Monday, May 18th ~ Day 1 Tuesday, May 19th ~ Day 2 Wednesday, May 20th ~ Day 3 Thursday, May 21st ~ Day 4 Friday, May 22nd ~ Day 5 Mon., May 25th ~ No School Tuesday, May 26th ~ Day 6 Mark Your Calendar! Monday, May 18th Grades K-5: Crazy Hair School Spirit Day Academic Team Awards Banquet @ Desmond Hotel, 6pm Tuesday, May 19th Keystone Exam: Algebra Hershey Park Chaperone Meeting, 500 Bldg. 5:30pm Wed., May 20th Keystone Exam: Algebra Grades K-6: New Teacher Book Drive Begins MS Spring Concert, 515 Auditorium 6:30pm Thursday, May 21st th 8 Grade Field Trip: Washington, DC Keystone Exam: Biology Title I/R.A.P. Parent Info. Session, 435 Conf. Room 4:30pm CCSHSA Meeting, 435 Conf. Room 5:15pm Board of Trustees Public Work Session, 435 Conf. Room 6pm HS Spring Concert, 515 Auditorium 6:30pm Board of Trustees Public Meeting, 435 Conf. Room 7pm Friday, May 22nd th 8 Grade Field Trip Returns from DC th 5 Grade Field Trip: Hershey Park Keystone Exam: Biology Monday, May 25th School Closed – Memorial Day Collegium Newsletter ~ May 18, 2015 500: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6106 150: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6811 515: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6372 535: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6602 CCS Board of Trustees: [email protected] or (610) 903-1300, ext. 7501 www.collegiumcharter.com NEHS Book Drive Exciting New HS Electives The National Elementary Honor Society th (NEHS) is sponsoring their 7 Annual Book Drive in the 150, 500, and 515 buildings. The purpose of their drive is to help new teachers build classroom libraries. Beginning this Wednesday, collection boxes will be available in the 150, 500, and 515 buildings. The rd collection ends on June 3 . Please help classroom libraries blossom and broaden students’ reading selection by donating new and/or gently-used books. CCS is proud to announce a variety of new elective courses offered for the 2015-2016 th school year! Throughout the week, all 8 th 11 grade students will receive information detailing the new STEAM electives and Virtual High School electives. Any student interested in taking one of these electives must complete a Submission Form and return it to their school counselor by Friday, nd May 22 . For the Submission Form and course descriptions, please visit http://www.collegiumcharter.com/documents/ STEAM%20Electives.pdf. 2015 PSATs The 2015 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test will be administered during the th school day on Wednesday, October 14 . Collegium is administering the PSATs to sophomores free-of-charge because it is critical in fostering a college-bound mindset and is a prerequisite for AP classes. Freshman and juniors for the 2015-2016 school year can take the test for a $25.00 fee. Registration information and paperwork will be emailed and sent home with students. The th registration deadline is Friday, June 19 . For more information, please contact Mr. Davis at [email protected]. Uniform Reminder 8th Grade Formal th The CCS 8 Grade “Hollywood” Formal will th be held on Friday, May 29 from 7-10pm in the 515 cafeteria. Students may bring a th th guest from CCS that is in 7 or 9 grade or th an 8 grade student from another school. The Guest Permission Form must be completed and returned with your Permission Form along with the fee of $10 per student. Permission Forms are available th from 8 grade homeroom teachers. All forms and payments are due to Ms. Spangler by th Thursday, May 28 . Students must dress in school-appropriate formal-attire: shirts, ties, dress pants, dresses, skirts, etc. For safety reasons, students may not wear open-toe shoes or open-back shoes, slippers, Mr. Winters’ Retirement Gala sandals, or flip-flops. All shoes must be closed- CCS parents/guardians are invited to join us at the Downingtown Country Club on toe and closed-back. th Wednesday, June 10 from 5:30-9pm to Lost & Found Bins Our Lost and Found bins will be emptied on honor our founder and retiring CEO, Mr. nd Friday, May 22 . Unclaimed items will be Winters. The Collegium community will be donated to the CCS Uniform Resale Shop or a joined by a number of local politicians (from all levels) in recognizing Mr. Winters’ many local charity. accomplishments. For more details and to Reading Assistance Night reserve your space, please visit Please join us for a Title 1 Reading Assistance http://www.collegiumcharter.com/documents/ st Program event on Thursday, May 21 from GalaInvitation.pdf. 4:30-5:00pm in the 435 Conference Room. Camp Collegium Meet with CCS Reading Specialists, learn about our Title 1 Program, learn ways to help Looking for summer fun? Camp Collegium The Registration your child become a more confident and has spaces available! Form is posted on the Camp Collegium page successful reader, and hear about fun ways to of our website. incorporate reading into summer break! Donations Needed Sewing at Home Clean, baby food jars: Please send to “Mrs. Volunteers are needed to sew and donate weighted lap pillows and blankets. If you can Steines, 150 Building”. help, please contact Mrs. M. Wilkins at [email protected] and instructions will be provided. Collegium Newsletter th Page 2 of 2 Character Counts K- 5 Grade Character Development Program: Fairness, Responsibility, Respect, Citizenship, Trustworthiness, and Caring. Here at Collegium, students are recognized by