Dear Chaparral Families,

Wow—three weeks of school already behind us. If you are like me, you are asking yourself, how can that be? The students are probably more settled in than we, the parents. The start of the school year is a very busy time.

The CHAPTS membership drive is underway. If you have not done so, please complete your membership form and return to school. Families are also asked to complete the directory form and volunteer form. The forms can be found on the CHAPTS website: www.CHAPTS.org. All forms can be printed and returned to school. CHAPTS membership monies are used to support professional development, additional curriculum supplies/periodicals, and classroom equipment/technology beyond what is allowed by district funding.

CHAPTS meetings are open to all CHS parents; please come to a meeting and hear firsthand what is happening day to day. For those parents who find they have a little “extra” time, please consider joining the CHAPTS Board of Directors; you will need to attend monthly meetings and volunteer for committees/activities overseen by CHAPTS.

CHS and CHAPTS will again rely on the monthly Fireworks and supplemental Firecracker as a primary communication tool. An email notice, including link to publication, will be provided to all families with email address in place for CHAPTS as new issues/updates are posted.. CHAPTS continues to work with SUSD on having all parent emails to ensure prompt communication of key updates pertinent to your child/children.

As you settle in for the 2010-2011 school year, please take a moment and identify ways that you can contribute to the excellence that we, as parents, and our children, the students, experience at Chaparral. For this excellence to continue, we must all give back. Individually, you do make a difference; collectively, great things can happen!

Thank you for your support of CHAPTS!

Mary Kim Brown
CHAPTS President, 2010-2011
email: president@CHAPTS.org

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Dear Chaparral Parents,

As we are ending our first month of school, I am pleased to report that students and teachers are settled into their classes and the focus is on learning. Our class sizes are larger, due to the state budget issues, but our teachers are enthusiastic and committed to the academic excellence for which Chaparral is known.

The walk through registration process went well. Thank you to Mrs. Stombres and to our parent volunteers who made it all happen. Counselors were available for students to fix some of the glitches which also helped make the first week easier for many students. We had computer issues toward the end of the week and we appreciate your patience with that. The bookstore can use much more help with textbook distribution during registration week. If you can help next year, we would appreciate it. The heat and humidity caused air conditioning issues for the first few weeks. We are working closely with District personnel to fix those problems.

This year we will continue to focus on academics. It is the goal of this administration and faculty to continue to improve instruction to increase learning and to improve test scores for all students. We were able to increase the number of students who moved from meets to exceeds on AIMS reading in 2009-10. This year, our academic focus will continue to be on reading across the curriculum in order to move even more students from meets to exceeds. We also will continue to work with the faculties of our feeder middle schools as we improve our vertical articulation process. All SUSD high schools will be a part of the Advanced Ed/North Central Accreditation process. Chaparral’s scheduled NCA visit is Nov. 18-19. I will give you more information in next month’s newsletter.

Dress code remains an issue. It is hot outside but please, please have your children dress appropriately for school. The SUSD dress code is plainly stated in the Code of Conduct. We appreciate your cooperation. Also remember that if you drop your child off at school, please do so in the auditorium parking lot. The south parking lot is for staff and student parking and bus drop off and pick up only.

Thank you for a wonderful turnout at Open House. It was nice to see so many of you and may I thank you for your continued involvement in your child’s education. I believe that Chaparral is one of the best high schools because we have students prepared to learn, parents prepared to support learning, and a teaching staff focused on your child’s learning. Teachers are available to answer any questions you may have, or you may contact the grade level administrator or me. Again, thank you for all of your support.

Gayle Holland
Interim Principal

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