Important Upcoming Dates & Bell Schedules

Important Dates & Bell Schedule Changes for October

*Tuesday, Oct 15 is our annual PSAT assessment for all sophomores and juniors.  All sophomores and juniors take the PSAT for free at Curtis High School on this day.  Seniors do not come to school until 11 AM.  If a senior rides the school bus, those routes will pick seniors up exactly 3 hours later than normal.

*Tuesday, Oct 15 we also administer our fall Panorama survey to all students.  I included information about the Panorama survey below.  The bell schedule for Tuesday, Oct 15 is:

No 0-hour

PSAT - 7:30 - 10:25 for all sophomores and juniors.  No seniors on campus during this time.

Lunch 10:30 - 11:00  Seniors arrive to campus

1st - 11:05 - 11:25

2nd - 11:30 - 11:50

3rd - 11:55 - 12:45 (includes time for the Panorama Survey)

4th - 12:50 - 1:10

5th - 1:15 - 1:35

6th - 1:40 - 2:00 

Panorama Survey Information:                      

This fall, we will be asking for students to reflect on their own mindsets and approaches to learning via an online survey with Panorama.  This Social Emotional Learning (SEL) survey provides us with data as we work within school committees to improve the experiences of students and families and design support systems for students.  If a student doesn’t feel like they have enough information to answer a question, they will be able to skip the item altogether.  If you would like to opt your child out of this survey, please let us know by emailing or calling CHS assessment coordinator and Assistant Principal Stu Dodge at sdodge@upsd83.org.  Students’ individual responses to these surveys will be confidential with individual student data, or answers, only available to administrators and counselors. 

Grade level or school-wide data is shared with the school board and staff to help us identify areas for improvement and areas of progress.  Panorama data is fairly new to us and is only one small portion of data we use to help us continuously improve.  Guidance from school board policy leads us to help students become safe, contributing citizens who demonstrate successful social and emotional skills. Panorama is just one more tool toward these ends.

If you have any questions about the SEL survey or would like to see a copy of the survey questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Dodge at the email above. 

*Our first Class of 2025 senior meeting is Wednesday, Oct 16.  A separate Parent Square message will be sent from Assistant Principal Amy Stapleton.

*Sept - Oct is Hispanic Latino Heritage Month; October is Disability History Month, Filipino American History Month and National Bullying Prevention Month.  

*Please vote in the upcoming General Election on Tuesday, Nov 5.  If you are not registered to vote and need voter registration materials, please contact me directly at tadams@upsd83.org and I will help you register to vote.  We value civic engagement and recently all seniors in the Class of 2025 registered to vote during Civics / AP Government & Politics classes at CHS with volunteers from the Pierce County Auditor’s Office.