Dragon Diary
September 7, 2018
Dragons Dig Deep CHS Counselor Newsletter
Carroll High School Counseling Office is excited to welcome students and parents to a brand new school year! Let’s work together to make this a wonderful and memorable year at Carroll High School. It is our goal for our students to feel happy, safe and supported at school, and we're here to help our students build and maintain healthy relationships.
This newsletter contains important information about upcoming programs including Mental Heath and Wellness Monthly Topics, Event Dates, and so much more. https://www.smore.com/app/pages/preview/caqj0.
CISD Booster for Special Programs
The CISD Booster for Special Programs is a district wide organization that supports Special Programs, such as Dyslexia, Preschool, ESL and Special Education within the Carroll Independent School District for all eleven campuses.
Their mission is to continue to support the Students, Parents, and Faculty involved in special programs by providing additional resources, continuing educational opportunities for faculty and parents, speakers, and support groups for families and to collaborate with the District in continuing to provide excellence to all students in all programs at CISD.
Your membership dues make their mission possible and the CISD Booster for Special Programs needs your help. Please click the link below and become a CISD Booster for Special Programs today!
Compassion Cup Gift Card Drive
Dragon Stadium sponsor Ozarka Natural Spring Water has partnered with CISD to conduct a “Give-Back Challenge” to benefit a deserving group or organization. This year we will be collecting gift cards to benefit The Gatehouse of Grapevine. Gift cards will be accepted Monday, September 10th until 10am on Friday, September 14th at your students campus.
The school that collects the greatest value (not the greatest number) of gift cards will be the winner and announced during the September 14th varsity football game at Dragon Stadium. The winning campus will win The Compassion Cup, a traveling trophy, presented by a representative from Ozarka during a school assembly.
The Gatehouse www.gatehousegrapevine.com is a supportive living community where women and children leaving a crisis receive safe refuge, ample time, practical resources and healthy relationships to discover new paths for permanent, positive change. As part of the individually-tailored Gatehouse Program, women and their children receive needed services such as food, clothes, transportation assistance, medical/dental services, legal aid, financial literacy training, career development guidance, childcare, professional counseling and education. The gift cards will be used by The Gatehouse to buy supplies for families living in their facility. They could use them to stock an apartment with household items, buy produce for their on-site food bank, purchase clothing for moms and children or supply baby items for the littlest children affected by domestic violence. They also buy school supplies, birthday gifts and other items that all children enjoy.
Thank you for your support!
Curriculum Nights
Join us for CHS curriculum night, Monday, September 10th from 6:00pm until 7:30pm. During this event, you will be able to complete a mini-day in the life of your student. We will have bells set, and you will transition from class to class, starting with your students first block and ending with their eighth block. During “class-time” you will learn about the curriculum your child will be learning this year in that particular class. If you are joining us, be sure you have a picture of your student's schedule. We will be in the halls directing you from class to class. It will be a fun night!
CSHS curriculum night will be held on Tuesday September 11th from 5:30pm until 7:00pm.
CHS English Required Novels For Sale
Bell's Book Nest will sell the CHS English required novels in the CHS Library before, during, and after the CHS Curriculum Night on September 10 from 5:30-8:00pm and also before, during, and after the PTO meeting on September 11 from 9:30-11:30am.
Proceeds will benefit the CHS Library.
Titles and prices are linked here: https://www.southlakecarroll.edu/Page/2764
Chromebook Case Covers
The CHS PTO will be selling Chromebook Case Covers on Friday September 7th during lunches from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Spirit Shop in the front lobby.
Cases will also be sold during CHS Curriculum night on September 10th and CSHS Curriculum night on September 11th.
Covers are $20 each - cash or check only.
PTO General Meeting September 11th
PTO Membership Drive
The CHS/CSHS PTO membership drive is now open! Parents can join PTO via the Student Verification Link in Family Access or visit our website at www.southlakecarrollpto.com and click on the “Join Now” button.
