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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: FBLA NEWS 2 STUDENT ASSISTANCE 3 PERFECT ATTENDANCE 3 GRUB 4 CHS CAREER CENTER 5 UPCOMING DATES 6 CHSPO MEMBERSHIP 7 COUNSELING CENTER 8 BUSINESS EDUCATION 9 DEPT. LIBRARY NEWS 10 CHS FOUNDATION 11 COUGAR PAVER FORM 12 SENIOR NEWS 13 BOOSTER AUCTION FLYER 14 TRAFFIC SAFETY 15 STAGECRAFT CLASS 16 MARCH/APRIL 2016 A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHS CO-PRINCIPALS ~ MICHELLE ANDERSON AND JENNIFER HEWITT Capital High School, 2707 Conger Ave. SW Olympia, WA 98502 Phone (360)596-8000, Fax (360)596-8001 CHS Cougar Connection CHECK US OUT ON THE WEB! HTTP:// CAPITAL.OSD.WEDNET.EDU . We wanted to update our parent community on our Principal selection process. On February 17th, a committee will be screening applications for prospective individuals to be interviewed the week of February 22nd. Those selected will interview on February 23, 2016 with a variety of groups encompassing students, faculty, parents and community members. The final candidates will then be interviewed by a smaller committee on February 24, 2016. This committee will work collabora- tively to choose a final candidate and share that name with the school board for final approval. Our consulting firm hired for this process has shared with us that this is the most comprehensive and inclusive pro- cess they have worked with in their tenure hiring principals. They have been impressed with the level of involvement by our CHS community! We also wanted to update our parent community on our student, par- ent, and staff climate and culture survey. The parent survey sent out February 2nd had a deadline of February 12, 2016. As of today, we have received parent surveys, student surveys, and faculty surveys. We are in the process of compiling the data from each constituency group. Once we have all data compiled we will work with our district communications department on the best method of sharing this back with our parent community. We will also discuss as a staff how best to share this data with our students. If we note any consistent concerns, we will outline plans for how we will address these concerns and share those plans with you. We will also highlight and celebrate our success- es and outline how we want to continue to ensure we keep moving for- ward in a positive direction.

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Page 1: 1603 CHS Newsletter

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

FBLA NEWS 2

STUDENT ASSISTANCE 3

PERFECT ATTENDANCE 3

GRUB 4

CHS CAREER CENTER 5

UPCOMING DATES 6

CHSPO MEMBERSHIP 7

COUNSELING CENTER 8

BUSINESS EDUCATION 9

DEPT.

LIBRARY NEWS 10

CHS FOUNDATION 11

COUGAR PAVER FORM 12

SENIOR NEWS 13

BOOSTER AUCTION FLYER 14

TRAFFIC SAFETY 15

STAGECRAFT CLASS 16

MARCH/APRIL 2016

A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHS CO-PRINCIPALS ~ MICHELLE ANDERSON AND JENNIFER HEWITT

Capital High School, 2707 Conger Ave. SW Olympia, WA 98502

Phone (360)596-8000, Fax (360)596-8001

CHS Cougar

Connection

CHECK US OUT ON THE

WEB!

HTTP://

CAPITAL.OSD.WEDNET.EDU

.

We wanted to update our parent community on our Principal selection process. On February 17th, a committee will be screening applications for prospective individuals to be interviewed the week of February 22nd. Those selected will interview on February 23, 2016 with a variety of groups encompassing students, faculty, parents and community members. The final candidates will then be interviewed by a smaller committee on February 24, 2016. This committee will work collabora-tively to choose a final candidate and share that name with the school board for final approval. Our consulting firm hired for this process has shared with us that this is the most comprehensive and inclusive pro-cess they have worked with in their tenure hiring principals. They have been impressed with the level of involvement by our CHS community! We also wanted to update our parent community on our student, par-ent, and staff climate and culture survey. The parent survey sent out February 2nd had a deadline of February 12, 2016. As of today, we have received parent surveys, student surveys, and faculty surveys. We are in the process of compiling the data from each constituency group. Once we have all data compiled we will work with our district communications department on the best method of sharing this back with our parent community. We will also discuss as a staff how best to share this data with our students. If we note any consistent concerns, we will outline plans for how we will address these concerns and share those plans with you. We will also highlight and celebrate our success-es and outline how we want to continue to ensure we keep moving for-ward in a positive direction.

