Tuesday, December 22, 2015

image1.JPG(Submitted by Mikki Hastings, Interact Club)

Instead of celebrating Christmas by receiving, this year the high school Interact club is celebrating Christmas by giving. Through Operation Christmas Child, sponsored by the Samaritan’s Purse Organization, Interact filled 13 boxes (for the second year) for children overseas who may not receive a Christmas present this year. Items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, puzzles, stuffed animals, Barbie dolls, coloring books, crayons, socks, underwear, and packaged food filled the boxes that soon reached the hands of children, ages 2-14 across the world. This year, some boxes went to Ecuador; the destinations of all the boxes are unknown. Not only did the students involved with Interact make the project successful, but Mr. and Mrs. Butler, the Woods/Drafting teacher and Culinary/Personal Finance teacher, filled two boxes on behalf of their family.

This International project is only one of the many projects Interact has completed, and will continue to complete throughout the year. Other projects include multiple spa days for the residents at Prairie Pines, a dictionary delivery to third graders on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and a community wide coat drive. Collection boxes located at the high school and Walmart received approximately 30-40 coats that were then donated to the Police Department following the coat drive. The school resource officer, Officer Aaron Chrisman, has been giving the donations to members in the community that need a warm coat for the winter.

Interact currently has no ongoing projects due to Christmas Break. When January rolls around, projects will start up again. 

Friday, December 18, 2015

CHS Will Conduct Community Service Projects for Dec. 23rd

Chadron High School always looks to try a new venture on the last day of the fall semester.  The plan this year is to take some time to "give back" to our community that supports us all year.

From 8:30am to 11:30am on December 23rd, the students and staff of Chadron High School are hitting the streets to provide service to our community. We have many groups of 8-10 students with teacher supervision that are seeking businesses, groups, organizations, or our elderly to assist in any way needed.  We're willing to clean your back rooms or shops, stock shelves, rake lawns or scoop snow if necessary.

We've scheduled many of our stops already, but have the time for several more. If your buisiness or organization is concerned that you don't have 3 hours of work for us, perhaps you can take some time to visit and show us your business for a career experience for our students. 

If you would like to be added to our stops, please call the high school office at 432-0707.

Happy Holidays!

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

To Sign Up For HS Text Reminders...

In case you haven't signed up for high school text messaging notices:


   Send a message to:  81010
   With the message:  @chsnote

These are the notices sent by Mr. Mack about high school annoncements including school closings, school announcements and reminders for students and parents.

You can opt-out of messges anytime by replying 'unsubscribe' or 'stop' at anytime.

Remind is a one-way text messaging system. With Remind, all personal information remains completely confidential. Teachers and administration will never see your phone number, nor will you ever see theirs.


Thursday, December 10, 2015

Deck The Halls ..And Doors of CHS

The Chadron HS Student Council Door Decorating Contest!
The Winning Door - Mr. Bradley
Mr. Matt
Mrs. Bauer
Mr. Bach
Mrs. Girard
Mrs. Paopao
FBLA Door
Library
Mrs. Lanphear
Library
Mr. Mack
Mr. Uhing
Mrs. Mahr
Library

Mr. Nelson
Mr. McCarty #2
Mrs. Welch
Mr. Pope
Mr. McLain
Mr. Lecher
Mr. McCarty

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Did you know ...Chadron HS Ranks #2 in State?!

Best High Schools
in Nebraska
We reviewed 29,070 U.S. public high schools; 87 Nebraska schools made our rankings.View Rankings
(Partial Article published earlier this year from usnews.com)
Nebraska has a high school graduation rate of around 90 percent. High school students in Nebraska must complete at least 200 credit hours to graduate, and at least 80 percent must come from the state’s core curriculum. Students are assessed in the 11th grade in reading, writing, math and science through the Nebraska State Accountability tests, according to the Nebraska Department of Education.

In the 2015 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings, there are three silver medal schools and 84 bronze medal schools in Nebraska. Among the highest-ranked high schools in Nebraska areElkhorn High School in Elkhorn, located about 45 miles from the state capital of Lincoln​, and Chadron Senior High School in Chadron, located less than 20 miles from the South Dakota border in the northwestern corner of the state.
Top Ranked NE Schools
To be eligible for a state ranking, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal.
#1
1401 VETERANS DR, ELKHORN, NE 68022
#2
901 CEDAR, CHADRON, NE 69337
#3
1000 SOUTH 70TH ST, LINCOLN, NE 68510