CHS Community Newsletter

ASPIRE volunteers

The Canby High School Career Center would like to spread the word about its ASPIRE Volunteer Mentor program. Please see the flier above for more information.

Important Assessment Information for Canby Families

Thank you for supporting your child’s participation in the upcoming Oregon Statewide Assessments. Assessment is an important part of each student’s academic experience. Beginning in kindergarten and through grade 12, learners in the Canby School District experience a variety of formative, interim, and summative assessments. Oregon Statewide Assessments are one example of a summative assessment administered in grades 3 through 8, and grade 11. Students in these grade levels are required to participate in English Language Arts and Math assessments annually. In grades 5 and 8, students also participate in Science.

Canby School District, like all districts in Oregon, is striving for 95% or greater student participation. This goal is essential for understanding the depth and breadth of learning for student groups across our schools, and for evaluating programs and resources. Oregon Summative Assessment data provides information to the Canby community and to district teams about our successes or strengths and areas for improvement.

We will be communicating additional information about Oregon Statewide Assessment dates for your students’ grade level and ways to support your student’s success. You can find more information on our district State Assessment webpage. Please reach out to your school principal or classroom teacher if you have further questions. Canby School District appreciates your partnership.

State Assessments: 11th grade students will be asked to participate in the Oregon Statewide Assessment System(OSAS) starting in February of 2024. Here are some important details for your planning:

• Language Arts: Feb 5, 6, 7

• Math: Feb 12, 13, 14

• Science: Feb 22, 23

NAEP Testing: The National Center for Educational Statistics will be on campus to test 50 12th graders on February 26th. Students affected will be hearing from the school through email and letter home. If you have any questions, please contact our Testing Coordinator Sally Park.

Outdoor School

High school students are invited to meet with our elementary school principals on February 6 during lunch. See the flier below for more information.

Schedules:

We have all of our athletics schedule all in one place on our master athletic schedule. This includes game times, locations, and bus departure times. It is updated real-time by your athletic department. Go to this link to see the current schedule, which is subject to change with little notice.

FFA Alumni Auction: The FFA Alumni Dinner is next Saturday, February 10 at 5:00 pm at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds. It helps support our students when going to state convention, scholarships, and even travel opportunities to Washington DC! Buying a ticket and bidding on items will go back to the students in all different ways.

We had 5 applicants this year to attend the Washington DC trip where students will network with kids across the nation, attend workshops, and participate in community service! We have over 20 kids attending the state convention in Redmond Oregon and about half are competing!

Here is the link to purchase a ticket- https://canby-ffa-alumni.square.site/

Dance Fundraiser: There is an opportunity to support the dance team and win yourself some awesome goodies with our raffle baskets. These will be on display this Saturday at our home competition - but you can shop from home or school by clicking the link below. Tickets are only $2 each. https://or-canby-lite.intouchreceipting.com/CanbyCougarDanceTeam

Oliver Insurance Athlete of the week

Week of 1/29/24 Landon English - Boys Basketball and Marlo Johnson - Girls Basketball

Week of 1/5/24 Isaac Beck - Boys Swimming and Kathryn Taggart - Girls Swimming

Boys Basketball

On Tuesday the boys beat Hood River Valley 67-45. Nine players scored, led by Jaxon Lawson (17), Dallas Michel (11), and Trevin Slagle (10). The Defense held the Eagles to 16 points in the 2nd half. On Wednesday the boys battled in a hard fought 55-59 loss to Centennial.

Girls Basketball

On Tuesday the girls beat Hood River Valley 51-35. Katie Spillum led the team with 13 points. It was a team effort in scoring with multiple players contributing - Harmony Davies (8), Marlo Johnson (6) and Kacey Janzen (6). Marlo Johnson had a team high 11 rebounds, while Katie and Marlo had 3 steals apiece.

Dance

This weekend (February 3) the dance team is hosting the Winter Festival of Dance in the Canby high school main gym. Come and support our award winning dance team. Doors open at noon.

Swimming

Canby Boys and Girls teams both finished the regular season with wins against Centennial and LaSalle. Scores for girls were: Canby 130 - LaSalle 37 and Canby 144 - Centennial 16. For the boys scores: Canby 113 - LaSalle 55 and Canby 123 - Centennial 17. The undefeated Cougars hope to continue their winning season next week at the District meet at Parkrose, Prelims Friday February 9 and Finals Saturday February 10th Click HERE for Coach Laitenen’s full Breakdown.

Boys Wrestling

This past weekend, the boys wrestling team competed at the Reser’s tournament of Champions. This best-of-the-best tournament featured the top teams from all divisions in Oregon. The Cougars ended the tournament with five placers including: Matthew Young, Isaiah Parsons, James Keinonen, Jackson Doman, and Paul Masangila. Jackson Doman was crowned the champion at 215 pounds beating the number 1 ranked Cole Langford of Dallas. Next up for wrestling is senior night, home against Centennial on February 7th.

Girls Wrestling

The girls wrestling team competed at Wilsonville’s Colton Holly tournament. The girls had 6 placers in the tournament including: Kyra Blair (5th), Sydney Matlock (6th), Kinley Walters (4th), Clarisa Santiago (4th), Jazmine Evans (2nd), and Madison Kidwell (1st).