Dragon Diary

April

1 - Professional Development Day - No School for Students

Prom & Picnic Ticket Prices Increase

5 - Family Fun Night at Rockenbaugh Elementary

10 - Spring Letter Jacket Sizing at CHS and CSHS

11 - CHS Chicken Salad Chick Night

18 - English 1 and English 2 STAAR EOC at CHS

24 - Biology STAAR EOC at CHS

US History STAAR EOC at CSHS

Senior Awards Assembly 6pm at CSHS

26 - Last Day to Order a Yearbook

30 - Prom & Picnic Ticket Sales END

May

1- Algebra 1 STAAR EOC at CHS

6 - US Government & Politics AP Exam @ 8am

Art History AP Exam @ 12pm

Chemistry AP Exam @ 12pm

7 -Human Geography AP Exam @ 8am

Microeconomics AP Exam @ 8am

Seminar AP Exam @ 12pm

Statistics AP Exam @12pm

8 -English Literature & Composition AP Exam @ 8am

Comparative Government and Politics AP Exam @12pm

Computer Science A AP Exam @12pm

9 -Chinese Language and Culture AP Exam @ 8am

Environmental Science AP Exam @ 8am

Psychology AP Exam @12pm

10 -European History AP Exam @ 8am

US History AP Exam @ 8am

Macroeconomics AP Exam @12pm

Spanish Literature & Culture AP Exam @12pm

13 -Calculus AB AP Exam @ 8am

Calculus BC AP Exam @ 8am

Italian Language & Culture AP Exam @ 12pm

Precalculus AP Exam @12pm

14 - Senior Picnic at Circle R Ranch

English Language and Composition AP Exam @ 8am

African American Studies AP Exam @ 12pm

Physics C: Mechanics AP Exam @ 12pm

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism AP Exam @ 2pm

15 - Senior Panoramic Picture at 9:30 am

French Language and Culture AP Exam @ 8am

World History: Modern AP Exam @ 8am

Computer Science Principles AP Exam @ 12pm

Music Theory AP Exam @ 12pm

16 -Spanish Language and Culture AP Exam @ 8am

Biology AP Exam @ 12pm

Japanese & Culture AP Exam @ 12pm

17 -German Language and Culture AP Exam @ 8am

Physics 1: Algebra Based AP Exam @ 8am

Latin AP Exam @ 12pm

Physics 2: Algebra Based AP Exam @ 12pm

18 - Prom at DFW Hyatt

20 - Block 1 Final Exam

Block 2 Final Exam

Block 3 Regular Class

Block 4 Regular Class

21 - Block 5 Final Exam

Block 6 Final Exam

Block 7 Regular Class

Block 8 Regular Class

22 - Block 3 Final Exam

Block 4 Final Exam

Early Release at Noon

Baccalaureate at White's Chapel

23 - Block 7 Final Exam

Block 8 Final Exam

Early Release at Noon

Last Day of School

24 - Teacher Work Day

Graduation Practice at 8 am

Graduation at 7:30 pm

Project Graduation 2024

The Student Council of Carroll Senior High is teaming up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a remarkable cause! This year, our Make-A-Wish recipient has expressed their dream of attending a Dallas Mavericks game, and we are determined to make it happen.

To support this heartfelt wish, the student council is organizing a 3v3 Basketball Tournament, where participants and supporters can come together to raise funds. We're extending our efforts by offering exclusive T-shirts for sale to the CISD community. Every purchase contributes directly to granting the wish of our Make-A-Wish recipient. The online store will be open until April 21st. To make it convenient, members of the CSH student council will deliver shirts to all who place orders.

If your family or business would prefer to make a direct contribution to Make-A-Wish, we've made it easy. Simply click the link provided to donate online and help us bring joy and hope to a deserving individual. Thank you for joining us in making dreams come true.

Contact Amy Skrovan or Lindsey Jacobson with any questions.

