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CHS Cougar Connection Capi tal High School , 2707 Conger Ave. S .W. Olympia, WA 98502

(360)596-8000, Fax (360)596-8001 www.chs.osd.wednet .edu

Welcome!

Freshmen/New Student Orientation is Thursday, August 21st at 8:00 a.m.

Freshmen and new students please plan to attend orienta-tion from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Come to the lower parking lot to the entrance of the main gym. Following the morning orientation, a BBQ lunch will be available for students and parents from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. for a cost of $4.00 per per-son. The parent orientation is from 1:00 to 1:45p.m. in the CHS Theatre and will include an introduction to the CHS administrative team, our parent organizations and a tour of the CHS campus. This is also a good time to purchase Cougar Wear, pay fees at our ASB office, set up lunch ac-counts and sign-up for Skyward Family Access.

There will be a student social that evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for CHS freshmen and new students only. The cost is $5.00 per person.

August/September

2014

The first day of school is

Wednesday,

September 3rd. School begins at

7:45 a.m.!

See inside for the bell

schedules.

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Important Dates

Aug. 21 Freshmen/New Student Orientation 8:00a.m.—1:45p.m.

Social gathering for incoming freshmen/new students 6:00p.m.—8:00p.m.

Parent Gathering sponsored by the CHSPO 6:00p.m.—8:00p.m. in Pod A

Sept. 3 First Day of School. 1st period begins at 7:45a.m.

Sept. 3 Welcome Assembly—Special Schedule

Sept. 5 School Photo Day

Sept. 8 School Photo Day

Sept. 10 B Schedule—1st period begins at 8:45a.m.

Sept. 12 Capital Vs. OHS Spaghetti Bowl @ Ingersoll Stadium

Sept. 17 B Schedule—1st period begins at 8:45a.m.

Sept. 17 International Baccalaureate Parent Information Night at 7:00p.m.

Sept. 24 B Schedule (Clubs) —1st period begins at 8:45a.m.

Sept. 25 CHS Open House 6:00p.m.

Sept. 30 Candyace Bollinger Parent Night

Oct. 1 Districtwide Late Start (OSD buses run 1 hour late) - B Schedule

Oct. 6 CHSPO Meeting—6:30p.m. in the library

Oct. 8 B Schedule—1st period begins at 8:45a.m.

Oct. 10 NO SCHOOL—Teacher In-Service Day

Oct. 15 B Schedule (clubs)—1st period begins at 8:45a.m.

Oct. 16 Senior Parent Night—6:00p.m.

Oct. 18 PSAT

Oct. 22 B Schedule—1st period begins at 8:45a.m.

Oct. 22 School Photo Retakes

Oct. 23 CHS Orchestra Concert—7:30p.m.

Oct. 28 CHS Band Concert—7:30p.m.

Oct. 29 B Schedule—1st period begins at 8:45a.m.

Oct. 29 OSD Career and College Fair—4:30p.m.

Oct. 30 CHS Choir Concert—7:30p.m.

Oct. 31 G Schedule—Homecoming Assembly

Oct. 31 Homecoming Football Game

Nov. 1 CHS Homecoming Dance

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2014 — 2015 Fees and Prices

Meals — Breakfast $2.10, Lunch $2.70

Free and reduced lunch applications will be available at the new student orientation on August 21st and in the main office. A new form must be filled out and turned in each school year (one form per family).

ASB Card — $40.00 at the ASB Office

Parking Permit — $11.00 with ASB card, $17 without. Purchase at ASB office. Applica-tions are available in the main office. Students parking on the CHS campus must have a parking permit.

Pay to Play — $125.00 for all school sports. This is turned in with sports clearance paper-work at the ASB office during designated clearance times.

School Photos — price varies. School photo days are 9/5/14 and 9/8/14. If you did not receive a photo order form in the mail from O’Connor Photography this summer, you may pick one up at the new student orientation or in the main office.

P.E. T-Shirt (Required for class) — $5.00 at the ASB office

Ceramics and Art Classes — $20.00 per semester (discounted prices available for free and reduced lunch recipients).

Official Transcripts — $5.00 at the Registrar’s Office

Safety Glasses for shop classes — $2.00 at the Registrar’s Office

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QUICK TIPS:

Student schedules will be available on Skyward Family Access in late

August.

Parents please mark your calendars for the CHS open house on Thurs-

day, September 25th at 6:00 p.m.

