Camelot Update 2/26/12

Greetings!

 

We've had another banner week of good news.

 

First, congratulations to senior Eva Sutton on her Presidential Merit Award ($60,000) from Eckerd College and on her acceptance and $68,000 merit award from Juanita College.  Also, congratulations to senior Tate Arges on his acceptance and $36,000 merit award from Wingate College.

 

Kudos to part time student Chase Lewis on winning First Place in the Junior Chemistry Division of the Region V Science Fair.  Chase is also advancing to the state level competition of the NC Student Academy of Sciences.

Congratulations to Module 6 Merit Award students (Ray Palma and William Whetzel) and to Module 6 Honor Roll students (David Mc Shea, Rachel Milkereit, Ben Kirby, Becca Makens, Tessa Young, Alex Berro, Olivia Castorina, Zack Milkereit, Jenna Smith, Tyler Thigpen, Spencer Ahn, Lyn Mattox, Elisabeth Parker, Brian Powell, Rachel Roush, Josh Stallings, Zachariah Claypole White, Max Fried, Bri Oleson, Josh Pettway-Hinton, William Radcliffe, Megan Rusconi-Warner, Sarah Chetty, Will Cunningham and Ryan Siebens.)

Thank you to everyone who made it possible for me to attend a professional conference this week in Washington, DC. It is a New Year's Resolution of mine to do such things but I must admit that my heart is always at Camelot - no matter where I roam!

 

Ultimate Frisbee will start this week.  The practice/game schedule willbe Monday-Wednesdays most weeks.  Contact Ms Krista for Middle or Upper School sign up at Krista@camelotacademy.org.

 

Thursday, March 1 (6:30 PM) - College Planning Meeting with Thelma (Juniors and their parents are required to attend - others are welcome to come learn about the "Camelot approach" to working with students on their post high school plans).

 

Thursday, March 1 - Final Re-Enrollment deadline for 2012-13.

 

Monday, March 5 - Last day for summer program discounts!

Check out our cool options for students of all ages at:

 

http://www.camelotacademy.org/summer-programs.php

 

I hope that you have a great week!

 

Best,

Thelma

Camelot Update 2/19/12

Greetings!

Among the many joys of working with our young people is being a support as they learn to navigate the trials of growing up, face the challenges of tough academics and timeless life lessons and take their first steps of independence.  Part of the privilege of working closely with each year's graduating class is the opportunity to get to know these young adults just before we launch them into the world and to travel on this exciting journey with them.  Yesterday, a Saturday, was a day that highlighted the joys involved when I heard from two of our seniors who received their first college acceptances.  Congratulations to Sarah Chetty on her acceptance to Wake Forest University and to Tate Arges on his acceptance to Queens University.  Also, earlier this week, Will Cunninghamlearned of his acceptance to Drew University with a $6000 merit scholarship. 

All of this good news from the Class of 2012 was a fitting capstone to the week of junior conferences that just wrapped up.  These meetings are the official beginning of the "launch sequence" towards Graduation 2013 and each and every one of these exchanges was a unique joy to participate in - full of much promise for the future.  In addition, the conferences of our younger students were especially constructive and meaningful.  More than a few times during the conference days I was struck by the commitment shown by parents attending in the middle of a work day and by teams of  teachers delving in with sincere enthusiasm and care.  We make these meetings a huge  priority in our annual calendar - it is difficult for all parties to stop everything and take the time to meet in person and exchange ideas and information.  It is an intense few days.  On the other side of it now, I am reminded how incredibly worthwhile it is for these meetings to happen and how valuable it is to keeping us all focused and maximizing the learning opportunities for our students.  A most sincere THANK YOU to everyone for being part of the ensemble that makes this such a worthwhile exercise.

After our well-earned long President's Day weekend we'll return to school on Tuesday.

 

On Thursday, we have an Open House from 4-5:30 PM.  Please refer your friends.

I may attend a conference in DC on Thursday and Friday.  I'll decide by Wednesday based on the demands of the week.  As such, there will be no iPAD meeting this Friday morning.  As always, whether I am on campus or not I will be in regular contact with the office and will be checking email.

Ultimate Frisbee will start the week of February 27.  The practice/game schedule will be Monday-Wednesdays most weeks.  Contact Ms Krista for Middle or Upper School sign up at Krista@camelotacademy.org.

Thursday, March 1 (6:30 PM) - College Planning Meeting with Thelma. (Juniors and their parents are required to attend - others are welcome to come learn about the "Camelot approach" to working with students on their post high school plans.)

Thursday, March 1 - Final Re-Enrollment deadline for 2012-13.

Monday, March 5 - Last day for summer program discounts!

Check out our cool options for students of all ages at:

http://www.camelotacademy.org/summer-programs.php

I hope that the rest of your weekend is great. I'll see you on Tuesday.

Best,

Thelma

Camelot Update 2/12/2012

We have an embarrassment of riches in the Good News Department this

week.....

Congratulations to senior Eva Sutton on both her acceptance to Eckerd

College and her $70,000 Presidential Scholarship Merit Award to

Albright College.  Also, congratulations to senior Will Cunningham on

his acceptance to Marymount Manhattan College.

Heartfelt joy extends to junior Zachariah Claypole White for the

feature about him in the current edition of Durham Magazine - see link

under "News" on our home page here:

http://www.camelotacademy.org/

Kudos to sophomore Lyn Mattox on earning a Gold Certificate on the

Level 2 National German Exam for High School - scoring in the 96th

percentile!

Way to go, Knights!  Although we lost our final game on Friday - it was

a cliffhanger.  Thanks to everyone who turned out to support the team

and to celebrate senior Tate Arges' final game as a Camelot Knight.

