MCCLINTOCK HIGH SCHOOL “CHARGING FORWARD WITH TRADITION”

13 May 2016 From the Principal’s Office Dear Charger Community, This will be the last weekly newsletter of the 2015-16 school year. The summer quarterly newsletter, containing a great deal of information regarding summer activities and announcements for the start of the 2016-17 school year will be available later in May. You will find this when it is published at http://www.tempeunion.org/domain/129. Summer School registration ends today, Friday, May 13 and reopens Tuesday, May 24 from 8am-noon at the Corona del Sol campus. Classes begin Wednesday, May 25th at 7:30am on Corona del Sol's campus. Please check the website for additional information. www.tempeunion.org/TUHSDSummerEducationAcademy Congratulations to each student in the class of 2016; your four years at McClintock have been productive and enjoyable. To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson, please keep in mind that “Life is a journey, not a destination.” We wish you the best on your journey. Lastly, thank you to the entire Charger Community for your support the last four years. I am fortunate to retire a Charger, and will take with me memories to last a lifetime. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” (From Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne)

From the Academics Office Monday, May 16, is a regular school day. May 17 and May 18 are final exam days. The schedule for each day is below. May 18 is the last day of school. SEMESTER EXAMS – May 17 PERIOD START END 1 7:25 8:45 2 8:50 10:10 3 10:15 11:35

SEMESTER EXAMS – May 18 PERIOD START END 4 7:25 8:45 6 8:50 10:10 7 10:15 11:35

The graduation ceremony will take place Thursday, May 19, at 7:00 at Jim Lyons Stadium. We advise guests to arrive early as seats fill quickly. For more information, please visit the school’s website. We look forward to seeing everyone next Thursday night as we honor the Class of 2016. Attention Senior Parents! May 16 at 5:30 pm we will be honoring many of our seniors at the Senior Awards Night ceremony. At this event we will recognize seniors who have been offered in-state college scholarships, those graduating in the top 5% of their senior class, those selected for scholar athlete awards, as well as a few other surprise awards. Invitations were hand-delivered to the students being honored and a copy of this invitation has also been mailed home. Please mark your calendars and plan to help us honor these amazing young people! Mental Health Tip of the Month- May Edition The second part of our test anxiety discussion focuses more on study strategies for students to help with test anxiety associated with final exams. Just to recap. Test anxiety is a potentially debilitating response to testing situations and is characterized by negative, catastrophizing thoughts about oneself in relation to the test, usually accompanied by poor study skills. These thoughts and behaviors, in-turn, produce performance-inhibiting difficulties during the testing situation, such as not being able to recall previously learned information. When a student experiences performance-inhibiting difficulties, the negative thoughts about themselves are further reinforced. Here are some tips to help students who may have test anxiety prepare for final exams: 

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Don’t cram! Not only does pulling all night cram study sessions rob you of much needed sleep, it is likely to muddle the information you do know, making it harder to retrieve during the test. It is best to start studying early and in small increments of time. Create a study group. Every person has their individual strengths and weaknesses. This works twofold. First, when a student partners with a group of peers that are stronger in a particular subject area, they are likely to build on an area they need help with. Second, when a student partners with peers whom are less familiar than they are in a particular subject, it affords them the opportunity to apply their knowledge. Set short-term goals and establish rewards for accomplishing goals. Studying is most effective when it is time-specific and followed by a relaxing, pleasurable activity upon completion. For example, if a student sets a goal to study for one hour, they may want to reward themselves with 10 minutes of videogame play.

Happy Finals! Dr. Haskins & Mrs. Ramnarine McClintock High School’s School Psychologists

From the Activities Office

Come support the Activities occurring on campus, Chargers! Upcoming Events: May 19 Graduation

7pm Jim Lyons Stadium

Attention Parents: For the safety and security of our students, hover boards should not be brought on campus and skateboards and bicycles should be locked up.

