You are cordially invited to attend our 2009-2010 Back to School Night! It will be held on Wednesday, September 30th from 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Back to School Night is an opportunity to follow your student’s daily schedule, and spend ten minutes in each class learning about the class requirements for this school year. We’d love to see you! Please keep in mind that Back to School Night is not designed for students or for individual parent conferences. Thank you in advance for being respectful of all of our parents!
At this year’s Back to School Night – please make sure you visit the following locations when you have a moment:
The cafeteria – meet some of our cafeteria staff, and sample some of the food choices your students will have this school year.
The library – check out our renovated space, including three computer labs that are open to all classes on a sign up basis; AND visit our Book Faire that is being hosted in our library through October 2nd.
The lobby – Chat with our PTSO, and find out all that our amazing PTSO does for our school and for your students! Refreshments are available in our lobby compliments of our families who donated to our PTSO. In addition, the Wellness Center staff will be available – our WC offers a variety of services for all students who are members in grades 7 – 12 – don’t miss this opportunity! Several clubs will also be available in the lobby.
The Nurse’s Office, the Guidance Office, and the School Administration – the school nurse and our guidance staff will be available in their offices. In addition, the school administration will be available in the main office.
We hope to see you there!!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Travel to New York City with Cab community!
Here's a great bit of information from Middle School Vocal Music teacher Mr. Lassman:
Tickets for Middle School students and their family to see 'Wicked' sold out last Spring. Now, for those who don't have tickets to 'Wicked,' we are offering another show for that same date. We will be going on Thursday December 3 to see the fabulous show, 'Billy Elliott.' The music is by Elton John and the show won 10 (TEN!) TONY Awards. The cost is $150 per person. All students received permission slips to see 'Billy Elliott' but you can get another one at http://www.ccsavocal.org/CCSA/Billy_Elliott.html
We will leave CCSA as early as we can after 8:30am. Each family will have the day to spend in Times Square as they wish but we will make suggestions for things to do and see. At 7:30pm, we will gather to see the show which starts at 8:00pm. After the show (10:45pm) we will again get on our coach buses and return to CCSA at about 1:15am. Students who go will be excused from school (it is a field trip) on that Thursday.
This is a trip that is annually attended by a LOT of students and parents. Last year we took 465 people on the trip and received many emails saying what a great day it was!
We fully expect this trip to sell out. Return your forms and checks to Mr. Lassman, ASAP. Contact Mr. Lassman at 302-651-2701 x 226, or visit his website (www.CCSAVocal.org).
Tickets for Middle School students and their family to see 'Wicked' sold out last Spring. Now, for those who don't have tickets to 'Wicked,' we are offering another show for that same date. We will be going on Thursday December 3 to see the fabulous show, 'Billy Elliott.' The music is by Elton John and the show won 10 (TEN!) TONY Awards. The cost is $150 per person. All students received permission slips to see 'Billy Elliott' but you can get another one at http://www.ccsavocal.org/CCSA/Billy_Elliott.html
We will leave CCSA as early as we can after 8:30am. Each family will have the day to spend in Times Square as they wish but we will make suggestions for things to do and see. At 7:30pm, we will gather to see the show which starts at 8:00pm. After the show (10:45pm) we will again get on our coach buses and return to CCSA at about 1:15am. Students who go will be excused from school (it is a field trip) on that Thursday.
This is a trip that is annually attended by a LOT of students and parents. Last year we took 465 people on the trip and received many emails saying what a great day it was!
We fully expect this trip to sell out. Return your forms and checks to Mr. Lassman, ASAP. Contact Mr. Lassman at 302-651-2701 x 226, or visit his website (www.CCSAVocal.org).
Friday, September 18, 2009
Back To School Open House
Cab's Back To School Open House is scheduled for Wednesday, September 30, from 6:30-8:30pm. Back To School Open House offers parents the opportunity to meet their student's teachers and hear about plans for the academic year in each course.
Book Fair visits library
The Scholastic Book Fair comes to the library September 23-October 2. Don't forget to stop by the library and browse!
Cab Middle School students are scheduled to visit the fair as follows: 6th grade: September 24; 7th grade: September 29; 8th grade: October 1. High school students are invited to drop in anytime. Fair hours are 7:20am-3:00pm daily, and also during Charter's Back To School Open House on September 24, and during Cab's Back To School Open House on September 30.
Cab Middle School students are scheduled to visit the fair as follows: 6th grade: September 24; 7th grade: September 29; 8th grade: October 1. High school students are invited to drop in anytime. Fair hours are 7:20am-3:00pm daily, and also during Charter's Back To School Open House on September 24, and during Cab's Back To School Open House on September 30.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Cab students excel at BPA
Cab Calloway School of the Arts middle school brought home top honors and recognition for the Red Clay School District and the State of Delaware at the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference held in Dallas Texas June 17-21. Nine State Winners attended conference workshops and competed against over 3,000 students nationwide. They were accompanied by teacher Jenn Peters and parent coach Angie Barker.
