Volume 1, Issue 1

Coeur d 'Alene School Distri ct 271

National Honor Society

Made Honorary Elves

2

CHS Students of the

Month

2

CHS Presents -

‘A Christmas Carol’

3

Yearbook

PSAT Results

3

From our Registrar 4

A Very Viking Christmas

Viking Cards - DECA

5

Fight for the Fish

Lacrosse

6

Inside this issue:

Third State Champion-

ship in Four Years!

“I feel honored by what

my students have accom-

plished. I keep telling

anyone who will listen

how BIG of a deal this

truly is. The competition

is hard to understand on

many levels, but at the

core it is simply students

telling a story. The ac-

tors inspire me to listen

to the world and stories I

encounter everyday - they

brighten reality for the

audience and for this I

am thankful. I am hon-

ored to be amongst a

group of professionals

who are passionate and

grateful to study their

craft. We took 35 entries

to state, 15 semifinalist in

acting, 9 finalists in act-

ing, 6 finalists in tech-

nical, and 9 placements.

WOW - I am one proud

director, teacher and

coach! “ - Jared Helm

Drama Captures 5A State

Championship

December17, 2014

CHS Blood Drive Big Success

We had a total of 234 reg-

istered donors. 194 suc-

cessfully donated and we

had a total of 222 units of

blood gained. The num-

ber gained is greater than

the number of donors due

to people donating what

is called a “Double-Red

Blood Cell” donation.

This donation counts

as 2 units of blood for

the drive. Thank you

to all that donated!

Coeur d’ Alene High School Electronic Newsletter

Events Calendar

12/17 - Choir Concert 7pm

12/18- 12/20 Holiday Play 7pm

12/18 - Club Photos

12/22 - Begin Winter Break

12/29 - Women’s Winter Classic

12/29 - CDA INNvitational

12/30 - Women’s Winter Classic

12/30 - CDA INNvitational

12/31 - Women’s Winter Classic

12/31 - CDA Innvitational

1/5 - Classes Resume

1/12 - Spirit Week Begins

1/16 - Fight for the Fish

1/19 - No School MLK

1/21 - Finals

1/22 - Finals

1/23 - No School-End 1st Semester

1/26 - Second Semester Begins

resources – our children; to

unite all members of local

communities in a common

cause for three months each

year during the annual toy

collection and distribution

campaign; and to contribute to

better communities in the fu-

ture.

The Toys for Tots drive is in full

swing at Coeur d’ High School. Col-

lection boxes are located in the ad-

ministration office.

The objectives of Toys for Tots are

to help less fortunate children

throughout the United States expe-

rience the joy of Christmas; to play

an active role in the development of

one of our nation’s most valuable

Santa has asked

us for a little help

again this year.

CHS’ National

Honor Society

members have

been made honor-

ary elves and are

helping Santa

with his corre-

spondence. This year’s letters, just

about 100 or so, come from the se-

cond graders at Hayden Meadows

Elementary School. Mr. Peebles’s

class, Mrs. Walsh’s class, Ms.

Feely’s class, and Mr. Seman’s class

all wrote letters to Santa a couple

weeks ago, and after reading them,

Santa forwarded them to us so we

could read the notes he jotted down

and write back for him, just like the

regular elves do. He even sent us

some of his special stationery to

use. NHS mem-

bers are delighted

to help the big

guy make wishes

come true.

Toys for Tots

CHS National Honor Society made

Honorary Elves

CHS Students of the Month

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Samantha Helal

CDA Rotary

Megan Lambert

Hayden Rotary

Cole Dewitt

Panhandle Kiwanis Club

Seven generations after Ebenezer

Scrooge first said “Bah Humbug!” a

completely new Christmas Carol, is

a new work inspired by the original

tale by Charles Dickens. Set in

modern day Seattle, 7th Generation

stars Bethany Stone as Elizabeth

Moore, the great, great, great, great

granddaughter of Ebenezer Scrooge

and Paige Erble as her assistant,

Bobby Carol.

It’s Christmas Eve in downtown

Seattle as the play opens. Elizabeth

Moore fights off persistent Christ-

mas carolers, refuses all invitations

to celebrate and goes to bed early.

