CHS Community Newsletter

Good afternoon Canby High School Students & Families,

There is much to celebrate again at CHS. Our outstanding Wind Ensemble took 3rd at the state tournament with Canby’s highest score ever. Our OHSET team took home the championship in Freestyle 5+ Drill. Congratulations to Madison Wheeler, Madi Bigej, Sadie Schweitzer, Hailey Magenheimer, Hayley Smith, and Addie Heinemann.

Our track and field team had a successful district meet with a large number of athletes qualifying for state, and Madison Bigej and Cohen Hall took home the district title. Baseball is currently 1st and looking to host a playoff game Tuesday. Softball will likely travel for the first round next Tuesday. Please see below for more information about all of our talented musicians and athletes below.

We celebrated the graduation march today where our seniors traveled to their elementary and middle schools in their regalia. Also today, we welcomed our incoming 9th graders for tours and a club fair. We are excited to honor the class of 2024 as they move on to their next steps and help the class of 2028 transition into being a part of the Cougar family.

Next week, we will have a secure drill May 21st during 1st period. During these drills we lock exterior doors to prepare for a threat outside of the building. Classes happen as normal as we check to make sure our systems are functioning properly.

Finally, as we march toward the end of the school year, it is very important that all students finish strong. It is important that students are Ready to Learn, on time, prepared, and with phones away, every day.

Have a wonderful week!

Best,

Cari Sloan

Canby High School Principal

#CanbyProud #RollCougs

@Canby_Principal

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

Saturday, 5/18: Track & Field, State

Monday-Friday, 5/20-24, Senior Locker Decoration drop-off

Monday, 5/20: AVID Family Night, 6:45pm

Tuesday, 5/21: Choir Spring Concert, 7:00pm

Wednesday, 5/22: Choir Spring Concert, 7:00pm

Thursday, 5/23: Decision Day, 11:00am, Final Signing Day, 4:00pm in Main Gym, Band Concert, 7:00pm

Friday, 5/24: Men’s and Women’s Tennis, State

Save the Date:

5/27: No School - Memorial Day

5/28-6/7: Senior Graduation Ticket Pick-Up

5/29: Spring Sports Awards Night

5/30: Optional Senior Parent Locker Decoration Hang Event 5:00-6:00 pm in Senior Hall

5/31: Preschool Graduation, 10:00am

6/3-6/6: Senior Graduation Ticket Additional Ticket Request (up to 5 more tickets, if needed)

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

6/6: Senior Awards Assembly, 10:30 am in the Fine Arts Center (FAC) - no caps & gowns

6/7: Graduation

Important Information:

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

24/25 CHS National Honors Society Application and Instructions:

Senior One Acts

This Friday evening at 7pm, our Thespian Troupe is presenting a wonderful student-directed production called A Night Under the Stars, by Tracy Wells. The show is FREE and ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Directors are seniors Tyson Driver, Aaron Francom, Luke Viter, Carter Ward, and Joel Winnigham.

They've each taken on directing the different vignette scenes that make up the play, which explores a variety of circumstances that bring people out into the wilderness for a night under the stars. Scenes range from a high-stakes marshmallow roasting contest, to the difficulties of setting up a tent, to a heart-to-heart between a father and son about their changing family. It's a lovely ~90 minute show and suitable for all ages!

Graduation All Night Party

Please help us celebrate the Canby High School Class of 2024 by signing up to volunteer at the Senior "GAP" All NIght Party on Friday, June 7th. We need as many volunteers as possible to make this an amazing event for our graduates. Senior parents are more than welcome to sign up to help, but we also need parents who do not have seniors. Think of volunteering at this event as paying it forward. Volunteering gives the senior parents a chance to attend graduation, and visit with family and friends who might be visiting for graduation. Then when it's you students turn to graduate, other parents will do the same for you.

When signing up, please make sure that you add an email and a phone number. I will be sending out reminders as we get closer to the event. The location will not be disclosed until a couple of hours before the event, because we want to surprise the student, but know that it is within a half an hour drive.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Amber Bedortha at canbyamber@yahoo.com.

Canby High School Class of 2024

CHS Finals Schedule (Grades 9-11):

June 12: Wednesday

Per1= 8:40-10:25

Per3=10:35-12:20

Per5=12:55-2:40

June 13: Thursday

Per2= 8:40-10:25

Per4= 10:35-12:20

Last Day of School Early Release at 12:50pm

Signing Day:

May 23rd is the final Signing Day of the year. Athletes need to contact Heather Britt in the Athletic Office by Monday, May 20th 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 4/29/24 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

Week of 5/20/24 Andrew Dewar - Track & Field and Abella Leder - Track & Field

Band

The Canby High School Wind Ensemble competed in the OSAA Band State Championships last Friday at Oregon State University. They earned 3rd in state and received the highest scores on stage in Canby's history. Canby will also be competing in the Jazz Band State Championships this Saturday at Mt. Hood Community College at 10:15am. Congrats to the Cougar Band!

Baseball

The Canby Cougars added to their 15-game win streak with an 11-1 win over the Milwaukie Mutangs. The Cougars are 24-3 overall this season. Brady Ackerman's 1.104 OPS leads the Cougars. The infielder has a 0.563 OBP and a 0.541 slugging percentage this season. Joe Scott leads the Cougars in pitching with 49 innings pitched. The starting pitcher has a 1.43 ERA this season. Blake Miller has a team leading 168 total fielding chances this season. Miller's primary position is catcher. With one game left to play, the Cougar baseball team is currently ranked 1st in the OSAA Rankings. The team will likely host a first round playoff game on Tuesday May 21st.

