School Week At A Glance
January 13 - January 18, 2020
The Clairemont School Week At A Glance (SWAG) is intended to provide students, staff, and families with timely information about upcoming events and important announcements for the coming week. Check out all the wonderful things happening at CHS next week.
Your CHS Admin Team
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday, January 13 (Early Out - B Day)
Tuesday, January 14 (A Day)
- School Governance Team Meeting in Room 114 (2:20 - 3:20 pm)
- Girls JV Soccer at University City (3:30 pm)
- Boys JV Basketball at Morse (3:30 pm)
- Girls Varsity Basketball at home vs. High Tech SD (5:15 pm)
- Girls Varsity Soccer at UC (5:15 pm)
- Girls Varsity Water Polo at home vs. UC (6:30 pm)
- Girls JV Water Polo at home vs. UC (7:00 pm)
- Boys Freshmen Basketball at Scripps Ranch (7:30 pm)
- PTSA Executive Board Meeting in Room 203 (6:00 - 7:00 pm)
- CHS Foundation Meeting in Room 203 (7:00 - 8:30 pm)
Wednesday, January 15 (B Day)
- Boys JV Soccer at Lincoln HS (3:30 pm)
- Varsity Wrestling at home vs. Crawford HS (5:00 pm)
- Boys Varsity Soccer at Lincoln HS (5:15 pm)
Thursday, January 16 (A Day)
- Sugar to Heroin Town Hall Meeting - Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in the CHS Cafeteria (10:30 - 12:30 pm)
- Girls JV Soccer at Mira Mesa (3:30 pm)
- Girls Varsity Soccer at Mira Mesa (5:15 pm)
Friday, January 17 (B Day)
- Girls JV Basketball at Crawford HS (3:30 pm)
- Boys Varsity Soccer at home vs. Christian (5:15 pm)
- Boys JV Basketball at Crawford HS (5:15 pm)
- Girls Varsity Basketball at home vs. Crawford (6:00 pm)
- Boys Varsity Basketball at home vs. Crawford (7:30 pm)
Saturday, January 18
- CORE Academy (8:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- Girls Varsity Wrestling at the Steele Canyon Tournament (9:00 am)
- Boys Freshmen Basketball at Steele Canyon (2:00 pm)
SHOUT OUTS!
Clairemonster Robotics Are At It Again
Come check out Clairemont's Robotics Team! The 2020 Competition season kicked off last Saturday and ends with the Regional competition at the Del Mar Fairground on March 12, 13, and 14th. Club meetings are Thursdays at lunch in Room 406, and the Robot design/building/programming and marketing takes place in room 405 after school on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10:00 am! Sign up on their website at clairemonsterrobotics.com.
Hey Seniors, Interested in Free Money For College?
The Brad Fowler Memorial Scholarship is a unique scholarship opportunity made available by the San Diego Sports Association. The Brad Fowler Memorial Scholarship offers a $5,000 scholarship to at least five high school seniors in San Diego County. A second scholarship of $5,000 can also be earned, provided the recipient remains in good academic standing following the first year of college, for a total possible scholarship award of $10,000. For more information about this opportunity and how to apply, click HERE.
Cash 4 Schools Program
California Coast Credit Union has initiated their Cash 4 Schools program as a way of helping support local educational institutions. More information on this program can be found below.
Support CHS Theatre by going to the Farmers Insurance Open Jan 23-26
See the best golfers in the world take on Torrey Pines. Tickets are $35, and can be used to attend one round (Thurs-Sun Jan 23, 24, 25, or, 26). $25 from each ticket will go back to CHS Theatre. Payment can be made through the Foundation PayPal account with "Farmers Open" in the notes, check made to "Clairemont High School Foundation" with "Farmers Open" in the memo, or cash. Tickets can be supplied through your favorite theatre student, the school office, or we would be happy to deliver within Clairemont.
SAVE THE DATE
Food, Fun, AND Supporting the CHS Theatre Program ... Count me in!
CHS Winter Band Concert
Join the Clairemont High School Band on Wednesday, January 22 at 6:30 pm as they perform in their winter concert in the CHS auditorium. Students will be demonstrating the musical skills they have learned this semester and performing a diverse collection of music.
CHS Winter Ball
The CHS Winter Ball is on Saturday, February 1 from 6:30 - 11:00 pm in the CHS Auditorium. Refreshments will include desserts and beverages. Proper behavior is expected at all times of all attendees.
All dance contracts must be turned in to Ms. Thomas or Ms. Mastrodimos for review and signature. Upon review, contracts will be returned to students or will be available for pick-up on the following day. A completed dance contract is required in order to purchase a dance ticket. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Ticket Prices:
$25 with ASB, $30 without ASB
Buy tickets from Ms. Smith at the Finance Office
Deadline to Submit Contract for Approval/Ticket Purchase: Friday, January 31st, 2020. No Refunds or Exchanges
ATHLETICS
Follow CHS Athletics on Twitter and Facebook.
