CHS Community Newsletter

January 19, 2023

Principal's Message

Good afternoon Canby High School Students and Families!

It has been a special week at Canby High School. We kicked off Winter Spirit Week with a Tuesday assembly where we honored Athletic and Activities Bus Driver Mr. Jim Barr with the Canby Education Foundation Hero Award. Mr. Barr drives the bus for the majority of our trips and goes above and beyond to support our students. It was wonderful to see the students cheer for this unsung hero.

Tuesday afternoon we had our first Unified Basketball game that pairs intellectually disabled students with partner students. There are no words to describe the joy of watching our student athletes excel on the court. The atmosphere at the game exemplified our amazing student and community support. We are truly #canbyproud.

Our dancers continue their success with 4 seniors being named to the All State Dance Team. Congratulations to dancers Ainsley Lemuz, Claire Baker, Noreth Palangan, and Marissa VanHoose and trombonist Zachery Woodruff. Zac just completed his own all state performance. Our award winning Equestrian Team begins its season soon. See the date of the meets below. Our wrestlers continue to pin the competition. They are undefeated in both dual meets and tournaments and have 19 wrestlers ranked in the top 20 in state. Our swim team continues to make a splash. They competed against 15 other schools at the Rumbaugh Invitational in Corvallis. The Canby Women finished 2nd and the Men’s team finished 4th.

Our swim team is in action tonight at Pack the Pool as our Winter Spirit Week continues. Pack the Gym is tomorrow with both Women’s and Men’s basketball taking on Putnam. Please come join us for the festivities and fun. Spirit Week ends Saturday with our Winter Semi-Formal Dance.

We are looking forward to seeing you at conferences on February 1st. Please see below for more information, and watch for an email from your child’s teachers if you wish to sign up for a Zoom conference.

Have a wonderful week!

Best,

Cari Sloan

Canby High School Principal

#CanbyProud #Rollcougs

@Canby_Principal

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Upcoming Events

Thursday, 1/19: Pack the Pool, Swimming @ Home, 5:00 pm

Friday, 1/20: Pack the Gym--Women’s Basketball @ Home, 6:00 pm, Men’s Basketball @ Home, 7:30 pm

Saturday, 1/21: Winter Semi-Formal, 8:00pm, CHS

Tuesday, 1/24: Women’s Basketball, AWAY, 6:00pm and Men’s Basketball, AWAY, 7:30pm

Wednesday, 1/25: Men’s Wrestling, AWAY, 6:00pm

Thursday, 1/26: Swimming, AWAY, Women’s Basketball, AWAY, 6:00pm and Men’s Basketball, AWAY, 7:30pm

Save the Dates:

Wednesday, 2/1: Parent/Teacher Conferences, In-person 4:30 pm - 6:30, Zoom 6:45 - 7:45 pm

Thursday, 2/9: Coffee with Cari, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Family Forecasting Night 6:00-8:00 pm

Important Information

Parent/Teacher Conferences - Wed 2/1, 4:30 pm - 7:45 pm

Based on parent’s feedback, we are providing two options for Trimester 2 conferences. Parents will have the opportunity to conference with their student’s teachers in-person drop in (4:30 - 6:30) or virtually on Zoom by appt. (6:45 - 7:45).

2/1/23 Trimester 2 • Conference Schedule:

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm • In-person conferences: Conferences will be arena style and are held in the CHS cafeteria and library (no need to sign up for these, they are drop in only)

6:45 pm - 7:45 pm • Virtual Zoom conferences - Info on signing up for time slots will be provided to you soon.

Forecasting Information

Forecasting for students is the first week of February. This is the process where we build next year’s schedule based on student needs and requests. It is important for families to work with their students on their course choices. The more accurate the information, the more likely students will get the class choices they request. The schedule will also be more balanced and serve our students’ needs more fully. This process is essential, and we look forward to partnering with students, staff, and families in order to build the best schedule for next year. Please watch for more information to come.

Amazing Educator Award

Educators go above and beyond. For their tireless hard work and dedication to teaching, inspiring and supporting our next generation, we'd like to say thanks! Help us honor outstanding educators and tell their inspiring stories by nominating an Amazing Educator today. Honorees will share their stories in a special section that will be included in more than 20 Pamplin Media newspapers, websites and social media in March.

Nominations are due by Jan. 31, 2023.

We'd like to hear about anyone who works or volunteers in a public school, private school, community college or university in one of the communities served by Pamplin Media newspapers.

Amazing Educators is part of our ongoing series honoring exceptional people in our communities. Want to read some good news? Click here to read about last year's winners and learn more.

