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Upcoming Events
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MONDAY (10/26)
Field Trip (11th Grade), 9:30am-1pm
TUESDAY (10/27)
College Rep Visit: Furman University, 8am
THURSDAY (10/29)Field Trip (Preschool), 8:45-11:15am
College Rep Visit: Samford University, 2:30-3pm
FRIDAY (10/30)"Early Bird" Deadline for Yearbook Ads
SAT Regis. Deadline (for 12/5 test)
Fall Carnival (Half Day), 12-2:45pm
Varsity Football @ HOME - vs. Cathedral Academy, 7:30pm
*Senior Night*
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Greetings!
Congratulations to Mr. Neale and the cast and crew of "Isabella's Madness" for two
great performances this weekend! See the announcement below for a full
cast list and information on ordering a DVD of the play.  All students and parents should check the Lost & Found in the rear of the café weekly. Beginning this week, Lost & Found bin will be emptied every two weeks. If
a child's name is not in uniform clothing (a silver Sharpie works well
for marking dark items), these items will be washed and resold by the
Parents' Association. If you ordered a photo package of your child's school picture, please see the Yearbook Staff announcement below for information about photo package distribution. Friday, October 30th, is also the last day of the "early bird" discount for yearbook ads: if you'd like to purchase an ad for your child or your business, be sure to take advantage of the reduced prices while they last! Senior Kate Miller's second student journalism column of the year appeared in the Oct. 22nd issue of the Post & Courier. Click here to read the column online. Congratulations, Kate!
If you know of any fellow parents who are not receiving weekly announcements, please forward this to them and encourage them to contact the front office to insure we have their correct e-mail address. Announcements may also be viewed on the new flat-screen televisions posted by the school's front office. Visit our website for the latest news and updates at www.charlestoncollegiate.org.
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H1N1 FLU VACCINE INFORMATION FROM DHEC
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 DHEC has recommended that we strongly encourage all of our parents to call 953-0090 to schedule vaccination appointments ASAP. The vaccination is available at DHEC free clinics: the sooner our families call, the easier it will be to get an appointment, and the safer the campus will be for all of us. Please call and schedule an appointment for your child to receive a free vaccination ASAP.
We have also posted some important information regarding H1N1 "Swine Flu" and
South Carolina schools from DHEC (SC's Dept. of Health and
Environmental Control) to the Important Links for Parents page on our website. Additional information has been mailed to you from CCS and DHEC regarding this
health situation that is affecting our community.
An important reminder about school policy on student illnesses: if a
student is out sick, he/she is only allowed back to school after being
fever/symptom-free for 24 hours without the help of medication.
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FALL PLAY A SUCCESS!
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DVDs Available for Purchase
Congratulations to Mr. Neale and the entire cast and crew of "Isabella's Madness" for an entertaining performance this weekend! Cast members: Will Northcut, Jordan de Jong, Shareef Elkady, Frances Bailey, Christian Elias, Nicole Fredericks, Johnna Menke, Sydney Bertsch, Flor Salcedo, Sarah Crowder, Juan Soto, Vanessa Salcedo, Charly Kibbey, Emily Smith, Caroline Knight, Kyra Westerberg, Mimi Bourdeaux, and Mhairi Keehn.
DVDs of Saturday's performance are available for purchase. Please contact Charlotte Smith at 607-9484 to place your order! Purchase price is $20.00.
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FALL CARNIVAL
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 Friday, October 30th
This year's Fall Carnival is THIS FRIDAY, October 30th, from noon to 2:45pm.
Fall Carnival tickets can now be pre-ordered using the form on our website. (Click here to access the ticket pre-order form.)
MS and US students will have periods 1-6 and be dismissed at 12:52, at which time students are free to go home. Middle School students may stay on campus and participate in the fall carnival. There will be no lunch service that day, but there will be food available to purchase at the carnival. MS students must be dressed in school uniforms during the day but may change into Halloween costumes after being dismissed at 12:52. The fall carnival goes until 2:45 and all students must be picked up by 3:00.
For more information please visit the Fall Carnival page on our
website, or contact Tiffany Frank at tfrank@charlestoncollegiate.org or
Kelly Albers at kalbers@marinexconstruction.com.
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OYSTER ROAST (SAT., NOVEMBER 21st)
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 Tickets Now on Sale!
Click here to purchase tickets online via the CCS website. This year's event
features roasted oysters, chili, and hot dogs; classroom basket
raffles; climbing wall; and musical guests Uncle Mingo and CCS's own
The 3 Dudes (Sam, Jack, and Roger Ploch). Please bring your own oyster
knife, but no coolers allowed. Tickets prices: $25 in advance, $30 at gate, and $10 for students.
(No physical tickets will be
mailed; ID required to check in at the gate.) Please contact event chair Laura Quarles at 813-5506 with any questions.
Class Baskets
Each LS class will be contributing a themed gift basket to be raffled off at the Oyster Roast. MS/US classes will contribute to one basket for each division.
