1001 East Knox Rd Tempe, AZ 85284 Phone: 480-752-8888 Fax: 480-820-3632 Website: www.tuhsd.k12.az.us/cds Attendance Reporting: 480-752-8855 Next Week s Schedule Monday: Schedule A Tuesday: Schedule A Wednesday: Schedule H Thursday: Schedule A Friday: Schedule E Next Week s Schedule Monday: Schedule A Tuesday: Schedule A Wednesday: Schedule B Thursday: Schedule A Friday: Schedule A Brent Brown Principal Deb Benedict Assistant Principal- Registrar Jim Bell Assistant Principal Activities Dan Nero - Assistant Corona del Sol High School A+ School of Excellence A+ School of Excellence is a trademark or service of the Arizona Educational Foundation and is used by permission IMPORTANT DATES November 27-28, 2014 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY NO SCHOOL December 5, 2014 Winter Assembly December 6, 2014 SAT Exam December 13, 2014 ACT Exam Parents, I want to wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving and to let you know what a privilege it is for me to be around so many amazing students at CdS. It is difficult to tell you all the great accomplishments of our students, so please frequent the Corona website to get the latest news, announcements, and information on the things that are happening here. It is updated daily and provides most of the resources needed to answer your questions. Use the search box in the upper right-hand corner if you can't find what you are looking for. The key words you type in will bring up all the information on the site related to those words. Thank you parents for all your support. Go Aztecs!!! Sincerely,
OTHER INFORMATION AND PROCEDURES If you child is absent IMPORTANT!!! CORONA DEL SOL ATTENDANCE LINE 480-752-8855 All student absences MUST BE CALLED IN to the Corona attendance line at 480-752-8855. The parent or guardian must call the Attendance Office within 48 hours of the absence for it to be an excused absence. This is a 24 hour voice mail line for absences only. All absences not called in are marked unexcused/truant. DO NOT leave any messages except attendance issues on this line as it is only checked periodically. Please call the main school line at 480-752-8888 for any other type of messages. Thank you and we appreciate your attention to this important matter. Dropping Items Off of Delivering Messages We encourage all students to come prepared for school at the beginning of each day. Please be aware that we will only page students down in between classes-passing period to retrieve items dropped off or messages. Please be aware that during the lunch time no pages will be made. This is enforced due to the fact that a page will disrupt instructional time for those students who have a different lunch time. Please be aware we DO NOT hold money and/or lunches for students. If you need to get either of those items to your child, you will need to come during a passing period and wait for them to come to the office for you to hand them the money and/or lunch. The student will be paged to come to the front office for you to see them. Students Leaving Prior to the End of the School Day When your student needs to leave the campus prior to the end of the school day, please follow the following procedures. We have found this system to be the most efficient for everyone, while minimizing classroom interruptions. All students need to bring a note from the parent/guardian to the attendance office before the start of the school day. The note should specify the reason for the absence and the time your child will be leaving. It should also be signed and would be helpful to include a contact phone number if there are any questions. You may also call the main school phone at 480-752-8888 and request to speak to an attendance clerk. This option is ONLY available when the student is leaving 60 minutes or more from the time of your call. Attendance staff will issue the student a pass to leave campus at the time specified by either driving themselves or the parent/ guardian picking them up. When you need to unexpectedly take your child out of school once you arrive in the Attendance Office to sign them out, we will call your student to come meet you in the front office. Homework Requests If your student will be absent, please contact their teachers via email concerning their homework and any questions or concerns you might have. Also, please be sure to log on to ParentVue and have your student log on to StudentVue and Canvas to check for lesson plans and homework. If a teacher leaves any homework or related item at the office, it may be picked up during our office hours Monday thru Friday 7 am 3:30 pm. Please note that a student may only be released to parents/guardians or to persons 18 years or older specifically authorized on the Emergency Contact Information given to the school. Please update any changes with the Attendance Office as they occur.
GUIDANCE OFFICE INFORMATION Dear Dual Enrollment Parents, Please log-on to my.maricopa.edu account to view your student s account balance and due dates. Per Rio Salado, if you have not paid in full or set up a payment plan by December 1, 2014, they may place a hold on your account. If you have any questions or concerns about your student s dual enrollment tuition, please contact Corona del Sol s Rio representative, Claudia Bermudez, at 480-517-8103. 8th Grade Open House For parents and students enrolling as freshmen at Corona for 2015-2016 Come for information regarding registration, coursework, and programs Monday, December 1 at 6:30 PM Corona del Sol High School Auditorium Special Session for Gifted-Identified Students For parents and 8th grade students identified as eligible for gifted services Please join us to learn about Gifted Services and coursework at Corona Monday, December 1 at 5:30 PM Corona del Sol High School Auditorium Angel Tree Angels...The Angel Tree in the CdS Front Office still has a few Angels left for you to choose and go shopping for TUHSD students wish list. REMEMBER, the gifts are due to Faye Cagle in the Guidance office by Tuesday, December 2. Please place the gifts you purchased in a bag, with the Angel Tag attached. Thank you for helping make this a special Christmas for many in our Tempe HS District! NEWS FROM TUHSD... TUHSD s proposed Sex Education Curriculum, which includes lessons for our special education population, is available for public review online at, http://tinyurl.com/ khcvyy8. It is also available in the District Office lobby from November 20 through December 3, 2014 during normal business hours of 8AM-4PM Monday thru Friday. The curriculum will be presented to the governing board on December 3, 2014 for approval.
