We congratulate the wresting team on their sixth place finish at the State Wrestling Tournament in Prescott on February 10th and 11th.  Congrats to Brett Goodman and Joseph Bracamonte on being Cienega's newest State Champions and Christian Sanchez on becoming a State runner-up.  State Wrestling Qualifiers were: Cristian Sanchez, Bryce Bain, Brett Gudeman, T.J. Gudeman, Joseph Bracamonte, Collin Callaway, Garrett Brandt and Brett Garcia.  

On February 11th Hunter Jones and Trish Rush took  41 FFA members to compete in the Dean Merrill Field day at Central Arizona College. This event is the district level event for most FFA competitions, and is the largest practice for the state level event in March. This is the largest group CHS has ever taken to this event, and we were the largest FFA chapter attending.

All of our students worked hard to prepare themselves, and they did quite well at the events. The results are as follows:

Agriculture Mechanics (Clay Nallin, Rusty Brown, Landon Versluis) took 2nd overall with Clay Nallin taking 5th overall.

Aquaculture (Shannon Vance, Coy Hubbell, Derek Strickland, Andrew Normal) took 1st place overall, with Derek taking 2nd individual, Shannon taking 4th.

Horse Judging (A team: Megan Ayers, Chauncey Smith, Kathy Lauderdale, Justine Rice) (B team: Casie Rice, Myleigh Zetlmaier, Katrina Reeves) the A team took 3rd place overall, and the B team took 6th overall, with Megan Ayers taking 5th high individual.

Job Interview (Bobby Pratt, Elizabeth Deaton) Bobby took 2nd place and Elizabeth took 3rd place.

Livestock Judging (Sara Perazza, Chris Snodgrass, Amy Scheid, Taylor Burlsen) took 1st place overall, and Sara took 2nd high individual, and Chris took 6th high individual.

Meat Evaluation (Morgan Epperson, Annie Nallin, Megan Cisco, Garrett Gault, Emily Lay) took 2nd place overall, with Morgan took 2nd high individual and Annie 6th high individual.

Nursery and Landscaping (Kelly Mazur, Madison Kallatsa, Danielle Garcia-Estrada) took 4th place.

Range Management (Angela Upchurch, Sara Mappes, Nathan Harris, Shane Cubillas) took 1st place overall, with Angela taking 1st place high individual, and Sara taking 2nd.

Wildlife (Phillip Wetherbee, Eric Friedenberg, Josh Purvis, Zack Smith) took 1st place overall, with Philip taking 1st high individual, Eric taking 2nd, and Zack taking 3rd.

Cienega Student Council teamed together with Empire Student Council to raise money and school supplies for Willcox High School to assist them after their tragic fire that destroyed a significant part of the school. It was an eye opening experience for the Student Council Officers who went on the trip to deliver the supplies. As many of them stated, it is one thing to hear about the fire but to actually see the effects of it changes your perspective. The student body of Willcox High School greeted both schools by holding a Pep Rally to honor both schools. Cienega Student Council would like to extend a BIG THANK you to Empire Student Council for inviting Cienega Student Council to take part in this fundraiser.

http://www.kvoa.com/news/kids-help-willcox-hs-students-after-fire/?aaabbb   

Willcox Range News article 

Twenty teens came to school on Saturday, February 5 to attend a Leadership workshop hosted by SEBA (Supporting Education Business and Achievement). Mr. Walter Hill, parent, volunteer, and SEBA member taught presentation and public speaking skills through interactive discussions. It is always impressive to see teens give up a few weekend hours to cultivate life skills as they plan for their post high school options.

All Senior girls will be invited to the Princess Closet Prom Dress Fashion Show on Friday, April 1st.  Student models will walk the "runway" and model dresses which will be sold for $10.00.  Proceeds from the sale will go to the Special Education Department and to Student Council for Prom Ticket scholarships.  These dresses & accessories will be on sale Friday, April 1st and Monday, April 4th during lunch in the 100 conference room.  

Jesse Clark's medial production class at Cienega wins big at the Region Six Skills USA Comeptition, check out their winning videos here:

 http://chs.vail.k12.az.us/archives/1657

On Monday, February 14th - Valentines Day some students from Cat's Hope took a trip to UMC's Arizona Cancer Center and Diamond Children's Center to drop off over 700 Valentine's Day Cards to cancer patients.  These cards were made by various schools in the district.  Cat's Hope is a club that supports people going through or who have gone through cancer in various ways.  This was just one of them.  Along with the Valentine's cards, our students brought heart-shaped cookies and juice and gave them all out to patients.  If you are interested in being a part of this giving group, they meet during AB on Thursday's in the 100 Conference Room. Thanks Cats Hope for making a difference!  