Thank you, also, for the great turnout at the Pie Supper.  Many thanks

to Ms Wendy for her calm and expert management of dinner for 250 and to

the wonderful parent crew she had helping:  Leah Goldsmith and Robyn

Stephens who did all of the shopping and Will Harrison, Paula Edelson,

Kim Holt, Martha MacNair, Jenny Jones, Carol Reiter, Tammy Northern,

Angela Fountain, Sonya Fischer and Cathy Parker for helping with the set up,

serving and clean up.    Thanks, also, to teachers Denise Mannette, Liz Benda,

Amanda Fox, Erin Grady and Michelle Banal for their oversight of the Lower School

projects that were on display and to Lori Hilliard for organizing the AP Environmental

trinkets sale to support the upcoming student dance.

See all of the pictures of the food and fun here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/camelotacademy/sets/

As you know, this week has a lot of special activity:

THERE ARE NO CLUBS THIS WEEK- including on Monday and Tuesday.

We welcome parents to conference on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  

There are no classes on these days but there is Optional Care for Lower

and Middle Grades students.   There is very limited space remaining in

Optional Care - please contact Wendy(wendy@camelotacademy.org) to make arrangements.  There are also very few Upper School conference spaces available - please contact Lynne(lynne@camelotacademy.org) if you would  like to schedule one.  (Please note that homework WILL BE assigned over this break.)

School is closed on Monday, February 20 in observance of President's Day.

On Thursday, February 23 we have an Open House from 4-5:30 PM.  Please

refer your friends.

Ultimate Frisbee will start the week of February 27.  The practice/game

schedule will be Mondays-Wednesdays most weeks.  Contact Ms Krista for

Middle or Upper School sign up at krista@camelotacademy.org.

Thursday, March 1 (6:30 PM) - College Planning Meeting with Thelma

(Juniors and their parents are required to attend - others are welcome

to come learn about the "Camelot approach" to working with students on

their post high school plans)

Thursday, March 1 - Final Re-Enrollment deadline for 2012-13

Monday, March 5 - Last day for summer program discounts!

Check out our great options for students of all ages at:

http://www.camelotacademy.org/summer-programs.php

Have a great few days and I'll see you in conference!

Best,

Thelma

Camelot Update 2/5/12

Greetings!

Congratulations to junior Zachariah Claypole White on winning 2 Gold Keys and one Honorable Mention in the Scholastic Writers Award Competition.  This places his submissions in the top 5% of the 185,000 works of writing and art that were submitted. His poems will now move on for consideration at the national level competition.
 
Also, kudos to our part time student Chase Lewis who won 1st place in the Junior Chemistry Division of the Piedmont Science Fair for Non-Public Schools.  He will now advance to the Region V Science Fair finals.

Our basketball Knights had another win last week in their game versus Roxboro Christian Academy.  Their season finishes up this week with two home games - one on Wednesday and one on Friday.  Please turn out to support these hard-playing young men in the wonderful job that they do representing our school.

It shouldn't be hard to get everyone to turn out on TUESDAY night for the annual pie supper.  Please note that the event is being held at LYON PARK.  In addition to the fun of sharing everyone's best pie recipe (quiche, pizza, savory or sweet) the Kindergarten, Jr and Sr MAPP students will be presenting their Academic Fair projects.  Middle Grades students are planning to also have some informal work to share and the AP Environmental science class (in keeping with and implementing the theme of sustainability) has made several products ranging from jewelry to home decor using only recycled materials that will be on sale to raise funds for the upcoming semi-formal dance. (Valentine's gifts, anyone??).  Don't miss this enjoyable night out to socialize with other Camelot families and to support our young people in their academic pursuits.

Have you checked out our summer programs on the website?  Wow!  Do we have some special things planned!  In addition to our ever-popular (and quick to fill) Edu-Camp look for our new offerings - Jungle Camp(space will go fast based on the enthusiasm), Musical Theatre Intensive (marking my daughter's return from New York to work with our talented students), an iPad Intensive, a Lego Robotics Camp and - of course - our 2-week adventure bringing a little bit of China to Camelot with our one-of-a-kind Immersion Program.  Please check out our offerings soon - as the camp fair yesterday and the News and Observer summer feature this week will bring us much activity. Also, be sure to note the huge savings for sign-up by March 5.
http://www.camelotacademy.org/summer-programs.php

As you will recall, we will be closed for conferences on Wednesday, February 15 - Friday, February 17.
-All Kindergarten, Jr MAPP, Sr MAPP and Middle Grades families will have a conference (See sign up posted in classroom for Kindergarten, Jr and Sr MAPP.  Ms Lynne will be calling all Middle Grades families to schedule conferences.)
-Upper School conferences are for all juniors and by request (school or home) for all others (contact Ms. Lynne atlynne@camelotacademy.org).
-There will be no classes on conference days but Optional Care is available for Lower School students BY ADVANCE SIGN-UP.  Please contact Ms Wendy at wendy@camelotacademy.org. 

Reminders of upcoming deadlines/events:

Tuesday, February 7 - deadline to apply for financial aid for 2012-13 - all supporting documentation must be on file for an application to be reviewed.

Monday, February 20 - school closed in observance of President's Day

Thursday, March 1 (6:30 PM) - College Planning Meeting with Thelma (Juniors and their parents are required to attend - others are welcome to come learn about the "Camelot approach" to working with students on their post high school plans)

Thursday, March 1 - Final Re-Enrollment deadline for 2012-13

Monday, March 5 - Deadline for summer program discounts

Have a great week and I'll look forward to seeing you for dinner on Tuesday night.

Best,
Thelma