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News from the Counseling Department
Week of April 8, 2013
Summer School
Summer school registration is now open! Summer school will be held at CDO this summer and registration is handled on the CEP website at www.cep-az.org (hover over "Community Ed" at the top of the page and you will get a drop down menu that includes "high school summer school"). Information regarding dates, fees, and courses offered can also be found on the website. Please remember that if your student fails a course that is required for graduation, they must make up that course in order to ultimately earn their diploma.
Summer school is a great way to make up that credit!
Coming soon: information regarding online summer school opportunities
We do not have online summer information yet, but hope to have it soon. There is no fee for online summer school, but we urge you to consider carefully before signing your student up for an online class. Online classes require a great deal of self-motivation and a certain level of maturity in order for a student to find success in the class. More information will be posted here once it is available.
Service Academies Conference
The 2013 Service Academies Conference will be held at Saguaro High School on Saturday, April 20 from 10 am - noon. Representatives of the Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, Military, and Naval Academies will explain the unique academic, career, and military opportunities each school offers. Congressional staff will also be present to explain the required Congressional application and nomination process. Please RSVP for this event at http://flake.senate.gov/rsvp. For more information, please see the poster in the counseling office.
Debbie Clark Memorial Scholarship
Seniors who graduated 8th grade from Cross Middle School are now eligible to apply for the Debbie Clark Memorial Scholarship! The Cross Middle School Parent Teacher Organization will award up to four $250 scholarships to deserving CDO seniors that were promoted from Cross Middle School. Please pick up an application in the counseling office. Applications are due no later than Friday, May 3.
Upcoming College Visits/Events:
- Wednesday, April 17, 8:30 am - Colorado Mesa University
- Wednesday, April 17, 9:30 am - Arizona State University
- Thursday, April 18, 9:00 am - Grand Canyon University
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Please use the below link to access the District's Climate Survey. The survey will be open until May 3rd.
Parent:
Click here for the Parent Survey |
| AIMS TESTING & STANFORD 10 TESTING |
AIMS TESTING & STANFORD 10 TESTING
CDO will be administering the AIMS AND Stanford 10 exams on the following dates.
Tuesday, April 9th
AIMS MATH - for ALL sophomores and upperclassmen that have yet to pass
STANFORD 10 - reading, math, and language for ALL FRESHMAN
Wednesday, April 10th
AIMS Science - for ALL FRESHMAN
Both these days are "late in" days for non-testing students. There is NO 1st period on either day and only ONE lunch. On Tuesday, 4/9, students will have periods 2,4,and 6. On Wednesday, 4/10, students will have periods 3,5, and 7. The schedule is as follows:
TESTING 8:00 - 11:47
LUNCH 11:47 - 12:27
PERIODS 2 or 3 12:27 - 1:20
PERIODS 4 or 5 1:25 - 2:20
PERIODS 6 or 7 2:26 - 3:20
Please keep in mind that the busses will run their normal schedules. There is NO midday transportation. Non - testing students are strongly encouraged to make alternative transportation arrangements on these days. Non -testing students that are on campus in the morning will have to remain either in the library of the main gym for the entire testing period. The only students required to be on campus in the morning are those students that are testing.
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Congratulations to Chris Gabriel, CDO's science teacher.
Chris Gabriel was just accepted to participate in the
AZ project WET and STEM Academy this summer.
She will work with Tucson Water professionals identifying and solving problems in the field
- Create STEM units that incorporate locally and globally relevant content:
- Water Supply & Distribution
- Water Quality
- Water Conservation
- Connect students to reliable STEM careers
- Incorporate Common Core standards for Literacy and Math into curriculum
- Implement Next Gen Science Standards within STEM units
- Collaborate with water professionals, teachers and students
- Acquire new technology tools and skills
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Congratulations to our students!!
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CDO Engineering Club
CDO Engineering Club's first FIRST Robotics Competition.
