Friday, September 26 th, kicked off CHS s 100 th Year Celebration and Homecoming! Festivities began that morning with the Freedom Circle Dedication

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1 Friday, September 26 th, kicked off CHS s 100 th Year Celebration and Homecoming! Festivities began that morning with the Freedom Circle Dedication and flag raising ceremony. Next, students participated in a televised pep assembly and showed their Wolf spirit. At 1:30, CHS students and community members participated in the Homecoming Parade, led by Zona Mae McAdams, CHS Class of Pre- and post-game festivities included a tailgate party and reception for alumni. That night the Wolves defeated Cesar Chavez 49-6, and Myia Lomax and Thompson Knox were crowned CHS Homecoming Queen and King. CHS grads and current students continued the party on Saturday with a pancake breakfast and Homecoming Dance. What a great celebration!

2 Thursday, October 2 nd, was a big day for Chandler High! The Wolves defeated the Hamilton Huskies on the Huskies own turf! The CHS cheerleaders and band showed their winning spirit the morning of the big day on 12 News. Great job, Wolves! Chandler High School was awarded an Arizona Civic Engagement School of Distinction Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement at a September ceremony. This recognition signifies that CHS is a leader in high quality civic learning practices and that our students graduate with the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to participate in, preserve, and strengthen our schools, communities and system of government. On September 23 rd, the CHS Choirs performed their first concert of the year. The audience enjoyed great performances from the Women s Choir, Men s Choir, Treblemakers, Advanced Women s Choir, Chamber Choir and Chorale. The finale included the combined choirs singing an Irish Blessing on stage and in the aisles. It was a fantastic experience!

3 Chandler High School DECA, with the help of 1st hour teachers and their students, helped raise $ through the Pink Sneaker Drive to benefit the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Great job, Wolves! Over $1, was collected through Spirit Link sales to support Unified Sports at CHS! Congrats to CHS Seniors who showed the most spirit by purchasing 3,495 links! Recent Wins: V Badminton def. Gilbert 9-0 JV Badminton def. Mountain Pointe 5-4, Hamilton 5-4 and Gilbert 9-0 V Football def. Cesar Chavez 42-0, Hamilton and Gilbert JV Football def. Cesar Chavez 62-6 and Gilbert F Football def. Cesar Chavez and Gilbert V Volleyball def. Cesar Chavez 3-0 and Vista Grande 3-1 JV Volleyball def. Cesar Chavez 2-0 and Vista Grande 2-0 F Volleyball def. Cesar Chavez 2-0, Vista Grande 2-0 and Basha 2-0 This Week s Home Events: Badminton vs. Sunnyslope on Monday, October 13 4:00pm Swim/Dive vs. Basha on Tuesday, October 14 4:00pm Volleyball vs. Perry on Wednesday, October 15 4:00F, 5:00JV and 6:00V JV Football vs. Perry on Thursday, October 16 6:00pm The CHS-IB program was proud to host an IB Immersion Camp for eighteen 8th grade students in partnership with Chandler's Si Se Puede organization. Our IB teachers and IB students (pictured below) worked hard to prepare hands-on activities to give the students a taste of the exciting challenges of the IB program. Students focused on economics, math, language acquisition, composition, history and Theory of Knowledge. Join Chandler community members on October 22 nd for an important informational meeting on how teens are targeted for human trafficking. The meeting is open to teens and parents. Click here for more information.

4 The CHS Orchestra is teaming with the CTS Rock Band for a benefit rock concert at the CCA on October 20 th. Tickets are available here. COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS: Sign up In the Career Center Vanderbilt University- Wednesday, October 15 8:30am Boston University- Wednesday, October 15 10:30am University of Chicago- Friday, October 17 9:30am Point Loma Nazarene- Monday, October 20 10:00am Westmont College- Monday, October 20 10:45am California Baptist University- Tuesday, October 21 8:00am Concordia University-Irvine- Tuesday, October 21 9:00am FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising)- Wednesday, October 22 8:30am SCAD(Savannah College of Art and Design)- Wednesday, October 22 10:00am USC (University of Southern California)- Thursday, October 23 8:30am ASU- Pre-Health/Law- Thursday, October 23 10:00am New presentations are added daily. Click here to access the Career Center Calendar and other valuable info, including off-campus evening college presentations. Sophomores and juniors are encouraged to sign up at the bookstore for the PSAT/NMSQT test, held on October 18 th at Chandler High. Testing fee is $ Contact Mrs. Nelson in the Counseling Office if you have questions. This year the CARE Center will be accepting registration for families who would like to participate in the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Distribution. Please view our flyer in English and Spanish for more detailed information.

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