The Mission of

Colony High School.

Is to inspire academic achievement and personal growth in all our students so that they will successfully participate as active and responsible citizens in our ever-changing world.

Daily Announcements

Calling all CHS Students and Staff: Let’s start this new year moving in the mornings at Colony High. The gym will be open from 7:00 - 7:30 every morning, with an extended time on Monday mornings from 7:00 - 8:30 to support working families and active students. We will have healthy snacks daily and prizes that students can earn for their first 5, 10 and 20 visits! #GetMoving #KnightsLeadTheWay #BeKind #BeActive #BeStrong #BeYourself

Quarter 3 Ends March 9th

Work Day, no school for students March 10th

Spring Break ~ March 13-17

Professional Development Day ~No school April 28th

AP Testing ~Coming in May 2023

Graduation ~ May 17th, 7 pm at the Menard

Quarter 4 Ends May 19th (last day of school!)

2023--2024 Course Selection for CHS students, grades 9-11, will take place one of their core classes (9th: Biology, 10th: World History/AP World, 11th: US History/AP US) in the library during the weeks of 3/20 and 3/27. More info to follow! Check out the Program of Studies for more info about classes--including prerequisites, descriptions, and what a class counts for in terms of credits~

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSIKqTIvp9yAQ_CV85-XMrOeGgvMT0qgM2PR3ZkcU_k/edit

National Honor Society will now be tutoring will now be offered all Wednesdays and Thursdays during both A and B lunch in the library. There will be no sign-ups required and interested students can just meet with NHS students in the library.

Yearbooks are on sale now! Go to yearbooksforever.com to purchase. Use the Yearbook Snapapp to upload photos that you would like to contribute. Seniors! Senior portraits and quotes are due December 1st. For the people in the back: USE THE QR CODES POSTED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING TO SUBMIT PHOTOS!

Do you have a parent or sibling that graduated from Colony? Yearbook is doing a then and now theme this year. If you know an alumni, please encourage them to submit a current photo to colonyhsyearbook@gmail.com. There is a link on the facebook page with additional information.

Course request sheets go out to students on March 9th and they will be entering their course selections with support from the School Counselors into StudentVUE the week of March 20th, after Spring Break.

Our CHS 9th and 10th graders have Alaska Science and AK STAR State exams coming up on April 4th for 10th grade, and April 18-19th for 9th graders.

• AK STAR - Alaska System of Academic Readiness

AK STAR assesses all 3rd-9th grade students in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics.

• Alaska Science

Alaska Science assesses all 5th, 8th, and 10th grade students in science.

PSAT--9TH GRADERS

The PSAT will be given to all 9th graders at CHS on April 20th.

The music department boosters are selling Colony Gold Cards that are good for Discounts and free food all over the Valley! There are amazing coupons for Cold Stone, Subway, Hacienda, Panda Express, and much more!! Cards are $25 and can be purchased from Mrs. Rentz in the Choir Room.

Join Girls Who Code Club. Stop by Mrs. Sanders room 1044 for a club form and to sign-up. No experience necessary, just interest in learning to use technology and coding.

2022/2023 school calendar link:

https://www.matsuk12.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=19013&dataid=96287&FileName=2022-2023%20SCHOOL%20CALENDAR.pdf

Do you drive to school?

All students must have a parking permit to park in the school parking lot. Parking permit forms are available in the front office.

Attention Seniors:

• November 30, 2022 - Josten's Cap and Gown orders due
• Be checking your mail for ordering information. Packets should have arrived. Let us know if you have not received one. You can place your orders online at https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1010668/Colony-High-School/
• December 1st - Senior Pictures and Quotes Due (see www.matsuk12.us/chs Senior page for QR codes for pics and quotes

• March - Talent/Speech Auditions for Ceremony (times TBA)
  

April - Art submissions for program cover due (date TBA)

If you have questions about graduation, please call or email Graduation Coordinator Mrs. Haase in the Library at Stephanie.Haase@matsuk12.us

907-861-5538

Click this link to take you to the MSBSD Community Flyers page:

https://www.matsuk12.us/Page/26223

Yearbooks are on sale now! Go to yearbooksforever.com to purchase. Use the Yearbook Snapapp to upload photos that you would like to contribute. Seniors! Senior portraits and quotes are due December 1st. For the people in the back: USE THE QR CODES POSTED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING TO SUBMIT PHOTOS!

List of Clubs & Activities

Actvitiy - Advisor/Coach Email

Band Jamin Burton jamin.burton@matsuk12.us

Baseball JV-Varsity Jordan Chadwell jordan.chadwell@matsk12.us

Basketball Boys C-JV-Varsity Tom Berg thomas.berg@matsuk12.us

Basketball Girls C-JV-Varsity Chandice Kelly chandice.cronk@matsuk12.us

Battle of the Books Stephanie Haase stephanie.haase@matsuk12.us

BB Cheerleading JV-Varsity Jasmine Talbot colonycheer@gmail.com

Choir Kelly Rentz kelly.rentz@matsuk12.us

Close Up Tom Berg thomas.berg@matsuk12.us

Brian McIntosh brian.mcintosh@matsuk12.us

XC Running Boys Norm Rousey coachrousey@hotmail.com

XC Running Girls Rhonda Knopp rhonda.knopp@matsuk12.us

Dance Sabrina Johns sabrina.johns@matsuk12.us

Drama Kelly Rentz kelly.rentz@matsuk12.us

Brian Mead brian.mead@matsuk12.us

E-Sports

FB Cheerleading JV-Varsity Jasmine McEwen colonycheer@gmail.com

Football C-JV-Varsity Robbie Nash rnash@mtasolutions.com

Freshman Class

Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) Pat O'Neal Pat.oneal@matsuk12.us

