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January 15, 2016 Volume 1, Issue 2
THE RAMPAGE
IN THIS ISSUE
Appreciate the Bus Driver Week
Join us at the Checkers Game
Welcome to our new TA’s
Help Support our School
Sign up for Spring Culture Club, Girls on the Run
Upcoming Events
QUICK LINKS
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
Dear Parents:
We provide regular updates to you about your student’s academic progress by sending home a Report Card. Once a year we provide you with updates on our school’s achievements through the North Carolina School Report Cards. This Re-port Card includes important information about school and student performance, class sizes, attendance, school safety, instructional resources, and teacher quali-ty6. There also is information about how our school measured against the federal Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO) targets and the number of suspensions in our school.
For the second year, each school has received a letter grade to describe its perfor-mance. These school performance grades are comprised of student achievement (80 percent) and growth (20 percent). For some schools that meet or exceed ex-pected growth, the growth calculation would lower their letter grade. In those instances, growth is not included in the letter grade.
The Report Card was distributed to all students prior to the holiday break. Our students continue to demonstrate proficiency and growth while mastering the curriculum content in a second language.
A summary of our Report Card called the Report Card Snapshot was sent home before the holiday break. The full Report Card for our school can be found on the NC School Report Cards’ website at www.ncpublicschools.org/src. School Report Cards are provided for regular public schools, charter schools, and alternative schools that were open during the 2014-2015 school year.
The numbers only tell part of the story. At our school we are proud of our interna-tional staff who provide instruction in the North Carolina curriculum and Essen-tial Standards ensuring that instruction is rigorous and that our students are achieving their goals. All teachers at our school go the extra mile to ensure that students at Waddell are taught the North Carolina Curriculum and Essential Standards in one of four foreign languages in elementary school and that they continue to show growth and achievement on the standards through middle school. Our students become proficient in a foreign language that helps to make them more confident and globally aware.
State and local education leaders are committed to providing parents with more information about schools. Well-informed parents who participate in their chil-dren’s education and school enhance the learning environment for students and educators alike. In addition, the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requires schools to issue Report Cards.
At Waddell Language Academy your involvement is very important to the success of our school. I encourage you to review our Report Card carefully, and inform us of any questions or concerns that you may have. We welcome your feedback.
Dr. Felicia Eybl
A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL...
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NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK!
What do you think of our new look? Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome—email waddellram-
SAVE THE DATE: APPRECIATE THE BUS DRIVER WEEK —FEB 8—12
Feb. 8-12 is School Bus Driver Appreciation Week in North Carolina. Please consider doing something to recog-nize the important contributions of your school bus drivers in the educational process.
JOIN US AT THE CHECKERS GAME—MARCH 13
Charlotte Checkers Hockey Team and Waddell invite YOU and your family, friends and neighbors to join them at
Bojangles’ Coliseum on Sunday, March 13, 2016 for the annual hockey game! The Checkers will square off
against the Rockford Ice Hogs at 1:00, it is Chubby’s birthday, and there is skating with Chubby and his team-
mates after the game!
Tickets are $15.00 each (a portion of the ticket sales are returned to Waddell) Skating is free
if you have your own skates and cost $5.00 if you need to rent them. (Rentals are available on
the main level of the stadium before the game begins)
Please order tickets through online payment through the Waddell website beginning Monday,
January 11th and ending March 3, 2016. Tickets will go home with students the week of March
7, 2016.
Send inquiries to [email protected]
Hope to see you all at the game!
GOOOO CHECKERS! GOOOO CHECKERS! GOOO CHECKERS!!!!!GOOO!!!
SPORTS GAME SCHEDULE
First game starts at 5pm and second game starts as soon as first game is complete, generally around 6pm Both boys and girls play. Sometimes the girls play first and sometimes the boys play first. Jan 14th Waddell @Sedgefield Jan 21st, MLK, Jr @ Waddell Jan27th, Wadddell @ Kennedy Jan 28th, Cochrane @ Waddell Feb 1st, Waddell @ Eastway Feb 4th, Waddell @ McClintock Feb 8th, Whitewater @ Waddell Home games in BOLD Middle school students are allowed to stay after school with parent permission to watch home sporting events. Any student staying after will report to an assigned classroom with teacher supervision until the sporting event begins. Students and parents must have arranged transportation home,especially is they are normally a
bus rider. Your student may want a few dollars (~$5) for purchasing snack items from the concession stand.
