Cicero 6th graders (and a couple of enterprising 7th graders) showcased their science projects at Cicero Prep's first-ever science fair! Students had many interesting projects on display. Some had taken months to put together. Judges graded the projects and gave accolades to the projects that stood out the most.

CICERO FAMILY DAY

AT SPRING TRAINING

If you bought tickets for today's Diamondbacks' Spring Training Game, please meet at noon on the South side of the lawn seating area near Salty Senorita's. A coordinator will escort us onto the field so we can perform The National Anthem as a school. Please wear hats, sunscreen and bring blankets (the lawn seating area is shown at the top of this newsletter).

RE-ENROLLMENT DUE 4/1

If you're planning on re-enrolling students in Archway Cicero or Cicero Prep, please submit your re-enrollment packets by this Wednesday, 4/1. You should've received these packets in your e-mail. If you did not receive a packet,

please contact the Cicero front office

at: 480-424-1790.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE CICERO PREP SOCIAL!

FRIDAY, MAY 8TH, 6PM-8PM

The Social will take place in the Cicero Gymnasium. A D.J. will be there playing music and several activities will be planned to give our students the opportunity to mingle with their peers and enjoy a fun evening together. The social will be planned with the help of some of our Prep students. A sign-up will be posted by Mr. Philabaum's office starting Monday for any students who would like to be on the planning committee. If we get too many offers for assistance, names will be drawn from a hat for the planning committee and all others can contribute by decorating the gym, bringing refreshments, etc. Meetings will be held two days a week during Prep lunch time so students can eat AND participate with their ideas. Additional information will be forthcoming in terms of dress code, ticket cost, etc.

CALLING ALL 7TH GRADERS!

ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GOOOO!!!!

You are invited to a Cicero Prep 7th Grade Get-Together at Octane Raceway! April 17th, 12:30pm-3:30pm (early dismissal day). Cost is $34 per student. Price includes one ProKart Race, ProScore Race Results, Reserved Cicero Prep Section in the Trackside Grill, unlimited soft drinks and bottled water, assorted pizzas to be served at 1:30pm and 3 summit attempts on a 20+ foot indoor rock climbing wall! Please click on this link to register: Octane Raceway Sign-Up

6TH GRADE SOCIAL EVENT

AT STRATUM LASER TAG IN MESA

(located off I60 and Stapley)

All 6th graders are invited to Stratum Laser Tag

Friday April 17th, 12:30pm - 3:00pm (early dismissal day).

Cost is $35 per student and includes 2 1/2 hrs of unlimited laser tag, 2 slices of pizza and a medium drink.

This event is closed to the public - Cicero has reserved the facility for our students only!

Parents are encouraged to stay.

There will be a space for parents to sit and chat and get to know each other. Cheese/crackers and vegetables/dip will be provided. 6th grade parents Heidi Bleimeyer and Arti Short will share with us why they contributed to the Founding Families Campaign and will be able to answer any questions you might have.

Siblings will be able to join us for $30/pp, sign up for siblings start April 10th.

There are only 80 spots available, so this will give our 6th grade students to sign up first.

What do we want?

Adult and children's fiction and nonfiction, cookbooks, history books, even "pop culture" - basically if it has a cover, we want it! We will also accept quality Children's magazines (e.g. National Geographic, Ranger Rick) complete puzzles, and children's videos, (DVDs and VHS), CDs, books on tape, games and computer games (non-violent only).

Keep your Cicero consumable books for a book swap in May.

When do we want them?

Collection week starting Monday, March 23 - Monday, April 6. For your convenience there will be drop boxes at drop off and pick-up. There will also be a drop off box in the front office.

Volunteer Dates & Opportunities - We will need help with all aspects, volunteer spot sign-up is coming.

Prices:

Softcover Books - $1

Hardcover Books - $2

DVDs - $2

All of the money raised will go to

buy new books for our library

A TASTE OF LITERATURE

PLEASE JOIN US

& HELP RAISE MONEY FOR CICERO'S LIBRARY

Cicero parents, Court and Jaye Rich, are hosting a food and wine tasting at their home on Saturday, April 11th, 5pm-7:30pm. Let's celebrate Archway Cicero and new found friendships while we raise money to fill our children's library with literary masterpieces they deserve to enjoy! There will be a raffle/auction and a few guest speakers. Your donation of one bottle of wine for the wine basket raffles will buy you one free raffle ticket. Adults only.

