Carson HOSA is selling Plushland bears in multiple designs ranging from sports bears to jungle creatures. These bears will sell for $5 and all the proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
The bears will be sold at the CHS homecoming carnival 6-8 p.m. on Thursday. Please help us raise money for this great cause.
Carson HOSA is raising money for Alzheimer's Awareness. They have raised $770 toward the goal of $1,000.
Please help them achieve this goal by Oct. 9 by giving to www.alz.org, team name Carson HOSA.
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This week's Senior Spotlight is Brian Barnes.
With a grade-point average of 4.55, he is excelling in all of his classes, AP calculus, AP government, AP chemistry, honors physics, AP literature and athletic conditioning.
He is involved in the school as a member of the varsity basketball team and as a math tutor. Brian is planning on doing a documentary for his senior project on Food for Thought.
His future plans are to attend UNR and he is interested in chemical engineering. We are proud of Brian.
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The speech and debate team performed well at the first tournament of the season. Edgar Casildo placed fourth in storytelling. Luis Becerra placed third in expository.
Joe McClure and Reice Guerrero placed third in duo interpretation. Ray Johanne-ssen placed third in dramatic interpretation. Reice Guerrero and Chris Johnson placed third in public forum debate, and Jenn Dodge placed first in speaker points for Lincoln-Douglas debate.
The team is currently looking for sponsors to help cover the costs of tournament fees. Anyone interested can contact Patrick Mobley at pmob
ley@carson.k12.nv.us.
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Two Carson High School seniors Connie Duong and Caitlin Sinclair were awarded for superior performance in writing by the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing Program.
All high schools in the country are invited to participate in this program, and states are allotted winners based upon that state's population.
The NCTE only recognizes four Nevada high school students per year, and CHS has two of the winners for 2009-2010.
Students nominated during their junior year submit a sample of their writing representing their best work, as well as an impromptu response written in front of a proctor.
This prestigious award is very significant in the college and scholarship application process.
Congratulations to Connie and Caitlin, their families, and all their writing instructors from kindergarten through 11th grade!
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About 1.5 million juniors in some 22,000 high schools entered the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants.
The nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.
Carson High School is very proud to have four semifinalists: Connie Duong, Sierra Jiron, Emma Kortemeier and Elizabeth Swezey.
To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying test.
The semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, which includes the student's essay and information about the semifinalist's participation and leadership in school and community activities.
The results of their applications will be sent in February of 2011.
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This week is Homecoming week at CHS, an exciting time for all students and staff.
Every night, there is an exciting activity for the community and school members to take part in. We hope you are able to share some fun times along with CHS.
The line up is Monday Lip Sync, 7 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. $3 with a student body card, $5 without a student body card.
Tuesday will be Tie-Dye/Game Night 6-8 p.m. in Senator Square without any fee.
Wednesday, the Carson Performing Arts club will show Wednesday Night Live at the Community Center starting at 7 p.m. The cost is $5.
The annual Homecoming Parade will be on Thursday night starting on Fremont and ending on Robinson Street. Following the parade will be a bonfire and carnival. All activities will begin at 6 p.m.
The CHS varsity football team will play Friday night with a start time of 7:30 p.m. If you haven't seen them play, you are missing out.
Concluding the week will be the semi-formal dance 7-10 p.m. Saturday night. Cost is $5 with student body card and $7 without. Tickets will be $10 at the door. The public is welcome to attend.
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The CHS Student of the Week for Sept.13 is Michael Bolanos. Sept. 20 is Daniel Krah, and Sept. 27th is Connor Beattie.
• Erin Been is a health teacher at Carson High School and a member of Senator Square.