Please note: in order for Seniors to be eligible for the spring PTO Scholarship award, parents must join PTO and pay the membership fee by November 1, 2018.
Join AP Booster Club Today!
By supporting the AP Booster club you help support AP, Pre-AP, Honors, GT programs at EIS, DIS, DMS, CHS and CSHS. Last year we gave teacher grants totaling $10,000 to these campuses and awarded $5,000 in college scholarships to seniors. We hope to have your support so we can fund even more teacher grant requests! We also have informative meetings throughout the year that are free to members! Please take a minute to join today! www.dragonap.org
CHS 2017/2018 Yearbooks
We have a limited number of CHS 2017/2018 yearbooks still available for purchase. If you are interested just come to the CHS front office. Books are $80.00 and we accept cash or checks made out to CHS.
If you ordered a CHS yearbook last year and have not picked it up yet you can go to the CHS front office to get it.
Dragon Spirit Shop
The Dragon shop at CHS is now open! We have lots of New Designs to show you so come stop by CHS on Fridays from 11:30am until 1:30pm in the school lobby.
2018 PSAT REGISTRATION
PSAT registration for all 11th graders is now available online. Registration link is provided below or visit Carroll Senior High website under quick links.
CISD covers the cost for all 10th Graders to take the PSAT. 10th Graders do not have to register or pay to test.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Exam Date: Wednesday, October 10th at 8:00am
· Mon, Aug 20 – Registration Begins, cost $22.00 per exam, online payments only
· Mon, Sept 17 – Late Registration and will incur a $10 late fee, online payments only
· Sunday, Sept 23 at 11:59pm – Registration Ends (no further registrations accepted after 11:59pm)
Juniors not registered for the PSAT will report to the auditorium on Wednesday, October 10 to take the ASVAB – no registration required to take the ASVAB. The ASVAB is a multiple-aptitude battery that measures developed abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success.
All Freshman will be taking the pre-ACT test on the CHS campus while sophomores are taking the PSAT. There is no cost or sign up needed.
PSAT Registration link: www.TotalRegistration.net/PSAT/442963
Carroll Dragon Varsity Football September 14th
To purchase football tickets for regular season HOME GAMES the week of the game:
Dragon Stadium Athletic Office, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8am - 4pm and
Friday 8am - 12pm.
CSHS and CHS Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:30am - 1:30pm, cash and checks.
Online general admission sales begin on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. prior to a home game.
https://www.etix.com/ticket/v/12203/dragon-stadium-southlake-carroll
General admission, Adults $6 and Students $4, game night all tickets are $8 at the gate. On game night, the Dragon Stadium ticket booths will open at 6:00 pm.
To purchase football tickets for regular season AWAY GAMES the week of the game:
Dragon Stadium Athletic Office,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8am - 4pm and Friday 8am - 12pm.
CSHS and CHS Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:30am - 1:30pm, cash and checks.
Online you may purchase away game tickets online using this link.
https://www.etix.com/ticket/v/12203/dragon-stadium-southlake-carroll
On game night, check the home teams website for times the gate opens.
Student ID Badges
CISD Student ID’s are issued only once during your 4 years at Carroll/Carroll Senior High. DO NOT discard your current ID, if you do and you need a new one, the cost to replace your ID will be $10.00. Please see the Guidance Office for replacement if you are at the CHS campus. Students at CSHS should see Mrs. Cranford in the Library. All students must have their ID’s with you daily for entrance to the buildings as this is your key, the outside doors will be locked and not open for entrance without your ID.
Closed Campus
CSHS and CHS are closed campuses and students may not leave campus during lunch.
Operation #SAFEdragon
The goals of the #SAFEdragon program are to improve safety and security within Carroll ISD and promote emergency preparedness among students and staff. Remember when visiting our campuses to always enter through the main offices so we can properly sign you in and print you a badge. Students should never open the doors for anyone, not even friends. Be a #SAFEdragon!
