Happy Holidays Dorado Families

This week marks the end of Semester 1 of the 2023-2024 school year. We would like to wish all of you a restful and relaxing Winter Break filled with joy and time well spent with family, friends and pets! Safe travels to everyone and we look forward to seeing you back on Monday, January 8th, 2024!

Important Reminders and information:

Topics Include:

• Thank You!
• Semester Important Calendar Dates: Holidays, Wednesdays, Final Exams
• What's Happening: Holiday Spirit Week, Getting into the Spirit Around CDO, After-school Tutoring, Class of 2024 Info, Oro Valley Cup
• Did You Know: IB ESS Class, CDO Choir, Technology & Digital Citizenship
• Athletic Updates: National Letter of Intent Signing Day & Football State Champs!
• Club Updates
• CDO Counseling Team

Thank you for all that you do to support your Dorado this school year!

Because of your generous donations, our staff will be treated to a little token of appreciation before leaving for Winter Break! We could not have done this without you and appreciate how amazingly supportive our Dorado community is.

• December 19: Early Out @ 1:05 (No Final Exams)
• December 20 & 21: Semester 1 Final Exams, Early Out @ 1:30
  
• December 22: Grading Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
• December 25 - January 5, 2024: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL (10 DAYS)
• January 8, 2024: First day of Semester 2!

Please remember that we do not have Early Out Wednesday 3 times during the year! They are: 9/6, 11/8 and 1/17.

• Semester 1 Final Exams will be administered Wednesday, December 20th and Thursday, December 21st. Please be aware that we do not give early exams.

• Students who are going to be absent must have their request for late final exams pre-approved by their teacher and grade-level administrator.

• Students must pick up a "Late Final Exam Request" form from the Principal's Office with Ms. Karri Johnson.

• We understand that students may miss school due to illness and we are happy to assist with any needed make-up exams once the student is well enough to return to school.

• In order to maintain a positive and fair testing environment for students, we expect all students to remain in the classroom for the entire exam period. The front office will not call into a classroom or interrupt exams to dismiss any students from class prior to the bell.

• Thank you in advance for your cooperation in ensuring that all of our students are able to complete their exams.

• Friday, December 22nd is a grading day and no school for students.
• Winter Break is December 22nd - January 5th.
• Semester 2 starts on Monday, January 8th.

CLASS OF 2024 SENIOR RESOURCE PAGE: CLICK HERE

Senior Dedications: Parents of seniors. If you would like to have a senior dedication in the back of the CDO Yearbook this year you can use the following link and school code to create that.

• Here is the link: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/
  
• School code is: 12515
• The pricing is as follows:
• 1/8 page ad $35
• 1/4 page ad $65
• 1/2 page ad $110
• Full page ad $220

Thank you,

The 2024 CDO Yearbook Team

Did you know that the Santa Cruz river flows year-round in parts of Tucson thanks to treated wastewater released by Tucson Water? IB ESS seniors traveled to the Santa Cruz river at Crossroads park in Marana to assess water quality and investigate the impact of using effluent (treated wastewater) to restore an aquatic ecosystem. Students used physical, chemical, and biological data to assess water quality. Their results show mixed reviews in terms of the river's health. Their index of biotic integrity calculations and the presence of invasive common carp indicate poor water quality, while the clarity, pH, nitrates, and conductivity of the water were within healthy ranges. Highlights for students included spending the day outside in nature, learning field sampling techniques, and catching fish with their bare hands.

CDO's four choirs had a successful winter concert and fun choir spirit week. The preschoolers were heartwarming while performing their own holiday music show.

Winter Season has started! Winter season sports include:

• Boys' & Girls' Basketball
• Boys' & Girls' Soccer
• Boys' & Girls' Wrestling

Congratulations to our 23-24 Dorado Football Team for finishing the season with an undefeated record, taking them all the way to the 4A State Championship. They not only took the State Champion title, but did it while also being recognized by the AIA for the Sportsmanship Award for all of 4A. We could not be more proud of our coaches, players and families for working so hard to make this happen!

Congrats to our Dorados who are heading off to post-secondary athletic opportunities doing what they love!

CDO has over 60 clubs for students to join throughout the year. Take a look below at our latest list for the 2023-2024 school year. You can click the image for a better view.

Tara Bulleigh, Principal

Canyon del Oro High School

An International Baccalaureate World School

Office: (520) 696-5565

Email: tbulleigh@amphi.com
Website: https://www.amphi.com/CDO
Location: 25 West Calle Concordia, Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone: 5206965560
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDOHighSchool
Twitter: @CdOHighSchool