Dorado Family Updates

First, we would like 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.

Dorado Families and students, as we near 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 the semester and final exams. Our next Dorado Family Update will contain the final exam schedule (12/20 & 21), 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:

• CDO Letter Grade
• Semester Important Calendar Dates: Holidays, Wednesdays, Grades
• What's Happening: After-school Tutoring, Testing, CDO 2024 Winter Formal, Diamonds in the Desert Car Show, Class of 2024 Info
• Did You Know: Homecoming 2024, CDO Green Machine, Fuel of Dreams Special Olympics Fundraiser, CDO's New Model UN, CDO Choirs, Fall Musical: Mama Mia!, Girls Who Code, Academic Decathlon, Future Business Leaders of America, CDO Languages, Early Childhood/CDO Preschool, CDO Construction, CDO Teachers getting amazing Awards!
• Message from the Health Office
• Athletic Updates
• Club Updates
• 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"!

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!

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.

Please CLICK HERE to read Superintendent Jaeger's message regarding School Letter Grades.

• November 10th: Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
  
• November 22 - 24: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL (3 DAYS)
• December 20 & 21: Semester 1 Final Exams
• December 22: Grading Day - NO SCHOOL (1 DAY)
• December 25 - January 5, 2024: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL (10 DAYS)

Please remember that we do not have Early Out Wednesday 3 times during the year! They are: 9/6, 11/8 and 1/17.

AP tests are on sale in the bookstore. Must purchase by Nov. 9th.

• WHEN: 12/2/23, 7PM - 11PM
• WHERE: Tucson Convention Center
• TICKETS: $50
• only 800 available
• Selling to CDO students only: 11/8 - 11/30
• Selling to Non CDO Students: 11/20 - 11/30
• guest forms must be filled out prior to ticket purchase (guest forms can be found in front office)
• REMINDERS: Students must have their ID & ticket to enter the dance. It must be a physical ID & ticket (not a photo) or students will not be permitted to enter. NO exceptions.

We are proud to announce that we will be hosting the 3rd annual Diamonds in the Desert car show at the Tucson Mall on Saturday March 2nd, 2024. You can fill out your registration online or mail it in. First 100 registrants will receive a dash plaque and the first 150 will be guaranteed a goody bag. Students will be designing new trophies for the 2024 car show and we are working on many surprises for the show. Come support our programs and our future automotive technicians.

Senior Dedications: Parents of seniors. If you would like to have a senior dedication in the back of the CDO Yearbook this year you can use the following link and school code to create that.

• Here is the link: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/
  
• School code is: 12515
• The pricing is as follows:
• 1/8 page ad $35
• 1/4 page ad $65
• 1/2 page ad $110
• Full page ad $220

Thank you,

The 2024 CDO Yearbook Team

Seniors will be completing the CPR exposure portion of their graduation requirements. In 2016, the state of Arizona passed a law stating that every high school student will be required to learn hands-only CPR in order to graduate. Our seniors will do this in November (Nov. 8th or 15th) with their English class. It is important that they are present to participate.

12th grade students that do not have 12th grade English should contact Alecia Strang in the office to be assigned to a group.

On October 21st, the CDO Green Machine placed 6th out of 14 bands in their division at the University of Arizona Band Day with their ROCKIN' show titled "Dreamscapes" featuring music from Metallica and Aerosmith.

The Green Machine then followed up this amazing performance with yet another one at Ironwood Ridge HS last weekend at the AzMBA Individual & Ensemble and Marching Band competition!!

Our CDO band chamber musicians received 3 Gold and 3 Silver Awards and the Marching Band received 3rd place and a caption award for General Effect!

The Canyon del Oro High School Unified Special Olympics team joined Oro Valley PD to raise money for Special Olympics at the 11th annual Fuel of Dreams on Thursday, October 26th. Athletes and officers were located at the Fry's fuel stations on Lambert & La Canada and 1st & Oracle and asked customers to donate to Special Olympics while they pumped gas and cleaned windshields. Thank you OVPD for your support of Special Olympics!

CDO's Model UN delegation recently attended the Ironwood Ridge Model UN Conference. This is a new experience that was just created for CDO students this year and we truly apprecaite Ironwood Ridge opening their doors to share their expertise with this program. Our students learned a lot and grew a lot as delegates.

Three of the Canyon Del Oro Choirs represented CDO marvelously at the Arizona Choral Educator's Fall Festival, a state-wide rating event on October 23 and 24. Canyon Singers earned the highest possible performance rating of Superior. Canyon Belles earned the next highest rating of Excellent, and Canyon Chorus earned the next highest rating of Good. Congratulations to all of CDO's hardworking and talented choir members!

The CDO Academic Decathlon team traveled to Dallas, TX to compete in the Rockwall Invitational Academic Decathlon Scrimmage. Behind some strong performances, CDO finished third out of 31 teams against some of the best teams in Texas! Kevin Neese and Evan Lehner both earned special awards for finishing in the top 5 of their division. Also earning awards were Cian Kelly, Zoe Guymon, Frank Rivera, Julia Smith, Bella Stewart, Henry Anicker, Aurelia Aragon, and Jameson Christian. Congratulations to all the decathletes on an excellent job!

