We are wrapping up Quarter 1 this week and heading into Fall Break! It's time for the cooler weather and we welcome the change from the sticky heat!

We have some important updates and reminders for you to review.

Newsletter Topics Include:

• Semester Important Calendar Dates: Holidays, Wednesdays, Grades
• What's Happening: After-school Tutoring, Testing, Food Delivery Problems, CDO Fall 2023 College & Military Fair, CDO 2024 Homecoming, Diamonds in the Desert Car Show, Class of 2024 Info
• Did You Know: CDO Green Machine, CDO Unified Special Olympics Bocce Team, CDO's IB Student Award, Hyping Required Readings in Ms. Bryants Class, National Hispanic Heritage Month, CDO Teachers getting amazing Awards!, CDO Engineering 102 & Architecture 2, 3, 4 Balsa Wood Project, New Library Mural
• Athletic Updates
• Club Updates
• CDO Counseling Team

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

• October 6th: End of Quarter 1
• October 9 - 13: Fall Break - NO SCHOOL (5 DAYS)
• November 10th: Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
• November 22 - 24: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL (3 DAYS)
• December 20 & 21: Semester 1 Final Exams
• December 22: Grading Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
• December 25 - January 5, 2024: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL (10 DAYS)

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

It’s time for first quarter report cards. You will find your child’s report card in the parent portal account on Friday afternoon (10/6) after 5 p.m.

To access your child’s report card, which includes grades, work habits, citizenship and attendance, please log into your parent portal account and look in the “Documents” tab, located along the left margin of your screen.

If need assistance with accessing your student's Quarter 1 grades, please contact Hollyanna Mast D'Bueno at (520) 696-5580 or hmastdbueno@amphi.com.

As always, if you have questions about a particular grade, please contact the teacher when we return from Fall Break.

• PSAT is DIGITAL!! Sophomores and Juniors that would like to take the PSAT, you can purchase the test from the Bookstore. Sales started on Sept. 11th. It is first come first serve and only open to CDO students. The cost is $25, and the test is on October 18th & 19th in the morning on campus. Please don’t wait to sign up! We have a very limited amount of tests. The last day to sign up is Friday, October 6th.

• AP tests are on sale in the bookstore. Must purchase by Nov. 9th.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

We do not allow outside delivery services (Uber, DoorDash, Etc.) for many reasons, but primarily due to the safety of our campus, staff and students. We do not know any of these drivers, where they are coming from, or what they are delivering. This causes a huge disruption during the instructional day. We ask that you please talk to your students about this concern.

As mentioned in our previous newsletter, we are working on correcting some behaviors that are taking place during Friday home football games. It is important that CDO students understand that we expect them to be the model of Dorado Pride at all times.

• We should not be hearing curse words
• Our students should be showing respect for the performances from our musicians and athletes
• All students should be respectful and kind to our many parent volunteers who run our snack areas
• No BOOM BOXES allowed

Please review these expectations with your students if they are planning to attend Friday home football games. We will have zero tolerance for any disrespect and they will be asked to leave immediately.

Administration also, again, cautions all Dorado parents to be aware that many students venture to local businesses after football games on Fridays and unfortunately, the supervision is minimal and we are concerned for the safety of our students.

Finally, this goes without saying, but we also expect that any adults attending our games will also show the same Dorado Pride and respect for the event and the adults managing these events.

• SEALED WATER BOTTLES are the only liquids allowed in the stadium
• We DO NOT allow open water bottles, hydroflasks, thirst busters, etc.

Please abide by these rules and understand that the staff that are taking tickets at the gates are only carrying out the directives they have been given. Any disrespect to staff members at the gate will also lead to administration being called and said guests being asked to leave the game. Thank you for your cooperation and support!

I just a few weeks, we are thrilled to host the CDO Fall 2023 College & Military Fair on October 20th from 8:30am-11:15am in the MPR!

All students are invited from 8:30am-9:00am. Students in 2nd and 3rd periods math and science classes will attend with their teachers. We’ll share a sign up form for students are unable to attend before school.

30 institutions are scheduled to attend! This is a wonderful opportunity for all students to be exposed to post-CDO options.

Homecoming is October 27th. Shirts will be on sale for $15.00 at both lunches October 23-27. The HOCO t-shirts are the ticket into the dance. Tickets can be purchased at the door of the dance for $20.00. The dance is after the football game from 9:00-11:00. The dance is for current CDO students only. Student IDs will be required for entry!

We are proud to announce that we will be hosting the 3rd annual Diamonds in the Desert car show at the Tucson Mall on Saturday March 2nd, 2024. You can fill out your registration online or mail it in. First 100 registrants will receive a dash plaque and the first 150 will be guaranteed a goody bag. Students will be designing new trophies for the 2024 car show and we are working on many surprises for the show. Come support our programs and our future automotive technicians.

