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Dear Friends:
Thanks for the great turnout at the PFC meeting Monday. Much was discussed and shared. We are fortunate to have so many parents always attend. Just a few of the things discussed monthly: Principal Foss shares school news, updates and answers questions, our Assistant Principals Young, Scifres and Emery come when they can and share event news, sports/facilities updates and academic information. Other information shared comes from Peer Support President Spencer Hurwitz and VP Katie Romanovich, Our College and Career Center Advisor, Robin Lutsky, Booster Club representatives, City News from Mayor Shapiro, and all our latest PFC information such as budget, Donor Drive, deadlines and so much more. Come join us in January!
Please encourage anyone interested in attending CHS to come to our Showcase this Saturday, December 6th from 10am - noon. There will be tours, entertainment and all the information prospective families need when making a decision where to go to high school. CHS is about wonderful opportunities for the best education at a public school. (Please see informational flyer in this newsletter for more information).
Many thanks,
Laura Ainsworth
Lisa Wayne
PFC Co-Presidents
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Upcoming Events
Dec 5 CHS Winter Dance Concert 7 pm in the PAEC
Dec 8 Jazz Combo & Percussion Ensemble Concert 7 pm in the PAEC
Dec 10 R.A.P. 7pm in the Library
Dec 10 Theater Booster Meeting 7:30 pm in the Black Box
Dec 11 Winter Music Concert 7 pm in the PAEC
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For more information on any of the above - please see articles below
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Save The Date
Dec 19 ComedySportz Alumni match 7 pm in the theater
Dec 20 CHS Alumni Baseball Game 10am
Dec 22 to Jan 5 Winter Break
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For more information on any of the above - please see articles below
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UPCOMING FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION SESSIONS:
There are two important Financial Aid nights coming up. All parents in all grades are encouraged to attend -- It is never too early to start planning how to pay for college! This year our presenter is Trevor Mizrahi, a financial aid expert and Certified College Financial Planner. Trevor is a regular on the high school and community presentation circuit, helping families save money and find money to send kids to college. Trevor will be making the following presentations:
Part 1, Tues. Dec. 16th at 7:00pm in the Lecture Hall: Financial Aid A to Z. Learn the differences between grants, students loans, scholarships, etc. Find out what's out there for your family.
Part 2, Wed. Jan. 7th at 7:00pm in the Lecture Hall: FAFSA Line by Line. Bring your lap top or other device and learn how to fill out the FAFSA - the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This application can be submitted for FREE -- learn how to conquer this document line by line easily.
These Financial Aid Information Nights are FREE for all PFC members and $25.00 each for non-members. You may also join the PFC for $40.00 and attend these and other events free of charge. For more information about the Financial Aid events, please c ontact Robin Lutsky at rlutsky@lvusd.org for more information.
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College and Career Center
UPDATE ON PSAT SCORES:As soon as PSAT scores are delivered to the College and Career Center we will be presenting our Annual Score-Back Night. At the Score-Back Night we will be returning scored PSATs to students followed by a presentation on how to understand and utilize the PSAT score report. PSATs may arrive as soon as tomorrow or as late as the end of December. Watch emails, the CHS website and announcements for more information on PSATs. Questions? Email Robin Lutsky at rlutsky@lvusd.org.
COLLEGE TIP:
After over 100 College Visits this fall, the most heard advice from all the Admissions Directors who visited was: Be yourself. Follow your passions. Be Authentic. An overly polished essay may sound artificial; things done because "they look good on a college application" may appear as though the student did not have a true passion for anything. If you're in 9th grade, hone in on something that makes you happy, gets you involved and makes you interesting -- and don't worry what peers think. Strive for authentic experiences and not ones that you think a college would like to see.
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 CHS Boys Basketball...
Over the Thanksgiving break, our Boys Basketball teams were busy!
Varsity took 5th place in the 63rd Annual Pacific Shores Tournament at Redondo Union High School. The Varsity defeated traditional powers Mayfair, Inglewood, and Gardena Serra while suffering only a last second defeat to Westchester. Senior Conner Longmire was named to the all-tournament team.
Junior Varsity won the championship of the Valley Invitational Tournament with five consecutive victories over Fairfax, Moorpark, Harvard-Westlake, Notre Dame, and Agoura. The championship game involved an exciting one point buzzer beating tip-in basket by Zach Favaedi to secure the victory over the Chargers. Junior Andrew Parry was named the tournament's most valuable player.
The Sophomore team played well to a 2-2 record while competing "up" a level in the West Torrance JV Tournament.
Congratulations to all of the teams!
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WHY SO MANY PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS WRESTLED IN HIGH SCHOOL
(and why you should too)!