- Preschool - Lawn & Garden
- Kindergarten (Haynie) - Family Game Night
- Kindergarten (Rogers) - Chocolate Indulgence
- 1st - Italian
- 2nd - Sports
- 3rd - Charleston
- 4th - Dinner & Movie
- 5th - Dogs & Cats
- Middle School - Men's, women's, and children's health & beauty
- Upper School - Gift cards
MS/US students should bring their items to Tiffany Frank at the front desk. If you have any questions about Class Baskets, please contact Mary Bull.
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AUCTION COMMITTEE MEETING
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The next Auction meeting will be on Wednesday, Oct. 28th at 8 a.m. in the conference trailer. Refreshments will be served. We need more volunteers for this important fundraising event, so we hope you will join us! Please contact event chair Mary Lynn Drury for more information about volunteering for the Auction.
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UPPER SCHOOL WINTERIM CATALOG
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Now Available Online
 The Upper School Winterim 2009-10 catalog is now available! We are very excited by the variety of course offerings this year, particularly the opportunity for the ninth grade which has been made possible by a generous grant to the school (described on p. 3 of the catalog). While all ninth graders will be participating in this course, we hope that parents of students in grades 10-12 will read the catalog and talk with their children about which option is best for them. One new option this year is a "Community Service Internship" where students can plan their own volunteer work for a week (p. 7). Please note that the registration deadline is November 18, at which point a down payment of 50% is also due.
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FROM THE YEARBOOK STAFF
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 Student Photo Packages & IDs
Student photo packages have arrived are being distributed as follows. (Please note that make-up pictures and orders that were turned in late are not here yet.)
- LS photo packages have been distributed to classroom teachers and sent home through the students.
- MS/US photo packages are available for students or parents to pick up at the front desk. Whoever picks up the package will need to sign a log to show that it has been picked up.
If you have any questions or problems with your order, please contact Strawbridge Studio customer service at 800-326-9080.
Student IDs:
MS/US student IDs have been distributed to students through the MS/US advisors. Seniors will receive student IDs in the near future. (Lower School student IDs are being held by the classroom teachers until Ms. Farmer has decided how they will be used.) Please note that students who were absent on picture day will not receive an ID until make-up pictures come in.
Senior Pictures:Senior picture proofs and ordering information have be sent directly to parents from Strawbridge Studios. Yearbook Ads:Friday is the final day to purchase a yearbook ad at discounted "early bird" prices! Information about purchasing student recognition ads and business ads is available on the CCS website. Click here for information about student ads and here for the business ad order form. Thank you for supporting the CCS Yearbook! If you have questions about ordering or about your child's pictures, please call Strawbridge Studios customer service at 1-800-326-9080. For general yearbook and picture questions, please contact yearbook advisor Jaquelin Pelzer at jpelzer@charlestoncollegiate.org.
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FIELD TRIP: PRESCHOOL
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The Preschool class is going on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch at Legare Farms on Thursday, October 29. They will leave school at 8:45 and return at approximately 11:15. Students are allowed to wear jeans and a CCS shirt. Please contact Mrs. Easterlin with any questions.
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FROM THE BOOSTER CLUB
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Congratulations to the Volleyball team on making it to state! Way to go, girls!!!
Everyone please come out on Friday night, October 30th, for Varsity Football's Senior Night -- and show your support for the team as they play their last game for the regular season! Enjoy supper with the Sundevils at 6:30pm!!
We welcome all volunteers to the CCS Sundevil Booster Club. Should you like to discuss the activities and the efforts of our program, or should you like to participate, please contact Gina Schirmer at 843-224-2255 or gwschirmer@bellsouth.net. We need you all and welcome you!
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FROM THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION
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Innisbrook Fundraiser
The Innisbrook sale was a great success. We are close to making our goal and remind you that online sales continue throughout the year. Charleston Collegiate will receive 55% of the profit! The sundae party will be on Friday, November 6, for the children that sold 10 items or more. Thank you for your support!
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FROM THE JV FOOTBALL COACH
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 Equipment Returns
All JV football equipment for 6th and 7th Grade must be turned into
Coach O'D and checked off the list before this Friday, October 30. All
8th and 9th Grade equipment will be due the next Friday, November 6th.
If we don't receive equipment we will bill you for the missing pieces.
Please contact Coach O'D at wo'donnell@charlestoncollegiate.org with any questions.
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FROM THE COLLEGE COUNSELOR
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 College Visits & Events
Congratulations to the following
seniors for their recent college acceptances: Miranda Rawson - Averett
College and Bridgewater College; Townes Moore - The Citadel.
Upcoming visits from college reps are
for grades 9-12 only. Students must sign up with Mrs. Boyd or Ms. Pringle prior to the meeting in order to have permission to attend:
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Furman University - Oct. 27, 8am
Samford University - Oct. 29, 2:30-3pm in US3 - Wofford - Nov. 6, 8am in Mr. Hemingway's room
Hollins will hold overnight open houses on Nov. 8-9. For reservations or information, call 800-456-9595 or visit www.hollins.edu.