The BPA Club at Cab Calloway is dedicated to developing professionalism and leadership through club activities, competitions and state and national leadership conferences. Club advisor is Business teacher Nancy Cleveland and the chapter president is Noah Henry.
Cab winners at the National Conference were:
Business Math: Finalist Reilly Megee
Business Communications: First place Samuel Katz, Finalist Reilly Megee, Finalist Sharnelle Anthony
Computer Literacy: Third Place Samuel Katz, Finalist Reilly Megee, Finalist Nik Eastburn
Prepared Speech: First Place Sarah Barker
Extemporaneous Speaking: Second Place Natalie Lane, Finalist Sharnelle Anthony, Finalist Veronica Hanus
Web Design Team: First Place Reilly Megee, Brianna Jefferies, Nik Eastburn
Career Research Team: Second Place Sharnelle Anthony, Miranda Garrett, Veronica Hanus
The BPA Club at Cab Calloway is dedicated to developing professionalism and leadership through club activities, competitions and state and national leadership conferences. Club advisor is Business teacher Nancy Cleveland and the chapter president is Noah Henry.
Cab winners at the National Conference were:
Business Math: Finalist Reilly Megee
Business Communications: First place Samuel Katz, Finalist Reilly Megee, Finalist Sharnelle Anthony
Computer Literacy: Third Place Samuel Katz, Finalist Reilly Megee, Finalist Nik Eastburn
Prepared Speech: First Place Sarah Barker
Extemporaneous Speaking: Second Place Natalie Lane, Finalist Sharnelle Anthony, Finalist Veronica Hanus
Web Design Team: First Place Reilly Megee, Brianna Jefferies, Nik Eastburn
Career Research Team: Second Place Sharnelle Anthony, Miranda Garrett, Veronica Hanus
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Senior Portraits Info
Due to construction, senior portraits scheduled for August 22 at Cab will now be taken at AI DuPont Middle School located at 3130 Kennett Pike.
Scheduled sitting times remain the same. The August 29 sittings will take place at Cab.
Scheduled sitting times remain the same. The August 29 sittings will take place at Cab.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Odyssey of the Mind
Come and have fun by joining the Odyssey of the Mind program at CCSA!
Odyssey of the Mind is a program that encourages students to find solutions to open ended problems by utilizing creative problem solving methods.
Each year, five new competitive problems are presented and teams up to 7 students spend months working toward solutions.
During the competition in early March, teams present their solution in the form of a performance to a panel of volunteer judges. Part of the competitions also requires the team to solve a spontaneous problem, in which they are given an issue to resolve on the spot, which is also part of their score.
Teams are lead by parent volunteers and they worked for several months toward their solution. The solution to the problem is usually presented in the form of a performance and may involve any of the following activities: building hand made props, designing and building a backdrop, design and building technical devices, developing and writing that will represent the solution to their problem, making costumes for the performance.
The skills learned by the students while preparing for their competition includes brainstorming ideas, compromise and working with limited resources, thinking out of the box, team building. It teaches things student don't always learn in a classroom setting.
For more Information on this program, you may contact Joslyn Morris at Joslyn.Morris@redclay.k12.de.us, who is the Odyssey of the Mind teacher coordinator and HS Spanish teacher at Cab and/or Helga Kuhlmann at hrkl77@verizon.net, who is the Odyssey of the Mind parent coordinator.
This program is open at Cab for MS and HS students.
Odyssey of the Mind is a program that encourages students to find solutions to open ended problems by utilizing creative problem solving methods.
Each year, five new competitive problems are presented and teams up to 7 students spend months working toward solutions.
During the competition in early March, teams present their solution in the form of a performance to a panel of volunteer judges. Part of the competitions also requires the team to solve a spontaneous problem, in which they are given an issue to resolve on the spot, which is also part of their score.
Teams are lead by parent volunteers and they worked for several months toward their solution. The solution to the problem is usually presented in the form of a performance and may involve any of the following activities: building hand made props, designing and building a backdrop, design and building technical devices, developing and writing that will represent the solution to their problem, making costumes for the performance.
The skills learned by the students while preparing for their competition includes brainstorming ideas, compromise and working with limited resources, thinking out of the box, team building. It teaches things student don't always learn in a classroom setting.
For more Information on this program, you may contact Joslyn Morris at Joslyn.Morris@redclay.k12.de.us, who is the Odyssey of the Mind teacher coordinator and HS Spanish teacher at Cab and/or Helga Kuhlmann at hrkl77@verizon.net, who is the Odyssey of the Mind parent coordinator.
This program is open at Cab for MS and HS students.
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