Girls Who Code Traci Sanders Traci.sanders@matsuk12.us

Hockey JV-Varsity Chris Yaskus cyaskus@hotmail.com

Interact Rotary Amanda Cabo-Settle amanda.cabo-settle@matsuk12.us

JROTC Anthony Petroccia anthony.petroccia@matsuk12.us

Junior Class Brian McIntosh brian.mcintosh@matsuk12.us

Katrina Nilson katrina.nilson@matsuk12.us

Key Club Ross Clifford ross.clifford@matsuk12.us

Leadership Brian McIntosh brian.mcintosh@matsuk12.us

Marching Band Jamin Burton jamin.burton@matsuk12.us

M. Band Color Guard Kelly Rentz kelly.rentz@matsuk12.us

Nat. Honor Society Sabrina Johns sabrina.johns@matsuk12.us

Nordic Ski / X-Ski boys Mark Strabel mark.strabel@matsuk12.us

Nordic Ski / X-Ski girls David Knopp David.knopp@matsuk12.us

NYO

Partners Club Sarah Crowell sarah.crowell@matsuk12.us

Pep Band Jamin Burton jamin.burton@matsuk12.us

Poetry Out Loud Trevor Townsend trevor.townsend@matsuk12.us

Competitive Robotics Brian Mead brian.mead@matsuk12.us

Science Olympiad

Senior Class Sabrina Johns sabrina.johns@matsuk12.us

Alex Harris alexandra.harris@matsuk12.us

Shooting Team Frank Monfrey fsmonfrey@gmail.com

Sign Language (ASL) Kathy Cappa katherine.cappa@matsuk12.us

Skills USA Kelly/Moore/Trotter ashley.kelly@matsuk12.us

Soccer Boys JV-Varsity Jeremy Johnson jerjohnsozzy@hotmail.com

Soccer Girls JV-Varsity Jeremy Johnson jeremy.johnson@matsuk12.us

Softball Tamara Finley colonyknightssoftball@gmail.com

Sophomore Class Don Kirby don.kirby@matsuk12.us

Ross Clifford ross.clifford@matsuk12.us

Spanish Club Chad Rice chad.rice@matsuk12.us

Student Govt. Shannon Watson shannon.watson@matsuk12.us

Swim & Dive Kaitlin Dault kaitlin.dault@matsuk12.us

Emily Worley emily.worley@matsuk12.us

Tennis Susan Brunner susan.brunner@matsuk12.us

Track Boys

Track Girls

Volleyball C-JV-Varsity Steve Reynolds chsvbg1920@gmail.com

Wrestling JV-Varsity Todd Hopkins todd.hopkins@matsuk12.us

Yearbook Susan Brunner susan.brunner@matsuk12.us

Ashley Kelly ashley.kelly@matsuk12.us

See counselors in the Counseling Office to pick-up mini flyers for upcoming University Visits, upcoming ASVAB/PSAT/SAT/ACT information, Tutor Request Forms, and any questions about I-Student.

Colony High website: https://www.matsuk12.us/Page/20286

Scholarships arriving daily - check the Guidance scholarship page for updated scholarship opportunities: https://www.matsuk12.us/Page/47330

https://fafsa.ed.gov/

College and Career Testing Information

Colony High SAT/ACT testing

Updated 8/12/2021

Registration MUST be completed online

ACT: www.actstudent.org

SAT: www.collegeboard.org

CHS Code: 020286

As of July 31, the College Board has put the following requirements in place for SAT testing:

1. Masks are no longer required - individuals can choose to mask or not mask.
2. Plastic bags will be provided and issued to students in testing rooms so that electronic devices can be stored during testing; students will place their device in its bag and will place the bag in a bin.
3. Students will be spaced 6 feet apart during testing and will be expected to maintain a 6-foot distance during check-in and breaks.
4. The College Board has allowed for increased check-in and break time so that these conditions to be met/maintained.

All tests are on Saturdays. Students need to check-in at CHS at 7:00 the morning of the test. Dismissal time may range from noon to 1:30 depending on the type of test, and/or accommodations for students. Test room capacities have been reduced, and additional time has been added to breaks to allow for social distancing as appropriate. Students choosing to wear a mask will be asked to remove their mask briefly at the time of building check-in and individual room check-in for identification purposes.

SAT CHS test dates 2022-2023:

• August 28th
• October 1st
• November 5th
• December 3rd
• March 11th
• May 6th
• June 4th

ACT CHS test dates 2022-2023:

• September 10th
• October 22nd
• December 10th
• February 11nd
• April 15th
• June 10th
• July 15th

*ACT may add dates in the fall/winter; those will be posted when the information is available.

Please visit http://www.matsuk12.us/domain/5312 for student, parent, and staff surveys.

Parents,

As a requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, states and school districts must issue annual report cards to parents. The purpose of the report card is to provide parents with information about the district and their child’s school in terms of teacher qualifications, academic achievement, and school/district accountability. To access the report cards, please visit the following link at:

http://www.matsuk12.us/cms/lib/AK01000953/Centricity/domain/100/compliance/CHS_REPORTCARDX.pdf

Parents and Guardian:

Feel free to join our Colony High School Facebook page. We will be posting our CHS Daily Bulletin, upcoming events, and some of the results of all of the great things happening at CHS. Thank you again for your continued support. I hope all is well . . . Go KNIGHTS!!!

Mary Fulp (principal)

Fund-raising opportunity: In conjunction with Carrs/Safeway, Colony families have the opportunity to sign up their Safeway card with escrip. For a power registration with the group number and info go to www.escrip.com to get signed up. From there, Safeway keeps track of groceries bought, then gives Colony a portion of the total spent. This is an awesome way for our families to help fund raise for us. All we do is go shop!