Parent Training - Real Colors Provided by CHS School Counselor

(From the office of the Chadron High School Counselor, Mrs. Loni Watson)

Parents- 

Please consider joining me for a Real Colors Parenting Workshop on January 9th from 6 - 9 p.m. in the HS library.  Real Colors is a dynamic workshop experience using a personality type test. The goal is to provide parents with the skills to:

• understand human behavior
• uncover motivators specific to each temperament
• improve communication with students
• parenting strategies for emotional and mental health

The basis of this workshop is the Real Colors® Personality Type Test: a user-friendly, intuitive tool that identifies four personality types common to all people—Gold, Green, Blue, and Orange.

It all begins with the Real Colors workshop, in which participants:

• gain an understanding of the four colors (each corresponding to a personality type)
• discover where they fall as an individual on the Real Colors spectrum
• learn to recognize student characteristics of each of the four colors
• discuss with fellow workshop participants what it’s like to be each color and how to most effectively work with students of various colors

From the very beginning, participants begin to see the world from a new perspective…and have fun doing it!  We will invite ANY parent interested PK-12th grade.  Please RSVP with loni.watson@chadronschools.net if you plan on attending.  The workshop will last the entire two hours but will be held at no cost!  We look forward to providing you with this workshop!

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Chadron Schools Receive High Praise During Accreditation Review

(Submitted by Dr. Caroline Winchester, Supt.)

Proud of Chadron Public School’s (CPS) Family and Community

I am so proud of the CPS Family and Community.

Chadron Public Schools recently completed their AdvancED Engagement Review as part of the district’s accreditation process. While the official report will not be available for 30 days below are highlights of the findings.

The district’s Instructional Framework was noted as a strength.   43 classrooms were visited. The classroom learning environment observation tool called eleot showed scores significantly exceeded the AdvancED average.  The engagement review team leader said the eleot scores were the highest he has ever seen.

Another strength was Relationships throughout the system.  The team leader noted relationships were huge in all areas and the extensiveness of community partnerships and relationships was the highest he has seen in a district the size of Chadron.  Thank you Chadron Community for partnering with CPS to enhance and enrich learning for our students.

The third strength was System-wide Leadership.  61 of the 66 AdvancED Standards were found to be in the Impact Category.  Impact is about the embeddedness of the standards, meaning the standard is deeply ingrained in the culture and operations of the institution.

As one of the reviewers was leaving they said, “Chadron is a special place.”  And I couldn’t agree more.

Dr. Caroline B. Winchester, Superintendent

Chadron Public Schools

Shop With A Cop Fundraiser Begins

The Chadron Police Department is starting their 14th annual Shop With A Cop fundraiser.  For those not familiar with this program, all donations are used to provide food, clothing or Christmas presents to our local school children who are less fortunate.  The younger students are escorted by a Chadron Police Officer to Christmas shop locally while the older students are provided with gift cards. This program has benefited hundreds of children and families during the past thirteen years.

There will be several opportunities to donate to this program through promotions the next few weeks, one method is to deliver a check made payable to, "Shop With A Cop" to the Chadron Police Department.   Staff at Chadron Public Schools will use Central Office as the drop off point for donated funds.

We thank the Chadron Police Department for the organization of this program as well as the community for their financial support!

Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 21-23

There will be No School Wednesday through Friday, November 21-23 for Thanksgiving Break!

We hope you have a great Thanksgiving with family and friends!

We'll see you on Monday, November 26!

Advance Biology - Snake Dissection Lab

(Submitted by CHS Senior, Nicole Scarrow)

Mr. Bradley’s Advanced Biology class dissected common water snakes on November 14, 2018.
  Students were to look into the body of the snake and identify organs that were located inside. They found
that the dorsal side of the snake looks just like their internal muscles and the bone found on their dorsal
side. After inspecting the dorsal side of the snakes students opened the mouth of the snake and discovered
where the teeth, tongue, Jacobson organ, and esophagus are located. In order to smell, a snake will use
their tongue to bring air particles to the Jacobson's organ in order to identify animals that have came
through the area. Finally, it was time to dig into the snake and identify the major internal organs.

By using the scalpel to slit the snake from the esophagus to the cloaca students dug out

the stomach, lung, fat bodies, heart, gall bladder, pancreas, and tried to identify the gender of their  
snake. A single lung on the right side on the inside of their body was found inside of their snake. This is
because the left lung is vestigial meaning that it is very small or minuscule. Instead of having a
diaphragm like mammals, the muscles located in their ribs help air enter and exit their lungs. Finally,
they found a clear membrane called mesentery that keeps all organs in place.