Congratulations

 

The Connally High School step team, C-Tau-Eta, competed in the San Antonio Alumni of Delta Sigma Theta Incorporated annual step show and received first place overall! Their Zombie theme was a literally a thriller! ( They did the Michael Jackson thriller dance at the end. ) The show was Friday April 23, 2010.

 

Announcements

 

All student vehicles must be registered in order to park on campus.  Students must bring a copy of their driver’s license and insurance in order to obtain a parking permit.  Permits for the remainder of the year are $10 and may be purchased by completing the appropriate paper work at the attendance office.  

 

TxConnect updated their software over the break and some User Names were deleted in the process. If your account was deleted and you did not keep your student’s Portal ID please visit the registrar’s office to obtain a new account and password. TxConnect is the electronic system that allows parents to view their student’s grades, attendance, and teacher’s comments. You may pick up your parent portal from the attendance office.  Please bring your picture identification with you as it is required. 

 

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 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.

 

Information for the week of May 3 – May 9:

 

 

The CHS Spring Orchestra Concert will be Tuesday May 4, at 7:00 p.m. in the PAC.  The concert will feature works by:  Tchaikovsky, Holst, and Rimsky-Korsakov & Vivaldi.  Admission is free.

 

YEARBOOKS - There are only 100 yearbooks still available to order for this year. Yearbooks will arrive in less than a month, but we highly encourage students and parents to order now before we sell out! Yearbooks can be purchased by downloading the form on the school website and bringing the form to H4001 or mailing to the school. Please note, there are no more credit card orders at this time. Checks should be made to Taylor Publishing. Yearbooks are currently $64 and will rise to $66 in May and $70 when they arrive. Packages run from $5 to $11. The last day to order names on the cover is April 30. If you have any questions, please contact the yearbook adviser at Kelly.Lemons@pflugervilleisd.net.

 

 

SPORTS PHYSICALS - Sports Physicals (as required by UIL) for all incoming PISD secondary (high and middle) school athletes (Current Grades 6th – 11th) will be held on Saturday, May 22nd at Pflugerville High School.  Pflugerville High School is located at 1301 W. Pecan St. Pflugerville, TX.  All student-athletes need to report according to the following schedule:  All Student-athletes:  8AM-11AM, (Attire:  T-shirts and shorts, sport bras for girls).  The cost is $20 donation.  All required forms may be downloaded from the Pflugerville ISD website, www.pflugervilleisd.net, and go to Departments; click on Athletics, Physical Forms is located on the left hand side, or picked up in the front office at any Pflugerville ISD high school.  Parents must sign all forms.

All students wishing to participate in ANY Pflugerville ISD middle school or high school extracurricular sport are required to have a physical and completed participation form on file with the District prior to next school year.  If you have an existing medical condition, you must see your own physician for the required physical.

The following immunizations will be offered for FREE on the physical date:

Tdap, Hep A, Meningitis, and HPV.  A parent/guardian release must be filled out prior to the student-athlete receiving any immunization.  This release may be filled out the day of the physicals or at any of the high school athletic training rooms.  These immunizations are only offered to PISD students that complete an athletic physical on the same day.

Heart screenings will also be offered for a fee of $10.  This test screens for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (thickening of heart wall) and aortic stenosis (narrowing of heart valve).  Parents must complete a consent form for all minors.  Ages 14-and up.

For more information or questions, please contact the

PHS athletic training staff at 594-0553/594-0554 

CHS athletic training staff at 594-0853/594-0854.

HHS athletic training staff at 594-1153

 

READING TUTOR - TX Christian University is offering free tutoring in Austin this summer for reading. Come by counselor's office for flyer.

 

PROM – The Senior Prom will be held Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the Marriott at La Frontera.  For more information please contact Senior sponsor Sara Kanewske at Sara.kanewske@pflugervilleisd.net.

 

GRADUATION – The Connally High School Graduation Ceremony will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at the Frank Erwin Center.  All Senior students will be receiving a packet of parking, picture and DVD information.

 

Two new links have been added to the "Cougar Links" section of the Counselor's web page. The first is Egiate, a 3D Interactive search engine for colleges and universities. Thanks go out to John Thomas for the information! The second link is for students looking for volunteer opportunities in Austin. VolunteerMatch is a really cool site that has up to date information about opportunities locally and is available to students in all grade levels. There are about 400+ entries on this web site. 

Here is a link to the Counselor's Page. Scroll down to "Cougar Links" and start searching!

http://www.pflugervilleisd.net/CHS/counselor/index.cfm

 

SAT - CollegeBoard has launched a new site for students preparing for the SAT. Please follow the link to this awesome new site that is more user friendly than the current site.  

http://sat.collegeboard.com/home

 

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

 

COUNSELOR’S CORNER - Please visit the CHS Counselor web page to see what academy counselors are assigned to. Once on the Counselor’s web 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. 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

 

EARLY COLLEGE START ACC - Students interested in Early College Start may visit Counselor Marlexa Phillips during 4th or 7th period.  CHS is excited to see so many of our students interested in furthering their education through the Early College Start program!  For more information please contact Marlexa Phillips at Marlexa.phillips@pflugervilleisd.net.

 

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

 

 

Respectfully,

daniel garcia
Principal
John B. Connally High School
512-594-0800
daniel.garcia@pflugervilleisd.net