Aug 6, 2007
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Back-to-School Issue
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The Columbus Academy
Weekly Parent Broadcast
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Dear Lower School Families:
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 Greetings from Cherry Bottom Road! With school still a couple weeks away, we are
sending information along to you in preparation for the 2007-2008 school
year. It is our hope that we have
provided all our families with everything needed to begin the school year. The following information will confirm your
sense that the beginning of the new school year is just around the corner. Included with this newsletter are
the student supply list, a copy of the dress code, key calendar dates for Lower School,
CASE (Children's After School Experience) information and registration form
and the emergency/transportation information card.
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Emergency/Transportation Information Card
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Please type or
print clearly in ink the information requested on the
emergency/transportation information card.
A separate card should be completed for each child. This information is kept in both the
classroom and in the Lower School Office and should be legible for
photocopying. Students should bring the card to school with them on Thursday, August
23, and give it to their classroom teacher. On the back of the card, please indicate
the mode of transportation home for the first day of school.
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Meet the Teacher Event -- Ice Cream Social
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| Tuesday, Aug. 21,at 5:30 p.m. on the bus
circle beside Academy Hall.
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Carpool Instructions
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Lower School students who go home
by car are picked up on the west side of the building through an
organized carpool procedure. For logical safety reasons, children may
not be picked up in front of the school where buses wait. Teachers will help children to the proper
waiting area for buses or carpool.
Carpool tags will be available for pick up at the Lower School Meet the
Teacher event. Those not picked up at
that time will be sent home with the children on the first day of school.
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First Day of School
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| Classes begin on Thursday, August 23, at 8:05 a.m. and
end at 3:10 p.m. (see attached documents
for information regarding PreK and Kindergarten schedules). Many of our students will arrive by bus and
some by carpool in the morning. If you
are new to The Columbus Academy this year, you may want to bring your child to
school on the first day to meet his/her teacher. Things settle in quickly, and you can soon be
on your way. Guides will be available to
help you find your particular classroom.
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To review some Lower School guidelines to help ensure a smooth school year, please click here. If you have any questions about the information
provided, please don't hesitate to call Michelle Saling at 337-4302. We are
looking forward to an exciting 2007-2008 school year. Enjoy the rest of the summer, and we'll see
you at the Ice Cream Social on August 21!
Respectfully,
Dan Vorenberg
Head of Lower
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Mark your calendars now for these upcoming PACA events!
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 All interested parents are invited to the
first PACA meeting of the year on September 5 at 8:00 a.m. in the Trustees Room. ...
Mark your calendars now for the annual Charlie David Dinner on October 5 from
5:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Academy dining hall.
Enjoy a delicious dinner, games for the kids and a silent auction and
raffle, then stay for the football game against Newark Catholic. ... Don't forget to check
out the exciting new Academy school store, the Viking Corner, when it opens on
Monday, August 20. Please see the ad for
Viking Corner below! ... And save the date for the
28th Annual Columbus Academy Antiques Show on April 25-27, 2008. The very successful Appraisal Fair will once
again be a part of Saturday's activities.
Individual Sponsorship tickets may be purchased after Nov. 1 at www.columbusacademy-antiquesshow.org. For more information on the event or to
volunteer, please contact Ann Flaherty (638-4026 or e-mail aeflaherty@aol.com).
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Academy theater troupe performing on August 11-12 and 17-18 at 7:30 p.m.
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The newly formed "Shots
in the Dark" independent theater troupe, directed by Academy seniors Patrick
McGregor II and Mary Parker, will be staging four free performances of Pat Cook's
"The Long Red Herring." The shows will
begin at 7:30 p.m. on August 11, 12, 17 and 18 in Schoedinger Theatre. The summer theater troupe is run by Academy
students for past, present and future Academy students. Besides McGregor and Parker, other members of
the cast include Rachel Killoren, India Myers, Chelsea Arata, Madison Lee,
Linda Mullin, Emily Downes, Brenden Patch, Garrett May, Zeshawn Ali and Leigha
Grosh.
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The Viking Corner is Columbus Academy's new store managed by Parents' Association of Columbus Academy volunteers (formerly PACA Shopper). Viking Corner will feature Columbus Academy spirit wear, school supplies, novelty and special order items, and dress-code-approved polar fleece and sweatshirts (sweatshirts are NOT dress code for MS). Student accounts are available for a minimun of $25. Students can charge on their accounts (eliminating the need to have cash at school), which are separate from school accounts. Parents will be notified when their child's account balance is $5, at which point they may recharge the account. Please fill out and return the Student Account Form. In addition, PE uniforms (two
t-shirts and one pair of shorts for $30) will also be sold. These
uniforms will not be required for the school's PE classes until the
2008-09 school year but will be sold this year. Please fill out and
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The Viking Corner will open on Monday, August 20, in the Dining Hall!
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