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Principal's Message
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Mr. Chris Klyse, Casa Roble Principal
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September 1, 2009
Welcome to Casa Roble Fundamental High School, A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL. I am very anxious to begin my third year as Principal of Casa and am proud of all that we accomplished last year. Following is a list of many of those accomplishments;
- Raised our API scores by 43 points which was the largest increase of any comprehensive high school in the Sac-Joaquin Valley
- Casa was selected as A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL.
- Converted to wireless internet access for much of the campus.
- Purchased two Computers on Wheels (COWs) which are a mobile labs of 32 Apple computers, linked to a wireless access point which gives wireless access to all 32 computers in any classroom.
- Graduated a senior class where 48% of the seniors challenged themselves by taking at least one Honors or AP course.
- Graduated a senior class that earned $768,000 in college scholarships.
- At the national convention our publications won the following awards;
- Our newspaper, Casa Chronicle won 8th place in Best of Show
- Gameday, a CRCN production, won 4th place in Best of Show
- Rampages, our yearbook, won 1st place in Best of Show and the Gold Crown Award which is the equivalent to the Pulitzer for high school publications.
- More than 91% of our sophomore students passed the High School Exit Exam on their first try.
- Installed three Promethean active learning boards.
- Formed 8 faculty Academic Review Committees which met monthly to discuss curriculum issues and to brainstorm ways to improve Casa.
- We were selected as the charity of the year by Orangevale Wal-Mart and received a $7500 donation.
- Won the Division III CIF Section football championship.
- Won the Division III CIF Section wrestling championship.
- Our 4 X 400 relay team broke a 37 year old record.
- Our Varsity softball team was CAL co-championions.
- Our Varsity baseball team won the CAL championship.
- Our AFJROTC students won the following awards;
- Alex Jelicich was named the AFJROTC top cadet in California.
- Our Academic Bowl team took 8th place in the worldwide AFJROTC competition out of the 500+ teams in the competition. We were the only team to beat the eventual champions.
- The unit as a whole won a Distinguished Unit Award which is only given to the top 10% of the schools in the United States.
- Our woodshop students won the Teamwork Award at the Sacramento County Build a Shed in Two Days competition.
- Our Art students produce professional quality work and have one on campus art show each year and an ongoing art display at BJ’s Bakery.
Sorry for all the bragging, but I am very proud of what our students accomplished.
We look forward to more great things happening at Casa this year. To begin with, we have what we are told is the best freshmen class in the last decade and our freshman class last year was the largest freshmen class in the District. Casa is no longer a secret. Students and parents are literally lining up to enroll here. I think our Student Government’s motto of “Up, Up, Up, Let’s Keep Going Up” is perfect for what we are trying to accomplish at Casa.
I encourage you to browse our web site and to familiarize yourself with the staff and the many programs offered at CRFHS. As well as all the basic college prep classes and the most comprehensive elective program in the District, our offerings include an Agriculture Department with courses in horticulture and animal sciences, an Air Force JROTC program, five advanced placement classes, six accelerated college entrance courses where students can earn college credit if they pass the class with a B or better, 8 honors classes, a four year AVID program, and a successful athletic program.
The staff at CRFHS is hard working and dedicated to their students and to the Orangevale community. Many of our staff live in the CRFHS attendance area and it would not be unusual for a student to have one of his or her teachers as a neighbor.
The following staff members are new to CRFHS this year:
- Heather Gardener – Vice Principal
- Tom Cecil – Health / Economics teacher
- Susan Sloan – half time Librarian
- Laura Troppman – English / AVID Teacher
Parent communication is critical to the success of our students. Parents now have on-line access to view their student’s grades and attendance. Call Ms. Magnuson, the Principal’s secretary, at 971-5452 if you have not received your password and the directions to log on to the parent portal. If you do not have internet access at home, we have a computer you can use in the attendance office. This computer can be used between 7:00 am and 8:30 am and 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm and only for checking your student’s grades and attendance. We no longer will send home attendance print-outs on Fridays so please make sure to regularly check on line for your student’s grades and attendance. Remember you only have 10 days to correct errors on your student’s attendance records. Every night, beginning in early September, you will receive an automated phone call anytime your student is absent from one or more periods that day. Also, our automated caller will call you to remind you of important events or emergencies at CRFHS. Final grade reports are mailed home in January and June and reports are given out to students every 4 ½ weeks. Many of our teachers have their own web pages, which you can link to from this web page and all of our teachers have email addresses and voice mail boxes which they check daily.
Thank-you for taking the time to read this and for being a parent or guardian of a Casa Roble student.
Chris Klyse
Principal
Casa Roble Fundamental High School
A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL
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