Parents, You’re Invited to… OUTSIDERS DAY! Friday, October 25th at 2:00pm 1960s themed field day and games on the band practice field next to the new gym! A school spirit day to celebrate the classic novel, “The Outsiders,” by S.E. Hinton! Students are encouraged to dress the part as characters from the book or in their best 1950s/60s wear!

Throughout the day students will enjoy an Outsiders breakfast of chocolate cake and cherry coke, themed cultural content in their academic classes, a sneak-peek performance of TCS Theatre Arts’ production of “The Outsiders” on stage, and finish the day with a 60s themed field day full of games and fun! That night, our fall dance is a Sock Hop! Students can wear their spirit day costumes to the dance from 6-8pm in the SMHS Cafeteria!

Parents, we hope that you’ll join us for field day games– please be reminded to check in at the front office before joining us on the field. See you there! Classroom Updates! The Catamount School PLEASE HELP US WELCOME OUR Math: Dr. Pinter is teaching abroad, but we are NEW SCHOOL NURSE! hard at work while she’s away-- 6th is working on ratios and rates. 7th is working with scale Newsletter Laura Plantenberg is joining factor and proportional relationships. the TCS staff as school nurse. 8th Grade is continuing practice with linear functions! She is eager to meet our Social Studies: 6th is discovering the students and families, and we Great Rift Valley, theories of Australasians and the Bering land bridge! Students will begin are excited to welcome her to exploring the original civilization of Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent, & continue our Catamount family! maps of the Middle East. 7th is exploring prior knowledge of the Renaissance and using Coggle (digital mind mapping) to track our detailed information of the era, studying the map of From the Principal’s Desk: Europe, and creating websites about the Parents, Renaissance. 8th is embarking on the American Revolution: They will break down colony Important Dates and Events: Information regarding our up regions, tensions and pressures on colonists, and coming benchmark testing and key figures who made this victory a possibility. Oct. 1/3/8/10/15/17/22/24/29: GOTR 3:15-4:45 Ultimately, students will decide if the American consent forms for university Revolution was all that revolutionary in the Oct. 14, 21, 28: SEC Meetings 3:15-4:30pm scope of the world by comparing it to other October 16: Outsiders Rehearsal 3:15-4:30pm research should have made it revolutions around the world. All students can find their guiding directions on Canvas and October 17: Staff Meeting/PTA help w/ car duty home this week. Please let me should still be studying their maps of the United October 18: No School know if you need any States. October 25: Outsiders Day! clarification. Also, report cards Language Arts: 6th graders have jumped in with both feet in their Holes unit. We've been October 25: TCS Fall Dance: Sock Hop! 6-8pm will be sent home on Oct. 28. working on creating connections to vocabulary October 28: Report Cards sent home in class and have enjoyed starting to read the Mr. Cody book! 7th grade is finishing The Outsiders this October 30: Library Trips in ELA week. We will start book projects on Monday in anticipation of Outsiders day next week! Nov. 2:10am-2pm Outsiders Rehearsal/Workday CO-TEACHING CORNER: 8th grade is finishing The Absolutely True Diary Nov. 5, 7, 12, 14, 18, 21, 26:GOTR 3:15-4:45pm The next model of co-teaching that we of a Part-Time Indian this week. We'll also are using is alternative teaching. In start projects next week! Nov. 7: 5pm SIT Meeting, 6pm PTA Meeting this model, one teacher instructs a Science: Science is on fire right now. 8th small group of students apart from the grade is developing chem fair demonstrations Enrichment Spotlight: Theatre Arts Students: for Fairview elementary students. 7th graders rest of the class. The purpose of this are creating electrical circuits and diagramming Props and Costume Lists went home this week! grouping may be for enrichment, them in tinkercad. The 6th graders have been Please be gathering your character’s items and reteaching, pre-teaching, special testing their soil samples from the garden. We want to know if the soil is good enough for the bring them to school by Nov. 4! projects, make-up material, assessment, plants we want to grow. The earlier the better! or teaching of social skills. October: Nov 21: Staff Meeting/PTA with car duty October 1,3,8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29: GOTR 3:15-4:45 Nov. 22: Village Recess in Enrichment Oct. 10 & 11: 7thto Camp Greenville Nov 27-29: No School/Thanksgiving Break Oct. 14, 21, 28: SEC Meetings 3:14-4:30pm October 16: Outsiders Rehearsal 3:15-4:30pm (off book!) December: October 17: Staff Meeting/PTA help with car duty Dec. 3, 5: GOTR 3:15-4:45pm October 18: No School Dec. 4: Outsiders Rehearsal 3:15-5pm October 25: Outsiders Day! Dec. 5: 5pm SIT Meeting, October 25: TCS Fall Dance 6-8pm @ SM Cafeteria Dec. 5: 6pm Student Led Conferences/SMHS Cafeteria October 28: Report Cards sent home Dec. 6: Theatre/Dress Rehearsal 5-8pm @UC Theatre October 30: Library Trips in ELA Dec. 7: 6pm Theatre Arts Production @ UC Theatre Dec. 8: GOTR 5K in Asheville November: Dec. 13: Chorus Showcase at 2:30pm Nov. 2: Outsiders Rehearsal 10am-2pm Dec 19: Staff Meeting, PTA assist with car duty Nov. 5, 7, 12, 14, 18, 21, 26: GOTR 3:15-4:45pm Dec 20: Village Recess, last day of school Nov. 7: 5pm SIT Meeting, 6pm PTA Meeting Nov. 8: Take your parent to PE! Nov. 11: No School/Holiday Nov. 13: Library Trips in ELA Nov. 18: WCU Day Trip Nov. 18: Outsiders Rehearsal 3:15-4:30 Nov. 19: Outsiders Rehearsal 3:15-4:30pm 8th Grade Yard Sale! Saturday, November 9, 2019 8:00am-12:00n, Setup begins at 7:00am At LifeWay Church in Downtown Sylva FREE AND OPEN TO ALL 8th Graders to raise funds for their 8th grade trip!

6th and 7th graders are welcome to join us– there is a fee of $10 per table (to TCS PTA) for non-8th grade students, all of which will go toward student costs for the 8th grade trip to Atlanta, GA.

To sign up, email [email protected]. Any payments for table fees should be made payable to TCS PTA. Chip Cody [email protected] Principal Beverly Carnes [email protected] Administrative Support Specialist Amie Broyhill [email protected] Social Studies

Amanda Clapp [email protected] Science

Holly Pinter [email protected] Mathematics, WCU – TCS Liaison

Beth Poteat [email protected] English & Language Arts

Katy Elders [email protected] Arts & Enrichment

Amber Henry [email protected] Exceptional Children/Intervention

Nicole Kaysing [email protected] Health & PE

Tammy Barron [email protected] E.C. Director

Mark Leamon [email protected] School Resource Officer

Counseling Services Mikayla Baldwin Buchanan [email protected] Cristina Franklin [email protected] Laura Plantenberg [email protected] School Nurse