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CHS Administration

Administration team 2023-2024

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ADMINISTRATION:

 

Jacob Hess, Principal  -        [email protected] 

Dana Giampaolo, Assistant Principal  -   [email protected]   

Valerie Nelson, Director of Counseling  -    [email protected] 

Joshua Knight, Athletic Director  - [email protected] 
Campbell High School - Newsletter - September, 8 2023
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Welcome back to CHS for the 2023-2024 school year!

Happy Friday Campbell Community and welcome back to the school year!

We've had a fantastic 8 days here at CHS to start off the 2023-2024 school year. We started off last Monday welcoming the Class of 2027 into the CHS family with excitement, music, and smiling faces. Later that morning the rest of the school joined us for a "Welcome Back" assembly to touch base and kick off the school year. A HUGE thank you and shout-out to Student Council for their help in planning, organizing, and implementing a wonderful 1st day!

We eased into the new school year with Class Assemblies each day to go over new protocols and procedures and encourage all students to get involved! Advisors and Class Leadership teams were able to address their classmates and talk about all the exciting things they have planned for the year. It was a short week to kick off the year and great to have everyone back.

This week we wanted to turn the heat up on learning...but not literally! It's been HOT at CHS this week but the teachers and students have definitely pushed through. We've been flexible with moving some classes around to keep cool and we appreciate everyone for sticking (no pun intended) to learning this week. Our second short week to start the year and the students are doing great! Our clubs and athletics are already running at full steam and we held auditions for a joint middle and high school musical production of The Descendants. We've been busy to start off September and are ready for an amazing year.

Welcome back! 

Jacob Hess, Principal
 

Community Meal/Open House

A new Open House format? 

We are looking to do something a little different this year for Open House. On Thursday, October 5th, we will be holding our first (of many, hopefully) Community Meal/Open House. More details to come in the next week but here is what we are tentatively planning:

5pm-6pm - Community Meal provided by and served by the CHS staff.

6-6:45pm - Assembly in the auditorium

6:45-7:15pm - Time to tour the school (say hi to teachers, see what's taking place in classrooms, etc.) 

I will be sending out more information, including an RSVP form for the dinner (so that we can make sure we have enough food) next week. We are hoping to start a new tradition of giving back to and serving our community. 
 

New Student Driving Pattern

Alleviate some stress and safety concerns. 

I emailed all student drivers today and informed them that starting Monday, September 11th at dismissal they will no longer be allowed to depart school by driving around the backside of the building where parent pick-up takes place. They will need to exit the normal route which takes them past the SAU side of the building.

We've had some concerns from parents and staff members about the traffic pattern when students leave that way so we will look to try this out starting Monday.

Mr. Hess will be out directing traffic to make sure only parents are driving around back for pick-up. 

If you have any questions about this new pattern, please feel free to email the front office.

 
 

Campbell High School's mission is to join together with parents, students staff, and community to become a collaboration of learners exhibiting character, courage, respect, and responsibility in all aspects of life.
 
 
 
 
Campbell High School                Weekly Newsletter
October 13th, 2023
 
Happy Friday Campbell!

Take a look at the new and improved Weekly Newsletter! We wanted to be able to feature some places around the building, talk about what is happening in the classrooms, and starting next week we will be highlighting students and staff that are doing great things in and out of the classroom. We hope you like the new look and expanded information. We hope to run this "extended version" every two weeks or so.
From the Principal's Desk
It's been another great week at Campbell High School. Even with a nationwide outage from the College Board, we had almost all of our students complete the PSAT's. A HUGE shoutout to our IT Department, our students and staff for remaining calm and having patience, and to our test coordinator, Mrs. Val Nelson who answered a billion questions about how to fix everything! Just a great example of sticking together and getting through a sticky situation. One of our Work Study Practices is Perseverance and Adaptability and we certainly all worked hard to show those that day.
 
With week 7 in the books, we can now say that CAG (Cougar Academic Growth) block is running like a well-oiled machine. A reminder of how that machine works: Every Monday (or the first day of any week), students meet with their advisors to check in and plan the rest of the week. Based on their grades and what academic interests or needs each student has, they can ask to be scheduled with any of their teachers for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. If their grades are good and they're caught up on work, they can choose to be scheduled into 'earned non-academic time' blocks in the cafe, the library, or the gym. Teachers will be ready to work with up to 15 students to review, do make-up work, or proctor assessments, or lab-type work. On Fridays, we use Advisory time for class or school-wide meetings or just fun and connecting as a group. We do ask that students be responsible for their CAG attendance and go where they are scheduled to be each day (they can see this in PowerSchool).  Of course, their classroom teachers may schedule them in before their advisor does if they see a need, so make sure your student keeps up with their work and communicates with staff so they can utilize this time as it best suits them.
 