VOE
Verification of Enrollment is required for students getting a permit or license. There is a sign-up sheet in the front office. If you sign in before noon, forms can be picked up by 3:21 pm, after noon forms can be picked up the next school day. Forms are good for 30 days.
Parking Permits
High school students parking on campus must purchase a parking permit, which are on sale now and are purchased online. Permit stickers will be available for pickup at CHS and CSHS with proof of payment, license, and insurance. **Please note: 10th graders are the only CHS students allowed to drive to school and park on campus.
https://ticketracker.com/store/category?schoolId=1701&catalogCategoryId=1959
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY PASSES
We offer AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY PASSES (at no charge) for students who, after their last class of the day, need to be transported to the other high school for a school sponsored sport or activity. This pass may be obtained by picking-up an application from the CSHS or CHS office. Once completed, it must be signed by the coach or sponsor of the activity or sport and returned to the office. All students must then sign the bus rider contract. Passes will be available for students to pick-up at the office within three (3) school days. Students must present their pass to the bus driver each time they need to ride or will not be allowed to ride. This pass is not necessary if the student has a valid annual or semester bus pass. Please note that misuse of the pass will require immediate forfeiture of the pass and it must be used for transportation to school activities only.
2018-2019 Bus Passes
Bus passes are available for purchase online or at the CISD Administration Center. Individual bus passes are $275/annual or $148/semester, and family bus passes are $550/annual and $296/semester. All bus riders must have a current Bus Rider Contract form signed by a parent or guardian and turned in with the Bus Rider Registration indicating they will abide by the Bus Safety Handbook.
https://www.ticketracker.com/store/category?schoolId=190&catalogCategoryId=27
Nurses Note
If you have not already done so, please update your student’s health history on Skyward. On CISD’s Health Services website, https://www.southlakecarroll.edu/Domain/48, you can find links for Action Plans for asthma, allergies, seizures, etc. as well as MAR forms. In the next week or two, I will begin screening for hearing and vision for students new to Carroll High School.
As a reminder, students are not allowed to carry medications (over-the-counter or prescription). You may keep medications in the nurse's office for daily or as needed administration. Please be sure medicine is in original container, not expired, and has a signed MAR. Prescriptions also require a doctor signature. Inhalers, epipens, and diabetic supplies are the only exceptions to the carry policy, but the student does have to turn in the MAR and documentation from the doctor saying it is OK to carry. It is best if medications to carry are labeled, too. Also, the nurse is unable to dispense medicine, even Advil or Tylenol, unless it the student's own medicine brought in specifically for them.
Thank you for your help!
Melody Cooley, RN
CHS Nurse
817-949-5610 phone 817-949-5656 fax
Attendance
Arrival
9th & 10th Grade students must enter classrooms by 8:00 am when classes start. All students must sign in at the attendance office if they arrive at 8:01 am or after. Late students must have a doctor's note, parent call or parent note letting attendance know that they are aware that their student was tardy.
Departure
9th Grade students. Parent/guardians of 9th graders must physically sign their student out at the attendance office for early dismissal. If someone other than a parent/guardian is picking up a student, that person must be listed on the family's emergency contact list located in Family Access. Parents/guardians must contact the attendance office if a person - not on their emergency contact list - is picking up their child. The office is required to make a copy of that person's driver's license in order for the student to be released and that person needs to sign the student out.
10th Grade. As we know, many of our 10th graders drive, therefore they are permitted to sign-out with the attendance office for an early dismissal provided parents/guardians have notified the attendance office in writing. The note from parents requesting an early dismissal must be dated/signed and dropped off at the attendance office first thing in the morning. We will then provide the student with a pass to return to the attendance office at the early dismissal time to sign-out and exit the campus. If your 10th grader is returning that day, please ensure they sign in at the attendance office upon return so their attendance record will be noted properly.
FYI, For our students’ safety, it is important that they sign in when arriving late or sign out when leaving early. Students who do not comply with this safety measure will be referred to the Assistant Principal’s office per the CHS Handbook.