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The first meeting of the year saw FBLA start off with 38 paid members. For new members we held a New Member Orientation in October at the Olympia School District office to review the different aspects of FBLA such as conferences, competi-tive events, community service and awards. Elections resulted with Christian Gonzales as Pres-ident, Spencer Rex as Vice President, Yulisa Loarca Lucas as Secretary, Montana Jordan as Treasurer, Nate Tyler as His-torian and Peter Barrette as Par-liamentarian. Nick Ramsey acts as our Data Officer. As we got

more in depth, we began to sign up for our competitive events and elect people for our social and community service commit-tees. Ayan Nelson is the Social Committee Chair and Peter Geissler is the Chair of the Com-munity Service committee. The Fall Leadership Conference was held on November 10, 2015 at the Little Creek Conference Center. At the conference we received our official confirmation that we are members and offic-ers. The conference had some key speakers talk to us about being in charge of other people and leadership. We also had a

little fun on the side and learned about the different events and what to expect to happen at the competitions. In December we helped the Thurston County Food Bank get donations to help the families who are in need dur-ing the holiday season by hold-ing up signs and collecting mon-ey and canned goods at Safe-way for the KING 5 Home Town Harvest event. We also had a movie night right before the holi-day break with popcorn and hot chocolate!

CHS COUGAR CONNECTION

FBLA NEWS!

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Don’t forget to check the Daily Bulletin which is updated everyday on our CHS website!

The Olympia School District’s Student Assistance and Treat-

ment Program is a state certified comprehensive prevention, ear-ly intervention, and out-patient

treatment program targeted at reducing the risks of alcohol

and other drug use among our youth, and connecting families

to services within our communi-ty.

The OSD is the only school dis-

trict in the state of Washington that is State Certified by DSHS/

DBHR as a Certified Out-Patient Treatment Provider.

Licensed Chemical Dependency Professionals provide direct and

confidential services at the school buildings. In addition to

prevention programs, early in-tervention counseling, and edu-cation classes, the following

treatment services are available to students and families:

Full Chemical Dependency Assessments

On-going individual counsel-

ing

Group counseling

Urinalysis testing

Referrals for intensive out-

patient or in-patient treat-ment

There is a minimal cost for as-

sessments. All other services

are provided at no cost.

If you are concerned about a

child’s alcohol/other drug use or need further information,

please call 596-8035.

PERFECT ATTENDANCE 1ST SEMESTER

The following students had perfect attendance for 1st semester! Makayla Badger, Bhupinder Basi, Si-

mon Bauer, Korbin Benson, Raghavendra Bharadwaj, Travis Bossio, Sydney Buelt, Zachary Burke,

Fatima Catillo Lopez, Brook Chen, Derek Ciampi, Kaden Dagher, Cecilio Danila Jr., Kees Dolmans,

Anakin Duncan Kimble, Colin Eastabrook, Eleanor Failor Rich, Michael Flo, Sean Flo, Jayden

Grefory, Meghan Haines, Noah Hamilton, Aven Hart, Kady Hautala, Tommy Ho, Amy Hood,

Sandy Iglesias, Annie Jia, William Jia, Montana Jordan, Sydney Kish, Stephen Klockow, Cameron

Kwieciak, Jason Laraway, Luke Layton, Justin Le, Kylin Lilly, Emmitt Lozar Rhoads, Brandon Lu,

Loren Lyttle, Zackery Mandelke, Ezra Mead, Sydney Moffett, Alexandra Nazy, David Nguyen,

Heather Nguyen, Mary Nguyen, Thuy Si Nguyen, Hanan Nuriddin, Tyler Ortega, Christopher Pen-

ner, Alexander Penny, Jesse Perkins, Duy Pham, Jimmy Pham, Brittany Pincus, Heather Pincus,

Claire Ramsey, Ingrid Redford, Nicholas Reed, Megan Reninger, Paden Ricke, Jacob Rivera, Shan-

non Rogowski, Logan Shaw, Elijah Fenton Smith, Jamison Spence, Jeremy Spence, Skylar Stewart,

Chase Vandiver, Brooke Vogt, Thomas Wigfield, Colin Woltman, Lucas Yantis, Huatsern Yeager,

Jeong Vin Yeom, Ryan Zimmerman

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OSD STUDENT ASSISTANCE AND TREATMENT PROGRAM

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GRuB stands for Garden-Raised Bounty. GRuB is a non-profit organization that supports youth and the community through the growing of healthy food, and community education. We have a program in partnership with Capital High School and the Olympia School District’s CTE depart-ment where a select number of youth to go to the GRuB Farm during the last three classes of the day and do team building activities, learn about horticulture, U.S history, and entrepreneurship. While working on the farm and harvesting food for CSA, themselves and the community, we gain valuable job and life skills, all the while receiving important high school credits.

