April 2018

APRIL AT A GLANCE

4TH QTR begins……………………………………...… April 3rd

3rd QTR grades to students………..…….……….. April 11th

Spring Writing Assessment…………..……….……...April 11th

District Music Festival @ HHS/HMS……………….April 13 –14th

Track—SKOR DEKAM…………………………………… April 28th

43rd Annual Playschool at Capital High School The Child Development Classes at Capital High School are now accepting applications for

their 43rd Annual Playschool to be held May 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and the 24th 2018. Playschool will begin at 12:40 pm. and conclude at 2:15 p.m. on the listed dates in room 115. Your child must be between the ages of 3 and 5 and be left at playschool without experiencing separation anxiety. Children must be able to take care of their bathroom needs without assistance and follow directions from the teachers. Parents are welcome to stay with their child during playschool. This can be helpful transition for a child who has never had a playschool experience. Activity centers will include housekeeping, music, sand play, play dough, manipulative play, block building, books, bead work, art experiences and easel painting. Children will participate in the play area of their choice during “free play” and then will work in small groups under the supervision of a “Student - Child De-velopment teacher”. The student teacher’s have planned a variety of exciting activities for your child. This is a free event. To prepare for this experience, the Child Development students have studied human development and have taken Baby Think It Over home to experience parenting.

To enroll email sbutler@helenaschools .org or call Sue Butler at 324-2531 for a registration sheet and return it to by April 20th to CHS, 100 Valley Drive. Enrollment will be confirmed upon re-ceipt of your registration form. Enrollment is limited. So, hurry and sign up NOW! You won’t want to miss out on this free, educational event.

Capital High School Respect Rally The Capital High School MBI Youth Activation Committee (with the help of the CHS Niceness is Priceless Club) recently held its annual Respect Rally on March 7, 2018. The rally coincided with the national Spread the Word to End the Word Day (a campaign aimed to end the derog-atory use of the R-word) and its purpose was to respect all—those with and without intellectu-al disabilities. Students and staff participated in a number of activities, including signing Re-spect banners, playing unified sports such as basketball, soccer, and baseball with Special Olympics athletes and other special needs students, playing people bingo, and receiving prizes and giveaways. Special thanks to Special Olympics Montana, Bob’s Valley Market, Capital Sports/Rivals, Frozen Moose, Copperline Pasties, and Moose Junction for your donations for this successful event!

HOSA students attend state conference

Capital High competed in the 14th annual State HOSA (Future Health Care Professionals) Leadership Conference March 12 and 13th at the Radisson Hotel in Helena. These students competed in health skills events against other HOSA chapters throughout the state, and they also attended educational symposiums. In one symposium, students donned scuba gear and learned rescue skills in the pool of the Radisson hotel. In another symposium, students dissected pig hearts. The HOSA con-ference is important for students exploring health care fields. Capital high school sent 23 competitors and 18 students qualified for nationals. All award winners are eligible to compete in the National HO-SA competition in June in Dallas, Texas. In addition to being awarded the “Most Enthusiastic Chapter,” medal winners are: Gold-HOSA Bowl- Des Blundt, Anna Romero, Ashley Carlson and Nick Bubb Gold-Nurse Assisting -Anna Romero Silver-Medical Law and Ethics-Anna Romero Silver-Biomedical Debate- Kyer Fredrick, Alex Hanson, Celina Sanchez Silver- Forensic Medicine- Tyler Cummings and Clara McRae Silver- Health Career Display- Clarice Burger and Maria McMahon Silver- Health Education- McKinlee Mihelish and Jamie Starke Silver- Medical Assisting- Maria McMahon Silver- Sports Medicine- Alec Ladas Silver- Public Health- Alex Hanson, Jason Brandt, Cody Brown, Ben Hunthausen Bronze-Job Seeking Skills- Tanlee Pipinich Bronze- Prepared Speaking - Travis Petersen

Fees

Please remember to check your student fees while you are on PowerSchool check-

ing grades and attendance. Questions? Please call Ann Marie Dioso at 324-2482.

