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RAMPAGE Your guide to school news, information and events!
OCTOBER 30, 2015 VOLUME 11
In this issue:
Attention: Middle School Stu-
dents—Sign up for MathCounts!
Scholastic Book Fair
Volunteers needed for Copy Cen-
ter
Counselor’s Corner..
Student Council collects pop tabs
for Ronald McDonald House
Help Raise Money for our School!
Crafty Parents Needed for World
Market Donations
Used Blues Uniform Sale
AND MORE!
RESOURCES
CMS School Calendar 2015-16
Waddell PTSA Website
Waddell Spirit wear
New! Waddell Digital Learning Sites
New! CMS Online School Payments
Office FAQ’s
Link to RamPage Archive
CMS Lunch Menu
New! Peachjar eFlyers
Subscribe to the RamPage
Scholastic Book Fair will be here soon!
When? November 10 - 19
Where? Media Center
Students will visit the book fair during their
media special class. Parents are welcome to come and shop with
their children during their class shopping time. Students will be bringing
home an information flyer.
We are looking for volunteers to staff the book fair. Duties include assisting chil-dren with selections, straightening inventory, restocking inventory, counting money, and making change. There are two shifts per day, and we need two vol-unteers per shift. If you'd like to help out, please sign up for a time slot (or more than one!) using this signupgenius link:http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a44afa72aabf58-waddell3
Thanks for your consideration! If you have any questions, please contact me via
email at [email protected].
Attn: Middle School Students—sign up for Math-
Counts!
The MathCounts program is designed to provide enriching, extracurricular activ-
ities for middle school students to improve their math skills with rigorous ques-
tions and games. MathCounts is not tutoring or homework time. If your stu-
dent is interested, then please pick up a permission slip from outside Mrs. Bar-
tholomew’s room (217) and return it signed. We meet on Tuesday afternnoons
from 3:35 to 4:40. Students will need to be picked up promptly. If you have any
questions, please email Mrs. B [email protected]
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Attention 2nd and 4th Grade parents:
Information for the 4th and 2nd Grade show December in our Town on December 10th is posted on Mrs. Maillet's and Mrs. Lutjen's webpages. Please copy the links below to find our webpages and check back ogten as we add more information weekly!! If you have any ques-tions or concerns please email us.
Mrs. Maillet - http://wmaillet.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/4th+Grade+Music
Mrs. Lutjen - http://kristenlutjen.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/2nd+Grade+Music
Copy Center Volunteers Needed!
We are in need of parents to help with the creation of a designated copy space and being part a trained crew of copy
volunteers.
Our hope is to be able to consolidate copy needs and to be able to provide copy services on a regularly scheduled ba-
sis to make the best use of all of our resources.
Training sessions with Lisa Pianka are offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from9:00 until 10:00. We are hoping
to hold a copy center clean up on November 4 from 8:00 until 11:00. If you are interested in helping out, please email
me at [email protected] or sign up via the link below:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4BA9AE2AAAFC1-waddell
If the current dates listed don't work for you, please let me know, we will certainly need your help in the future.
Thank you for all of your help in making our school great!
Helpers needed for German Cultural Night on Monday, November 9th.
We are in need of helpers to make this evening a great one to remember. We ask that volunteers peek from one of
two time slots.
We will be reserving seats for all volunteers at the auditorium so you won't have to worry about trying to find a seat.
please check our link:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0A4DA8AE22A13-german
We are very appreciative,
Dankeschon,
Tania Hoeller and Sharon Stetler
German Ambassadors
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Upcoming
Events
NOVEMBER
2nd MS Soft/Volleyball: Whitewater @ Waddell (5pm)
5th Coffee w/Principal & PTSA Gen-eral Meeting, Auditorium (8:30-9:30am)
6th Elementary School Picture Day (Fall)
9th German Culture Night (6:00 pm)
11th Veteran’s Day Holiday
13th Sankt Martin Lanterne Parade
16th-20th PTSA Event - International Week
25th-29th Thanksgiving Break Holiday
DECEMBER
4th Nikolaus
7th SLT Meeting, Media Center (6:00pm)
10th World Market PTSA Event
Date TBD Nikolaus (Germany)
18th Middle School Winter Dance (during school day)
19th Start of Winter Break Holiday
Click here for the online calendar
Click here for a printable version of our
events calendar
From the Counselor’s
Desk…
Parents, Please take a minute to complete the counseling needs assessment. Your responses help the counselors and psychologist tailor programs and services to best meet the needs of Waddell families. All re-sponses are confidential. If you have multiple children at Waddell, please complete the survey once per child. We value your input! http://goo.gl/forms/8z60MLdCo3
For More Information, please contact: Betsy Vega— [email protected] Crystal Reece— [email protected]
Donna Armstrong—[email protected]
Myers Park Annual Open House to be
held on November 18th
The annual Prospective Families Open House & Tour will be held on Weds. Nov. 18th @ 8am in our auditorium. Prospective parents and students are welcome. Several members of our school admin-istration will speak as well as a student panel. There will be a Q & A and tours will be available after the presentation. They have standing tour times on designated Tues. mornings throughout the school year as well as the Prospective Family Infor-mation and Tour event on November 18th. All of the details can be found on the website. Here is the link: http://mphsptso.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/Prospective+Families For more information, please contact Crystal Reece at [email protected]
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We need mentors for the North Star Reading Program!