CHS encourages students to leave expensive electronic items at

home. CHS is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged personal

items.

International Baccalaureate Informational Meeting

On Wednesday, September 17th, there will be an informational

meeting for 11th and 12th grade IB students and parents from

7:00—8:00 p.m. in the A Pod meeting room. Items on the agenda for

this meeting will include colleges and the IB, important dates for

juniors and seniors, and requirements for the IB diploma. If you

have any questions in advance, please contact Ken Joling at

jolingkl@osd.wednet.edu. Both diploma and non-diploma candidates

and their parents should attend.

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Parents: Did you know that you can access your student’s grades and information on-line

with Skyward Family Access? Family Access provides you with infor-

mation regarding your student’s attendance, discipline, immunization rec-

ords, food service account, and lets you access their teachers’ grade book to

view assignments and current grades. If you don’t already have Family Ac-

cess, follow the link below to download and print out a request form and

mail it to:

CHS Family Access, 2707 Conger Ave. N.W., Olympia, WA 98502

Forms will be available at freshmen/new student orientation and in the main office. Your

form will be processed quickly and you will receive your password via email.

http://osd.wednet.edu/media/pagefiles/1370.fa registration form.pdf

2013-14 Perfect Attendance Students

Elizabeth Bravo

Connor Juhl

Daniel Kim

Peyton Monroe

Preethi Mulagani

Nathan Smith

Please join us for a CHS Parent Get Together sponsored by the Parent Organization

Thursday, August 21st 6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m. in Pod A

Come visit, catch up and meet new parents!

Food and beverages will be provided. Open to all CHS parents.

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Office Use Only

Permit #_________ Issue Date: ____________

APPLICATION FOR PARKING PERMIT AT CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL

2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR

Mark One: _____ I AM ATTENDING CHS FULL TIME

_____ I AM A RUNNING START/CHS STUDENT

_____ I AM A NEW MARKET/CHS STUDENT

Driver’s Full Name: _________________________________ Grade: ____________

Driver’s License #:_____________________ Registered Owner of Vehicle (s)________________________

Insurance Company/Policy #:___________________________________________

Please list all vehicles registered to you or your family members you might park at CHS this year. You may purchase one parking permit and move it from car to car. If the permit is not visibly posted in your vehicle, you may receive a parking ticket even if it is one of the vehicles listed on this application.

Car Make/Model, color & license # (s)

I understand that parking at Capital High School is a privilege, not a right. This privilege can be taken away if abused. Ex-amples of such abuses are: falsifying a permit or application, stealing a permit, reckless driving, parking in an area other than the one designated by the permit, parking in an illegal zone. There are a limited number of parking spots on campus, therefore this permit does not guarantee you a space. If all the spaces in your designated area are full, you will need to park

off campus in a legal parking space. You can and will be towed if you violate any parking policies!

Parking permits are sold on a priority basis (seniors first, then juniors if space permits) at a cost of $11 with an ASB card and

$17 without an ASB Card. Permits will not be available to students with outstanding fines.

I have read and understand the parking policies of Capital High School.

Student Signature: __________________________ Date:________________

I understand that my son/daughter is accepting the responsibility for parking in Capital High School’s student parking lot, if that privilege is lost, he/she will be required to park off campus.

Parent Signature: ____________________________ Date: ________________

Contact Phone Number: ______________________

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CHS DRESS CODE

The administration and staff at Capital High School are committed to providing a quality learning environment for all students and teachers. To help maintain this goal, the following dress expectations will be maintained.

Shorts and skirts must be no shorter than 4 inches above the middle of the knee.

Shirts must cover the stomach, back, shoulders, and chest. Tube tops, halter-tops, spaghetti strap tank tops and only one shoulder strap are not appropriate for school.

Cleavage must not be visible.

“See-through” material is not appropriate for school.

Undergarments or clothing worn as undergarments must not be showing. This in-cludes pants worn so low that garments worn under the pants are showing.

Shoes or sandals must be worn at all times.

Students may not wear clothing or accessories that:

Advocates or conveys alcohol or drug usage messages

Promotes violence or illegal activity

Demeans or degrades individuals or groups of people

Exhibits sexual innuendos, blatant sexual messages, vulgarity, profanity or other inap-propriate language

Interferes with the operation of the school or classroom and is determined by local law enforcement to be affiliated with gangs.

