Dorado Family Updates

First, we would like to take a moment to say thank you to all those who serve or who have served. We appreciate your service to our country and are honored to have you in our community.

As we get closer to the Holiday Season, it is important to keep track of important upcoming dates, stay in communication with teachers, and plan accordingly for the end of semester and final exams. Our next Dorado Family Update will contain the final exam schedule (12/18 & 12/19), in addition to our final exam and close of the semester procedures.

For now, we have some important updates and reminders for you to review.

Newsletter Topics Include:

• Semester Important Calendar Dates: Holidays, Wednesdays, Grades
• What's Happening:
• Winter Formal
• CDO PTO Updates
• Testing
• Class of 2025 Info
• Did You Know: CDO's Green Machine, Dia de los Muertos, ASL in Theater, Skills USA, FBLA Halloween, Journal of Ecology, Computer Science, IB Day of Service
• Athletics Updates
• Club Updates: ASL Club, Girls Who Code
• CDO Counseling Team

Thank you for all that you do to support your Dorado this school year!

As many in our community already know, Arizona released letter grades last weekend and we wanted to make sure to share the results with you.

We are incredibly proud to share with our community that CDO has earned the highest rating of an "A"!

• CDO IS THE #1 HIGH SCHOOL IN ORO VALLEY
• CDO IS #3 IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA
• CDO IS #18 IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA

Every staff member at CDO will tell you that this accomplishment comes not just from academic performance, but from our sense of community, love and passion for what we do, and dedication to always doing right by each other, and our students. All of what we do matters. And of course, we appreciate the continued faith and support that we also receive from our parents and community because without you, our students would not get the support they need outside of our campus. Thank you to every staff member, student, parent/guardian and community member that supports our vision. It takes teamwork to make the dream work!

What does an "A" actually mean?

A (excellent): Distinguished performance on the statewide assessment, significant student growth, high four-year graduation rates, students on track to proficiency; overall performance is significantly higher than state average.

• November 27 - 29: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL (3 DAYS)
• December 18 & 19: Semester 1 Final Exams
• December 20: Grading Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
• December 23 - January 3, 2025: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL (10 DAYS)

Quarter 2 Progress Reports will be available on Friday, November 15th. As always, if you have questions about a particular grade, please contact the teacher via email.

As we enter the cold/flu season the health office is in need of cough drops. They are also in need of more water.

Any freshman that is looking for tutoring, join us in T-23 every Thursday from 8:15am - 8:55am

CDO Spanish classes' creativity was on full display in classrooms, the library, and in the Art Gallery on Nov. 1 & 4, with their projects related to "Dia de Muertos" ( Day of the Dead). The work reflected some of the traditions and artistry found within Mexico and Latin America during this holiday time to remember loved ones who have passed away. Displays included altars created by the AP and IB senior classes honoring famous people from Spanish speaking countries. Spanish II students went digital with their altars. Level I students decorated "calavera" skulls and wrote dedications. Finally, third year students took inspiration from the Giant Kite Festivals held on Nov. 2 in Guatemala and made their own kites, representing community and national organizations. Overall, the activities and presentations were impactful and enjoyed by many.

Our ASL year 3 & 4 combined class signed the school musical on their Friday performance. The school musical had 33 songs, and each student had on average 7 songs to interpret and memorize. This was certainly one of the hardest musicals yet for our ASL students to perform. Not only was the play's wording using old London grammar, but students had to take on the crazy characters and improv when improv was needed! All of their hard work showed throughout their performance.

SkillsUSA Officer team for Construction and Architecture classes attended a Leadership Camp in Williams, AZ. Along with 500 other students from across the State of Arizona, they worked to earn their Statesman award and pin. They also attended leadership workshops throughout the 3-day event. We even had some snow!

Our very own Ms. Caroline Pechuzal has been published in the journal of Ecology! In 2020 she was hired as a researcher by the Macrosystems Ecology Lab at UC Berkeley through an NSF RET (Research Experience for Teachers) grant. Her work involved training software programs (Convoluted Neural Networks) to extract data about the leaf vein architecture. It was more machine-based learning experience, but fascinating to get an inside view of the process. Click on the link below to read all about her research. Congratulations Ms. Pechuzal we are so proud of you.

Friday, November 15th is the Intertantional Baccalaureate Day of Service. IB students will be participating in community service projects throughout campus helping student, teachers and their community.

The Fall season is nearing a close with play-offs looming for many of our programs! Please visit our Athletics website for updates and information about the current season. Fall Sports include:

• Swim, Football, Golf, Cross Country, Girls' Volleyball, Cheer/Pomline

Winter Season started November 4th with tryouts.

• Boys Soccer
• Girls Basketball
• Boys Basketball
• Girls Soccer
• Wrestling Boys/Girls

Any other questions please do not hesitate to contact the Athletic Department at 520-696-5573.

Thank you have a great season!!!

Below are some updates on post-season play for the Fall Season.

The CDO swim team had a great showing at State Finals this last Friday and Saturday.

Top Finishers included:

• 2nd Place: Boys 200 Free Relay: Cooper Dale, Jacob Callahan, Gavin Yewell, Luke Weibel
• 3rd Place: Luke Weibel 500 Free
• 4th Place: Luke Weibel 200 IM; Boys 400 Free Relay: Luke, Jacob, Gavin, Cooper
• 5th Place: Cooper Dale 200 Free and 100 Breaststroke; Girls 200 Free Relay: Juliana Sahtout, Lauren Anderson, Jada Hoskinson, Ella Kwapich
• 6th Place: JC 500 Free; Girls 200 Medley Relay: Gwyn Safranek, Gloria Bai, Leah Schultz, Lauren Anderson
• 9th Place: Ella Kwapich 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke; Gloria Bai 500 Free
• 10th Place: Gavin Yewell 100 Free

Our Varsity Football Team qualified for the playoffs and will be playing up in Snowflake, Arizona on Friday at 7pm. Be sure to wish them well!

Girls Golf placed 5th at the state tournament. They were ranked as the top team in Tucson. We are so proud of you!

Left to right: Brent Watkins (coach), Zufan Girard, Chloe Fay, Kennah Wujcki, Madeline Decena, Camryn Gross and Liliana Robinson.

Boys' Golf had a great season and is looking forward to next year!

Cross Country also had a great season, finishing 10th in the State.

Girls' Volleyball qualified for the state tournament and had a hard fought battle in the first round. Good luck next year Lady Dorados!

ASL Club is hosting on November 12 & December 3 a "Connection Starts with Communication" lesson. They will be building student connection through a basic ASL course to encourage interactions with Deaf individuals around town. Tucson has a large Deaf Community, and our ASL Club would love to share basic conversation/interaction responses to bring together our student society with the Deaf community around us.

This will be held in Mrs. Marcsisaks' room E807 at 8:30 in the morning. If you can't make it on November 12 please come on December 3!

CDO has over 60 clubs for students to join throughout the year. Take a look below at our latest list for the 2024 - 2025 school year. You can click the image for a better view.

Check back here for previous newsletters throughout the school year. The first few newsletters were sent out through ParentSquare and can be pulled up on the ParentSquare feed. :)

Tara Bulleigh, Principal

Canyon del Oro High School

An International Baccalaureate World School

Office: (520) 696-5565

Email: tbulleigh@amphi.com
Website: https://www.amphi.com/CDO
Location: 25 West Calle Concordia, Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone: 5206965560
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDOHighSchool
Twitter: @CdOHighSchool