Inclement Weather Policy If you have not joined the "Remind" text groups yet, now would be a good time to do so with possible upcoming inclement weather an-nouncements. Check the Info tab for details on joining "Remind." Be sure you are in the “General” group. https://www.remind.com/join/338f7 We will send a “General” Remind text, a RenWeb email, post it to the school's phones in case you call, and call it in to the radio and TV stations to notify you of a closing or delay. In most cases, we will follow Carroll County Public Schools. Also join any other "Remind" groups that apply to you, such as "Middle School" or a sports team, etc. If you join the group you will only receive the texts for the groups you have joined. For example, you will receive return time updates from games or trips, etc. Exams Don’t forget to have your 6-12 grade students study each night to prepare for next week's exams (December 19-21). Teachers will have gone over with them what to study, and many have given study guides, etc. The exam schedule is as follows: Tuesday - Exams for periods 1 (8:20-9:50) and 2 (10:30-12:00) Wednesday - Exams for periods 3 (8:20-9:50) and 4 (10:30-12:00) Thursday - Exams for periods 5 (8:20-9:50) and 6 (10:30-12:00) There is a study time in between exams. If a student has a period with a non-academic class, such as PE, Teacher's Aide, etc., they do not have to come in that period, but they do need to turn in a note by the end of the day on Monday stating that they are exempt and will not be in that period or will be leaving early. They must be here for an entire period that they have an ex-am. We cannot have students just running the halls or leaving classes at random times. If they are leaving early, they need to sign out. See examples on the next page...

Matthew Reisberg

Principal/

Administrator

Word from the Administrator

Issue 13

December 15, 2017

Examples: A student with 3rd Period PE and 4th Period Bible would turn in a note on Monday stating that they will be exempt from the 3rd Period exam and will be at school at 10:15 to take the 4th Period exam. A student with 5th Period Science and 6th Period PE must send in a note by Monday that states that they will be exempt from Period 6 exam and will, therefore, be dismissed (and sign out) at 9:50. The students must have a ride. They cannot just hang out, wander the halls, or go off to places like Target or McDonalds. Grades 6-12 dismiss at noon on Tuesday -Thursday to allow time to study for exams. Please make arrangements to pick your 6-12 grade students up at noon. We understand that there may be rare cases when you just cannot pick them up at noon, and we are going to try to have study rooms for just those students in this unique situation. Please understand that this is supposed to be the teachers free time for grading. It is not a babysitting service. It is just our attempt to help those who have no option. The students need to understand that it is a study time for exams and that they will need to study quietly. If they are loud and disrup-tive of others who are staying, then the parents will have to come pick them up, and they will not be allowed to stay past noon the other exam days. They will get the best study time at home, so that would be the best option. Late Stay will still run those days (3:15-5:30) just for those who do not have rides. If you are not able to pick them up at noon any of these days, please send in a note by the end of the day Monday so we know how many to plan for. Please do not just leave them or forget and then send a note later. We are doing this service to try to help you., so please have the courtesy to help us plan effectively. Tardiness Please remember that school starts at 8:00. We understand that some families travel a great distance to be here, and we appreciate that. We also understand that sometimes things hap-pen along the way. However, if you are consistently 5-10 minutes late, then it is because it takes 5 or 10 minutes longer to get here. Please plan to leave earlier. Tardiness not only af-fects your child's education, but it also disrupts the teacher and the other students. Robotics Club We are checking the interest in the possibility of starting an after-school Robotics Club for the Middle School. Please see information in this newsletter, and respond to the infor-mation if you have interest.

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Friday, December 22nd What a busy half day! School will dismiss at noon. There is no Late Stay. Please make plans to pick up students at noon. It is casual day. We are encouraging students to either have fun and wear an ugly sweater or to wear Christmas colors. Who can wear the ugliest sweater? Please be sure to follow the guidelines for a dress-down day. We will have a combined K5-12th grade Christmas Chapel in the Auditorium at 8:15. Come join us! Secondary and some Elementary classes (who may not have had the party earlier in the week) will also have class parties. Grades 8-12 will be going Christmas caroling to several Nursing Homes. This is always a special blessing. Please see the attached permission slip, and please return it by Tuesday. Mark Your Calendars Our annual revival with Kenny Baldwin will take place in January. Kenny is one of the prem-ier youth speakers in the nation. Start praying now that God will work in the hearts of our stu-dents. This year, we are adding something new. In the past, parents have commented that they hear so much about Pastor Kenny and want the opportunity to attend one of the services but are un-able to due to work. Therefore, this year we are adding a 7:00 PM Service on Thursday, Janu-ary 18. Our schedule is as follows: January 18 - 10:00am, 1:00pm, and 7:00pm January 19 - 10:00am, and 1:00pm Please invite your church, your youth group, your friends, and your family. You won’t want to miss it! Christmas Break The school offices will be closed December 23- January 7. School will resume on January 8.

