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Monday – Spring sports begin. Contact Scott Shibles FMIPanera Junior Journey Fundraiser – Eat Bread to Raise Dough
TONIGHT Monday, March 25th – 4 to 8pm
Main Street in Westbrook. You must bring in the flyer below to get CBHS the discount: CBHSJJ2013
Wednesday – 11:05 Dismissal
On Wednesday, we will have 28 faculty from other Portland Public Schools visiting our classrooms and talking with students and teachers to learn more about our standard-based grading and assessment practices. New state law means all Maine schools will be moving towards a standards-based approach.
Thursday: 1pm: Sophomores’ Shakespeare Performances (Library, Great Space and Sweden). Parents welcome.
We are seeking parents to join students and staff on a Future Expansion Task force that will make recommendations about our space as we expand next fall. First meeting this Thursday: 3/28 – 2:30-3:30 in the library. Subsequent meetings will be Monday: 2:30-4pm – 4/29, 5/13, 5/20, 6/3. Please contact Derek if you are interested or FMI.
The Math Cup is this Thursday – 6 to 8pm. We have 13 teams competing! Please contact Renee Serio at reneeserio at yahoo.com if you would like to help out. Thank you!!!
The Portland Board of Public Education will hold (the once postponed due to snow) public forum on the Fiscal Year 2014 budget on April 2 at 7 p.m. in Room 250 at Casco Bay High School.
The April Parent Advisory Group meeting has been postponed from April 9th until April 23rd (still from 5:30-7pm).
Input on Expansion Survey:
We are gathering student, staff and parents’ initial feedback by the expansion. If you are interested in sharing your perspective, please complete the following 4 question online survey by the end of this week. Thanks to everyone who has given their input so far:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CHC9HH7
Upcoming
4/4: Intensives Pre-Meeting at Noon
4/4 – Model UN Global Fusion (International) Night
4/6 – Junior Journey Departs
4/8 – Intensives Week!
Local Parent Events: Paula and Barry Spencer: If I knew then…
The Spencer’s of Falmouth were charged with hosting an underage drinking party. Their trial, which ended in a jury deadlock, made national news. They are now speaking publicly about their experiences.
Come join the conversation with Paula and Barry Spencer of Falmouth as they talk about what they have learned about teen parties.
Two opportunities:
Portland High School. Tuesday, April – 6:30, Room 304
Deering High School, Tuesday, April 9-6:30, Auditorium
Help Wanted
PAG is looking for parent volunteers to serve on a nominating committee to select and nominate PAG officers for the 2013-2014 school year. This will require a very short term commitment and will help PAG identify key board members for the next two school years. If you’re interested in helping and are the parent of a freshman, junior, or senior, please call Kim Crabill at 615-3181 to join the effort! And thanks!
We are looking for parents who might be interested to help in putting together a brief “Parent Field Guide” (a kind of “insider’s guide”) for new CBHS parents. If you are interested in being a part of this, please contact Derek.
Come eat ice cream and support Project Graduation!!!
On Wednesday, April 3 from 11am-11pm, Gelato Fiasco (Middle St. in the Old Port) will donate 100% of their sales to our seniors if you show your CBHS ID or a Red Spoon flyer (these will be distributed to the entire school on Monday, April 1. All you need to do is buy some delicious gelato! Yum, start your ice cream season early…(and for anyone who doesn’t use dairy products,
there is amazing sorbetto) Hope to see you all there. Kevin Murray will be a guest scooper…
(And just what is Project Graduation? See the flyer below.)
Project Graduation Fundraiser – Hannaford Gift Cards
We are resuming the Hannaford gift card fundraiser for Project Graduation. For every $1000 in gift cards that we purchase, Hannaford gives us an extra 5% back, which will be used for Project Graduation.
You can purchase a new card, or recharge an existing one.
If you would like to participate, please write a check payable to CBHS PAG for the gift card amount that you want (minimum $50, in increments of $25). To recharge an existing card, please write your current card number on your check.
Send the check to
Bob Cave. 80 Chenery Street, Portland, ME 04103
The deadline to be included in the next purchase is March 30th, 2013. If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call at 773-4292, or e-mail me at caveb@maine.rr.com
Parent Article of the Week:
Building student resilience through family narrative:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/the-family-stories-that-bind-us-this-life.html?_r=0
Other Select Student Announcements:
Complete your crew’s yearbook page this week. See Mr. Nichols if you need help or more guidelines.
Congrats to Nadia Umwali for winning the Maine Principal Association Award for outstanding scholarship and citizenship. Each high school in the state chooses one senior for the award. Nadia will be recognized in Bangor on April 6th along with other winners from around the state..
Model UN Global Fusion (aka “International”) Night – Thursday April 4th. Please come and be part of the global community that is CBHS and Model UN. This is our major fund-raiser for Model UN 2013.
Food and Performances. $12.00 Food and Performances, $6.00 performances only. Tickets available from any Model UN member after Wednesday. If you are interested in performing, see Fatma Adnan.
Seniors: One senior-created piece of writing will be read or performed at graduation. To be considered, any senior may submit a piece of writing by April vacation 2013. Parents, students, and staff on the Graduation Committee will review submissions and make the choice.
The state is expanding its offering of free online AP courses next fall called, “AP for ALL.” Interested sophomores and juniors should register by April 3rd. Spaces are limited. See Mr. Hale or Ms Doyle for more information – or go to go to http://www.ap4all.org . The following courses will be offered in 2013-14 as part of AP4ALL:
AP Art History
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science
AP Environmental Science
AP English Language
AP English Literature
AP European History
AP Latin
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Music Theory
AP Psychology
AP Spanish Language
AP Statistics
AP Studio Art: 2D Design
AP Studio Art: 3D Design
AP Studio Art: Drawing
AP US History
AP US Government and Politics
AP World History
Monday – Spring Sports Begin… See the signs in the main hallway indicating which sports are practicing when and where. See Mr. Shibles with questions.
Today is the last day for any crew who has not completed the final round of voting in the PAG $1000 Student Choice grant.
Tuesday: AP English students: Tues. is Fiesta day. Arrive to class with costumes and delicious Colombian food.
Friday – Crew After Lunch
8-10:30 – MHSA Test in Science (for all 3rd Yr Students). Good luck juniors!
Crew – 10th – Work is Play Celebration
Come see Antonio Macomber’s Senior Expedition Friday March 29th at 7:00PM at Zero Station. It is called Tell Me What I Like: A Concert Extravaganza. Antonio’s band The Stolen Mural will be performing a show with various segments with each segment showcasing a particular style of popular music. The goal of the culmination is to raise awareness of the musical options that are available to the public besides the regular bombardment of of Top 40 radio.