The schedule for Carnegie Magnet Tours has changed. Weekly tours will now be held at 1 p.m. each Thursday, starting Oct. 8 and continuing through Dec. 3. There are still volunteer slots available, starting this week.

Tours will include a presentation in the CVHS Theater in the Fine Arts Building followed by student-led tours. Parent volunteers are needed to accompany and assist with these weekly tours. Magnet tours are an excellent opportunity for potential students and their parents to get better acquainted with Carnegie's magnet program and our wonderful CVHS community. The parent perspective is an important one and multiple volunteers will be needed each Thursday during the eight weeks that the tours will take place.

You may sign up for as few or as many dates as your schedule allows. If you would like to help, click the Magnet Tour Volunteer link here to sign up or for more information.

 

School picture proofs will be distributed to the students this week. They will get them in their advocacy or English class. Senior pictures are being distributed in the library. They should purchase their pictures by Oct. 23rd. Pictures may be paid by cash, check returned to their teacher or online, whichever is the most efficient way to order them. Online orders will be sent to your address.

Rhinos who missed picture day in September can still be immortalized in the 2015-16 yearbook. 

Re-takes have been scheduled for fourth period on Monday, Oct. 26. See Ms. Paget in the library if you have any questions.

 

 

Carnegie Vanguard is now the only school in Houston ISD to have available the National Geographic Virtual Library. This is every magazine since 1888 scanned in full text including maps.

To use this resource got to the Infotrac website here and type in the password "astros" to get access.

This is a wonderful research tool and is available for use to everyone in our community from grade school on up.

Thanks for this Ms. Paget!

 

Looking for more ways to meet Rhino parents? Several new neighborhood Rhino Parent Network gatherings are in the works.

These are free format, no RSVP needed, get-together opportunities. If you live in the neighborhood or passing by during the times and locations below, please stop by and say hello to other parents.

If you would like to start a Rhino Parent Network in your neighborhood please contact Reva Mohapatra to help get it going at revacmohapatra@gmail.com.

Upcoming meetings: 

Inversion Coffee and Art, 1953 Montrose Blvd.

Wednesday, October 14, 11 a.m.

Contacts: Jacqueline Keus 281-658-0315 or Reva Mohapatra 281-673-5238

Panera Bread, 3151 W. Holcombe Blvd.

Thursday, October 22, 1 p.m.

Contacts: Liza Sarmiento Cardore 281-685-5256 or Reva Mohapatra 281-673-5238

Cedar Creek Cafe Bar & Grill, 1034 W. 20th St.

Thursday, October 29, 5 p.m.

Contacts: Allison Blazek owlblazek@gmail.com or Reva Mohapatra 281-673-5238

We will post information on upcoming events as they become available.

 

The CVHS National Honor Society is proud to offer peer tutoring to any student who needs help in any subject. Any student who needs help can fill out this short form here and NHS will contact the student soon with information about when to meet with her or his tutor.

Tutoring began this week, so anyone who has already requested a tutor will receive information soon.

 

 

Volunteer news
You MUST register (and possibly re-register) with VIPS

For all of those planning to volunteer this year (and we hope that means all of you), please note that the rules have changed. You must re-up your official HISD VIPS (Volunteers in Public Schools) registration yearly if you are going to be volunteering on campus.

Please help advance the compliance of the CVHS campus by keeping your registration current. Even if you have registered before, and even if you have visited campus before, you still need to provide your license to Ms. Alvarenga at the front desk for purposes of the license check part of VIPS registration. HISD requires this check to be done yearly, even if you were registered before.

If you were registered last year, only this license step is required. If you were not registered last year (completely, including the license step), then you will need to first enter personal data online before you provide your license for the VIPS license check at the VIPS website at http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/90800.

For more information on volunteering, visit the PTO volunteering page here or e-mail Sarah Bittner, 3rd VP - Volunteers and Special Events, at volunteers@cvhspto.org.

Our college counselors, Ms. Chapman and Mr. Frau, have scheduled lots of college visits in the coming weeks.  These sessions are intended for juniors and seniors, who must sign up for the visits in Naviance, and must have permission from their class teachers to attend. Details about time and location can also be found in the Naviance system.  This list is updated frequently, so be sure to check for additional visits. 

College	Date	Time
Oberlin College	Oct. 6	9:15 a.m.
Goucher College	Oct. 5	10 a.m.
Earlham College	Oct. 5	1:30 p.m.
Indiana University at Bloomington	Oct. 5	7 p.m.
Middlebury College	Oct. 6	8:30 a.m.
Purdue University	Oct. 6	8:30 a.m.
Rhodes College	Oct. 6	8:30 a.m.
Michigan State University	Oct. 6	11 a.m.
Haverford College	Oct. 6	1:30 p.m.
Lafayette College	Oct. 6	2:15 p.m.
Baylor University	Oct. 7	12:30 p.m.
Sewanee	Oct. 7	12:30 p.m.
Villanova University	Oct. 7	12:30
Grinnell College	Oct. 7	3:30 p.m.
Sarah Lawrence College	Oct. 8	8:30 a.m.
Davidson College	Oct. 8	12:30 p.m.
Duke University	Oct. 9	8:30 a.m.
Lewis & Clark College	Oct. 9	9:15 a.m.
St. Edward's University	Oct. 9	9:15 a.m.
George Washington University	Oct. 9	10 a.m.
Scripps College	Oct. 9	10 a.m.
University of Notre Dame	Oct. 9	11 a.m.
American University	Oct. 9	12:30 p.m.
Elon University	Oct. 12	8:30 a.m.
Macalester College	Oct. 12	2:15 p.m.
Northwestern  University	Oct. 16	8:30 a.m.
The Cooper Union	Oct. 16	9:15 a.m.
The University of Richmond	Oct. 19	12:30 p.m.
Georgetown University	Oct. 20	12:30 p.m.
Case Western Reserve University	Oct. 22	8:30 a.m.
University of Southern California	Oct. 22	9:15 a.m.
Clark University	Oct. 22	11 a.m.
Colorado College	Oct. 22	1:30 p.m.
Reed College	Oct. 22	2:15 p.m.
Hampshire College	Oct. 23	10 a.m.
The College of Wooster	Oct. 26	10 a.m.
Bennington College	Nov. 3	8:30 a.m.

 

HISD recently completed an audit oftwo components of the 2012 bond. Completed audits of the Job Order Contracting Implementation and Execution and the Design & Selection Process for Job Order Contracts can be found at vanguardian.org. Please take the time to read these important reports.