Camelot Update 11-14-10

Greetings!

The teachers and I are heading over to school today from 2-4 PM for our last Open House of 2010. Please remind your friends to stop by!

We welcome Margaret Hennessey to our faculty as an art teacher. Ms. Margaret had a great first week and jumped right in on advising about presentation boards for the Academic Fair and building volcanoes for the MAPP class unit on earth science.

Speaking of Academic Fair – please remember that this Friday all of our activities take place at Lyon Park – there is no before/after school or classes of any kind at Camelot that day. Thanks, in advance, to teacher Matt Wilhelm for heading up the on-sight logistics, to teacher Jill Sugg for orchestrating the entire Upper School research and writing process and to Wendy Morris for handling all of the advance details of the meal.

Please note the following important details for Friday's events:
-Middle and Upper School students arrive between 8 and 8:15 AM.
-MAPP students arrive between 10 and 10:15 AM.
-MAPP students will NOT be giving academic presentations at this event but they WILL be singing during the meal. MAPP parents are asked to accompany their child in visiting the academic presentations of the older students and to point out what can be learned from the presentation boards. MAPP students (and their parents!) should be encouraged to ask the student presenters questions relevant to their topics. This will help our MAPP students understand the expectations when they present their projects at the Pie Supper in January.
-Middle Grades students will have two kinds of presentations. The younger students will be sharing original poetry and the older students will be presenting a research topic. At the Pie Supper in January the groups will switch in terms of what they are sharing.
-When we adjourn to the dining room our MAPP students will share a song learned under the direction of their music teacher, Teresa Fischer. During the meal the Vocal Group and the Performance Band, under the direction of Glenn Mehrbach, will share some of their repertoire. We thank you, in advance, for your support of this event. This day is a highlight of the year largely because it brings students of all ages, their parents and guests together for learning, fun and food!

Highlights of the Upcoming Week:

Monday – Upper School crates out

Tuesday – Upper School crates out AND drop in Advisor Day (8-8:30 AM)

Friday – Academic Fair and Thanksgiving Feast at Lyon Park Rec Center – see info above.
Event concludes by 1 PM

Week of November 22- school closed for Thanksgiving Break

Other News:

Ms Celia’s homeroom is sponsoring an ENGAGE project – collecting needed supplies for the Carolina Pet Rescue of Durham. The collection will run until December 17. Take-home lists of needed supplies can be found on the posters on display throughout the school

The basketball Knights are selling Dining and Attraction books to help cover the costs of the season. Each book sells for $25 and includes savings for scores of local restaurants and activities. The players are selling the books for the next several weeks including they will have a display at the Academic Fair. Please support Camelot athletics by considering a purchase of one of these books – they make great gifts!

Have a great week and I’ll see you on Friday.

Best,

Thelma

Camelot Update 11-7-10

Greetings!

I hope this finds you doing well and enjoying an extra hour of the day!

Congratulations to Module 3 Merit Award students: Grace Balk, Virginia Bruhn, Willa Holt, Zach Kartcheske, Colin Fischer and Collin Wilkes. Kudos to Module 3 Honor Roll students: David McShea, Rachel Milkereit, Danny Sutton, Kathryn Barnes, Becca Makens, Sophie Reiter, Cameron Stell, Tessa Young, Angela Dodson, Alex Berro, Grace Kirkpatrick, Spencer Ahn, Elisabeth Parker, Rachel Roush, Josh Stallings, Zachariah Claypole White, Max Fried, Bri Oleson, Josh Pettway-Hinton, William Radcliffe, Liz Reeder, Meg Rusconi-Warner, Sarah Chetty, Amber Rogers, Ryan Siebens, Alec Porter, Ian Reid and In Yoon.

Check out our photo gallery!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camelotacademy/sets/

Thanks to the photographic talents of teacher Krista Moll the entire student body has been captured with splendor at our recent Fall Festival. Also, the Upper School caving pictures are up and they are great. I suggest selecting the “slideshow” tab on each set and sit back and ENJOY!!

More memories are soon to be made at our upcoming Academic Fair and Thanksgiving Feast. You recently received info forms and luncheon RSVP’s in the mail. These forms are due to the office by this Wednesday, November 10. You can dowload this info from our website here:

http://www.camelotacademy.org/forms.php

Also in the mail this week were Mid- Semester grades for Middle and Upper School students. Any warnings that were included need to be signed and returned by this Wednesday.

Our basketball Knights launch their season this week with two home games – Wednesday and Friday. Home court is at the Lyon Park Rec Center. We are still in need of a couple more players – boys in 6th-12th grade are encouraged to join!

Parent service opportunities:

Cleaning and building work needed next Saturday for the Sunday Open House. Contact Mike Glynn at mike@camelotacademy.org.

Leaf raking will take place on December weekends. Contact Mike to sign up.

Scott mailed home Leads List forms for parent service credit. Check out this easy way to earn your credit!

Upcoming:

– Sunday, November 14 – Open House 2-4 PM. Send a friend and earn Parent Service credit!
– -Friday, November 19 – Academic Fair and Thanksgiving Feast – Lyon Park Rec Center – a required parent event

Have a great week.

Best,

Thelma