Business Professionals of America

Thirteen students represented Capital High School at the State Business Professionals of America Leadership Confer-ence March 11-13 in Billings, MT. The three-day conference showcased more than 1,300 Montana students demonstrat-ing their business and technology skills in over 60 competitive events with a conference theme of “Think Big!”. Eight stu-dents were top-ten finishers, and six of these students have qualified to compete at the national competitions in Dallas, TX in May. Capital High BPA advisor Terri Norman received the 2018 Montana BPA Advisor of the Year award and the CHS chapter was recognized for the Silver Star award for chapter activities that emphasize student, chapter, and community development. Way to go Capital High BPA!

Top ten placers include:

2nd place—Small Business Management Team—Alex Northey, Mariah Thomas, Trenton Wright, and Peyton Koch

3rd Place –Computer Modeling -Hayden Tillinger

3rd Place—PC Servicing ng & Troubleshooting—Zach Wadhams

3rd Place—Website Design Team—James Hohenlohe and Trenton Wright

4th Place—Business Law & Ethics _Mariah Thomas

6th Place—Network Administration Using Microsoft—Hayden Tillinger

7th Place—Advanced Accounting _Peyton Koch

8th Place—Computer Security—Zach Wadhams

9th Place Advanced Accounting -Gus Hanson

10th Place—Presentation Management Team—Kyle Norman and Mariah Thomas

National Qualifier

Other BPA members who competed at state include Amanda Haab, Amanda Genzlinger, Kam Dorrington, and Dylan Gil-bert

State Economics Quiz Bowl Champions CHS placed in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams with the top two teams squaring off in a quiz bowl. Capital placed 1st and 2nd and faced off against each other. The team of Sophia Stiict, Alex Northey and Mariah Thomas made a comeback from 5 down to beat the team of Hunter Boles, Norris Blossom, Jonah Bibeau and Gage LaRue. A rather large traveling trophy will be presented at a school board meeting the event managers said. We have really nice team trophies for the school. We also had nice trophies and cash prizes for individual competition winners 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Norris took 3rd, Alex 2nd and Jonah 1st. Jessica Griffiths, John LaRue and James Hohenloe also participated and beat many teams. Talk about 10 classy students, you would have been proud of how the acted. There were 14 teams in each division so Capital did pretty well. Bozeman had won the event for the last 1 zillion years so it was nice to break their streak. A good day to be a Bruin!

HEF Harrison Writing Award Winners from

Capital High School

Congratulations to the following students who have each received a $250 stipend and will be recognized at the May 8th School Board Meeting:

Hannah Dreesbach Clara McRae Caitlyn Robinson

Art Seen Club has been painting 3 Little Free Libraries for the Lewis and Clark Library's 150 year celebra-tion this April. Kimberly Cook, CHS Art teacher, is also a volunteer Cub Scout leader for pack 206. This year, her Webelos 2 den built little libraries using the building skills they were taught. They then brought them to Capital to have Mrs. Cook's Art Seen Club decorate them. The club came up with ideas for their design and began working on them in February. The completed houses are on display at the Lewis and Clark Library from now through mid April and will also be for sale. The public has an opportunity to pur-chase them and install it in front of your house for all to enjoy! But get one soon, as they will go fast!!

Students credited with work: Madeline Davis, Bella Mardis, Andrea Stalnaker, Lillian LeGrand, Emma Brandt, Taetum Mote, Dylan Maxie-Weakly, and Elisabeth Davis

Link Crew Peer Mentoring Fundraiser April 18! Please join us or donate to this event.

Link Crew Peer Mentoring is our Capital High Program and class that puts on the Bruin Beginning Freshmen Orientation in the fall and does mentoring and violence prevention work throughout the school year. Between 80 and 100 juniors and seniors volunteer to help new students transition into CHS. We provide these leaders with t-shirts, train and feed them, and provide a snack break on orientation day for about 500 students. During the school year, the Peer Mentoring class has many costs, as well. The mentors attend trainings and must be fed, a violence prevention trainer paid and lodged, and students make and provide gifts for their little buddies in the Bruin Buddies program. We also mentor at the middle school and at our school with freshmen, which have various costs for the projects we do with them. We could use your help to help us do our work.

