Capital High School Family Communication - October 30, 2026

Did you know we are on Facebook?  https://www.facebook.com/CapitalCougs

Please check the DAILY BULLETIN on our website for weekly CHS information, including details on all CHS sporting events.

Upcoming Events

• October 31 - Trunk or Treat - 1:00-3:00 p.m.
• November 3 - Fall Orchestra Concert
• November 5 - Fall Band Concert
• November 6- Veterans Day Assembly
• November 9 - CHSPO Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
• November 11 - Veterans Day - No School
• November 18 - CHS Blood Drive

CHS 16th Annual Giving Tree - Donations Needed

Target gift card donations are now being accepted for our annual CHS Giving Tree to assist our students in need.

For the past 18 years, the staff, students, and community of Capital High School have spread holiday cheer to those in need through the CHS Giving Tree. Your donations go toward the purchase of gift cards for CHS students just in time for the holidays. With your donations, we will purchase $50 Target gift cards to give to each student who will benefit.  

How to give: Please bring $50 Target gift cards to the main office or use this direct link (sponsored by our CHS Parent Organization) to donate: https://givebutter.com/capital-high-school-2026-giving-tree-rsouze

Click HERE to access the donation QR code

Thank you for your generous support of our Coug Family!

CHS Trunk or Treat

We will be hosting our 2nd annual Trunk-or-Treat on Saturday, October 31st. We are looking for clubs, athletic teams and activity groups to fill a parking space and hand out candy (groups provide their own candy). The event will be from 1pm-3pm in the upper parking lot. Talk to Mrs Turcotte or Mrs Federico if your group is interested in participating. And, spread the word to our community to come trick-or-treat with us!

Library Updates 

Thank you to the Olympia Education Foundation for generously funding our annual Battle of the Books.  The books are ready, so it's time for battle teams to sign up.  If your kiddo enjoyed it at the elementary or middle school level, encourage them to put together a team of 2 - 4 people or come to the library to sign up as a free agent.  Battles begin in March, so there's plenty of time to read or listen to our books, which include: Artifice, Darius the Great is Not Okay, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, The Great Gatsby, How to Say Goodbye in Cuban, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Knife of Never Letting Go, and Thieves' Gambit.  

IB News

IB Exam Registration is open from now until November 10th. (Registration is still possible after this date, but late fees apply).

Students can pick up registration forms from their IB teachers. Applications are also available in the main office, the ASB Office, or from the IB Coordinator, Ms. Young in B-6 and the IB Office outside of Pod A.

If you have any questions, reach out to classroom teachers or email the IB Coordinator, Amelia Young, at ayoung@osd.wednet.edu.

CHS Food Drive

Our CHS Food Drive will happen November 16th-24th. All students are encouraged to bring in donations of nonperishable food items and cash or check donations to the Advisory teacher. We will have a schoolwide competition to see which advisory can bring in the most donations.  All food collected will be donated to the Thurston County Food Bank and our CHS Food Pantry.  More information will come soon! 

Arts Center: 2707 Conger Ave NW, Olympia, WA 98502.

Winter Sports Registration

Final Forms opens for winter sports registration today, October 1.  Winter Sports include: flag football, boys basketball, girls basketball, girls bowling, gymnastics, boys swim, boys wrestling and girls wrestling.

Please follow ALL of the steps to ensure your student is registered correctly.

You must pay Pay to Play (except Boys Basketball, it is a cut sport) and purchase an ASB card in ordered for your student to be cleared, plus complete the following:

Go to:  www.finalforms.com

• Login into your account or create a new account.
• Provide all the required information.  Both you and your student must sign the online forms before your student can be cleared.
• Upload a valid sports physical.  A sports physical is valid for 13 months from the date of examination.
• Go to the OSD Payment Portal (https://wa-olympia.intouchreceipting.com/) and make payment.  You must purchase an ASB Card (one time per year) and pay Pay to Play unless your student qualifies for Free and Reduced Lunch or if your student is trying out for boys basketball (boys basketball is a cut sport).
• Your student will not be cleared without both payments.
• Once your student's registration has been reviewed, you will receive an email indicating they are cleared for winter sports.

Deadlines for participating in the first practice:

• Bowling athletes must be registered and cleared by Monday, November 2, 3pm.
• Gymnastics athletes must be registered and cleared by Monday, November 9, 3pm.
• All remaining sports (flag football, boys basketball, girls basketball, boys swim, boys wrestling and girls wrestling) registered and cleared Friday, November 13.

Any questions regarding the sport, practice times, etc. please contact the coach via email.

• Flag Football: Tristan Redman, tredman@osd.wednet.edu
• Boys Basketball: Troy Mickelson, tmickelson@osd.wednet.edu
• Girls Basketball: Liz Canright, ecanright@osd.wednet.edu
• Girls Bowling: Mike Deakins, mdeakins@osd.wednet.edu
• Gymnastics: Jessica Crooker, jcrooker@osd.wednet.edu
• Boys Swim: Wes Murry, wmurry@osd.wednet.edu
• Boys Wrestling: James Belleville, jbelleville@osd.wednet.edu
• Girls Wrestling: James Belleville, jbelleville@osd.wednet.edu

CHSPO News

Your small but mighty CHSPO (CHS Parent Organization) team has been busy working on a few exciting events: 

1. Teacher Grants

We received several grant requests from our teachers to help support their classroom with additional textbooks, equipment and supplies.  Please help us fund the grants by donating to CHSPO via the below link:

https://givebutter.com/chspo-donation-h91bzf

2. Graduation Night 2027

This seems like a distant future now, but we know time will fly and June 15th will be here before we know it. CHSPO has started some planning efforts and similar to prior years the event will be funded by the tickets sold.  Please purchase your tickets to help us plan headcount and venue.  Scholarships will be provided for students who cannot afford the ticket price. Please join the CHSPO meetings to help plan and execute the actual event. 

https://givebutter.com/gn27-ticket-r8br5e

CHS Yearbook Information

Yearbook photo deadlines are quickly approaching for your seniors! Below is a link to our tab on the CHS website where we publish information about the CHS yearbook.

https://capital.osd.wednet.edu/yearbook 

We would love to be able to include everyone! If you have trouble with your submissions, please email me (afederico@osd.wednet.edu) and I will be glad to help you! I will not be able to accept photos through email, however.

Senior photos are due October 31st, and that is a hard deadline. We will be unable to accept any senior portrait after that date. ASB photos will be used if a senior portrait is not submitted. 

Yearbooks are currently online for $60 + tax!

Community Connections

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

SafePlace provides free and confidential services to people who have experienced all forms of sexual violence and abuse and intimate partner domestic violence.

24-hour/7 days a week HelpLine - (360) 754-6300

Thurston County Family Justice Center serves survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking.                                       

360-754-9297 x 200

Crime Victims Advocacy Network provides free and confidential services for victims of Crimes

360-786-5601

Monarch Children’s Justice and Advocacy Center. Children’s advocacy centers offer a new way of responding to child abuse & neglect by bringing all of the partners together in a coordinated, child-focused, child-friendly effort.

360- 923-1884

News from the College and Career Center

OSD Notice of Non-discrimination