Contest for First Home Football Game

We are going to have a contest relating to our Friday Football game (8/23) for all you Copper Hills Fans.   We would like to know what you all think the half time score will be this Friday at the game against Davis.  All answers need to be posted on our FB page under this post.  Please keep your comments positive.  This contest will close on Friday at 6 p.m., one hour before the game.  Winners will receive some fabulous CHHS swag and will be announced at half time.  You MUST be present to win.  Go Grizz!

CHHS Students and Staff Enjoy Leadership Camp

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The student government staff and students recently attended a Leadership Camp in St. George, Utah.  They had a fabulous time and learned a lot of new things that they hope to incorporate into the next school year to make it better.  They are all looking forward to representing the greatest school in Utah!

Night of the Arts on May 29th @ 7 p.m.

Night of the ARTS

May 29, 2013

7:00 p.m.

CHHS Auditorium

Free

Come and see all of the amazing performing arts groups at CHHS!!

2013 Graduation Information

The theme for graduation this year is:

“Many a battle we have won, but now the fight has just begun”

Graduation practices will be held on June 3rd @ 9 a.m. at CHHS.

Graduation Day is June 4th at the Maverick Center at 10 a.m.  No photography will be allowed.  Pictures need to be taken outside the venue before the ceremony begins.  Doors open to the public at 9:15 a.m.  If you have any questions please contact the main office.

Congratulations to the following students who will be recognized at the commencement exercises for their hard work.

– Valedictorian –
Allison Gardiner
~ ~ ~
– Salutatorian –
Kristianna Wright
~ ~ ~
– Magna Cum Laude –
Amy Mclean
Jorgen Jensen
McKayla Whitehead
Kaitlyn Huefner
Magan Herrin
Evan Hawes
Melissa Wight
Madeline Ricketts
Rachel Jones
Amber Nelson
Jayden Lancaster
Cierra Manley
Abbie Siex
~ ~ ~
– Sterling Scholar Finalists –
Allison Gardiner – Foreign Language
Katie Wishart – Art

A copy of the graduation announcement can be found by going to the link below.

Graduation 2013

Marketing Students Tour Fox 13 Studios

Marketing students at Copper Hills High School were treated with the first “Red Carpet” tour of the brand new “HD”, state of the art, studios of Fox 13, KSTU.  The new Fox 13 Studios have been under construction since 2010, and closed to visitors while they retrofitted to the new HD computerized format.  Tim Ermish, President and General Manager discussed the highly competitive nature of the broadcast-journalism business, as they are in the very important “Sweeps” timing of the year.  He also explained the educational requirements and employment opportunities at Fox 13.  Students had a Q & A with news anchors Dan Evans and Scott McKane; met with Program Director, Melanie Say, and were instructed by the Marketing Director, News Director, and Sales Manager as well.  Students also visited the robotics news set, green screen, master control room, and editing center.  We were amazed at how technical and sophisticated broadcasting has become.  Utah is the 33rd DMA (Designated Marketing Area) in the U.S. and largest in geography.  We learned how important Marketing concepts such as Demographics and Psychographics are to broadcasting.

6th Annual Grizzly Film Festival

Come to the 6th Annual Grizzly Film Festival! This Thursday, May 9, @ 7:00 p.m. in the CHHS Auditorium. Enjoy some short films created by students. Winners will be announced and awards presented that evening. Admission is FREE. Great date night!

Copper Hills in Top Two at State ASL Competition

Congratulations to all the students who competed in the State ASL Competition last Saturday.  There were 16 schools across the state of Utah that participated.  Copper Hills came away with 19 medals and was one of the top two contenders.   Here are the students who placed:

Level 1 Students

Expressive Category (Signing a story)

1st- Laura Ruiz

3rd- Branson Hirschi

Level 2 Students

ABC Story

2nd- Lindy Lafleur

Expressive Category

2nd- Shae Henrie

3rd- Ashley Woolfenden

Receptive Category

2nd- Amy Carpenter

3rd- Megan James

Culture/History

3rd- Larissa Jiron and Reagan Stirling

Level 3 Students

Deaf Art

1st- Reggie Haymond

Deaf Cinema

1st- Melissa Wight, Lia Hill, Amanda Waldron

Culture/History

2nd- Jonathan Higginbotham, Alexia Diaz, and Katie Singleton

Receptive

2nd- Melissa Wight

ABC Story

2nd- Hailey Robinson

Expressive

3rd- Lia Hill

Just as a side note, there are only 3 categories level 1 students can participate in, but there are 8 categories level 2 and 3 students can participate in. These students did such an incredible job representing Copper Hills!