staff for their good character and their names and photos are added to the Good Character Walls. We have new additions to our Good Character Walls: Ana Cortez-Ramirez, Olin Rubinow, Caitlin Bailey, Marlee Bright, Charles Calle, Natalie Ventresca, Mohammad Ather, Leah Kopitsky, Sierra Jennings, Allison Arpa, Davine Damulak, Jayda Bowden, Steven Scherzer, Beatrice Donzo, Jacenda Anderson, Cecelia Newman, Emma Kim, and Olivia Wiggins. Parent Survey Follow-Up Thanks to the CCS parents/guardians who provided us with feedback during our annual survey. Over the next few weeks, we’ll respond to some of the comments in our Newsletter. Comment: “I really would like Collegium to get rid of the Keystone Exams. It puts unnecessary pressure on the teachers & the students. Plus is it an accurate reflection of the student as a whole? Does being able to pass the Keystones make the student a well-rounded student? To me it just proves they can pass a standardized test. What value is it adding to my son's academic career? None. I appreciate the extra assistance Collegium offers to help the students pass the Keystones but at what cost to the students & the teachers. How much valuable teaching time is lost preparing for one test? I think the Keystones are ridiculous. A child can be passing all their classes but because they can't pass a Keystone exam they might not graduate. That is absurd.” Response: As a public school in Pennsylvania, Collegium is required to administer the Keystone Exams (and PSSAs). We do not have the ability to eliminate state-mandated standardized testing. For more information about the Keystone Exams, please visit http://static.pdesas.org/Content/Documents/Keystone_Exams_Parent_Overview-12-3-2013.pdf. 2015-2016 School Year If your family’s plans for 2015-2016 change (moving, change of schools, etc.), please alert Collegium as soon as you’ve made the decision. The sooner a current family advises us of their plans, the sooner we can enroll a new student for 2015-2016. Please do not rely on the new school to tell us…they often don’t reach out for a records transfer until after our upcoming school year begins. As you can imagine, planning for students who don’t show up wreaks havoc on Collegium’s planning and budget. If your child is not returning for 2015-2016, please contact Mrs. Novak at [email protected]. Your decision will not impact your child’s 2014-2015 experience at Collegium. 150 Field Day Volunteers th th 150 Field Day will take place on Thursday, May 28 & Friday, May 29 . This year’s theme is Road Trip USA! Parent letters with the schedule and more information will be sent home in a few weeks. There is no parent viewing area, but we do need lots of parent volunteers! All parent volunteers must have clearances up to date and on file with CCS. Want to volunteer? Visit www.k1peccs.weebly.com to sign up. Help CCS’s Technology Department Here’s an easy way to help CCS’s Technology Department raise money…without buying anything! CCS’s Technology Department has a recycling program for empty laser/inkjet cartridges and used cell phones. Drop off the products in the collection boxes near CCS’s main offices. CCS sends the cartridges and phones to Funding Factory and in exchange, CCS earns cash or our choice of technology products! Not only can you send in your cartridges, but you can ask family, neighbors, and local businesses to help, too. Funding Factory will send each supporting business free prepaid shipping labels for the return of collected cartridges and cell phones. Items donated by these supporting businesses will also be credited to Collegium! Need your personal information removed from your cell phone before donating? Contact Mrs. Leach at [email protected]. 2014-2015 Yearbook Order forms for the 2014-2015 K-12 CCS Yearbook are available on our website. The price is $65.00. Order now before they are sold-out! The Yearbook includes a special senior class section, lots of photos, and is hard bound in full-color. Community Opportunities While CCS is not endorsing these or any other programs that occur outside CCS, we pass along information on community opportunities that CCS families may want to explore. th Cub Scout Pack 23: Boys in grades K-4 are invited to attend the packs Fun in the Park event on Saturday, May 30 at Bell Tavern Park from noon to 3pm. For more information, please email [email protected]. st Diamond Cheer Allstars: Placements will be held for boys and girls ages 6-18 on Sunday, May 31 . For more information, please email [email protected]. Raiders Starz Competitive Rec Cheerleading: Boys and girls ages 6-18 are invited to try-out during the week of May th 18 . For more information, visit http://www.raiderstarz.com/. West Chester University Community Garden: All are invited to participate in the garden – planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting help is needed. For more information, visit https://wcupasouthgarden.wordpress.com/. All content for the newsletter must be submitted by 7:00am on Fridays via email to [email protected]. The Community Opportunities section will not include information about non-CCS fundraisers or information from for-profit companies. CCS reserves the right to edit submissions and deny material for submission if deemed inappropriate or if it is determined to be of little or no interest to CCS families.
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