 April 2001 |
Thismonth's parent meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April26 in the Team #1 classroom. Our monthly board meeting willimmediately follow at 8:30 in Mark's classroom.
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April 2001
Thismonth's parent meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April26 in the Team #1 classroom. Our monthly board meeting willimmediately follow at 8:30 in Mark's classroom.
2001-2002 SchoolYear - Spring Open Houses & the"Lottery"
Ourlottery for new applicants for the 2001-2002 school year willbe held on Monday, April 30. We anticipate accepting a newclass of 25 students in grades 5 & 6, as well as filling inopenings in our upper grades. We will hold 2 open houses thisspring for families interested in Fall 2001 enrollment.
Tuesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. - Focus: Girls and Technology
Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m. - General InformationSession
Project BlockNews...
Teams 3 & 4 are working on a 10 week project on Geology andWater. Students working in Theresa's room are focused on thewater section of this project. "Glass has continued to fly left andright in the world of water. We had a expert come to answer all ourdeep questions and stimulate our curiosity." In Glenn's roomstudents are learning about the earth's structure, which has turnedout to be quite tasty! Some of the students chose to use food torepresent their nontechnical interactive diagram. To view some ofthe students' work, visithttp://clccharter.org/~glenn/geology/earth.htm
This week students are finishing their first round of "basicgeneralist certification" for water and earth. Uponreceiving certification students who have been working in Glenn'sroom will move to Theresa's and vice versa. We're expecting greatthings to emerge!!
Meanwhile, Teams 1 & 2 have beenhard at work on their Space and Time project. The CLCSA(Centre Learning Community Space Association) Space History Timelinewill be completed in the next few weeks. The timeline will helpvisitors to CLCSA better understand the major events that haveoccurred in space science history. It will also serve to provide acontext for these events. When completed, the timeline exhibit willtake up most of the wall space on the second floor and a largeportion of the big room, and it will document space science historyfrom the Big Bang to the International Space Station. Once finishedwith timeline requirements, the students will move on to specialdepartment work at CLCSA. Working in small teams of two or three,CLCSA "employees" are responsible for developing a special departmentwhich supports the CLCSA mission of space science education andexploration. For more information on the requirements for charteringa department, please see Mark's site athttp://clccharter.org/~mark/projects/space/deptprop.htm .
NewFacility
We arecontinuing to make progress on our efforts to acquire a new facilityfor CLC. Mellon Bank has agreed to work with the CLC to providefunding for the purchase and our Board has approved a letter ofcommitment to allow Mellon to finalize details in regard tofinancing. These are exciting times at CLC!
Bagel Monday
The 7thgraders are starting a new fundraising project to raise money fortheir class trip next year. Bagels will be available from 7:30 a.m.to 8:10 a.m. on Mondays beginning 4/9/01 in the Big Room. A regularbagel without cream cheese will cost $1.00. Cream cheese is an extra50 cents. There will also be orange juice and milk for 25 cents acup. There are no pre-order forms to fill out and no accounts will beset up for credit purchases.
No SchoolReminder
Friday,April 13, and Friday, April 20 are Act 80 days, so there will be noschool for students on those days. Staff will participate inprofessional development and in-service meetings.
SpaghettiDinner
The 8thgraders are holding a fundraising dinner on Friday, April 27 tobenefit their class trip fund. Details of the event are on the flyerincluded in this Friday's mail folder.
Standardized Test Schedule
Students ingrades 5 and 8 began taking the PSSA's during the week of March 26.5th and 6th graders will take the SCASD Math Thinking Test April10-24. CAT V tests for all grade levels will begin April 23. Acomprehensive test schedule can be found though a link on the homepage of our web site.
Green DesignFair
This freeevent is being held on campus in the White Building from 11 to 3 onSunday, April 8. Team #2 will have a class project on display fromtheir Ecology and Sustainability project. Also, several CLC studentswill have their art projects on display. For more information on thefair, please see the flyer in the Friday mail folder.
CLCCalendar: April 6 Children's Literature Matters Conference at The Penn Stater April 8 Green Design Fair - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Penn State White Building April 13 NO SCHOOL for students / Staff Development Day April 17 Open House for new students - 7:00 p.m. Focus: Girls and Technology April 19 Open House for new students - 7:00 p.m. - General Information Session April 19 Art Block Exhibitions - 2:00 p.m. April 20 NO SCHOOL for students / Staff Development Day
(CLC student presentation at 2:30)