If a student’s clothing is objectionable under these provisions, a staff member will request the student make appropriate corrections. If a student refuses to comply, the appropriate disciplinary action for non-compliance or willful disobedi-ence will result. This policy is in effect for all school related events on or off campus. Please refer to the Student Hand-book for Capital High School polices and procedures.

Important Attendance Information Attendance Office: 596-8019

To excuse a student—A parent or guardian must call the attendance secretary to excuse a student’s absence or tardy. Calls must be received within 24 hours of a student’s absence or tardiness. For attendance purposes, a note will not be accepted.

After an absence—Upon the student's return to school, the student must report to the attendance office to check for their name on the list of excused absences. If the student is not excused, then it is his or her respon-sibility to get the absence cleared within 24 hours. Any absence not cleared within the 24 hours via the at-tendance office with be considered unexcused.

Acceptable Excused Absences: Religious reasons, family emergency, illness, bereavement, pre-approved ex-tended absences and professional appointments.

Extended Absences: If a student will be absent 3 or more days, due to vacation, etc, an extended absent form must be completed and approved by an administrator before the absence.

Other Absences: To facilitate a student who needs to leave for an appointment during the school day, please call before 9:00 a.m. The student must sign out at the attendance office before leaving campus and sign in upon return to school.

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Sports Clearance Dates and Times

(Clearance packets will be available August 18th)

Traffic Safety Class

Fall Traffic Safety class will begin in September. Students will meet on Tuesdays and

Thursdays from 2:45—4:45PM. Information and forms are available to pick up in the

main office. Contact Rachel Beard at rbeard@osd.wednet.edu or (360) 596-8033 in

September with any questions.

Go Cougars!

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Calling All Cougars! Capital Booster Club

2707 Conger Ave NW Olympia, WA 98502

capitalboosterclub@gmail.com

________________________________________________

Dear CHS Community,

Now is the time to join Capital High School’s Booster Club. The Booster Club supports all 26 WIAA activities including all sports, performing arts, cheer, debate and drill teams.

Through the generous support of the CHS Community, the Booster Club donated more than $250,000 back to the WIAA programs at CHS in the past few years. Please consider joining us to help raise monies that are important to Capital’s WIAA activi-ties.

Complete the information form below, include a check for $20 made out to CHS Booster Club, and mail to the address listed above Attn: CHS Booster Club. We can’t wait to meet you! Thank you!

Your CHS Booster Club

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Parent (s) name:_______________________________________

Student name (s):______________________________________

Student activities:______________________________________

Address:_____________________________________________

City/State/Zip:_______________________________________

Phone:_______________Email:__________________________

Amount enclosed (checks only by mail please):_______________

Are in you interested in?

_______Volunteering to help with annual fundraisers

_______Ticket sales at home sporting events, boys & girls

_______Concessions (volleyball, basketball, boys & girls)

Upcoming Events August 21st—New student orientation. Stop by the Booster Club booth to reg-ister to join our team!

March 21st—CHS Booster Club Auction

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

We are excited to announce that the Booster Club will be launching a new website.

This website will provide a central loca-tion for all Booster Club activities, in-formation, as well as apparel sales, sports schedules and other important club updates.

The web address is listed below and the site will be ready soon after the start of the 2014-2015 school year.

Capitalboosterclub.com

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2014—15 Bell Schedules

SCHEDULE A

Zero Hour 6:45 a.m. 7:40 a.m.

