Principal Jensen's Updates
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Dear Corner Canyon High School,
As Principal of Corner Canyon High School, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone back, especially our students. We are all looking forward to another amazing year. The school has come alive as students and teachers have returned filling our building with energy and excitement. It is our mission to help every child feel welcomed, connected, and a part of our Charger family. Additionally, we strive to challenge each student to grow in his or her academic abilities and to be college-ready by the end of the four years. We have amazing teachers who spend hours planning and creating classroom activities to engage our students in learning. Our teachers utilize best practices and analyze academic data to determine current skill levels and to set goals for growth and improvement. We believe that all students should graduate from high school prepared to meet the demands of post secondary education, meaningful careers, and effective citizenship. I am honored to serve as the principal of Corner Canyon High. It is truly a privilege to be a part of a community where parents, teachers, and students care for each other and strive to build positive relationships that support academic and social growth. Welcome Back! Let's make it the best year ever! New Additions to CCHS:
Go Chargers! Are you interested in being a member of the Corner Canyon High School Community Council? We have a few openings for new members for the upcoming 2019-20 school year. If you’re interested, please email Principal Darrell Jensen at darrell.jensen@canyonsdistrict.org, by 4:00 pm on August 21st . If multiple parents are interested, there will be an election.
The SCC meets monthly to discuss school issues, create a LAND Trust plan, approve professional development plans, and help develop the School Improvement Plan. We invite input from all parents and rely on the SCC to represent both parents and the community. Our first meeting is scheduled for September 5th at 5:00. Transcripts Need a copy of your high school transcripts? Order them online. Applying for college just got easier. Canyons School District is now partnering with Parchment, an online system for ordering high school transcripts. Starting this spring, CSD high school students can order electronic copies of their official transcripts with a push of the button. They can also use the system to electronically send their transcripts to the college or university of their choosing and track the request to ensure the document arrives at its destination. For now, there is no limit to the number of transcript requests students are allowed. The service is free-of-charge for currently-enrolled students and available to graduates for a small fee. Parchment is used by roughly 98 percent of the country’s colleges and universities and should dramatically streamline the college application process for our students. It’s also a time-saver for our school, which prepares and mails thousands of paper transcripts each year. An email will be sent to students’ CSDdocs accounts with a link to our school’s Parchment portal and information about how to register. More information can be found below or at canyonsdistrict.org.  Corner Canyon’s Teacher of the Year As Marian Wright Edelman once said, “Education is for improving the lives of others, and for leaving your world better than you found it.” At Corner Canyon, Steve Reed is the kind of teacher who shows his dedication to leaving the world better than he found it by pouring his heart and soul into the improvement of his students. As department chair, Reed leads his science colleagues with innovating practices, data-driven decisions, and collaboration. Students in his class say they learn more in Mr. Reed’s class than any other class, all the while they are pushed harder and challenged more. Reed’s support of his class and lasting impression as a first-class educator are further reasons why Corner Canyon High has selected Steve Reed as the 2019 Teacher of the Year.  Pre-med Pathway Graduation Congratulations to the first ever Pre-Med Pathway Graduates! These students have great things heading their way. Great evening celebrating their White-Coat Ceremony. Way to go. Carlee Criddle Ashton Jensen Riley Kraft Katelyn Lassiter Jordan Leung Megan Lindsay Lexi Parker Corinne Tousley Bryant Vicente Graduation Information As we begin fourth quarter and initiate the countdown to graduation, the faculty and administration of Corner Canyon High School congratulate our seniors who have achieved in academics, arts, athletics and numerous other areas while in high school. Please read and review carefully the following information regarding the significant deadlines, events and graduation information that is vital to the last few weeks of your high school experience. Additionally, we ask for your help and support to allow the school year to end as smoothly as