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Upper School Exam Schedule
Exam week is around the corner - Dec. 13-16. Click here for the Upper School exam schedule.
The 9th grade helped a brand new nonprofit organization, Sweetgrass Garden Coop, by building scarecrows last week. The organization was founded by three area residents with the goal of growing food and donating it to local food banks. The garden is located just down the road from the school at 3105 Plowground Road. The 9th grade students, armed with old clothes, hay, tools, and burlap sacks, made three scarecrows which will come in very handy during the growing season! CCS plans to continue to support SGC in a variety of ways throughout the year; currently, one of our students is creating a web site for them while another is designing a logo.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Race for the Cure
The 10th grade girls are supporting the Susan G Koman Race for the Cure this year for their community service. They are decorating and putting names on all of the tulips that will make up the flower garden the day of the race. The tulips are purchased through the race website in honor or in memory of someone that has faced breast cancer. The girls have also formed the S.W.A.T (Sundevils Wanting A cure Today) team and will participate in the race. Flooded with Flavor has agreed to be our sponsor and is purchasing t-shirts for all the girls. Other students and/or members of the CCS community are welcome to join our team to race or buy a t-shirt. All proceeds for t-shirt sales will go towards the team. Flooded with Flavor will also be having special sales that will donate a portion of their proceeds to our team. To sign up for the team please visit www.komenlowcountry.org.
During the week of Sept. 22, students in grades 2-10 will be taking the CTP4 tests designed by the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). This test is designed as a “low-stakes” exam, the purpose of which is to test what a student knows at a given point in time, in order to identify strengths and weaknesses. It is intended to help teachers and administrators make decisions about classroom instruction. As such, there are no preparatory materials available for it. This makes the test a more accurate reflection of the student’s knowledge, and makes it a better diagnostic tool.
The results of your son or daughter’s performance on the CTP4 tests will be discussed with you during a future parent/teacher conference. In the Lower School the classroom teachers will determine testing times. In the Middle and Upper School these tests will be administered in the mornings and a revised class schedule will be followed in the afternoons. Please help your children achieve success on these tests by ensuring that they eat a nutritious breakfast and get a good night’s sleep! If you have any additional questions, you may contact your division head or visit http://www.erbtest.org/parents/
In addition, next week we will host our first Head of School candidate! She will be on campus Thursday and Friday, Sept. 23-24. All parents are invited to meet her during the 2:00-3:00 question-and-answer session in the cafe.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Pinwheels for Peace
Charleston Collegiate celebrated the international Day of Peace, September 21st, by creating a visual public statement about peace. Students form Preschool through the sixth grade created colorful pinwheels and then planted them on the front lawn of our campus. Students also drew pictures and wrote about what peace means to them and shared their ideas with each other. The Middle and Upper school girls chorus sand Dona Nobis Pacem and the Media class filmed the whole event.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sun Devil of the Week
Project Learning Tree and Greenschools
PLT doesn’t just increase student awareness of environmental issues through classroom studies. It helps students transfer their knowledge into positive environmental action in schools and communities. Through its GreenWorks! service-learning program, for example, PLT provides grants for students to “learn by doing” in hands-on projects that improve an aspect of their community’s environment.
KIVA
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Sun Devil of the Week
Congratulations to the Sundevils of the week: Peter Beck in Lower School, Hayden Poe in Middle School, and Eliza Limehouse in Upper School. Peter was chosen for setting a great example for his peers in class! Hayden was nominated for being helpful to new students and he was observed picking up trash around campus without being told to. Eliza was nominated for going out of her way to make new students feel welcome. Congratulations to our Sundevils of the week!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Blue/Gold Competition
Blue=85 points Gold=225 points
This year at CCS, each student has been assigned to either the Blue Team or the Gold Team. They will be competing in events all year long to try to win points for their team. These events may be school-wide, or they may span a single division, or even just one class. The events will range from the physical (a kickball game), to the academic (a writing contest), all the way to the artistic (a yearbook cover contest). The winning teams will receive recognition and a grand prize at the end of the year. The culminating event is a school-wide field day. These teams are a wonderful way for students of all ages to get to know one another.
