Chaparral High School
Firebird Word
Tue., April1, 2014
International Club has a
short mtg. today, Tues.,
Apr. 1 @ 2:30 in the library.
Interested in running for
office? Come!! Elections are
in April. Bring $$ if you
want Thai food.
JSU club takes place each
Wednesday!
4th hour lunch in Mr
Leinwohl’s rm F120 &
5th hour lunch in Ms
Hecht’s rm E212
For seniors going to Scottsdale
Community College in the fall,
please attend the Admissions
Workshop on April 7th and take
the Placement Test on April 22nd.
Both events will be held in the
Library Computer Lab. Please
sign-up in the College & Career
Center by April 4th.
Jr.s and Srs.: Benedictine
University in Mesa, Arizona
will be in the College and
Career Center on Fri., April
11th at 9:45 a.m. Please sign
up on Naviance if you would
like to attend.
Prom, "A Night in
Black and White,"
will be on Sat., Apr. 12
from 8 to 11 p.m. @ the
Sandra Day O'Connor
Courthouse…
…Tickets are $65 & on
sale in the bookstore.
You must be a jr. or sr. to
buy prom tickets! Be sure
to return your overdue
library books!
Take a PSAT Practice Test
here at Chaparral on April 12
@ 8am in J600. Register in the
bookstore for $5. Reserve your
seat today! Please bring 2
sharpened #2 pencils and a
calculator!...
…Pick up results on Wed.
April 23, 2014 @ 6-7:30 pm
in Rm J600. All parents &
students are invited to pick
up results & attend a test
strategies seminar.
Seniors, did you attend
Cherokee, Cochise, Sequoya
or Copper Ridge? Each
school is offering a $1,000
scholarship. The
applications & details…
…are on Naviance & hard
copies are available in the
College & Career Center.
Deadline Apr. 14. Don’t
miss out on these generous
awards from your alma
maters!
Find a Part-Time Job, Internship,
Volunteer Position at the Teen
Opportunity Expo! Tuesday,
April 15th from 2:30-5:30 p.m. at
the SkySong Center (Scottsdale &
McDowell Rd). Great
opportunities all under one roof!
Stop by the College & Career
Center for a flyer.
Seniors! Exciting times are ahead
and we want to know where you
will land next school year.
Keeping with Chaparral tradition,
stop by the College & Career
Center to sign the poster and to see
where your 2014 classmates are
going!
…Have any eye glasses you
can donate to those who
need them? International
Club is collecting eye glasses
in the library again this
year. Make a difference in
your world.
Remember the attendance
policy…
Miss 10, do it again! Don't
be the one who has to take
a class over because of
many absences.
Congratulations to the 2014 Scholastic
Writing Awards winners. We have an
outstanding number of young authors
who will be honored at the Young
Authors of AZ Ceremony April 12 at
Mesa Mountain View High School.
Many thanks to Mrs. Marsh, Mr.
Hammond, and Mr. Davis for
encouraging their students to enter
this contest…
…For the Gold Key works award –
Vy Doan, Tal Eitan, Nick Adams
Silver Key works-Max Bartlett, Darci
Botsch, Tori Cejka, Alex Elbert,
Emily Horton, Connor Jennison,
Evelyn Karis, Jordyn Ochsser, Maci
Segal
Honorable Mentions -Max Bartlett,
Nate Brooks, Natalie Cravens, Julia
Liang.
Congratulations to Dr.
Mary Harrah, Chaparral
Orchestra and Russian
teacher. Mary was selected
to participate in the
Fulbright-Hayes Workshops
in Moscow in June.
Congratulations to Chris Marsh
one of two SUSD teachers selected
to participate in the national
Teacher Leadership Initiative.
Chris was one of 150 chosen for a
pilot program to develop a new
generation of leaders within the
teaching profession.