Weekly Update 5/23/10

Greetings!

We have a VERY BIG WEEK in the works – please read this email carefully for the details.

Monday and Tuesday Middle and Upper School students finish up exams.

Starting on Tuesday time is set aside in our schedule each day for graduation preparation. Graduation is an all school event with underclassmen being recognized and winning awards as well as contributing to the senior send-offs. Our ceremony is unlike any you’ve seen elsewhere and promises to be a special tribute to our time together this year.

Wednesday is Spring Festival.

-We’ll be traveling to Forest Hills Park for morning activities.

-Students will be assigned a team color to wear on Wednesday along with sneakers (NO SANDALS FOR SAFETY REASONS). Please be sure that students wear clothes that can get wet, dirty and speckled with washable paint.

-Students should also bring some spending money if they wish to purchase hamburgers, hot dogs or fries from the Only Burger truck (see menu at http://www.durhamcatering.com/onlyburger) or if they wish to purchase an ice cream treat from the ice cream truck.

-Pick up from Camelot at the regular time. Wednesday is the last day of regular afterschool care/study hall.

- Wednesday night a group of Upper School students and staff attend the Color Purple at DPAC. Jill will provide meeting time and place.

Thursday is a half day. After a full run through of the graduation program yearbooks will be distributed.

Lower School pick up is at 12:30 PM.

Middle and Upper School pick up at 12:45 PM.

School closed at 1 PM for all except those signed up in advance for Optional Care.

Friday – drop off by 8:30 AM at the Carolina Theatre.

Pick up from Camelot at 11:45 for Lower School and at 12:00 PM for Middle and Upper School. NO OPTIONAL CARE AVAILABLE.

Saturday – all students, accompanied by at least one parent/guardian, attend the graduation ceremony at the Carolina Theatre. Please arrive by 8:45 AM in proper dress attire.

OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW!

Last Call for Educamp sign up for week of June 7 (Camelot students only)!

Upper School students met with Thelma on Friday to review GPA and transcript issues and the opportunities for honors credits via Camelot summer programs. LAST CALL FOR COURSE SIGN UP – ASK YOUR STUDENT FOR THE HANDOUT FROM THIS MEETING!

Our new purple tie-dye Camelot T-shirts are a hit (thanks to teacher Lori Hilliard).

We’re taking orders to outfit the whole family. $15 per shirt.

Email me with the size you want by end of day Monday and we’ll try to get shirts by the end of the week.

Looking towards next school year…..

We have an Upper School applicant from Nigeria. Natasha’s family is looking for a few host families – preferably with an Upper School female student of their own – for her to stay with during the year. We envision her moving from 2-4 host homes over the course of the school year. Natasha’s family would make direct financial arrangements with the host family. If you are interested in discussing this possibility with Nathsha’s family please let me know.

More news about the January trip to Spain. NETC now accepts credit cards and has an EZ Pay system. Sign up by June 15 for the best rate. Please see Ms Celia with questions.

Wow! Thanks for reading this through to be sure we all keep up with all of the excitement!

See you soon.

Thelma

Weekly Update 5/16/10

Greetings!

Are you going to Artsplosure in downtown Raleigh this afternoon? Our Camelot Credit band performs at the Kidsplosure stage today at 2 PM. Closer to home, both bands take the stage at Broad St. Café this Thursday at 5 PM. It’s a great opportunity to order some dinner, enjoy the music and socialize with other Camelot families.

Congratulations to our Ultimate Frisbee team who played valiantly in the tournament yesterday. Coach Paige sent me a glowing report about the players, their supportive families and honorary team member Olivia Arges who stepped in to help her classmates in a pinch!

Pictures of all the fun of Evening of the Arts and Wacky Tacky Day are posted on the Camelot web site. Enjoy!

Also on the Camelot web site is a copy of the graduation reception RSVP: http://www.camelotacademy.org/forms.php. If you have not already, please complete and return this info tomorrow – graduation is less than two weeks away!

Before we get to graduation, Middle and Upper School students have final exams to take. Middle Grades students begin these exams on Wednesday, Upper Schoolers start the fun on Friday. All students have come home with Exam Review Sheets for each subject for parents to review and sign.

Upper School students have also gone home with info about attending an evening performance of the musical The Color Purple at DPAC next week. We have 20 tickets on hold – Ms. Jill is taking reservations first come-first served.