Her ex-boyfriend, Jacob Marley ap-

pears in a dream, eating orange

chicken and predicting ghostly visit-

ations. Each ghost visit paints a

portion of the growing portrait, ex-

posing loss and hope and the sur-

prising power of love. The story of

Elizabeth’s dream begins when she

wakes up to discover Christmas

morning.

The CHS drama department proud-

ly presents 7th Generation: A

Christmas Carol. Written by Mi-

chael Murray and directed by Jared

A. Helm The 30 Member cast will

perform the last 3 shows on Decem-

ber 18th, 19th and 20th. All Shows

begin at 7pm. For ticket infor-

mation visit www.chstheater.org or

call 208-769-2999. Come out and

enjoy the holiday season while sup-

porting local performing arts in the

Coeur d’ Alene area. Happy Holi-

days!

resource

to study

for the

SAT exam.

Do you need help with figuring out

the financial aid process? Support

will be available on January 23rd

from 9:00-1:00 in the CHS library to

The PSAT results from the October

test have arrived and will be up-

loaded to your Skyward account

soon. The counselors will be meet-

ing with families on Wednesday,

January 14th at 6:30 in the CHS

auditorium. The counselors will be

going over the results of the test, as

well as how you can use this as a

help you complete the financial aid

(FAFSA) forms. No appointment is

necessary.

Share Photos with the CHS Yearbook

Coeur d’ Alene High School Theatre Department Presents

7th Generation by Mike Murray Directed by : Jared A. Helm

October PSAT Results

Google Play-

https://play.google.com/store/apps/

details?

id=air.com.herffjones.yearbooks.eSh

areMobile&hl-en

HJ eShare is a simple way for stu-

dents parents, teachers, coaches

and others in the school community

to upload pictures from your Apple

device for possible use in the year-

book. Our school code is 12303.

Please download it and share pho-

tos and videos from all the school

events. The more coverage we can

get from all events the better!

Did you know that you can quickly

and easily share photos with the

CHS Yearbook? The yearbook pub-

lisher, Herff Jones, has a very easy

to use app called eShare.

On iOS-

https://itunes.apple.dcom/us/app/

herff-jones-eshare/id511291680?

mt=8

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“ I attended the play last night!

It is so great - from the

costumes, to the stage design

and acting - Top Notch”

TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER

SCHOOL?

All students who will be withdrawing from

Coeur d’Alene High School at the semester are

reminded that they need to see the Registrar -

Bettie Hensley. The withdrawing student

should bring a note from their parent to

the Registrar by January 10th, stating

when the last date of attendance will be

and where the new school is located.

Withdrawing Students &

Early Graduates

Any student who will not be attending Coeur d’ Alene

High School 2nd semester and / or seniors who have

met graduation requirements by January 20, 2015 must

go through a formal withdrawal procedure with the

Registrar, Bettie Hensley.

Please notify the Registrar PRIOR to January 9th

if you are withdrawing or will be an Early

Graduate so all applicable paperwork can be

completed.

From the Registrar

TRANSCRIPTS Senior transcripts are scheduled for comple-tion Monday, February 9th. Make sure all in-complete work has been completed by Febru-ary 6th so transcripts reflect correct grades and class ranking for the semester!

If you need a transcript to be sent to a col-

lege/university or another entity and have not turned in a “Transcript Release

form” and paid the required $3.00, please see the Counseling Secretary, Lori Humphries as soon as possible. Remember, this is a very busy time of the year for all schools! SENIORS . . . Be aware of your deadlines and plan ahead so there is sufficient time to prepare and send your transcripts to meet these deadlines. ALSO . . . Make sure all fines are cleared! If you owe fines, your transcript WILL NOT

be sent to any school or college.

Please contact Tricia Benefiel with any ques-tions regarding fines at

Tbenefiel@cdaschools.org

REPORT CARDS

The last day of the 1st semester is Thursday, January 22nd. Report cards are scheduled for posting on Family Ac-cess on

Wednesday February

4th.

