Date: Wednesday – February 6, 2013

Important Messages from The Cottage School are attached. Please sign this form indicating their receipt and return to the school

with your student tomorrow. Thank You!!

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February 6, 2013

Wednesday Packet

Important Dates/Information

Psychological Education Week – February 11th-13th Teacher Work Day – Thursday, February 14 - No School

Presidents’ Day Holiday– Friday and Monday, February 15th and 18th

Stanford Testing begins Monday, February 25th

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One of the things I love about Senior Night is the public acknowledgment of all the great things our students do. Not only do we list their school accomplishments, which are always impressive, but we also list the community activities that benefit from our student’s creativity and generosity. The list of nonprofit volunteering that this particular class does is phenomenal! They have supported Trees Atlanta, Girl Scouts, Habitat for Humanity, Rotary’s Interact Club, Small Dog Rescue, Fur Kids, North Fulton Community Charities, a number of churches and charitable 5K runs! Kudos to the teens and their parents who support their philanthropic endeavors! This week we hosted the Argentina Teacher of the Year, Valeria Macedo. We have hosted the Argentina Teacher of the Year for the last four years as a partner with Roswell Rotary Club. The teacher from Argentina comes over in early Spring (their summer) and we have a local Roswell teacher who travels there for two weeks in July. Valeria spent time learning about our innovative Middle School reading program, interacting with our students in the High School Spanish classes, and observing the techniques our teaching staff uses for creative writing, and individualized prescriptive programming. Our staff and students were very impressive and impressed. It is always a benefit for our community to engage with professionals from other countries. We learn that in the big things in life, we are very much alike. It is the little things that make us unique. As we move closer to Valentine’s Day we begin to plan for our school celebration, which will be held on February 13th. Our Student Council will be selling carnations and candy grams to be delivered to students and staff. The money raised goes toward our prom expenses. Remember that the TCS prom is open to all High School students, so the expense is shared by all. Know that we keep an eye on the process to be sure that every student is acknowledged. It is important to us that this be a day of positive feelings and we will do all we can to promote that! We are exploring options for our summer programming, both in-house and with other agencies. Last week we talked with representatives from our local Boy Scout Council who are offering to partner with us for a Venturing troop. Venturing is a youth development program of the BSA for young men AND women who are between 14 and 21. Venturing’s purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. They would meet several times a month, plan their adventure and enjoy a variety of healthy activities together. The link I have listed is a survey that will allow us to assess the interest level. We are also considering adding this as a club option for the next school year. Please check out http://www.scouting.org/filestore/venturing/pdf/510-013WB.pdf. We have sent several reminders about the 2013-2014 enrollment contracts over the last few weeks. The first round of discounts is no longer in effect, but there is still a benefit to letting us know if we should plan for your teen for next year. We have begun to accept enrollment contracts from new families and by the end of this month we will begin specific planning for classes and staffing needs. Please let us know your intent as soon as you can.

February 6, 2013

Jacque’s Note

Character Education

Developing Academic

Support

Take a look below at what we will be discussing with your student and take some

time to continue these discussions at home!

Objectives:

Reflect on a recent report card and their academic attitude.

Identify members of their academic support system, including themselves.

Identify and avail themselves of school resources.

Discussion questions for you and your student:

Who makes up our academic support system?

How can we develop a strong academic support system?

Key Term to discuss:

Academitude

Important Message from TCS Counselors:

Announcing: Psychological Education Week! High School and Middle School February 11-13, 2013 Parents, We will take a break next week from our typical academic classes first through fifth periods to educate your students about sex education and internet safety. We strongly encourage you to partner with us in educating your student by talking with them at home about what they are learning during Psychological Education week. Topics will include: Sex Education (abstinence, safe sex, peer pressure,

STD/HIV, pregnancy, avoiding high risk situations, delaying tactics, refusal skills, skills integration -applying what we have learned)

Internet Safety (cyber bullying, privacy protection, texting while driving, social networking protection, inappropriate online relationships)

*GA Law: Seven Deadly Sins (crimes impacting teenagers involved with sex, drugs and alcohol) – was presented at the High School on 2/4/13

2013 AAC JV Basketball Playoffs

@ The Cougar Center!

