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*Monday, March 26
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All are welcome.
 
*March 26-29
Terra Nova Testing
Grades 3 - 7

*Friday, March 30
No School
(Teacher Workday)

*Monday, April 2 - 
Friday, April 6
Students do not attend school.
Spring Break.

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Grandparents Day
May 8
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The Eagle's Nest Update... 

...is a bimonthly e-newsletter that relies on YOUR submissions.

The next newsletter will be distributed on Monday, March 26.  

Send your submissions to: scholars.newsletter@
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 by Friday, 
March 23.
  
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The Eagle's Nest Update 

Newsletter of Metrolina Regional Scholars' Academy

A Charter School Serving Highly Gifted Students

 

March 12, 2012
Dr. Peine's Pen 
  Dr. Peine's Pen

Here we go!

 

Choose the correct answer.

A test is:

a)   A method of 

evaluating the skills of an individual or group.

b)   A set of standardized questions to 

measure achievement.

c)   A particular process of assessing.

d)   All of the above.

e)   None of the above.

 

The end of third quarter marks the beginning of standardized testing. 

  • Seventh and eighth grade Spanish students will complete the National Spanish exam on March 20 and 21. 
  • Terra Nova testing for grades 3 through 7 is scheduled for March 26 - 29. 
  • Eighth grade students will take the PLAN exam this year in lieu of the Terra Nova. 
  • Eighth grade students who are taking Chinese will be assessed on their skills in that language with the YCT given March 28. 

Our testing sessions for March 26 - 29 are scheduled for the mornings, except for the 

Chinese exam. Content areas covered by this variety of tests we are administering include reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies. Please (sorry for the shouty capitals, but this is important), 

  • HAVE YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL ON TIME (not at 8:30, but at 8:20 or 8:25); 
  • MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS WELL RESTED; 
  • MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS A GOOD BREAKFAST.

There you have it. This is good advice all the time, but is especially important during testing. There are no make-up days for Terra Nova testing, so if your child is late or is not able to be at school, the results from a particular test will not be part of their achievement portfolio for this year.

  

Students in grades 3, 4, 6, 8 and Algebra I will be participating in field tests for EOG's and EOC's on April 16. Field tests are used to "test" the items that will be included on the EOG and EOC tests the year following the field test. Questions based on the new Common Core and Essential Standards to be implemented beginning in 2012-2013 will be the focus of the field tests this year. The Algebra I test will be online as NC gears up to implement all state testing via computer.  

 

EOG's will be administered the week of May 21, with EOC's to follow the week after the Memorial Day holiday ( a reminder will follow later in the school year.

 

(d) is the correct answer.

  

Congratulations to Nicholas Lowell who advances to the NC National Geography Bee. The state contest will be held at UNC-Charlotte on March 30.

  

For the earth,

Marie Peine, Ph.D., Director
Director Search Update

 

Our search for a new Executive Director is well underway. Coleman Lew has identified potentialSA Front candidates over the past few

months. These individuals 

went through an in-depth interview process with the search firm. In late February, the search committee met 

with Coleman Lew for a presentation and review of potential candidates.  

 

From this meeting, we selected a group of potential candidates with strong educational backgrounds and leadership qualities. The search committee will be interviewing each of these candidates in person. Depending on the results of those interviews, the Board of Directors will review and discuss which candidates will continue to move forward to the final round of interviews.  All sourcing and recruiting efforts will continue until we have extended an offer for the position.   

For more information on Coleman Lew, please visit their website at www.colemanlew.com 

 

Debbie Starling

Search Committee Chair, Board of Directors

MathCounts Team Heads to 
State Competition  

 

On February 18, Metrolina Regional Scholars' Academy's MathCounts team competed withMathCounts1 2012 around 30 other schools in the Charlotte area chapter competition and came in 2nd place in the team competition, which uses 

the team's individual and team round scores. 

 

Our official team of four all placed in the top twenty in individual scores, with the captain, Auston Li, placing 4th overall with a nearly perfect individual score. Our team was the only team at chapter to get a perfect score in the team round. 