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Events

Calendar

Announcements

December Events

19-21 Grades 6-12 Exams

22 Casual Day/Noon Dismissal

(No Late Stay)/End of 2nd Qtr.

Christmas Vacation Begins

January Events

8 Classes Resume

8-12 Spirit Week

11 Alumni Day

12 Homecoming

Monday, December 18 MSG @ MSD3:30 Dismiss 1:45 Depart 2:00 Return 6:00 MSB @ MSD 4:45 Dismiss 2:00 Depart 2:15 Return 7:15

Benson Gym 310 South Carroll Street Frederick, MD 21701

JVB vs. Arlington 4:00 VG No Practice VB vs. Arlington 5:15 Cheer VB Game (Great Room 4:45) Tuesday, December 19 VB 12:30-2:30 Thursday, December 21 VG 12:30-2:30 Friday, December 22 VG 12:30-2:30

Practice Schedule:

CCS Sports Roundup

Please see the schedule for next week below. Monday is the only full day of the week, and the practic-es on the half days are optional. There could potentially be some practices or open gyms over the break so stay tuned for those announcements.

Do you have an interest in solving problems, perhaps being the next Albert Einstein or Thomas Edison?

Well, CCS is finalizing plans for an afterschool STEM class based on VEX IQ Robotics starting after the Christmas break. The curriculum is geared more for middle school students, and no prior knowledge is needed. The cost will be $10 to cover the cost of the student book, which they will keep. This will be a hands-on class, so a Robotics kit will be provided for in-class use. If you are interested in reserving your spot or if you have more questions, send an email to robotics@darcomputing.net. Please include the student's name and grade level.

A drawing was held this week for our recent gift card give-a-way promotion. We had 191 qualifying orders this year! Mrs. Wooden supervised the drawing, and our ten winners are:

$100 Giant Food gift card-Rosemary Dragunas

$50 Giant Food gift card-Hassan Mirzaev

$25 Giant Food gift card-Michelle Taluy

7 winners of a $10 Pizza Hut gift card-Carol Stewart, Colleen Donaldson, Hanna Wike, Felicia Reisberg, Carolyn Underman, Brenda Little and Jenn Saulsbury.

Your prizes may be picked up at the reception center any day during normal school offices hours. Thank you all for your continued support of our Scrip program. Our next order for gift cards won’t be until January 8, but our Scrip store is open every day during school hours at the reception center! We have Scrip cards in stock for casual dining, grocery stores, Am-azon, Kohl’s, Walmart and Target!

Preschool

K2 - Mrs. Richardson In K2, we're counting down to Christmas! In fact, we are counting everything in sight -- shepherds and sheep, stars and angels, wise-men and their gifts, Christmas trees and ornaments, gingerbread men, cookies and candy canes, presents, and more! And did we mention ONE tiny little baby born in Bethlehem? He is God's special gift to us! Each day, we are enjoying our advent celebration as we read the Christmas story from God's Word and add a new piece to our manger scene. It's so much fun to celebrate the birthday of our King! Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/IPjDXl6fs1pSk/

K3 - Mrs. Myers This week the K3 class learned the letter J. We turned our letter J into our favorite kind of juice. We also painted our hands to look like a jellyfish and added bubbles to look like the ocean. We learned about different animals that live in the jungle and made a jungle picture. Thursday we added a jacket to our big letter J pic-ture. Friday we made jelly bread and had some for snack. We also continued to learn about Christmas in Bible and how Mary and Jo-seph traveled to Bethlehem to pay taxes and be counted. Next week we will learn about Jesus’ birth. Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/2nShumz2TPuoQ/

