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February 25 in partnership with the Rep we
will be offering tickets for the production of The Imaginary
Invalid. For a play summary click on the following link: www.seattlerep.org/SeasonPlays08/ShowII.html.
While the price has not been set yet, it will be significantly
lower than a typical play. Best of all the proceeds will directly
benefit the students of the CSCA. Stay tuned for more details. |
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March
13
as most you know is The Center School's 6th Annual Auction.
This year's gala will be held at The Hall at Fauntleroy, home
of Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes. Some great items have already
started to trickle in. Some of the highlights include wine
tasting at the Hoodsport Winery, a birthday party for 15 at
the Children's Museum, a billiards party for twenty at Gillians,
and a night at the Westin Hotel in one of their finer rooms.
It is a great way to cure your cabin fever and support The
Center School. So keep an eye out for your personal invitation
that should be arriving in the mail soon.
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| U-DOC
is a high school summer program enrichment program that seeks
to foster, affirm and encourage students interested in healthcare
professions - Offered by the U of W deadline March 3rd. Dates
- June 22nd - July 11th 2008 apply online at: //depts.Washington.edu/omca/leadership/UDOC.html
More info: contact 616-5522 or email fabeyta@u.washington.edu |
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SECOND
SEMESTER EVENING SCHOOL - Registration forms are
available on the wall. Please see Ms. Sanusi for a signature
and an academic history. The cost is $50.00 per class.
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Crew
Seattle will be hosting a Career program for those students
interested in Real Estate.
Commercial Real Estate Woman (CREW) Foundation has created
and implemented a mentoring program - Commercial Real Estate
101 program for teens girls. April 4, 2008 They are recruit
50 girls. For more info. please contact:
Christian
Page, Sales Representative
Knoll, Inc.
Tel 206 652-2795
Fax 206 624-0235
Cell 206 890-9343
cpage@knoll.com
www.knoll.com
1124 First Ave
Seattle, WA 98101 |
The
Messenger is the printed (almostly) monthly newsletter of
the Center School and is sponsored by CSCA. It complements
the BLAST by printing announcements and news stories. The
Messenger is edited by Lori MacDonald and Cindy Suzumura.
The mailing team is headed by Janet Sleath.
Contributions
to the newsletter can be submitted as a Word file to Lori
MacDonald. Photos are also greatly appreciated (jpeg best).
Deadlines for this year's messenger are as follows: 11/28,
1/30, 2/27, 4/16, 5/14 with printed copy received in the mail
by the school community approximately 10 days later. For more
information contact Lori MacDonald at 932-5436 or glenmac@seanet.com |
PARKING
IDEAS
For new parents or the uninformed, I will from time to time
offer some parking tips. The Basics: The city,
to encourage fewer trips in the car and to make a bunch of money,
has established parking kiosks around the Center and the lower
Queen Anne area. Parking is limited to 2 hours and is $1.50
per hour. The kiosks take credit cards. The parking lots in
the area charge from $6.00 (across from the Key Arena) to $9.00
per day. For those students who choose to not to pay the city
charges $35.00 for overtime parking and the private lots are
probably more expensive. Tip: There are no
kiosks on Thomas between 1st N and 2nd N. However finding a
spot requires the luck of the Irish. |
TEST
RESULTS
Congratulations to the class of 2009 for a great performance
on last spring's WASL testing. The results were smashing. The
details are at the following link:
www.seattleschools.org/area/siso/test/wasl/2006/cur/024.pdf |
HELP
TCS is still in need of several parents who can lend their talents
and efforts to continue to make Center School a great place.
Some critical help is needed with our web page and people who
can help with this year's auction. If you can help please contact
me at 618-1080 or Cynthia Phillips at cmjphillips@comcast.net.
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| OPPORTUNITIES
FOR STUDENTS:
HOMEWORK HELP The following link is for students
looking for help with their homework when
they won't listen to our wealth of wisdom and knowledge. Sponsored
by the Library and endorsed by the district it is one resource
to try.
www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_teens_homework |
SHAMELESS
PLEA DEPARTMENT
By now you have received a plea from your CSCA to make a contribution
through the Letter Campaign. We will hope you will be generous
in considering our proposal. In the past year we have helped
by fixing cameras for the film classes, paid for transportation
to send students to Olympia and see first hand the legislature
in action, underwrote the drama classes provided by The Rep,
offer students a chance to see the Opera, and several other
projects too numerous to list in this blast.
If your company offers gift matching, keep us in mind. It allows
your dollars to go twice as far. Want to make your dollars go
three times further? An anonymous donor has offered to match
any pledges to Letter Campaign up to $2,000.00. This and your
company's matching contribution allows your money to have 3
times the bang. |
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AFTER-SCHOOL
TUTORING
EVERY DAY FROM 3-4 P.M.
Did you know? Center School science teacher, Mr. Tom Pender,
is holding daily after-school study table in room 454, the
Chemistry Lab. Any student needing extra help in any subject
is invited. Students can make up work and raise their grades.
Mr. Pender wishes to thank those who have helped and encouraged
students to participate. He also welcomes any volunteer tutoring
assistance or any donation of snack or materials for use during
this time. For more information contact Mr. Pender at Tgpender@seattleschools.org. |
| 10%
Back to Schools: Check out www.escrip.com
to earn money for The Center School! If you are a Safeway shopper,
check out your Back 2 Schools receipts, they are worth money
for our school. If you receive one of those receipts, turn them
into the Main Office. |
The
Successful Schools in Action (SSIA) is finishing up its
first year and has made great strides in helping out the
Queen Anne and Magnolia public schools. To learn more read,
click here for their most
recent newsletter.
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| TEEN
COFFEEHOUSE for teens whose lives are touched by
cancer meets on the third Thursdays of the month from 6:30-8:30
PM at Gilda’s Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway on Capitol
Hill. For more information or to sign up to attend, please
call 206-709-1400. |
| With
shrinking school budgets the CSCA finds itself in a position
to do more fund raising, The money raised will, in some cases,
fund programs and staff formally paid by the district. We
will continue to sponsor those events that have been successful
in the past. But we will also be looking for new ideas. What
the CSCA needs are a few people to step forward and help.
The CSCA could use a co-chair for the Auction. Wendy Graff
has offered to be one of the chairs for the Auction, but needs
one other parent to share the burden. We are also in need
of a parent to chair the Fund Raising Committee. The position
is not as daunting as you might think. Many of the pieces
are already in place. Grant Writing is up and going. Dick
Lee is bringing his years of experience into the fund raising.
Wendy Graff as previously mentioned is co-chairing the Auction.
The Fund Raising Chair would mostly ov ersee the various sub-committees.
However your creative ideas for other events would be welcomed.
If you are interested please call (618-1080) or e-mail (regreentee3@yahoo.com)
me. |
| Help
During the School Year: During
the school year the office had one parent that came the same
day each week and it was extremely helpful to her. They would
like your help in establishing this routine again this year
as soon as possible. If you are interested in helping out once
a week all through the school year please contact the main office.
If you can only help part time, that is fine also. Any and all
help is greatly appreciated! |
The
Messenger Needs YOU! If you're looking for a way to volunteer,
but don't have a lot of time, consider helping with our monthly
newsletter! We publish seven issues a year, generally around
the first or second week of the month. We need help with inserting,
folding, sealing, labeling, and stamping. Contact Rebecca
Durham via email for more information. |
