Canyon Families,

I hope all of our students are having a great Spring Break and are ready for the final quarter of the school year (48 school days)! With SBA testing happening in April, AP/IB Testing in May and many student activities taking place, school will be over before you know it. March had some great events that took place with our students accomplishing great things and the month of April will also have a lot going on. For a recap and preview of these events, please see the newsletter below.

Have a great day!

Brent McKee
Principal

ATTENTION SENIORS! Don't miss the opportunity to apply for the PTSA's annual scholarship. The PTSA takes great pride in being able to give back to Canyon students with their scholarship program. Applications are being accepted now through April 11th at 3:00pm. Applications and Guidelines can be found at PTSA - Canyon High School under Scholarships. Feel free to reach out with questions via email to SeniorScholarships@CanyonhsPTSA.com. Good luck to all of those that apply!

Our Drama Department put on an amazing performance of "The Drowsy Chaperone" for their Spring Musical during March. Several students helped make up an amazing cast of talent that entertained audiences over four nights. The stars of the play were Fawn Rinker as "The Drowsy Chaperone", Olivia Melgoza as Janet, Skye Mason as "The Man in the Chair", and Eli Medlin as "Robert Martin". All of our students did a great job!

The Canyon High School Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Michael Whang held their Spring Concert on March 6th. Those who attended were entertained by a great performance by our outstanding musicians!

On March 22nd and 23rd, our talented Color Guard Team competed in the WGI West Power Regional competition in Palm Desert. They secured 2nd place in their Division and will be heading to WGASC Championships April 12th & 13th. Finals of the Championships will be held at the UCI Bren Center. , They also competed in a WGASC competition at Ayala High School in Chino Hills on March 15 where they finished in 1st Place for their Division! CONGRATULATIONS and Good Luck at the Championships in April!

Mark you calendars to attend the Annual Spring Dance Show. This is when our outstanding students is Ms. Andrea Greene's Dance classes will perform. The highlight of the show will be our solo dances performed by our seniors. There are three shows from April 23 - April 25 at 7:00 PM in the MPR. These are great shows and usually sell out so plan to come early.

The Canyon Orchestra, Marching Band and Choir programs had the great opportunity to spend the week before Spring Break in Honolulu Hawaii performing in a Music Festival. All three groups received the "Gold" Award which is the top award given out. The Choir was selected as the top the vocal ensemble and invited to perform at the Festival Command Performance at Hawaii Theater. During the week, these groups had performances and learning experiences but also found plenty of opportunities to have a lot of fun! A shout out to Band Director Michael Whang, Choir Director Jens Hurty, their staff and boosters for making this trip of a lifetime happen for their students!

On Saturday, March 22, the Canyon High School PTSA held it's annual Campus Care Day. Students and Parents came together to help make improvements to the campus. In addition to raking leaves and basic cleaning, students painted the round pillars in the back hallway and we also painted athletic storage containers on the lower field. The paint jobs made a huge difference to the appearance of our campus! Thank you to all of the students and parents who volunteered their time. A special thank you to Sandeep Baweja who took the lead on this day and organized it so that we got a lot done in a short amount of time!

Canyon PTSA is so excited to announce one of our local winners for our annual Reflections Arts Contest not only won 1st place at Canyon for her impressive photography submission, but went on to win 1st place at the Orange County Council of PTA's level competing against all other high schools in our district. She then went on to take 1st place at the PTA 4th District Level, which encompasses the majority of Orange County High Schools. Her amazing photo is now onto the National PTA Reflections Contest to compete again high schoolers from around the nations. Congratulations and Good Luck to Katelyn Gooteratne! We are so proud of you!!!

Canyon High School had three talented artists who were selected to have their work displayed for the Laguna College of Art and Design's "Color it Orange" Display. This is quite an honor! All three have an amazing talent and are students in our Art classes taught by Ms. Kathy Flannagan-Rose. CONGRATULATIONS to these students! Their works are in the links below.

The first link (Fraternal) is the work of ZHAOYU LI

The second link (Optic Insights) is the work of CLAIRE MCMULLEN

The third (Glitch) and fourth (Purr Majesty) links are the work of LINDSEY TRINH

Our 11th graders will be taking the SBA during the month of April. These are important tests that affect our school's dashboard. This year's junior class has the challenge of topping our current seniors who had the best performance on state testing in school history last year! Testing is broken up over 3 weeks:

April 14 - 18 English Test (Students test with their English teacher)
April 21 - 24 Math Test (Students will test with a Math teacher)

April 28 - May 1 Science Test (Students test with their US History teacher)

These tests are digital so please make sure your student brings their charged device on these days. There are incentives for doing well so please encourage your student to do their best!

Our Spring Sports season is well underway and will be wrapping up their spring seasons over the next few weeks. Highlights so far:

SOFTBALL is currently 11-4 and tied for first place in League and ranked #2 in Orange County.

BASEBALL is currently 12-5 and undefeated (4-0) in league. They also have a 5-1 Victory over Villa Park!

BOYS TENNIS is currently 12-3 with some outstanding individual play as well.

GIRLS BEACH VOLLEYBALL is currently 5-3 and has a good chance to qualify for CIF in its FIRST EVER SEASON.

BOYS LACROSSE AND GIRLS LACROSSE are having solid seasons and both have a good chance of making C.I.F. BOYS AND GIRLS SWIM, BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK and BOYS GOLF will all be well represented with some great individuals at League Finals as well as CIF and probably State.

As the regular season winds down in April, I would encourage you to come see these teams play. It wouldn't be surprising to see one or two make a deep run in CIF playoffs if not win a Championship when playoffs start at the end of the month.

For all the athletic schedules, please visit the Canyon Athletic Website

Congratulations to Mr. Chris Weinkauf who was chosen by students as Canyon's Teacher of the Month for March. Mr. Weinkauf is in his 11th year teaching English at Canyon High School. He currently teaching English 10H. In addition to his teaching duties, Mr. Weinkauf is also our Head Golf Coach.

Congratulations to Mrs. Gina Grammas who was chosen as Canyon's Classified Employee of the Month. Mrs. Grammas is our Career Tech and oversees the Career Center. She was responsible for organizing the amazing College and Career CTE fair that was mentioned above. Mrs. Grammas has been at Canyon for 3 years.

It’s time for PTSA Honorary Service Awards! Do you know a superstar volunteer? We want the chance to hear about them and consider them for an Honorary Service Award! Parents, students, community members, teachers, and staff can all be nominated! Please fill out the attached form with your nomination! Entries due on 4/10.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY TUTORING

The National Honor Society has tutoring in Room 133 from 3:30 to 4:30 Tuesday through Thursday.

Every morning at 7:30 AM, we offer Math Tutoring in Room 139. Mr. Joe Svoboda is available to help any student who is having trouble with Math. No appointment is necessary. This is a great opportunity for those who can't get help outside of school to come before school and get help with Math. Due to Faculty meetings, there is no tutoring on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month.

Monday, April 7 @ 7:00 PM - CHS Foundation Meeting in Room 114

Thursday, April 10 @ 9:00 AM - CHS PTSA Meeting in Library

Wednesday, April 16 @ 1:10 PM - Athletic Signing Day in the Gym

Wednesday, April 23 - Friday, April 25 @ 7:00 PM - Spring Dance Show in the MPR

For up to date information during the month, you can check out the Canyon HS Website or click on the Daily Bulletin which has up to date announcements on what is happening at CHS.