2013 marks the inaugural year of the Triad Parent Education Speaker Program—a collaborative effort between CSG, CA and Wellington to bring some really top-notch speakers to present important and relevant parenting topics.
Up first is Dr. Ken Ginsburg, author and pediatrician specializing in Adolescent Medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He also serves as Director of Health Services at Covenant House Pennsylvania, an agency that serves homeless youth in Philadelphia.
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Collaboration and Resilience!
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6:53 AM
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Pajamas in the house...or Dining Hall!
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10:47 AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
It's time for the MOSAIC Pajama House Party! Despite horrid weather, last year's event had more than 300 CA community peeps come out for fun music, dancing, games and a good time. Everyone left wanting to know when we could do it again...
...so, mark your calendars for Friday, January 18th from 6-9pm in the Dining Hall! There will be a DJ complete with a fantastic big screen for music videos, light show and video game stations.
Post-holiday purge?
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2:33 PM
Sunday, January 6, 2013
If your house is anything like ours, it has been inundated with "stuff" over the last several weeks. The holiday season brought gifts aplenty, but it also brought the occasions that the kids needed to dress
up for—and that meant sport coats and dress pants that I was horrified to find no longer fit my lanky, growing boys.
If you, like me, have developed a little mountain of these items that no longer fit, please consider bringing them to the uniform exchange closet! They will make fabulous additions for our community as we all search for these expensive and under-utilzed pieces of clothing in our children's wardrobes. With band concerts and LS and MS graduations there is always a need!
In a similar recycle, reduce, reuse vein, hats off to Beth Fisher, who prior to winter break, chaired an off-the-page graduation dress exchange, where a full 1/3 of our senior girls were able to score a gown for their big day in June.
The uniform exchange closet is located just down the hall from the nurse's office and with no door, is open anytime you might wish to pop in. Purge away and bring a bag of stuff to donate and fill it back up with stuff to fit your growing brood!
up for—and that meant sport coats and dress pants that I was horrified to find no longer fit my lanky, growing boys.
If you, like me, have developed a little mountain of these items that no longer fit, please consider bringing them to the uniform exchange closet! They will make fabulous additions for our community as we all search for these expensive and under-utilzed pieces of clothing in our children's wardrobes. With band concerts and LS and MS graduations there is always a need!
In a similar recycle, reduce, reuse vein, hats off to Beth Fisher, who prior to winter break, chaired an off-the-page graduation dress exchange, where a full 1/3 of our senior girls were able to score a gown for their big day in June.
The uniform exchange closet is located just down the hall from the nurse's office and with no door, is open anytime you might wish to pop in. Purge away and bring a bag of stuff to donate and fill it back up with stuff to fit your growing brood!
Housekeeping
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6:57 AM
Monday, December 10, 2012
A few tidbits to start the week...
- The glorious blue envelopes from the business office should have arrived in many mailboxes last week—which means that tuition is due! If your LS children have "used" your stamps as stickers, you can walk your envelope to the kind folks in Academy Hall and they will be happy to relieve you of your burden!
- The Division Heads will be presenting at the next PACA meeting, this Wednesday, December 12th at 8am in the Dining Hall. Breakfast will be provided by the PACA Board. Come and join us and hear what is happening in LS, MS and US!
- A couple of links from the world of education that might be of interest:
Is college becoming irrelevant? Lots of controversy about this one from the New York Times: Saying No to College
How school environments impact academic dishonesty: The Cheating Epidemic: How School Climates Affect Student Choices
The deal with My BackPack
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10:15 AM
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Greetings from your slacker PACA blogger.
Several weeks ago, we had a great post from Kevin Dubenion on some of the capabilities of Moodle. We had lots of nice feedback on that post and it got me thinking about another electronic portal that we have going on at CA: My BackPack.
Several weeks ago, we had a great post from Kevin Dubenion on some of the capabilities of Moodle. We had lots of nice feedback on that post and it got me thinking about another electronic portal that we have going on at CA: My BackPack.
Reminder!
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6:27 AM
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is a late start day for faculty development. School begins at 930am, but childcare is available for kiddos beginning at 730am.
Bring the kids in early and join us at PACA's General Membership meeting tomorrow at 830am in the Dining Hall. It is open to everyone! Come and get the scoop on everything happening on Cherry Bottom!
See you then!
Bring the kids in early and join us at PACA's General Membership meeting tomorrow at 830am in the Dining Hall. It is open to everyone! Come and get the scoop on everything happening on Cherry Bottom!
See you then!
A Moodle Muddle
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10:28 AM
Monday, November 5, 2012
...And now a word from Kevin Dubenion, PACA co-president!
Parents!
Parents!
I dropped in to have lunch with my 7th grader last week (Red Velvet FroYo...YUMMERS) and her science teacher (Dr. B) stopped me for a chat. He gave me an in-depth report on a recent homework assignment that was just a bit below par and (get this) told me he had a few ideas that we could try at home to help my lady Vike excel! Certainly, this was fabulous! I mean, where else does this type of interaction occur on a regular basis? Only at CA. But I digress.
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