possible. All make-up credits and online credits should be completed and tested ASAP in order to allow time for credits to be transcripted for graduation eligibility. Caps and Gowns will be distributed on Wednesday, May 8, during both lunches to all seniors who have been cleared for graduation. If you have not ordered a cap and gown, please contact Jostens at 1-800-JOSTENS or at www.jostens.com. For students who have not yet cleared fines, NG’s, incomplete credits, etc., caps and gowns will be available through the student’s counselor once he or she has taken care of these holds. Senior Awards Night is an “Invitation Only” event that will be held on Thursday evening, May 23, at 6:00 PM in the auditorium. Seniors receiving awards and recognitions will be notified prior to the event and will be invited to attend along with their parents. Cords for the over 400 seniors who have earned Advanced and Honors Diplomas will be presented during a celebration on Friday morning, May 24, at 7:15 AM in the auditorium. This event is for students only. The Senior Dinner Dance will be held on Friday, May 31, at the Thanksgiving Point Barn. Doors will open at 5:30 PM; dinner will be served from 5:45-6:45PM; awards will be presented at 6:45 PM; and dancing will go from 7-9 PM. Tickets will be $40 and will be sold in the main office from Monday, May 13 through Tuesday, May 28. The Goodbye Assembly will be on Monday, June 3, at 8:00 AM and again at 9:00 AM, in the auditorium. This will be a tribute assembly to the CCHS Class of 2019, and will include student performances and a video of the past year’s events. We will present the Semper Excelsius Awards at this assembly. Yearbook Distribution and Signing will held after school on Monday, June 3. Students will be given their yearbooks if all fines are cleared and then will be able to assemble in the courtyard behind the media center for yearbook signing. Graduation Rehearsal will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 4. in Charger Arena. All graduating seniors who intend to participate in the graduation ceremony must attend graduation rehearsal. Corner Canyon’s PTSA will again be hosting a GradNight event for all students. It will be at Corner Canyon High School beginning Wednesday evening, June 5, at 10 PM. The event will end at 2:00 AM, Thursday morning, June 6. This event is sponsored by the PTSA and not by Corner Canyon High School or Canyons School District. Updated information will soon be available on the school’s website and at: cchsgradnight.com. The year’s events will culminate with the Graduation Ceremony on WEDNESDAY, June 5, at 2:00 PM. The event will be held at the UCCU Center on the Utah Valley University campus. In order to facilitate preparations for the ceremony, graduates are asked to arrive no later than 1:15 PM. Tickets will not be required. There will be ample seating for all guests, but we recommend that other arrangements be made for young children. We want to continue the tradition at Corner Canyon High School of having a classy and dignified event. Please do not do anything that would detract from that. Students should be in best dress underneath their graduation robes. Dressy pants/slacks, dress shirts & ties, blouses, and skirts/dresses are all appropriate options. Jeans, shorts, t-shirts, tennis shoes, flip-flops, extremely high heels, and casual sandals are not appropriate for the graduation ceremony. School dress code also applies. We have a dress standards committee that will be checking for inappropriate dress while seniors are lined up just before the ceremony, and any seniors not dressed appropriately will not be allowed on the floor. Please gently press or steam graduation gowns. To honor students who have earned recognition by the wearing of cords, medallions, and collars and to not diminish from their achievements, no other adornment on caps or gowns will be allowed during the ceremony. Flower bouquets, corsages, or leis will not be allowed on the arena floor during the graduation march or ceremony. Personal items such as accessories or jewelry that draw undue attention or detract from the dignity and decorum of the occasion will likewise not be allowed. Caps should not be altered or decorated in any way. Any caps that have been decorated will be confiscated before the ceremony. Individual photographs will be professionally taken as students receive their diplomas. The purchase of these photos is optional; we will distribute information about photos at graduation practice. If you would like to take photos of your graduate, you will need to do so BEFORE the ceremony. There are several nice vantage points for photographs. Immediately after the ceremony, graduates turn in their gowns so photos in their gowns need to be taken before the ceremony. Parents/guests will not be allowed on the floor of the arena to take photos during the ceremony. Additional graduation information will be posted on the school’s website. Unfortunately, we sometimes