Why do College and Pro football coaches love football players who wrestled in high school? The answer is simple - wrestlers are the best conditioned, mentally toughest athletes in the world. They learn balance, strength and how to use their hands to move another wrestler around. Also wrestlers never quit, they have a positive attitude and they never say never. These are exactly the kind of personality and skill traits that football coaches at the highest level are looking for in a college or pro athlete. There's a saying in wrestling that "once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy." The point is that you can teach skills, but you can't always teach character. Wrestling builds character whether you're a football player or just a kid who wants to get into shape and make new friends.
YOU CAN STILL JOIN CHS WRESTLING TODAY AND ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME THE BEST STUDENT ATHLETE POSSIBLE!
See Coach Falk in M4 during lunch and nutrition.
CHS WRESTLING SCHEDULE TAKES OFF IN DECEMBER!
December is the middle of the wrestling season and it's by far the busiest!
Our first big tournament is the TOHS NOVICE TOURNAMENT on FRIDAY DEC 5 at THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. This tournament is designed specifically for new wrestlers who don't have a lot of experience competing.
Next is the WESTLAKE JV TOURNAMENT on SATURDAY DEC 13. This is a big tournament for the JV kids who will be competing against 24 other schools and the top 6 winners will receive medals.
Next is our cross town rival match against AGOURA HS on THURS DEC 18 at CHS GYM. This is a dual match and is always exciting to watch.
Next is our first Varsity Individual Tournament at ROSEMEAD HS on FRI/SAT DEC 19 AND 20. Only the very best wrestlers win at this grueling all day tournament. Winners receive a belt for outstanding wrestling.
Next is another Varsity Dual Tournament at NEW JEWISH COMM SCHOOL on DEC 29 AND 30. We wrestle 10 other teams head to head. Wrestlers win medals for 1st and 2nd place as well as a Team Trophy for the top 3 teams. Always a lot of fun.
See Coach Falk - afalk@lvusd.org - in room M4 during lunch or nutrition for more info.
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Calabasas High Baseball Alumni Game Set for December 20th
The annual Calabasas High Baseball Alumni Game will take place on Saturday, December 20th at 10am on the Varsity Field. Players and Coaches representing Coyote teams from the past 35 years are scheduled to play against the current 2014-15 Varsity squad.
"It's great to see our former players return every year to have some fun with the current team and raise money for the baseball program," commented Thomas Cassidy, Head of Program at CHS Baseball. In addition to the game, festivities will include:
* Home Run Derby
* Raffle for fabulous prizes including:
◦ Tickets to local sporting events
◦ VIP passes to Hollywood TV Tapings and much, much more!
* Lunch catered by the famous Tommy's
Proceeds to support CHS Baseball. For more information, contact:
* Beth Schore (beth@schores.com)
* Michele Glasser (mlgtritter@aol.com)
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PFC Donor Drive
The PFC would like to graciously thank the following families, who have generously given to our 2014-2015 Annual Donor Drive:
Adlen, Ainsworth, Akhavan, Alford, Ali-Ahmad, Allen, Alperson, Amberg, Antypas, Anderson, Appel-Oudenaar, Arabi, Arebalo, Armstrong, Aronoff, Arzoo, Auerbach, Bakshi, Baldwin, Barber, Barbosa, Barrette, Bartlett, Barry, Bartok, Bender, Berger, Berke, Berke, Berman, Bershatski, Bevilacqua, Black, Bloch, Bobbitt, Boyd, Brady, Brizes, Brown, Burnstine, Cabrera, Cahill, Camberg, Carmer, Charness, Chestnut, Churi, Clanagan, Coffey, Coffman, Cohen, Cooperman, Cosentino, Dallman, Davis, Davis, Dawson, Del Carmen, Deming, Denlinger, DeSpain, Dickstein, Eckstein, Elkins, Esmond, Faigenblah, Favaedi, Feinstein, Ferris, Fineman, Fischer, Fisher, Flame, Foley, Fortson, Franz, Freeman, Fried, Frith, Fuster, Galinsky, Garcia, Garcia, Gaspin, Gechtman, Geller, Gellerman, General, Genualdo, Gerard, Gibson, Gilbert-Newcamp, Gilbertson, Gillhaus, Golding, Goldwasser, Golub, Gossenberg, Gottlich, Gould, Gowhar, Gray, Green, Greene, Grobstein, Gross, Grunberg, Gupta, Guss, Hadden, Hakimi, Hand, Hattar, Hawkins, Hayes, Hirth, Hobaica, Hoffman, Hoffman, Hoisch, Hooker, Hoover, Hosseiniyar, Hoyt, Hurwitz, Hurwitz, Hyman, Isaac, Jaysen, Jepson, Jones, Joseph, Kang, Kaplan, Kevakian, Kim, Kivo, Klein, Korchek, Kretzmer, Kroll, Lampert, Lau, Leib, Lerman, Levenson, Levitan, Levy, Lieberman, Litt, Lorey, Lowy, Lunche, Lyon, Maile, Mair, Mandel, Margolis, Martin, Marvin, Mastalski, Matsumura, Mattes