Softball

CHS softball is finishing off the regular season this week with a game against Hood River on Wednesday and our last home game against Putnam on Friday. The Cougars are in good shape to make the playoffs this year. We are predicted to finish 3rd or 4th in league and 11th or 12th in the state. The Cougars have no seniors this season, but have some terrific young talent for the next few years to come. Some standouts this year include freshman Taylor Saucedo and Sophomores Summer St. John, Abigail Troutman, and Allison Hayzlett, all with batting averages above .300 for the season. We are looking forward to playoffs and showing off what this young team has to offer!

Girls Golf

The Girl's Golf season has come to an end with three players competing at the State Golf Tournament at Trysting Tree in Corvallis. Gracie Carter ended up 32nd with a score of 209, Grace English ended up 38th with a score of 209 and Jazmin Diaz was 50th with a score of 226. A very successful golf season for the girls.

Boys Golf

Last week the Boy's Golf team participated in the Regional tournament. The Regional tournament was played at Aspen Lakes in Sisters, OR. In 20 mph winds and gusts up to 40, the Cougars battled Mountain View on the course and Ridgeview HS who finished earlier in the day for a single team spot at State. The Cougars were led by Freshman Mason DeBruyn’s 4th place 80, shooting a team score of 355 to miss out on State by only 11 strokes, finishing a solid 4th place. This week was the OSAA 5A State tournament played Monday and Tuesday at Quail Valley in Banks. Mason DeBruyn was the only Canby player to qualify for State. Mason was the first Canby Freshman since 2016 to qualify as an individual for State. Quail Valley was a difficult test to navigate between hard fast greens, thick rough, and wind. Mason finished a respectable T31 (86 & 86) in 5A and a solid 6th place for all freshmen.

OHSET

The state OHSET meet was this past weekend and there were 8 athletes representing CHS. The Freestyle 5+ Drill team (Madi Bigej, Hailey Magenheimer, Hayley Smith, Sadie Schweitzer, Madison Wheeler, Addie Heinemann) took home 1st place! What a huge accomplishment. The drill team is heading to PNWIC (regional competition with teams from Washington) in June. In addition, the CHS OHSET team had the following also qualify for PNWIC: Sadie Schweitzer took 2nd place in Dressage, Madison Wheeler took 5th place at In Hand Trail, Lola Rice took 3rd place in Steer Daubing, Madi Bigej, Sadie Schweitzer, Madison Wheeler, Hailey Magenheimer took 4th place at In Hand Obstacle Relay. Congratulations to all the Cougar OHSET athletes.

Boys Tennis

Last week, the Cougar Boys Tennis team beat Franklin at home to finish the regular season with a 13-4 record. On Saturday, May 11th Canby hosted the JV Districts where each team in the league was asked to bring 4 of their best JV teams to this JV district tournament. Canby’s #1 and #2 JV teams met in the finals. Senior Atlai Rodriguez and Sophomore Carter Reed edged out Junior twin brothers Hunter and Hayden Jeffrey 8-4 to take the title. It was a smashing success and we look forward to hosting it again next year. Our Varsity Tournament started Tuesday May 14th at Parkrose where we had Seniors Hemsi-Walters and Evan Kinzie both advanced to the quarter finals where they will be playing for an opportunity to qualify for the State tournament.

Girls Tennis

The girls tennis team competed in the league tournament on Wednesday, May 15. Singles player Geneva Diggles and doubles team Isabell Arredondo/Rayanne Schedler made it to the championship quarter finals, where they lost in hard fought battles. Doubles teams Malaysia Griffen/Anna Poe and Evlallya Burkoff/Aubri Wohlers made it to the consolation quarter finals, where they lost their last matches. Caitlyn Lay is going to the semi finals of consolation, she is still in the tournament. First year coaches, Josie Warren and Arika Evans are very proud of the work the girls have put in this season.

Track & Field

The Track & Field team heads to the state tournament at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field this Friday and Saturday. Qualifiers for the state tournament include Andrew Dewar, Cohen Hall, Jackson Heath, Kellen Oliver, Logan Peterson, Lucas Soles, Joshua Wohlers, Kenzie Bigej, Isabella Capra, Abella Leder, Grace Mason, Leah Nipping, Jemma Reed, and Ava Schreffler. At the districts last week, Cohen Hall took 1st in the 100m, and 2nd in the 200m and 4x100 Relay. Logan Peterson took 2nd in the 400m. Abella Leder qualified in 4 events including 2nd in the 400m, 2nd in 300m Hurdles, 1st in 4x100 Relay, and 2nd in 4x400 Relay. Andrew Dewar qualified by placing 2nd in 1500m and 3000m. Kenzie Bigej took 1st place in both the 800m and the 1500m, and 2nd in the 4x400 Relay. The 4x100 Relay girls team includes Abella Leder, Jemma Reed, Leah Nipping, and Isabella Capra. The 4x100 boys team includes Jackson Heath, Joshua Wohlers, Kellen Oliver and Cohen Hall. The girls 4x400 relay is made up of Isabella Capra, Abella Leder, Ava Schreffler, and Kenzie Bigej. Lucas Soles qualified in the pole vault, and Grace Mason qualified in the Triple Jump.

Here are the links for the first two Welcome Videos:

Video 1

Video 2

As of today, we are only 22 days away from graduation!

Senior Finals:

June 4th= during periods 2, 4

June 5th= during periods 3, 5

June 6th= during period 1

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.

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.

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.