Each year we have a dinner and silent auction to help pay for these expenses. We can use your support in a number of ways—

You can donate services or items to our silent auction on Wednesday, April 18

You can attend the dinner and silent auction

You can simply make a donation to our work

Link Crew Peer Mentoring Dinner and Silent Auction

Wednesday, April 18, 5:30 to 7:00 pm

Capital High School Library

Tickets are $10 ($5 for children 10 and under) Available at the door.

Bidding on silent auction items will be open until 7:00; the final highest bid wins, so plan to be there un-til the end.

Parents of college bound Seniors…If you would like to have a copy of your student’s immunization record for college applications, please email smcnamee@helenaschools.org. Immunization records can be printed for you or your student to pick up or sent via email.

Shannon McNamee RN, NCSN

From the Desk of the School Nurse

"Moon Over Buffalo,"

written by the play-

wright who brought au-

diences "Lend Me a

Tenor" and

"Baskerville," tells the

hilarious tale of an ag-

ing couple whose once

shimmering acting ca-

reers have dulled into

touring companies and

being overlooked for

younger models. Chaos

ensues after some seri-

ous miscommunication

occurs and it turns out

their performance is go-

ing to be seen by none

other than Frank Capra!

Come for the crazy situ-

ations, stay for the silli-

ness!

National Honor Society is holding their spring Induction Ceremony on April 30. We will welcome our new junior members into NHS and honor our graduating senior members. Please feel free to join us for this ceremony commencing at 7:00 PM in the Capital High Auditorium.

National Honor Society

Dates: April 19-21. 26.-28, 7pm at CHS Auditorium

Online tickets (no hidden fees): $7 http:/chsdc.booktix.com

Tickets at the door: $8 /General Seating

3 Capital Students were recognized at the American Legion Post #2-

80th annual post-level competition in support of the American Legion

National Oratorical contest . Norris Blossom took top honors as the first

place winner receiving a $400 scholarship and recognition as the city

champion. Blaise Murphy took second place receiving a $300 scholar-

ship. James Blanchard received third place with a $200 scholarship.

Norris Blossom continued on to win the District contest and will com-

pete at the state level.

HELENA SCHOOL DISTRICT #1

CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL

55 S. RODNEY

HELENA, MT 59604

CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL

April Newsletter

Grill: Everyday choices include hamburger/cheeseburger Monday—Chicken Nuggets Tuesday – Corn Dog Wednesday – Chicken Patty Sandwich Thursday – Hot Dog Friday—Chef’s Choice Pizza: Everyday choices are cheese and peperoni pizza Monday—Sausage Tuesday—Meat Lovers Wednesday—Garlic Chicken Thursday– Taco Pizza Friday—Veggie Pizza Salads & Deli Sandwiches: Everyday choices are Chicken Caesar Salad & Fresh Turkey Sandwich Monday—Buffalo Chicken Salad/Ham Sandwich Tuesday—Chef Salad/Italian Sub Wednesday—Garden Salad/Chicken Caesar Wrap Thursday—Crispy Chicken Salad/Ham Sandwich Friday—Spinach Salad/American Sub AN ALL YOU CAN EAT SALAD BAR AVAILABLE DAILY WITH PURCHASE Fresh Garden Salad Greens plus Fruit & Vegetables, in an inviting variety. Low Fat or Fat Free Milk included with all meals.

2nd– No School 3rd—Chicken Taquito 4th– Breakfast for Lunch 5th Turkey Gravy w/mashed & roll 6th– Fish n’ Chips 9th– S& S Chicken w/rice 10th– Bean & cheese Enchiladas 11th– Chicken & Waffles 12th– Ham & cheese Pinwheel 13th– Beef Noodles in tomato sauce 16th– Cheesy breadsticks w/marina 17th- BLT Burger w/chips 18th- Grilled Cheese & tomato soup 19th- Pulled BBQ Pork Sandwich 20th– Happy mac n-cheese 23rd– Korean meatballs over rice 24th– soft Chicken Tacos 25th– Grand slam sub w/chips 26th– Salisbury steak w/mashed w/gravy 27th– Chicken alfredo 30th– Pretzel & cheese sauce

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