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If you are interested in volunteering (in any capacity) with Pflugerville ISD please remember to submit an application located on the district website at Pflugervilleisd.net. PISD appreciates everything you do for the PISD community whether you serve as a parent, grandparent, business representative, or community member!

AP Ambassador student volunteers are available to tutor CHS students in various subjects. Please note the following tutorial days, times and locations:
Foreign Languages:  Mondays, after school in Room B220.
Math:  Wednesdays, after school in Room F2013.
Science:  Wednesdays, after school in Room E1010.
Social Studies:  Wednesdays, after school in Room G3010.
English:  Thursdays, before school in Room H4011.
For more information please contact Sandra Biles at sandra.biles@pflugervilleisd.net.

Forty-eight teachers from 14 campuses across the District were treated to a surprise visit from the Pflugerville Education Foundation (PEF) Grant Prize Posse on Friday, October 30, when Foundation members, District leaders and top donors handed out over $35,000 in innovative teaching grants. Over 7,500 students will be directly impacted by the grants.  Connally High School was very excited to receive 3 grants from the Foundation totaling $6,609.00!  The following teachers were grant recipients: Loreni Kerecman, Cristina Davis for Labquest: Key to 21st Century Labs, Patricia Smith, Kelly Neal, Liza Keurth, Mary Morrow, Deidra Haun for Our Future's So Bright We've Got to Play Jeopardy!, and Vince Vizcaino, Charles Parr for Navigating Through Mathematics.  THANK YOU PFLUGERVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION!

All PISD High School Track Facilities to be Closed to the Public Beginning Nov. 30. Due to persistent problems with vandalism and track misuse, all Pflugerville ISD high school track facilities will be closed to the public beginning Nov. 30. Because the District values physical fitness, all middle school tracks and outdoor areas at several elementary schools are still available for public use.

A+ Federal Credit Union (A+FCU) will open its newest branch at Connally High School at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year. The new location inside Connally's main entrance, at 13212 North Lamar, will be staffed by three part-time student tellers working at the branch as a part of the Credit Union's internship program, for which they will receive school credit.   Although most basic transactions will be conducted by these interns, an experienced credit union supervisor will oversee office operations and conduct account opening and loan processes. In addition to serving Connally High School students and staff, the branch will also be open to the public.

Information for the week of November 16 – November 22:

REPORT CARDS – Report cards were mailed home Thursday, November 12.  If you do not receive your student’s report card by Monday please provide the registrar’s office an updated proof of residency to avoid this in the future.  The registrar’s office is located in the Counselor’s office.

GRADES AND ATTENDANCE – If you would like to view your student’s attendance and grades daily please come by the attendance office to pick up your parent portal.  You must provide your picture identification to obtain your student’s code. 

Texas A&M University will be hosting the 2010 Student Leaders Of Tomorrow weekend student conference this February 12^_14, 2010, at Texas A&M. Come build your leadership skills and experience residence hall life and networking with fellow high school students from across the state. Cost to the student is $90.00 - that includes room and board, meals, speakers, and t-shirt. To register for the SLOT 2010 Leadership conference visit http://slot.tamu.edu. This is sponsored by Aggie Leaders of Tomorrow.

SENIOR ITEMS – A representative with Herff Jones will be on campus Wednesday, November 18 for graduation item orders.  They will be set up in the school cafeteria from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.  A deposit of $80.00 must be paid when orders are placed.  If your senior needs a packet of information have him/her come by the front office to pick up another one. 

COUGAR CELEBRATION 2010 – Cougar Celebration 2010 will have a meeting Wednesday, November 18, 2009 in the school library at 6:30 p.m.  Parents are needed to help plan this event for the 2010 graduates.  Please join us with your ideas and suggestions.

PTA - Join us for our PTA’s annual shopping event, the Annual Holiday Bazaar, November 21, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.! Visit over 40 vendors, shop for jewelry, crafts, gift baskets, unique gifts and fun school spirit items. Invite your friends to enjoy live entertainment and yummy snacks while you shop. This is the only PTA fundraiser of the year and all proceeds go to fund our senior scholarships. Please help us make it a huge success.  Come out and shop and bring your friends!

