Happy Holidays Dorado Families

This week marks the end of Semester 1 of the 2024-2025 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 6th, 2025!

Important Reminders and information:

Topics Include:

• Thank You!
• Semester Important Calendar Dates: Holidays, Wednesdays, Final Exams
• What's Happening: Holiday Spirit Week, After School Tutoring, CDO PTO Updates
• Did You Know: CDO Youth and Government, Fine Arts, Dunkin comes to CDO
• Athletic Updates: National Letter of Intent Signing Day
• 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 has been engaging in a fun "Holiday Road" game that involves fun challenges and prize giveaways. It has made the atmosphere on campus, during an otherwise stressful time, feel a bit lighter. We could not have done this without you and appreciate how amazingly supportive our Dorado community is. Thank you for all of your kind donations!

• December 17: Early Out @ 1:05 (No Final Exams)
• December 18 & 19: Semester 1 Final Exams - Release at 1:30
• December 20: Grading Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
• December 23 - January 3, 2025: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL (10 DAYS)

• Semester 1 Final Exams will be administered Wednesday, December 18th and Thursday, December 19th. 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 20th is a grading day and no school for students.
• Winter Break is December 20th - January 3rd.
• Semester 2 starts on Monday, January 6th.

The health office wants to thank families for the generous donations, it is greatly appreciated.

When to keep your child home sick, please refer to the link provided Health Services / Is My Child Sick? Should I Send My Child to School

Reminder during cold and flu season:

The health office is not able to provide cold and flu medications, decongestants or allergy medications, please make sure your child is taking needed medications before coming to school.

If any families have extra disinfecting wipes laying around, the health office is always grateful for donations with the flu season upon us.

Any freshman that is looking for tutoring, join us in T-23 every Thursday from 8:00am - 8:45am

Twenty students from CDO attended the YMCA’s 77th Annual Model Legislature and Model Court program at the State Capitol from Friday, December 6th to Sunday, December 8th.

CDO represented with 2 State Senators, 3 State Representatives, 5 members of the AZ Supreme Court (4 attorneys and 1 justice), 4 members of the Press Corps, and 6 Lobbyists or Legislative staffers.

Highlights included:

Court: CDO attorneys working together to win four of the four cases they argued in front of the Supreme Court (Cases were regarding laws that around a TikTok ban, a DUI/Search and Seizure case, Saudi Arabia government and corporations land/water usage in AZ, and ID Requirements for Voting).

Legislature: All 5 of the bills written by CDO students passed out of their respective committees and all 5 passed through their respective groups (Senate and House of Representatives). Four of the 5 bills were passed by the full session of the Legislature. The Bills written by CDO students included increased funding through lottery revenue to CTE programs in schools, requirement of common curriculum to be required of Freshmen in public and private schools regarding mental health, soil desalination of lands used for agriculture, requirement of financial literacy curriculum in high schools, and a mental health access and equity bill. One CDO student (Hailey Collins) was pulled from the House floor to talk to a group of YMCA Board members and actual AZ Representatives about her bill because they were so impressed and interested in passing something like it in the actual AZ Legislature.

Press Corps: All four members representing CDO in the Press Corp had pieces published in the newspaper or produced on “T.V. news”

Legislative Staff: These members served as committee clerks and then clerks on the floors of the House and Senate. They tallied votes, announced bills, ran the microphone systems, and sent important messages through the pages to members of the Legislature. One of our Legislative Staff (Gavin Yewell) won an award for the best staffer.

We also had one student, Cailin Musgrave, run for next year’s Attorney General, and while she did not win the general election, she did a great job giving her speech, participating in a debate, and campaigning throughout the weekend, while still doing her duties as a State Senator.

Many of our amazing Fine Arts groups performed over the last few weeks to close out the semester. As you already know, we have so many talented student artists at CDO from our Choir and Dance programs, our Theatre program, our Orchestra program and our Band program. We also cannot forget about our visual artists in Photography and 2D Art as well. Some of these programs are featured below.

High School Nation is an organization that provides free activities and initiatives that help build campus culture and connect schools with their communities. They also strive to foster student unity and community support by creating programs that enhance the high school experience. Recently, they partnered with Dunkin Donuts to bring $5 gift cards and refersher samples to all CDO students and staff.

CDO Construction and Architecture Teacher, Mr. Josh Ronstadt, has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Univeristy of Arizona Amazing Teacher of the Year! He was nominated by CDO Administration for his commitment and dedication to his programs and his students, and contributions to CDO's community as a whole. A committee of educators and members of the community selected him as one of nine high school Amazing Teacher of the Year Finalists in Southern Arizona. As a part of his recognition, he will be recongized during a University of Arizona Men's Basketball game in the Spring and will also be featured in a KGUN News story that highlights why he was nominated and chosen. The nine finalists will be celebrated at an event in the Spring where the 2025 Amazing Teacher of the Year will be announced. Good luck to Mr. Ronstadt! You deserve this recognition and we are proud to have you in our Dorado Family!

Winter Season is off and running! Please visit our Athletics website for updates and information about the current season. Winter Sports include:

• Basketball
• Soccer
• Wrestling

Any other questions please do not hesitate to contact the Athletic Department at 520-696-5573.

Thank you have a great season!!!

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

The Clay Club meets every Friday after school in K907.

Mud Club meets every Wednesdays at 8:15 am in the library.

CDO has over 60 clubs for students to join throughout the year. Take a look below at our latest list for the 2024 - 2025 school year. You can click the image for a better view.

Check back here for previous newsletters throughout the school year. The first few newsletters were sent out through ParentSquare and can be pulled up on the ParentSquare feed. :)

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