August 26, 2016 Volume 2, Issue 1

THE RAMPAGE

IN THIS ISSUE

Welcome Letter from the Principal

Welcome Letter from the PTSO President

Secret Pal, Fun Run Sponsors

Upcoming Events and more!

QUICK LINKS

CMS School Calendar 2016-17

Waddell PTSA Website

Waddell Spirit wear

Waddell Digital Learning Sites

CMS Online School Payments

Office FAQ’s

Link to RamPage Archive

CMS Lunch Menu

Peachjar eFlyers

Subscribe to the RamPage

A Note from the Principal… Waddell Students, Families and Friends,

Welcome to school year 2016-2017 at the best school in CMS! I am looking forward to another exceptional school year. Like the Rio Olympics 2016, our theme this year is “go for the gold!” We are striving for excellence in all that we do. We have high expectations for all of our students. Our teachers are ready to engage students and support them in their academic and social-emotional learning. The staff mantra to keep us focused around our students is: challenged, healthy, en-gaged, safe, supported (Education Update, August 2016, p. 7). We want our school to be a place where students feel safe and supported on their educational journey. We want our students to want to be here every day. Learning a second language is hard, at any age, but we are prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure that we are “creating bright futures in six languages”. Students at Waddell continue to meet and exceed academic growth on the state measures of performance. As the research shows, learning a second language supports and promotes cognitive development in other academic areas, such as math. We are welcoming several new staff members this year. We have several returning teachers who have completed the initial licensure for certification. We have several staff members who are teach-ing at a different grade level. We are excited about our 2016-2017 team.

What did we do over the summer? Supported by our PTSO and the district, a cadre of our elemen-tary immersion language teachers met with teachers from Collinswood and Oaklawn to begin col-laboration on a language immersion articulation project. Several staff members attended workshops at CARLA (The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) this summer in Minneso-ta. August 22 and 23, here at Waddell, World Language staff members from the three language immersion schools will participated in professional development with the Education Specialist for World Language Immersion at the Delaware Department of Education, Lynn Fulton-Archer. In ad-dition, I will be attending the North Carolina China Summit in Raleigh on September 1 accompanied by two of our student ambassadors from the Chinese Program: Nea Strawn and Elise Tucker. Thank you for your support during my first year as principal of this amazing school. I have learned so much and look forward to another exciting year. Please support our PTSO and consider becom-ing a member. There are a variety of ways to support Waddell and many activities where additional hands are needed. The PTSO supports our school in amazing ways such as international field trips, local field trips, professional development, professional materials, cultural activities for each lan-guage, to name a few. One of our corporate partners is Publix. They dropped off treats for staff on Friday and informed us that our school is one of the highest participants in the Publix Partners program. Please continue to support our school by linking with the partners in education programs at Target, Harris-Teeter, and Publix. The PTSO has additional information. I look forward to seeing you around Waddell. It’s going to be another great year for language im-mersion.

Dr. Eybl

New team members: Joycelyn Bryant – Counselor (4-6) Jimeese Hardy – Secretary Stacey Hoy – TD Cindy Schott – Gr. 3 German Michael Sutton – MS Band Patricia Wasco – Speech/Lang.

Newly certified: Brittany Bates – Gr. 6 Science Grace Han – Gr. 1 Chinese Takeshi Kido – Gr. 3 Japanese Gwen Yang – Gr. 1 Chinese Yuyan Qian – MS Chinese

Change in assignment: Katharina Smith – Gr. 5 Ger-man Yanhong Ye – Gr. 5 Chinese Lindsey Lin – Kindergarten - Chinese

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A Letter From PTSO President

Dear Parents, Welcome back! I hope all had a restful and relaxing summer. It’s hard to believe that we have started another school year and each year passes more quickly than the last. The start of the school year is the start of many new beginnings and new feelings. I have found that being involved in the PTSO keeps me connected to my children’s school and has been a rewarding experience for me . My name is Yvette Bolden and I am honored, as well as excited to serve as your PTSO president for the 2016-17 school year. My husband Jason and I have 2 daughters one in 5th grade and 7th grade. We have been proud Waddell parents for 7 years and we look forward to anoth-er great year. Working alongside of me are my Co-VP’s Jason Carey and Elizabeth Teagarden. We are grateful for our entire Board members that are made up of amazing and talented parents that contribute their time and talents in many different ways. The Mission of the PTSO is to promote quality education and a secure personal foundation for the students at Waddell Language Academy. The PTSO strives to serve the needs of the school by assisting in service, financial support, and communication to benefit parents, teachers, staff and students. Many opportunities lie ahead and we are eager to get started. The PTSO will give parents an opportunity to be engaged in their children’s school life. We encourage you to sign up and become a PTSO member, attend PTSO meeting and volunteer on PTSO committees. There are many ways in which you can become involved, weather it’s volunteering your time at World Market, Cultural Nights, Teacher Appreciation Week , Field Day, become a room parents or by supporting our school’s biggest fundraisers Boosterthon & IYC campaigns and many more! It is because of the strong volunteer efforts of our parents and the dedication of our teachers that we are able to offer so many academic and cultural activities throughout the school year. Our fundraising helps provide teacher support and support to each of our grade levels so our children can take enriching trips, attend assemblies and participate in wonderful events. We are always looking for enthusiastic parents with great ideas to join the PTSO board. On behalf of the PTSO Board we thank you for your continued support. If at any time during the school year, you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at the school PTSO email address. Again, welcome back and have a great year! Sincerely, Yvette Bolden

