Caribou High School

Parent Teacher Conferences for Trimester 2 is scheduled for Friday, January 14th from 12:00 to 2:45pm. Once again this year, we are asking that parents register for a conference with the teachers that they want to meet with. Given our safety protocols, in light of the pandemic, all sessions with teachers will be conducted virtually. To streamline the scheduling, we are using the website PTCFast.com. This will make signups convenient and allow you to see the available times to meet with teachers. To register for a conference, use the following directions: Please enter the following web address into your browser window: https://ptcfast.com/schools/Caribou_High_School_1 Select your student’s teacher(s) that you wish to meet with, and choose your conference time. If these times do not work for you, please email your students' teacher and set up a mutually agreed upon time to have a conference if you wish to do so. If you have limited internet access and wish to schedule a conference, please contact the school via phone at 207-493-4260 and we can assist you. It is our hope that this way of scheduling makes it easier for everyone involved. We look forward to “seeing” you (virtually) on Parent Teacher Conference Day.

Don't Forget! Early Dismissal this Friday, January 14th!

Message from Mr. Pinette, CHS Guidance Director. Caribou High School has started a Winter Academy where credits can be made up for failed classes either during a student's study hall or after school hours. The failing grade must have at least be a 50 or higher. This would keep a student from having to repeat the entire required course. Please sign up in the Guidance Office. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Pinette in the Guidance Office (207-493-4260).

The Caribou High School Girls JV game schedule for today (1/4/22) at Presque Isle has been postponed. The Caribou at Presque Isle Girls Varsity game at 7:00 is still on as scheduled.

Viking Weekly-Hello Viking Nation!- Happy New Year! The New Year brings a time when people create a plan to improve. When watching our athletes compete, I’m quick to notice and reflect on the plan that our coaches have for our athletes and for the teams that they coach. Having an effective plan takes a vision. The vision is the end result, often looking at tools to help the student athletes work hard, learn skills, and improve all while doing what is best for the TEAM. As the season progresses, we see the plan unfold often in ways that we, as fans, couldn't see taking shape. Our coaches and student athletes are working so hard with the guidance of the coaching staff who put in so much time to work with these young athletes to help them improve their craft and become better people. The Nordic ski team is improving and looking forward to upcoming competition with great snow conditions! The Alpine Ski team had some great training over break and is looking to move the momentum forward with meets this week! The Wrestling team has shown steady growth while putting up some great success on the mat. Their work ethic is also noticed throughout Caribou High School with their cleaning-up prior to practice and returning the cafeteria to order after practice. The Cheering squad has been preparing for upcoming competitions and has been a big help at home events helping with concessions and offering support for teams. The Boys Basketball teams have been having some great practices and are starting to put the pieces together against some tough competition. The Girls Basketball teams have been getting comfortable with their offense and the fun style of play that they are working on. The athletes are buying into the plan and working on their vision. Winter weather is here in full force. If we have to cancel practices and events we will send out the information via our app. Parent’s please make sure you’re registered for the RSU #39 app. The app can be received on android and apple devices. A friendly reminder that fans MUST be masked while at Caribou HS indoor events. No food or drinks allowed in the gym. This week’s Caribou High School Athletics schedule of events are as follows: Tuesday, January 4th: Girls Basketball at Presque Isle, JV at 5:30, Varsity at 7:00. *90 vouchers for CHS fans. Nordic at Madawaska, 4 Season’s Trails at 3:00. Wednesday January 5th: Alpine at Big Rock at 2:00. Boys Basketball at Presque Isle, JV at 5:30, Varsity at 7:00. *90 vouchers for CHS fans. Wrestling at Dexter at 5:00. Saturday, January 8th: Boys and Girls Basketball at John Bapst, Varsity at Hermon High School, Girls at 6:00, Boys at 7:30. JV TBA. Wrestling at Ellsworth at 11:30. Please check out the Caribou High School athletics Facebook page for more information. Also check out the athletics website at www.caribouvikings.org with schedule updates. GO VIKINGS! Evan Graves CHS Athletic Administrator

Watch CHS's AP French short film about the Acadian experience in Northern Maine. https://youtu.be/Wn9bzoQu5aI

Adjusted Caribou High School Basketball game schedule for Thursday, December 30th: Caribou High School JV Girls Vs. Hodgdon at 12:00 Caribou High School JV Boys vs Van Buren at 1:30 Caribou High School Varsity Girls vs. Foxcroft at 3:00 Caribou High School Varsity Boys vs Foxcroft at 4:30