, Mattes, McManus, McNeely, Merritt, Mettler, Miller, Mitchell, Mosbe, Mulderrig, Munson, Myerly, Naziri, Nelson, Nguyen, Niemczyk, Nouri-Mahdavi, Nudell, O'Reilly, O'Shaughnessy, Parille, Pariser, Parker, Parry, Pathman, Patterson, Payne, Pearl, Pereira, Perelman, Perry, Plachta, Pollock, Pomerantz, Pratt, Price, Punwar, Quintana-Reyna, Rabbani, Radparvar, Rambod, Ramirez, Rasnick, Rayburn, Resnick, Reuven, Ribarich, Rich, Roe, Rose, Rosenblatt, Rosenfeld, Rosoff, Rothwell, Ryan, Sabbella, Sajkoski, Salloum, Samudrala, Sanitsky, Santen, Sayabalian, Sayed, Schacter, Schore, Schreibman, Schwartz, Schwartz, Scott, Sellung, Shahkarami, Shanfeld, Sher, Sherman, Shick, Shine, Siegel, Simpson, Smith, Smith, Smith, Snyder, Solley, Solursh, Sorrentino, Spano, Spector, Spiegelman, Steinberg, Steinhauer, Strasser, Strehl, Tabakian, Tamkin, Tamondong, Tapia, Telem, Tenenbaum, Toeg, Torres, Trinh, Tucker, Underhill, Unum, USB, Vadhra, Valencia, Vangelos, Vizvary, Walder, Watkins, Wayne, Weber, Wei, Werner, Wespiser, White, Wimmer, Winter, Wiviott, Wolf, Yahoo!, Yellin, Yip, Yochelson, Yumkas, Yee
Please Note: List compiled 12/2/14, any errors or omissions are completely unintentional
Without your support, we would not be able to fund crucial programs at Calabasas High!!
As 2014 comes to a close, remember that it's not too late to donate for 2014 tax purposes. It is simple to donate online at payforschoolstuff.com.
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NEXT R.A.P.
Parents: Keep your eyes and ears peeled for next week's R.A.P. on 12-10 at 7 PM in the school library. My guests will be Officer David Diestel from the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station, STAR Officer, Jeffrey Donohoo, and Mo Aliyar who was a presenter at last summer's Heroin Workshop presented by the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station. We will be talking about our children, and our community. I hope to see you (and your friends) there.
Call me in the Health Office #223 to RSVP for space consideration or with any questions.
Joey Levin
Health Clerk, C.H.S.
(P) 818-222-7177 ext 223
(F) 818-223-8477
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 PEER SUPPORT TEAM NEWS...
Dear Calabasas High School students and parents,
CHS Peer Support, along with the Stand For The Silent Club, is hosting a community screening of the movie Bully on December 17th at 7 pm in the PAEC (admission is free). All parents, students (grade 6 and above), and members of the community are invited to our movie screening. The film being shown at the community screening has been modified and is not the R-rated version. Bully follows five stories of children and families who are affected deeply by bullying at school. With intimate glimpses into homes, classrooms, cafeterias, and principals' offices, the film offers insight into the lives of bullied, ridiculed children. Historically, seemingly small instances of labeling and ridicule have catastrophic consequences for the marginalized groups involved. This film brings those "small" instances into the spotlight, creating a space to discuss the effects of bullying. CHS Peer Support aims to help create a bully-free environment both at Calabasas High and within our community. The first step to accomplish this goal is by making our community aware of the negative affects of bullying. Please contact us or visit http://www.thebullyproject.com/about_film for more information about the film.
As a reminder, students can always find Peer Support Counselors at FRIENDS in room H117, which is open every day at lunch. FRIENDS is a place, where students can relax, hang out with other students, meet new friends, and ask any questions students may have, so feel free to stop by.
Sincerely,
The Calabasas High School Peer Support Team
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CHS DANCE PROGRAM.... 
"CHS Dance Program News"
Look at all the exciting stuff happening in the CHS Dance Program!
Make sure you stay informed about what's happening with the CHS Dance Program,
Check the "CHSDance.com" website for updates and details on all Dance Events.
LAST CHANCE!
Closing night - December 5th, 2014 (7pm at the CHS PAEC)
Hope to see you at the last night of our incredible CHS Dance Concert
7pm in the PAEC (both Dance Team and Dance Two perform)
To donate toward the CHS Dance Programs generosity.org well CLICK HERE
http://give.generosity.org/chsdance
SILENT AUCTION AT THE WINTER CONCERT
This year, CHS Dance presents a silent auction happening both nights of the concert. There will be sealed bids in case you will only be there Thursday
or even if you cannot attend. Silent Auction closes Friday night...
more details coming soon.
