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Greetings!
Congratulations to senior Hayes Perry on his acceptance to UNC-Wilmington.
Welcome parent Denise Sadler as a Lower School classroom aide.
This Friday (May 1) is our much anticipated EVENING OF THE ARTS! Students in all grades will be participating - the K and Jr MAPP students will be singing and dancing a Spanish song, the Sr MAPP students have a short play, some Middle and Upper School students will be showing work from their drama studies. In addition, the two bands, the dance club and assorted talent show acts from Kindergarten through 12th grade will be featured. Student artwork from the year will be on display in the lobby. The show starts promptly at 7 PM at the Hayti Heritage Center- parking can be a bit competitive so you should plan to arrive no later than 6:45 PM. Directions to the Hayti Center can be found here: http://www.hayti.org/directions/.
During the morning on Friday all students who will be performing will be taken to the Hayti Center for a dress rehearsal. Students will be back on campus by lunch time. Camelot will provide all needed transportation.
CLUB NEWS:
Drama Club will run its final meeting (a make up session from last week) this Thursday.
Dance Club WILL MEET on Friday for the final practice before the evening performance.
Lego Club started last week. Many thanks to parents Robyn Stephens and Liz Lord for their leadership!
Upper School Semiformal dance:
Friday, May 8 is the Upper School semiformal Dance! This is a student-organized event that is an outgrowth of a project in Civics Class. We are very proud of the effort of all involved.
The dance will take place at the Lyon Park Recreation Center starting at 8 PM. Faculty and staff will act as chaperones. More details and permission slips will go home with students this week and will also be posted on our web site.
FALL 2009 DATE:
School opens on Wednesday, August 26.
Have a great week and I’ll see you Friday!
Best,
Thelma
Greetings!
I hope you enjoyed a great week with your family. We return tomorrow for a very busy six weeks - Evening of the Arts, the Upper School dance, Spring Festival and - of course - graduation all are yet to come. Please note all of these events on your family calendar!
Congratulations to senior Hayes Perry for earning a $28,000 Scott-Ellis Scholarship to Campbell University.
Junior Molly Williams has been recognized by the College Board as a top scorer on the PSAT. Molly is in the top 3% of the 1.5 million students who took the test last October. She will now move on for consideration as a semifinalist which will be announced in September.
Junior Michael Berro has been accepted to Davidson College’s July Experience with at $500 scholarship.
Junior REMINDER - autobiographies and parent info forms are due tomorrow!
Check out the Gallery on the website for another upload of pictures - including the basketball cook out and lots of student artwork.
Moving Up Visits - over the next few weeks students moving up to another classroom or division next year will be scheduled for a one day visit. This is always an exciting time for students to explore what lies ahead!
PARENT SERVICE OPPORTUNITY - we need the planter boxes on the front porch planted with flowers. We can offer three hours of credit for shopping and planting. Please contact Wendy if this is something you can do in the next couple of weeks.
SUMMER CAMP/SCHOOL - applications/inquiries from the general public have been coming in all week. Don’t get closed out - sign up now!
Upper School - crates are out Wednesday and Thursday and Thursday 8-8:30 AM is drop in Advisor Day.
Friday is School Spirit Day - our theme is "Dress Like Royalty" - dust off those crowns!
Finally, please double check assignment notebooks today to be sure everything is in order and packed up for the start of classes tomorrow. We look forward to a happy and productive several weeks.
Best,
Thelma
Greetings! We have lots of good news to celebrate!
Congratulations to senior Jonathan Monroe on his acceptance to George Washington University with a $80,000 GW Trustee Scholarship.
Congratulations to junior Michael Berro and eighth grader Liz Reeder for their outstanding scores in the AMC math competition - they were our high scorers on the AMC 12 and AMC 10 tests.
Congratulations to seventh grader Josh Stallings for qualifying for the Talent Identification Program State Recognition Ceremony and to seventh grader Elisabeth Parker who qualified for the State and Grand Recognition Ceremonies.
Congratulations to eighth grader Zachariah Claypole-White on the selection of his poem "The Land of the Dead" as third prize winner in the Mary Chilton Award Category (grades 6-8) of the North Carolina Poetry Society's student contest for 2009. His poem will be published in PINESONG, the NCPS's annual anthology of award winning poems and can be seen on our website under Student Work.
Congratulations Module 8 Merit Award recipients: Collin Wilkes, Kaytlin Browning, Danny Sutton, Angela Dodson, Justice Lanphear, Stacy Powell and Elizabeth Provenzale.
Congratulations Module 8 Honor Roll students: Alex Berro, Aaron Daniels-Freeman, Lance Wilkes, Carolyn MacNair, Olivia Arges, Kriea Giffin-Dean, Elisabeth Parker, Zachariah Claypole-White, Bri Oleson, Joshua Pettway-Hinton, Liz Reeder, Meg Rusconi-Warner, Sarah Chetty, Ryan Siebens, Michael Berro, Rita Glynn , Jonathan Monroe and Jung-Woong Yoon.
Congratulations to kindergarten and first grade students (and their heroic teacher Ms Denise) for navigating three field trips in one week with excellent manners and behavior.
Congratulations to all of the older students who did a great job with the standardized testing. Special recognition to second graders who had their first round of such tests made special and memorable thanks to Ms Liz, Ms Lori and Sir Martin!
This week we’ll run auditions for the talent show on Tuesday and Wednesday at lunchtime. Sign up sheets are posted in the Big Hall. Acts should be 1-2 minutes in length. Students of all ages and will all kinds of talent are encouraged to try out. Students will be assigned a performance slot either at Evening of the Arts (May 1) or at a Morning Meeting.
I’ll be out of the office tomorrow (Monday) on a college visit with my daughter. I won’t be checking email until late in the day but I will check in with the office midday to get messages.
On Thursday the 7th-9th graders will be taking the math/science trip originally scheduled on the January snow day. Please be sure to return the permission forms tomorrow. Any students who wish to complete a math test that day before leaving for Spring Break may do so in math study hall that afternoon – free of charge, but by prior arrangement.
School is closed April 10-19 for Spring Break. I hope that you have a wonderful and safe time and we’ll look forward to the event-filled weeks of the last part of our year when we return.
Best,
Thelma