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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 leaves are turning and a chill is in the air, first quarter for the 2011-2012 school year is coming to a close. It seems as if the school year has just begun, but it is very clear the students, staff and families of Scholars' Academy have been very busy these last 34 days.  In addition to the many wonderful ways of learning taking place in the classrooms, a few other exciting activities have been going on during the first quarter. To name a few: 

Orientation, field trips (Renaissance Festival, fire station, Carolina Raptor Center, Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, public library), Scholars' Academy k-5 library opening, Scholastic Book Fair, PTO Fall Social, teacher talks, chess club, Math Counts, Math Olympiad, Lego League, Junior Lego League, soccer, cross country, third and fourth grade intramural basketball, Capital Campaign, Academic Games, Science Olympiad, Future Problem Solving, parent/teacher conferences.

Whew! Did I say a few? It is never boring around here.  I know the next quarter will be just as exciting. I hope your children are sharing with you their adventures of the school day.  

• "Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will."  ~Vernon Howard 

Jessica Cuneo, Assistant Director

The Scholars' Academy sports program was born over breakfast and coffee in the spring of 2006. Parent and current Scholars' soccer coach John Watkins, along with two other parents, talked about how Scholars' should have an athletics program. Coach Watkins and Dr. Peine sat down for a discussion that lead Coach Watkins on a fact-finding mission. He eventually made contact with Nick Nichols, the current president of the Charlotte-Gastonia Athletic Association (CGAA), of which we are a part. The original feeling was apprehensive, with the worry being that Scholars' couldn't compete with the other teams. In 2006, our first soccer team played its first game against Carolina International School. Our first home game occurred at the Endhaven location against the same CIS team. Golf was also added to that year's repertoire of sports. 

Coach Watkins served as Scholars' first athletic director (2006 - 2008) and was also CGAA vice-president. In 2007, cross country and tennis were added. From 2008-2010, Bernie Kuebler was our physical education teacher/athletic director. During this period, we continued to compete with CGAA schools in cross country, soccer, golf and tennis. The league has been very pleased with our level of competition and participation.

In 2010, Noelle Zagorski became the physical education teacher and athletic director at the new Scholars' campus. (This year, Mrs. Zagorski also serves as CGAA Secretary.) Women's and men's basketball were added that year. We also began a cross country off-season program headed by our assistant cross country coach, Toni Hemming. This was a huge success and was opened to our rising 5th graders to prepare for this year's cross country team. We purchased new uniforms for all of the sports teams, provided photo opportunities for team/individual photos and had our first ever sports banquet thanks to our Booster Club. This year, we added a 3rd and 4th grade intramural basketball program to introduce students to the sport and work on necessary skills. The hope is to begin a soccer intramural program in the spring.  With each new year, our athletics program continues to grow and competition continues to increase.

For information about games or the athletics program, please visit our redesigned athletic website on the Scholars' homepage under departments. For questions about our athletics program, please contact Noelle Zagorski at nzagorski@scholarsacademy.org.

After school fencing classes will be offered at the Scholars' Academy for 3rd and 4th graders this fall. The sessions will be held in the gym on Wednesdays from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. beginning November 2. The fee for the classes is $100 for the six-week session of introductory lessons.
Click here for the application form and waiver, which are also available at the Documents page on the website. The fee is due at the time of application and should be made payable to the Scholars' Academy. 

Registration and payment are due in the school office by October 21. To date, we do not have enough participants to hold the classes.

Thank you to all who helped out with the fall social:

Jurga Petrikis, Lisa Russell-Pinson, Jen Wooten, Katherine Pair, Judy Shoa, Sharda Erninti, 

Carol VanBuren, Anand

Kothari, Rekha Bhatia, Megan Peirce, Jennifer Feagans, Megan Caplice, Sudha Jangala, J D Doliner, Anna Bhat, Toni Hemming, Kiran Arora,

 Carol Van Buren, Justin Povinelli, Sheila Jackson, Brittany Deluca, Nilgun Trogden, Beth Campbell, MarkDeluca, Christa Daino, Melissa Bernard, Rob Bernard,

 Susan Kaouk, Deepa Shirwadkar, Eugene Jackson, Dan Pinson, Jeff Nees, Bill DiBella, 

Maura O'Sullivan, Vidha J, Sangeetha Srinivasan, Sandy Marshall, Marie

Deitch, Nazzuth Khan, Mary Grace Lostetter, Amit Mehta, Debbie Steele, Christa Daino, Angela Tsakanikas-Deason, and

Teri Povinelli 

We couldn't have done it with you!!

Dawn Lombard, Melissa Brown, 

and Diana Huneycutt 

Thank you to the many parents who helped out at our book fair. With out them we would not have
been able to pull it off. And thank you to all the kids who love to read! This year we raised $655 in cash and $1613 in Scholastic dollars for our library. 

We look forward to doing it again next year!

San-Dee Keefner