DANCER WELL WISHES
"Well Wishes" are available for purchase on the night of the concerts.
You can send a special wish or congratulatory note to your favorite dancer!
Well Wishes will be given to the dancers at the end of Friday night's performances.
DANCE PROGRAM RAFFLE WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN
The CHS Dance Program Raffle will end on Friday night at the concert.
Hope you got your raffle tickets (We will be selling before the concert)
Don't miss out on the incredible prizes.
Special Thanks to our AMAZING Dance Program Sponsors:
CLICK HERE for full sponsor listing and to visit their websites.
Check the Program Website at www.CHSDance.com for more info.
DANCE TEAM COMPETITION SEASON BEGINS SOON
The CHS Dance Team is finalizing all their competition dances and will begin their competition season on Saturday January 17th at Valencia High School. We look forward to an exciting and successful season.
Thanks for your support!
Sherri Boyle & Hali Pomerantz
President & Vice President, Dance Boosters
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Two Exciting CHS Music Concerts in December!!
1) Jazz Combo & Percussion Ensemble Concert on Monday, December 8th at 7:00pm in the PAEC. This show will feature some wonderful performances by our talented music students. To purchase tickets, please click on the link: www.thePAECs.org
Volunteers are needed to help out with this performance. If you are able to help out for several hours, please go to VolunteerSpot link at: http://vols.pt/miq8Va
2) The Annual Winter Concert on Thursday, December 11th at 7:00pm in the PAEC. This concert will feature wonderful performances by Jazz B, Jazz Black, Jazz Workshop, Maestoso, Harmony, Wind Ensemble and Orchestra. To purchase tickets, please click on: www.thePAECs.org
We need volunteers and concession items for this concert. If you can help out for any length of time, click on the VolunteerSpot at: http://vols.pt/v51RRn
(If your student is not a Music program student, he/she can receive Service Learning hours for either or both of these concerts!)
For more news or other info regarding CHS Music, you can check out the website at:
Thank you for your support of the CHS Music Program!
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Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Diviners on their very successful and impressive run. Our actors' extraordinary performances left many who saw it in tears as they left (they told us!). The set and projections were stirring.
A special thanks goes out to all the students and parents who volunteered their time to help both backstage and in front of house. We appreciate the families and faculty for coming to the show and offering their support to the theater program.
HS Theater Boosters will have their next meeting Wednesday, December 10th, 7:30 pm in the Black Box. It's never too late to join us for the first time!
ComedySportz Alumni match on Friday, December 19th, 7 pm in the theater.
This match pits the humor of our current Varsity Team against alumni who've gotten older... and funnier?
Upcoming Production: Funny Girl is the musical about Ziegfield Follies star and comedian Fanny Brice. Fanny is discouraged from being in show business because she is not the typical beauty, but her perseverance and talent are unstoppable.
It features classic songs by Jule Styne including "People" and "Don't Rain On My Parade."
Auditions will begin right after the winter break. Keep your eye out for further information, and please try out!
Jonathan Degann
For further information contact our Presidents:
Suzie Bevilacqua [suzieq1122@aol.com]
Andrea Menschel [amenschel@aol.com]
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CHS AND RALPHS
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER
Ralphs Grocers has a community fundraiser open to all non-profit organizaions. CHS PFC is now registered to participate.
Please go to www.Ralphs.com and register your Rewards Card. Once you register your card, every time you use it for your purchases, Ralphs will donate a percentage to CHS. It's that easy.
Our Ralphs number is:
CALABASAS HIGH SCHOOL PFC NPO #94304.
Please register your card and help support the CHS PFC.
Thank you.
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**CHS Fundraiser**
Yogurtland will give 10% off all yogurt purchases for the entire school year to all Calabasas High School Students who present their ASB cards. Yogurtland is located at 22635 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills.
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CHS Fundraiser! Raise $$ for CHS!
Calabasas HS will also earn an additional $1 each time a
CHS supporter purchases a Conejo Deal.
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HEALTH OFFICE INFORMATION
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Notes From the Health Clerk:
It is recommended that students follow the below recommended practices by the California Department of Public Health for preventing the transmission of Enterovirus and other illnesses:
- Students with flu-like symptoms should stay at home. Flu-like symptoms may include:
- Fever (100 degrees F. or higher) or feverishness
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Body aches
- A feeling of being very tired
- Vomiting or diarrhea
Generally, health officials recommend that individuals who have flu-like symptoms should remain at home and avoid contact with others. They should do so until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever without the use of fever-reducing medicines such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
Joey Levin
Health Clerk, C.H.S.
(P) 818-222-7177 ext 223
(F) 818-223-8477
(e-m) jlevin@lvusd.org
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