Elementary Examiner C H A R Y L S T O C K W E L L A C A D E M Y

District Online Calendar includes info for all athletics events

IMPORTANT DATES Welcome back! I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing Thanksgiving

break spending time with loved ones. I know I appreciated the down

time, especially as we now head into a very busy December! We have

many exciting events coming up in the next few weeks including our

annual Christmas Concerts! Your child has been working hard practicing

for their big performance. It’s a special time of year at CSA and we look

forward to celebrating the magic of the season with you.

Friday, December 4 CSA Spirit Wear Day and Crazy Sock Day;

students may wear their new theme shirts or

any past spirit wear shirts.

Friday, December 4 CSA Rollerama afternoon skate (1:00 - 4:00 PM)

Monday, December 7 Santa’s Secret Shop begins

Monday, December 7 Voyager (Fraser) Culminating Event (1:00 PM

in the gym)

Monday, December 7 Voyager (Clymene) Culminating Event (2:30

PM in the gym)

Tuesday, December 8 Voyager (Spinner) Culminating Event (1:00 PM

in the gym)

Tuesday, December 8 Voyager (Tucuzi) Culminating Event (2:30 PM

in the gym)

Wednesday, December 9 Explorer field trip (Amazon & Vaquita) to the

DIA (9:00 AM)

Wednesday, December 9 Parent Education Night on the Developmental

Approach with guest speaker Chuck Stockwell

(7:00 PM)

Thursday, December 10 Explorer field trip (Baiji) to the DIA (9:00 AM)

Thursday, December 10 Kindergarten Christmas Concert (12:30 PM in

the gym)

Thursday, December 10 Navigator Christmas Concert (1:30 PM in the

gym)

Friday, December 11 Last day of Santa’s Secret Shop

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Now through January 8 - Christmas/

Halloween light recycling

Tuesday, December 1-End of Term 1

December 4-11 - CSPA Secondary

Scholastic Book Fair at CSPA

Friday, December 4

Spiritwear (new theme t-shirts) &

Crazy Sock Day

1:00 - 4:00 PM - Rollerama!

December 7-11 Secret Santa’s Shop

Monday, December 7

1:00 - 2:00 PM Fraser Culm. Event

2:30-3:30 PM Clymene Cul. Event

Tuesday, December 8

1:00 - 2:00 PM Spinner Cul. Event

2:30-3:30 PM Tucuzi Culm Event

Wednesday, December 9, 7:00 PM

Parent Education Night: Chuck

Stockwell speaks on The Develop-

mental Approach

Thursday, December 10

12:30 - 1:00 PM Kindergarten

Winter Concert

1:30 - 2:00 PM Navigator

Winter Concert

Friday, Dec. 11, 10:00 - 11:00 AM

Orca Culminating Event

December 14-17- CSA Scholastic

Book Fair at CSA

Monday, Dec. 14, 7:00 PM - Joint

CSA/CSPA Parent Council Mtg.

Tuesday, December 15 - Report

Cards go home

Thursday, Dec. 17, 6:30-8:00 PM

Voyager/Explorer Winter Concert

find more information about this

event in the main Tuesday Times

December at CSA by Jessica Moceri, CSA Principal

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CHARYL STOCKWELL ACADEMY

9758 E. Highland Road Howell, MI 48843

(810) 632-2200 www.csaschool.org

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Jessica Moceri CSA Principal

jmoceri@csaschool.org

Deborah Skolnik Dean of Administrative Services

dskolnik@csaschool.org

Lisa Pick Dean of Curriculum & Instruction

lpick@csaschool.org

Betsy Krupansky Director of Community Relations

bkrupansky@csaschool.org

Stephanie Winters Administrative Intern

svickers@csaschool.org

SUPPORT SERVICES

Susan Deaner Academically Gifted Consultant

sdeaner@csaschool.org

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

Heddy Worden Administrative Assistant hworden@csaschool.org

Carey Scott School Secretary

cscott@csaschool.org

Lindsey Crawford Student/Family Office Secretary

lcrawford@csaschool.org

Contact information for teachers is at the end of this newsletter.