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. GRuB has a 16 week CSA subscription in the summer for $550 and again in the fall for 7 weeks at the price of $210. Buying a CSA share means you're getting a box of produce every Friday and the produce changes a little bit as the weeks go by. Along with the produce, you get weekly newsletters with a small blurb from a youth crew member, recipes, and a bouquet of flowers. One CSA box feeds at least four people de-pending on how many fruits, herbs, and vegetables you and your family eat. Along with what you personally receive, you help fund the farm so youth and the Thurston County Food Bank get fresh food on Fridays. Last summer we harvested almost 14,000 lbs; 20% went to the food bank and 14% to the youth crew. The summer CSA harvest starts late June and the pick up window is from 1:00pm Friday to Monday morning at the GRuB Farm in West Olympia.

How do you sign up? Go to our website, goodgrub.org/grub-farm/cultivator-csa or call us at (360) 753-5522.

You can pay online or call. If you make a deposit now you can save your spot. You may pay by cash, check, credit card or EBT.

If you are a parent of a Capital student, or a CHS student yourself, and are interested in being a part of GRuB, either as a student in the program, or volunteering, please visit our website, good-grub.org for more information. Applications for the school program are also available in the CHS counseling center.

GRUB

Garden-raised

bounty

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PAGE 5 CHS COUGAR CONNECTION

CHS Career Center SCHOLARSHIPS!! It’s never too early or too late to take a look at scholarships as an option to assist in paying for your post-high school education. The winter/spring is when the Career Center receives numerous privately funded scholarships; most local opportunities are seen during this time frame. Local scholarships are offered by local service clubs, local businesses and private foundations. Scholarships are rolling into the Career Center!! Many scholarships require:

*A letter of recommendation from an employer teacher or community mentor *An essay about a specific topic or your plans for the future

The average time to complete a scholarship application is approximately 2 hours, most scholarships provide awards on average of $1000, a great investment in your time for the money!! Most applications are not accepted because the instructions were NOT FOLLOWED. The myth is that there will be TOO MANY applicants, so “why should I apply?” – our answer: you can’t receive the money if you don’t apply. Check the Career Center webpage for the full scholarship list, updated every month! Career Center is offering a SCHOLARSHIP WORKSHOP March 2nd 8-8:30. Limited space available. Sign up in the Career Center TODAY!! This workshop is focused mostly on SENIORS & JUNIORS looking for financing their post high school education, but any grade level student may attend. (Parents also invited) FAFSA – Financial Aid for Post High School Education

More people qualify than you think! If you don’t fill out the FAFSA, you could be missing out on a lot of financial aid! Free FAFASA workshops are also offered through College Goal Washington. Find out more at http://readysetgrad.org/sites/default/files/2016.cgw.event.list.pdf. Contact the Career Center if you need assistance in filing your FAFSA. Most schools deadlines are in early March!! Guest Speakers & Visitors Throughout 2nd semester we will be hosting various speakers in the Career Center in occupations CHS students have shown interest in. Keep an eye out for some of these industry speakers……..Veterinarian, Musician/Singer/Performer, Pediatrician/Doctor, Artist, Police & Fire Personnel. Community Service Opportunities

Both underclassmen and upperclassmen should consider exploring your prospective career options. There are numerous op-

portunities available in a variety of settings around Thurston County. Stop by the Career Center to take a look at current volun-

teer opportunities, find out how to be an active member of your community.

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Please call the CHS Sports Hotline at 596—8111 to listen to the most updated information regarding CHS sporting events!

March 1 CHS Orchestra Concert—7:30 p.m.

March 2 Schedule B

March 3 Schedule C

March 7 CHSPO Meeting—6:30 p.m.

March 8 CHS Choir Concert—7:30 p.m.

March 8 8th Grade Athletic/Activities Parent Night

March 9 Life Skills Partnership Meeting—5:30 p.m.

March 9 Schedule B

March 12 CHS Booster Club Auction

March 14 Scholarship Foundation Meeting—6:00 p.m.