We are offering our graduating seniors a fun and safe option in celebrating their momentous night!

Project Graduation 2024 will be held at Pinstack in Las Colinas on Friday, May 24th. This is a lock-in event held from 11 pm to 5 am. Seniors will enjoy a fun night filled with a variety of activities, including: snacks, dinner, & breakfast, a DJ, bowling, arcade games, laser tag, cash cube, various sketchers, a casino and loads of opportunities to win prizes.

Be sure to purchase your ticket online @ https://carrollpto.wufoo.com/forms/w1grv3ge0rw4aeq/

Get your CHS/CSHS yearbook for $100! The award-winning Dragon Yearbook features grades 9-12 as well as all Carroll sponsored sports and activities.

Last day to order is April 26th!

Click for Direct Link to Order

HB 114 requires mandatory DAEP placement for any student who possesses, uses, sells, gives, or delivers to another person any component of an e-cigarette, also known as vapes, on or within 300 feet of school property or while attending a school sponsored activity.

Students must commute between campuses (CHS/CSHS) via the district provided shuttle bus. The only exception is when a student begins or ends their day on a campus that is not their home campus, they may commute in their personal vehicle only for first or last block.

Transporting other students in their vehicles is prohibited.

CSHS and CHS are closed campuses and students may not leave campus during lunch.

Door Dash, Uber Eats, Grub Hub or any other food delivery services are prohibited at CHS and CSHS.

Parents are able to drop off lunch for their student at the drop off table in the CHS or CSHS front lobby.

Remember to bring your ID as we require all visitors to show their drivers license at the front door camera before entrance into the school

The goals of the #SAFEdragon program are to improve safety and security within Carroll ISD and promote emergency preparedness among students and staff.

Students should never open the doors for anyone, not even friends. Be a #SAFEdragon!

All students must wear their ID Badge daily for security and entrance into the buildings as the outside doors are locked and not open for entrance without your ID Badge.

ID Badges will also be used in the cafeteria to purchase food and beverages and in the library.

• ALL students are required to wear their ID Badges on their person at all times and be visible during the school day.




• Replacement ID Badges must be purchased for $10 in the CHS AP Office or the CSHS Library.

Visitors entering and exiting from the front entrance is to ensure the safety for our campuses. We have asked all staff to not open any side or back doors, as everyone needs to enter the front doors.

We will also require all visitors to show their drivers license at the front door camera before entrance into the school. Be prepared to show your ID every time you visit a CISD school, even if pre-registered.

Thank you for your understanding as we strive to make our campus as safe as possible for your children.

We offer AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY PASSES (at no charge) for students who, after their last class of the day, need to be transported to the other high school for a school sponsored sport or activity. This pass may be obtained by picking-up an application from the student's coach or sponsor.

Once completed, it must be signed by the coach or sponsor of the activity or sport and returned to the office. All students must then sign the bus rider contract. Passes will be distributed to the student through the coach or sponsor.

Students must present their pass to the bus driver each time they need to ride or will not be allowed to ride. This pass is not necessary if the student has a valid annual or semester bus pass. Please note that misuse of the pass will require immediate forfeiture of the pass and it must be used for transportation to school activities only.

Absences:

A parent/guardian must contact CHS attendance (CHSAttendance@southlakecarroll.edu or 817-949-5609) any day (or duration) that their student will not be in school. If the absence is due to a medical appointment, religious observance, court appearance or day-of driver’s permit/license, please provide the written excuse/documentation.

All Student Arrivals

9th & 10th grade students must enter classrooms by 8:00am. Students must sign in at the attendance office if they arrive any time after 8:00am – even if it is during a passing period or lunchtime - to receive a pass. If a student arrives less than 20 minutes late for any block – they receive a tardy. If arrival is greater than 20 minutes, the student is absent for the entire block (per TEA code). In this case, CHS needs a parent/guardian note or phone call, or excusable appointment documentation. If we do not receive notice, the student will be unexcused for the block. Accruing unexcused absences leads to truancy tracking per the TEA Code.

