Sunday, May 13, 2012

Camelot Update 5/13/12


Greetings! 

Happy Mother's Day to all of the fabulous women in our Camelot Family.  You are an inspiration to me and working with you and your children is a treasure and an honor.

Congratulations to Module 9 Merit Award students:  Evan MacDonald, Connor Burch, Ray Palma, Ian Reiter, Kathleen Stancil-Sutton and William Whetzel.  Kudos to Module 9 Honor Roll students:  Grace Balk, Briana Benkin, Carson Blythe, Virginia Bruhn, Wyatt Grose, Sophie Ko, Willa Holt, David Mc Shea, Rachel Milkereit, Danny Sutton, Sophie Reiter, Tessa Young, Alex Berro, Zander Hall, Zack Milkereit, Spencer Ahn, Olivia Arges, Lyn Mattox, AJ Palomar, Elisabeth Parker, Brian Powell, Rachel Roush, Josh Stallings, Devan Chichester, Zachariah Claypole White, Max Fried, Bri Oleson, Josh Pettway-Hinton, William Radcliffe, Liz Reeder, Meg Rusconi-Warner, Tate Arges, Sarah Chetty, Will Cunningham, Amber Rogers, Ryan Siebens, Eva Sutton and Ryn Wilkes.

The final two weeks......!

Middle Grades Exams - Mon. May 14-Wed. May 16*
Middle Grades Field Trip is May 17-18

Tues. May 15 - AP Gov/Econ at Durham Arts Council (8 AM)
May 15 at 3:30pm and 5:30 First Lego League meeting for parents/students interested in the 2012-13 team.  Students ages 9-14 are welcome.
Please RSVP to robyn@roboknights.net

Upper School Review Days:  May 16-17
Upper School Exams May 18-22*

*Detailed exam schedule has gone home

Hear the Camelot performance bands!
Broad Street Cafe: Friday, May 18th, from 5-7pm
Artsplosure (Raleigh): Sunday, May 20th, from approx. 3-3:45pm

Wednesday, May 23 - Spring Festival - Outdoor version! /graduation prep
(Parent volunteers needed for Spring Festival - contact Krista:  krista@camelotacademy.org).

Thursday, May 24 - Friday, May 25 - Grad prep

Friday, May 25 - 
Drop off at the Carolina Theatre
Pick up at Camelot:  
12:30 PM Lower & Middle Grades/ 12:45 PM Upper School

Saturday, May 26 - Whole School Graduation and Awards Ceremony (a required parent event!)

Summer Camps start on Monday, June 4. Click here for info:

In addition, Ms Judith is running a Classical Art Camp at her home studio the week of June 25 (during the Camelot summer break).  Please contact her directly for more info: Judith@judithkuegler.com.

Do you love our new blue T-shirts?  Many folks do and so we'll place one more order for "extras."  Please send in payment of $12/shirt and specify size (Child S/M/L or Adult S/M/L/XL) by end of day Monday.  Contact Wendy with any questions:  wendy@camelotacademy.org.

Student performances:  

Catch senior Ryn Wilkes in the Studio A Production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," by Dale Wasserman (for mature audiences).  Admission is $10.   TODAY Sunday, May 13: 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM.  Studioareservations@gmail.com or (919) 928-6354.


Freshman Tyler Thigpen will be performing his music at Hog Day on May 19th from 10 to 10:30 a.m. (rain or shine) at River Park behind the courthouse (106 E Margaret Lane) in Hillsborough.


Have a great week!

Best,
Thelma
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Camelot Update 5/6/12


Greetings!

Thank you to everyone for the great turnout at Evening of the Arts.  Huge thanks to teachers Roni Peterson, Glenn Mehrbach, Teresa Fischer and Erin Grady for their direction, to Dan Hill for the technical coordination,  to Judith Kuegler Webster for the art display and to "extended family" Ken Peterson,Thomas Burch and Curtis Thigpen for the expert A/V coordination with the able assistance of student William Radcliffe. Also, many thanks to Scott Mitchell for photography and clean up assistance along with Amanda Fox and the many parents who stayed afterwards to see that things were put back in order. 

The bands have two big upcoming performances. Friday, May 18 they will play at Broad St Cafe at 5:30 PM and Sunday, May 20 they will perform at the Artsplosure Festival in Raleigh at 3:00 PM.

Thanks to Mr Scott for posting pictures of the recording studio and the Upper School dance on our website.  Check them out here:



Coming up this week:

Monday:
AP Environmental Science Test at Durham Arts Council (8 AM)

Tuesday:
Teacher Appreciation Day - consider sending a special teacher a note of gratitude!

Wednesday:
AP Calculus Exam at the Band House (8 AM)

Sr MAPP trip to Schoolhouse of Wonder

Thursday:
AP English Literature Exam AT Durham Arts Council (8 AM)

Friday:
LAST DAY OF CLUBS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR!

Upcoming:

Middle Grades Exams:  Mon,May 14-Wed,May 16*
Middle Grades Field Trip is May 17-18

Tuesday, May 15 - AP Government/Econ at Durham Arts Council (8 AM)

Upper School Review Days:  May 16-17
Upper School Exams May 18-22*

*Detailed exam schedule going home this week

Wednesday, May 23 - Spring Festival - Outdoor version! /graduation prep

Thursday, May 24 - Friday, May 25 - Grad prep

Saturday, May 26 - Whole School Graduation and Awards Ceremony (a required parent event!)

Speaking of graduation, Ms Jenny is working on costumes and she requests parents to send in any extra coupons for Joann or Hancock Fabrics - please check your Sunday paper!

Summer Camps start on Monday, June 4.  We anticipate 2-3 Edu-camp weeks to close out this week.  Please sign up NOW to get the dates you want.  Click here for info:


Have a great week!

Best,

Thelma
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