Important Notes!

Waddell Ram Page: A weekly newsletter packed full with school events, performances, special awards, sports, and all there is to know about the elementary and middle schools. Access the following link to add your name to the all school distro list:

http://cmslistserv.cms.k12.nc.us/cgi-bin/wa.exe

Waddell PTSO Parent Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WaddellPTSA/ Waddell PTSO Website (new in Sept. 2016!) www.waddellptso.org

Waddell Uniforms through Lands End: Search under our school name and you will find all approved school uniform col-

ors sold by Lands End as well as options for the Waddell school logo monogram: https://www.landsend.com/pp/px/schoolaccount?launchSearch=true

Waddell Spirit Wear T-Shirts: The new stock of all of our 4 language spirit wear t-shirts plus a new Waddell logo t-shirt was available to purchase at the Open House on August 25

th. Continued purchases can be made throughout the school year. An

online order form will be available in next week’s RamPage.

Questions for the PTSO ?? info@waddellptso.org

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Your PTSO Team for the 2016– 17 Academic Year!

EXECUTIVE BOARD President Yvette Bolden Past President Adrianne Johnson VP – Middle School Elizabeth Teagarden VP – Elementary School Jason Carey Treasurer Joyce Bott Secretary Susan Alexander Head Ambassador Tania Hoeller School Principal Dr. Felicia Eybl Parliamentarian Moses Fox BOARD MEMBERS VP of Fundraising Shelly Thurman VP of Passive Fundraising Heather Hensley VP of Events Chrissy Premeaux VP of Advocacy Kate Chan Co-Advocacy David Lynn Chinese Ambassador Sandra Freeman Co-Chinese Ambassador open French Ambassador Tracy Ellsworth Co-French Ambassador Jenny Martin German Ambassador Tania Hoeller Co-German Ambassador Verena Baker Japanese Ambassador Christina Hutchinson Co-Japanese Ambassador Tricia Freeman Spanish Ambassador Glory Orozco Co-Spanish Ambassador Ana Miriam Carpio Specials Ambassador Wendy Maillet MS Ambassador (8th) Michelle Wright MS Ambassador (7th) Marisa Tucker MS Ambassador (6th) Suzie Gruber Room Parent Coordinator Deanna Giersmann Academic Volunteer Coordinator Catherine McClain Ram Page / Communications Sujatha Nair Teacher Representative Debra Lentz Historian/ Yearbook open Beautification open

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NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS !

Our very own Waddell Spirit Rock is ready and yours to reserve for birthdays and other special occasions!

Click on the link below to make a reservation. All details are on the form:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4aa9a92aa0f58-reserve

Be a Secret Pal!! The time of year for me to shamelessly beg for volunteers for Secret Pals has come again! For those of you not familiar with the Secret Pal program, it is an opportunity for us to bring a little sunshine to the staff (teachers, office, cafeteria, after school, custodians, etc) who make such an impact on our children's learning.

Staff members wishing to participate fill out a one-page survey with information about themselves. If you kindly reply yes to having a pal, I will forward one of these forms to you and you will then have a secret pal to leave small gifts to throughout the school year. I try my best to match up preferences for language, grade level, etc (but no promises....). The staff are to return the forms to me by 9/9 and I will send out the “assignments” after I scan them all in.

The gifts need not be extravagant or expensive. Past gifts have been cards of appreciation, candy, plants, lotions, soaps, bookmarks, small gift cards, home-baked treats, books, etc. It is entirely up to the parent how often a gift is left; be it once a week, once a month, or once a quarter. We do ask that you leave a gift at least once a quarter though. Some parents leave little gifts throughout the quarter and some parents leave one "larger" gift each quarter. It is entirely up to the gift giver!

Each staff member has a mailbox located in the office. You can also get rather creative with sending in gifts with other stu-dents to give to your pal or the majority of teachers at the school love to be involved in sneak-ing the gifts to other pals too! The office staff is always more than happy to deliver the gift to the mailbox, as long as your pal’s name is clearly labeled on the gift.

