TESTING CENTER HOURS
The Testing Center (room 140) will be open January 10, 2022!
- The testing center WILL be open periods 1-8
- The testing center WILL be open before school Tuesday-Friday 6:30-7:15am
- The testing center WILL be open after school school Monday-Thursday 2:30-3:15pm
**Occasionally there will be a need to close the testing center, if the testing center closes for any reason a sign will be posted on the door**
COURSE SELECTION FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR
The 2022-2023 course selection process has begun!
HAC opened on November 15 for students to begin selecting their courses. As students get started, they can view this Course Selection Video prepared by the counselors to help them prepare for choosing classes.
Starting on Monday, January 10, students will be scheduled to have a 10 minute, highly focused, individual meeting with their counselor to review their course selections. It is important that students have made preliminary selections in HAC prior to this meeting. This is the student's opportunity to ask questions and refine choices.
Please see the CCR Website for more detailed information.
PTO BOARD PRESIDENT - Current President is a Senior parent; this role needs to be filled ASAP! Opportunity to shadow the current President and assume the leadership role in a few months.
This is a rewarding, highly appreciated, and essential position. Be responsible for helping to make a difference!
PTO BOARD SECRETARY - Want to provide administrative support and be a part of rewarding team? This position allows you to provide ‘behind the scenes” support or to get as involved up front as much as you want!
HOMECOMING REFRESHMENT CHAIR - A fun event to be a part of, especially if you work the event with a team of friends! Refreshments are located in the cafeteria, not in dance area, and you can still be home to take pictures.
HOSPITALITY HOLIDAY CHAIR - Do you love the holidays and the decorations and treats that go with them, then this is for you!
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCASTING DAY
January 13, 2022 “Since its inception, public radio has had a crucial role in broadcasting history - from FDR’s “Fireside Chats” to the Internet Age. In January of 1910, Enrico Caruso prepared to broadcasting his singing from the Metropolitan Opera House to locations throughout New York City. Inventor Lee DeForest suspended microphones in the wings of the Opera House and set up a transmitter and antenna. A flip of a switch magically sent forth sound and Public Radio was born. Read some incredible stories about how public broadcasting has kept us informed for over 100 years.”cRead more of this history at Smithsonian Magazine. Click on the blue links below to place a book on hold or read a book review.
This Is Chance By Jon Mooallem “In 1964, for four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. Streets cracked open and swallowed buildings whole. And once the shaking stopped, night fell and Anchorage went dark. The city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world. Slowly, people switched on their transistor radios and heard a familiar woman's voice explaining what had just happened and what to do next. Genie Chance was a part-time radio reporter and working mother who would play an unlikely role in the wake of the disaster, helping to put her fractured community back together. Read a review at GoodReads
With Heroic Truth: The Life of Edward R. Murrow by Norman H. Finkelstein Edward R. Murrow was one of America's "most dedicated and eloquent spokesmen. The people of the free world are deeply in his debt. So is broadcast journalism, which, in so many ways, he helped establish and to which he was one of the finest practitioners. He set standards of excellence that remain unsurpassed. His thoughtful spirit of inquiry, his profound insight and his single-minded devotion to quality were without parallel in radio, television or any other medium." Read a review at GoodReads
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