It is the end of the first quarter! We have had a fabulous and fun first quarter. It been awesome to visit classrooms to see students and teachers continuing to build community and strong relationships. Instructionally teachers and students are engaging in the learning process working toward mastery.

Our Homecoming game and dance were exciting and fun. Congratulations to all the royalty celebrated at Homecoming. Our Fall sports have been having much success. Remember to come out and support our fall sports! We have a football game during the Fall Break on October 11.

Students take this time to relax and get rejuvenated for 2nd quarter. As you gear up for second quarter remember that the expectation is that students bring charged devices to school and to all their classes every day. Computers are a learning device and students must have them daily to complete assignments in class.

Reminders to please make it to school on time every day. School start time is 8:00. Habitual tardies will be reflected in first period grades. We will be making phone calls home to students with excessive tardies to determine how we can work together to mitigate tardies.

This week is a short week for students, no school on Friday, October 4th for students. For teachers this is grading day so by October 11th you will have access to first quarter grades.

Students if you are in credit recovery continue to work through Fall Break on your Apex courses.

I wish you all an amazing, relaxing and safe Fall Break the week of October 7 - October 11. See you back on October 14th for the start of an awesome second quarter. Have fun and be safe.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of our recent graduate Minhaj Jamshidi.

The Tucson Unified School District and El Rio Health are excited to offer the Teen Telehealth program for your Student, on campus, at Catalina High School. The Teen Telehealth program is offered through a private and secure computer kiosk operated by El Rio Health and the Catalina Success Center to provide students with real-time, face-to-face medical services via video appointments. This Teen Telehealth program will make healthcare for students more convenient and accessible. Easy access to healthcare helps students stay or become healthy and focus on learning by not needing to leave campus for appointments.

Parental consent forms are available in Student Services, the Health Office, and the Success Center with Mrs. Schull. Please contact Mrs. Schull with questions at 520-232-8438 or by email

Students can receive medical consultation for

• Health screenings

• Consult for colds, cough, runny nose, pink eye, allergies, urinary tract infection, asthma, acne, etc.

• Sexual and reproductive health services (like counseling on birth control methods and testing or treatment for sexually transmitted infections) • Consult for laboratory/diagnostic testing

• Prescriptions for medications

• Referrals to an El Rio Health specialist for further care or treatment (e.g., diabetes or mental health services).

*** Reproductive health services are provided for free or low cost. Some other preventative care services may be billed to insurance. IF your student is uninsured, please contact El Rio Health at 520-670-3909. We can help you get insurance.

Hola From the Success Center!

This is a reminder that students can visit the Success Center during lunch, passing period, or after school if they need School Supplies, Personal Hygiene items, or food to bring home from the Food Pantry. If you are in need of something specific or would like to connect about your Student, feel free to email me at amy.schull@tusd1.org

Fall sports are underway and the competitive seasons have begun. Below are the schedules of competition for cross country, football and girls volleyball. The upcoming winter season will include boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, and boys and girls wrestling. If you are interested in joining those teams, go see coach Duran in student services for physical packets and clearance information. The winter season starts on November 4 and many teams have started preseason training.

Cross country

Date Location

10/2 @ Pueblo High School

10/9 @ Andrada Polytechnic High School

10/18 TUSD Championship

10/23 Divisional Championship

11/2 State Meet

Football

Date Location

10/4 @Catalina High School

10/11 @ Catalina High School

10/18 @ Benson High School

10/25 @ Palo Verde Magnet High Schol

11/1 @ Wilcox High School

Volleyball

Date Location

10/1 @ Sabino High School

10/3 @ Safford High School

10/9 @ Tanque Verde High School

10/11 @ Catalina High School

10/17 @ Catalina High School

10/22 @ Catalina High School

10/24 @ Palo Verde High School

10/30 @ Catalina High School

Library Databases: Ms. O’Dell’s Earth Science class got trained on how to use the Free State Library Databases for their Mineral research assignment in September. Way to go student scholars! These databases are free to any Arizona resident and are full of reliable, accurate, relevant articles for academic research. Try them out using the link above!

We celebrated Banned Books week September 23rd-27th by highlighting banned and challenged books and the freedom to read. Check out our website for more information on banned and challenged books. We also created a Superhero September display to highlight our Superhero books!

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15th to October 15th and our library has over a hundred books on display around the library that are by or about Hispanic or Latinos.

READ if you DARE??!! October is all about horror and thriller books! Students can check out spine-tingling suspense and nail-biting thriller books this month. See our Collections to find a good read!

• Our Library Media Website is the best place to get the most updated information about what’s going on in the Media Center as well as information on our books, research, events, and digital citizenship.

• Contact me at karin.bernal@tusd1.org if you have any questions or concerns. My office hours are: Monday - Friday 7:40AM to 3:30PM Office phone: 520-282-8424

Yearbooks are on sale in the Finance office, Get yours today. The price will increase in January.

School Picture Day is September 16, 2025. There will be only 1 makeup day this year, if your student misses both days, they will not be pictured on their class page in Synergy.

Senior parents: If you would like to include a shoutout or recognition page in the yearbook for your graduating senior, please reach out to Melissa Kornmuller for more Information.

Students will not have school from 10/4/2024-10/13/2024 for Fall Break. Classes will resume on Monday, 10/14/2024.