TUESDAY 3/15
Muffins for Moms!
Golf at Shadowmoss Plantation @ 4:15pm
Lacrosse at Park West Track @ 6:45pm
WEDNESDAY 3/16
Green Team Meeting @ 7:30am in the Cafe
Coffee with the Board Chair @8:00am in the Cafe
THURSDAY 3/17
The Monahan's are Head of School for the Day!!
Dress down day with jeans as long as you wear green!!!
FRIDAY 3/18
LS & MS Camp Out!
NEXT WEEK
MONDAY 3/21
Winterim
TUESDAY 3/22
Winterim
WEDNESDAY 3/23
Winterim
THURSDAY 3/24
Winterim
FRIDAY 3/25
Winterim
Lower School Feast
SPRING BREAK BEGINS AFTER SCHOOL!!!!!!
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| SUN DEVIL OF THE WEEK | |
Lower School Sun Devil of the Week is Jack Drockelman in Kindergarten! He was nominated for always trying to make good choices and being very polite! He has been making new friends everyday! Way to go Jack!
Middle School Sun Devil of the Week is Will Hutchisson for being a caring, compassionate student. Will displays characteristics of a good leader and a good friend; he also has straight 'A's. Keep up the great work Will!
Upper School Sun Devil of the Week is Will Barickman for his desire to be a life-long, independent learner. Will comes to school enthusiastic about learning and shares his knowledge with faculty and students. Thank you for being a great CCS student.
  
Sun Devil Teacher of the Week is Kim Rogers for teaching students the important lessons that are not built into classroom curriculum. Ms. Rogers is fantastic at taking daily life events and using them as learning opportunities. Thank you teaching our students life skills.
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| COFFEE WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD | |
Please join us on Wednesday, March 16th at 8:00am in the Cafe for Coffee with the Chairman of the Board, Nedra Hecker. She will be discussing next year's plans for the Charleston Collegiate Board of Director's. Look forward to seeing you there!! |
| EDDIE AND SEAN MONAHAN HEAD OF SCHOOL | |
Eddie and Sean Monahan will be Head of School for the day on Thursday, March 17th- St. Patrick's Day!!! They have decided the whole school can have a DRESS DOWN DAY (jeans are ok) AS LONG AS YOU WEAR GREEN!!!! Also, the Lower School can bring 2 toys into school to play with during carpool time. The Monahan Boys have lots of other fun things in store for us!! |
| SIGN IN AND PARKING RULES | |
Sign-in and Parking Rules
To better ensure the safety of our students, we are instituting and enforcing the following policies, effective immediately:
Visitor Sign-in
Other than parents dropping off or picking up a child, any visitor(including parents) must sign in and get a name tag at the front desk upon arrival on campus. If a faculty or staff member sees a visitor or parent on campus without a name tag, the faculty or staff member has been instructed to escort that person to the front office to sign in.
Drop-off & Pick-up
Morning drop off and afternoon pick up for grades Preschool - 12 is the main entrance circleonly.
Student & Parent Parking
The gym parking lot is reserved for CCS Staff and CCS Seniors only from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm. Please do not park in this lot, as there are only enough spaces for those mentioned above. All other students and parents should park in the one-way gravel lot next to the main entrance circle. Please enter this lot at the beginning of the circle and exit this lot at the other end near the playground and drive around behind the lot to exit. This new plan has proven to maximize safety for students and vehicles during rush hour times. Also, please adhere to all stop signsand ask your student drivers to do the same. We are awaiting new signs to clearly mark these areas.
After School Policy for MS/US Students
Middle and Upper school students remaining on campus after 3:30 pm that are not involved in athletics or specific after school programs should sign in with Ms. Selby in the library until 4:30 and with the C-Club teachers from 4:30-5:30. Students should stay in the library with Ms. Selby or with anotherassigned teacher until a parent arrives to pick them up in order to assure their safety.
Our priority is the safety of our students. We appreciate your cooperation with the above policies! |
| CCS AUCTION | |
Thank you to everyone who supported our Annual Auction this year! We exceeded our goal of $100,000 by raising a total of $103,367! This includes $6,500 for the Outdoor Classroom and $29,000 for the Bob Shirley Scholarship Fund. We especially want to thank event chair Olivia French and her amazing team of volunteers who put in countless hours organizing this event! |
| WINTERIM | |
Dear Middle School Parents:
Our trip to Camp Greenville for Winterim is rapidly approaching and we are very excited for our experience in the mountains! Moreover, we are looking forward to our students sharing in the unique experience of building deeper and richer social bonds through team building and adventure challenges. For instance, trips that I have been on in the past with middle school students have fostered a level of comradery with one another that they wouldn't have ever achieved without this experience. I am reminded of students singing songs on campus that they remembered from sitting around the fire during their evening program on the trip, or laughing during lunch about silly experiences they had when problem solving during their outdoor challenges.
Please make sure you get your forms and payment in by Friday, March 18th. If making the full payment at this time is difficult we can arrange a payment plan over a period of time. Additionally, we recommend sending an additional $10-$20 with your child. Though we will not be visiting the Camp gift shop, we may make a stop on the way home for lunch depending on our departure time.