have disciplinary issues at the end of the school year. Please be aware that certain violations of district or school policy could prohibit your child from being able to participate in year-end activities, including the graduation ceremony. Seniors who fail classes during 4th quarter due to lack of effort or attendance may not be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony. Seniors must clear all 4th quarter NGs to be eligible to participate in the ceremony. Parents, you have been notified if your senior is not on track to graduate. Counselors will notify students as they become eligible to pick up caps/gowns and have been cleared to participate in the ceremony. We appreciate the efforts of faculty, administration, staff, and parents to make the end of the year and the graduation ceremony very special for graduating seniors. Congratulations again to the seniors and the parents of the graduating class of 2019! Go Chargers! Moratorium Lifted A five-year enrollment moratorium has been lifted at Corner Canyon High, where a 24-classroom addition funded by the $283 million bond approved by voters in November 2017 is now being constructed. The Board of Education on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 voted to allow the school to start accepting Standard Open Enrollment Applications from students who do not live within the boundaries of the school. Because of the moratorium, which prohibited any new out-of-boundary students from attending the school, the school could not keep a waiting list of prospective pupils. As a result of the Board’s decision, Corner Canyon High will begin taking school-choice applications for the 2019-2020 school year at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019. Applications are submitted online. End of 3rd Quarter March 22nd is the end of 3rd quarter, I encourage students to finish strong! ACT ASPIRE Testing The Utah Aspire test is a hybrid of the ACT and Utah Core test items. This is a computer delivered, high school assessment for students in grades 9 and 10. The test will include subtests for Reading, English, Math, and Science. This is the replacement test for SAGE, that was given in previous years. The ACT Aspire test will take place April 16th – 19th with a school wide modified testing schedule those 4 days. See Schedule Below. Baseball Fundraiser Dinner Corner Canyon will hold a fundraising banquet including live and silent auctions. All Star Wally Joyner will be the featured speaker for the night. Contact Dusty Haycock to purchase tickets 801-809-5204. Basketball State Championships On March 2nd the CCHS boy’s basketball team became the 5A state champs! The team avenged two losses against Jordan High School and defeated Wasatch, Highland and Olympus along the way. The CCHS girl’s basketball team came up short against East High on February 23rd, bringing home 2nd place in the State Championship. Kemery Martin was named Utah Gatorade Player of the Year, the first athlete from Corner Canyon to receive this accolade. Wellness Week March 25 – 29th is Corner Canyon Wellness Week, culminating with a blood drive on Friday. Go Chargers! A committee will be choosing 3 seniors to speak at the Corner Canyon High School Graduation! Here are the requirements for your audition. Auditions will be held on April 15th after school. Sign up for a time on the little theatre door.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Phaidra Atkinson at phaidra.atkinson@canyonsdistrict.org. GOOD LUCK!!!  Parents:
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 will be the administration of the ACT for all junior students. Buses will run at their regular times to pick up the junior students who will be testing. Freshman, Sophomores and Seniors will not be required to come in the morning during the administration of the ACT. The cafeteria will provide one lunch at 12:30-1:00 p.m. All students can take advantage of the consultation period which will run from 1:05-2:25p.m. Following is the modified schedule for February 20th. This is an early start. Students should be here and at their assigned classroom at 7:40 a.m. Schedule for Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Juniors in classrooms for testing ------- 7:40 a.m. Finish testing (approximately)-----12:15-12:30 a.m. Lunch (only 1) ------------------------12:30-1:00 p.m. Teacher Consultation Time----- 1:05-2:25 p.m. Junior students need to have filled out the non-test portions of their answer documents before the day of the test. They will not be permitted to test on Wednesday without the required portions completed. (For most students this was accomplished in their US History Classes.) Please make certain that the following guidelines are observed by junior students on testing day. 1. Bring a current picture identification card (driver’s license or student card.) 2. No food or drink in the testing room. 3. No cell phones or other wifi sensitive devices—iwatch, fitbit, etc. 4. Please be on time: 7:40 a.m. 