When: Wednesday & Friday, February 6 & 8, 2013

Wednesday Schedule: 4:00 P.M. #2 Seed vs. #3 Seed

5:30 P.M. #1 Seed vs. #4 Seed

Friday Schedule:

4:00 P.M. Consolation Game 5:30 P.M. Championship Game Where: The Cottage School Cougar Center Gym Admission:

$2.00 students, $4.00 adults (TCS community & staff = free) *Concession stand, t-shirts, & programs available

Please contact for questions: Richie Briggs-Athletic Director richieb@cottageschool.org (770) 313-8459

The Cottage School

700 Grimes Bridge Road Roswell, GA 30075 www.cottageschool.org

COUGAR BASEBALL BEGINS 2/19/13

Practice is from 3:00-5:00 each day Tuesdays-Fridays; pickup is no later than 5:30.

Practice is located at Roswell Area Park; Field #3.

Game schedule is on the TCS website at http://cottageschool.org/school/?page_id=305.

Other information will be handed out on the first day of practice.

We look forward to a great season. “Let’s Play Two”—Ernie Banks!

Baseball Coaches: Cecil Lancaster and Ryan Lafitte

COUGAR TENNIS BEGINS

February 19th

Practice is from 3:00-5:00 each day Tuesdays-Thursdays; pickup is no later than 5:15.

Practice location is yet to be determined.

Match schedule is on the TCS website at http://cottageschool.org/school/?page_id=491.

Other information will be handed out on the first day of practice.

Looking forward to a great season.

Tennis Coaches: Ivan Plastiak and Lynn Haas

COUGAR TRACK AND FIELD BEGINS

February 12th

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICE

3:15-5:15 Tuesday through Thursday

Only 8th graders who are selected to run with the Varsity team may

practice on Fridays from 3:05 until 5:15.

HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE

3:05-5:15 Tuesday-Friday

After 5:15 late pickup for MS and HS will be in the

fee-based After School Program.

Both MS and HS schedules are available on the TCS website at

http://cottageschool.org/school/?page_id=482.

Other information will be handed out on the first day of practice.

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." -John Bingham

HS Coaches: Allen McAdams and Chad Savage

MS Coaches: Richie Briggs, Samantha Pope and Phil Parker

TCS Golf

Team Information

We are very excited about your interest in the Cottage School Golf

Team. There are some things you and your parents will need to know

before you get started

1. Our season is scheduled to begin with practices on February 19th.

a. Practices will be held at Steel Canyon Golf Course Tuesday through Friday and pickup will be

at The Cottage School at 6:00 PM (alternative arrangements can be made if necessary).

b. Home matches will also be held at Steel Canyon; however, adjusted pickup times for those

dates will be listed in the season schedule. Match schedule is available on the TCS website at

http://cottageschool.org/school/?page_id=1996.

2. There is a cost associated with participating in this sport.

a. Students qualifying for the team will need to pay a one-time fee of $250. This cost covers TCS

sports fees, greens fees, and entry fees for all tournaments throughout the season.

b. Students will need to furnish their own equipment. This will consist of clubs, gloves,

appropriate footwear, tees, balls, and team shirt.

3. Because of the nature of golf as a high school sport, the team may consist of only seven players. In

the event that there is an extraordinary amount of interest, it may be necessary to hold a

performance assessment to establish our team roster.

a. Team selection will be based on a number of factors

i. Existing skill and understanding of the game

ii. Availability to participate in practice and competition

iii. Apparent potential

iv. Conduct on the course

We look forward to having you as a part of our Cougar Golf Team and we are very excited about the

upcoming season. If you have any questions, please contact me, James Prentice, during the school day. I

am available by e-mail JamesP@cottageschool.org or my school phone number (770)-641-8688 ext. #5122.

HIT EM’ STRAIGHT!!!

MS February Activities

DATE TIME Activity RAIN-

OUT

TCS$ Things to bring

Friday

2/8

Off Campus

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Big Apple Circus

Lunch

Big Apple Circus

Homeroom

$160.08 All students going off campus must

bring a sack lunch unless

pre-ordered through the lunch

program. There will not be

microwaves.

Friday

2/8

On Campus

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Sock Monkeys

Lunch

Scene It

Homeroom

$156.40

Friday

2/8

Academics $165.60 Academic Materials

*Remember to bring an

independent reading book if you

complete your work early.

