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

Without a doubt, the role I enjoy most as principal is my interactions

with students. I love visiting them in their classrooms, scheduling lunch

dates, the quick hug or high five in the hallway, working with them to

problem solve conflicts in my office and now serving at the sponsor of

the CSA Spirit Club. This year I am excited to announce that Mrs.

Winters, our Administrative Intern, will be co-leading this club with me.

This is the time of the year when the CSA

Spirit Club comes together and begins the

process of planning and implementing

school-wide Spirit Days and special

activities for the year. Student representatives from the Voyager and

Explorer classrooms are identified each year through a process that is

voluntary and uses a method of random selection. With the exception of

students who have served on the CSA Spirit Club in the previous year, all

Voyager and Explorer students are welcome to volunteer and participate

by “throwing their name in the hat” for random selection. Each classroom

has four representatives- two primary and two secondary.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Wednesday, October 7, 7:00 PM-

S&S Athletic Boosters Mtg at CSPA

Friday, October 9, 9:00-11:30 AM -

Explorer Field Day

Monday, October 12, 7:00 PM

CSA Parent Council Mtg in Fraser

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 5:00 - 8:00 PM -

Rollerama Night

Friday, October 16

9:00-11:30 AM -Voyager Field Day

9:15 AM - Beluga Ball meeting in

High Bay area at CSPA

Thursday, October 22 - HALF DAY

OF SCHOOL, Comprehensive Student

reviews in afternoon/evening

Friday, October 23 - Comprehensive

Student reviews in afternoon/evening

Sunday, October 25 - Charyl’s

RUN2BFIT Spooktacular!

Monday, October 26, 10:00 AM -

CSA Pep Rally

Tuesday, October 27 - School

Picture Retakes, Info here:

Purchase online here. Use Picture

Day ID #LM514705Y0

Paper order form

Friday, October 30 - Classroom

Halloween Parties

Friday, Nov. 6, 10:00 - 11:00 AM -

Musical Performance Assembly, CSA

Monday, November 9 - CSA PC

meeting and CSPA PC meeting

find more information about this

event in the main Tuesday Times

Meet the Spirit Club! 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.

The Spirit Club’s Primary Representatives this year are:

The Spirit Club’s Secondary Representatives this year are:

The primary goal of the CSA Spirit Club is to plan and coordinate student

activities that reflect and support the mission and character values of

CSA, thereby building school spirit and unity throughout the school.

Some of the Spirit Club activities are:

Identifying themes for CSA Spirit Days (one Spirit day per month);

Coordinating one to three school-wide activities that support local

charities;

Coordinating special school-wide activities that are fun and engaging

for all students and align with the school-wide theme for the year;

Coordinating a service project at CSA that enhances the school

campus and/or CSA community;

Coordinating the annual Penny Drive;

Supporting the annual CSA Beluga Ball and Staff Appreciation Week;

Student Liaisons to the CSA Elementary Yearbook.

Fraser Connor Newmeyer Mia Trevino

Spinner Joel Bretzlaff Joslin Sartor

Tucuzi Bella Suelo Aiden Blaser

Baiji Daniel Money Brooklyn Watkins

Clymene Collin Barber Primalia Cubitt

Vaquita Rikki Serrano Ben Martin

Orca Landen Mordick Nora Flatt

Amazon Lauren Cobb Todd Huck

Fraser Mackenzie Korth Ari Tanskanen

Spinner Kaleb Knipple Nora Coddington

Tucuzi Gabby Backus Phaedra Mcgaffey

Baiji Joe Vance Sarah Angell

Clymene Emma Thelander Lola Johnston

Vaquita Mikey Nassoiy Abbey Freiberg

Orca Kaylynne Lagodzinski

Amazon Emma Wik

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CSA Library Volunteers

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

We are in need of volunteers for these shifts: Monday 12:00 - 3:30 PM, Tuesday 12:00 - 3:30 PM,

Wednesday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM and Thursday 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM and 12:00 - 3:30 PM. If you are

interested in volunteering, please contact Debbie Thor at dthor@csaschool.org / 810-632-2200 ext. 104.

Students who serve as a representative on the CSA Spirit Club learn about leadership and all that it entails -

commitment, reliability, responsibility, collaboration and representation, organizational skills and oral

speaking skills. They learn more about how the mission, philosophies and character values of the school are

put into action every day, and their individual and collective part in making CSA the very best that it can be.

Students who serve as a representative in the Spirit Club also gain valuable experience and preparation for

participation in Student Government at the middle school and high school level.

The Spirit Club will make their debut at the CSA Pep Rally on Monday, October 26th where they will formally

introduce themselves to the Student Body. I am beyond excited to work with these highly enthusiastic and

spirited students!

Look for news about CSA Spirit Club activities in the upcoming issues of the Tuesday Times and the

Elementary Examiner.

Why do leaves change colors in the fall? A green leaf is green

because of a pigment called chlorophyll, which is found inside a

structure in the leaf called a chloroplast. Chloroplasts are abundant

during the growing season, so chlorophylls' green color dominates

and masks any other pigments that may be present in the leaf. This is

why the leaves of summer are characteristically green.

In late summer, as daylight hours shorten and temperatures cool, the veins that carry fluids into and out of

the leaf are gradually closed off as a layer of special cells forms at the base of each leaf. Water and mineral

intake into the leaf is reduced, slowly at first, and then more rapidly. It is during this time that the

chlorophyll begins to decrease and the hidden pigments of yellow (xanthophyll) and orange (beta-

carotene) are revealed .

The quality of the color show of the trees depends on weather, sunlight and

soil moisture. A growing season with ample moisture that is followed by a

rather dry, cool, sunny autumn that is marked by warm days and cool but

frostless nights provides the best weather conditions for development of the

brightest fall colors, according to the United States National Arboretum. Lack

of wind and rain in the autumn prolongs the display; wind or heavy rain may

cause the leaves to be lost before they develop their full color potential.

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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 (temp) 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