Viking Weekly-Hello Viking Nation! Merriam Webster has the definition of compete as; to strive consciously or unconsciously for an objective (such as position or a prize) : be in a state of rivalry. When I see our teams on the trails, on the mats and on the court this winter, this is what I am seeing. Our kids are striving for an objective. Our student athletes have coaches that are having a positive impact on them and instilling hard work, skills, and what it means to be a part of a team. Our wrestling team is off to a great start with our student athletes working hard in practice and translating that hard work onto the mat where they are showing great improvements when competing at a high level. The Alpine ski team showed great promise on Saturday in a race in Ft. Kent, and got to see area’s where they can improve. The cheering squad is working on fine tuning their routine for competitions that will be taking place in mid January. The Cheerleaders are also offering some pep and school spirit at our home games and assisting with the boosters club. The cheerleaders are working with Viktor, the Viking at home games as Viktor navigates the crowd and meets our fans! Viktor will be handing out stickers to fans and be available for photo opportunities! The nordic is anxiously awaiting their first competition! The Basketball teams are competing and working hard. The teams are showing some great potential and every game there are breakthroughs that bring out the fire of these kids competing. Winter weather is here in full force. If we have to cancel practices and events we will send out the information via our app. Parent’s please make sure you’re registered for the RSU #39 app. The app can be received on android and apple devices. A friendly reminder that fans MUST be masked while at Caribou HS indoor events. No food or drinks allowed in the gym. The CHS e-sports team, Gilson’s Goons, competed in the State Championship competition on Friday and battled to a tough loss and really set the tone for the future of the e-sports program at Caribou High School. This program will continue to have a very positive impact on our school. There are great opportunities for our athletes competing in e-sports! This week’s Caribou High School Athletics schedule of events are as follows: Monday, December 20th: Boys JV 2 Basketball at CCS vs 8th graders at 3:30. Tuesday December 21st: CHS Nordic Freestyle meet at Ft. Kent at 3:00. Wednesday, December 22nd: Girls Basketball hosting MDI, JV at 1:00, Varsity at 2:30. Boys Basketball, hosting MDI, JV at 4:00, Varsity at 5:30. Wrestling at PCHS, weigh in at 4:00, wrestling starts at 5:00. Thursday, December 23rd: Girls Basketball at Ellsworth, JV at 1:00, Varsity at 2:30. Boys Basketball at Ellsworth, JV at 4:00, Varsity at 5:30. 4 vouchers per home/away basketball player. At least 100 available public tickets available on a first come, first serve basis. Ticket table opens 30 minutes before the first game. Parents/fans sign in for the Athlete they’re representing. Please check out the Caribou High School athletics Facebook page for more information. Also check out the athletics website at www.caribouvikings.org with schedule updates. GO VIKINGS! Evan Graves CHS Athletic Administrator

This summer, Jonna Bouré attended a week-long trip around Acadian French sites in Maine with a dozen other French teachers. This experience motivated her to invite Noah Ouellette, a representative from the French consulate in Boston, to visit CHS and tour the region. Her AP students just completed a video short film about the Acadian experience and the French honor society students will be teaching French at CCS in January during Power Hour as part of their community service. Jonna's dedication to telling the story of Northern Maine Acadians caught the interest of the DOE who chose to interview her for the DOE Newsroom publication earlier this month. https://mainedoenews.net/2021/12/03/celebrating-maine-heritage-through-a-love-of-language-meet-jonna-boure/

The Viking ESports Team, Gilson's Goons of Caribou will be taking on the Deering Rams RL of Portland this evening at 4:00 P.M. for the State Championship in Rocket League! The team members of Gilson's Goons are: Ben Leavitt, Alex Belanger, and Brady Jalbert. The link to view the match is below. https://www.twitch.tv/PlayVS

Caribou High school JV 2 team will take on the CCS 8th grade team, Monday, December 20th at 3:30p.m. at Caribou Community School.

Viking Weekly Hello Viking Nation! Many teams got to compete for the first time this year in a regular season contest and it was great to have our teams in action! Teams are continuing to work hard and get productive practices in place. We do ask as we prepare for our first home contests that fans do follow our protocols and wear masks when at our gym for Basketball games. We also ask that if you are having ANY COVID-19 symptoms that you please watch the games from home. Home games will be broadcast on WHOU.live. WHOU will cover both JV and Varsity games! The exciting news about our new, state of the art Viking was announced this week. We put out a poll to name the Viking. It’s great to have this be a student-led project and thanks to the leadership that is experienced in the JMG program, the athletic department was able to work with JMG students to create the poll to get feedback for naming the Viking. We will announce the name at our first home game on Tuesday! The Viking did make its first public appearance on Thursday at the Caribou Community School. Students were having theme week, and Thursday was Viking pride day. It was great to see our new Viking bring smiles to our future CHS Vikings. Winter weather is here in full force. If we have to cancel practices and events we will send out the information via our app. Parent’s please make sure you’re registered for the RSU #39 app. The app can be received on android and apple devices. Once you’ve downloaded the app, and signed up, you will get a notification on your device when information has been pushed out. A friendly reminder that fans MUST be masked while at Caribou High School indoor events. CHS e-sports team, Gilson’s Goons will be playing for a MPA State Championship on Friday. There will be a link posted on our FB page where you can watch the match live. The match is scheduled to take place Friday at 4:00! Good luck to Coach Gilson and the e-sports team! Please stay tuned for some exciting news regarding a new opportunity for students. Information will be released around the new year for a great program that will begin at Caribou High School and will have a very positive impact on our school community. This week’s Caribou High School Athletics schedule of events are as follows: Tuesday, December 14th: Boys Basketball hosting Houlton, JV at 5:30, Varsity at 7:00. Wednesday, December 15th: Girls Basketball hosting Houlton, JV at 5:30, Varsity at 7:00. Wrestling at Mattanawcook Academy at 5:00. Thursday, December 16th:Please note this game time has been changed. Boys Basketball hosting Ft. Kent, *JV at 6:00, Boys Varsity at 7:30. Saturday, December 18th: Wrestling at Bucksport at 9:30, weigh in at 8:00. *No fans for wrestling matches at Bucksport.* Basketball home vs. Hermon. Girls JV at 12:00, Girls Varsity at 1:30, Boys JV at 3:00, Boys Varsity at 4:30. Alpine skiing at Ft. Kent (lonesome pine trails) at 9:00am. Please check out the Caribou High School athletics Facebook page for more information. Also check out the athletics website at www.caribouvikings.org with schedule updates. GO VIKINGS! Evan Graves CHS Athletic Administrator

