November 30, 2015


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Financial Aid 101
Collecting for needy
Senior Dues
Alumni social
Yearbook
Magnet apps
Peer tutoring
Scotland trip
Friends and Family
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PTO News
A message from PTO President Joan Khosla:

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We certainly enjoyed having our college freshman home again for the long weekend.  As he headed back for a busy 2½ weeks of prep and finals, I realized just how quickly time is moving.  CVHS seniors are neck deep in college/scholarship applications, juniors are staring down the SAT, sophomores are realizing they need to start seriously thinking about college planning, and freshman are just trying to catch their breath. We parents are just trying to keep up! 

Now, more than ever we need to stay focused. The UIL DEC meeting has been posted. It will be held at the Hattie Mae White Educational Center, 4400 West 18th St., Room 3 West 26 this Thursday, Dec. 3rd, at 7:30 a.m.

I know the time is tough, but I highly encourage anyone who can to sign up and speak to this committee to let them know how wrong it would be to remove UIL sports from CVHS.  So put that turkey leg down, postpone the holiday shopping and once again, step up and fight for CVHS as we tackle our latest battle with those determined to mess with perfection. 

Keep Calm and Rhino On!
Joan Khosla
Financial Aid 101

For so many of us who have grown used to the world of tuition-free public schooling, the prospect of filling out financial aid forms as our Rhinos head to college is a daunting one to say the least.

Ms. Chapman and Mr. Frau, however, are coming to the rescue. They will host the CVHS Parent Financial Aid Night in the library Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. They plan to cover all the financial aid topics, including, but not limited to, the CSS profile, FAFSA and institutional and non-institutional scholarships.

Information trumps trepidation any day, and this information from Ms. Chapman and Mr. Frau is designed to do exactly that.

Hope to see you there.
 
CVHS collecting for good
Contribute to holiday baskets for fellow CVHS families
 
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to our holiday food basket drive.  Thanks to your generosity, CVHS was able to provide beautiful baskets of food  to seven Rhino families to enjoy over the break.

The school is currently accepting donations for winter break baskets.  Non-perishable foods, gift cards, and cash donations can be given to Ms. Alvarenga in the school office.   
 
For more information, contact Ms. Alvarenga.
 
Senior Dues
Important info for the Class of 2016

With graduation, prom, and senior trip fast-approaching, it's time to start thinking about dues! Dues are $300 this year and include cap and gown, senior breakfast, diploma, graduation, prom, transportation to senior day activities, senior activities, and senior trip! 

Dues should be sent in as soon as possible. They can be made in partial payments or full. Please make out checks to "Carnegie Vanguard High School" and write your child's name in the memo line. 

There are three payment plans:
  1. Paid in full up front, with check given to Advocate;
  2. Three months at $100 per month, with checks submitted to Ms. Hernandez; or
  3. Six months at $50 per month, with checks submitted to Ms. Hernandez.
Please also consider donating to the Class of 2016 to sponsor those in need. Just include separate check than that paying for your own student. 

If you have any questions, or scholarship requests, please e-mail the Prom Committee! 


Coming back to school

Calling all CVHS Alumni! Mark your calendars now for the third annual CVHS Alumni Cookies and Cocoa Social at the school Monday, Jan. 4 from 2:30-3:30 p.m.

All alumni are invited to come and mix and mingle with all your friends and favorite CVHS teachers and staff. This is the day before students return from winter break, but teachers are working that day and are excited to drink cocoa and see you! This event is free of charge.

RSVP via the Facebook event page here if possible (but not required) so they know how many to plan for. Teachers will be hard at work that day, so please do not arrive any earlier than 2:20 p.m. to respect their time at work. Thanks!
 
Yearbook ordering time

The 2016 yearbook "Unbroken" is on sale. There is no better way to capture and preserve the year's events and experiences than with the yearbook.

The yearbook can be ordered online at balfour.com, while you can also pay online at schoolpay.com.

Buy an ad for your business or student. Ms. Paget and the yearbook staff can make your ad or assist with any other technical problems.

Cost is $70 per yearbook. Checks made payable to Carnegie Vanguard High School and cash are also accepted, and can be bought to Ms. Paget in the library.