Lower School student Chase Howard appeared on WCBD's "Your Health" in April to discuss his Exhibition of Mastery project on childhood obesity. Way to go, Chase!
Student journalist Ben Schaffer (11th grade) had his final column of the school year published in today's "Your Lowcountry" section of the Post & Courier. His next column will appear in the fall.
Topics covered in the June 24th column include:
- Ted Turner at CCS graduation
- Senior Exhibitions of Mastery
- New Intermediate Program in Middle School
- Fine Arts Week 2010
You can read Ben's entire column here.
Congratulations to all the students who made Head of School's List or Director's
List for the Fourth Quarter! As a reminder: this year, there are new categories
and different qualifications for Lower School and Middle & Upper School
Honor Rolls to reflect the addition of Effort Grades in Middle and Upper School.
These qualifications are noted beside each list.
Lower School (4th &
5th only)
Head of School's List (90-100 average, with no grade below 85): Hunter Albers, Nikki Bregman, Grace Christoph, Shea McLernon, Zoe Myers, Riley Steward, Jacob Shapiro, Chase Howard, Jacob Bryson, Becca Anne Byrum , Brinley Frank, Cameron Hay, Will Hutchisson, Eddie Monahan, Jack Ploch, Roger Ploch, Virginia Quarles, Ling Shapiro, Skylar Shipe
Director's List (85-89 average, with no grade below 80): Hutch Fontaine, Emily Leonard, Melissa Linder, Gabrielle Strother, Tyler Montgomery, Rhyanne Foster
Middle
School
Head of School's List (90-100
average, with no grade below 90): Michael Afrin, Mary Grace Bowers, Andre Coaxum, Nancey Fang,
Chelsea Jennings, Michael McCann, Pinita Tovar
Upper School
Head of School's List (90-100 average, with no grade below 90): Ben Schaffer, Tyler Swain, Hunter McCoy, Hayes Crumbley, Arran Montgomery, Sydney Bertsch, Stuart Bowers, Nicole Fredericks, Johnna Menke
Director's List (Effort Grade average of 3.6 or above): Sarah Smith, Flor Salcedo, Jennifer Moya, Taylor Jennings, Caroline Gibson, Angelic Cuvarrubio, Allie Watts Walker, Nicole Smith, Vanessa Salcedo, Thalia Orozco, Deb Frasier, Danielle Buck, Claudia Balliet, Robert Fox, Aaron Willis, Juan Soto, Isaiah Lavallee, Zach Frehse, Andrew Bertsch, Taylor Searcy, Savannah Odum, Mia Blunt, Karla Aguirre, Chet Wood, Josh Scheer, Sean Pendarvis, Jamey Mears, Trevor Mallard, John Brewer, Stuart Barickman, Alex Westmoreland, Miguel Salcedo, Mason Joye, Trevor Grosse
Student journalist Ben Schaffer (11th grade) had his second column published in today's "Your Lowcountry" section of the Post & Courier. Topics covered in his June 10th column include:
- Green Week, Science Night, and Lower School Camp Out
- 2010 Winterim
- CCS Sailing team
You can read Ben's entire column here.
View Tommy Ford's CCS graduation photos.
View Walter Golosky's CCS graduation photos.
Saturday was CCS's 38th graduation, and the Class of 2010 was privileged to have Ted Turner as their commencement speaker. For a full write-up on Saturday's events, please see the attached press release.
Congratulations to our newest graduates! We are proud of you.
Please see the attached flyer from Educational Outfitters for information on their June sale.
Final exams are right around the corner! Please see the attached exam schedule and informational letter from Gretchen Batalis, Head of Middle School and Acting Head of Upper School.
Please see the attached schedule for senior exams, which run from Friday, May 14th to Tuesday, May 18th. If you have any questions, contact Gretchen Batalis.
On March 10th, CCS Board Chairman Nedra Hecker met with parents for a special Coffee with the Head. Please see the attached letter for her thoughts on the discussion at that meeting.
coffeewthechairfinal410 _2_.pdf