Freshman Departures

9th grade students. Parents/guardians of 9th graders must physically sign their student out at the attendance office for early dismissal. This applies at both our High School and Senior High School. If someone other than a parent/guardian is picking up the student, that person must be on the emergency contact list in Family Access. If they are not, please provide their name and CHS will copy their driver’s license before we release the student.

Sophomore Departures

10th grade students. Many sophomores drive, therefore their departure procedure is different from freshmen. With written parent/guardian notice only, 10th graders may sign themselves out for early dismissal. Please follow these guidelines.

~ A parent/guardian writes a hard-copy note (no email or phone call) that includes:

~ Name of student (first and last)

~ Date of departure

~ Time of dismissal

~ Signature of parent/guardian signature

~ Phone of parent/guardian

In the morning, the student brings the hard-copy, parent/guardian note to the attendance office in exchange for an early dismissal slip. At the approved time, the student shows the dismissal slip to their teacher and walks down to the attendance office to sign out.

Kathleen Carrabine

Carroll High School

Office: 817-949-5609

Fax: 817-949-5656

CHSAttendance@southlakecarroll.edu

CSHS Absent/Early Dismissal Procedures

If your student will be late to school or absent all day, please email at your earliest convenience so that we can mark them tardy/absent and avoid sending out an email/text notification that your student is not at school.

Juniors: Carrie.sanders@southlakecarroll.edu 817-949-5801

Senior: julie.zamora@southlakecarroll.edu 817-949-5802

Each year, many students (and parents) assume that because they are 18 years old, they can sign themselves out. For liability reasons, each student (no matter their age) must have parent permission before we can allow them to sign out and leave campus during the school day.

If your student needs to be dismissed early, please send an email indicating the time your student needs to be dismissed. Your student can stop by the office and pick up their slip before school or during their passing period. You may also send a note with them that morning. The slip will allow them to leave class at the designated time. We are not allowed to call into a classroom to dismiss a student unless it is a true emergency. This prevents disrupting the entire class with a phone call from the office in the event the students are testing. Teachers have been informed not to accept texts or handwritten notes from the student – all dismissals must go through the attendance office.

College Visits - Students are allowed 2 (two) excused days of absence, per semester to visit a college campus. Students will need to stop by the attendance office before the visit to sign our calendar and pick up a College Visit Form to be completed by the University while they are on campus. A college representative must sign and date the form and it must have either a school seal or stamp in order to be an excused visit. Parents must also sign the form before it is turned into the attendance office.

Students will receive an absence if they miss more than 20 minutes of a class.

A Verification of Enrollment is required for students getting a permit or license. There is a sign-up sheet in the front office of CHS for freshman and sophomores. If you sign in before noon, forms can be picked up by 3:21 pm, after noon forms can be picked up the next school day.

Juniors and seniors need to obtain their VOE from the Senior High front office.

Forms are good for 30 days.

Vehicles parked in CHS/CSHS designated student parking lots are under the jurisdiction of CHS/CSHS and must display a valid parking permit.

Any vehicle parked on CHS/CSHS property must have a permit adhered to the PASSENGER side windshield. Permits taped, placed on dashboard, or displayed in any other manner are subject to warnings followed by vehicle immobilization (boot).

Freshman, regardless of age, are prohibited from parking on either campus. Sharing or copying permits is also prohibited.

Parking permit fees are listed below:

● General Parking Permit for 2 semesters (full year) $150.00 ($50.00 per permit for additional vehicles)

● General Parking Permit for 2nd semester only (half year) $75.00

● Reserved Parking Permit (Seniors Only) (full year) $250.00 ($50 refundable if space reset at end of year)

The link to purchase can be found in your student's Skyward account.

*Replacement of lost or damaged parking permits will incur a $30.00 replacement fee.

