Churchill Families, 

Today was grading day for our teachers, and they have been hard at work finishing up correcting tests, reading essays, reviewing mid-term projects, and entering grades.  Next week we will work on sending these mid-term grades home to you for review.   Remember, your student's grades can also be accessed through ParentVue or by requesting to be an "observer" on your student's Canvas from their teachers.  If you don't know how to access these options, please either call our front office or email your student's teachers.  

As we head into our last 9 weeks of school, I am a little shocked at how fast this year has gone, but also excited for what is still to come.  Spring is always a fun and busy time - athletics, the Spring Musical ("Mean Girls"), Jazz Cafe, Forecasting for next school year, 8th-grade visits and parent nights, AP/IB/SBAC Testing, our Spring Festival at school, and Graduation.  (Just to name a few things).   Needless to say, springtime is here and we have a lot to look forward to.

Finally, last night, we hosted our final Unified\ Basketball Game here at Churchill against South Eugene's Unified Basketball Team.  It was such an amazing night!  Our stands were filled with cheering spectators and families, our Pep Band played throughout the game, our cheerleaders cheered on the teams, and our student section supported their peers with chants, claps, and signs.  It really was an amazing show of unity, support, and collaboration between student-athletes with or without intellectual and developmental disabilities.  There was no one in the gym who didn't have a huge smile on their face during the entire game!!   Thank you to Alia Burkholder and Michelle Dunn for all your hard work in creating this opportunity for our students, we are so happy and blessed by all the work you have done.  Play Unified!!!

Go, Lancers!

Missy Cole
Principal, Churchill High School

 

Calendar

https://chs.4j.lane.edu/page/page_calendar?calID=127319

4J High School ABC Days 2023 – 2024

Monday, 4/15	Tuesday, 4/16	Wednesday, 4/17	Thursday, 4/18	Friday, 4/19
A Day	B Day	C Day	A Day	B Day

 

APRIL 15 – 19
Wednesday, April 17	lunch	Grad Party Ticket Sales (community-sponsored event)
Thursday, April 18	Period 3	Hold Drill
	2:00 – 8:00 PM	Middle School Track Meet at CHS Track
	6:00 PM	Graduation Information Night
Friday, April 19	7:00 PM	Lancer Pageant (community-sponsored event)
APRIL 22 – 26		SCIENCE STATE TESTING WEEK EARTH WEEK
Tuesday, April 23	7:45 AM	Student of the Month Breakfast
Tuesday and Thursday, April 23 and 25		Graduation Auditions (signup sheet by Jill's office)
Wednesday, April 24		Day of Silence (https://www.glsen.org/dayofsilence)
Thursday, April 25	2:00 – 8:00 PM	Middle School Track Meet at CHS Track
	7:00 PM	Grad Party Planning Meeting (community-sponsored event)

 

Churchill Family News

Churchill Website Updates

Our website has a new look. 4J is moving all school websites to a new platform and Churchill's website was updated this week. We've tried to keep things in the same place so that you can find all of the information you are used to seeing on our website. 

Please have patience as we continue to refine the new site. If you notice any errors, broken links, or outdated information, please let us know. Email churchill@4j.lane.edu with your feedback.

Scheduling for '24 – '25

It is Scheduling Time at Churchill! Students will be choosing their classes for next school year (we call it Forecasting) over the next few weeks. Please talk with your students about the importance of taking this seriously and make sure they attend their Advisory classes, as this is where the scheduling will happen. All of the information about Forecasting will be on the CHS website: Go to Students, then Academics, then Scheduling. Students will have the opportunity at the beginning of May to verify their choices before we lock in their schedules; please check in with your student to make sure they are on top of their process. Thanks for your support, and have your student reach out to their counselor if they have any questions.

W.I.S.E. Lunchtime Speaker Series

Students in Churchill’s Women in Science and Engineering Club have worked hard to bring in some exciting guest speakers throughout April. See the schedule below.

WISE Speaker Series April 2024 (Google Doc)

Date /Time	Speaker	Topic	Location
4/4 (11:45-12:45)	Malvika Singhal and David Frey Rubio (UO BioEngineering PhD Program)	Biomaterials and tissue engineering. Malvika works with bone tissue and David works with brain tissue	Keri Pilgrim’s Room
4/11 (11:45-12:45)	Nicholas Hadley	Tools and Trends in AI	TBD
4/18 EARTH WEEK (11:45-12:45)	Sarah Ruggiero Kirby	Environmental Engineering and Water Filtration	Eva Burgess’ Room
4/26 (11:45-12:45)	Dr Joanna Goode (UO Computer Science Education)	Examples of AI and Education, and the ways that the field of computer science would benefit from having more women and other underrepresented groups participating	Erin Crews’ Room

 

Attendance and Hall Pass Zones Information and Expectations

Hall Pass Plan (PDF)

Hall Pass Zones

• New Hall Passes in all classrooms are color-coded.
• The color of the Hall Pass indicates which bathroom you are allowed to use during class time.
• Teachers have a laminated copy of the color-coded zone map to display with their new hall passes.
• Colored reminder signs are posted on all the bathrooms to help us all get used to the new system
• Campus monitors and admin are checking that students with hall passes during class time are in the correct zone of the campus.

What to Expect from Teachers

• Students will not be out of class for more than 5 minutes.
• Hall passes are to be worn visibly.
• Only 1 – 2 students are out of class at a time.
• Last 10 minutes of class, students are to stay in class.
• Green passes will be given to students going somewhere other than the bathroom or water.

**The privilege to use the restroom during class may be revoked if students cannot follow these expectations, and or the teacher determines breaks from class are being abused

Consequences

• Meeting with teacher and student.
• Calls and emails home from teachers.
• Lunch detention.
• Meeting with an administrator and the student.
• Meeting with an administrator, the student, and the family.
• Attendance contract.
• Potentially losing bathroom privilege during class time, excluding emergencies.

*We want students in classes to learn, and when you are gone for extended amounts of time you are missing valuable information and instruction.

 

Yellow Jacket Trapping Notification

Student Computer Upgrade, March 2024

Become a Churchill Community Responder

A Churchill Community Responder is a volunteer that responds to “alerts” sent by the 15th Night Coordinator for needs specific to CHS students that have not been met by internal school resources. These types of alerts would be for items such as clothing, shoes, small household items, food, or bedding.

A Churchill Community Responder would receive a text message indicating a need. If the Responder can provide the need, they respond to the text message and work with the CHS Coordinator to secure and deliver the item to Churchill High School.
Contact Trista Neuman at Neuman_t@4j.lane.edu.

You can donate items for our students at any time. Donations are accepted at the front office, or you can support our students by ordering items from the Churchill Amazon Wish List.