Back At It!

by | Dec 1, 2013 | The Principalship | 0 comments

It is my hope that everyone reading this had a great Thanksgiving break with family and friends!  I know I did!  If you follow me on twitter @ONeilCHSPrincip you would have seen some of the laughs that I had over the holidays.  I am always thankful that I get to spend time with my wonderful family back in my hometown of Hearne.  I even found time to give the bad knee a workout with some great dancing.  I love to dance!

Family Time

Who had the opportunity to check out the wild finish in the Iron Bowl (Alabama/Auburn)?  Wasn’t that crazy?  It’s just another reason why I love college football!  The talking has already begun about which team should play in the National Championship game.  First, we must finish the season before we speculate.  Second, I don’t care what anyone says.  If you win out in one of the big conferences, you should go.  That’s just my two cents!

One more thing-Who misses the UT/aTm Thanksgiving rivalry game?  Everyone should drop their egos and bring that game back.  We are all Texans!

We will hit the ground running first thing Monday morning with STAAR re-testing.  The schedule is as follows:
Monday-English I Writing
Tuesday-English I Reading
Wednesday-English II Writing
Thursday-English II Reading

Week 2:
Tuesday-Algebra
Wednesday-Biology

The students who will be re-testing have been notified and should report directly to their testing rooms.  Testing students will eat lunch in their testing rooms and must bring a lunch or opt for a sack lunch provided by the cafeteria.
We wish all of our students who are re-testing well!  Go Tigers!

Did you know that CHS offers internet courses and minimesters for free for advanced students?  Students who are in dual credit classes have the opportunity to take additional internet courses through Navarro College during each regular semester.  Any student who is in dual credit or AP courses may sign up for the minimester through Navarro College.  Please see Mrs. Franklin for more details.

Extracurricular Activities

Tryouts for the award winning Calico dance team will be this week.  I know many of our students will be working hard leading up to the big night this Friday.  Go Calicos!

Shout out to Sarah Dockery and Emily Stovall for participating in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  Another shout out goes to Mrs. Tidwell, the Calico director, for helping choreograph the Mad Hatter scene in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  This is awesome!

 Emily Stovall, Amy Tidwell, Sarah Dockery
More Shots

Our girls basketball team will have a big game Monday night against University High School at Tiger Gymnasium.  Tiger Nation should be there early to support the Tigers!  Tip off for Freshman/JV is at 5:30 pm.

The girls and boys basketball teams at all levels will be in tournaments this week.  I am including links to the schedules right here:
Girls Basketball Schedule
Boys Basketball Schedule

State Bound! 

Shout out to the Corsicana FFA chapter for advancing to the State competition in Radio Broadcasting!  The team members are Leland Cook, Caroline Means, and Nathan Griffin.  Go FFA!

Mark your calendars!  The talent show is coming! Tryouts will begin this Monday and will conclude Tuesday.  Tryouts begin at 3:30 in the auditorium.  The actual talent show will be Thursday, December 19th at 7:00 pm.  Show your talent!

I will also include a link to the CHS calendar to this email.  It is updated daily so please check back often.
CHS Campus Calendar

Students continue to check on your progress in all of your classes.  The semester is coming to a close and it is important that you know where you are.  We all need to finish strong!

Go Tigers!

Home of Champions!

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