STUDENT INFORMATION – All students were given a first day packet of student information.  Please review all the information and correct/update any information that has changed and have your student return the forms to the counselor’s office.  It is very important to keep all student information updated in case of emergencies.

MESSAGES TO STUDENTS – Please be mindful that we are disrupting instructional time for all students in the classroom when delivering messages to students.  The CHS office will deliver messages to students only if it is an emergency. 

Connally High School will be hosting the Media Xperiments “It Could Be U Day” kick-off celebration on Tuesday, November 17th from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.  We would like to extend an invitation to our Connally community, parents, faculty, staff, & students as we bring a combination of business leaders, media professionals, and a musical group to inspire students to focus, hone their skills, and create compelling multimedia work.  Students will be producing media products each week based on 1 of 6 essential concepts, and uploading them to the Media Xperiments website, www.mediaxperiments.com, in preparation for the Show Your Reel Contest.  The goal is to get students focused on creating a vision for achievement and working towards that goal by utilizing a wide array of multimedia tools. Humberto Pérez, David Conover and the Texas Diversity Council (TXDC), will teach students the skills to constructively evaluate their work and that of their peers.  The event will begin at 3:30 pm with TXDC members and media pros presenting a media workshop in the video tech lab to a small group of students.  Then at 4:20 p.m in the cafeteria, the Media Xperiments “It Could Be U Day” kick-off celebration will launch with an introduction of the program by Executive Director of the Media Diversity Council, Carl Settles.  This will be followed by presentations from media professionals and Connally Digital Media students.  And then culminate with a performance by a musical guest.  For more information please contact Humberto Pérez or David Conover via email at humberto.perez@pflugervilleisd.net, david.conover@pflugervilleisd.net, or chscougarvideo@gmail.com.  You can also check out our website, www.chscougar.tv for more information.  We hope to see many of you there!

COUNSELOR’S CORNER - Please visit the CHS web page to see what academy counselors are assigned to. Once on the CHS page, clink the counselor link on the left sidebar and scroll down to The Counseling Team. http://www.pflugervilleisd.net/CHS/counselor/index.cfm

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY VISITS - Many colleges and universities will visit CHS and other venues in the Austin area. Please visit the Counselor Web Page for a listing of schools that will be in the Austin area in September and October. Some of these meetings require a reservation. Links have been provided if this is the case. Best of luck!

http://www.pflugervilleisd.net/CHS/counselor/documents/2009-2010CampusandAreaVisits.pdf

SCHOLARSHIPS - Scholarships have been posted on the CHS Counselor Web Page. Connally High School, by no means, receives all of the scholarships that are available for students. Other resources include internet sites, such as:

www.fastweb.com , www.collegeboard.com, www.schoolsoup.com, www.collegenet.com/mach25/, www.scholarships.com, www.meritaid.com, www.collegeanswer.com/index.jsp, http://AdventuresinEducation.org/sbase/index.cfm. 

Link to CHS Cougar Scholarships that have been posted: http://www.pflugervilleisd.net/CHS/counselor/documents/WebFile.pdf.  Happy Searching!

GIRLS BASKETBALL – The Lady Cougars will play away as they go against Westwood High School on Tuesday, November 17. The Freshman & JV teams will play at 5:30 p.m. with the Varsity team following at 7:00 p.m. On Friday, November 20, the Lady Cougars will host Hutto High School.  The Freshman & JV teams will play at 5:30 p.m. with the Varsity team following at 7:00 p.m.  The Freshman & JV teams will compete in the Vista Ridge Basketball Tournament November 19-21 with the times to be announced.  GO LADY COUGARS!  For more information please contact Coach Laura Zouzalik at Laura.zouzalik@pflugervilleisd.net.

BOYS BASKETBALL – The Cougar Basketball team will host Killeen Ellison on Tuesday, November 17 for the first regular season game.  The Freshman-A team will start at 5:00 p.m., JV team at 6:00 p.m., Freshman-B team at 6:30 p.m. and the Varsity team at 7:30 p.m.  On Saturday, November 21, the Cougars will travel to Killeen High School to play at 1:00 p.m.-Freshman-A, 2:30 p.m.-JV, and 4:00 p.m. for the Varsity team. GOOD LUCK COUGARS!  For more information please contact Coach Marshall Sanders at Marshall.sanders@pflugervilleisd.net.

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