FINE ARTS CdS Dance proudly presents: A Nutcracker Tale December 5th & 6th at 7PM in the Corona del Sol Auditorium. Come join us as we showcase our twist on this Holiday classic! Fun for the whole family and a great way to kick off the Holiday season. Tickets are $7 for adults & $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased at the bookstore or at the door. Hope to see you there! The Corona del Sol Aztec Orchestra, Piano, & Guitar Ensemble selling Poinsettias for Music. Please find additional information and an order form on the following page of the newsletter. Auditions for the January TheatreWorks main stage production of : Still Life With Iris Auditions will take place on Monday, December 1, 2014 at 2:30PM in the Little Theatre Room C184. We are looking for actors, technicians, costumers, and musicians! Audition packets are available in room C184. CdS Choir is preparing for their annual Concert this Holiday Season. They will be performing three nights Thursday, December 11, 2014 Friday, December 12, 2014 REMEMBER to log in your Chandler Fashion Center Saturday, December 13, 2014 All performances begin at 7PM sharp and will be in the Auditorium located off of Knox Road. Tickets may be purchased at the CdS Bookstore starting on Wednesday, December 10 at 7AM, Be sure to get your tickets early, you won t want to miss this! receipts with the Customer Service department or you can drop your receipts off to the front office at Corona del Sol. Currently, Aztecs are in 8th place...keep Shopping and Logging in those receipts Aztecs!
CLUB NEWS The Corona del Sol Red Kettle Club would like to cordially invite you to stop by and support our 4th Annual Bell Ringing Season at Frys s Marketplace (on the northwest corner of Ray Rd and Rural Rd.) on December 6th and December 13th from 9AM 7PM. On Saturday, December 6, 2014 student volunteers from a variety of CdS clubs, teams, etc. Will be ringing bells. And on Saturday, December 13, 2014 members of the Corona Red Kettle Club will be ringing bells to spread holiday cheer and support the Salvation Army s Red Kettle Program. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you on December 6th and December 13th! CONGRATULATIONS We would like to congratulate Atreya Tadepalli on being one of the eleven finalists who are now one step closer to becoming an AZ Representative in the US Senate Youth Program. Two AZ high school students will be selected to spend a week in March visiting Capitol Hill, the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, the Supreme Court and other highlights in Washington, D.C. Students will have the opportunity to interact with Senators, Representatives, government leaders and policymakers. Winners will also receive a $5,000 college scholarship. NHS Members got together this past Saturday and made almost 250 blankets for Cardon s Children s Hospital, Sunshine Acres, and Project Linus. 200 of our 240 members were in attendance! It was an AMAZING day. Special recognition to Hannah Watts, NHS President who spearheaded this idea and really got it going! DECA Testing for the District DECA competition will take place the week of December 8th. The test is online and may be taken during school in the Business Department Computer Labs. Students competing at the DECA conference need to see Mr. Lohmann that week to arrange a time to take the DECA test. TUTORING Is your child struggling with his or her classes? We can help! The Peer Tutoring Club offers tutoring Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school in the Corona library. We offer tutoring for a wide variety of subjects and best of all, it s FREE! Please contact cdspeertutoring@gmail.com for more information. If you have any questions, you may email Brandy Walker at bwalker@tempeunion.org. Corona had a team compete at the Excellence in Mathematics Competition held at Chandler/Gilbert CC on November 7, 2014. The team took first in the level 1 competition, which is for Pre Calculus or higher. Two students from Level 1 finished in the top 10...Congratulations Eric Lin and Jinoh Lee. There was also a Team Project Competition where the team of: Eric Lin, Max Yang, Adam Huang, and Jinoh Lee placed first. Way to go AZTECS! Congratulations to the Aztec Marching Band for placing 3rd in the State Marching Championship on November 15! Corona del Sol and Desert Vista were the only Tempe Union High School bands to place in the championship. The band was proud to present their best performance at the end of their season - way to go Marching Band! Pictures and videos from the event can be found at www.cdsband.org.