Students went on a fieldtrip to the University Of Arizona and observed two ASL classes.

• One class was an Interpreting Class where students were participating with the professor and students learning the basics on interpreting skills.
• The second class they sat in on was a Deaf Studies major class with a Deaf professor. CDO students were engaged with the Deaf professor and recognized that the debate project the college students just received was the exact same project my students completed in their first year of ASL!
• Students were also provided a tour of the College of Education, U of A Homecoming experience on the U of A Mall, and were able to feel like college students with a free lunch anywhere they wanted in the U of A union!

That same night, those 19 kids performed in the school musical “Mamma Mia”. ASL year 3 / 4 students take majority of the first semester to interpret, and practice the songs in the musical. This year we had students interpret every song, including bow songs! They all did an amazing job, and performed at a professional manner!

Spanish 1 students are finishing their testing on Unit 1. For the speaking test they had to describe who they are, what they look like, describe their personality, talk about their likes and dislikes and include descriptions of family members and pets from memory. No notes allowed. They sounded great! ¡Qué buenos estudiantes! ~Señora Yetman

Also, Ms. Yetman's classes celebrated Dia de los Muertos with Spanish 1 creating papel picado to decorate the room and Spanish 2 students created and presented their Alebrijes or spirit animals.

Here are a few pictures from the Noble St. Gallery, which displayed some of the artwork and projects from level I, III Honors, and IB Junior Spanish classes. The main focal points were the AP and IB students' various altars or "ofrendas" dedicated to famous Hispanics.

Dr. Albrecht Classen from the German Department at University of Arizona visited with our German classes on Wednesday, November 8th. He is the undergraduate advisor giving a presentation to promote further study of German.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of CDO Preschool, Early Childhood will be collecting items for "Cake Kits" to donate to the food bank. We need box cake mix, tubs of shelf stable frosting, small bottles of vegetable oil and cake pans of all sizes. We won't say no to sprinkles either!

All 9 of CDO's competitors were amazing as they represented our district, school and construction program at CDO! AFter meeting at 4:30AM on a Saturday, they traveled to Phoenix to compete against 9 other high schools and 52 total competitors. Congratulations to Brad Mahoney and Kate McEuen placed 1st and 2nd. It was an amazing day!

CDO Biology and Anatomy Teacher, Ms. Jordan Castle, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Univeristy of Arizona Amazing Teacher of the Year! She was nominated by CDO Administration for her innovation in the classroom, and contributions to CDO's community as a whole. A committee of educators and members of the community selected her as one of nine high school Amazing Teacher of the Year Finalists in Southern Arizona. As a part of her recognition, she will be recongized during a University of Arizona Men's Basketball game in the Spring and will also be featured in a KGUN News story that highlights why she was nominated and chosen. The nine finalists will be celebrated at an event in the Spring where the 2024 Amazing Teacher of the Year will be announced. Good luck to Ms. Castle! You deserve this recognition and we are proud to have you in our Dorado Family!

Big recognition on November 3rd! Rob Lantz at CDO just another teacher at CDO, and only one of 20 teachers to be selected for the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl Extra Yard for Teachers Grant program! Part of this recognition includes $1,000 for his classroom, and he and his family will be recognized on the field at a Arizona Bowl football game later this year!

November 30th, the health office, with help from the Lions Club, will be completing mass vision screens for all 9th graders. If you do not want your student to be screened, opt-out forms are available in the health office and must be completed. Please contact the health office with any questions.

The Fall season is coming to a close! Our Fall programs have had amazing success this year!

• Girls' Volleyball qualified to compete in the state competition and put up a good fight in the first round of the playoffs. Best of luck to you girls for next season!
• Cross Country also traveled to Phoenix to compete in the State competition last weekend. CDO put up a strong performance and is looking forward to getting even stronger for next season.
• Boys' and Girls' Golf also had a strong season this year with our girls finishing the season competing at the state level. (see details below)
• Girls' and Boys' Swim also competed in the state competition over the weekend with outstanding results. (see details below)

• CDO's Football team has had an UNDEFEATED SEASON and is currently ranked #2 in 4A Kino. The first playoff game of the state competition is Thursday, November 9th at Dorado Stadium.

Winter Season has started! Winter season sports include:

• Boys' & Girls' Basketball
• Boys' & Girls' Soccer
• Boys' & Girls' Wrestling

Zufan Girard, Madeline Decena, Kennah Wujcik, Chloe Fay, Camryn Gross

The Boys and Girls Swim Team had a tremendous season, with outstanding results at the State Tournament.

The Girls' Swim team finished 4th in the state!

