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COMMUNITY DAY CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PROSPECT NEWS www.cdcps.org FALL 2018-19 CALENDAR OF EVENTS October 2018 “All the reading she had done had given her a 1 PAC Meeting (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) view of life they had never seen before” PAB Meeting (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) - Roald Dahl, Matilda 3 CDCPS High School Fair 5 Dress Down Day From the Deputy Executive Director 8 Teacher Inservice Day – No School for Academics… 11 Picture Day – Lower/Upper School Dear Parents, 19 Picture Day – ELC 24 Half Day (dismissal 12 p.m.) Welcome Back to the CDCPS community! November 2018 We are starting the 2018-2019 school year off with tremendous spirit and 2 Dress Down Day energy. The summer was filled with a flurry of activities with summer 5 PAC Meeting (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) school, camps, and preparations for the arrival of our students. Indeed, PAB Meeting (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) children began classes eager to expand their knowledge, explore new concepts, and grow as scholars. We are excited to see our CDCPS 12 Veterans Day Observance (School closed) network continue to grow as we add grade 7 to our Upper Schools at 20 SSAT (Grade 8) Gateway and Webster. For all our schools, we will be continuing our 21 Half Day (dismissal 12 p.m.) expansion and integration of technology as we continue the state phase in End of Term 1 of computer-based end-of-year testing for grades 3 and 6. For us, the Flag Football Superbowl major goal continues to be giving our students more experience and tools 22-23 Thanksgiving Break with technology as we look to prepare them for high school. December 2018 We invite all parents to get involved in our schools. We recognize that 3 PAC Meeting (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) you as parents are important partners in providing the crucial foundation of support and learning to students. Please attend Open Houses, family PAB Meeting (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) 7 Dress Down Day 11 Lower/Upper School Parent Conferences Mary Chance, Deputy Executive Director for Academics Pat Teichman, Supervisor, Early of Learning 12 Half Day (dismissal 12 p.m.) Brent Merten, Deputy Executive Director, Operations 13 ELC Parent Conferences 21 Half Day (dismissal 12 p.m.) Dawn Kraunelis, Head of School, Early Learning Center Katherine Ramirez-Baez, Operations Manager, Early Learning Center 21 PAB $2 Dress Down Day 190 Hampshire, Lawrence, MA 01840 | tel. 978.722.2500 24-1/1 Winter Vacation Chris Finan, Head of School, Lower School Ingrid Portorreal, Operations Manager, Lower School 73 Prospect Street, Lawrence, MA 01841 | tel. 978.681.9910 Kelly Peake, Head of School, Upper School Kaprisky Santiago, Operations Manager, Upper School 73 Prospect Street, Lawrence, MA 01841 | tel. 978.682.6796 WWW.CDCPS.ORG CDCPS-PROSPECT NEWS | COMMUNITY DAY CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PROSPECT NOTICIAS www.cdcps.org OTOÑO 2018-19 CALENDARIO DE EVENTOS “Todas las lecturas que ella había hecho le Octubre 2018 habían dado una visión de la vida que nunca 1 Reunión del PAC (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) habían visto antes" Reunión del PAB (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) - Roald Dahl, Matilda 3 CDCPS Feria de Escuelas Segundarias 5 Día de Vestir Casual 8 Entrenamiento del personal – Escuela Cerrada De parte de la Directora Ejecutiva de Académicas … 11 Fotos Escolares – Lower/Upper School 19 Fotos Escolares – ELC Queridos padres, 24 Medio Día (salida a las12 p.m.) ¡Bienvenido de nuevo a la comunidad de CDCPS! Noviembre 2018 Estamos comenzando el año escolar 2018-2019 con tremendo espíritu y energía. 2 Día de Vestir Casual El verano estuvo lleno de actividades con la escuela de verano, los campamentos y 5 Reunión del PAC (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) los preparativos para la llegada de nuestros estudiantes. De hecho, los niños comenzaron clases ansiosos por expandir sus conocimientos, explorar nuevos Reunión del PAB (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) conceptos y crecer como académicos. Estamos entusiasmados de ver que nuestra 12 Observancia del Día de los Veteranos red de CDCPS continúa creciendo a medida que agregamos el séptimo grado a – Escuela Cerrada nuestras escuelas intermedias en Gateway y Webster. Para todas nuestras 20 SSAT (Grado 8) escuelas, continuaremos nuestra expansión e integración de tecnología a medida que continuamos la fase estatal de pruebas de fin de año basadas en computadora 21 Medio Día (salida a las12 p.m.) para los grados 3 y 6. Para nosotros, la meta principal sigue siendo brindarles a Final de Termino 1 nuestros estudiantes más experiencia y herramientas con tecnología mientras Flag Football Superbowl buscamos prepararlos para la escuela secundaria. 