It was a good 4-day week and it's hard to believe that come next week, October is already halfway over. Looking forward, Red Ribbon Week is coming up on October 23 - 27. Our group SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) will be planning activities for that week. More details to come. We will be wrapping up Quarter 1 in three short weeks and then it is time for Parent Teacher Conferences. This year is off and running and we are having a great school year.
 

What's going on at Campbell?

The Counseling Den - come on in for friendly people and supports
 

From our Curriculum Facilitators

Here are some quick looks at what is going on in our classrooms:

Science - students are growing bean seeds (Biology), learning the mathematical basis for chemistry (Chemistry), calculating speed, velocity, and acceleration (Physical Science), studying the patterns of blood splatter (Forensics), looking at the volcanic eruption in Pompeii (Natural Disaster), checking out biodiversity (AP Environmental), and finally studying the 4 types of tissues in the human body (Anatomy). Great work!

Unifieds - Sand Paintings and moving on to mask making (Art), some spooky bone projects in collaboration with Mr. Blakeslee (Ceramics), childhood diseases (Child Development), the study of US and International Chefs (Foods), CPR training and rhythmic activities (Wellness), getting ready for the FBLA Conference (Business) a financial advisor and money coach will be sharing their expertise (Personal Finance) a ton of vocal and instrumental work (Music), Programming, webpage design, and Artificial Intelligence (Computer Science) and finally verbs and mystery and suspense units, learning to talk about yourself and where you are from in Spanish (World Language). 

Social Studies - A dream journal to be analyzed (Psychology), reconstruction projects and creating cities (US History), a study of the Black Death that swept through Europe and learning about the Middle Ages (World History).

English -  Dystopian Literature centered around The Hunger Games as a core text (English 9), a deep dive into Elizabethan England through Shakespeare's Macbeth (Sophomores), characterization and conflict are being studied through The Crucible (Juniors), a career exploration unit ended and now onto reading ghost stories (Senior English), a "coming-of-age" short story unit (Honors Senior English) and finally, in AP Literature and Composition, students have completed two critical analysis essays and a creative writing piece and have begun a Gothic Novel unit using Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Math - All levels of Algebra I are diving into solving linear equations and all levels of Algebra II are learning to solve quadratic equations. In Geometry, students are studying parallel lines and transversals while in Honors Geometry students learn about proofs and reasoning. In Pre-Calculus students are simplifying rational expressions and the focus of Honors Pre-Calculus is solving trigonometric equations using the unit circle. AP Calculus classes are finishing up learning about implicit differentiation and Statistics classes are learning about density curves and the standard normal distribution. 

Math question of the week: Aubrey can run at a pace of 6 miles per hour. Running at the same rate, how many miles can she run in 90 minutes?

a. 4     b. 6     c. 8     d. 9     e. 12
 

News and updates from the assistant principal and counseling

The Cougar Cafeteria...great food and wonderful people
Plaques and trophies from athletics
Learning is a team effort
 

From the desks of...

The AP...Mr. G!

 

Campbell Families: 

With the changing autumn leaves and the darker mornings, there's one thing we can count on staying the same: Campbell's start time! 

We still start morning classes promptly at 7:35 every weekday! Please help your children make sure they are prepared to arrive at school on time and with plenty of 'wiggle room' to be in class before the bell!  In addition to not missing anything that happens in class, not being tardy to school will ensure that your student does not receive an invitation to an after-school or Saturday detention; the office has begun sending letters home to students who have accrued more than 5 unexcused tardies.  

- Mr. Giampaolo

The Counseling Den

 

We'd like to once again thank everyone for their patience during the PSAT's. We were all prepared on our end and never anticipated such an issue from College Board's end. We stayed with it and got it done!

Here are next week's college visits. As always, stop by The Den to get a pass to attend:

Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences                                                          University of Vermont                                        Hofstra University                                            Dean College                                                    Saint Michael's College                                    UNH - Manchester                                          Suffolk University 
 
 
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