Attention Senior Students and Parents: GRAD NIGHT TICKETS ARE ON SALE: Grad night is a safe and drug/alcohol free environment and is held at the Main Event. Check in time is 11pm on May 19th and release is at 5am. There is all access to the Main Event, free food and MANY GREAT DOOR PRIZES, including TV's, Go Pros, college items, apartment items, bikes, cash prizes and many more. Students must bring their school ID and wear comfortable and dress code-appropriate attire. Hope to see you there. Grad Night: 1. Doors open at 11:00 for check in, please bring your ticket and student ID. If you have not purchased a ticket at school, the price will be $50 at the door, cash only. Tickets will be on sale in building 5 room 506 until May 18th. You need to pick them up before or after school, or when you leave this assembly:) We will also sell tickets on graduation night if your parents would like to purchase it for you, cash only. 2. Doors lock at 12, after that you may not leave until 5 am. If you need to leave you need to tell the sign in people upon entering and your parent needs to come inside and sign you out. At that time you will be disqualified from any prize you may win. We will be giving out prizes all night. We will have TV's, go pro's, dorm and apartment items, gift cards, kuerig coffee makers, bikes, wireless speakers and many more items, over $5000 worth of gifts. 3. Wear comfortable clothing that are within school dress code. 4. All food, drinks and the whole venue is unlimited and is included in the price of your ticket. Unlimited bowling, laser tag, video games, pool, air hockey,gravity ropes. 5. You will have 10 raffle tickets to use toward gifts you want and everyone will have 1 raffle ticket in for grand prizes and cash prizes. 6. There will be a quiet room to watch movies if you need to relax for a while. The grad night parents have worked hard all year to make this event a safe and fun environment to spend your last night as a Charger! GOOD LUCK Speech and Debate! The McClintock Speech & Debate Team is traveling to Salt Lake City June 11th-18th to take on the rest of the nation's best at the National Speech & Debate Association's National Tournament. MHS has 6 qualifiers this year and is setting its sights on some Championship hardware! Senior and Team Co-President Roman Shemakov is back in International Extemporaneous speaking after his 11th place finish last year and is hungry for the Final Stage. Senior Co-President Tess Green is making her first NSDA Nationals appearance in one of the new events, Informative Speaking. Sophomores Michael Bernard and Vincent Gomez are the first MHS Duo Interpretation team to qualify for Nationals since 1998 and we couldn't be more proud! Rounding out the competition in World Schools Debate are Junior and 2nd time qualifier Erin Granillo-Walker and Senior Makoto Hunter. Speak well and Go Chargers!

Go Chargers!!!!!!!!!!! From the Athletics Office Congratulations to Rose Neilsen and Shannon Lee for being selected to the Division 2 Senior All-star Softball Team as voted on by the Division Two coaches. Rose and Shannon will play for the West All-star team in the Senior All-Star Game on Wednesday June 8th at 6:00 pm at Campo Verde High School. Congratulations to Abdi Aden on his 3rd place finish in the 1600, Lynnique Carroll placed 6th in the 100 meter dash, our 4X100 Girl’s Relay, Zy'Nique Simpson, Lynnique Carroll, Kennidee Hill, Sophia Bruckner placed 6th at state and the 4X100 Boys Relay, Midhaga Gerado, Deiontay Dozier, Jack White and Albertsons Lindor placed 7th. Our baseball team lost in the first round of the state playoffs. They traveled to Prescott in the cold and rain (and so did many fans). We were well represented! Unfortunately we lost in the bottom of the 7th, 8-7. What a great season! Congratulations to Sergio Jimenez and Mario Munoz for their selection to All-Section First Team in Baseball. Danny Gorman was selected All-Section First Team for Pitching. Benny Murrillo and Jonah Wiley were selected for All Section Second Team. News for the summer and next year: Strength and Conditioning for football will start for all athletes on May 31-June 30 7:30-9:00 am for grades and 10 and up and 9:30 -11:00 for 8th grade and up. Students in summer school can attend 1-2:30. Cost is $100, $75 is paid by May 15th. Registration forms are available in the athletic office and the MHS website. Boys Basketball-Contact Coach Dentz at [email protected] www.chargerhoops.com Girls Basketball-Summer Skills Camp-every Tuesday and Thursday in June-10:am to 12:00 pm cost is $20. [email protected] I have been very blessed these last 5 years to work with a group of dedicated coaches. I hope as parents, you will continue to support them and the McClintock athletes. I know, I will, in the bleachers!

Derek Hoffland

Bill Hazell

Susan Edwards

Molly Saddler

Principal

Assistant Principal Academics

Assistant Principal Athletics

Assistant Principal Activities

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