Lastly, I wanted to let you know that although cell phones and other electronic devices are not allowed at Camp Greenville, students will be allowed to bring cell phones or calling cards to contact home while on the trip. We will collect their phones when we arrive on site and dispense the phones when calls can be made home (usually in the evening after dinner). Also, please feel free to contact me if needed as I will have my phone with me at all times: 914-629-2992.
Thank you for allowing us to share this unique and rewarding experience with your child. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me. |
| FROM THE GREEN TEAM | |
What a fun evening we all had at the Annual CCS Auction. The Green Team table looked great and many wonderful items were auctioned off. We raised $1501 for the Outdoor Classroom!!!! Our next meeting is scheduled for this Wed. at 7:30 a.m. in the cafe. Everyone is welcome. Our topic of discussion will be about Green Week coming in April. Hope to see you soon! |
| MIDDLE SCHOOL COOK OUT POSTPONED | |
The Middle School cookout and dance scheduled for this Friday is postponed. There is a scheduling conflict with the cafeteria and gym. |
| LOWER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPOUT | |
All Lower and middle school families are invited to the
Friday Family Night- March 18, 2011
Camp set-up 3:00-5:30
Activities 5:30-7:15
Cook dinner and hangout 7:15-8:00
8:00- Movie
- $10 a family for camping/movie
- $ 5 a family for movie only
- Please, RSVP ahead of time
- If a student is to camp, at least one parent/guardian must accompany them the entire time
A) What school will provide-
-movie and movie equipment
- firewood
- bathrooms
- trash bags
- Food and drinks (for a fee to be determined)
B) What families will provide for themselves-
- food and drinks
- camping supplies
C) Activities
-Games
-Music (Bring instruments if you have them)
-Cookout
- Movie
- Raffle
- All camping and movie money goes to the ongoing development of the outdoor classroom
We look forward to seeing everyone on the 18th! Thank you for supporting the Outdoor Classroom!
(Camping will take place behind the gravel parking lot in the field.) |
| CCS AT THE CHARLESTON FILM FESTIVAL | |
CCS at the Film Festival!!
Remember to mark your calendar for the premier of CCS student David Carter's film, The Atlanta Experience, which will be shown as part of the Short Films session. The session will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday, March 19th and repeat at the same time on Sunday, March 20th.
David's entry is the ONLY student film accepted into the Festival lineup.
The Charleston Film Festival opens at the Terrace Theater on Maybank Highway this Wednesday, March 16th. Many of the Festival's films were participants in the Toronto Film Festival and are enjoying their Charleston premier. For more information about the Festival, visit www.terracetheater.com. |
| CCS TALENT SHOW | |
There will be a school-wide Talent Show on April 26 from 1:45-3:00. The sign-up sheet is outside the Music room. Please sign-up before March 25. Mrs. Warf and Mrs. Ferris will be screening the acts on Tuesday, April 5 and Thursday, April 7 from 3:00-3:30 in the Music room. Come prepared to show them exactly what you plan on doing. Acts should be three minutes or less and no lip-synching please. Please bring your own accompaniment (student musicians or CD) or talk with Mrs. Warf well in advance if you will need her help. |
| MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT GOVERNMENT | |
The middle school student government is hosting a spring LUAU. We hope that all middle school students (grades 5-8) will attend the luau/cookout from 3:00 - 4:15 and the 7th and 8th grade students will have a dance following the cookout from 4:30 - 6:00. Students should bring $2 to Ms. Poe by Wednesday March 16. The $2 will cover food and refreshments for the cookout and dance. Dress for the big event is Hawaiian casual! See you there! |
| PENNIES FOR PEACE | |
Pennies for Peace
We are excited to share with you that our students will participate in a Pennies for Peace campaign from now until May!
Pennies for Peace is a program of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson - author of Three Cups of Tea. CAI is nonprofit organization that promotes and provides education and literacy programs in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Since 1998, CAI has helped to build over 100 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Pennies for Peace program goal is to encourage our students, who are ultimately our future leaders, to learn the value of philanthropy by collecting pennies for global peace. We hope to empower students by making them the leaders of this effort, and encourage them to get creative in raising funds for education.
Students may donate pennies in Mrs. Ferris' office, or through Middle School student government. 100% of donations will go to the Pennies for Peace program, and Blue and Gold teams will also be awarded points for the most pennies!
We are partnering in this mission with other Charleston independent schools, with a mission to raise awareness and funds for peace through education. We will culminate our campaign with a Peace Fair on May 7, from 3-6pm! More details will follow!
If you have any questions about our Pennies for Peace campaign, please feel free to contact Patricia Ferris, pferris@charlestoncollegiate.org, or Kate Williams, kwilliams@charlestoncollegiate.org.
Our students are eagerly looking forward to this new adventure! |
| FROM THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT | |
The 5th grade Drama class will perform for Lower School Lunch Time Guerilla Theatre on Friday March 18 at 11:30. They will be presenting an Italian folk tale called "Too Much Nose". |
| FROM THE ART DEPARTMENT | |
Mrs. Shears is still in need of buttons, bottle caps, beads and baubles! This is a great time to get rid all those misplaced screws, nails, old keys and license plates from cars of long ago.... |
| FROM THE FRONT OFFICE | |
If your child is sick or will be absent, please call the front office as soon as possible either that morning or the night before at 559-5506 x 243- thanks!!
Questions? Please contact the front office at 559-5506.
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Have a great week,
Meg Pitts
Charleston Collegiate School
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