Warning Bell 7:40

Period 1 7:45 8:40

Period 2 8:45 9:45

Period 3 9:55 10:50

Period 4A 10:55 11:50

Lunch 1 10:50 11:20

Period 4B 11:25 12:20

Lunch 2 11:50 12:20

Period 5 12:25 1:20

Period 6 1:25 2:22

SCHEDULE B

One Hour Late Start

Zero Hour 6:45 7:40

Warning Bell 8:40

Period 1 8:45 9:31

Period 2 9:36 10:27

Period 3 10:32 11:18

Period 4A 11:23 12:09

Lunch 1 11:18 11:48

Period 4B 11:53 12:39

Lunch 2 12:09 12:39

Period 5 12:44 1:30

Period 6 1:35 2:22

SCHEDULE C

Advisory or Assembly

Zero Hour 6:45 7:40

Warning bell 7:40

Period 1 7:45 8:35

Period 2 8:40 9:35

Adv.or Assembly 9:40 10:10

Period 3 10:20 11:10

Period 4A 11:15 12:05

Lunch 1 11:10 11:40

Period 4B 11:45 12:35

Lunch 2 12:05 12:35

Period 5 12:40 1:30

Period 6 1:35 2:22

SCHEDULE D

*No Zero Hour Classes*

Warning Bell 9:40

1st Period 9:45 10:22

2nd Period 10:27 11:04

3rd Period 11:09 11:46

Period 4A 11:51 12:28

Lunch 1 11:46 12:16

Period 4B 12:21 12:58

Lunch 2 12:28 12:58

5th Period 1:03 1:40

6th Period 1:45 2:22

SCHEDULE E

11:52 Early Release

Zero Hour 6:45 7:40

Warning Bell 7:40

Period 1 7:45 8:21

Period 2 8:26 9:07

Period 3 9:12 9:48

Period 4 9:53 10:29

Period 5 10:34 11:10

Period 6 11:15 11:52

SCHEDULE F

10:52 release

Zero Hour 6:45 7:40

Warning Bell 7:40

Period 1 7:45 8:12

Period 2 8:17 8:44

Period 3 8:49 9:16

Period 4 9:21 9:48

Period 5 9:53 10:20

Period 6 10:25 10:52

SCHEDULE G

Assembly at end of day

Zero Hour 6:45 7:40

Warning bell 7:40

Period 1 7:45 8:30

Period 2 8:35 9:25

Period 3 9:30 10:15

Period 4A 10:20 11:05

Lunch 1 10:15 10:45

Period 4B 10:50 11:35

Lunch 2 11:05 11:35

Period 5 11:40 12:25

Period 6 12:30 1:15

Assembly 1:20 2:22

SCHEDULE H

1 Hour Morning Assembly

Zero Hour 6:45 7:40

Warning bell 7:40

Period 1 7:45 8:30

Period 2 8:35 9:20

Assembly 9:25 10:25

Period 3 10:35 11:20

Period 4A 11:25 12:10

Lunch 1 11:20 11:50

Period 4B 11:55 12:40

Lunch 2 12:10 12:40

Period 5 12:45 1:30

Period 6 1:35 2:22

Check out the CHS website for important information!

www.capital.osd.wednet.edu

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Capital High School Parent Organization

Come join us!

Who are we?

We are a group of parents who are working together to enrich our student’s high school experience.

* We promote communication between the school and the families.

* We facilitate parent involvement in school wide community events.

* We raise and allocate funds for a wide variety of educational programs.

When do we meet?

We meet the 1st Monday of each month, from 6:30-8 pm in the CHS Library.

Come hear monthly updates from Assistant Principal Jennifer Hewitt about upcoming school events.

Volunteer Opportunities

Father /Daughter Dance in January and February

Mother/Son Palapalooza in March

Arts Recognition Night in May

Staff Appreciation Lunch in June

STUFF: Bring staff breakfast on the 2nd Friday of each month

Where does the money go?

Student Needs Fund: for students as needed

Special Projects Fund: for CHS Administration requests

School Climate Fund: to support activities/events that address school climate

Grant Requests: funds given to teachers for needed supplies, books and programs

STUFF, Staff Appreciation Lunch, Cougar Contacts Directory and Arts Recognition Night

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Yes, I want to join CHSPO! (Membership includes a Cougar Contacts Directory)

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

Name Student (s) year of graduation

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mailing address

_____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

Email for monthly announcements and minutes Home and cell phone numbers

I want to be involved in:

_______Father Daughter Dance ________Arts Recognition Night ________Staff Appreciation

_______Mother/Daughter Palapalooza ________Staff Breakfast _______General Volunteer

$20 annual membership fee may be paid in cash or check made out to CHSPO. Please return this form and payment to the CHS front office or mail it to: CHSPO, 2707 Conger Ave NW, Olympia, WA 98502

Email address: CHSPO.chair@gmail.com

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News from the CHS Library Greetings from Mrs. Bonds, your CHS teacher-librarian. We’re excited to begin the 2014-2015 school year. The library is open every school day from 7:15 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. In addition to our collection of over 12,000 titles, your student should use our excellent databases and reference e-books that provide access full-text articles for research in any subject area. Just follow these steps:

FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE CHS LIBRARY PAGE, SELECT:

Proquest Research Library - for magazine & newspaper articles

Proquest Learning Literature - anything you’d need for English classes

Proquest History Study Center – you guessed it, social studies classes

& eLibrary – for book articles, maps, transcripts, periodicals

Username = olympiasd

Password = olympiasd

Culturegrams - for information on every culture from every country in the world.