Crates are out Monday and Tuesday for Upper School parents. This is the last opportunity to review student work this year.

All clubs except Lower School soccer have now concluded. In addition, this is the last full week of school for the year. Check your school calendars for the details of next week – we have early closing days, Spring Festival, graduation rehearsal and the whole school graduation and awards ceremony on Saturday, May 29.

Rest up – lots of fun and excitement and limited time to do it in! I hope to see you at Artsplosure this afternoon or at Broad St Café for dinner on Thursday.

Have a great week.

Thelma

Camelot Update 5/9/10

Greetings!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the wonderful moms and grandmoms in our Camelot Family.

Thanks to everyone for turning out for the Evening of the Arts. It is truly a highlight of the year to celebrate the many talents of our students and the supportive and appreciative parent audience make it a joy.

Also, thank you from all of us for the many lovely gestures extended to the teachers last week in recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week.

The last Spirit Day of the year is this Friday. The theme is Wacky-Tacky.

Dance club has concluded for the year and does not meet this week. Several other clubs have their last sessions this week – drama club, home arts, Ultimate Frisbee and Guitar. Girls’ basketball will have a make up practice scheduled, probably next week, and will meet as usual this week. Lower School soccer continues through NEXT week.

Mark your calendars for Artsplosure next Sunday, May 16. The Credit Band takes the Kdsplosure stage at 2 PM.

Remember to sign up for the January 2011 trip to Spain by June 15. See all of the details at: www.educationaltravel.com
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I hope you have a wonderful week.

Best,

Thelma

Weekly Update 5/2/10

Greetings!

Congratulations to eighth grader Elisabeth Parker and senior Michael Berro, our school winners for the AMC10 and AMC12, respectively. Several of our students made strong showings with scores well above national averages on this difficult math exam taken by the nations’ best math students.

Congratulations to Module 9 Merit Award students - Wyatt Grose and Danny Sutton. Also, congratulations to Honor Roll students: Angela Dodson, Ben Kirby, Sean MacNair, Sophie Reiter, Cameron Stell, Tessa Yong, Zachary Milkereit, Tyler Thigpen, Grace Kirkpatrick, Olivia Arges, Kriea Giffin-Dean, Carolyn MacNair, Elisabeth Parker, Brian Powell, Josh Stallings, Zachariah Claypole White, Max Fried, Bri Oleson, Josh Pettway-Hinton, Liz Reeder, Meg Rusconi-Warner, Sarah Chetty, Ryan Siebens, Alec Porter, Molly William, Jung Yoon and Amanda Stevens.

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. If you have the time, please send a card or email to any of the wonderful folks who help to make our school such a great place. Such gestures are always greatly appreciated.

Pictures of the semi formal dance held last weekend are now up on the website. Check it out!

This Friday. May 7, is our big night – Evening of the Arts! We’ll assemble at the Hayti Heritage Center and the program begins at 7 PM. This is a required parent event and a true highlight of the year – you won’t want to miss it!

Parent Service opportunity – we need someone to video tape the Evening of the Arts program and make a few copies of the recording for some of our international students whose parents will not be in attendance. Please let me know via email if you have suitable video camera and tripod and are willing to do this recording and copying.

Speaking of parent service, if any of your participation over the school year was overlooked on the recent invoices that were sent home, please let Wendy know and we’ll make the adjustment. We do our best to keep track of lots of different activity but, inevitably, some things get overlooked.

Ultimate Frisbee Schedule Reminders:

Practice, Tuesday, May 4th 3:30PM-5:30PM
Home Game, Thursday, May 6th 4:00PM vs. Zion Christian Academy
Home Game, Tuesday, May 11th 4:00PM vs. Pace Academy
Home Game, Thursday, May 13th 4:00PM vs. Woods Charter School

THERE MAY BE AN ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY MAY, 15TH.

Middle Grades reminder – balance of the Virginia trip is due this Tuesday.

Upper School reminder – YMCA trip release forms are due Monday – trips start this week.

AP students – the big exam is this Thursday and will be administered by Scott Mitchell at the Hayti Center. Jill will provide specific instructions. AP students may take the afternoon off from classes with parent permission.

It is shaping up to be another busy and exciting week. I look forward to seeing you on Friday night!


Best,

Thelma