CHS Takes 2nd in Division II of Scholastic Day Contest!

Results of the 2022 CSC Scholastic Day Contest

Results are listed at: https://www.csc.edu/scholastic/ 

Division II Team Results

1st Rapid City Christian

2nd Chadron High School

3rd Sidney High School

1st Place Individuals:

Billy Hy - Algebra I

Caden Galbraith - Wildlife Ecology and Management

Forest Parks - World History

Josie Downing - Human Development and Relationships

Trey Williamson - Business Mathematics

2nd Place Individuals:

Averielle Sager - Algebra I

Emilynn O'Donnell - Business Law

3rd Place Individuals:

Aiden Dressel - Business Management

Kaylie Phillips - Animal Science

Kierra Haag - Nutrition and Family Health

4th Place Individuals:

Blake Hinman - Consumer Issues

Cody Kahl - Agronomy and Range Management

Connor Diers - General Biology

November Diers - Teaching Presentation

Rhett Cullers - Chemistry

5th Place Individuals:

Aiden Vinton - Earth Science

Hallie Chipperfield - Business Information Systems

Jodeen Chesley - Physical Science

Natalie Carattini - Art Drawing

Owen Wess - Agronomy and Range Management

Calendar Change: March 8th Staff Training, No School for Students

At the November Board of Education meeting. March 8, 2023 was officially changed to No School for students so that district staff can have the opportunity to attend a training.   

Through the district AWARE grant, Josh MacNeil, MEd will come to Chadron to present topics on brain breaks and brain-based educational activities to our district staff.  Josh MaNeil is the Director of Neurologic and the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Lakeside.  Neurologic exists to educate and support schools and youth-focussed organizations with practical, brain-based approaches to creating sustainable, supportive, and emotionally safe environments. 

Students will have an extended spring break since March 8th was scheduled as the last day of 3rd quarter and the original start of a four-day weekend for spring break.

Sign Up For The High School Remind Text Messaging

 Have you been out of 'the know' of the recent early dismissal or late start due to weather events?  If so, make sure to sign up for the High School text messaging Remind account.  Simply open your text messaging app and text "@chsnote" to the number 81010.

CHS Significantly Reduces Chronic Absences 1st Quarter

 

We were excited to review attendance data from the first quarter of this year to discover the significant decrease in chronic absences when comparing to this time last year.  

For our purposes, chronic absence is any student who has 10 or more unexcused absences in a semester. So, in viewing reports, students who have already missed 5+ days in a quarter would be in threat of being chronically absent by the end of the semester.

At the end of 1st quarter last year, we had 35 of our 307 (11.4%) students with at least 5 absences. At quarter's end this year, we only had 11 of 277 (4%) students with as many absences.  Further, students with 10+ absences in a quarter were cut in half compared to last year (2021 had 10, 2022 only had 5).

For years, we have shared with students that the #1 variable in determining whether they can attain a high school diploma with career or college readiness is attendance.  A student who attends school regularly is far more likely to successfully complete high school and to have more opportunities after graduation.

We want to thank all of the families and students of CHS for supporting our goal to decrease chronic absences and to value educational opportunities offered by our school!