CHS Community Newsletter

Good afternoon Canby High School Students & Families,

I am so excited to celebrate our back-to-back state champions, our superior-rated choir. I was able to watch them compete, and they were awe-inspiring. They received a well deserved standing ovation after their performance! Our band competes at their state tournament Friday, and we wish them similar success. I am so proud of our hard working musicians.

Our athletes are meeting with similar success as well. Sports are finishing up their spring seasons and competing in districts. Baseball and softball are ranked high in the OSAA rankings, and we are looking forward to the first round of the state playoffs for both teams on Tuesday, May 21.

Next week, we will have our monthly fire alarm on Monday 5/13, and on Thursday 5/16, we will have a special day honoring our seniors and welcoming our incoming freshman. Seniors will participate in the grad walk in the morning--where they will go to the middle and elementary schools in their regalia and be recognized by staff and students. The incoming class of 2028 will then visit CHS in the afternoon. 8th grade parents and students, watch for more information on this “Fly Up” next week.

Finally, as we wrap up Educator Appreciation Week, I want to thank our teachers for their service to our students and community. Thank you for believing in our students, working hard so our students are happy and proud, and helping them dream big!

Have a Wonderful Week!

Best,

Cari Sloan

Canby High School Principal

#CanbyProud #RollCougs

@Canby_Principal

Friday, 5/10: Track & Field, Districts, Band, State, 6:00 PM, Baseball, AWAY @ 5:00pm, Softball, Home @ 5:00pm and Men’s Lacrosse, Home @ 8:00pm

Saturday, 5/11: Prom, Evergreen Aviation Museum, 8:00pm

Saturday, 5/11: Women’s tennis Districts, Boys Rugby away

Monday, 5/13: Men’s and Women’s Golf, State, Women’s Tennis, Districts, Varsity Baseball, Home @ 5:00pm, Men’s Lacrosse, 8:00pm

Tuesday, 5/14: Men’s and Women’s Golf, State and Men’s Tennis, Districts

Wednesday, 5/15: Dance Team Tryouts, 4:30-6:30pm, Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Districts, Baseball, AWAY @ 5:00pm and Softball, AWAY @ 5:00pm

Thursday, 5/16: Dance Team Tryouts, 4:30-6:30pm

Friday, 5/17: Dance Team Tryouts, 4:30-6:30pm, Track & Field, State, Baseball, Home @ 5:00pm, Softball, Home @ 5:00pm and One Act Plays, 7:00pm

Save the Date:

5/23: Final Athletic Signing Day

5/23: Decision Day

5/27: No School - Memorial Day

5/29: Spring Sports Awards Night

5/31: Preschool Graduation, 10:00am

6/5: Multi Sport, Scholar and Senior Athlete Breakfast

6/7: Graduation

National Honors Society (NHS) Applications Open for 24/25 School Year:

The National Honors Society is a student club that is based around students with high levels of Scholarly Ability, Character, Leadership, and Service who are willing to take additional steps to further support their school and community.

Be part of an organization to not only give back, but build your college/ career transcript for the next steps beyond high school. This is both a national and Canby institution and we want you to be part of it!

Application Due Date: Tuesday May 28th

Application Forms and Instructions can be found in Mr. Underwood-Jett's room D-231, the counseling office, and online at the link below

Dance Team Tryouts:

Tryouts for the 24-25 season are May 15-16-17, 4:30-6:30pm at CHS

Enter through the CHS New Commons wing.

Tryouts are open to all 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th grade students.

Fill out this link to get signed up for tryouts: https://forms.gle/YZWukR8G9HYB3uk37

Signing Day:

May 23rd is the final Signing Day of the year. Athletes need to contact Heather Britt in the Athletic Office if they wish to participate in this signing day event.

Schedules:

We have all of our athletics schedule all in one place on our master athletic schedule. This includes game times, locations, and bus departure times. It is updated real-time by your athletic department. Go to this link to see the current schedule, which is subject to change with little notice.

Oliver Insurance Athlete of the week

Week of 4/8/24 Ava Schreffler - Track & Field and Jacob Tilden - Track & Field

Week of 4/15/24 Ryan French - Boys Golf and Logan Corley - Lacrosse

Week of 4/22/24 Hayden Olson - Girls Golf and Haley Wanderscheid - Girls Rugby

Week of 4/29/24 Sammuel Adams - Boys Rugby and Joe Scott - Baseball

Week of 5/3/24 Samantha Astorga - Girls Track & Field and Lucas Soles - Boys Track & Field

Week of 5/13/24 for the second year in a row, The Canby Choir State Champions

Band

Canby’s band will be competing at the State Championships on Friday May 10th. The competition takes place at the LaSells Stewart Center at Oregon State University. The Cougars will perform from 6-6:30 PM. You can find all information on the OSAA website. You can purchase tickets through Hometown Ticketing.

