Student Announcements for Tuesday, April 26th

Good morning,

Congratulations to CHS students who participated at the 2016 NC SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference in Greensboro last week. They all did an excellent job of representing our school, and include the following:

Abigail Powell

Maley Wagner

Nico Healy

Rahul Jayaram

Olivia Hedges

Mario Grisalena

David Pecina Arnaut

Emma Richardson

DJ Varman 

Kyaw Shar Aye

Maxim Gaut

This was a Carrboro High School first!  In addition to our first-time participation in this event, Carrboro High School students placed in the following categories:

3D Visualization and Animation:    Olivia Hedges & Rahul Jayaram - 4th Place

Advertising Design:  Abby Powell - 2nd place & Maley Wagner - 3rd Place

Interactive Application and Game Design: Mario Grisalena & David Pecina Arnaut - 2nd Place

DJ Varman & Kyaw Shar Aye - competed in Digital Cinema, and produced an impressive piece of cinema. Be sure to watch "Skills USA "Out of Time" video" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/zbrhXEbICok

Good luck to Men's Golf and Men's Tennis at the Mid-State Championships today in Siler City.

Home Softball vs Graham 5pm Senior Night

Home Men's Lacrosse vs Orange 6pm  Senior Night

Come out and support your Jaguars!

Interested in making a difference on a global scale? Get ready to help eliminate world hunger! Join the CHS Global Issues class today, April 26 from 7 pm - 8:30 pm in the commons for an Oxfam Banquet. Food will be provided. Tickets are $3 for students, $5 for adults and free for faculty and staff. See you there!   

On April 27^th, the CHS Red Cross Club is hosting a blood drive at the school! If you are at least 16 years old, you can sign up outside the library during lunch starting April 11^th through April 26th. Help save lives and sign up!

There are a group of Karen refugees from Myanmar (Burma) who  were CHS students or who are about to graduate that would like to make a trip to Thailand to reconnect with our culture as well as long lost family and friends whom remain in refugee camps. How can you help?  There will be a food (Asian, Thai, Karen) fundraising event this upcoming Saturday April 30th from 9am to 2pm @ Transplanting Traditions Community Farm 2912 Jones Ferry Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516.  You can get a ticket from: Mr. Hite,Tay Nay Sar, Eh Mu Ra, Mu Eh Pay, Paw Ray and Ser Gay Paw.  One can also donate directly at: https://www.gofundme.com/ghx4mp3w  Thank you for your support!

QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION FOR potential JAGS and SPOTS - Wednesday, April 27 - A lunch in room C-111.

Seeking JAGs and JAG Administrators for the 16-17 School Year  

1. JAGs set up and run Freshman Orientation and work with small groups of freshman during the first quarter of the year weekly to address social and academic issues through activities and brief lessons.  For a fuller description of responsibilities see https://docs.google.com/a/chccs.k12.nc.us/document/d/1NZhAosJWN-PoCy0MYGPVkv7m6BMh8n_FZSwJhjB0Dro/edit?usp=sharing.

2. JAG Application - Complete the form by April 29. https://docs.google.com/a/chccs.k12.nc.us/forms/d/1lCkFIsa_5FOTcQg_0YJ7VE0JO1kWBB88aVwApR8hQgs/edit

3. JAG Administrator - Complete the form by April 29. https://docs.google.com/a/chccs.k12.nc.us/forms/d/1WlUqqBOEg2N2SH66mbfhoiNUcFfSR6izMpgOtXmsOXw/edit

Questions??? - See Ms. Johnson in C-111; kajohnson1@chccs.k12.nc.us

Believe it or not - Prom is right around the corner!

Tickets are at their final price of $80 for a couple and $55 for a single.

The last day to buy is April 29 (HURRY!) and make sure your forms for a non Carrboro junior/senior date are in by 4pm that day too! Contact Ms. Dumaine with questions

Also, parking at the Carolina Inn is available, but will be $5. Keep that in mind when making your plans.

Attention: people who want to wear a tux to prom! Men’s Warehouse is offering a fundraiser for our Prom 2016.  We will get a portion of the proceeds for every tux rented by a Carrboro High School student.  Make sure you let them know that you are from CHS when you go to get fitted, and you can also ask about being a prom rep to earn yourself a free tux rental.  

The SECU club is collecting small, travel sized toiletries (like the ones in hotel rooms) to place in the guest rooms at the SECU family house.  Please consider donating some of these items. You can bring them into the main office.  

The Unity Club, a graduated senior, those going on the Dominican Republic Exchange Trip in June and Mr.. Hite are fundraising for a Community Center in Teneres in the Dominican Republic. Our goal is $5,000  We have raised $1150 thus far.   There will be a Silent Auction on the night of Saturday May 14th at CHS.

For information, please see: http://supportofdevelopmentoftenares.mydagsite.com/home and https://sites.google.com/a/chccs.k12.nc.us/mr-hite-s-useful-links/virtual-silent-auction

Reminder that Service Learning hours is a requirement for graduation. See what opportunities there are, check your hours and so on at: https://sites.google.com/a/chccs.k12.nc.us/chapel-hill-carrboro-city-schools/academics/service-learning

The Coy Maddry Memorial Scholarship applications are available.  This is a faith based scholarship of $1000.00.  Deadline is May 6. See Coach Ross for an application.