This event is open to the first 100 people to RSVP.

Please RSVP by April 5th to

jayeb1024@gmail.com or text: 602-791-4976

Location: 5418 E. Oakhurst Way, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254

1ST ANNUAL CICERO

GOLF CLASSIC 2015

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED

BY THE NOEL FAMILY

Please join us for Cicero's

1st Annual Golf Classic

Saturday, April 25th at

Talking Stick Golf Club

1 p.m. shotgun start, box lunch and awards dinner included $175/pp

PLEASE CONTACT ANGELA IF YOU CAN HELP ORGANIZE THIS EVENT. WE ALSO NEED HELP GATHERING SILENT AUCTION ITEMS SUCH AS PRODUCTS, EXPERIENCES, SPORTING EVENT TICKETS, GIFT CARDS AND GOODIE BAG ITEMS

Angela Braun, ABraun@CiceroPrep.org, 480.271.3508

Several sponsorships are available, consider sharing one with another family or ask your employer to partner with us at this event.

Our goal is to register 100 golfers and raise $20,000 for the Founding Families Campaign through sponsorships, silent auction and raffle proceeds.

Not a golfer? That's OK. Sign up to attend the awards dinner for only $35.

Please check out this website for pricing and registration info

Cicero Golf Classic

PETER PIPER PIZZA FUNDRAISER

SUNDAY, MAY 17, 3PM-8PM

Come join other Cicero families for our end-of-the-year pizza party at Peter Piper Pizza Sunday, May 17, 3pm-8pm. This event will take place at the Peter Piper Pizza at Hayden & Frank Lloyd Wright. Join us for a variety of games, contests and other activities. We look forward to seeing you there! Please print this flyer and bring it with you so Cicero gets credit and so you get 100 games tickets for $20 plus tax! PPP Flyer

BUFFALO WILD WINGS

DONATES TO CICERO!

Buffalo Wild Wings will donate 10% of your bills to Cicero's PSO! Please print this card: Buffalo Wild Wings Card, and keep it in your wallet. Every time you eat at Buffalo Wild Wings from now through the end of May, show your card to your server. Your server will add 10% of your bills to the Cicero account. If you forget this card, please ask for the Manager and tell them you are with "Team E." They will register Cicero's donation. It's that easy! You can do this as many times as you want! This offer is only good at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in The Pavilions shopping center near Cicero, 8870 E. Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale, AZ, 85250

GREAT HEARTS ART WALK

WE NEED HANDY PARENTS!

YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS PROJECT

ON YOUR OWN SCHEDULE

Cicero is preparing for the traditional "Great Hearts Art Walk." It will take place on May 1st from 5:30pm-7pm. We will be transforming the campus halls into a giant Art Gallery, displaying the best artwork of each of our scholars. Families will be invited to the Art Walk to enjoy the gallery and awards will be given to some of the scholars.

PLEASE help if you're handy! This is a project you can do on your own schedule. Parents are needed to help create several framed panels that will be constructed from 4'x8' foam core and particle board frames from Home Depot. Once you attend a brief meeting concerning the assembly of these panels, you can make them on your own time at home.

Ms. Thurbon also needs help setting up for the Art Walk on April 30th.

Here's the link to sign-up for either of these volunteer positions: VolunteerSpot

Please contact Ms. Thurbon at Lthurbon@archwaycicero.org if you have any questions.

NEEDED: LUNCH VOLUNTEERS

Parents: We'll continue to need your help in order to keep the lunch program going.

You can now sign up for a one-hour shift: either 10:15AM-11:25AM (Prep, K and 1st grades) OR 11:20AM-12:25PM (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades). Please click on this link to sign-up: http://vols.pt/2W8bDP. It's easy! Just simply enter your email address and pick your spot. You are not locked into this spot every month, just that one time. Maybe you could use your work lunch break once per month or perhaps a grandparent can volunteer? If you still need to get your volunteer card, call Great Hearts Human Resources at 602-438-7045, ext. 7. The card is good for 3 years.

