Volume 50, Issue 2 - Carmel Catholic High School
Volume 50, Issue 2 - Carmel Catholic High School
Volume 50, Issue 2 - Carmel Catholic High School
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Open House<br />
On Sunday, November 4, 2012 <strong>Carmel</strong><br />
<strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> will host its annual Open<br />
House from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. This event will<br />
give prospective families the opportunity to tour<br />
the campus, meet faculty, staff, members of the<br />
administration and many current students, as<br />
well as learn more about the <strong>Carmel</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
community. Many exciting things are taking<br />
place at <strong>Carmel</strong> including tablet devices for all<br />
students and a new $6.5 million Information<br />
Commons and Fine Arts Center<br />
Campus enhancements in place for the 2013-14 school year include:<br />
• The addition of a Fine Arts Wing including:<br />
• 3 Visual Art Classrooms<br />
• Gallery<br />
• Choral Room with 3 Practice Rooms<br />
• Instrumental Room with 3 Practice Rooms<br />
• Photography Lab<br />
• Black Box Theater (Drama Room)<br />
• Dance Studio<br />
• 10 Station Mac Lab<br />
• Restrooms<br />
• Teacher Work Room<br />
• Set Construction Space<br />
• Storage<br />
as well as<br />
• The addition of an Information Commons (library) featuring:<br />
• 2 Small Group Study Rooms<br />
• Audio/ Media Studio<br />
• 10 Station Mac Lab<br />
• Complete Wireless Technology Access<br />
• Restrooms<br />
In addition to these campus enhancements, at our Open House you will notice<br />
that we have a completely wireless campus and every student who is guiding a<br />
tour will be doing so by utilizing their student tablet which was distributed to<br />
them in August as part of our 1:1 Student Computing program. The 1:1 Student<br />
Computing program is one of the first of its kind implemented in Lake County<br />
and is one of the largest programs of this nature in scale.<br />
<strong>Carmel</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> is an academic and spiritual journey for life.<br />
We would love to have you be our guest at our annual Open House.<br />
Please pre-register for this event at www.carmelhs.org.<br />
Tablet News<br />
Parents, did you know tablet help is<br />
available for students? If your son or<br />
daughter has questions about battery<br />
life, printing at home, formatting<br />
papers, downloading apps…with<br />
anything…help is available on<br />
<strong>Carmel</strong>’s blog for students<br />
“CCHS Tablet Tips”<br />
http://cchs11startup.blogspot.com.<br />
Popular topics:<br />
• I misplaced my tablet—<br />
what now?<br />
• Tablet safety<br />
• Personalizing a portfolio case<br />
• What is Ice Cream Sandwich<br />
for Android?<br />
• Playing “Whale Trail” for<br />
four hours straight-- will your<br />
battery allow it?<br />
The CCHS Tablet Tips blog is<br />
updated frequently. Encourage your<br />
student to bookmark it and visit<br />
often. Help is also available during<br />
the school day from Mr. Jon Vela in<br />
the TAB LAB, located in the North<br />
Crossroads.<br />
From the CCHS Finance<br />
Department<br />
<strong>Carmel</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> has purchased a<br />
student accident insurance policy to<br />
cover all of our students. This policy<br />
covers students during the school<br />
day and when they participate in<br />
extracurricular activities. If you have<br />
any questions about the policy or<br />
need to request a claim form, please<br />
call John Sheehy at 847-388-3360.<br />
A <strong>Carmel</strong> Tradition For 39 Years—<br />
2013 Street Scenes Seeks Volunteers<br />
Work is underway for the planning of this year’s Street Scenes event, which will be held on Friday and Saturday,<br />
February 8th and 9th, 2013. In part, the success of the event depends on volunteer assistance and at this time we<br />
are looking for people wanting to get involved with the planning and organization for this event. If<br />
you are a new freshman parent, it truly is a great way to get to meet other <strong>Carmel</strong> parents. You can get involved as<br />
much or as little as you choose.<br />
Please consider helping out by contacting the Volunteer Director, at StreetScenesVolunteer@gmail.com<br />
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