Monday-

Wednesday

2/11-2/13

Psychological Education

Week

Thursday

2/14

Teacher Work Day-

NO SCHOOL

Friday and

Monday

2/15 & 2/18

All School

Holiday-

NO SCHOOL

Friday

2/22

Off Campus

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Bowling

Lunch

Bowling

Homeroom

$120.06 All students going off campus must

bring a sack lunch unless

pre-ordered through the lunch

program. There will not be

microwaves.

Friday

2/22

On Campus

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

On Campus Activity

Lunch

On Campus Activity

Homeroom

$117.30

Friday

2/22

Academics $124.20 Academic Materials

*Remember to bring an

independent reading book if you

complete your work early.

Student Name: ____________________________

Parent’s Signature ________________________________

We will be traveling to Chattanooga, Tennessee to

visit the Aquarium and the IMAX Theater.

Students must have $690.46 in their TCS savings ac-

count, plus turn in $11 to Lauren and be in good

level standing in order to attend. You will need to

bring a sack lunch or money to purchase lunch. We

will return to campus by 5:30 PM.

TIME: 7:30AM-5:30PM

DATE: FEBRUARY 20, 2013

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CONTACT PERSON: LAUREN ENGLISH

LAURENE@COTTAGESCHOOL.ORG

678-250-5124

My student will be picked up at 5:30 by:

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____ Will bring lunch

____ Will bring money

High School February

Date Time December Rain out TCS $ Things to bring/US$

Friday 2/8 1:10-

2:40 Clubs Materials for your club

Saturday

2/9

Saturday School For students who owe

hours

All textbooks, notebooks,

planner, lunch and a change of

clothes for P.M. work detail

Monday 2/11 8:20

12:35

1:15

Sex Ed.; Internet safety Lunch

Electives

Tuesday 2/12 8:20

12:35

1:15

Sex Ed.; Internet safety Lunch

Electives

Wednesday

2/13

On-Campus

8:20

11:30

12:30

Sex Ed.; Internet safety

Levels

Group Activities

Cookout

$245.12

Winter jackets for outdoor

activities

Thursday

2/14 Teacher Work Day

No school

Friday 2/15

Monday 2/18 Mid-Winter Break

No school

Friday 2/22 1:10-

2:40 Clubs Materials for your club

ATTENTION: Juniors and Seniors!! Sign up to take the

ACT DATES AND DEADLINES

TCS Deadline ACT Test Window

February 28 April 13 – May 5

**TCS Deadline must be met if applying for accommodations

to receive extended time and testing over multiple days.

** The ACT is a college entrance achievement test accepted by

all 4-year colleges.

**All Juniors are strongly encouraged to take the ACT so that

there is adequate time to improve scores

For more information, questions or concerns, please contact

Kristen Bell, Academic Counselor, at

KristenB@cottageschool.org or 678-250-5113

Senior Scholarship Awards 2012-2013

Please congratulate our seniors on their scholarship awards so far. We are so proud!

Evan Robertson – Young Harris College – Dean’s Scholarship Award $52,000 Mars Hill College – Mars Hill Scholarship Award $40,000 Simon Hirschhorn – Queens University – Academic Scholarship $48,000 Jake Neuber – University of Alabama – Collegiate Scholar Scholarship $56,000

University of Mississippi – Academic Excellence $22,000 Auburn University - $6000 for 4 years

Davey Ison – Oglethorpe University Scholar - $48,000

College Acceptances

Congratulations!

Jake Neuber on his acceptance to Ole Miss, Auburn University, University of

South Carolina and University of Alabama

Simon Hirschhorn on his acceptance to Southern Polytechnic State University,

Queens University of Charlotte, Georgia College, Oglethorpe University & New

College of Florida

Davey Ison on his acceptance to The University of Alabama & Oglethorpe

University

Desi Levan on her acceptance to Brevard Community College

Evan Robertson on his acceptance to Young Harris College, Mars Hill College,

Queens University of Charlotte and Limestone College

Chip Sheffield on his acceptance to Southern Polytechnic State University

If your senior has a post-secondary acceptance letter or has been awarded

scholarship money please contact Kristen Bell at 678-250-5113 or

KristenB@cottageschool.org so we can share their accomplishments!