The Cub Chronicle
January 20, 2012
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Upcoming Events
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HCPS Gifted Program Forum
Wednesday, January 25 at 6:30 PM at Glen Allen High School
HCPS Achievement Gap Community Meeting
Wednesday, January 25 at 6:00 PM at the Henrico Training Center
(7701 E. Parham Road
Henrico, VA 23294)
CTES Spirit Night
Wednesday, January 25 at California Pizza
Kitchen
SCA Crazy/Wacky Day
Thursday, January 26
Student Holiday
Monday, January 30
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News from the Greater Community
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Special Night for Special Needs
On Wednesday, February 8, at 5:30 PM, the Children's Museum of Richmond will open its doors for an evening especially for children 10 years old and younger who have special needs and their families.
Contact Alma Cheyne, Education Coordinator, at acheyne@c-mor.org or 804-474-7012 with questions.
Nominate your Super Teacher
Once again the Virginia Lottery is sponsoring the Super Teacher contest. Click here for more information.
R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence
The R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence were established in 1988 to recognize public school teachers who have distinguished themselves by their inspiring classroom performance. The program has been developed by The Community Foundation and is funded by the R.E.B. Foundation.
Additional information and forms can also be accessed at www.tcfrichmond.org.
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 Greetings!
Thank you to everyone for attending Math & Technology Night on Thursday. We hope you had as much fun playing the games as you did learning a bit more about math and technology practices. It was another great turnout and we enjoyed spending time with our CTES families and friends.
Thank you to everyone who helped organize this event for your hard work and time volunteering - we would not have been able to have the event if it wasn't for you. A special thank you to Mrs. Warren, CTES Math Specialist, who planned the night's games and reinforced that math is so cool. And, a huge shout out of thanks to all the CTES alum students from Moody Middle School and Deep Run High School who worked the event as volunteers - we love that you still have your "Cub Pride"!
We'd love to know your thoughts about the event (What was your favorite part(s) about the event? What grade(s) are your child(ren) that attended the event? Do you think you could play some of these games at home? Do you think some of these games will increase your child's understanding of mathematics? How can we better the event for next year?). Please send your comments to Nancy Chazen.
We look forward to another exciting family evening at International Night on Tuesday, February 28th - see you all there.
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PTA Board Nominating Committee
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Believe it or not, the PTA is starting to plan for the 2012/13 school year, and our first order of business is to form a Nominating Committee to fill the open positions on next year's PTA Board. This committee is comprised of five members, two of whom must be PTA general members in good standing. The Nominating Committee's charge is to identify potential Board Members so that the General Membership can vote the new Board Members in later this Spring.
If you are interested in serving on this year's Nominating Committee, please contact Catherine Curran.
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CTES Variety Show Update
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We're in need of your help for the annual Variety Show on Friday, March 30th. This is a big show (not to mention fun and memorable), and we need volunteers to help with the planning and execution of the event.
It will take a bunch of willing parents to make this show happen. You can volunteer using the CTES PTA Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities nList site (owner email address: nlistcteshelp@gmail.com; password: 53be5a). We need the following Coordinator positions filled immediately to form our core planning team:
- Emcee Coordinator to oversee the 5th grade students who will be our emcees for the show
- Sound System Coordinator to "oversee" (ensure all goes as planned, answer questions, etc.) Shaner Sound at rehearsals and at the show
- Site Map/Logistics Coordinator to manage the logistical needs of auditions, rehearsals, and the show (tables, chairs, electrical needs, trash/recycling, etc.
WE MUST HAVE THE COORDINATOR POSITIONS FILLED BY JANUARY 31st TO ASSIST IN THE PLANNING. SO THE VARIETY SHOW COULD BE CANCELED WITHOUT PARENT HELP!
If you're interested in helping out in any way, or just have questions please contact Nancy Keith, Variety Show Chairperson.
We will be having our next planning meeting this Friday, January 20th at 9:00 AM in the Library Conference Room. So join us if you can!
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CTES International Night
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One of our favorite CTES Family Programs events - International Night - is coming up on Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 PM. Students and their families look forward to this special night of learning about other countries and their traditions, and of course sampling their food.
If you are interested in presenting a country booth, please see the attached flyer. If you have any questions, please contact Beth Zorn.
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After School Spanish Class
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Don't forget to register for after school Spanish classes. Classes are being offered on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and registration is on a first-come, served basis. Please note that the Wednesday class for grades 1-3 is currently full.
The deadline for registration is January 24th. If you have any questions, please contact Stacey Rufe at 360-4735.
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Memory Book
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One more free memory book work session is available on Wednesday, January 25. Your child can bring a flash drive with
photos, along with your login and password for Treering and create their own custom pages at school! Please sign up on nList (owner email address: nlistcteshelp@gmail.com; password: 8c387b) for each particular date interested. You may signup until the day before each session if space is available.
Pickup in the computer lab at 3:15 PM and have your ID with you.
Questions? Email Kim Tran.
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CTES Library Catalog
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To access Colonial Trail library's catalog, OneSearch, and databases, please use this link. The username and password are the same. |
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Colonial Trail Elementary PTA
12101 Bacova Drive
Glen Allen, Virginia 23059 |
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The Fine Print
| The Cub Chronicle is published by the Colonial Trail Elementary PTA weekly on Fridays during the school year. The publication is free to all interested members of the CTES community who join our mailing list regardless of PTA membership.
All community members are welcome to contribute articles, notices or topics for inclusion in our publications. Deadlines for submission of content is 5:00 PM on Friday for publication the following Friday. All submissions of content should be made by email to CTES PTA VP-Communications.
Information included in The Cub Chronicle is at the discretion of the CTES PTA Executive Board. The Board reserves the right, at its discretion, to limit content or to choose to include content in one of our other publications. Any decision regarding editing, use of alternate communications tools or denial of use will be communicated to the originator of the request prior to publication.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Email your feedback to Joel Silverman at communications@ctespta.org.
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