22-23 Descanso de Acción de Gracias Invitamos a todos los padres a involucrarse en nuestras escuelas. Reconocemos que ustedes, como padres, son socios importantes en proporcionar la base crucial Diciembre 2018 de apoyo y aprendizaje para los estudiantes. ¡Por favor asista a las Casas Abiertas, 3 Reunión del PAC (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) Reunión del PAB (5 p.m. @ 73 Prospect St) Mary Chance, Directora Ejecutiva de Académicos 7 Día de Vestir Casual Pat Teichman, Supervisora, Aprendizaje Temprano 11 Lower/Upper School Conferencias de padres Brent Merten, Director Ejecutivo Adjunto, Operaciones 12 Medio Día (salida a las12 p.m.) Dawn Kraunelis, Head of School, Centro de Aprendizaje Temprano 13 ELC Conferencias de padres Katherine Ramirez-Baez, Gerente de Operaciones, Centro de Aprendizaje Temprano 21 Medio Día (salida a las12 p.m.) 190 Hampshire, Lawrence, MA 01840 | tel. 978.722.2500 21 PAB $2 Día de Vestir Casual Chris Finan, Director de la Escuela, Escuela Primaria 24-1/1 Vacaciones de Invierno Ingrid Portorreal, Gerente de Operaciones, Escuela Primaria 73 Prospect Street, Lawrence, MA 01841 | tel. 978.681.9910 Kelly Peake, Directora de la Escuela, Escuela Intermedia Kaprisky Santiago, Gerente de Operaciones, Escuela Intermedia 73 Prospect Street, Lawrence, MA 01841 | tel. 978.682.6796 WWW.CDCPS.ORG CDCPS-PROSPECT NEWS | PROSPECT www.cdcps.org FALL 2018-19 picnics, parents groups, and be active in school life! We look forward to working with you as we continue our literacy initiative across all schools with events and activities to promote joy of reading and student oral and written language development. Our doors are always open to you. We look forward to our new students joining the CDCPS family and to working with each and every one of you, united with one singular mission: to provide the very best education as we look to our ultimate goal of all students leaving CDCPS at the end of grade 8 for success in high school and college. Indeed, it is the beginning of another school year to “GO BEYOND”! -Mary Chance Deputy Executive Director for Academics ELC students enjoyed a summer full of learning and new experiences, including carnival games and face Message From the Supervisor of painting! Early Learning… the results and can’t wait to get started. We are looking forward to another great To all the new families who are joining our As always, your Heads of School, staff and year of working and learning together. CDCPS family, welcome! You joined an administrative team are always available -Brent Merten amazing team of parents and educators to you. We are ready for another Deputy Executive Director for Operations who will work hard to get the best out of fantastic year! your children every day! If you are a -Pat Teichman returning parent, welcome back! We’ve From the Heads of School… Supervisor, Early Learning missed you. We hope you had a relaxing Welcome families to another year of summer and you’re ready to start a new Message From Deputy Executive exciting learning opportunities at CDCPS- school year with us. We hope you enjoyed Prospect ELC! Thank you for continuing meeting our staff and other families at our Director of Operations… to develop a strong partnership with us. Open House, Family Picnic and Parent We were very excited to see returning Our picnic day, while a bit rainy, was well Advisory Board meetings. Be on the families and meet the new members of -attended and it was wonderful to see lookout for more activities! Your the CDCPS community at our various families and catch up with parents whose attendance is a great way to meet new open house and family picnic events over children have gone on to Prospect lower. families and learn more about your child’s the past month. day. We had a great turn out for Open House This year, we have increased the number and it was an opportunity to review If you are interested in becoming more of technology devices in all of our policies as well as introduce new involved at CDCPS, please consider buildings. Students in our Early Learning teachers. attending our Parent Advisory Board Centers will be utilizing iPads in meetings held each month. You will conjunction with daily curriculum and the October Potlucks are another time to receive a flyer in your child’s backpack students in our Lower and Upper Schools come and meet your child’s teacher. with the date and agenda each month. PAB will have the opportunity to engage in Dad’s breakfast (not just for dad’s) will supports many of our activities and learning through Chromebooks. We resume this month and we are inviting fundraising events. Through these efforts, look forward to continuing to integrate dad’s to read to small groups of children they have paid for busses for your child to this blended learning to meet the needs as part of our Love of Reading initiative.