Camelot Update 12/11/11

Greetings!

Kudos to senior Amber Rogers who has been accepted to the University of Tennessee and to Ryan Siebens who has been accepted to Guilford College with a Presidential Scholarship of 20K per year for four years!

 

Congratulations to our Camelot Knights who won BOTH games they played last week!

 

Congrats to Ms. Michelle who has finished her graduate program and been awarded Elementary Ed certification…and welcome back!

 

Middle Grades students continue with their exams this week.

Upper School students brought home exam review sheets for parent signatures this weekend.  Please return all of them (one per subject) tomorrow.  Thanks to Mr. Dan for getting the January exam schedule on our website under “Forms & Handouts.”

 

This week has a lot going on as we ring out 2011….

 

Starting Monday, Morning Meetings will include the Camelot tradition of Holidays Around the World.  Each morning we will welcome a different speaker to tell us about the way the season is celebrated elsewhere in the world.  On Friday, our performing groups will take the stage for a preview of their holiday show at Southpoint Mall next Sunday.

 

The Lower School bake sale to benefit Birthday Wishes will continue this week.  Jr MAPP students will now have a turn bringing in baked goods, and practicing the real-world math that comes with selling and making change!  Thanks to everyone for the terrific support of this endeavor.

 

On Wednesday, many of the high school Upper School students will be traveling to the Playmakers’ production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia  Woolf?”  

Wednesday is also the deadline for lunch orders for the week that we return in January.

 

Thursday there will be no Yearbook Club – Ms Judith will be out of town.

 

Friday is Spirit Day – dress for the holidays and let’s set a festive tone!

 

Sunday, December 18, our performing groups take the stage at Southpoint Mall.  I hope to see you all at 2 PM in the center courtyard between Nordstrom’s and Santa Claus.

School will be closed from December 19-January 3 for Winter Break. Students return on Wednesday, January 4.

I wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday season and a Happy New Year.  I look forward to all of the good times we'll share in 2012.

 

Have a great week and a great break!

Best,

 

Thelma

Camelot Update 12/4/11

Greetings!

Congratulations to senior Ryn Wilkes who has been awarded the Academic Excellence Award at Marymount College - a merit scholarship of $8000 per year for four years.

Kudos to Module 4 Merit Award students - Evan MacDonald and Ray Palma and to Module 4 Honor Roll students -Briana Benkin, Virginia Bruhn, Colin Fischer, Wyatt Grose, Collin Wilkes, Sprout Royal, Richard Carruthers, David McShea, Sophie Reiter, Tessa Young, Alex Berro, Zack Milkereit, Spencer Ahn, Olivia Arges, Amy Hillsman, Lyn Mattox, Elisabeth Parker, Brian Powell, Rachel Roush, Josh Stallings, Devan Chichester, Zachariah Claypole White, Max Fried, Bri Oleson, Josh Pettway-Hinton, William Radcliffe, Liz Reeder, Megan Rusconi-Warner, Tate Arges, Sarah Chetty, Amber Rogers, Ryan Siebens and Eva Sutton.

Camelot has lots of community outreach going on right now.  Starting tomorrow Lower School classes will be running a bake sale to raise money to give birthday parties for children in homeless shelters.  The organization isBirthhdayWishes.org and the student organizer is third grader Olivia Goldsmith!

Also, please remember that senior Amber Rogers is spear-heading a new toy collection for Toys for Tots.  She has placed a blue plastic bin at the front of the Big Hall and collections will be taken through this Friday.

It is also the season for field trips!  Kindergarten and MAPP classes are off to the Carolina Theatre tomorrow morning, AP English students have their annual Barnes and Noble outing on Wednesday and German students have an outing on Thursday.

Middle Grades students begin semester exams this Wednesday.  An exam schedule was sent home as were extensive review sheets for Language Arts and Science.  Review sheets for other subjects will come home this week.  (Upper School exams are AFTER the Winter Break.)

Mike continues to seek leaf raking help over the next two weekends.  Please contact him directly atmike@camelotacademy.org.

Please mark your calendars for the performance of our musical groups at Southpoint Mall on Sunday, December 18 from 2-3:30 PM.  They will be in the area in front of Nordstrom's near the Center Court with Santa Claus!

Have a great week!

Best,

Thelma