Students who receive a

semester grade of “I”

(incomplete) for a class have until Thursday February 6th to com-plete all make up work. Incompletes remaining after this date will auto-matically be changed to a grade of “F” on stu-dent’s transcripts.

Semester 2

Student Schedules

Updated/ “Official” 2nd

semester schedules will

be available for student

pick up on

Monday, January 26th

in the

Commons/Cafeteria

beginning at 8am.

All students MUST pick

up this “official” schedule

to be admitted into their

2nd semester classes on

Monday 1/26/15. Stu-

dents will be required to

show their “official”

schedule to their teachers

in all classes.

The Coeur d’ Alene High School Office will be closed during the

Winter Break from Dec 22nd through Jan. 4th

Enjoy your break

A Very Viking Christmas Haven’t started Christmas

shipping yet? Don’t worry

Viking Boosters is having

their annual merchandise

and apparel sale on De-

cember 17th and 18th

10am to 3pm in the com-

mons. Come and check out

all the new apparel and

merchandise that has just

arrived!

The Viking Cards have arrived at the DECA Store and we

have some great deals on it. If you want 1 or several for teams,

clubs or gifts, come to the DECA Store.

Fight for the Fish………

Viking Lacrosse has experienced growth this year! That is

great news for our sport, but with that growth came greater ex-

penses in new uniforms and travel. Help support our team and

have a great time doing it. Register for the Viking Lacrosse

Corn Hole Tournament! See our event page on Facebook “Viking

Lacrosse Corn Hole Tournament”

Viking Lacrosse:

This year’s Fight for the Fish will be held

the in the Lake City gymnasium. The

first basketball game between Coeur

d’Alene and Lake City’s varsity girl’s

teams will begin at 5:30pm on Friday

January 16th, 2015. The varsity

boy’s game will follow upon the

completion of the previous game

and after spirit activities in the

interim. The ticket admission price

is $5 and all CHS students attend-

ing are required to purchase a

spirit pack with their ticket for a

bundled price of $15. Tickets and

spirit packs will be on sale

throughout the week of January

12th during both lunches in the com-

mons.

Fight for the Fish fosters school spirit

between the cross-town rival schools,

while also taking the opportunity to give

back to the community. Each school will

make a donation to the Kootenai County

Task Force on Human Relations which

bases its values on the great principles of

the dignity and worth of each human

being, found in the Declaration of

Independence, The United States

Constitution, and the State Constitu-

tion of Idaho. The basketball games

are interwoven with spirit competi-

tions. At the end of the boy’s

basketball game, the winner

of “The Fish” will be an-

nounced. This winner is

based upon the sportsman-

like school spirit that is ex-

hibited by each school,

through the cheers done by

the student sections, inte-

gration with the cheerlead-

ers, and much more.

This year the Coeur d’Alene High

School Student Council has chosen

the theme of “True To Viking Blue.”

The plan is to emphasize school pride

and unity. We are really excited

about this year’s opportunity to re-

turn the fish to its rightful home;

Coeur d’Alene High School!

Senior Parents:

Please join us for our next Senior Parent Meet-

ing/Grad Party Planning, Monday, January 26 @

6:00pm.

Stay informed about Senior Year Activities by joining

our Facebook page: CHS 2015 Senior Parent Group.

Please Email us to be included in our Email Updates:

chs2015seniorparents@gmail.com

To the following Viking Students who qualified for the 2015 Idaho All-State Honor

Groups:

Samantha Helal, String Bass - All-State Orchestra

Bethany Stone, Clarinet - All-State Band

Vocal Music Students who qualified for All-NW Honor Choir:

Bethany Barber Galen Hammond

Idaho All-State Honor Choir:

Alyssa Frantz Autumn Moore Kynzie Washington

Collin Thompson

A Big thank you to these local businesses for donations to the CHS Biomedical Science

class. Tim’s Special Cut Meats (sawn long bones) and Mountain View Custom Meats

(pig hearts) again provided some nice dissection materials. Hayden Pet Medical Cen-

ter (Dr. Kendall Bodkin) will again host a visit to observe surgery and medical care.

We also welcome visits from medical professionals to class.

-Pam Gomes CHS Biomedical Science-