CommunityNewsletter

Thursday, January 20,2000

We are pleased to welcome three new studentsand their families to our school.

Kyle Butler comes to us from BellefonteMiddle School. Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein joins us afterspending the past 4 months in Denmark with her family. And DevanKochersperger will transfer to CLC from Nittany Valley Charter onMonday, January 24.

Theresa Shay is the new assistantteacher in Glenn’s classroom. Theresa received herundergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and her Master ofEducation degree from Harvard. She has taught in Boston andPhiladelphia. For the past two years she has been working for UnitedWorld College in India and Venezuela. Theresa brings a wide range ofexperiences to our school and is obviously very qualified to take onher CLC classroom responsibilities. We are really excited to have herjoin our team.

Mary Jo Hogan (M.J.) has been hired asour school manager. As we had announced earlier, we had made adecision to find a full time staff person to take over many of theadministrative responsibilities at CLC. M.J. received her degree fromPenn State in Human Development and Family Studies and has lived inState College for the past 18 years. M.J.’s strongorganizational and communication skills will be an asset to ourcommunity and we are pleased to have her with us.

 

MJ will be in the school office Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 4:30. Please call ONLY the office during these hours and not the classrooms. If it is an emergency and MJ is out of the office, please call the cell phone number. Office:861-7980 Cell Phone: 360-5060

Brian Rowan has also made a change inhis position at CLC. Brian is now the full time assistant teacher inMark’s room. He has also continued his responsibilities as theafter school coordinator, making his days very long!

So, we are now looking for a new coordinatorfor this program. If you are interested or know of someone who is,please let M.J. or Brian know.

While we’re on the topic of new faces atCLC, we are pleased to announce the addition of Cynthia Potter to ourschool board. Cynthia has served on the State College SchoolBoard for the past twelve years and we are very excited to welcomeher to our community. Cynthia is currently a teacher at Friend’sSchool and the mother of two children: Joshua, a Penn Statesophomore, and Emily, a junior at State College High School.Cynthia’s enthusiasm, knowledge, and experience as a mother,teacher and school board member make her great asset to ourteam.

Last week, each home team elected two studentsto represent them on the newly formed student school board. The boardmembers are Nate Ryan, Katie Kisenwether, Jesse Fetterman, AaronZook, Elizabeth Stitt, Sarah Parker.

The board will meet once a week during lunch tocreate their agenda. More details to come…

It’s hard to believe, but we are half waythrough the school year! That means new knowlecule projects. Studentswill begin this rotation with their home team teacher. Thisround’s themes are:

Josephine: The Human Body

Mark: The Legislative Process

Glenn: Geography

Please check each teacher’s home page asof Monday, January 24, for more specific information on eachproject.

*Note: Josephine is planning a specialinformational meeting to discuss the Human Body Project. Thismeeting is for parents only and will be on Tuesday, Feb. 1from 7-8:30.

We are pleased to announce that the studentsare well on their way to buying an "Ark". Under the leadership ofJessi Lehman and Katie Kisenwether, they have raised $1350 so far,and they’re not done! Their initial success has inspired them tocontinue their efforts toward the original goal of $5000. We’llkeep you updated on future fundraising efforts. Thanks to all of youwho have supported this cause.

The Art Club has begun plans to design andpaint murals on the walls of the "big room". YEAH! But first…weneed to prime the walls! Here’s where you come in. After schoolon Thursday, Jan.27, the art club will be putting a base coat on thewalls and are asking for parent volunteers to help them. If you areinterested, please let M.J. know.

We have purchased new holders for the CLC cardsin an attempt to keep them better protected. The policy is that eachstudent must wear their card every day in order to have fullprivileges. If they forget them, they lose those privilegesfor that day. If they lose their card, they must pay $1.00 fora replacement.

As you probably have heard by now, the schoolwas broken into last Wednesday afternoon. Fortunately, very littleCLC property was actually stolen. The police were involved, but arenot hopeful that any of the stolen items will be recovered. We havealso taken steps to insure the building is properly secured eachevening.