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Note-Worthy: From the CHS Band

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During the summer, we started the marching for this year’s show, “Gargoyles.” Throughout the two-week period, we went over multiple topics of music and marching, ranging from walking in beat with music played over a speaker to playing while marching in step. It felt like an information overload, especially to the new freshman who—quite honestly—did very well for their first time ever marching.

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CCC welcomes foreign exchange student Cody Johnson

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The Canadian Community Center was excited to welcome the newest member of the Canadian community this week, Cody Johnson. Cody hails from Livingston, Scotland, and is a foreign exchange student at Canadian High School, being hosted by David and Dusty Witcher. A youth membership was presented to her by the CCC staff as a welcome to Canadian. “We wish her the best of luck on her Texas adventure this year,” said CCC Director Ike Julian, who also took the opportunity to remind the public that the center has funding set aside for memberships for any youth in need. Applications for financial assistance in both English and Spanish are available at the front desk. Anyone wishing to contribute to this fund is welcome to give Julian a call at 806.323.5254.
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Cook receives OSU scholarship

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CHS Class of 2018 graduate Caroline Cook was recently awarded a $4,000 Tracey Waterfield Neilson Memorial Endowed Scholarship through Oklahoma State University’s College of Education and Human Sciences. Cook is a senior at OSU in Stillwater, majoring in nutritional science, with the goal of attending a physician assistant program following her graduation in the spring of 2022. She is the daughter of Molly and Michael Kerrigan of Canadian.
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Applications are open for 2022 Young Masters Class

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AUSTIN—The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) and the Texas Cultural Trust are accepting applications for the 2022 class of Young Masters, a joint initiative that provides exemplary Texas-based arts students in grades 8-11 with the financial help they need to pursue advanced study in the areas of visual arts, literary arts, music, theatre, dance, musical theatre, folk arts, and media arts.
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Eight Buffalo Wallow recruits graduate to Young Marine status

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On Aug. 1, Buffalo Wallow Young Marines of Canadian graduated eight recruits who have now earned the right to be called Young Marines. The graduation was led by Unit Cmdr. Max Monty and Unit Executive Officer Justin Dial with staff. In attendance were family members, friends, and representatives from the American Legion, Zybach-Owens Post #56.
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Plain English

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Rural Texas counties got a shock from the 2020 U.S. Census data. It may have felt like the pandemic was to blame for fewer customers and a decline in the number of school kids this year. The cold hard fact is that people in Texas are still leaving rural counties and moving to cities.
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A free Back-To-School Haircut Day

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A free Back-To-School Haircut Day was held at the Canadian Community Center on Saturday, Aug. 14. Haircuts were generously donated by David Strickland, aka Uncle Dave the Barber. The two young men above were each beneficiaries of Uncle Dave’s pop-up barber shop as they prepared to head back for the Opening Day of grade school on Monday. In a report to school trustees last Tuesday evening, Superintendent Lynn Pulliam said the early enrollment numbers showed a drop of 22 students from last year. “It is a number we are comfortable with,” he said, “though we hope it’s fewer.” Those numbers, he said, would probably be more accurate after the first week of school.
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From the Superintendent Dr. Lynn Pulliam

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I would like to say am excited to start the 2021-22 school year; however, it is probably more fitting to use the phrase “cautiously optimistic.” I am undoubtably excited about getting our students and staff back together for what I am confident will be another successful and fun year of learning and achieving throughout our district. And yet, I am also concerned about the current COVID trend and the potential impact it could have on our community and our school system.
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From the CHS Principal James Bryant

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As I begin my third year in this role, I feel blessed to be the principal at Canadian High School. CHS has a wonderful student body and an outstanding staff. Overall, CHS students work hard and treat others with kindness and respect, and our teachers truly care for their students. Both students and teachers strive to continue CHS’s long tradition of achieving academic and extracurricular excellence.