Parking permits will NOT be sold or issued with incomplete paperwork. The parking information sheet must have all information completed and it must have both parent/guardian and student signatures (even if the student is 18). We must have accurate information for each parking permit sold.

The submission of fraudulent or incorrect vehicle identification information or the use of fraudulent parking permits may result in the loss of parking privileges. Students must commute between CHS/CSHS via the district provided shuttle bus. The only exception is when a student begins or ends their day on a campus that is not their home campus, they may commute in their personal vehicle only for the first or last block. Students are not allowed to be in their vehicles during instruction time, passing periods, lunch, or off blocks.

Any student parked in a handicapped parking space (without a handicapped permit), faculty lot, visitor’s lot, striped area, fire lane, or other unauthorized areas will be subject to having his/her vehicle ticketed, immobilized (booted) or towed at owner’s expense, loss of parking privileges, and/or disciplinary actions. This includes parking in the numbered/reserved spaces which have been reserved by seniors.

The progression of disciplinary action is as follows:

● 1st Offense: Violation sticker with explanation of violation and AP involvement.

● 2nd Offense: Vehicle immobilized (booted), AP involvement, and a $30.00 boot removal fee. Additional disciplinary action for subsequent offenses.

If a student’s vehicle is immobilized because the student has not purchased a parking permit, the boot will not be removed until a permit is purchased (if the student is eligible) and the removal fee is paid. Boots will be removed after the fee(s) are paid, and a member of Security and an AP are available. Vehicles that create safety or access problems may be towed, without warning, at the owner's expense.

Please feel free to contact the Assistant Principal’s office at 817-949-5626 (CHS) OR 817-949-5803 (CSHS) with any questions.

There is a table at the front entrance of both CHS and CSHS where students can collect all items dropped off by parents.

Please make sure any item dropped off is labeled with their name and your student knows to collect them. Please note that your student may not leave the building to collect items from your vehicle, these must be brought into the building and dropped off.

The Child Nutrition Department is committed to providing students access to a variety of meal and snack options while meeting the diverse needs of our student population.

Please take a moment to check the balance on your students lunch account and add funds if needed. We encourage all parents/students to prepay money into their account to help lunch lines move faster and to avoid lost/forgotten lunch money.

1. Cash/Check – can be deposited in the lunch line at the point of sale. If you choose to drop cash off, please include your child’s name and ID number. Any change from a cash payment will be deposited on the student's lunch account.
2. Online Payment - CISD has included a parent online credit card payment system through MySchoolBucks, online or mobile app. You can make credit card payments to your student’s cafeteria account online for a convenience fee of $2.75. The system will also allow parents to view student cafeteria account balances and purchases at no charge as well as set up free, automatic, low balance email notifications and automatic payments.

Click here for more information.

If you have not already done so, please update your student’s health history on Skyward. On CISD’s Health Services website, https://www.southlakecarroll.edu/Domain/48, you can find links for Action Plans for asthma, allergies, seizures, etc. as well as MAR forms. In the next week or two, I will begin screening for hearing and vision for students new to Carroll High School.

As a reminder, students are not allowed to carry medications (over-the-counter or prescription). You may keep medications in the nurse's office for daily or as needed administration. Please be sure medicine is in original container, not expired, and has a signed MAR. Prescriptions also require a doctor signature. Inhalers, epipens, and diabetic supplies are the only exceptions to the carry policy, but the student does have to turn in the MAR and documentation from the doctor saying it is OK to carry. It is best if medications to carry are labeled, too. Also, the nurse is unable to dispense medicine, even Advil or Tylenol, unless it the student's own medicine brought in specifically for them.

Thank you for your help!

Kelly Lambert, RN

Kelly.Lambert@southlakecarroll.edu

CHS Nurse

817-949-5610 phone 817-949-5656 fax

Carroll Senior High School Nurse

MICHELLE.GREENBERG@southlakecarroll.edu

817-949-5810 phone

817-949-5858 fax