Baseball

For the week April 29th, the Cougars went 3-0. Joe Scott threw a perfect game against Centennial on the 30th. The offense was in full force that day as well. Quintin Esmay and Brady Ackerman combined for a shutout against Centennial on May 1st. Jack Bracukmiller and Dylan Nelson combined to pitch against Putnam for a 6-2 win. On Tuesday May 7th the Cougars played well against Putnum ending the game early with an 11-1 win in 5 innings. On May 8th the Cougars defeated LaSalle 6-0 behind strong pitching and hitting from Quintin Esmay. Brady Ackerman pitched the final two innings for the save. Overall the Cougars have been playing solid defense and pitching well. The bats have heated up lately as well. The fellas continue to improve and play for each other. The Cougars are led by seniors Logan Butler, Owen Carter, Quintin Esmay, Hunter Galusha-McRobbie, Dallas Michel, Joe Scott, and Liam Steele.

Softball

Softball finished last week's schedule with two great wins against Hillsboro and Centennial. The Cougars started this week with a win against Parkrose followed by a tough loss against Wilsonville. Softball is home this Friday, May 10th against LaSalle. The young team still presents a positive win record for 7-4 in league and a #12 ranking for the state.

Boys Tennis

On Wednesday, May 1st we played at Hood River and it was a highly competitive match. It not only came down to the last varsity Match which the Cougars won 7-6 (7-5) in third. Our #1 doubles team, Matt Tamimi and Tristin Mullins won in straight sets. Our #1 singles senior Chai Hemsi Walters dropped the first set 4-6 and then roared back and won 6-0, 6-0 in the second and third sets. Our #4 doubles Atlai Rodriguez and sophomore Ethan Jeffrey stayed hot and won in straight sets continuing their undefeated season. The match came down to our #4 singles player, Carter Reed, who won 7-5 in the third set to win the match. On Tuesday May 7th, the Cougs celebrated their seniors: Chai Hemsi-Walters, Evan Kinzie, James Lopez, Atlai Rodriguez and Issac Cruz. Chai and Evan have lettered all 4 years and have been a tremendous part of the progress and improvement in the program. They are model players in not only how they carry themselves, but also how they always show up with a great attitude and a willingness to want to work with the goal of trying to improve and get the most out of their game. Overall, the team is 11-4 with two matches left before districts.

Girls Tennis

Girls tennis celebrated 11 seniors in their home match against Hood River on Wednesday. The seniors that were recognized are Adelaide Hager, Avery Poe, Evallya Burkoff, Gracelyn Chaffee, Hadley Bierma, Isabel Arredondo, Lea Heidenreich, Miriam Ahlschlager, Monserrat Colores Cruz, Nika Chernishov, and RayAnne Schedler. The #1 doubles team Isa Arrendondo and Ray Schedler have shown unrelenting drive and leadership this season. These captains demonstrated teamwork and poise as they won their hard-fought third set. Their win made for a memorable match and exemplified the tenacity that characterizes the team culture.

Girls Golf

The girl's golf team played in the Regional tournament at Aspen Lakes against the Intermountain Conference. Aspen Lakes played tough for all the girls. However, we did take 3rd which didn't get us a bid to State as a team but we have three individual qualifiers heading to state. Gracie Carter was the automatic qualifier from our Conference. Hayden Olson placed 6th at Regionals and Gracie English placed 11th which gave them a spot at the state tournament. Unfortunately Hayden is not able to play so Jazmin Diaz is the next qualifying player from Regionals heading to state. Overall a great job by these athletes.

Dance

On April 27, 2024, Canby’s dance choreographer, James Healey, was honored as the 2024 DDCA Service Award recipient. Coach Healey has, “has redefined and reinvented the possibilities for a high school dance team over the last 15 years.” Congratulations to Coach Healey.

Here are the links for the first two Welcome Videos:

Video 1

Video 2

We are looking forward to 8th grade Fly Up on Thursday, May 16.

As of today, we are only 30 days away from graduation!

In the coming days and weeks, your seniors will be receiving important information regarding graduation events in their CHS emails, please remind them to check their emails!

Seniors & Parents of Seniors: Please use this link: Senior Schedule

regarding all things graduation for the Class of 2024. This information will be updated throughout the year. Please note this document is a live document. Dates and events are subject to change.

Graduation Speech Tryouts

Seniors interested in speaking at graduation - tryouts will be held on May 20th. If you would like more information, please see Mrs. Netter in the main office.

Important Graduation Ceremony Info to Our Families & Guests:

The Class of 2024 wants all of their guests to enjoy the graduation ceremony. For this reason, please be mindful of the following:

• Umbrellas, balloons, large signs, or celebration materials that obstruct the view of other guests will not be allowed in the stadium. Please leave them in your car.

• This ceremony happens rain or shine. Please plan accordingly, keeping in mind the umbrella guidance above.

Thank you for all you have done getting your graduate across the finish line! We look forward to celebrating with you!

Senior Awards

The CHS Senior Awards ceremony takes place on June 6, 2024 at 10:30am and recognizes our seniors who are receiving scholarships, earning cords and any other honors. But first of all, there are important documents that you (seniors) must complete in order to have these designated awards. If these are not completed by the deadlines listed on the forms, they will not be recognized at our awards ceremony. An email was sent to seniors and families on April 7 so that the students can work on the forms for the following: CTE Completer, College in Canby, and Scholarship Reporting forms.