PLACE YOUR CHILD'S LUNCH ORDER BY 6PM

TONIGHT FOR THIS COMING WEEK.

Click HERE to order. Our school password is Cicero2.

AMAZON WISH LISTS

A HUGE thank you to all families who have already purchased items from our schools' Amazon wish lists. The impact of your generosity on our teachers is so great! I have to share with you their excitement when asked to pick up their goodies from the front office. These lists contribute to the classroom in ways that enhance our student's learning experience. For example, the Archway music teacher uses hand puppets to keep the children engaged. All eyes are focused on her so the music lesson is memorable and enjoyable. And in Mr. Milford's Prep science class, student learning is greatly enhanced with the addition of 6 new microscopes, petri dishes and a super cool dissecting kit, all compliments of parents who made purchases from the Amazon wish list.

NEW!!!

Since so many families have requested this, each school's Amazon wish list now includes items for the Founding Families Campaign. These include chess sets for the library, books, park benches, podiums, ideas for bleachers, scoreboards, artificial grass in the quad and more.

Please use the Amazon Associates link so Cicero will earn 3% from all your purchases. Click on the Amazon logo on each school's website to check it out today! Thank you for your generous support.

Every donor will receive an acknowledgement, thank you letter and tax receipt. All gifts will also be labeled with the donor's name.

Questions?

Please contact Angela Braun, Director of Academy Giving, at 480.271.3508 or ABraun@CiceroPrep.org.

Cicero Prep Amazon Wish List

FOUNDING FAMILIES CAMPAIGN

You have this once in a lifetime opportunity to become a Cicero founding family. Won't you help us complete our campus home? There are giving areas and naming opportunities at varying levels for everyone to participate in and be a part of this campaign.

Our goal is to raise $442,500 - keep your eye on the thermometer on our school websites.

So far our families have donated over $175,000. We are roughly $265,000 away from our goal. Please make your gift today - Together, we can do it!!

Founding Families Campaign Donor Testimonial:

"I am happy to contribute to Cicero's Founding Families Campaign because I recognize the value of the type of education my daughter is receiving. Growing up, I was the lucky beneficiary of an entirely private education from kindergarten through 12^th grade. I can honestly say that the my daughter is being just as well educated at Cicero Prep as I had been at the elite, private school I attended in 6^th grade. If I were to enroll her in the school I went to, I would be spending $28,600 for tuition, and not one dime would be tax deductible. I understand that it takes a lot to run and maintain a school of Cicero's caliber, so I am contributing what I can to the Founding Families Campaign, in addition to Community Investment, in appreciation for the fine education Cicero is offering us."

~ Holly Castle

Items fulfilled to date with campaign funds:

Basketball hoop and padding for the Archway playground
Folding stage curtain
Motor to raise and lower the outdoor stage door
Books for the library
Cicero Prep logo umbrellas for the outdoor Prep lunch tables
Donated: 30x30 shade structure for outdoor Prep lunch area
Chess sets for the library

Bleachers in the Gym: Cost $49,000

If you are passionate about Prep sports at Cicero, please consider helping us put bleachers in the gymnasium for our fans to sit and cheer the Centurions on to victory!!

To make your gift with a credit card, please click here. Checks made payable to Cicero Capital may be dropped off at the school office. Remember, any donation to Cicero may be matched by your employer.

If you have questions about the Founding Families Campaign, please contact Angela Braun, Director of Academy Giving, at 480.271.3508 or ABraun@CiceroPrep.org.

DOUBLE YOUR GIFT FOR FREE!

Did you know that many companies will

match your Community Investment and Tax Credit Gifts to Cicero Prep?

Simply click on this link, type the name of your employer in the "Matching Gifts" tab, and hit submit to find out if your company offers a Matching Gifts Program. If your company does have a Matching Gifts program, please contact our Matching Gifts Coordinator at 602-396-7559 or dzabilski@greatheartsaz.org

Having your gift matched is an easy and free way to double and sometimes triple your support of Cicero Prep!