State Testing Dates

ELPA=Jan 31-Feb 3

ELA=Feb 6-10

Math=Feb 13-14

Science=Feb 21-24

Over the next few months 11th grade students will have the opportunity to show their knowledge and growth of grade level learning in the areas of math, reading, writing, and science through state testing. This testing:

Helps us understand whether students are progressing with College and Career Readiness skills
Informs the community about how local schools are supporting all students
Informs school improvement planning, student support, budgets, targeted resources.

We will use this information to:

Make decisions about resources
Ensure access to opportunities and academic pathways

Inclement Weather

As the temperatures get colder, it’s time to start preparing for winter weather! If the weather is severe enough to cancel school, the first day of inclement weather will be a snow day for all! Any inclement weather day thereafter will be an online learning day. Elementary school families, this means you may see iPads come home with your students if questionable weather is forecasted.

In the event of an online learning day, Canby High School will begin at 8:40 a.m. and all other schools will begin at 9:30 a.m. Students should watch for Zoom links from their teachers. If students have trouble connecting or need help, they should reach out to their teacher. Canby School District strives to make the most of this valuable educational time, but please know that students will not be penalized if they are unable to connect.

To make sure you’re set to receive information about school delays, or closures, and online learning days, please subscribe to Canby School District on FlashAlert. Now is also a good time to update your text preferences online by listing your phone number.

For more information, please see our inclement weather page.

New Phone Extensions

Please note that our extensions have changed when you dial the CHS main line, 503-263-7200.

1-Espanol

2-Attendance

3-Athletics

4-Counseling

5-Accounting

6-REACH center

7-Main office

0-General Voicemail Box

Athletics and Activities

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.

Oliver Insurance Athlete of the week

Week of 1/9/23 Addisyn Guensch - Cheer and Melissa Perez - Dance

Week of 1/16/23 Makayla Ford - Girls Basketball and Trevin Slagle - Boys Basketball

Last year we partnered with Odd Moe’s Pizza of Canby to create the “Odd Moe’s Unsung Hero of the week” award to recognize those athletes who contribute to their teams in ways that go beyond athletic skill.

Week of 1/9/23 RayAnne Schedler - Girls Basketball

Week of 1/16/23 John Vandecoevering - Boys Basketball

OHSET (Oregon High School Equestrian Teams)

Canby OHSET has their first meet next week, Jan 19-22nd in Albany. The second meet is Mar 2-4th in Salem. The 3rd & last meet of the regular season is on Apr 13-16th. State OHSET is in Redmond, May 11-14th.

Canby Junior Basketball is offering a high school rec basketball program for students in 9th – 12th grade who aren’t on a high school team. Info and registration at www.canbyjuniorbasketball.com. For more information, contact Jared Gensman.

Boosters

Membership to Canby Boosters is $20 annually. Visit our Booster Club Facebook page to learn how you can get involved with helping to support our students. Click Here for the website.

Travel Abroad Honey Fundraiser

Support our students traveling abroad to Greece this summer by purchasing a 24 oz jar of local honey. Stop by the Accounting office or call Brenda at 503-263-7217 to purchase. These are available for pick up only.

Attendance at CHS

To ensure the accuracy and efficiency of our attendance process, please remember the following guidelines:

If your student needs to leave class for an appointment or because they are sick, inform the attendance office 30 MINUTES PRIOR to leave time. This will help us ensure that your student receives a note to leave class in a timely manner. Students will not be excused without a note.
Pre-Excused Absence: For any anticipated absence that will be more than three days, students are expected to pick up a Pre-Excused Absence Form from Jessie Munoz at the Attendance Office.
To report an absence, call Jessie Munoz at our attendance line at 503-263-7210 or email chs-attendance@canby.k12.or.us.
Students have 48 hours to have unexcused absences excused. Students may lose the opportunity to make up work for credit due to unexcused absences. Please report an absence as soon as possible.

Remember that attendance matters and students who attend class regularly are more likely to stay on track, graduate on time, learn deeply, and get the most from their high school experience.

Information for Seniors

Senior families can put a Senior Ad in the yearbook! Please see this LINK for more information and how to get your ad in the yearbook.

The senior schedule is linked on the “Graduation Information” page. Please check back often for updates. Again, seniors need to watch their emails for graduation information and updates.

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Resources

SafeOregon Program

SafeOregon is a 24-hour anonymous tip-line individuals can use if they see or hear about instances of bullying, violence, threats, drug use, suicidal thoughts and more.

There are a number of ways to report, including: