Hello everyone,

The weather has warmed up and Spring is in the air. There are those of us who believe we may get one more big snow, but hopefully, we are dead wrong. The semester is flying by as Second Semester always does and Spring Break is just around the corner.

IMPORTANT information for Juniors…CHS recommends that all Juniors take the SAT in May or June of their Junior year and again in the early Fall of their Senior year. The registration deadline for the May SAT is March 31. You must register your child, we are not allowed to do it for you. Go to www.collegeboard.com to create an account and get started. If you are not able to pay the fee for the SAT, please see me. We have fee waiver forms. We provide a general test-taking workshop to Juniors in the late Spring. This workshop goes over test tips, facts and ways to prepare. We do not specifically work with students on the various sections of the tests such as math or reading. We can provide tutoring in subjects on a case-by-case basis. If you would like your student to take a more in depth SAT preparation course, we can give you information for classes in the area.

Rick Ziegler, our college admissions consultant, will be hosting a college fair sometime in the first couple of weeks of May. We will give you more details on that as we iron them out. It will be an excellent time for Juniors and the parents of Juniors to start learning the process of applying to college.

Our staff would like to respectfully request that students be picked up by 5:00 every day. While downtown Roanoke is safe during the day, we are not comfortable leaving students unsupervised downtown after school hours. If the school is locked and there is no adult available, students have nowhere to go should they run into trouble. We’ve been placed in the position several times where we had to hang out with a student because a parent was late. We understand and support your ability to determine what is best for your child, however, we ask that you pick up your student or make other arrangements no later than 5:00 pm for the safety of your student and our peace of mind.

We have been seeing increased cell phone usage during class. In particular, several parents have complained because they were unable to contact their student during the day. Students are required to have their phones off during class. This means they sometimes forget to turn them back on. We always prefer that you call the school number, especially if you need to interrupt them in class or if you need to get a message to them quickly.

As always, questions, concerns and praise can be directed to me.

Have a great week.

Roni