For more information, e-mail her at APAGET@houstonisd.org.
 
Sibling applying? Let the office know



If you are a current CVHS parent who has a sibling applying for admission for next year, please be sure to indicate that you have a current student on the application. This will allow the magnet office to give sibling preference during the application process. 

For more information, e-mail Ms. Moumni at LMOUMNI@houstonisd.org.
 
Rhinos helping rhinos

The CVHS National Honor Society is proud to offer tutoring to all students. Due to high demand for tutors though, the NHS volunteers are moving from individual tutoring to small-group tutoring sessions. Any student who would like tutoring may come to Room 147 during SSEP every week, according to the schedule below:

Monday
Pre-AP Biology
All Math up to Algebra II
Spanish 1-3

Tuesday
AP Physics I
AP Human Geography
All Math up to Algebra II
French 1-3

Wednesday
AP and Pre-AP Biology
All Math up to Pre-Calculus AB
AP World History

Thursday
AP Human Geography
All Math up to Calculus AB (and AP Stats)
Pre-AP Chemistry
AP U.S. History

Friday
Pre-AP Biology

All are welcome!All your student has to do is come by, and they will receive any help they need in any subject listed. If they need help in a subject not listed here or have any questions, email NHS at cvhs.nhs.rhinos@gmail.com.

 
CVHS Theatre trip to Scotland
Join us at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

We are going to SCOTLAND! Carnegie has been invited to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, 2016.  The Fringe Festival is world's largest arts festival, and this is a fabulous opportunity for our students.  Want to learn more about how you can come support us this summer in Edinburgh, Scotland?  Info can be found here.
Friends and Family Campaign Donors

Thank you to all who have contributed to our 2015-2016  Friends and Family Campaign.  Together we have raised over  $23,000 to date, and are well on our way to our goal of $40,000.  
Still want to contribute?  Click here!


Carnegie Champions
Madhavi and Darshan Anandu
Laurel Agris and Steve Cole
Yu Yuan Chen and Hong Ngo
The Jiang Family
Kevin McCarthy
The Redding Family
Jeffrey and Elizabeth Spike
John and Denise Stoneburner
The York Family
 
Principal's Circle
Joan and Deepak Khosla
Maneesha Sharma and Manoj Devashish

Courtyard Cadre
The Bailey Family
The Clavijo Family
Laura Dew and Paul Revilla
The Hussein Family
Kilby Hoskins and Paolo Passaro
Patrick and Katie Hwu
Caroline and David Quenemoen
Joyce and Steve Sandweiss
Lundin and Teresa Schneider
Craig Vollmers and Katherine Timmins-Vollmers
 
Balcony Bunch
Sarah and Eric Bittner
The Ciura Family
Kansara and Rupal Dushyant
The Greenberg Family
Hilda and Brian Hendrix
Rohit Kawathekar and Gouri Kulkami
Andrew and Maria Keene
The Lemoine Family
Allison and Mark Levine
The Ma Family
Goroh and Jo Ann Numata
The Odegard Family
The Bruce Smith Family
Joan and Drake Terrell
The Tetzlaff Family
 Maria and Theodore Yang

Green Roof Gang
Erin and Martin Brau
John and Anne Cheek
Thu Hang Dao-Jeanjean
Lynne and Roger Goddard
Robert and Julie Goodfriend
Theresa Gregory and Martin Hajovsky
The Hilder Family
Yoginder and Anshu Kak
Lawler-Kelly Family
The Maislin Family
Allison McLean
Susana Monteverde and William Grimsinger
Colleen Morris and Douglas Coleman
The Parris Family
Heather and Ari Purcell
The Registe Family
The Rice Family
The Savage Family
The Sezin Family
Beth Ann Volz
Catherine and Patrick Waites
Cathy  and Ronnie Winter
Jun Yun and Yaquin Bao
Upcoming Events

Dec. 1
Financial Aid Information Night, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 15-18
Final exams

Dec. 19 to Jan. 4
Holiday break

Jan. 5
First day of spring semester

Jan. 7
PTO Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 18
MLK Day. No school

Jan. 27
Early dismissal, 1:30 p.m.