Friday, December 11 Voyager (Orca) Culminating Event (10:00 AM

in the gym)

Monday, December 14 CSA Book Fair begins

Tuesday, December 15 Report Cards go home

Thursday, December 17 Last day of CSA Book Fair

Thursday, December 17 Voyager & Explorer Christmas Concert at the

Hartland Performing Arts Center (6:30 PM)

Friday, December 18 Holiday Spirit Wear Day; students may wear

holiday attire.

Friday, December 18 Classroom Christmas parties

Monday, December 21 – Friday, January 1 Winter Break

Monday, January 4 School resumes

CSA Library Volunteers

Our wonderful CSA Library is run completely by our devoted parent and

grandparent volunteers. We need of volunteers for these shifts:

Monday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Monday 12:00 - 3:30 PM

Wednesday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Thursday 12:00 - 3:30 PM

Training is provided. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Debbie

Thor at 810-632-2200 ext. 104 / dthor@csaschool.org.

On this day 25 years ago, 132 feet below the

English Channel, workers drill an opening the

size of a car through a wall of rock to connect

the two ends of an underwater tunnel linking

Great Britain with the European mainland. A

treaty authorizing the construction of the

Channel Tunnel, or “Chunnel,” was signed in 1986. Over the next four

years, nearly 13,000 workers dug 95 miles of tunnels at an average

depth of 150 feet below sea level. Eight million cubic meters of soil were

removed, at a rate of some 2,400 tons per hour. The Channel Tunnel

finally opened for passenger service on May 6, 1994. The regular shuttle

train through the tunnel runs 31 miles in total–23 of those underwater–

and takes 20 minutes. The Chunnel is the second-longest rail tunnel in

the world, after the Seikan Tunnel in Japan.

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The 2015 CSA Elementary Scholastic Book Fair will take place in the South Gym at CSA

Monday through Thursday December 14-17 with extended evening hours on Wednesday,

Dec. 16 until 7:00 PM. Note that the book fair is not open on Friday, December 18. Please

bring the whole family for one stop shopping and enjoyment before Christmas break!

Monday, December 14 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tuesday, December 15 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Wednesday, December 16 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Thursday, December 17 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Friday, December 18 Book Fair Closed

Learn more about our Book Fair at our CSA Scholastic Book Fair

website. This website shows featured books and provides

information about the CSA on-campus Book Fair.

We Need Volunteers!

Can you lend your talents to help us put on a Book Fair? We need many volunteers to join us as we bring

this exciting reading event to our school. If you have some time to help out, please contact Debbie Thor at

810-632-2200 ext.104 / dthor@csaschool.org.

Monster Book Fair

Reading is So Much Fun, You’ll Get Goosebumps!

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Beluga Ashley Greene athomas@csaschool.org

Hourglass Michelle Gracey mgracey@csaschool.org

Risso Heidi Easter heaster@csaschool.org

Spotted Ashley Hyska aruth@csaschool.org

Dusky Jessica Francis francisj@csaschool.org

Erika Hale ehale@csaschool.org

Hector Caitlin Jaynes cjaynes@csaschool.org

Irrawaddy Kayla Harris kayla.harris@csaschool.org

Gordy Hyska ghyska@csaschool.org

Narwhal Lynden Churchill lchurchill@csaschool.org

Lauren Simon lstanek@csaschool.org

Striped Mandy Pinkston mpinkston@csaschool.org

Jeannie Tobias jtobias@csaschool.org

Clymene Tanya French tfrench@csaschool.org

Valerie Radloff valerie.radloff@csaschool.org

Fraser Kari Larned klarned@csaschool.org

Bill Marra bmarra@csaschool.org

Orca Shelly McCloskey smccloskey@csaschool.org

Spinner David Morrow dmorrow@csaschool.org

Barbara Wolohon bwolohon@csaschool.org

Tucuzi Ashley Zacharias azacharias@csaschool.org

Amy Woodhull acarrico@csaschool.org

Amazon Lisa Pick lpick@csaschool.org

Baiji

Kayla Bauer kbauer@csaschool.org

Elaine Kusser ekusser@csaschool.org

Vaquita Candie Feltner cfeltner@csaschool.org

Mary Jo Ferris mferris@csaschool.org

Art Consultant Donna Engstrom dengstrom@csaschool.org

Music Teacher Garrett VanEngen

CSA Music website gvanengen@csaschool.org

www.csamusic.org

Physical Education Aaron Brown aaronb@csaschool.org