6th Annual Grizzly Film Festival

You, your family and friends are cordially invited to attend the 6th Annual Grizzly Film Festival on Thursday May 9 at 7 p.m. in the CHHS Auditorium!

Come and enjoy some first-time film makers’ creations. There are six film categories and winners will be announced and awards presented that evening. Admission is free. Hope to see you all there!

Poetry SLAM Competition April 29th

We will be having a Poetry SLAM Competition for students on April 29^th, at 3:00 p.m., in the tech atrium. Students with drama, poetry, performance, extemporaneous speaking, and amazingness skills are encouraged to participate.  If you have never been to a SLAM, it is a really fun experience and all students and faculty are encouraged to attend.

To participate, students must write a poem that does not exceed three minutes in length. There are no rules as far as style or type-of-poem are concerned, however, students may not use props or musical instruments. If planning to participate, students need to get their info to me by April 20^th.

We will be having two SLAM Poets, RJ Walker from the Salt City SLAM Team, and Kari Lindsey, President of the University of Utah SLAM Team presenting a SLAM workshop for students on Monday, April 22^nd, during 3^rdperiod in the library. If you are interested in attending please contact Mr. Haslam in #1821.

CHHS Places 3rd in State Science Olympiad

Copper Hills High School placed 3rd in the State Science Olympiad at the University of Utah on Saturday April 13th, only a few points behind the top two teams. There were over 70 teams at state from schools around the state. Copper Hills also placed well in the two Regionals before state. The team placed in the top ten in 20 out of 24 events, placed in the top 6 in half the events, and medaled in 5 events.

Science Olympiad is one of the two most prestigious high school science competitions in the state with science fair.  “For the past 29 years, has led a revolution in science education. What began as a grassroots assembly of science teachers is now one of the premiere science competitions in the nation, providing rigorous, standards-based challenges to 6,400 teams in 50 states. Science Olympiad’s ever-changing line-up of events in all STEM disciplines exposes students to practicing scientists and career choices, and energizes classroom teachers with a dynamic content experience.”  See the link for more info.  SOBrochure2013

 

Special congratulations to the following students for medaling:

3rd Place Astronomy- Alexander Holt and Tyler Kaiser

3rd Place Disease Detectives- Nicole Olsen and Mikyla VanWagoner

3rd Place Dynamic Planet (with $500 scholarship)- Cindy Giang and Tyler Kaiser

2nd Place Fermi Questions- Hunter Anderson and Matthew Hansen

2nd Place Robot Arm- Austin Scholes and Justin Trujillo

Members of the varsity team were Hunter Anderson, Jacob Anderson, Cindy Giang, Matthew Hansen, Taryn Hargraves, Alexander Holt, Tyler Kaiser, Lance Mochizuki, Kendall Munsey, Austin Scholes, Niocle Olsen, Justin Trumillo, Jacob Wamsely, Daniel Willeitner, and Mikyla VanWagoner. Junior Varsity team members are Victoria Beard, Paul Castellanos,  Tynan Davis, Quinn Everett, Natalie Holt, Santiago Leon, Ivy Tomala, and Kaleb Hall.

I’m so very proud of their hard work and grateful to all the community members, who helped them prepare!

Jen Tolbert- Mechanical Engineer for L3 Communications

Daniel Tolbert- Registered Nurse for University of Utah Hospital

Matt Steele- ATK (Engineer)

Meridith Perkins- Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator- Utah Division of Forestry

Marie Owens- Water Quality Manager for Jordan Valley Water Authority

Ray Eniss- Materials Engineer for Alleghany Technologies Titanium Plant

Francine Bardole- Crime Scene Investigator for West Jordan Police Department

Heidi Schubert- Assistant Research Professor for Department of Biochemistry University of Utah

Robert Baskin- Supervisory Hydrologist for U.S. Geological Survey

Heather Threlkeld- Science Teacher at Bingham High School

Wyldn Pearson-

Mary Meyer and Doug Merrill- Teachers at Copper Hills High School

The students did an awesome job!

Matthew Lund- Coach Copper Hills High School Science Olympiad Team