K4 - Mrs.Crago This week, the Gingerbread Man stole our gifts! We chased him and caught him, and to be sure he wouldn’t do it again, we ATE him! We also blessed others at school with our beauti-ful voices as we went Christmas caroling. We finished the week by making fingerprint Christmas lights. Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/Arz4YkX9ccZ6q/

Elementary

Kindergarten—Mrs. Bassler and Mrs. Hendra Hats off to our Kinder class for their performance in our Christmas Nativity Play last Friday evening! Every-one did a great job and had fun singing and acting for our family and friends. Dressing up was a definite thrill! A special “Thank you” goes out to Mrs. Keel for getting all the costumes ready! Our students are learning addition facts in Math and have begun using flashcards and playing games that will reinforce speed. Reading is going very well. Thank you, parents, for all the reinforcement at home. We could not do this without you. Marking vowels and learning special sounds in our Abeka phonics has helped us greatly with our reading skills. We are all busy getting ready for Christmas. Crafts-r-us as we continue to decorate our room and make special gifts. Party plans are underway as we create our very own piñata! We continue to enjoy special stories that go along with Christmas, as well as yummy treats. Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/kqY24RaaCnoh9/

1st Grade - Mrs. Beard Our Student of the Week is Peter Perez. Congratulations to you, Peter, for a great week. The girls and boys did a wonderful job on Friday evening at their concert. It was so nice to hear their sweet voices sing-ing about this very special season! We had a very special treat on Monday. The students were also amazing on Tuesday when they performed at the Town Mall. We had several people compliment them as we were walking through the mall. We all had a special time eating at the mall and spending time with our families and friends. The students are doing a ter-rific job in class, also. We are learning new things each week, and our reading and math skills continue to make progress. In history, we are learning aboutgreat Americans like George Washington, Abra-ham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin. The students have been surprised about all the inventions and ide-as of Ben Franklin. Our “Good Behavior” trees are looking fabulous! Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/fxKdh2BLOJqck/

Elementary Continued

2nd Grade - Miss Sachs The elementary put on a fantastic Christmas program last Friday! It was a beautiful mes-sage about how to give to others at Christ-mas time. Thank you, Miss Munoz and stu-dents, for all your hard work! On Tuesday, the elementary schoolers went caroling at the Town Mall and sang some of the Christ-mas songs from the program. It was a bless-ing to many and sounded awesome! We have been busily working on our schoolwork amidst counting down the days till Christmas break! Second grade is working on our first book reports and will be presenting them later this week. We are looking forward to our Christmas party next Friday! Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/Y8btiOnrIxNfd/

3rd Grade - Mrs. McLaughlin Christmas pictures. Check. Christmas Pro-gram. Check. Caroling at the Mall. Check. The days are flying by, and soon it will be time for the highly anticipated Christmas break. In addition to our normal school work, third grade will be busy working on a special Christmas project for the par-ents. We are especially excited to be fin-ishing up our Science this week. We will begin History and Health next quarter. Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/mf06HnhBZlKLP/

Elementary continued

4th Grade - Mrs. Eckard

4th grade had a wonderful time on Friday evening at the Christmas Program, and Mrs. Eckard was so proud of them and all of their hard work. They did an excellent job singing for Super 60's last Thursday and then led the elementary Chapel on Monday morning. We headed to the Mall on Tuesday to sing again. It was a fun time, too. Thank you Je-sus for this beautiful season of the year. The music of this time of the year is just wonder-ful. Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/Qj3h6F3PnHHis/

5th Grade - Miss Castaneda

This week fifth grade had lots of fun celebrating the season and The Lord's birth by participating in the Christmas program and the caroling at the Town Mall. They enjoyed singing all the Christmas songs and, through them, being a testimony to all who heard of what the true meaning of Christmas is! We also celebrated Lance Bond's birthday and took time to thank the Lord for allowing him to be a part of our class! Check out what we did this week on our website! https://spark.adobe.com/page/ORsSTgF92cYjT/

Secondary

Middle and high schoolers have taken their last quizzes and tests of the quarter and are reviewing everything they learned this se-mester in preparation for exams next week. Everyone is excited for the upcoming break. Our middle school enjoyed their field trip, seniors enjoyed their first senior lunch of the year, and our high school choir sang on the radio today!

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