Does your senior owe money to the bookstore or Sodexho??  All fines need to be paid before May 25th in order for your student to walk at the graduation ceremony.  If you don't know if you're senior owes money, contact Marcia Oliver, Graduation Coordinator at 879-1838 Monday through Friday between 7am and 3pm  

For Important Senior Dates click here 

This year's Junior Senior prom will be on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Jewish Community Center from 8:00pm -11:30pm.  The theme this year is "Moroccan Nights".  Tickets will go on sale when we get back from Spring Break and start at $40.  They will go up to $45 then $50 so buy your tickets before you buy your dress!  Age limit for guests is 20 years old.  Shoes must be worn at ALL times so bring your flats if you'd like.  Guest forms must be submitted by April 27th NO EXCEPTIONS! CLICK HERE for Guest Form.  

Please join us for an overview of Cienega's Senior Exit Project. We will be meeting on Thursday, March 31^st, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm in the Dining Auditorium.

We will outline the requirements of the Project and answer any questions you might have. We will also have information on our Summer Shadowing option. This will give your student a head-start on the Project, and has been proven to make students more successful and relaxed during their senior year.

Bring your student and have your questions answered.  We hope to see you on Thursday March 31st at 5:30 pm in Cienega's Dining Auditorium.

The bell schedule for the 2011/2012 school year has been a topic of conversation for well over a month. With the budget constraints facing education, it may be necessary to change our bell schedule for the 2012/2013 school year to a 1 - 6 period day. However, for the upcoming school year, 2011/2012 - the current block schedule will be in effect.

Dustin Strouse and Dustin Baker have been working hard for the past several months to help create a program we are calling "One Can A Week". I was fortunate enough to meet these young men when I asked the Marketing teacher, Kim Franzen, if she had any students that might be interested in helping me develop an idea that could generate enough food to form a community food bank in Vail. These two inspirational young men starting working right away. They developed a marketing plan and met with local businesses to see if we could gain local support. They created informational brochures, posters and a logo with our slogan "Vail Community = Unity". They put together a professional presentation to share their ideas with me and then continued to develop and grow those ideas. Through their hard work and dedication we have been able to pull together several schools, civic organizations and local churches to join as a community and ultimately end hunger in Vail. It is a constant reminder to me that some of our greatest resources are sitting in our classes everyday. If we trust them enough and provide them with opportunities to reach out to the community, not only will they do it, they will do it with passion and pride.

Written by Krista Gypton CTE Connections Coordinator, Vail School District

If your student is taking any courses through correspondence or Dual Enrollment through Pima, it is their responsibility to bring the transcript from that school to the registrar in order to get credit for the class and to be able to participate in graduation ceremonies.  This deadline is MAY 1^st unless taking a Pima class.  That deadline will be two days after the class has been completed.

If 7 absences are accumulated in any class regardless of the reason, unless it is a school related activity, THE STUDENT WILL NOT PASS THE CLASS AND WILL NOT GRADUATE IF THE CLASS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION! An appeal may be scheduled after May 1^st for illness or extenuating circumstances.

Seniors planning on attending a four year college should have applied to their schools by now.  You may lose valuable scholarship opportunities by procrastinating any longer.

Be sure to check the CHS Website for updated scholarship opportunities.  The link can be found by entering the website at http://chs.vail.k12.az.us  click on  "Counselor" link, from there click on "Scholarships".  This page is updated regularly, so check back often.

Senioritis can sometimes creep up on students.  Please be aware of this and monitor your students attendance and grades carefully so that there will be no unhappy surprises in May when it is time to celebrate the graduation of your son or daughter from Cienega.

Please utilize PowerSchool on a regular basis and stay informed of the progress your son or daughter is making in his or her classes http://ps2.vail.k12.az.us/public/ 

In their first competition of the year the indoor Winter Guard placed 3rd today at Highland High School.  Fusion the indoor percussion ensemble placed 1st.  Hopefully this is the first of many successful weekends to come for both of these groups.

Of this year's officers, only the treasurer will be seeking nomination for next year.  If you are interested in helping your child's school, please consider becoming an officer.  

CAT FRAT does not operate like other school PTA's.  At the high school level, needs are different.  We do not ask students to sell anything.  Our fundraising efforts are mainly from membership, as well as popcorn sales at the football games, Cienega water bottles, and E-Scrip.  Cat Frat financially supports many programs that affect EVERY student at Cienega.  Without CAT FRAT, these activities would not be possible:

Snacks provided for Bobcat Student of Success (providing snacks for 450 students).