The four team members (Auston Li, Alice Liu, Ronak Bhagia, and Claire Liu) earned the right to represent our chapter at the state competition on March 16 at the North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM) in Durham. 

 

Also representing the Scholars' Academy were six individual competitors, who also did well in the competition. The individual competitors were Nicholas Lowell, Rajan Tayal, Nadia Ekezue, Kyle Mitchell, Michael Yang and Trevor Daino.MathCounts2 2012

Science Olympiad Tournament 
  

On March 3, the Scholars' Academy Middle School Science Olympiad Team competed at NC Science Olympiad Regional Tournament among 70 plus 

schools across 23 events. The event was held at UNC Charlotte. 

 

With only 11 participants on their team, eight members received medals, and the team placed in the top ten overall. Artemas Brown and Maulik Sarin will advance to the state competition for placing first in their event. This was the first year Scholars' Academy organized a middle school 

Science Olympiad team. Congratulations to all the members!  

 

Science Olym Team

 

Team members include: Rhea Bhagia, Ronak Bhagia, Artemas Brown, Sydney George, Tanisha Paul, Maulik Sarin,  Rushil Shah, Mary Steele, Sadhana Suryadevara, Priyanka Tejwani and Michael Williams.  

 

Our medal placements were across the following events:

 

Towers 1st place: Artemas Brown & Maulik Sarin

 

Helicopters 3rd place: Priyanka Tejwani & Rushil Shah

 

Mission Possible 3rd place: Mary Steele & Michael Williams

 

Metric Mastery 4th place: Rushil Shah & Sadhana Suryadevara

 

Dynamic Planet 5th place: Maulik Sarin

 

Meteorology 5th place: Maulik Sarin & Sadhana Suryadevara

 

Microbe Mission 6th place: Priyanka Tejwani & Rhea Bhagia

 

Science Olym 2 Science Olym 1

For information about Science Olympiad, please visit www.sciencenc.org, or contact 

Vikram Sarin:  vsarin@barnettinternational.net

or Priti Bhagia:  pbhagia@hotmail.com.

Chess Club Triumphs

 

The Scholars' Academy Chess Club continues to shine at local tournaments. Our elementary teamChess Team1 2012 won the 3rd place trophy in the Southern Scholastic Chess tournament held at West Charlotte High School on January 7 - 8. The team members included: Rhea Bhagia, Varun Sattenapalli, Simran Bhatia, Sanjit Tatavarthy, Mahith Edula and Savitra Kulkarni.

 

Recently at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Scholastic Chess tournament held in early February, our middle school team won 1st place in their section. Congratulations to team members: Alex Harrison (team captain), Rhea Bhagia, Mahith Edula, Colin Stewart, Sanjit Tatavarthy, and Lars Rumpf. 

 

Students in elementary grades who also participated in the February tournament demonstrated some great new skills that they have learned in class. Congratulations to all our student chess players.

Chess team group pic

Newsletter Submissions

 

The newsletter welcomes submissions about Scholars' academic teams and clubs, but these articles and accompanying photos should come from the team/club coach, rather than individual parents, to ensure completeness and accuracy.
Bravo, Scholars!
 
Simran Bhatia (4th grade/Mrs. Miller) raised funds for the American Heart Association on her 10th birthday. She decided not to accept any gifts from friends and family and instead asked them to contribute towards the fund with as little as $1 or as much as they wished to contribute. She raised $330, including a gift matched from her father's employer (Bank of America).
Snack Cart Schedule

 

Please remember to bring in individually wrapped snacks to Mr. Yodice's classroom (Room 220) in your designated month. Snacks can be home made or store bought, remember - no nuts. 

Proceeds will go toward the 8th grade trip to Washington, D.C.

 

The schedule is as follows:

 

March - Smith & Miller

April - Muse & Hinkelman

May - Weeks & Metcalf

Metrolina Regional Scholars' Academy, 5225 Seventy-Seven Center Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: 704-503-1112  Fax: 704-503-1183