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Principal's Note - Sunday, December 7th Principal's Note - Sunday, December 7th

Bobcat Nation,


We’re entering the final stretch of the semester with just two full weeks left until Winter Break, and there is so much to celebrate across our campus. This past week, our talented theatre students brought Matilda to life on stage, delivering a wonderful performance that showcased their hard work and creativity. We’re incredibly proud of them and everyone who helped make the production a success. Our Boys and Girls Basketball teams competed in tournaments over the weekend, our Cheer team brought home another overall competition win, and on Friday night, our Football team fought for another big win— becoming one of the final four teams remaining in the 4A D1 playoffs. What an exciting time for our school and community!


As we look ahead, we want to remind students and parents to review the exam schedules that were sent out, including the adjusted schedule we will follow if our football team advances to the state championship. Planning ahead will help ensure a smooth finish to the semester. Thank you for your continued support, and let’s all push to finish these last two weeks strong!


For Kids,

John

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Our CHS Student Council has planned 10 days of fun, dress up days, and activities. Please refer to the calendar below for dress up days, and remember you must remain in our school dress code, aside from hats on appropriate days and holiday pajamas that are school appropriate on pajama day. Please leave the blankets at home.

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Sonic Fundraiser Supporting CHS Houses

Please take a second to hear Mr. Lemaire talk about our Sonic fundraiser that benefits our Houses!

LeMaire.MP4

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CHS/CISD Events

Each week, you will find the Athletics Calendar here and you can click on it to see what is going on for the week. We will advertise for other events in Academics, CTE, and Fine Arts.
  • Football advances to the State Semi-Final Game against Stephenville on Friday at 7:00 PM at Eagle Mountain Knight Stadium.
  • All Girls and Boys Basketball teams will play away games on Tuesday. Our boys 9th grade and JV teams will have a tournament this weekend, and our girls teams will take on Sherman at home on Friday.
  • Our Varsity Wrestlers will compete in a tournament in Whitesboro on Friday.
  • All Girls and Boys Soccer teams will play on the road Friday.
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🌟Student Spotlight🌟 🌟Student Spotlight🌟

Eunice Velez - Hispanic Scholar Recognition

We are so proud to announce that our own Eunice Velez has been chosen for the Hispanic Scholar Recognition. The Hispanic Business Alliance of Prosper-Celina-Gunter is committed to supporting and highlighting the achievements of young Hispanic individuals in our community who excel both academically and in their service to others. Eunice was chosen for embodying leadership, dedication, and a commitment to making a positive impact within our community.

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Journalism

We are so excited to finally announce and publicize the hard work of our Journalism students!! Our Journalism class received a grant from Celina Education Foundation to purchase an account from WordPress. Their goal was to create an online newspaper that could house their stories, videos, pictures, and other work that represents our school and our student voices. They have worked hard with Mrs. Reeves for 3 months to build this website, and we are excited to see it continue to grow!!

Bobcat Journal

The official student news journal of Celina High School

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CHS Competition Cheerleading Teams

From the sidelines Friday night, to the competition mat Saturday, our girls do it all! Our cheerleaders took home several first place awards from the Crandall Gameday Invitational on Saturday. We are so proud of the way these girls show up with their courage, athleticism, hard work, and the determination and perseverance to accomplish anything they set their mind to.



JV will have their last and biggest competition yet at the NCA State Championships next weekend, with UIL State Championships just around the corner for Varsity in January!



Awards and Recognitions from today:



JV -

Best Band Chant

Best Crowd Leading

Best Fight Song

First Place in JV Gameday!



Varsity -

Best Band Chant

Tie for Best Crowd Leading

1st Place in Varsity Gameday!

Small School Overall Grand Champion!

Overall Grand Champion!

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Senior VU Scholarship Celebration

At the VU Scholarship Celebration on Wednesday, 138 seniors received a combined 13,509 scholarships, totaling an outstanding $662,550,680. We are so proud of our seniors. Their hard work has paid off, and they truly earned it.

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Art

Our Art classes are earning about the Art Elements (line, shape, form, space, texture, value, color) and Composition. Enjoy these photos of some of their work below!

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Club Focus Club Focus

There is a little time left to donate Winter items that will go to kids in our community that need a little help this Winter. Clean out those closets of new or gently used items and bring them to donate!

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Emergent Bilingual Parent and Families Newsletter Emergent Bilingual Parent and Families Newsletter

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Please see the Title III Family Newsletter below!

https://mailchi.mp/d7d16e8a3ef5/spring2025pfnewsletter-9098163?e=f8a44921fd

Fundraising Fundraising

Class of 2026 and 2027 - Prom Fundraiser

Celina High School Community Discount Cards are your all-in-one pass to saving money while supporting the CHS Junior and Senior Classes! Each $20 card is loaded with exclusive deals from local businesses—ranging from percentage-off services to free items with purchase. Keep it in your wallet and use it at your favorite Celina and Prosper spots. Each card has 20+ one-time discount tickets that you will tear off and give to the business you are using it for. Every card sold directly helps fund prom and supports our students. It’s a win for you, our kids, and our community!

Juniors and Seniors that sell more than 10 tickets will receive a heavily discounted prom ticket. Please make sure to put the name of the student you are supporting in the comments for them to receive credit!

Prom Fundraiser Discount Card

Get faster checkout and instant access to your tickets and passes.

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Las Gatitas

Support the Bobcats in style with fresh spirit wear for playoff games and the holidays! Don’t miss your chance show your Celina spirit all season long. Proceeds support the Las Gatitas Drill Team.

