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Volunteer Hours 

Every hour makes a difference!  It is vital that we track these hours. Record your time on the sheet at the school or send your hours to mrscholarsacademy@
gmail.com. 

The Eagle's Nest Update... 

As the Scholars' Academy Board addresses the task of finding a new Director for the 2012-2013 school year, we are so proud of our recent Blue Ribbon recognition from the U.S. Department of Education and know this will only help in our recruitment process. It validates our commitment to academic achievement and our ability to accelerate student achievement in the classroom. 

The Board plans to keep the school community informed of the search process through periodic updates. A search committee has been formed with seven members at present. In this group, parents, teachers, Board members and non-Board members are represented. Members of the search committee were selected based on recruiting, search and education experience, prior dedication to the progress of the school, and ability to commit time to the search. Ultimately, the hiring of the new Director is the Board's responsibility, and we take this responsibility very seriously. We are currently in the process of identifying and interviewing search firms to help conduct the search. Once retained, the search firm will provide a nationwide search for us. It will identify candidates and consider applicants who express interest through postings on various websites and with appropriate educational groups. 

Thank you for your patience and 

continued support.

Debbie Starling

Search Committee Chair, Board of Directors

Donations to the Resa L. Harris Memorial Fund, given in memory of the Honorable Resa L. Harris, have made it possible for the music department to purchase eight Orff instruments: 

2 Glockenspiels, 

2 soprano xylophones, 

2 alto xylophones, 1 alto metallophone, and 1 bass xylophone. Although Resa's time with the Scholars' Academy was limited, she was a valuable member of our Board and an exemplary citizen of Charlotte. 

According to Dr. Morris, he and Ms. Broome have been using the instruments quite a bit in their classes. "They are a great addition to our music instruction, allowing hands-on learning about music," he added. "Not only will the children enjoy these, but it will expand their musical knowledge and experiences, and since these will be used mostly by the younger students, it will make the entire music program better. It will be a wonderful way to honor the memory of Ms. Harris. Ms. Broome and I appreciate this more than we can say."

If you would like to add to this fund, please contact Debbie Starling at rstarling1@carolina.rr.com. Information regarding Resa Harris can be found in the following articles: Charlotte Observer Article and Resa LaVerne Harris.

Thank you to all who supported the recent Citipass fundraiser. For selling 50 books, Kaylee Andrievik (Hinkelman), won the top-seller award and earned a stay at The Great Wolf Lodge.  A number of other high sellers also earned movie tickets, Monkey Joe's passes and extra coupon books. All prizes will be distributed soon. If you have any outstanding coupon books, orders or payment money, please return this to your child's PTO hamper. If you have any outstanding unfilled orders or questions, please contact Mary Tayal at mftayal@aol.com. 

The Scholars' Academy Library will officially open for business on Tuesday, October 11 and will be open every Tuesday for students in grades K-5. All students will visit the library with their homeroom class. If you have completed a library card application, your child's library card will be issued to his/her teacher. Still need the application? Contact Joanna Keel at  keelfamily@carolina.rr.com. 

A big thanks to all of the volunteers who helped make this library possible - it has taken over 1000 volunteer hours. Several student volunteers gave up some of their summer vacation to come in and help organize books (Emma Huneycutt, Eva Huneycutt, Grace Keel, Holden Keel, Anjeline Lynch, Aliyah Lynch, Emily Vespa, Lainey Vespa, and Lexie Vespa). Give them a big thank you if you see them - they worked for more than 100 hours!

Please note the following library check-out rules: 

(1) Students will have a two week check-out period.  

(2) No more than five books can be checked out at a time for a given student.  

(3) Be sure to return only Scholars' Academy Library books to our library. Our library books have our school name printed on the barcode label and a Scholars' Academy address label on the back of each book.

Kudos to Megan Brickner, Austin Li, Kyle Mitchell, Alec Probst and Rajan Tayal for providing child care for the Annual Campaign Parent night. This allowed parents to enjoy an interactive talk by Dr. Ishee on stress management for children, sponsored by the Development Committee.