Good Morning
News and Info from Central High School:
Report cards are ready to be viewed in your HAC account. Any questions or concerns please
contact your student teacher or grade level principal.
CHS’s new web site. Please take the time to look over the different format and become familiar
with it. Please also mark it as one of you favorites.
http://campus.kellerisd.net/school/chs-004
Keller ISD’s Technology Department has officially launched new websites for all individual
KISD campuses featuring a mobile-friendly design with a more modern look and feel.
The new campus sites, also come with new web addresses, so KISD Technology encourages
anyone who may have bookmarked a particular campus website, to be sure to update that
bookmark as the old sites will no longer be available.
Click here for a list of District campuses and campus website links!
KISD’s new campus sites feature a standardized layout from campus-to-campus, allowing for
improved navigation and familiarity as students progress to new campuses. The sites also
integrate campus social media accounts. A feature not yet available, but that will be coming
soon, is the ability to subscribe to campus calendar feeds from a mobile device.
CHS National Merit Semifinalist
Congratulations to David Torkington and Christopher Kung for earning National Merit
Semifinalist status. David and Christopher are among 16,000 high school students that have
made the semifinalist list. That is an outstanding academic accomplishment especially since
there are over 14 million high school students in the United States. Congratulations to both of
these young men.
VASE 2016 Regional Results
We are so proud of the 145 CHS Art Students who competed this past weekend in the 2016
Regional VASE (Visual Art Scholastic Event) art competition, producing over 200 pieces of
artwork. Students were personally interviewed about their pieces and then the works were
evaluated and judged. Students could receive a score on a scale from 1 to 4 with 4 being the
highest rating. CHS students had top scores in all Divisions of the competition:
78 pieces - Score of 3 “Excellent”
128 pieces - Highest Score of 4 “Superior”
Congratulations to the following 8 CHS students who have 10 pieces that are advancing to the
State level. This event will take place April 22nd and 23rd in San Antonio, TX.
Megan Bosley – 2 pieces
Faith Dinh – 1 piece
Haley Morris – 1 piece
Aysia Muzquiz -1 piece
Gwen Olmos – 1 piece
Lea Scheen – 1 piece
Anh Truong – 1 piece
Andrea Vasquez – 2 pieces
CHS YEARBOOKS – LIMITED STOCK LEFT
A yearbook is something your son or daughter can treasure forever in this rapidly changing
world. Don’t let your child miss out on their memories of Central. The school has put in the
order for this year’s books and has extra, but they will run out. Buy today for
$85: http://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1423132/Central-High-School/2016Yearbook/2015071004152234754/CATALOG_SHOP/ Ordering online with that link allows
you to pay by credit card and is quick. If the link doesn’t work for you, go to
jostensyearbooks.com and search for the Central High School store. In addition, if you want to
pay with several payments, there is a “Jostens Pay” option when you order online that splits
payments up if you need. You can’t do that paying at school. If you want to pay by cash or check
(made out to “CHS Publications”), you may bring an order to the front office or have your
student take it to Mr. Waggoner in S009. If you are not sure if you purchased a yearbook,
contact Mr. Waggoner at [email protected]. An order form is attached.
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Congratulations to the following CHS Criminal Justice members for placing this past weekend
in Waco. Very proud of their efforts and results:
Competition
Place
Names
Crime Scene
Investigation
2nd place
Brittni Vilandre,
JaBree Holt,
Kimberlee Hendrix
Crime Scene
Investigation
3rd place
Hanna Cortesi, Phuong Trinh, John
Fernandez
Building Search
2nd Place
Ayla Rowntree, Hunter Lee, Bryce Anderson,
Navin Nanthavongsa,
Building Search
3rd Place
Michael Kearney, Jakob Hall, Acacia Cross,
Aydin Rocha
February character trait of the month was INTEGRITY! The following students were nominated
by a faculty member for the Outstanding Character trait of Integrity: Haleigh Conklin, Kara
Gipson, Mina Najera, Holden Putty, Kataliya Quinlan, Aiden Roberson, Nhi Ta and Kendall
Whitmer. Congratulations to these students! Thank you for making CHS such a great place to be.
March character trait of the month is TRUSTWORTHINESS! Let's all make an effort to be
trustworthy!
CTE Classes: Look what we offer for FREE in some of our Business-Finance-Marketing
classes! If you didn’t sign up for any of these classes for the 2016-17 school year, no
worries! Just turn in a schedule change form at your convenience or speak with any of the
teachers who currently teach these classes about what you need to do to be with us next year.
