Congratulations to Emily Biendenkapp ninth grade student her at CAIHS. Last Tuesday night Emily was at the Dr. Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Awards Ceremony for the County Science Fair. Emily took First Place in the Chemistry portion of the Science Fair. She is now moving forward in competition and will compete in the Delaware Valley Science Fair this Spring. On behalf of our administration, our school, and school district we celebrate your success!

As a reminder, students will not have school tomorrow because of teacher In-Service and Parent/Teacher conferences.

Spring Parent Conferences are now being scheduled. Teachers will be reaching out to you for a conference as needed. If you feel that you would like to meet with a teacher please use the form below to sign up. Conferences are scheduled for Tuesday March 29th in the afternoon..

Link to sign up is:

https://ptcfast.com/schools/Coatesville_Area_Senior_High_School

I wanted to let you know about a change to our breakfast procedures that began today. Students who would like to eat breakfast will receive and eat their breakfast in the cafeteria. Students must remain in the cafeteria to eat their breakfast and can leave the cafeteria once finished. No food or drinks will not be permitted to leave the cafeteria.

Parent please remember that when dropping off your student in the morning that First Period starts at 7:25 a.m. We are seeing way to many students being dropped off after that, and they are being marked late to school.

Most teens are curious about e-cigarettes, and vaping. This has been a growing problem in middle and high schools across the country. This week, our students will begin a four-week curriculum in their Wellness and Fitness Classes called CATCH My Breath, a research-based curriculum to prevent youth vaping. This program was developed by health education experts from The University of Texas School of Public Health.

Survey data shows that most teens believe that e-cigarettes are safe. In reality, e-cigarettes contain nicotine and toxins, some of which are known to cause cancer. Nicotine is highly addictive, especially to a developing teen brain. What begins as experimentation can easily lead to a lifetime of nicotine addiction.

As a parent or guardian, you have a lot of influence over your child’s choices. It is not always easy for parents and kids to talk about these topics together. Yet research has shown that when parents tell their teens not to use tobacco, they are much less likely to do so. Thank you for your support, and be sure to talk with your child about what they’re learning. CATCH My Breath is a curriculum used in regional school districts, including Downingtown, West Chester, Unionville-Chadds Ford and Kennett Consolidated School District.

Student Council and the staff are proud to announce that we are having a Spring Fling on Friday April 8th. The dance will be held in the cafeteria from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Student tickets will cost $15 and the dress is semi-formal. This Dance is only for our 8th and 9th grade students and no outside guests will be permitted. Tickets will go on sale on Monday March 21st and end on Friday April 1st. All tickets will be purchased during school lunches. Students who have received an out of school suspensions beginning on Tuesday, February 1st may be prohibited from attending the Spring Fling.

Congratulations to this week's prize winners! The following students had their names pulled to come and claim a prize. Congratulations Delaney Griffy, Claire Flemming, Dakota Tracey, Joey Lewandowski, and Josh Shoemaker. We are proud of all our students for continuing to show Respect, Ownership, Courage, and Kindness.

CAIHS has teamed up with Rote Aid. They specialize in helping schools and nonprofits raise funds for their organization every time their supporters use their Rite Aid wellness+ rewards number/phone number. If you click on this link below and use Rite Aid we can benefit from the program

support.rxfundraising.com/CoatesvilleIntermediateHS

Our next SPOTLight meeting will be Thursday, March 31st at 7:00 pm in the Intermediate High School Library. There will also be a Zoom link to attend if you would rather attend virtually. Mrs. Lamothe will send the link out closet to the date.

SPOTLight will be sponsoring an end of the year celebration dance for our 8th grade students on Friday, May 13th from 6 to 8. More information to follow.

CAIHS Families,

Below are the dates for the upcoming PSSA and Keystone Testing in the Spring. This year only students who are assigned to take the yearly exams will be coming to school that day. The students who are not assigned to take a test that day will have a virtual day. They are expected to complete the assignments on their Teachers Canvas page. For example, when 8th grade is taking the PSSA test the 9th grade students will be at home on a virtual school day. Each student will be notified what days they are to attend for testing.

April 25: PSSA ELA Section 1 and 2

April 26: PSSA ELA Section 3

May 2: PSSA Math Section 1 and 2

May 4: PSSA Science Section 1 and 2

May 16: Keystone Literature Section 1 and 2

May 17: Keystone Algebra Section 1 and 2

May 19: Keystone Biology Section 1 and 2

Pearls is a mentoring group that educates, motivates, and inspires teenage females here at the Coatesville Area Intermediate and High School. The club is returning to in-person meeting and they meet evert Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in CASH's library. Please stop in for meeting and become a member.

Please see the attached video from Mrs. Snyder the CASH Principal. This video will explain the different pathways to graduation that is required by the PA Department of Education

PathwaystoGraduation

Just a friendly reminder that the Coatesville Area School District continues to offer COVID-19 testing to students who become symptomatic during school hours. Our school nurses have been trained in the administration of BinaxNOW Tests and Cue (PCR) Tests.

Please note that students must have completed parental consent form on file with school nurse in order to be eligible to participate in this voluntary testing program. Please download consent form. Participants must create personalized QR Test Code by following directions below.

Registration for Student QR Test Code: · Click https://register.pennrapidtest.org/ or enter this url into your web browser (the app is not compatible with Internet Explorer but should work on most other browsers).

Follow instructions on screen, which include answering questions about (child’s) demographic information to create personalized QR code.

Please submit completed parental consent form and QR Test Code to school nurse.

Covid Consent Form