SPRING SEASON OF GIRLS ON THE RUN STARTS SOON—REGISTER TODAY OR VOLUNTEER AS A COACH!
All third, fourth, and fifth grade girls are invited to register for the spring season of Girls on the Run! Girls on the Run is a positive youth development program that inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confi-dent using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively inte-grates running. Girls on the Run focuses on building self-esteem and improving emotional and physical health. Girls on the Run will meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 – 4:45. The spring season will begin on February 2 and will conclude with a celebratory 5K in late April. The registration period is January 8-14. See flyer for more de-tails! For more information on the Spring Season, click here. Interested in volunteering or know someone who is? We would love to have you join us as a coach! Coaches can be female or male and do not have to be Waddell parents. See flyer for more information. Learn more and register at www.gotrcharlotte.com. Please contact
Betsy Vega, [email protected], with any questions
SPORTS INFORMATION ABOUT CMS SPRING SPORTS AND SCHOOL LEAGUES
Click here for CMS Sports League
Middle School Sports Season Schedule
UPCOMING EVENTS
JANUARY
18th - MLK Day Holiday
20th - End of 2nd Quarter
25th—Teacher Workday –
PTSA to provide lunch
28th - Coffee w/Principal &
PTSA General Meeting,
Auditorium (8:30-9:30am)
FEBRUARY
5th—Chinese New Year –
Evening event
8th—Chinese New Year
9th—Mardi Gras (all ele-
mentary school)
10th & 11th— Middle School
Drama Performance
15th - Teacher Workday
16th— PTSA Valentines for
Teachers
22nd—SLT Meeting, Media
Center (4:00 pm)
Click here for the online
calendar
Click here for a printa-
ble version of our events
calendar
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REGISTER NOW FOR THE CONFUCIUS LANGUAGE INSTITUTE CHINESE LANGUAGE COMPETITION
The 7th Chinese Language Competition sponsored by Confucius Institute at NC
State is open now. Please register online at http://bit.ly/1RwAnjV.
This is the only state-wide Chinese writing and speech contests in North Caroli-
na. Last year, over 400 students attended the competition. With your constant
support and participation, we believe we would have a greater event this year.
If you have any question, please email Ms. Mo [email protected] and Ms. Ye [email protected]
IMPORTANT TRANS-PORTATION INFOR-MATION 2016-17
Parents, please take a
look at the FAQ docu-
ment and go to the Trans-
portation link provided to
view the survey and make
your choice between the
home/ neighborhood,
daycare, consolidated or
shuttle stop for next year.
Click here for the FAQ
document
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. If you
would like to stop in at a
specific time, we are hap-
py to schedule "personal
shopping" times. Feel free
to email Rikke Donaldson
to schedule a time -
om Remember every item
is just $1.00 and all pro-
ceeds go towards our
school!!
FREE INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE PLAN-NING Click here for more information
on this free college planning ses-
sion. It’s not too late for 8th grad-
ers to register for this as well.
Registration is required to attend.
Click here for more information.
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4:30-6pm: Delicious food from Grand Asia: beef/broccoli, sesame
chicken, pork/veg dumplings, Pokemon action toys, cute coin purses
and much more for sale
5-6pm: Video and slide show of Beijing exchange trip
6-7pm: Student performances!!
EVERYONE is WELCOME!!
CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY— FRI-DAY 2/5
Have you joined the Waddell Parents Group on Facebook yet? If not, click
here to visit the page and join today!
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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 num-
bers 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 purchases 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.
STUDENT COUNCIL WILL BE COLLECTING POP TABS FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE THIS YEAR
Ronald McDonald House provides caring, comfortable housing for fami-lies traveling for their child’s medical treatment. The money earned from recycling pop tabs will help pay for families to
receive shelter, food, and support.
Comments,
Questions or Feed-
back about
RamPage?
Email Sujatha Nair,
RamPage Editor at
waddellram-
ONLINE SCHOOL PAYMENTS
This year, the school is moving towards accepting only or mostly Online
Payments. Here is a link to two files that contain 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, car-
pool 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.
Waddell Language
Academy
7030 Nations Ford Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28217
PHONE: 980.343.5815
FAX: 980.343.5854
Felicia Eybl, Principal
STAY UP TO DATE ON ALL THINGS CMS!
Download the CMS app to be notified of School delays and closings.
Click here
QUICK LINKS
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