Business-Finance-Marketing Certifications List 2016-17
Certification
Price Per Exam
Entrepreneurial Expedition
Free
Course
Entrepreneurshi
p
Financial Literacy
MOS-Word
MOS-Word Expert
MOS-Excel
MOS-Excel Expert
MOS-Access
MOS-Power Point
MOS-Master Certification (Combo of
4)
All exam costs are covered by KISD
Free
$
5
$
5
$
5
$
5
$
5
$
5
$
0
Money Matters
86.2
BIM 1/BIM 2
86.2
BIM 1/BIM 2
86.2
BIM 1/BIM 2
86.2
BIM 1/BIM 2
86.2
BIM 1/BIM 2
86.2
BIM 1/BIM 2
345.0
BIM 2
Entrepreneurship teachers=Coach Moss and Mrs. Hankins
Money Matters techers=Coach Mellegard and Coach Sledge
BIM 1 and 2 teachers=Mrs. Hankins and Ms. Hargrove
Keller Central’s Varsity Colorguard placed 2nd in "Scholastic A" at the Austin WGI (Winter
Guard International), a national competition. The KC Color Guard program represented Keller
ISD very well against all of Texas! The Varsity Colorgaurd will be heading to WGI Dayton,
Ohio, in April for the World Championships where they’ll compete against groups from Japan
and Canada. Great work Colorguard!
Varsity Colorguard:
Brown, Catherine
Davis, Sarah
Gay, Tariq
Grice, Zoe
Lindenfeld, Fiona
Mendez, Patricia
Nguyen, Christine
Reese, Rachael
Thiravong, Kelly
Warren, Maddilynn
Congratulations to Carly Straight and Jason Head for an outstanding finish to the swimming
season at State!!!
Jason placed 8th in boys 200 (setting a new school record on Friday).
Carly placed 4th in girls 50 Free.
Next, Carly placed 4th in girls 100 Free.
Jason finished the day placing 4th in boys 100 Free with another new school record.
Both athletes not only hold the current school records in their respective events, but also
achieved automatic All-American Times!
Congratulations to our CHS students that participated in the AREA 11 Special Olympics
Basketball Tournament – at Handley Meadowbrook Community Center in Fort Worth on
Thursday, March 3, 2016. We are so proud of our Chargers!
Yousef Mufleh – 2nd place – Silver Medal
Ethan Tallmadge – 2nd place – Silver Medal
Benny May-Rodda – 1st place – Gold Medal
Central High School Student Council was elected as the Texas Association of Student Councils
District 3 President school. Current sophomore Renee Morehead will be the student
representative as President during the 2016-2017 school year.
This year the CHS Interact Club decided to partner with the ShelterBoxUSA organization to
purchase a ShelterBox for a family that has lost their home due to a natural or man-made disaster
in their country. Thank you to the CHS students and staff for raising $1738.00 through a
“Miracle Minute” on Thursday, March 3rd. The teachers and staff took 1 minute out of 2nd period
to pass a paper bag around their classroom or office to collect money to purchase a Shelter Box.
Through the “Miracle Minute” and donations during the week and with more donations expected
to come in, CHS will be able to purchase 2 ShelterBoxes for 2 needy families!
Congratulations to Mr. Brian McMahon and his 2nd period classroom for raising $131.00. They
will receive a doughnut party for raising the most money. Thank you to the CHS Interact Club
for all your hard work setting up the ShelterBox tent on Wednesday in the cafeteria and for
taking care of all the little details to have a successful Miracle Minute! Thank you also to Roy
Waggoner and the Broadcasting team for the video they produced to get the story of
ShelterBoxUSA to the students. Another thank you goes to the Keller Rotary for providing
matching funds up to $1500 from a Rotary Grant. This money along with funds raised by KHS
and TCHS Interact Clubs will purchase an additional 2 ShelterBoxes from Keller ISD! For more
information about this organization, please visit the ShelterBoxUSA website. Way To Go
Charger Nation!!
Keller ISD's Counseling Department and Safety and Security Department invite you to attend the
4th Annual Keller ISD Community Safety Forum on Wednesday, March 9, addressing the topics
of online predators and human trafficking.
This year's event will bring together parents, students, and the KISD community for a candid
discussion led by safety experts and professionals covering this year's topics.
The Community Safety Forum will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. March 9 at the Keller ISD
Education Center Texas Rooms, located at 350 Keller Parkway.
Key presenters at this year's forum will be Dr. Sophia Grant, M.D., and Information Security
Officer Jody Hawkins, both from Cook Children's Hospital.
Additional panelists will be on hand to spur discussion on the relevant issues and how they may
impact Keller ISD students and families:
Shellie McMillon, Alliance for Children
Keith Owens, Homeland Security
Megan Zuraw, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Officer James Intia, Keller Police Department and Keller ISD Parent
Amanda Bigbee, Keller ISD General Counsel
Sherryl Cummings, LPC-S, Keller ISD Intervention Counselor
For additional information, please contact Marcene Weatherall, Coordinator of Counseling
Intervention Services at 817-744-1041, or Kevin Kinley, Director of Safety and Security at 817744-1207.
Do not miss this opportunity to hear from experts in their fields and learn what you can do to
help keep your students safe.
As always if you have any questions or concerns please get in touch with us at any time.
Have a great Friday and even better weekend.
Eric C. Persyn
CHS Associate Principal