Guilford College will hold Fall 2009 Open House on Sat., Nov. 7th from 9am-1pm. Register online by Nov. 2nd at www.guilford.edu/visit.
Coastal Carolina University is hosting "Carolina Comes First Day" for NC/SC high school students only on Fri., Nov. 13th. To sign up, call 843-349-2027. www.coastal.edu
For more information about any of the above, please contact Mrs. Boyd at eboyd@charlestoncollegiate.org or 559-5506 x229.
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FROM THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION
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Gently-Used Uniforms & Grocery Store Cards
Gently-used clothing currently available for purchase include: khakis and jumpers, from $5-10. Also, we are accepting donations for our "change of season" uniform sale in November. Drop off your clean, unwanted uniforms at the front office. We have a new chairperson for the used clothing sales. Should you have any questions please contact Cindi Thrower at 852-9997. Remember your donations help raise money for Charleston Collegiate Parents' Association!
Grocery Story cards: Please relink your Target, Harris Teeter, BiLo, and Publix cards to Charleston Collegiate for the 2009-10. (Go to the store's website and follow their instructions.) If you are not yet linked, you can pick up a BiLo and Publix card in the CCS front office. Contact Charlotte Smith with any questions.
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NATIONAL DAY OF WRITING & CCS WRITING GALLERY
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 CCS Online Writing Project (Ongoing)
Students in all grades had a great time participating in the National Day of Writing on October 20. Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools each had a division-wide storyboard, where any student or teacher could write a sentence to contribute to a group story. These stories will be posted to the CCS online gallery in the coming days.
In CCS's online gallery, The Charleston Collegiate Collection, we are collecting various types of writings and artwork (even audio and video) from all students, teachers, alumni, parents, and friends of CCS. On October 20 the National Gallery of Writing and our local gallery, opened to the world, and you can still be a part of it! We invite you to pick a piece of writing that matters to you and contribute it to The Charleston Collegiate Collection Gallery. Each person may only make one submission per gallery.
For those having trouble getting started, NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) has created Tips for Writers. For the curious, some sample writings are available. Before posting, you may also want to refer to the Gallery Guidelines. Also, as of right now, children under 13 cannot contribute writings without parental consent. You can find the 'Parental Consent Form' here.
Writers keep the copyrights of all work submitted, so if NCTE wants to do something with the writing(s) you post, they will ask you first and get your permission. Established by NCTE, the National Gallery of Writing, local writing galleries like ours, and the National Day of Writing highlight the remarkable variety of writing in which we engage today, provide a collection for research on whether writing today has risen to new highs or sunk to new lows, and help NCTE help others to write better.
Happy Writing!!! Please contact Erica Woodward at ewoodward@charlestoncollegiate.org if you have any questions.
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CCS ANNUAL FUND
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We're on the Road to 100%, and we'll only reach our destination if EVERYONE joins our road trip. Please remember to give -- by check, credit card, monthly bank draft, or online by clicking here. Your gift will once again make Charleston Collegiate the ONLY local school with 100% annual fund participation. |
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CCS BLOG
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Blog Post by Dr. Shirley
In case you didn't have a chance to read it last week, there is a new blog post by Dr. Shirley entitled "Writing: An Endangered Species?", which can be found on the CCS Blog here. We welcome and encourage your feedback by reading new and previous posts -- all
written by Charleston Collegiate teachers and administrators -- and leaving
comments on the blog.
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HOLIDAY CHILD CARE
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 Offered During Winter Break
Charleston Collegiate will be offering child care during the holidays when the school is closed. The dates are: Dec. 18, 21-23, 28-30, and Jan. 4. Hours will be 8:00am - 4:00pm at $7.00 per hour.
A flyer will be sent home to all Lower School parents this week. Please select the dates and times you will be using care and submit the form with payment in full by December 4th. We are asking you to prepay so we are sufficiently staffed. You may sign up for all or some of the days, or any part of a day.
For more information, please see the flyer or contact Esta Farmer.
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SAVE THE DATE!
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2009-10 Events
 Inside Kiawah's Finest, the CCS Home Tour, will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2010. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Olivia French at oliviagfrench@aol.com.
The Auction will be held at CCS on Saturday, March 13, 2010. If you'd like to volunteer for this important (and fun!) fundraiser, please contact Mary Lynn Drury at mld5290@yahoo.com.
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LOWER SCHOOL BASKETBALL
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 Lower School basketball is off to a great start! The door is open should your child be interested in participating. Everyone is welcome!
Practices will be (most) Saturdays from 9-12. Please see the schedule posted to the Latest News page on our website. For more information please contact Charlotte Smith.
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Have a great week,
Jaquelin Pelzer
Charleston Collegiate School
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