News

April 2008

Student Recognition:

Student Government
Sophomore, Carly Hildyard was selected to represent not only North Canyon but the state of Arizona for Arizona's candidate for National Association of Student Council's region 6 representative.

Junior, Sondell Cross was selected from the 29 student leaders from across Arizona who applied to run for AASC state officer.

National Merit Semifinalists:
Matthew Yanez
Laura Wade
Joshua Thai
Anna Ryan

National Achievement Scholar
Joe Adewumi

National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
Ashley Steinacker

National Merit Program Commended Students
Olga Bakun
Oliver Beres
Rachel LeClaire
Scott McKown
Melina Robovic

Family Connection by Naviance is a web-based program that allows students, parents, teachers, and counselors to store information, locate and investigate colleges, find scholarships, careers and much more. Students and parents will enter Naviance through an area called Family Connection. Some of the features are listed below:

• Building a resume, completing and updating throughout high school
• IGP's - Individualized Graduation Plans - 4 year academic planning
• Do What You Are - Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory - a good predictor of career satisfaction and success
• Learning Style Inventory - discover your best way to learn
• Registration for classes (will begin spring of 2009)
• Courses and recommendations by teachers
• Research colleges - huge data base
• College applications and recommendations
• College visit sign-ups
• Scholarships
• Bulletins and emails for events, dates, and information from counseling
• Test scores
• On-line surveys
• Managing time lines and deadlines for decision making
• Collection of data

Click here for instructions on accessing Family Connection

NCHS Recycling Program-North Canyon now has a "paper retriever" bin located in the front of the school. Abitibi will now pay North Canyon to recycle all paper items. They accept newspapers, magazines, catalogs, mail, envelopes and phonebooks. They do not accept cardboard.

NCHS is one of Newsweek's top public high schools in USA
North Canyon High School is one of two PVUSD high schools ranked in the top 1000 of Newsweek's list of top 1200 public high schools in the nation. NCHS also ranked 3rd in the state of Arizona.
Click here to read the article.

Freshman Academy
The NCHS Freshman Academy is an academic support opportunity provided by the Freshmen First mentors.  Requirements for participation include lack of academic success at middle school, a sincere desire to improve academically, and regular attendance on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7:15-7:40 AM.  Students will receive mentor support, individualized tutoring, and lessons in study skills, test-taking skills, and goal setting.  The cost to register is $5.00.  For more information, call the Freshmen First Office at (623) 780-4323.

Volunteering
Want to help at North Canyon High School? Call the NCHS Parent Volunteer Line (623-780-4334), and a NCHS employee will call you back regarding options. Volunteers are needed in our guidance, attendance, and the media center. We appreciate your support!

How Are We Doing?
NCHS is committed to student achievement and providing the best experience for the people we serve. To help, we've placed a comment box and feedback cards at our front desk. Did one of us provide you with good service? Let us know so we can thank that person for his or her efforts. Is there something we could do better? We want to know that, too. Thanks for the opportunity to serve you!

Voluntary Drug Testing
PVUSD offers voluntary drug testing for ALL students.
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