Dorado Family Updates

2nd Semester is off and rolling for the 2024-2025 school year! We hope that you all had a wonderful winter break and holiday season, and of course, a happy new year to you all! We have just a few reminders for you!

Important Reminders and information:

Topics Include:

• Semester Important Calendar Dates:
• What's Happening: A+ Visit, Future Dorado Night, After School Tutoring, CDO PTO Updates, Class of 2025, Link Crew Tutoring
• Did You Know: Neighborhood Parking, 2025 CDO Automotive Community Service Project, Academic Decathlon, CDO StuGo, Teacher Celebrations, Girls Who Code, AMEA Honor Festival Results, German Exchange Program
• Athletic Updates
• Club Updates
• CDO Counseling Team

Thank you for all that you do to support your Dorado this school year!

• February 6 - 7: A+ Visit
• February 7: 3rd Quarter Progress Grades
• February 20 - 21: Rodeo Break - NO SCHOOL (2 days)
• March 14: 3rd Quarter Grades
• March 17 - 21: Spring Break - NO SCHOOL (5 days)
• April 18: 4th Quarter Progress Grades
• May 2: Spring Assembly
• May 3: Prom
• May 14: Last day of school for Graduating Seniors
• May 15: Scholars Night
• May 16: Graduation Practice #1
• May 19: Graduation Pracitce #1 & Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL WEDNESDAYS ARE EARLY OUT WEDNESDAYS FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR!

Any freshman that is looking for tutoring, join us in T-23 every Thursday from 8:00am - 8:45am

Drivers! We need your help with our after school pick-up protocols. There has been an increased number of cars parking on Shadow Mountain Drive, and other streets, that is causing safety issues for our students during after-school pickup. We have many students who live in the surrounding neighborhoods or who are getting off the bus from our middle schools to walk home. There have been some concerns with cars parking in surrounding streets and causing safety concerns for many of our students. When drivers are blocking traffic, sidewalks, etc., this becomes unsafe for our students as they are trying to safely find their way home.

Please DO NOT park on Shadow Mountain Drive, or any other surrounding neighborhood streets to pick up your student. Please use the pickup areas in the parking lots. Thank you for your cooperation with this.

In early January, the Canyon Del Oro Auto Club and Boy Scouts of America Troop 211 came together to help our local community. Thanks to Harbor Freight Tools for Schools, we were able to buy a shed and two playhouses for the preschool students at Coronado K-8. Over 25 participants from CDO and from Troop 211 built the shed and playhouses from scratch and presented the items to the school. Great ​job team!

Congratulations to our AcDec team for a fantastic showing at Arizona AcDec Regionals last weekend! We took 2nd place overall and five of our students placed in the top 3 of their division! Every single student on the team earned at least 2 awards, and we are on the top 4 in state seedings. Go Dorados! 🌟

CDO's Student Government recently attended the Arizona Association for School Councils State Conference. They represented CDO well and were recognized for the following:

• Arizona Outstanding Council of Distinction
• 300+ hours of Community Service
• Over $3000 charitable donations

Former President Biden Honored More Than 300 Americans with the Nation’s Highest Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers. On January 13, 2025, 306 STEM teachers were announced as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Congratulations to CDO's very own Jill Christman for being chosen as an Awardee of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for Secondary Education. The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is the highest recognition that a kindergarten through 12th grade science, technology, engineering, or mathematics teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States. Up to 110 teachers are recognized each year.

Presidential Awardees receive a certificate signed by the President of the United States, a trip to Washington D.C. to attend a series of recognition events and professional development opportunities, and a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.

Click here to read the full story.

Mr. Ronstadt made it into the top nine for the amazing teacher of the year award that is sponsored by the University of Arizona. KGUN came in to film him and his students in action and the video story was played at halftime at a U of A basketball game and on the news. Mr. Ronstadt will was honored at the U of A game for his award-winning Construction and Architecture programs. Read the KGUN9 story here!

We are proud to announce that our very own Ms. Thomure is among an elite group of 84 Arizona educators who earned National Board Certification (NBCT) in 2024. The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards announced score and achievement status information in December 2024, and we had great fun surprising Ms. Thomure with her hard-earned banner. Ms. Thomure has earned the highest certificate an educator can achieve in the United States!

Our Orchestra, Choir and Band Programs each had a number of students participate in auditions for the AMEA South-Central Regional Honor Band/Orchestra and Choir Festival that will be held on Feb. 14-15, 2025 at Sahuarita High School. The South Central Region consists of more than 15 schools inside of multiple Districts such as: Sahuarita, TUSD, Marana, Flowing Wells, Nogales and Amphitheater. Out of 27 students total that auditioned from CDO, 22 made the final cut and 3 took top scores in the Region on their instrument! These students earned the ability to audition now for the AMEA All-State Festival for Band/Orchestra and Choir as well, which will be held this year up at NAU in Flagstaff.

Orchestra

• Evan Lehner, Violin 1
• Carly Cook, Violin 2
• Henry Turner, Viola
• Amara San Angelo,Cello
• Rebecca Turner, Cello
• Louisa Collins, Bass
• Liz Dionise, Bass

Choir

• Maviny Hyatt, 4th Soprano
• Audrey Mattus, 13th Soprano
• Caleb Hyatt, 8th Bass
• Alex Murillo, 18th Bass

Band

• Augustus Mitchell, 2nd Flute in Orchestra
• Kosta Karagiannis, 1st Clarinet in Orchestra (1st in the Region)
• Yamara Jimenez, 2nd Clarinet in Band
• Alden Stealey-Euchner, 1st Alto Saxophone (1st in the Region)
• Syl Russell, 2nd Euphonium in Band
• Maysen Garcia, 2nd Trombone in Orchestra
• Anthony Jimenez, 3rd Trombone in the Orchestra
• Jorge Gallegos, 1st Percussion in Orchestra (1st in the Region)
• Matthew Schvarcz, 3rd Percussion in Band
• Hassan Lopez, 2nd Alternate Tenor Saxophone in Band
• Owen Cordell, 2nd Alternate Percussion in Band

Four CDO families will host a German exchange student this Spring through our Friendship Connection program, and the students will attend classes with their American peers for three weeks. This is part of a long tradition here at CDO - we have welcomed 35 German students since we started participating in 2016! This year, all four CDO students will also travel to Germany in June to stay with their partners, attend a German school, and do some local sightseeing.

Winter Season’s are winding down and playoffs will be decided soon!

Spring Season kicks off Feb 10th and we are excited to see our Spring Sports in action.

Spring Sports include:

• Track & Field
• Beach Volleyball
• Tennis
• Softball
• Baseball
• Boys' Volleyball

Any other questions please do not hesitate to contact the Athletic Department at 520-696-5573.

Thank you have a great season!!!

The Clay Club meets every Friday after school in K907.

Thank you, MUD Club, for keeping our campus clean! We are an environmental awareness club that meets on Wednesday mornings, from 8:30-8:55, in the library. All are welcome - come join us!

CDO has over 60 clubs for students to join throughout the year. Take a look below at our latest list for the 2024 - 2025 school year. You can click the image for a better view.

Check back here for previous newsletters throughout the school year. The first few newsletters were sent out through ParentSquare and can be pulled up on the ParentSquare feed. :)

Tara Bulleigh, Principal

Canyon del Oro High School

An International Baccalaureate World School

Office: (520) 696-5565

Email: tbulleigh@amphi.com
Website: https://www.amphi.com/CDO
Location: 25 West Calle Concordia, Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone: 5206965560
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CDOHighSchool
Twitter: @CdOHighSchool