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MONDAY (8/23)
TUESDAY (8/24)
Girls Tennis vs. Pinewood Prep @4:00pm
WEDNESDAY (8/25)
THURSDAY (8/26)
Varsity Football vs. Hilton Head Prep @ 7:30pm (at Hilton Head Prep)
NEXT WEEK
Monday (9/6)
No School
Tuesday (9/7) Picture Day
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Welcome back to school!!!
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 flat-screen televisions posted by the school's front office. Visit our website for the latest news and updates at www.charlestoncollegiate.org. |
FROM THE FRONT OFFICE
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"Pink" Sheets, "Green" Sheets, & Immunization Forms
Emergency Contact Forms ("pink" sheets), Medication Information Forms ("green" sheets), and immunization records (for new students) were due on the first day of school. Please turn them in if you have not already done so.
Questions? Please contact the front office at 559-5506.
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FROM THE BUSINESS OFFICE
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Tuition Insurance premiums are now past due. If you have not paid your tuition in full for the year, you must purchase the insurance. Please submit your payment to the Business Office or call for the amount due if needed. |
FROM THE MAINTENANCE OFFICE
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2010/2011 CCS Parking and Traffic Changes
Library/Gym Lot - Reserved for all STAFF and CCS SENIORS - 7am-5pm
Gravel Lot - US Students and Parents
Main Entrance Circle - Daily Visitors and Deliveries parking ONLY - 7am-5pm
- Drop Off & Pick Up Circle - Preschool - 12th
- LS Pick Up - 2:40 - 3:00p.m.
- MS/US Pick Up - 3:00 - 3:30p.m.
Please park and wait for students in the gravel lot. The Drop Off/Pick Up circle needs to have continuous flow. We encourage all drivers to adhere to all campus traffic signs and pedestrian crosswalks providing maximum safety on campus.
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FROM THE HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL
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Hi Lower School Parents and Guardians,
The year is off to a great start. It is wonderful to see all of your children learning in the classrooms and smiling all around the campus. What a happy group we have this year-not a single tear on the first day of morning drop-off! I hope you are all getting settled into the school routine as well. Please email me or call if you have any questions or concerns.
Patricia Ferris
(843) 559-5506 x228
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FROM THE HEADS OF MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL
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Welcome back to school! We hope you had a great first week. At this point, you should all have purchased your supplies; you should have ordered and received your textbooks; and your schedules should be set. We also hope that you have read through the parent and student handbook with your son or daughter. If you have any questions or problems, please let us know! We are very excited that you are back and are looking forward to a great year!
Gretchen Batalis
Head of Intermediate Level and Middle School
Liz Boyd
Head of Upper School
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AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
| | Please refer to attachments for all After School Activity information. Please contact Tiffany Frank at tfrank@charlestoncollegiate.org.
Registration is now through Friday, September 6th. We will be sending all forms home on Wednesday, August 25th.
Please turn in Registration forms with payment in full. Thank you,
Tiffany Frank
The Riding Club at CCS! The CCS Riding Club is a great opportunity for kids to have fun and learn about horses alongside their classmates and friends. Focus on horseback riding instruction, including horsemanship learning and activities. Held at CATR Farms on Johns Island - only five minutes away from CCS. CATR Farms sits on 42 acres of land with four riding arenas, and 30-acre riding field, and has ten safe, reliable school horses. OPEN TO: All second through eighth graders, regardless of previous riding ability. PRACTICES: Tuesdays 3:15-5:15. DATES: August 31 - November 30. SIGN-UP DEADLINE: Friday, August 27 (Space is limited!) COST: One payment of $499 or three payments of $180. CONTACT: Shayla Cataldo at CATRlessons@wildblue.net or 559-2287. |
FROM THE BOOSTER CLUB
| | The Sun Devils Booster Club would like to take this opportunity to welcome all new and returning families! As we kick off the 2010-11 school year, and we invite all parents to participate in the Sun Devils Booster Club. The Booster Club can only be successful with the help of our family volunteers. We look forward to sharing that "Sun Devil Spirit" with you!
The Booster Club has two outstanding fundraisers; the athletic season pass and the athletic banner sponsorship. Our athletic pass offers families a huge discount to our home games. On average for a family of two you can save a minimum of $300 per year based on two adult admissions to Football, Basketball and Volleyball. The funds generated from these fundraisers go directly into our athletic program. In addition to the athletic season pass, our athletic banner sponsorship is a wonderful way to show your support of our athletic program, while advertising your company. We have set a goal for fifteen (15) new banners to be placed on our football field before the season opener. Please help us meet this goal by purchasing a banner today.