5. Bring your own calculator. The Deadline for the Charger Medallion Application this year is April 19th, 2019. The Charger Medallion is an award that seniors, who have attended CCHS for ALL 4 years, could be eligible for based on school activity/participation. The Charger Medallion application can be found online, https://cchs.canyonsdistrict.org/ , under the “STUDENT” tab at the bottom. The application must be downloaded and filled out on a computer. No handwritten submissions will be accepted this year. The document you download, excel file, will have a few tabs at the bottom. The first tab is the information/points sheet. The second tab is the fillable portion, where students will put how they earned points and how many. The third sheet is a continuation for students who need more space for point calculating. The sheet will auto-calculate their point totals for them. As soon as they have inputed all their points, they will print the document and bring it to school for the proper signatures next to each item. Once that is complete, they will submit their finished forms to Andrea Winegar in the Student Center by April 19, 2019. Those who qualify for the award, will be presented with the award at our Senior Awards Night on May 23rd, 2019 at 7pm. If you have any questions, feel to reach out to andrea.winegar@canyondistrict.org or quentin.linde@canyonsdistrict.org. Our Corner Canyon athletes have been hard at work these past few weeks with Region, State and National tournaments. Region Drill took place at Corner Canyon on January 23rd. Our Drill team took 2nd place on the Military, Dance, Kick and Overall competitions. 26 members of the Drill team were recognized for Academic All Region, the highest in the Region. State Drill took place on February 2nd and our Drill Team took 4th place in Dance. Cheer headed to Orlando Florida this week to defend their title in Nationals and looking forward to repeating their win. Go CCHS Cheer! Our wrestling team won the Region Championship by defeating Timpview on January 24th! The sectional tournament was held in Roy where 17 wrestlers now advance to the State tournament at UVU next Wednesday and Thursday. Kade Carlson leads the host of chargers into the tournament as he looks to defend his state title. We wish them all luck! Region Swimming was a success with the girls receiving 4th place and the boys receiving 6th place. The girls 200 Medley Relay placed 2nd The girls 400 Free Relay placed 3rd Corner Canyon had 7 students on the swim team who took home Academic All Region recognition. Talent Show Corner Canyon’s Talent show was a hit! We had students who displayed their talents in dancing, singing, vocal looping, yoyo-ing and more. We have such outstanding talent at this school.  Charger Fair Corner Canyon held it’s 6th annual Charger Fair where teachers and clubs were able to spotlight their programs in preparation for students to complete their course requests for next year. It's time to start planning student schedules for next year and the Counselors have been busy working with each grade level to accomplish this task. Course requests are open until February 15th.
ACT Testing The ACT will be administered to the junior class on February 20th – A day. Juniors in classrooms for testing – 7:40 am Finish testing (approximate) – 12:15 to 12:30 pm Lunch (only 1) – 12:30 to 1:00 pm Teacher consultation time – 1:05 to 2:25 pm Students will need to remember to bring a current picture identification card and their own calculator. There are no cell phones allowed.  Teacher of the Month is Katelyn Grinder From Colleagues:
 ESP of the Month is Troy Sorenson From Colleagues:
 Construction Update The walls are now standing on both the North and South halls and the crews are ready to start on the second floor. Because of the large equipment being used during construction the back parking lot road has been closed to thru traffic. Make-Up Day Canyons School district has announced February 15th as the make-up day for February 6th, when school was cancelled due to weather. Click here for more information. GO CHARGERS! Welcome Back! I hope each of you had a restful winter recess and are back with renewed enthusiasm as we approach second semester. I am confident that the new year will be a great one for both the students and community. Chargers for Charity Thank you for making December our most successful charity month yet! Totals from the class collections were the largest the school has ever had and due to the incredible participation from students and the community, we received over $77,000 dollars. This money will benefit the Tyler Robinson Foundation which helps strengthens families who are enduring pediatric cancer. 