Clairemont wins Lady Chieftains Invitational wrestling tournament!
On December 14th our Clairemont wrestling program hosted the 4th annual Lady Chieftains invitational with 226 female wrestlers from San Diego County. With a seventeen percent increase in participation, the tournament was the largest to-date for Clairemont and one of the largest in San Diego County. Although our Lady Chieftains were not one of the biggest teams in the tournament (we only entered 8 of 14 weight classes), they pulled off a big win by placing 1st over 42 other teams with the five of the top six teams having full or almost full line-ups.
On top of the 1st place win for the team, six of our eight lady Chieftains also had individual placements. Adriana Petkova, Laura Cruz, Wendoly Sepulveda and Gabi Rine all took 3rd place, while Cati Yañez took 2nd place and our girls team captain, Juliana Villa won the 116 lb weight class.
It was the first time our girls have pulled off a win at our very own tournament and is a good sign for this small teams possibilities at making it to the State Championships in February! The team is still looking for more girls to join before the January 15th deadline so if any one is interested come on out and be part of this great group of athletes!
Big Second Half Boosts GWP Over Scripps 19-8
These two conference rivals have gone 4-4 against each other over the past 4 seasons, and the games have been defined by overtime thrillers and low scoring defensive affairs. What started out as another classic defensive struggle quickly turned on its head in the second half as both teams began to light up the score board! But the high octane offense of the Chieftains was... (read more here)
Boys Soccer Comes Up Big
Clairemont High Schoo's boys varsity soccer team continued their dominance over the winter break winning the Grossmont tournament for the first time in the school's history!!! The boys are currently 8-0-1. They are a great group of young men that work hard to model what it means to be a CHIEF both on and off the field. Great job boys!
The CHS Wrestling Squad Brings Home Some Medals
HUGE Shout out to wrestling this past weekend!
Erik Hofer won the 154 weight class at the Mira Mesa Varsity tournament this weekend and our Lady Chieftains Wrestling team (@ladychieftainswrestling) took... (read more here)
CHS Player's Creed
It is the mission of the CHS athletics program to teach our student-athletes principles that will guide them for the rest of their lives. CHS athletics isn't just about better athletes, but better people. That is why we are so excited to launch our new CHS Player's Creed (see below). In collaboration with the CHS Athletic Leadership council and various stakeholders, the CHS Player’s Creed was developed to outline what we believe it means to be a CHIEF. Every student participating in athletics at CHS, as well as their parent/guardian will be required to sign the CHS Student-Athlete Contract which states the following:
As a student-athlete at Clairemont High School you have the privilege of being part of a memorable and life changing experience. With this privilege comes great responsibility. Therefore, it is the expectation of the CHS admin team and Athletic Director that all who participate in athletics actively work to model character and integrity of the highest quality in the classroom, on the court/pool/field, and in our community. By signing this contract, you agree to strive to live a life worthy of emulating by exhibiting Courage, Humility, Integrity, Endurance, and Focus in all that you do.
WINTER ATHLETICS COACHING CONTACTS
Alfie Nowak - Athletic Director
For questions regarding athletics at CHS, please contact Mr. Nowak at anowak@sandi.net
Additional information regarding CHS Athletics can be found on our CHS Chieftains webpage.
ACADEMY INFO
CHS Internships a HUGE Success!
This semester, 25 12th graders have been working off campus in the community and doing such an impressive job. Read just a few of our industry intern supervisor's own words about their interns:
- "I wish all our high school interns were as good as Aaron Cayanan and Vanessa Estrada. They are so patient and engaging with our patients. We love the interaction that they have and their professionalism." - Letitia Olais, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
- "I reviewed our interns midterm evaluation and I gave them highest marks. I want you to understand that I don’t give high marks very easily but with these two gentlemen, I had to give them high marks because they do such a great job." - Carl Richardson, Shop Foreman at Mossy Toyota
Liz Rush - Academies Coordinator
For questions regarding Academies and/or Community Partnerships, please contact erush@sandi.net
COUNSELING CORNER
Second Semester Schedules
Student schedules for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year were distributed to students on Friday, January 10, 2020. Students who wish to schedule a meeting with their counselor to change their schedule may do so between January 10 and January 13. The counseling staff will then meet with students based on their requests and in the order they are received as follows:
- 1/14 - Meetings with the class of 2020
- 1/15 - Meetings with the class of 2021
- 1/16 - Meetings with the class of 2022
- 1/17 - Meetings with the class of 2023
The deadline to change second semester schedules will be Tuesday, January 21, 2020.
ACT Prep
Students interested in attending ACT Prep session conducted by CAL-SOAP on Jan 14th and Jan 16th after school (2:15pm start time) should sign up! Jan 14th will covered ENGLISH section and 16th will covered MATH section.
For more information about CHS Counseling, check out our Clairemont Counseling webpage.