Mon 11/9 - Spirit Line Try outs, Cafe 3:45-5:30 Tues 11/10 - Spirit Line Try outs, Cafe 3:45-5:30 Tues 11/10 - IB Parents Mtg, Cafe 6pm Thur 11/12 - Spirit Line Try outs, Cafe 3:45-5:30 Sat 11/14 - Barnes & Noble (Foothills) Early Childhood Fund Raiser, 10-11 am Sat 11/14 - SAT/ACT Practice Test Opportunity - check last week's email Tues 11/17 - Civics Test, Juniors Wed 11/18 - College Financial Aid Night, Cafe 6pm Wed 11/18 - "We Heard You" Tour with Diane Douglas, Supt Az Public Schools Mon 11/20-12/4 - SPIRIT WEEK Fri 12/4 - IB APPLICATIONS DUE Sat 12/5 - FORMAL, TCC, 7-11:30pm
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News from the Counseling Department
Week of November 9, 2015
With five weeks to go until final exams, we would like to take this opportunity to remind you to regularly check the Parent Portal for grade information for your student. We would also like to ask you to encourage your student to be checking the Student Portal on a regular basis. It is important for students to be aware of how they are doing in their classes and to see missing assignment information early so that they can take care of any problems.
Save the Date!
Wednesday, November 18 at 6:00 pm in the Café
Financial Aid Night for Seniors
Come learn more about the financial aid process, the FAFSA, and how to qualify for the most amount of money. Financial aid is available for all types of post-secondary institutions. Although this evening is geared towards seniors, all grade levels are welcome. We will be hosting another Financial Aid Night for grades 9-11 in the spring.
IB applications are now available!
IB applications are now available for those sophomores who would like to join the IB program next year. Please pick up an application in the counseling office, outside Mrs. Cisco's office, or in Mr. Morin or Ms. Snider's classrooms. Applications must be submitted no later than Friday, December 4 at 3:30 pm to either Mrs. Cisco or Mrs. Barcanic. Please see Mrs. Cisco or Mrs. Barcanic if you have any questions!!
Another great opportunity....
CDO will be offering the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) for students on Monday, November 16 at 8:30 am. The ASVAB is the best aptitude and interest inventory available! If your student isn't sure about what career field he/she would like to go in to, this test can help them explore what they would be good at doing, and what they would enjoy doing (and where those two things overlap!). Please have your student sign up in the counseling office.
Scholarship Spotlight:
Burger King Scholarship: $1,000-$50,000 scholarships will be awarded. Applicants must:
- Be living in the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico
- Be graduating high school seniors
- Have a cumulative high school grade point average of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or the equivalent
- Plan to enroll full-time, without interruption, for the entire 2016-17 academic year at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the U.S., Canada or Puerto Rico
For more information and to apply: https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/burgerkingscholars/information.php
Deadline = December 15, 2015
Upcoming College Visits:
November
Arizona State University Monday, Nov. 9, 9:30 am
California Inst of the Arts (in CDO Little Theater)Tuesday, Nov. 17, 8:55 am
Pima Community College Tuesday, Nov. 17, 9:00 am
Financial Aid Night (in Café) Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6:00 pm
December
Arizona State University Tuesday, Dec. 1, 9:00 am
Pima Community College Tuesday, Dec. 1, 9:00 am
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CDO IB PARENT MEETING
Tuesday 11/10/15 there will be a CDO IB Parent Meeting, 6pm Cafe. Presentations will also be provided by ASU and UofA honors colleges as well. All parents and students welcome.
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 WINTER FORMAL TICKETS
Tickets go on sale this week in the Bookstore; they will be sold before school and during both lunches Monday through Thursday, no tickets will be sold on Fridays. The cost is $30.00 per person and will go up by $5.00 each week so purchase your tickets early.
Non-CDO guest forms are availabl
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Saturday, Dec 5 - 7:00-11:30pm, TCC
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 Hello Dorados! The School Resource Officers would like to take the opportunity to talk about the philosophy of the Oro Valley Police Department regarding the SRO program. With the recent event which occurred in South Carolina involving police use of force SRO programs across the nation are reviewing their procedures and approach to school based policing. The Oro Valley Police Department School Resource Officer program has been in place without interruption since 1977. While the program has grown and developed since its inception, currently we follow the National Association of School Resource Officers (N.A. S.R.O.) triad concept. The SRO triad follows three individualized concepts to include teacher, informal counselor and law enforcement. Your SRO's strive to make positive relationships with the students on campus through daily interactions, high visibility and an open door policy. This has been proven to foster a positive environment making officers more approachable for all students. The SRO's teach a variety of different topics to include distracted driving, 4th amendment, and current drug/alcohol awareness. The open door policy enables students to speak with an Officer about possible illegal activity, legal questions, personal issues and career mentoring. While law enforcement is a part of the SRO triad the majority of time spent with students is being an informal counselor and teacher. If you ever have any questions or concerns please contact Officer Beauchamp or Officer Brown. |
MEET JENNIFER ATTEBERRY-PIERPONT
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Meet Mrs. Atteberry-Pierpont
My name is Jennifer Atteberry-Pierpont and I am the Career and Technical Education, Early Childhood Education Teacher, CDO Preschool Director, CTE Department Head, and FCCLA-Early Childhood Advisor. I have been teaching at CDO for 12 years and I absolutely LOVE being here. CDO is home for me as I graduated from CDO myself and couldn't imagine teaching anywhere else. I am married to my husband, Eric (also a CDO grad) who is a Paramedic and Firefighter for Northwest Fire District and we have two wonderful children, Blake and Kelcy. Blake attended CDO Preschool and is now a first grader at Harelson Elementary and Kelcy is finishing her last year as a CDO Preschooler and will be off to Kindergarten next fall. Both of our kids have been born and raised as Dorados and are very excited about attending high school here in the future. In our extra time as family we enjoy various outdoor activities such as camping, riding in the sand dunes, and lots of boating and water skiing. We love spending time together and having lots of fun and laughs along the way.