March 15 CHS Band Concert—7:30 p.m.

March 16-18 12th grade HSPE Retakes - Round 2 Seniors Only

March 16 Schedule B

March 17 Schedule C

March 22 Academic All American applications due for 1st Semester 2015-16

March 23 Schedule B

March 24 8th Grade Information Night—6:00 p.m.

March 30 Schedule B

March 31 Schedule C

April 4-8 Spring Break—No School

April 11 Foundation Scholarship Meeting—6:00 p.m.

April 13 Schedule B

April 13 Life Skills Partnership Meeting—5:30 p.m.

April 14 Schedule C

April 20 SBAC Testing—Schedule D

April 21 SBAC Testing—Schedule D

April 21-23 CHS Spring Musical—7:30 p.m.

April 27 Schedule B

April 28 Schedule C

April 28-30 CHS Spring Musical—7:30 p.m.

Upcoming Dates—March and April PAGE 6

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Capital High School Parent Organization

Come join us!

Who are we?

We are a group of parents who are working together to enrich our student’s high school experience.

* We promote communication between the school and the families.

* We facilitate parent involvement in school wide community events.

* We raise and allocate funds for a wide variety of educational programs.

When do we meet?

We meet the 1st Monday of each month, from 6:30-8 pm in the CHS Library.

Come hear monthly updates from Assistant Principal, Jen Hewitt, about school events.

Volunteer Opportunities

Father /Daughter Dance in January and February

Mother/Son Palapalooza in March

Arts Recognition Night in May

Staff Appreciation Lunch on the last day of school in June

Staff Appreciation Breakfasts: Bring staff breakfast on the 2nd Friday of each month

Where does the money go?

Student Needs Fund: for students as needed

Special Projects Fund: for CHS Administration requests

School Climate Fund: to support activities/events that address school climate

Grant Requests: funds given to teachers for needed supplies, books and programs

Staff Appreciation and Arts Recognition Night

Yes, I want to join CHSPO! (Membership includes a Cougar Contacts Directory)

__________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Name Student (s) year of graduation

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address Phone Number Email

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Counseling Center News

Seniors and parents should be checking each month for the latest copy of “Senior Information”. Seniors

are given a hardcopy each month. The Senior Information document can be found on the CHS Website under

“Counseling-Senior Information ”. Seniors should also check the Career Center regularly for scholarship op-

portunities. This year, seniors will be required to complete a Senior Exit Interview. See the CHS website for

more details. We are also looking for volunteers to sit in on interviews, as a community advocate. Please contact

the Career Center, if interested.

10th graders completed the fir st draft of their RESUMES in Career Cruising

(www.careercruising.com). This fall 10th graders completed a CAREER MATCHMAKER unit to match them

to potential future careers. Students have their log-in and passwords and can share their progress. It is always

helpful for parents/guardians to review and discuss this information with your student. 8th graders will receive high school registration information and meet their counselor March 21-31. We look

forward to sharing all that CHS has to offer including our great leadership and theater students who have some

activities planned for you during the middle school tours on March 28-29.

SPRING 2016 REGISTRATION SCHEDULE

When choosing classes for next year, please investigate all of the options and make the best decision

possible. Schedule changes will be limited!

February 4 9th-11th Grade Student/Parent Information Night

February 17-18 11th graders registration materials distributed during lunches

Feb 22-Mar 2 Counselors meet with 11th graders for credit check and registration

March 21-23 Counselors at middle schools to distribute registration materials

March 24 8th Grade Parent & Student Night at CHS (6pm)

March 28 All 8th Grade packets due back to 8th grade teacher (for all middle schools)

March 24-29 CHS Tours for 8th graders

March 30-1 CHS Counselors return to Marshall, Jefferson and Griffin to register 8th graders

March M.A.P. (Measure of Academic Progress) Test given at middle schools

April 13-14 9th & 10th registration materials distributed at lunch

April 20-30 Counselors meet with 9th & 10th graders for credit check and registration

3 WAYS TO ACCESS COURSE SELECTION SHEET & COURSE CATALOG: 1. http://capital.osd.wednet.edu/academics/course_selection_sheet

2. CHS Main Webpage

· - Academics - Course Selection Sheet

3.

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CHS COUGAR CONNECTION

CHS Business Education Department Thanks our Volunteers!