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2026 Project Graduation

Let your kiddos wake up to a sweet surprise from Santa or your Elf on a Shelf!! Limited slots available on select dates. Ensure you fill out the attached form and send in payment via VENMO @ CHStxPG

Order Here!
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For entry into CISD events, we are using the HomeTown app to make it easy to purchase tickets. You can scan the QR code below to download the app.

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Counseling Corner Counseling Corner

Please join us on December 10th for our Dual Credit and Advanced Academics Information Night! Come learn about all of the advanced academics options CISD has to offer.

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Join us for the 2025-2026 Lunch n Learn Series! Brittany Cortez is a College and Career Counselor from Collin College and will cover a variety of college related topics throughout the year. The sessions will start at 12pm via Zoom. No sign up is required, just grab your lunch and click on the Zoom link in the flyer. Each of these topics will also be offered to all students to attend throughout the school year.

Helping Hands of Celina

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Community Action Team (CATS)

Our CATS is our parent organization that helps to support all 1500 students and 135 staff throughout the year with bake sales, selling the official Homecoming t-shirt, and providing goodies/luncheons for our staff. Please join to add a layer of support for our kids and our staff. You can join through your School Cafe account and look for CATS (HS PTO) Membership '25-'26.


If you do not have a School Cafe account, you can click here to set up one and this will allow you to join CATS, purchase the official Homecoming t-shirt designed and sold by our CATS, set up a lunch account, and order other items like paying for parking spots and dues for various classes.

School Lunch


Free and reduced lunch applications can be found in the following link: https://www.schoolcafe.com/CELINAISD The grace period will end September 26, 2025, so please take time to complete your application.


For our new families, you can create school cafe account using the link above, you can send money with your child, or you can have your child bring their lunch. In School Cafe, you can monitor your child's account and place restrictions on their meal accounts if you would like to do so (e.g., your child can only buy one ice cream).


For those who were in Celina ISD last year, any balance that you have in School Cafe rolls over from the previous school year. Please add funds to your account before the first day of school.

GPA Update beginning for Class of 2026

Please click this link for the GPA update for the Class of 2026.

GPA Update beginning for Class of 2029

Please click this link for the GPA update for the Class of 2029.

2025-2026 Attendance Goal = 98%

We achieved 95.1% attendance last year so 98% is a very bold and ambitious goal! Furthermore, the more students are here, the more connections and positive relationships that they have, and the more that they learn!


Attendance-Truancy Tribunal

Chapter 25 of the Texas Education Code details the attendance requirements for students in Texas. Students must be in attendance for 90% of their class in order to receive credit for the class (remember that our goal is 98%). In addition, there is language in this code that directs schools/school districts to take action when a student accumulates a certain number of unexcused absences (including tardies - 3 tardies = an unexcused absence) and this includes filing truancy charges on the parent. Celina ISD wants to partner with our parents in order to prevent truancy charges from being filed. Therefore, when a student accumulates 7 unexcused absences/tardies, we will send a summons to the parent and student to attend a Truancy Tribunal Hearing in order to develop a plan to improve the attendance of the student. The Truancy Tribunal process has proven to decrease unexcused absences, decrease failed classes, and decrease discipline incidents of students. We are proud to implement the Truancy Tribunal Hearings and we know that this will benefit our kids and our families. If you have questions about the Truancy Tribunal process, please reach out to me via email or phone call at the information in my signature

Student Code of Conduct

At CHS, we start with the knowledge that we have the best students and parents on the planet! As such, we hold the highest standards for our kids because we know that they will live up to these standards. Likewise, we hold ourselves the to the highest standards to support our kids and our parents. We want to make sure that you have all of the information needed regarding our dress code and the passage of the new "cell phone ban" HB 1481. The dress code and standards of conduct are contained in the link above. The dress code is addressed on pp. 58-59 so please take a moment to familiarize yourself with CISD standards of dress and decorum.


HB1481 Device Ban

The major change for this year is the passage of HB 1481 that prohibits personal communication devices. Celina High School will strictly enforce this law/policy between 8:45-4:10. Prior to 8:45, students should turn off and put any prohibited devices in their backpack. This will prevent any prohibited devices from being seen or heard and will allow students to form relationships with other students and teachers and focus on learning. If you need to contact your child, you can send a message to their school email account and if there is an emergency, you can contact our front desk and we will assist in getting the message to your child(ren).


Although HB 1481 does not go into effect until September 1, 2025, CISD has chosen to implement this law beginning Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Our staff will continue to only use their personal devices for professional use only during the work day and because we receive emergency notifications and we send emergency notifications through our personal devices.


Prohibited personal communication devices include, but are not limited to:

  • Smartphones

  • Laptops and tablets

  • Smartwatches

  • Earbuds and earphones

  • Smart eyeglasses

  • Portable gaming devices

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Contact Information for Administrators and Counselors

Administrators

  • Dr. John M. Burdett (Principal) - johnburdett@celinaisd.com
  • Kristy Carr (Student last names A-Gan) - kristycarr@celinaisd.com
  • Greg Sherwood-(Student last names Gar-N) - gregsherwood@celinaisd.com
  • Dr. Adam Washburn (Student last names O-Z) - adamwashburn@celinaisd.com

Counselors

  • Carrie Crane (Student last names A-Gan) carriecrane@celinaisd.com
  • Denise Moore (Student last names Gar-N) denisemoore@celinaisd.com
  • Karen Pelkey (Student last names O-Z) karenpelkey@celinaisd.com
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