CHS Weekly Update #16

Happy Monday!!!! I hope you enjoyed a restful weekend and are ready for Thanksgiving Break!!! Congratulations to our cheer team for a great performance at this weekend's regional competition. We have 5 more days left of classes until Thanksgiving Break, but they sure are packed!!! Winter sports start officially tomorrow, and the new cast for our spring musical, Anastasia, was just chosen last week (so now the work begins!) I know that this time of year can be very tiring with shorter days and colder temperatures, but I would like to let everyone know how grateful I am to be able to work at Central High School with such great students, great staff, and great families!!! I appreciate you all!!! In honor of being grateful, here is a list of awesome things that happened this fall that are cause to celebrate and be thankful for.

• Veterans Day. We have many staff, family members, former students, and siblings who are serving or who have served. We would like to recognize them and thank you for their service.
• Baile week and Baile dance this past weekend were a great success!
• Marching Band placed 7th in STATE!!!
• Football made it to State Playoffs
• Softball made it to the State Tournament
• Cross Country qualified 3 for State
• Golf qualified 3 for State
• Tennis beat FMHS for the first time in over 12 years
• Boys soccer won 5 league games and beat FMHS 2 times.
• 4 Seniors signed Athletic Letters of Intent to continue playing sports in college!!
• The mill and bond passed!
• We have a great new lead custodian, Shane, who took over for Diana!
• We have two new awesome basketball coaches taking over our Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys programs: Raysha Kirstatter and Rodney Pierce.
• Large group of students qualified for the Western Slope Honors Band!
• 2 students qualified for ALL STATE CHOIR!
• New brass band that will be at many events this winter has just started!
• Cast list for the spring musical is posted, and now the work begins!
• Our STEM recruiting visits to middle schools have begun and will continue through January!
• Unexcused absences are down for our 9th and 11th graders!
• Panorama survey data shows our sense of belonging is up 8% and students report that they have more adult support than ever-up 20%.
• Our students are participating in a shoe drive, a food drive, and collecting for Holiday Heroes-all of which give back to our community!
• Our bowling team is up and running!!
• Our cheer team competed this weekend at Regionals and won their Division: 4A Co-Ed! They compete at State on December 6th.
• Our Cross Country team is headed to Bermuda in a few weeks to compete in an international tournament!

There are many more celebrations to be had, but these are just a few that come to mind at this time of year. I am grateful to all of our dedicated teachers who put in countless hours preparing lessons and working to help students succeed in classes. I am grateful to our coaches who work tirelessly to provide positive and winning experiences for our athletes. I am grateful to our support staff and custodial staff who truly make things work and make our school better in so many ways. I am grateful to our families who put their trust in us and support us in the endeavor of helping your learners get through high school successfully. I am grateful to our students who come to school every day, giving their best efforts for their teachers. I am grateful to our counselors and administrators who spend their time trying to find ways to help students and families navigate tough decisions and high school life.

I hope you all have a wonderful week before Thanksgiving and a very restful Thanksgiving break. We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to work at Central, and we are grateful to you for sharing your students with us every day.

Warm regards,

Tracy Arledge

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