Columbus Alternative High School

The CAHS Chess Tournament has been postponed until March 6th. Please adjust your calendars and contact Mr. Kaufman if you have any issues or questions.

Parent Teacher Conferences are arriving quickly.  They will be held at CAHS on Jan 27th from 4-7:30 PM and on Feb. 2nd from 3:30-7 PM.  All parents must complete and return the conference request form with the times they are available in order to be assigned time slots.  This must be done as conferences are by appointment only.  Forms may be downloaded here.

Parents – Please register your email with our parent consultant, Mrs. Diane Maxwell, to received the weekly email update.
The Guidance Department communicates with parents through this informative link.

Summer Scholars Programs- In the past, I Know I Can has funded summer scholar opportunities for Columbus City Schools. They have recently made the decision to eliminate the current funding for summer scholars program and redistribute funding to middle school programs and ACT preparation for juniors. Therefore any students planning to apply for a summer camp experience will have to find other funding sources to cover the cost of the camp experience.

The performing arts department at CAHS has been very busy these past months preparing for the fall play.  The shows took place this past weekend and were a success.  The following video from the Columbus Local News shows some of the performance.

We look forward to meeting many parents during parent teacher conferences Tuesday from 5-8:30 PM and Wednesday from 3-6:30 PM.  The conferences are by appointment only, so you should have a time slot given to you to meet with each teacher.  Please try to be on time, as many teachers are nearly or completely booked.

There will be Open House at CAHS from 7-9PM on Tuesday September the 15th. Parents will have a chance to see the school and meet the teachers. Please feel free to stop by and get a feel for what it is like here at CAHS.

TLC PAM-Parents Training Guide

Parents should have received their login information for the parent assist module which may be used to check grades and attendance.  If you have not contact the office to get your appropriate login.  A guide is provided to demonstrate how to use the system.

The link to use the system from your home is https://director.columbus.k12.oh.us:4443/pasis/jsp/starter.jsp

You may also access the Parent Assist link from the Resources menu of the site.[download id="15"]

The 2009-2010 school year is beginning. Most of the freshman have already attended a day of school on August 19th, teachers start back on the 24th, and all students begin classes on the 26th. Please remember to come prepared the first day. Bring supplies to hold your new books and take notes, and have all your summer work complete and ready to be turned in if you haven’t done so already. School will start at the new time, 7:30AM, so those of you used to the old schedule need to adjust your alarm. We look forward to seeing everyone and having an enjoyable, productive school year.