Username = olympiasd

Passwork = cgrams

Opposing Viewpoints - books, periodicals, images, audio, video on a huge variety of controversial topics.

Password = osd

Gale Virtual Reference Library – collection of online ebooks. Titles include Amer-ican Decades, Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and many more.

Password = osd

DON’T FORGET THAT THE TIMBERLAND REGIONAL LIBRARY

SYSTEM HAS TEN TIMES MORE DATABASES TOO!

Visit trl.org and click on Research, then Reference Databases at the top.

You will need your library card number to access these databases.

Print this out and tape it to the monitor! Have access on those last minute nights!

See you all very soon!

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CHS NEW PARENT INFORMATION

capital.osd.wednet.edu

PHONE NUMBERS

ASB Office and Secretary Stacy Sharp 596-8071

Athletic Office and Secretary Samantha Dobyns 596-8073

Attendance Office and Secretary 596-8019

Nurse 596-8008

Registrar Janet Anderson 596-8023

School Office and Receptionist Rachel Beard 596-8000

Transportation Office 596-7700

Counselor Jenny Morgan (A-E) 596-8022

Counselor Norah Jensen (F-L) 596-8024

Counselor Joel Komschlies (M-R) 596-8020

Counselor Erin Johnson (S-Z) 596-8028

WIAA FALL ACTIVITIES

Band Dan Lundberg dlundberg@osd.wednet.edu

Boys Cross Country Jerry Miller jmiller@osd.wednet.edu

Boys Tennis Tom Alongi talongi@osd.wednet.edu

Cheer Jenny Morgan jmorgan@osd.wednet.edu

Choir Leah Dowers ldowers@osd.wednet.edu

Debate Jim Anderson jvanderson@osd.wednet.edu

Drama Kristina Cummins kcummins@osd.wednet.edu

Drill Jan Kiefer jkiefer@osd.wednet.edu

Football John Johnson jojohnson@osd.wenet.edu

Girls Cross Country Kevin Wright kwright@osd.wednet.edu

Girls Soccer Adrianna Montes amontes@osd.wednet.edu

Girls Swim Burke Anderson banderson@osd.wednet.edu

Girls Volleyball Natalie Zukowski nzukowski@osd.wednet.edu

Orchestra Joseph Dyvig jdyvig@osd.wednet.edu

PE/Health Troy Mickelson tmickleson@osd.wednet.edu

MENTOR FAMILIES WITH UPPER CLASS STUDENTS AT CHS

Feel free to call them and ask questions!

NOVA MS Michelle Anderson manderson@osd.wednet.edu

Jefferson MS Gretchen Van Dusen gretchenvandusen@gmail.com

Marshall MS Sophia Barashkoft vanandelsa@hotmail.com

Griffin MS Melissa Morrill melissacmorrill@comcast.net

For more information visit the CHS website at capital.osd.wednet.edu. The website has daily announcements, monthly newsletters, CHS calendar, sports schedules, a staff directory, team/clubs info and much more.

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CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL

COUGAR TRACKS

The C.H.S. community inspires all learners to think, explore and grow.

School Colors and Mascot: Cardinal and Gold / Cougars

Address: 2707 Conger Ave. S.W., Olympia, WA 98502

Administration Office: 596-8000

ASB Office: 596-8071 Secretary: Stacy Sharp

Athletic Office: 596-8073 Secretary: Samantha Dobyns

Athletic Director: Steve Bellande 596-8070

Attendance Office: 596-8019 Secretary: Krista Warren

Website: http://capital.osd.wednet.edu

Olympia School District Website: http://osd.wednet.edu

Administration and Support Staff:

Principal: Chris Woods 596-8005

Principal’s Secretary: Suzanne Bowser 596-8010

Assistant Principals: Jennifer Hewitt (A-G) 596-8067

Michelle Anderson (H-N) 596-8012

Dean of Students: Daniel Grimm (O-Z) 596-8013

Assistant Principal’s Secretary: Kristie Logsdon 596-8018

Career Counselor Jen Boelts 596-8041

Counseling Center: Secretary: Sydni Weeks 596-8027

Counselors: Jenny Morgan (A-E) 596-8022

Norah Jensen (F-L) 596-8024

Joel Komschlies (M-R) 596-8020

Erin Johnson (S-Z) 596-8028

Nurse: Holly Steele 596-8008

District Transportation Office (bus route info) 596-7700

You can access bus route information on the Olympia School District Website at osd.wednet.edu