• Teacher/Staff Appreciation Lunches
• Teacher/Staff Breakfast and Gifts in May
• Dessert at Senior Honors Night
• Phat Cat Prizes
• Student Club assistance

The next Cat Frat meeting is April 11th at 6:30pm in the Library.

GO TO EUROPE WITH FRENCH STUDENTS!  

Come to Europe with Cienega's French students:

When:  Spring Break 2012 for 12 days (The next trip will be in 2014).

Where:  London, Windsor, Paris,Versailles, Florence, Assisi, Rome, Capri, & Pompeii

Price:  $3200 for Students to age 23 and $3600 for Adults over age 23.

Included in the Price:  

1.  Airfare from Tucson to Europe and back.

2.  Train fare from London to Paris (under the Chunnel) and a Night Train from Paris to Florence.

3.  Metro in Paris and London, plus inter city trains where necessary. 

4.  Bus from Florence to Rome, and from Rome to Pompeii and back.

5.  Boat fare on the Seine in Paris for a night tour of the city, and Boat fare to the Blue Grotto on the Island of Capri in Italy

6.  Hotels in each city, close to the sites we will visit with private bath in each room.  The students stay 4 to a room and adults stay 2 to a room.

7.  Breakfast and Dinner each day, this includes food from the region one would expect to eat while in Europe.

8.  A Tour Guide that speaks all the languages of the areas we will be visiting.

9.  Entrance into all included tours and sites, such as Versailles Palace, Windsor Castle, the Louvre, the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, etc.

10.  FUN!  Lots and lots of fun you will remember for the rest of your life.  It's truly a once in a lifetime kind of trip.

Not included: 

1.  Tips for the drivers and the tour guides.

2.  Souvenirs.  You will need lots of souvenirs.  

3.  Lunch, usually we eat lunch while shopping in quaint little areas around the sites we tour.  

If you would like to be a part of this amazing trip, please contact Debora Webb and ask how you can get a $200 discount off the price of your tour before the end of February.

Contact Ms. Webb at [email protected] 

From March 3 to March 10, students from a school in Northeastern France will be visiting Cienega and 5 other High Schools in the Tucson area.  The students will follow a host student from class to class and watch how things work here in America.  At night the students go home with their host student and experience family life in Arizona.  Since these students are coming from the same school, their teachers will also be watching over them while they are here.  

The French students are chosen for this experience by their teachers because they are well behaved and they can handle life away from home for a couple of weeks.  They come here because they must be fluent in other languages in order to graduate from High School back in France.  Plus, they are curious about life in America and are eager to visit the 'Great' Canyon while they are here.  They want to experience what we go through everyday.  These students are courageous and adventurous, aren't they?

The school is located in Northeastern France near the city of Thionville. The French students are all 14 years old and in the 9th grade.  They are coming to Cienega because last year's Exchange students loved it here so much.  They had the chance to go to Boston, but chose to come back here because they wanted to visit our students at Cienega again. Comments from last year's group included that our school was super clean, the kids were all so nice, and they were amazed by how everyone was so accepting.  Our Cienega students made quite an impression. This year, we hope to create a memory book about their stay so future students can know what it's like to participate in an Exchange.

If you would like to host a student in the future, they also come to Arizona in the summer during the entire month of July.  Anyone in the area may host if you have a child of High School age, your family speaks primarily English in the home, and you have an extra bed the student may use while here.  The Exchange students do not require a room of their own.  All you need to do is open your home and your heart to a student from France for a little while.  I know you will enjoy the rewards of such and experience. 

Interested in hosting in the summer or next year?  Contact Debora Webb at [email protected] or Phillip McNeal at [email protected].  We would love to have you join us in hosting these students from France and opening your home to something new.  

The minutes for both the  January 12th and February 3rd Site Council meetings are available on the Cienega High School website.  Click  here to view.  The link is on the website under Resources then Community Links on the home page drop down. 

4/2 -  11th Annual Cienega Bobcat Golf Classic   

4/5 -  AIMS Math Testing & Stanford for Freshmen.

Late arrival for non-testing students 

4/25-4/28 CHS Cheerleader Tryouts 4:00-5:50pm  

4/31 Junior/Senior Prom

6/13-6/15 -  Hassey's Summer Football Camp 

Cienega High School

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Cienega High School creates an educational environment utilizing partnerships among community, parents, and staff to assist students in maximizing their academic potential and promoting life-long learning.