2018 PTSA Awards Every year the PTSA recognizes teachers, staff and departments for their excellence in education. Congratulations to the deserving winners! Outstanding Educator Award – Bob Pickering Outstanding Administrator Award – Ken Smikahl Outstanding Support Staff Award – Alese Arbon Outstanding Student Services Professional Award – Sandra Steele Outstanding Volunteer Award – Connie Atkisson Outstanding Department Award – Performing Arts Department The winners are now submitted for consideration for Council, Region and State PTA awards. Canyons Teacher of the Year Award It’s that time of year again to nominate one of our exceptional teachers here at Corner Canyon for the CSD Teacher of the Year award. I encourage you to take the time to submit your nomination and return the form to Principal Jensen via email or the main office by February 1st. Click here for the form. Finals Week Semester Finals will be held January 14 – 17th.   Teacher of the Month: David Waung From Colleagues: - David is consistently here well before the 7:00 start time of school. He is sincerely dedicated to his student’s success in the classroom. He is pleasant to work with, and kind to all those around him. - David Waung is amazingly hardworking and always wanting to improve. One of the best new teachers I have ever seen!! He always gives 110% everything. - David comes with an engineering background, but teaches like he’s been doing it for years. He works well with students and is willing to go the extra mile for students who are struggling (and generally have huge gaps in concepts from previous years). David asks for help and suggestions in order to continually improve his teaching practices. He also makes his voice heard and has great suggestions of ways to improve instruction and help the kids. He’s been a great addition to our department and the freshman are lucky to have such a dedicated and hardworking teacher. - This is David’s first year at the school and like most first year teachers, he is here early in the morning and stays late into the afternoon. He brings enthusiasm and a fresh perspective to teaching mathematics. He pushes his students to make connections that will help them in future math courses. He is a team player and works well with our PLC group. He doesn’t try to recreate the wheel but adds to what we have been doing in a creative and valuable way. Students like working with him, especially those students that haven’t done well in math before. He works with them to recover credit keeping the standards high but setting attainable goals for them to complete. I hope this is the first of many years for him at our school. From Students: - Mr. Waung is so cool. I have enjoyed learning from him. He is always nice and comes very prepared each day. I can’t actually believe it is his first year teaching. He seems like he has been doing it forever. - Having Mr. Waung has been great for me. Math has always been a subject I have struggled with, but this year I have made a lot of progress. I can say it’s because of Mr. Waung. He has made math interesting and does such a good job of giving all of us students extra support.  ESP of the month: Kimberly Miller From Colleagues: - Kimberly is a valuable asset to the CTE department and Corner Canyon High School. It is obvious how much she cares about the students in our school and providing them with the best opportunities available. - Kimberly is always going above and beyond to help the members in our department whether its printing posters for our classrooms, setting up an AppleTV for a presenter, or helping out a last-minute sub. She seems to have the answer to every question and a solution to every problem. She is genuine and shows sincere concern for everyone on our team. We are so lucky to have her here at Corner Canyon - Kimberly is a super trooper! As one of the CTE Assistants she helps to oversee the college-admissions process of over 500 students, and then helps in tracking the registrations and paperwork for those students. Kimberly also creates our Concurrent Enrollment spreadsheets in order to ascertain that our Concurrent Enrollment students have met all prerequisites with qualifying scores and GPAs. She functions as one of our on-site proctors for College Placement Testing and Utah State Skills Testing. In her spare time, she will assist in completing purchase orders, NPO’s, and other fun paperwork that has a four-letter acronym. - Our CTE teachers and Concurrent Enrollment teachers know that Kimberly can solve a lot of problems, and she is ready to assist with a smile. Kimberly is one of our ESP’s who was hired before the school was even open, and we hope she stays for many more years to come! ACT Testing The ACT will be administered to the junior class on February 20th – A day. Juniors in classrooms for testing – 7:40 am Finish testing (approximate) – 12:15 to 12:30 pm Lunch (only 1) – 12:30 to 1:00 pm Teacher consultation time – 1:05 to 2:25 pm Students will need to remember to bring a current picture identification card and their own calculator. There are no cell phones allowed. Click here for more information and ACT study resources. Construction is still going strong with classroom walls currently going up in the North hall.  Go Chargers! |
