CELEBRATING SUCCESS!

Calling All Trojans! You, your high school buds and significant other are invited to return to campus for the CHS Foundation’s Fall Social: Celebrating Success! Hall of Fame Induction, an update on Catalina’s most recent accomplishments, food & music by our talented students—there’s even a campus tour if you want to arrive an hour early at 4 pm on the front steps. $20 suggested donation at the check-in table for the Fall Social. See you there!

Trojan head logo in fall colors. Autumn leaves are scattered around.

CELEBRATING SUCCESS!

The 2024 All Alumni Fall Social
Thursday, Oct. 17    5 to 7 pm
Catalina High School Science Patio
3645 E. Pima Street 

  • 2024 Hall of Fame induction
  • Food by CHS Culinary Arts

 RSVP: ekmorrison2@msn.com

$20 door donation suggested
Casual Dress
FREE campus tour at 4 pm

CHS Class of 1969! REUNION NEWS!

CHS Class of 1969! REUNION NEWS!

Plans are being made for our 55th.
Save the date Oct. 12, 2024. We’ll be meeting at Kevin Concannon’s home beginning at 4:30 pm.
Cost is $40 per person to cover all the fun!
Please RSVP to Cindy Rinehart at clrmusicat@cox.net so we can finalize the plans.
Please help us and pass the word to all our alumni. Hope to see many of you there!

CHS Class of ’59 65th Reunion

CHS Class of ’59
65th REUNION

Front Entry to Catalina High School

65, WOW! Hard to believe. We’ve had a reunion every 5 years since 1979, and we’re not stopping now.
Once again it’s time to visit with your old friends at a relaxed get-together on a quiet Tuesday afternoon in the Old Pueblo.

What: Catalina HS Class of 1959 65th Reunion

When: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 2–5 pm

Where: Trident Grill, 2033 E. Speedway, Tucson

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!

Come alone or bring a guest. Remember it is very casual.

For more details and the latest in class news, visit our website: chs1959.com
Questions, comments or requests?
Contact Thelma “Tee” Taylor at (520) 360-0602

 

School Grade Upgraded!

 

Norma Gonzales, Catalina High School Principal
Principal Norma Gonzalez, Phd

When asked what she likes best about being principal of Catalina, Dr. Gonzalez says “the diversity of the students and the dedication of the staff”.

An upgrade in the rating of CHS to a “C” school is the recent highlight in Dr. Gonzales Tenure, as well as increased enrollment and better teacher retention.  For more about Principal Gonzalez, please see the Fall 2022 newsletter.

 

     

CHS Choir Alumni Concert

Carolers at Winterhaven singing. Winterhaven event Thursday December 22, 2022

 

CHS Choir Alumni—please help make the season bright by coming to this week’s Christmas party in Winterhaven on Thursday, 12/22/22. Starts around 6 pm with rehearsal and refreshments at Anne Morales’ place (Anne Terry, CHS Choir ’75) 3317 N. Christmas Ave and their theme is “A Christmas Story.”  Her cell # is 520-990-4424. The alumni choir will carol its way over to the Brown’s home to do the Hallelujah Chorus and some other carols. Shirley Maddox (Shirley Bishop, ’82) will conduct the Hallelujah Chorus. If any of you want to bring something to nibble on, that would be appreciated. Should wrap up by 9 pm, and Craig Plotner, 520-780-8624, will be there, too! Fans can give a listen at the Brown’s house, 3354 N. Christmas Ave. starting around 7 p.m. The CHS Foundation proudly supports this event.

2022 Centurion Award Winners

The Catalina High School Foundation wanted to create an award for Trojans who do great things for our school but might have otherwise gone unrecognized for their efforts. So four years ago, the CHS Foundation created its Centurion Award, which goes to an outstanding student and CHS faculty member exemplifying school spirit, service, leadership, participation & the encouragement of others.

2022 student recipient is senior Morgan Mason!

And Culinary Arts, CTE Dept. Chair Micahel Gradowski is our 2022 faculty Centurion winner.

Congratulations to the 2022 Centurion Award Winners!

 

2021 Centurion Award Winners

The Catalina High School Foundation wanted to create an award for Trojans who do great things for our school but might have otherwise gone unrecognized for their efforts. So four years ago, the CHS Foundation created its Centurion Award, which goes to an outstanding student and CHS faculty member exemplifying school spirit, service, leadership, participation & the encouragement of others.

2021 student recipient is senior Liliana Moran!

And Athletic Director Timothy Bridges is our 2021 faculty Centurion winner.

Congratulations to the 2021 Centurion Award Winners!

 

2019–2020 CHS Honors & Awards Ceremony Video

Principal Antasio Holley opening the awards taping CHS teachers and administrators are trying to provide ways of helping the seniors have some of the same experiences that they would have enjoyed before the coronavirus arrived.  One of these was to videotape the annual Award Ceremony in Catalina’s beautiful auditorium without the students present but with 2 full columns of balloons.  CHS Foundation Co-Presidents Stephen Gin and Jennifer Bond presented the Foundations scholarship awards and the Centurian Award winners.  The Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 each and the Centurian award winners have received 4500 each and a full-page acknowledgment in the yearbook.  Jennifer Miranda is the College and Career Readiness Counselor.  She mounted a terrific campaign to increase the numbers and percentages of seniors filling out the FASFA and also announced that an impressive 83% of CHS seniors were admitted to a university or college.  Congratulations to all of them.  Please note the video of the award ceremony will be premiered TODAY (Friday, May 15) at 6:00 PM on the Catalina High School Facebook page Facebook.com/catalinahighschool.

The Catalina High School Foundation Scholarship recipients are:
Brian Lopez
Marina Mendivil
Halianna Piller

Jennifer Bond, Foundation co-president, holding one of the scholarship awardsThe Centurian Award winners are:

Jennifer Miranda, College and Career Readiness Counselor
Timber Bedorehfar, Student recipient
ALSO note that the CHS Seniors will have a drive-by ceremony in the parking lot of Catalina on Thursday, May 21 from 7–9 PM.  A delegation of teachers and administration officials will be there to hand out goodie bags and cheer them on.  The general public is not invited to attend because of the need to social distance.  The in-person graduation is scheduled for mid-June.