The Business Education department wishes to thank several community members for their long-term association

and dedication to the department and the students!

For the last 8 years Thurston County Superior Court Judge Anne Hirsch has been volunteering with the Street Law

course. She comes in on a weekly basis and gives lessons that coordinate with the curriculum. She also coordi-

nates field trips to both courthouses and other attorneys (including from the Thurston County Prosecutor's office

and the Office of Assigned Counsel) to come in to work with the students on their mock trials in the spring. Her

input has been invaluable and is much appreciated!

Olympia Federal Savings Relations Specialist, Rachel Martini, has also provided amazing support for Personal

Finance/Financial Algebra courses as well as our Future Business Leaders of America [FBLA] club. Olympia

Federal provides loan and checking materials each year for every student and Rachel comes in to give a lesson on

Banking Institutions as well. They also provide us access to an online curriculum called EverFi to supplement and

enrich each unit. Rachel also volunteers as a chaperone and judge for the FBLA conferences and as an advisory

committee member for the department as well. Former CHS student, Deidre Michie, now an HR Generalist at

Olympia Federal Savings, also provides support to FBLA as a chaperone and judge and will speak to the Espresso

Store students about job interviews this spring.

Volunteers really make the students see the connection between what they are learning in the classroom and appli-

cation in the real world. These volunteers have given countless hours and resources which are much appreciated!

If you wish to volunteer in any of the following courses (Street Law/Law and Justice, Digital Design, Espresso

Store, or Personal Finance/Financial Algebra) or FBLA please contact Allison McFadden at

[email protected] or 360-596-8254.

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CHS COUGAR CONNECTION

CHS Library News

Almost all Freshmen English classes have completed a two-week unit on doing research at a high school level. Then they returned to their classrooms to write their research paper. They should be able to tell you about books and databases they used, how to evaluate websites using the acronym C.A.R.D.S, how to cite and annotate their sources in an MLA formatted bibliography and how to avoid plagiarism. They’ve worked hard and deserve a pat on the back!

Please encourage your student turn in any library books so they will be available for others as the new semester begins. Also, check Skyward to see if they have any fines for library or textbooks. Contact the library at 596-8038 with any questions in regards to fines for books.

Life Skills Partnership Meeting

March 9th and April 13th

5:30—6:30 p.m. in Pod A.

This meeting is open to all parents, students, staff,

and community members.

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CHS Foundation

CHS COUGAR CONNECTION PAGE 11

The CHS Foundation provides college scholarships to our students every year!

You might be interested in one of our fundraising efforts: Pavers in Cougar

Court! These pavers area a great way to commemorate a graduating senior,

favorite teacher or community member or any one special in your life! Order

must be received by May 1st and the pavers are installed one time a year, before

graduation. Help us provide thousands of dollars of scholarships and give a gift

that will last forever!

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SENIOR NEWS

SAVE THE DATE!

Horticulture Club/FFA club will

present its annual plant sale on

Friday and Saturday, May 6-7.

Watch the CHS website for times.

Senior Exit Interview

Seniors need to sign up quickly for their exit interviews, after you meet with your counselor about your credit check!

You must have completed 93%+ by Feb 9th to receive a special opportunity. Login & Passwords are available after you

meet with your Counselor for your graduation credit check.

If you are struggling to get to 93% please stop by the Career Center or ask a senior who IS at 93%!!

Things to remember: UPLOAD your resume - make sure it doesn't have any errors!! UPLOAD your cover letter or letter of

request. - error free!! (A letter of request is NOT a letter of recommendation) You have to write this professional letter

& upload it to your files. Examples are in the Career Center & online (Class of 2016 HSBP webpage)

SENIOR EXIT INTERVIEW WORKSHOP DATES:

Full time Running Start (and AM RS) Students March 3rd 11:00 am - Presentations in March

CHS Seniors April 13th 8:00 am – Presentations in late April

NMSC - You may attend either workshop based on your schedule, but you MUST attend ONE. Your presentations are in

APRIL.

Attendance will be taken.

Prizes to be awarded.

Individual interview time & dates will be provided

Scheduling conflicts will be handled.

At your scheduled workshop you will see video & hear from ACTUAL seniors who have been through this process. Learn

about the rubric & how to EXCEED STANDARD on your interview. The rubric for the exit interviews is found on the CHS

Class of 2016 HSBP webpage. Need Help? Career Center can help. Stop by TODAY!!!

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