Greetings!
Congratulations to our Lego League Robo-Foxes - students Susannah Hill, Kathleen Stancil-Sutton, Willa Holt and Virginia Bruhn who did a great job representing our school at the NC Regional FLL competition in Greensboro yesterday. Many thanks to parents Jonathan Holt and Tina Sanders-Hill for their help at the event and to Coaches Amanda Fox, Chris Wilkes and Robyn Stephens for a terrific season.
Also, thank you to parent Richard Hill (Susannah's Dad) who not only made buttons for the Robo-Foxes (and a badge for me, the proud Director) but who also spruced up our playground castle last weekend!
Speaking of sprucing up, our National Honor Society students decorated the Crayons 2 Calculators Tree at the American Tobacco Complex this week. Now we need you to vote for their tree so that Crayons 2 Calculators can win funds for their great work.
Here's a reminder message from senior Meg Rusconi-Warner:
The Upper School National Honors Society has decorated a tree in the Triangle Christmas Tree Challenge in the name of Crayons2Calculators, an organization run by our own Amy Cummings which donates school supplies to those in need. We would really appreciate it if you would vote for our tree (#06). Votes can be cast by texting "TREE06" to 46988 or online at triangletreechallenge.com. You can vote once per day per device, and if you would like to have us vote daily in your name, you can write your email address on the sheet posted in the Big Hall. If you want, you can come see our handiwork downtown in the big field outside the DPAC.
Thanks to Ms Krista for taking pictures of the tree decorating - now found on our website:
Speaking of pictures, thanks to Mr. Scott, Mr. Mike and Ms. Wendy for getting the poster-sized photos of our student body, faculty and the Class of 2013 on display in the Big Hall.
This week is the last week of Fall Clubs. The one exception is the Tuesday dance club which will run a makeup session next Tuesday, December 18.
Our basketball Knights have a home game this Friday, at 4:00 PM. Please send me an email by 5 PM Thursday if you have a Middle Grades or Upper School fan you would like us to transport to the game. Pick up at JCC at 5 PM.
MIDDLE GRADES PARENTS! Your students have come home with Exam Review Sheets for each academic class. Each of these sheets needs your review and signature - and return on Monday. Middle Grades students start exams this Thursday and we need your help to pace and prepare them. Thanks, in advance.
CALLING ALL PARENTS WITH HOLIDAY TRADITIONS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD! Please contact Ms. Wendy if you are available to give a brief Morning meeting presentation the week of December 17. This is a Parent Service opportunity.
Note from senior peer tutor Liz Reeder:
"I will be running a Spanish study group for Middle and Upper School students on Mondays, December 10th and 17th, from 4:30 to 5:30. These sessions are free to attend and will be covering a variety of basic Spanish material (verb tenses, vocabulary, pronouns and simple conversation). If your student would benefit from some extra review before exams, this session will be perfect! The class will also include useful study techniques and other tricks. Students must sign up in advance by sending an email to Ms.Thelma. Please note: Unless your student has a club on Monday, he or she will need to attend Study Hall before the tutoring hour."
Our bands will be performing holiday music next weekend. Please mark your calendars and try to come out to support our musicians in their first "public" performance of the year!
- Saturday December 15 at 3pm all 3 of the Camelot music groups (The Middle Grades Music Group, the Upper School Instrumental Group and the Upper School Vocal Ensemble) will be performing atSouthpoint Mall. Look for them indoors, in the atrium near Santa Claus.
- Sunday, December 16 at 3pm the Middle Grades Music Group and the Upper School Vocal Ensemble will be performing at University Mall in Chapel Hill, in the center stage area.
Looking ahead to 2013....
ANOTHER PARENT SERVICE OPPORTUNITY! Did you every wish you had known as a teenager what you know now? Well, we can't help with a do-over but we can provide an opportunity for you to share your wisdom with the next generation! Young people are unaware of many career options, stymied by how to get from here to there and often they are paralyzed by the idea that they must decide their entire lives before graduating! Of course, we work hard to address these issues, but "many voices" can be a powerful thing. As such, I'm coordinating a career speaker series for our Upper School students to take place on Friday, January 11. I am seeking six parents willing to share info about their careers, their career path (meaning - what they thought they wanted to be when they grew up....and then what happened?), their educational advice, etc. Each parent will be asked to present to FIVE age-based groups (7th-12th graders) between 9:30 AM and noon on Friday, January 11. Each session should include 20 minutes of information and five minutes for Q and A. Presenters are then encouraged to stay for lunch to allow students to follow up informally. The entire commitment is from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. If you are interested and available please forward me an email with a few ideas about what you'd like to share.
We will have a Camelot Pizza Day on Friday, January 3 - the first day back to school from the Winter Break. Each student will enjoy pizza compliments of the school. There will be no lunch orders that day.
The first Lunch Order after the Winter Break will be for the week of January 7 - 11, all orders must be placed by midnight on Wednesday, January 2.
Thanks for reading this through and for your attention to all of the details included! It is a challenging time of year for us all – keeping track of multiple priorities and demands - we'll do a great job....together!
Have a great week.
Best,
Thelma