Visit Your Child's Classroom!

Statistics have shown that parent involvement in education improves student performance. Therefore, one of Dr. Rivera’s goals is to have CHS build stronger connections with families. All parents/guardians are welcome to regularly visit the school and visit their child’s classroom.

Before visiting your child’s classroom, please stop by the front office to sign in and receive a visitor’s badge. It will also be helpful to have a bell schedule prior to arriving at the school. Bell schedules can be picked up at the front office.

PSAT/NMSQT on October 14

IB juniors will be taking the PSAT/NMSQT on October 14th in order to be considered for the National Merit Scholarships. On this same day, non-IB juniors will be taking the GHSGT diagnostic tests. Provision will be made for IB juniors to take the GHSGT diagnostic tests on a later date.

IB sophomores, and any freshmen who signed up, will also be taking the PSAT on Wednesday.

Homecoming -- Spirit Week!

Monday - Character Day

Tuesday - Decade Day

Wednesday - GQ Day

Thursday - Toga Day

Friday - Spirit Day
          Students should wear blue and class shirts
          Pep Rally during 4th block
          Homecoming parade before the game

Saturday – Homecoming Dance
          7:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. in the cafeteria

          The Student Government Association (SGA) is asking for parent volunteers to help during the homecoming dance. Volunteers are needed to work various stations at the dance for one hour shifts at 7, 8, 9, and 10 p.m. that night. Any or all slots are available. If you’re available to volunteer, please email the SGA Sponsor, Kevin Locke at lockekevin@ymail.com or Kevin.Locke@cobbk12.org to sign up.

Project 2400 Parent Meeting

PROJECT 2400 PARENT MEETING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 at 6:30pm
CAMPBELL HS MEDIA CENTER

CHS is participating in PROJECT 2400, which provides free SAT preparation by the Princeton Review to high school Juniors. The SAT course consists of 24 hours of instruction and 3 full-length diagnostic tests.

INTERESTED FAMILIES MUST ATTEND THIS MEETING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
The CHS class will meet on Tuesday afternoons and some Saturday mornings.

See Mr. Max Jones in room 103 or email him at thomas1.jones@cobbk12.org if you have any questions.

No School on Wednesday, September 23

The Cobb County School District will remain closed Wednesday, September 23, 2009, due to significant road closures affecting transportation and the continued presence of high water.

Here is the picture of Clarkdale Elementary School that was posted on the Cobb County School District website:

Schools will be Closed on September 22

All Cobb County Schools will be closed Tuesday, September
22, 2009, due to inclement weather and road closings
throughout the county.

All athletic and extracurricular activities for Sept. 22 are cancelled.

Looming Deadline for PSAT!

The PSAT will be administered at Campbell on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. As in years past, all sophomores will take the test free of charge. All IB juniors are strongly encouraged to register for this test, which allows them to qualify for scholarships and provides good practice for the SAT. IB juniors will register in English classes through Mr. Jones or may register with Ms. Adams in the IB office. The fee is 13 dollars, with checks made payable to Campbell High School. We will start collecting money on Friday, September 18. No registrations can be accepted after Tuesday, September 22.

If any IB freshmen would like to take the exam as well, the same fee applies. Freshmen may register through Ms. Adams in the IB office (room 103) on or before September 22.

Georgia Apply to College Week

Our Counseling Office is excited to announce that Campbell has been chosen to participate in the second annual Georgia Apply to College Week (GACW) on Friday, November 13, 2009. During our Georgia Apply to College event, students will receive assistance completing their online applications from specially trained college and community volunteers, and some colleges may waive their application fees for this event.

In preparation for the event, the counseling office encourages all seniors to thoroughly review the GACollege411 site (http://www.GACollege411.org), research potential colleges, and complete the GAWC Guideway and its activities prior to our event.

If you are a senior who would like to participate in this event, please sign up in the School Counseling Office (608). Check out the Counseling Office's blog for more information: http://campbellhighschool.typepad.com/counseling/. There is a link on the left side of their blog.

Parents:
If you would like to volunteer to help with this event, go to the Counseling Office's Blog at http://campbellhighschool.typepad.com/counseling/ and download the flyer.

Georgia Apply to College Week is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education, the Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the Technical College System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia.

Tailgate Party!!

Our first home football game is this Friday night! Come early and tailgate with students, parents and faculty. There will be food, music and fun.

If you prefer, fire up your grill and come celebrate with the Spartans! Tailgate starts at 5:30 in the back parking lot. See you there!

Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Blogs

There are now Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior class blogs on the school's website. The class sponsors are doing a great job of keeping the information updated and communicating effectively with students and parents.

If you haven't paid your class dues yet, please do so as soon as possible. Those funds are crucial to the success of class activities that are planned for this year.

Freshman Blog -
http://campbellhighschool.typepad.com/idea/.

Sophomore Blog -
http://campbellhighschool.typepad.com/class_of_2012/

Junior Blog -
http://campbellhighschool.typepad.com/class_of_2011/.

You can also get to each blog by first visiting the homepage and then moving the mouse over to the "Students" tab.

These links are also included in our "Favorite Links" in the column to the right.

Campbell's Online Calendar

Campbell now has an online calendar! It is really 5 calendars, and the amount of information on these calendars is amazing!

Here is the link: http://campbellhs.hosted.webevent.com/cgi-bin/webevent.cgi

Campbell's activities are divided into these 5 calendars:

Athletic Calendar - practices and events for our athletic teams

Facility Use - events impacting our facilities, such as meetings and practices

Fundraiser Calendar - fundraising events - did you know that the volleyball team will be selling cookie dough next week?

Media Center - meetings and classes in the media center

School Calendar - major events in the life of our school - such as the IB Senior/Junior Parent Meeting on August 27!

Open House - PTSA Meeting

Campbell's Open House and Spartan PTSA meeting will be held on August 27, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Come meet your new PTSA, hear from our new principal, and visit your teachers! Lots of great things are going on at Campbell; come hear what they are!

There will also be a meeting for IB juniors and seniors preceding the Open House. More information about that meeting will be posted here.

Campbell's Electronic Bulletin Board

School announcements are posted on-line on Campbell's "Electronic Bulletin Board." All kinds of information about things going on at Campbell are posted on this site. There are notices about school events, club meetings, and sports activities, just to name a few.

To access the Bulletin Board from Campbell's home page, click on the "Students" tab, then on "Electronic Bulletin Board". Or you can go directly to the bulletin board by using this address:
http://campbellhighschool.typepad.com/kristina_hoover/.

What a great way to keep up with all that is going on!