CICERO PREP NEWSLETTER - 4/6/15
 
The Cicero Prep girls' basketball team playing Anthem Prep. Thanks to those of you who came and cheered during our own "March Madness!"
CICERO OFFICE:
480-424-1790

In This Issue
Shopping Programs

School Directory

Cicero Spiritwear

Teacher Wish Lists

 
UPCOMING EVENTS:

GREAT HEARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEET
Wed, April 8, 4pm-7pm

USED BOOK FAIR COLLECTION -
Extended Until Thurs., April 9 (See Below)

"A TASTE OF LITERATURE" 
 LIBRARY FUNDRAISER -
Sat, April 11, 5pm-7:30pm

USED BOOK FAIR SALE -
Thur, April 16 - Fri, April 17

EARLY RELEASE
Kona Ice & Spiritwear for sale after school
 - Fri, April 17

6TH GRADE SOCIAL AT STRATUM LASER TAG -
Fri, April 17, 12:30pm-3pm

7TH GRADE GET-TOGETHER 
 AT OCTANE RACEWAY -
Fri, April 17, 12:30pm-3:30pm

1ST ANNUAL CICERO GOLF CLASSIC 2015 -
Sat, April 25, 1pm

SPRING CONCERT 2015 -
Wed, May 5, 6pm

GREAT HEARTS ARTWALK -
Fri, May 12, 6:30pm

For additional information on upcoming events, 
please visit the PSO web site: www.ciceropso.org



 

CICERO SINGS 
& WILD KINGDOM

If you missed it, Cicero students sang The National Anthem at last weekend's Diamondbacks/Rockies Spring Training Game. They sounded really good! Way to go Cicero scholars!
 

Cicero Prep students got up close and personal with a slithery creature at a "Wild Kingdom" presentation recently.


CICERO SPRING CONCERT 2015
NOTE: NEW LOCATION & ATTIRE

This concert will include all 7th grade recorder ensembles, 7th grade strings group (Cicero Strings) and 
The Cicero Drum Club.

Location: Chaparral Christian Church (6451 E. Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254)

Date: May 5th

Time: 6pm

Dress:
Men - white collared, button up shirt, black dress pants, black socks, black tie and black belt.
Women - white collared button up shirt, black skirt (hem within two inches of the ground when adjusted at the waist and kneeling on a level surface), black loafers/dress shoes (low-soled or flat).

For more information, please contact: Wesley Scheidt, [email protected]


URGENT! WE NEED YOUR USED BOOKS, DVDs, GAMES!
DEADLINE  EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY
Right now we do not have enough books for a book sale. If we don't have a sale, some of the books we've collected will go to the library, to teachers' classrooms and the rest will be donated for a tax credit (which will be applied to the library) or saved for the sale next year. Regardless, the library will get books.

To allow everyone to clean out their closets and bookshelves and bring in their books, we are extending the drop off donation until this Thursday, April 9th.

If you have a ton of books and need help, please email Amanda Kramer at [email protected] and we will work out a plan.

How you and your child can purchase books:
  1. Prep students will be allowed to shop during Lyceum.
  2. Parents can come in during sale hours (7am-4pm on April 16 or 7am-1pm on April 17).
  3. If you don't want any more books in your home but want to donate to the library, we will have a jar set up at the sale to accept cash donations that will be used to purchase books.
What we want: Adult and children's fiction and non-fiction, cookbooks, history books - basically, if it has a cover, we want it! We could also use quality children's magazines. We are also accepting complete puzzles and children's videos, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, game and computer games (non-violent only). Please do not send any PG/PG-13/R videos.

We need help on the days of the sale! Please click on this link: http://vols.pt/k8ojH7

 

FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

This week, the Track and Field teams (Grades 5th-7th) will be hosting the Great Hearts Middle School League track meet on Wednesday, April 8th, 4pm-7pm at Valley Christian High School. We are in need of adult volunteers from the Cicero community to help facilitate this event. Please contact Coach Brittain at [email protected] or at 480-424-1790, Ext. 303 to find out how you can support our Centurions and all of the Great Hearts Track and Field student athletes.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE CICERO PREP SOCIAL!
FRIDAY, MAY 8TH, 6PM-8PM
All Cicero Prep students are invited to attend the first annual Prep Social in the Cicero Gymnasium! We will have a DJ, a life-sized game area, a basketball shoot out, Karaoke, food and more!! We are in the initial planning stages so more information will be forthcoming. We will have a dress code and there will be a nominal fee to attend. We need parental chaperones! If you would like to be a chaperone, please contact Meghan Koch at [email protected]. Stay tuned!

CALLING ALL 7TH GRADERS!
SIGN UP NOW! ONLY 8 MORE SPACES LEFT!

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.

 
A TASTE OF LITERATURE
DEADLINE IS TODAY TO RSVP!

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 today, April 5th to
[email protected] or text: 602-791-4976

GREAT HEARTS ART WALK
NOTE NEW DATE: MAY 12, 6:30PM

Archway Cicero and Cicero Prep are excited to re-announce our first annual Art Walk! This is a Great Hearts tradition rewarding the hard work of our young artists throughout the year. On the evening of May 12th at 6:30pm, our halls will be transformed into a large art gallery and the walls will be hung with artwork from each student for our viewing pleasure and due admiration. Please take note that the date has changed from May 1st.

If you are interested in helping us prepare for this exciting event, please contact either Ms. Thurbon ([email protected]) or Ms. Malone ([email protected]).

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, [email protected], 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
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

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 [email protected].

  

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 12th 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 6th 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 [email protected].

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 [email protected] 

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