Theme Week-December 20th, 21st and 22nd!

During Computer Science Education week, CHS Computer Science is so proud to CONGRATULATE Joey Marrero, Behrn Bouchard and Joel Oliver for their winning entries in the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Academy’s December 2021 Creative Task Competition!

Class of 2023 Raffle

Viking Weekly-Athletics- Hello Viking Nation! The regular season action will heat up this weekend! The Caribou Viking athletes have been hard at it practicing and preparing for the upcoming season. We were fortunate to be able to get in our winter athletic picture day last week! This week, teams are doing the seasonal meet the coaches night where parents have an opportunity to meet the coach and coaches go over the season and expectations with the parents and athletes in attendance. This is an important part of the season where parents can formally meet the coach, get contact information and learn the philosophy of our programs. With the winter weather here in full force, we might be in positions where we have to cancel practices. If this happens, we will send out the information via our app. Parent’s please make sure you’re registered for the RSU #39 app. This app can be received on android and apple devices. Once you’ve downloaded the app, and signed up, you will get a notification on your device when information has been pushed out. A friendly reminder that fans MUST be masked while at Caribou High School indoor events. Alpine events are at outside venues and the guidelines for those events will be based on the venue. Nordic events will allow fans and if people go into the ski building, masks will be required. Away events are different based on the host venue. When traveling, I will update the teams traveling and the community to inform you of the protocol and expectations when traveling to different venues. Again, a friendly reminder to parents, please make sure that your student athlete is registered for this winter on www.caribouvikings.org. Schedules are updated on the athletics website. This week’s Caribou High School Athletics schedule of events are as follows: Saturday, December 11th: Wrestling at MDI at 12:00, weigh in at 11:00. Boys Varsity Basketball at Old Town, 12:30. Girls Varsity Basketball at Old Town, 2:00. *Old Town High School has vouchers for 90 away fans. These vouchers will be shown at the gate at OTHS and you will pay at that time. I will inform the Varsity coaches of the process for getting the vouchers. If there are any questions regarding the vouchers, please contact me (egraves@rsu39.org). Please check out the Caribou High School athletics Facebook page for more information. Also check out the athletics website at www.caribouvikings.org with schedule updates. GO VIKINGS! Evan Graves CHS Athletic Administrator

Maine Educational Talent Search Virtual Career Exploration Series You are invited to join students from around the state of Maine in a series of career exploration sessions via Zoom. You can expect to see Representatives from various College Admissions Offices and Professionals in several careers. Please see below for details: When? Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. The first session will take place on Thursday, December 9th! Where? Zoom https://maine.zoom.us/j/87134074814 Who? Anyone interested! You do not need to be a METS student to participate. If you are interested in applying, you can do so here: https://mets.maine.edu/application/ What? The first session will feature speaker Suzanne Graves Hall, an Advisor from the Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC). Suzanne serves northern Penobscot County and supports students in their educational journey, including financial aid, troubleshooting problems and concerns relating to school and referring students to community resources. She will introduce Career Interest Assessments, a website that can be used to learn more about an industry, and the importance of volunteer opportunities and organizational memberships. Amy Hannah, METS Advisor at Lake Region Schools, will then lead students in an Interest Assessment, which is a great starting point in the career exploration process. Starting in January, students can hear directly from professionals in various careers and Admissions Officers from College campuses to hear about careers and degree programs. This is a great opportunity to learn more about careers, degree programs, and ask questions to those in the field. These sessions will continue on Thursdays through May. Questions? Please reach out to your Talent Search Advisor! Caribou: velma.murphy@maine.edu

The Northern Maine Board of Approved Soccer Officials has named the Butch Shaw Award Winners for this year. Congratulations to our very own Gabrielle Sutherland on being named a Butch Shaw Award Recipient. This award is voted on by county soccer officials and is presented annually to outstanding soccer players who exemplify the characteristics of respect and sportsmanship. The awards are named after Butch Shaw who passed away in 1985. Shaw was a soccer official and varsity basketball and baseball coach at Presque Isle High School. Shaw loved sports and his motto was Hustle, Pride, Defense.

Picture Retake Day-December 13th

Viking Winter Sports Schedules