Senior Dedications: Purchase your senior pages to go into the yearbook. Follow this link: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/ and type in the code “12515”choose from a variety of page sizes and prices from full pages dedicated to your student, to quarter pages. Spots are limited, deadline for submissions is January 19. Get your page in today!

Last weekend, the CDO Green Machine participated in the Mountain View Competition, where they earned second place with a score of 53.775!

Then this past weekend, the Green Machine won 2nd place in Casa Grande and had an 11pt jump in their scoring from just last week, which is a significant accomplishment. They have been working very hard on perfecting their show, and memorizing their music and drill spots and individual marching technique… all things they get adjudicated on. They are currently seated 2nd in our 3A division for the state. Big kudos to these kids… their next competition will be in 3 weeks at U of A Band Day.

CDO Unified Special Olympics bocce team competed Saturday, September 30th! They did a fantastic job.

Bronze, doubles team Brayden Cannon and Carley Christensen

Bronze, doubles team Liberty Baty and Joel Akins

Silver, doubles team Zach Crabb and Gio Macri

Silver, doubles team Stephen Craig and KyLee Carlson

Silver, doubles team Henry Swindells and Victor Martinez

Gold, doubles team Charis Wilson and Phoebee Wilson

Gold, doubles team Raymond Guisinger and Morgan Lewis

Gold, doubles team Sydney Schelper and Natalie Espinoza

On Sept. 8 in Mesa, CDO Senior Brynley Ferris will be awarded Arizona’s IB DP student of the year for 2023. She will receive a plaque and a $400 award. There are 21 IB Diploma Programmes throughout the state from Nogales to Flagstaff so this is quite a competitive and prestigious award. This accolade highlights Brynley's dedication to being a high achieving yet well-rounded student and to the International Baccalaureate Organization’s aim to develop active, compassionate, lifelong learners with international awareness.

Along with Brynley, Micah Neese was also recognized as an AZ IB Diploma Programme Student of Distinction. In addition, IB History Teacher Liz Yeager was recognized as an Arizona IB Diploma Programme Teacher of Distinction.

It can be hard to get students excited, or at least cheerfully curious, about a required reading, but through trickle-down classroom culture, anticipatory sets can come alive.

Before reading the dystopian novel, Cat's Cradle, Ms. Bryant's Honors 10 English came into class finding circular strings on their desks. Not knowing the purpose, curiosity peaked, and play began. It was well worth the time and effort to teach the child's game to a bunch of teenagers and then have to apply the importance of the author's choice of novel title, as well as infer what the book is about.

It is National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15- Oct. 15. This is a time to celebrate and recognize the many contributions, diverse culture, and extensive histories of Hispanic and Latino Americans within the U.S. To promote this, CDO's Spanish Club put up bulletin boards, signs up in the MPR, and collaborated with the library for a display to include books by Hispanic authors.

Big recognition on September 19th! Amanda Bryant at CDO is the first recipient of 20 teachers to be selected for the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl Extra Yard for Teachers Grant program! Part of this recognition includes $1,000 for her classroom, and she and her family will be recognized on the field at a Arizona Bowl football game later this year!

The prize is an annual award recognizing outstanding skilled trades teachers in U.S. public high schools. The prize is designed to shine a light on excellent skilled trades education and build a network of exceptional trades teachers. Mr. Tarbet was one of only 24 teachers selected across the country to win the $50,000 prize. Click below for the stories on kgun9 and KVOA:

On September 29th, CDO Engineering and Architecture hosted their Balsa Bridge Design Challenge poster session. Teams of students from the Advanced Engineering and Architecture classes designed, built, tested, and presented a bridge made from balsa wood that must meet certain requirements. Judges were invited to provide key feedback to each of those groups and involved District employees, CDO Administration, local business leaders and members from industry.

The Fall season is nearing a close with play-offs looming for many of our programs! Please visit our Athletics website for updates and information about the current season. Fall Sports include:

• Swim
• Football
• Golf
• Cross Country
• Girls' Volleyball
• Cheer/Pomline

Post Season Play:

• Boys' and Girls' Golf: October 24-25 and 26-27
• Cross Country: November 4th
  
• Football still playing, but likely will host home games on November 9, November 24, with continued play possible until December 1st.
  
• Girls' Volleyball has possible games November 2, November 6, November 8 and November 10th.
  
• Boys and Girls Swim: November 3-4

Winter Season begins October 30th with official practice.

All registration needs to be done before that time.

Seasons vary and will start toward mid and end of Nov.

CDO has over 60 clubs for students to join throughout the year. Take a look below at our latest list for the 2022-2023 school year. You can click the image for a better view.

German Club held our first event of the year, a board game night, on September 8th. We played Siedler von Catan (Settlers of Catan), Labyrinth, and Scrabble. German Club is celebrating National German Week this week, October 2nd-October 6th.

• On 9/20, Counseling hosted an engineer and a realtor to share about their career journeys with our students!
• On 9/14, the Arizona College Consortium organized a traveling college fair for CDO students!

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