CMS Superintendent, Ann Clark, started the North Star Program to implement in all CMS schools to help our third and seventh grade students that are currently reading below grade level. Waddell needs 50 mentors to successfully run this program. Mrs. Glenn and Ms. Booker will be hosting the orientation within the next two weeks. The North Star Reading Program Vision: -Every third and seventh graders below proficiency in reading will be paired with a mentor who is currently employed by CMS or a community partner. -The mentor will provide social, emotional, and academic support in literacy so that students reach proficiency by the end of the year and are prepared to enter 4th grade as college and career ready. The North Star Reading Program Overview: -Lessons plans will be provided to the mentors -We are asking mentors to complete 30 sessions total/one hour per week -Lesson plans are aligned to the 3rd grade Scope and Sequence and 7th grade Common Core Standards -The lessons are simple and easy for mentors -Mentors will use student’s personal book baggies/novels and including writing activities -Mentors can mentor 1 student or a maximum of 3 students - In order to serve as a mentor you must register as a volunteer at https://www.cms.volunteers.com/volunteer For more information or if you are willing to be a mentor, please contact: Ms. Janella Booker – [email protected] Mrs. Valerie Glenn – [email protected] (980) 343-5815
Student council will be collecting pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House
of Charlotte this year
Ronald McDonald House pro-
vides caring, comfortable hous-
ing for families traveling for
their child’s medical treatment.
The money earned from recy-
cling pop tabs will help pay for
families to receive shelter, food,
and support.
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Help Raise Money for our school!
Our School Code is 2455
Please take a moment to relink your VIC card either in the store or online. If you signed up to re-link during
Open House, please verify that you are indeed linked the next time you are shopping. There were a few discrepancies
in the information provided. Be sure to update your phone numbers and last names on your accounts.
Shop at Publix?
Please pick up a Publix shopper card in the front office. Cards are on Karen Bryer’s desk. A percentage of your pur-chases will be awarded to Waddell! Cards may be used in all stores except those in Florida.
For more passive fundraising ways to earn money for our school, click here.
Crafty Parents Wanted for World Market Night Donations
Do you have a special skill or craft you would like to share with the rest of us? Do you sew, knit, crochet,
bead, paint, woodwork or do anything else fun and creative? If so, we need you!!! We are in need of items
to be sold at our World Market Night fundraiser in December. If you think you would like to help out,
please contact LeAnn Kieffer at [email protected] and let her know what your special talent is. Also
be on the lookout for a crafting day to be scheduled at the school coming up in November! Now is the time
to try out some of those Pinterest projects you have been pinning!
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Stock up on uniforms for the changing season!
The used blues closet is open to anyone who would like to shop every first Wednesday of the month at 8.15am. The next sale will be Wednesday, November 4th. . If you would like to stop in another time, we are happy to schedule "personal shopping" times. Feel free to email Rikke Donaldson to schedule a time - [email protected] Re-member every item is just $1.00 and all proceeds go towards our school!!
Click here to view a copy of the Talent Development Newsletter.
https://drive.google.com/file/
d/0B9KjxGC3H2BXVDY0azNSaE91Si1kUU9iQm9ua2pEV3FjNzlz/view?
usp=sharing
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Waddell Parents, sign up to volunteer today!
Interested in volunteering at Waddell but not sure what types of opportunities are
out there? Click here to view our new Waddell Language Academy Volunteer Sign up Form . Questions?
Email [email protected]
Waddell Language Academy 7030 Nations Ford Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28217
PHONE: 980.343.5815 FAX: 980.343.5854 Felicia Eybl, Principal
Comments, Questions or Feedback about RamPage?
Email Sujatha Nair, RamPage Editor at [email protected]
Have you joined the Waddell Parents Group on Facebook yet? If not,
click here to visit the page and join today!
Stay up to date on all things CMS!
Download the CMS app to be notified of School delays and closings.
Click here
Online School Payments
This year, the school is moving towards accepting only or mostly Online Payments. Here is a link to two files that con-
tain more information about what qualifies for Online School Payments ( OSP) and how you can set up your account
prior to the start of the school year. Please Note: 4th and 5th grade agenda’s are set up for on-line payment, carpool
tags (2.00) and also middle school fees ( 10.00)
Link to Details for OSP Parent Information:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9KjxGC3H2BXY0s4d2hha1d0dUdZYUpURmZ1d3puZU5tTEtJ/view
Link to OSP Parent Instructions for setting up your account:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9KjxGC3H2BXZ1VoamZWMGI2SE15eGZPNWk5RG14V051Zm1F/view
Contact: Ms. Lisa Pianka in the office for any questions.