Congratulations!! Team Members
Tori Robins, Ryan Svedberg, Zachary Broyles, Brendan Carpenter. Kal Cramer, Jacob Garcia, Brandi Johnston, Christian Meza, Gustavo Placencia Carranza, Savannah Salazar, McKay Stewart, Joel Thibault, Shelby Worden, and, Jared Immerman.
click for photo The Pride of Amphi
On March 21 - 23, the CDO Engineering Club competed in the FIRST Robotics Regional Competition in Chandler Arizona. The objective of the competition was to deliver a student- designed and built robot that was capable of working with a "team" of robots to deliver Frisbees into various goals, then to climb a pyramid. The robot was to perform autonomously initially then was controlled by a driver for the balance of the "game period". Following a dozen matches, CDO'S robot placed 15th among 50 teams from the region including Arizona, New Mexico, Sothern California and Mexico. This was by far the highest "Rookie Team" finish for which they were awarded the Highest Rookie Seed Award. Additionally, because of the CDO team's "spirit of ingenuity and creative use of recycled materials, plus their community outreach and grasp of the true spirit of the FIRST Robotics objectives", they were given the coveted Rookie All-Star Award which includes a special invitation to compete in the FIRST Robotics World Championship in St. Louis Missouri April 23 - 27.
100's of hours of student and volunteer support were put into the preparation for the contest with generous support from various regional companies. Amphitheater School District should be proud of their future engineers for their accomplishments thus far and for setting high standards for future CDO Engineering Club members.
Link to FRC website:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/championship-event
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Odyssey of the Mind
Our junior senior Odyssey team will be going to World Finals. The team will compete at Michigan State May 22 - May 26
Canyon del Oro HS - 1st place at State
Coaches: Bob and Kathy Cramb
Team Members:
Lisa Lavergne, Josh Case, Jennifer Marine, Citlali Aguilar-Canamar, Andy Boyan, and Evan Cramb
The other CDO team had an awesome performance and was 4 points out of first in their long-term (performance) solution. This team placed 3rd overall in the tournament.
Team members:
Jade d-Auteuil, Kayla Cordero, Sarah Spurlin, Sarah Sheldon
Robbie DeBoucher.Dante Wrenn, and Joel Thibault
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| 1st Annual "Musician's Cup" Golf Tournament |
The CDO Band Boosters is hosting its
1st Annual "Musician's Cup" Golf Tournament on
Saturday, May 4th.
We are looking for lots of golfers, business sponsorships and raffle/silent auction items.
Golfer Fees are: $100 or $340 per foursome
Golf Registration Form
Sponsorship Packages start at just $120 for a hole sponsorship.
Golf Sponsor Form
If you have any questions, please email bnfritz@q.com
We hope that you will register to golf or consider sponsoring this great fundraiser.
Here's what we are fundraising for, our current Top 3 instrument needs are:
Jupiter 594L Brass Sousaphone with Case- Looking to purchase up to 3- MSRP $4,195 each after educator discount
Dynasty 010-M541L Marching Mellophone- Looking to purchase 3-$1,025 each after educator discount
Adams MCKF-43 4.3 Octave Marimba with endurance field frame- $3,915after educator discount.
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News from the Announcements
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THE STUGO JUNIORS PRESENT TO YOU, "A Night Under The Sea Prom 2013". Tickets are now on sale in the Bookstore and go up $5.00 each week! If you are bringing someone from another school you will need to get a permission slip in the office.
HIGH SCHOOL DOESN'T LAST FOREVER, but your yearbook will. Yearbooks will be for sale Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during both lunches in the MPR. Yearbooks cost $65.00 and the last few years' yearbooks will be for sale for $10.00. Come visit us and secure this year's yearbook for yourself.
ATTENTION CDO: Check out the new items for sale in the bookstore. We have new shirts, pens and pencils. We are also featuring the Dorado Design Challenge! Design a logo for this contest and if your design wins, it will be featured on a bookstore item for the 2013/2014 school year! Stop by the bookstore for more details. In addition, P.E. Coaches will be holding a contest to re-design the P.E. uniforms for next school year...For more information contact Ms. Gerard.
COUNSELING
SENIORS who were on the Casas Adobes Rotary 8th Grade Honor Roll in 2009, you are now eligible for a Casas Adobes Rotary scholarship. Scholarship applications were sent out to eligible students just before break. If you did not receive an application, but think that you are eligible for this scholarship, please see Mrs. Barcanic in the counseling office. Applications are due April 20.
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