Have a great week Grenadiers!
Dr. Maestre, Principal
Colonial High School
Sunday, February 7, 2021
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