The girls who competed in the State Championships were: Laura Manley (senior), Sarah Seppala (senior), Marina Mansell (senior), Kayleigh Buckner (senior), Sydney Evans (junior), Ella Kwapich (junior), Nora Jarrold (junior), Gwyn Safranek (junior), Lauren Anderson (junior), Adison Cosbey-Lewis (junior), Leah Schultz (sophomore), Juliana Sahtout (freshman), Gloria Bai (freshman), Waverly Thai (freshman)

Scoring finishers:

• 3rd place: 200 medley relay Gwyn Safranek, Sarah Seppala, Lauren Anderson, Ella Kwapich
• 7th place: 200 freestyle Laura Manley
• 8th place: 200 IM Gloria Bai
• 9th place: 200 IM Adison Cosbey-Lewis
• 13th place: 200 IM Sarah Seppala
• 9th place: 50 freestyle Juliana Sahtout
• 10th place: 50 freestyle Ella Kwapich
• 9th place: 100 freestyle Ella Kwapich
• 11th place: 100 freestyle Juliana Sahtout
• 3rd place: 500 freestyle Laura Manley
• 8th place: 500 freestyle Gloria Bai
• 4th place: 200 freestyle relay Juliana Sahtout, Nora Jarrold, Adison Cosbey-Lewis, Laura Manley
• 11th place: 100 backstroke Leah Schultz
• 14th place: 100 backstroke Gwyn Safranek
• 7th place: 100 breaststroke Nora Jarrold
• 8th place: 100 breaststroke Sarah Seppala
• 4th place: 400 freestyle relay Juliana Sahtout, Gloria Bai, Ella Kwapich, Laura Manley

The Boys' Swim team finished as the Boys' State Champion Runners Up!

In the end, it came down to 9 one hundredths of a second in CDO's favor in the final relay of the night! Congrats Dorados!

The boys who competed in the State Championships were: Scott Edmiston (senior), Ruben Padilla-Diaz (senior), Mason Stewart (senior), Gavin Yewell (junior), Ethan Erickson (junior), Evan Duarte (junior), Cooper Dale (sophomore), Luke Weibel (freshman), Jacob Callahan (freshman)

Scoring Finishers:

• 3rd place: 200 medley relay Ruben Padilla-Diaz, Luke Weibel, Scott Edmiston, Mason Stewart (new school record)
• 6th place: 200 freestyle Ruben Padilla-Diaz
• 10th place: 200 freestyle Jacob Callahan
• 11th place: 200 freestyle Gavin Yewell
• 3rd place: 200 IM Luke Weibel
• 8th place: 200 IM Cooper Dale
• 13th place: 200 IM Ethan Erickson
• 1st place: 50 freestyle Scott Edmiston (new school record)
• 3rd place: 50 freestyle Mason Stewart
• 13th place: 100 Butterfly Gavin Yewell
• 2nd place: 100 freestyle Scott Edmiston
• 9th place: 100 freestyle Mason Stewart
• 7th place: 500 freestyle Cooper Dale
• 9th place: 500 freestyle Jacob Callahan
• 2nd place: 200 freestyle relay Mason Stewart, Ruben Padilla-Diaz, Luke Weibel, Scott Edmiston
• 4th place: 100 backstroke Ruben Padilla-Diaz
• 5th place: 100 backstroke Luke Weibel
• 14th place: 100 breaststroke Ethan Erickson
• 5th place: 400 freestyle relay Evan Duarte, Jacob Callahan, Gavin Yewell, Cooper Dale

Some Highlights:

• Scott Edmiston:
• State Champion in 50 Freestyle (Defended his State title from last year and broke his school record from last year)
• State Champion Runner Up in 100 Freestyle
• Boys 200 Medley Relay new school record, breaking 5 year old record: Ruben Padilla-Diaz, Luke Weibel, Scott Edmiston, Mason Stewart
• Boys 200 Free Relay State Champion Runners Up: Mason Stewart, Ruben Padilla-Diaz, Luke Weibel, Scott Edmiston

This is an official AIA event, CDO Athletic passes will not be accepted. Everyone must have an online ticket.

Club members got in on the fun this week by making and decorating Calaveras (sugar skulls)

At the beginning of October HOSA took 10 students to the HOSA Leadership Camp in Williams AZ for 3 days of networking, teambuilding and leadership training with other HOSA Leaders from around the state.

On November 7th, HOSA took 23 students to the HOSA Fall Leadership Conference at the Phoenix Convention Center. Students attended various healthcare workshops and trainings presents by field professionals. Certification opportunities were available as well as networking with peers and mentors from around the Southwest.

On Thursday, November 9th HOSA will be holding a fundraiser at Nautical Bowl from 4pm to 8 pm.

On Sunday, November 26th HOSA will be holding a fundraiser at the Eastside Barnes and Noble, 5130 E. Broadway from 11 - 5.

CDO has over 60 clubs for students to join throughout the year. Take a look below at our latest list for the 2023-2024 school year. You can click the image for a better view.

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
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Twitter: @CdOHighSchool