I currently teach four levels of Early Childhood Education where we learn about children from prenatal to age eight. We cover the areas of development and how to work with children in developmentally appropriate ways. We interact with the children here at our on-site preschool. CDO Preschool enrolls district employee's children as well as community children aged 2.5 to 5 years old. CDO Preschool has a Five Star Rating from Arizona's First Things First, Quality First Program.
As the FCCLA - Early Childhood Advisor I have the opportunity to watch the students as they build and gain leadership skills by attending various leadership conferences and workshops. These students are then able to put their ideas and skills to work by competing in areas such as community service activities, community awareness activities, and planning and teaching with children. Our students are consistently ranked toward the top of the state and make CDO very proud!!
In addition to my other titles, I am also the Career and Technical Education Department Head. I help to oversee all of the phenomenal CTE programs that CDO offers your children. All of our teachers and programs work to create hands-on, real life applications of our areas of content.
As I said above I can't imagine coming anywhere else each day for work and I absolutely LOVE CDO! It is always great to be a Dorado!
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CHECK OUT CDO TWITTER FEED
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  Led by the ebullient Piper Gray, CDO's Academic Decathlon team rolled to its first victory of the season with commanding performance at the Marana Academic Decathlon Scrimmage on Saturday beating 6 other teams from southern Arizona. Piper garnered the top score of all competitors, earning 8 awards in the process. Sarah Spurlin easily won first in her division, accumulating a total of ten awards. Also placing in the top five of their divisions were Alli Gilbreath (6 awards), Zach Azares (8 awards), Brady Lybarger (6 awards), Jonah Yetman (6 awards), Albert Windes (8 awards) and Sarah Sheldon (8 awards). Also winning at least one certificate were Marissa McRae, Chloe Penna, Travis Dobbin, Cate Yarborough, Jason Ronstadt, Paige Dingman, Jack Dauncey, and Ryly Sawyer. Jessica Sheldon also competed and narrowly missed winning several awards. Congratulations to the entire team for their hard work and a great start to the season.
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ARIZONA CIVICS TEST FOR JUNIORS
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http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/01/15/arizona-passes-law-requiring-students-pass-civics-test/21830955/
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Orders placed by Sunday, September 27, 2015 will arrive to your home by October 10, 2015 (if shipped) or available for pick up at school on October 8, 2015 (choose pick up).
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If you shop Amazon, please use www.smile.amazon.com instead of just amazon and choose to support CDO Parent Organization. Every little bit helps us to help CDO.  |
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CDO ANNOUNCEMENTS
DRESS CODE
- HEY DORADOS! This is a reminder that the dress code is still in effect. Ladies, your tops must have straps on the shoulders, no showing or exposed undergarments and your midriff, front and back, must be covered. Open or exposed backs on shirts are not allowed, either. Gentlemen, same for you: no exposed undergarments, no tank tops where the armpit hole extends to the waist, no exposed midriff and no images or language on shirts that violate the dress code. Dress code violators will be directed to Mrs. Henkel in Counseling where they will exchange their top for a CDO t-shirt. Keep it classy CDO.
STUDENT IDs
- A GENTLE REMINDER ABOUT IDs: IDs must be worn and displayed while on campus by all students. Around the neck or on the bag facing front is perfectly acceptable. In the pocket or out of site is unacceptable - students must have it on and showing. If you don't have it on or showing in front you will most likely receive a lunch detention. Thanks for your thoughtful cooperation.
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Please come support CDO Preschool and Early Childhood Education at Barnes and Noble on Nov 14th!
Attached is the information for our Book Fair at Barnes and Noble on November 14. The event will run open to close at the Foothills Mall location. We will be providing activities for children and families from 10:00am-11:00am and Barnes and Noble will host a Story Time at 11am in their Children's area upstairs. Our program can earn up to 25% of the sales from this event! Please note on the attachment, online purchases can be made the week after our book fair for any family or friends out of town who would like to purchase towards our fundraiser. You may share the voucher with friends and family in town too, they just need to notify the cashier of our event upon checkout. It's the perfect season for gifts! ;) Please let us know if you have any questions!
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 Yearbook - Senior Announcement
CDO Seniors: now that your photos are finished, put a great quote with it for the yearbook. Submit your appropriate quote using the boxes at the Library and Athletic Secretary. Leave your legacy in the Yearbook, get your quote submitted by Thanksgiving!!!!!
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Parent & Student Portals
The Parent Portal and Student Portal are excellent resources for families to monitor academic progress. Previously established Parent Portal and Student Portal accounts should still be active from last year. If you need to set up a new Parent or Student Portal account or if you are having difficulty with your current account, please contact Patsy Valencia at pvalenci@amphi.com for help.
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Purchase Legacy Bricks
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CDO Silent Witness Hot Line
696-5564
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Officer Beauchamp:
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Officer Brown:
tbrown@amphi.com
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