[CCHS] Chit-Chat, Friday, April 7

[A. Wagner]

*CHIT-CHAT

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Friday, April 7, 2006
2005-06 Edition

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+++++*DRIVER'S ED WITH CHRISTO*+++++

Christo Driving School's new 15-class cycle of Driver's Education begins 
next week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and continues from *April 11 
through June 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. or 6 to 8 p.m.* Christo is the provider 
currently authorized to provide instruction at CCHS. The program 
includes 30 hours of classroom instruction, 6 hours of behind-the-wheel 
instruction, and 6 hours of observation. Enrollees must be 16 by June 6. 
Fee: $420. To register, *call Christo Driving School at 508-481-6384*. 
Payment is due at the first class.

+++++*DECORATIONS PARTY FOR ALL NIGHT LIVE PARTY*+++++

Please join us in the CCHS cafeteria on *Wednesday, April 12, at 7 p.m.* 
for a night of calculating and cutting to get the decorations going for 
the all-night graduation event. Dress to get dirty. If you have fabric 
scissors, a tape measure or yardstick, and a friend or neighbor, please 
bring them. Any questions, *please contact Ainslee MacHaffie at 
jmachaff8 at aol.com <mailto:jmachaff8 at aol.com>.*

+++++*PLANNING MEETING FOR ALL NIGHT LIVE PARTY*+++++

*Tuesday night, April 11, from 7:30 to 9*, in Room A-7.

+++++*CONCORD REC CONCERT*+++++

Concord Recreation will host a concert on *Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 
p.m.* The night will feature the CCHS Battle of the Bands winner "Jared 
and the Freshman" along with MTV's Made Show "Fair Fight," and will be 
headlined by local Boston band "Waltham." Frank (lead singer, Waltham) 
was the Made coach for "Fair Fight." For tickets, go to the Hunt 
Building near Emerson Playground, or contact Maggie Cadigan, Junior 
Class Vice President. The tickets are $15 and are limited. This concert 
is for the high school students only. If you have any questions or 
comments, *please contact T.J. Liakos at the Recreation Department, 
(978) 369-6460*.

+++++*BOSTON GAY MEN'S CHOIR THIS SUNDAY*+++++

Sunday, April 9, at 3 p.m. in the CCHS Auditorium, the CCHS Select Choir 
will perform with the Boston Gay Men's Choir in a concert to benefit the 
Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). The 
concert is sponsored by Spectrum, the CCHS gay-straight alliance, and 
CCPOPS. A reception will follow. Tickets are available at the door for 
$15. (Students and Seniors, $10.)

+++++*RED SOX RAFFLE NEEDS TICKETS*+++++

The CCHS Parent's Association "Red Sox Raffle" is coming together, but 
we still need tickets to two more games to complete our package. Please  
contact Carol Bowen at BowenMktg at comcast.net 
<mailto:BowenMktg at comcast.net>  or Lisa Betancourt  at Whitspen at aol.com 
<mailto:Whitspen at aol.com> if you can  help. The winning ticket will be 
drawn the night of the CCHS Faculty's production
of "Teachers on Thin Ice," May 6. All proceeds from the raffle will  be 
funneled back into CCHS.

+++++*CCPOPS GENERAL MEETING*+++++

On *Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m.* in the band room (A-4), the 
Concord-Carlisle Patrons of Performing Students (CCPOPS) will hold a 
general meeting. CCPOPS supports the students in the Bands, Choruses, 
Dance Club, Drama, Orchestra, and musicals. Parents of students in these 
groups are especially invited to attend. Please come to find out what is 
happening in the performing arts and how you can be a part of it.

+++++*PANEL ON TEEN SUBSTANCE ABUSE*+++++

Spring is nearly here and with spring comes end of the school year 
parties, celebrations and proms. Our young people may seek to enhance 
their involvement in these experiences by taking some form of 
recreational substance (alcohol, marijuana, club drugs, heroin). On 
*Monday, April 10, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the CCHS auditorium*,  CCPI 
and the Alliance for Teen Safety will present a talk on "Social Studies, 
Chemistry and Guidance That Will Prevent Your Kids from Becoming 
History." The talk will propose strategies for parents about teen 
alcohol use, including how and why it's important to postpone and 
intervene. Renee Soulis, a senior prevention specialist from FCD 
Educational Services will present research about use and its effects on 
teenage brains, the sequence of initiation into and progression of use, 
and the social and cultural pressures students are likely to face at 
CCHS and in college. She will offer strategies to parents for the 
prevention, postponement, and intervention of use. Kathy Bowen, the CPS 
and CCRSD K-12 Health Curriculum Specialist will present the incidence 
of use in our towns as reported on the 2004 YRBS. Barbara Howland, 
director of the Alliance for Teen Safety, will present some of the 
community initiatives currently in place and those planned for our towns 
to address use. Come join us for this important and informative evening. 
Suggested donation $8/person, $15/couple.
  

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