We are looking for parent volunteers to help at all of our sporting events. If someone from the Booster Club has not contacted you, please give us a call to volunteer your time. The Booster Club is a wonderful way to not only support our teams, but to build friendships amongst our families.
Thank you in advance for volunteering and we look forward to seeing you at the SUN DEVIL KICKOFF!!!
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FROM THE PARENT'S ASSOCIATION
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Gently-used uniforms will be collected throughout the year. Drop off your clean, unwanted uniforms at the front office. The PA will be having another gently-used uniform sale soon.
We are looking for some volunteers!!! We are looking for someone to Chair the Hospiltality Committee. We are also looking for Homeroom Parents for Mrs. Haynies Kindergarten, Second, Third and Fourth grades. For more information or to volunteer please contact Sharon Foster (843) 769-4765 or rhybenfos@hughes.net.
Chick-Fil-A fundraiser will be the first Friday of every month.
Grocery Store cards: Please relink your Target, Harris Teeter, BiLo, and Publix cards to Charleston Collegiate for the 2010-11 school year. (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 Sharon Foster with any questions.
THE INNISBROOK WRAPPING PAPER SALE HAS BEGUN!
Charleston Collegiate School announces our fall fundraiser. August 16th thru September 8th The Innisbrook fundraiser is one of the biggest fundraisers for the CCS Parent's Association. Last year we raised enough money to help with the new lower school playground, Promethean boards for the middle school and summer leadership scholarships for the upper school students. Your support is crucial to continue to provide Promethean boards for the upper school and continued enhancements on the lower school playground. Help us reach our fund raising goal of $15,000.00 Go to www.innisbrook.com and select EZ to enter your order return payment to school or pay on line. Our school # is 111148. Make checks payable to Charleston Collegiate School P.A. We will process your order if you are unable to enter your order on line. Thank you for your continued support! Watch for middle and high school prizes! Should you have any questions please contact: Charlotte Smith 843-607-9484 ladwhit@bellsouth.net |
| COLLEGE VISITS | | |
Aug. 31st - The Furman University Admissions Representative will meet with interested students from 8:00-8:30 in the library.
Sept. 30th - Charleston College Fair
2010 Charleston College Fair and Ed-Op Program at the College of Charleston's Carolina First Arena, located at 301 Meeting Street in downtown Charleston.
All interested students and their families are invited to the free evening program on September 30th from 6:30-8:00. There will also be two short financial aid information sessions throughout the evening. Questions should be emailed to roshfelds@cofc.edu.
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| FROM THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT | | | Auditions for the Fall Play will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 7th and 8th at 3:00 in Mr. Neale's room. All Middle and Upper school students are welcome to audition. The Fall Play will be performed on October 29 and 30 at 7:30pm. |
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LOST & FOUND BIN
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All students and parents should check the Lost & Found in the rear of the café weekly. The 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.
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| FROM THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT | | | CALLING ALL LAPTOPS! CCS offers several courses that require the students to have laptop computers and not all of our families have a laptop to spare. If you have a laptop that you no longer need, our students will put it to good use! And you can receive a tax deduction for the value of it. Please contact Austin Starowicz as astarowicz@charlestoncollegiate.org if you have one to donate. Thank you! |
| WEEKLY ICE CREAM SALES | | | CCS is selling ice cream again during lunch times. We will be selling ice cream sandwiches, fudge bars, ice cream bars and orange creamcicles. The price for ice cream is 50 cents. The money made from ice cream sales goes towards the café supplies such as napkins, cups and all utensils. If you have any questions, please contact Tiffany Frank at tfrank@charlestoncollegiate.org. Thank you! |
| LOCKS OF LOVE | | Locks of Love - Join us in giving!
Over a million children in the U.S. suffer from medical conditions that cause hair loss. You are invited to help! Mrs. Williams and Ms. Murphy plan to grow their hair to donate this winter and would love for CCS teachers, students, and parents to join in giving a gift to Locks of Love!
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. Your gift can help restore self-esteem and confidence for these special children.
Please see the Locks of Love website, www.locksoflove.org, for more information on this charity's mission, how to give, and requirements for hair donation. Questions? Email kwilliams@charlestoncollegiate.org.
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Have a great week,
Meg Pitts
Charleston Collegiate School
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