Please contact me directly at laurahill@carolina.rr.com if you would like to bring happiness to the hard-working staff at Waddell and become a Secret Pal! Thanks in advance!

Sponsors Needed for 2016 Waddell Fun Run! Sponsoring the Fun Run is a great way to get exposure for your business and help our school! Money from sponsors will be used to pur-chase 1600 t-shirts for every student and staff member. In addition, the funds will be used for teacher appreciation and incentives sur-rounding the Fun Run. Sponsors will be thanked repeatedly and visibly throughout the weeks surrounding the Fun Run. The business name will appear on 1600 t-shirts, race day banners and on an insert in to the Boosterthon student booklets. For a $500.00 donation, a sponsor will be thanked in one font size, and at $1000.00 the font size will be larger. The Fun Run is such an important part of raising money for everything the PTSO does to help the school's classrooms and programs. Please consider helping the school while promoting your business. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Shelly Thurman at fun-run@waddellptso.org.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

SEPT

5th Labor Day Holiday

6th Sip & Sob – all K & 6th

grade parents, outside amphi-

theater, (7:45-8:15am)

12th SLT Meeting, Media

Center (4:00pm)

13th PTSO Gen. Mtg. (5p-

5:30) Auditorium & Curricu-

lum Night – Grades 6th-8th

(5:30-7pm)

15th PTSO Gen. Mtg. (5p-

5:30) Auditorium & Curricu-

lum Night – Grades 1st -5th

(5:30 –7pm)

22nd Curriculum Night – Kin-

dergarten (5:30-6:30pm)

26th School Clubs begin

Click here for a printable

version of our events cal-

endar

Check out our Facebook

groups page for Events as

well. RSVP to add them to

your calendar

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We are now happy to announce that Waddell will be participating in the Cray-ola ColorCycle program. This is a wonderful program where schools can send in their old markers to be recycled into new products. Teachers will have col-lection boxes in the workrooms where they can drop off old markers, dry erase markers and highlighters. Parents can send in their old markers as well. There will be a collection box in the front office. Get your kids involved in this eco-friendly program! Have them “test” their markers and send in the old ones to keep them out of the landfill.

If anyone has any questions, please contact Heather Hensley at hhensley216@gmail.com. You can also go to http://www.crayola.com/colorcycle.aspx for more info.

BECOME A HOST FAMILY FOR OUR ACADEMIC VOLUNTEERS IN THE FALL!

Each year Waddell teachers are supported not only by our staff, parents, and students –

but also by an amazing group of international academic volunteers (AVs). These student

teacher volunteers from Germany, Switzerland, France, Japan, and now China (new for the

2017-17 school year) play a vital role in our school by providing our teachers with much

needed classroom assistance at no cost to the school. In addition, they provide our children

with a second native speaker in the classroom. This is especially important in the 2nd – 5th

grades, where we no longer have a CMS provided assistant. In turn, Waddell families play

a vital role in this process by hosting these volunteers while they spend time at our school.

During the previous school year Waddell hosted an astounding 29 Academic Volunteers

who stayed, on average, from 2-6 weeks. This is an amazing endeavor that would not have

been possible without Waddell families generously opening their homes to host these AVs.

Building upon this year's success, we expect the 2016-17 school year to expand our AV

program even more. We already have information on 9 German AVs who want to come in

the Fall of 2016, with additional German, French, Japanese, and Chinese AVs to come in

early 2017. To sustain this growth we need to have Waddell families willing to open their

homes for hosting.

If your family is interested in learning more about hosting please contact Cat McClain at catmcclain@gmail.com. Indicating an interest does not commit you to hosting at any point

but will allow us to provide you with information when we have details on incoming AVs. This is a great opportunity that has enriched the lives of many fellow Waddell families!

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GIANT play date to welcome Chinese kindergarten classes!

Meet your new 50 classmates (& their families) on Saturday 9/17 from 830-1030am. Location: Park Rd Park (6220 Park Rd, Clt 28210). C

Contact: Sandra & Kate. Chinese@WaddellPTSO.org

Waddell motto is "creating bright futures in 6 languages". Check out our own YouTube Waddell channel!

Share this video with family, friends & co-workers. More content to follow. Advocacy committee wel-comes your ideas.

Sign up to get text reminders from the school using Remind!

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STOCK UP ON UNIFORMS FOR THE CHANGING SEASON!

The used blues closet is

open to anyone who

would like to shop every

first Wednesday of the

month at 8.15am. If you

would like to stop in at a

specific time, we are hap-

py to schedule "personal

shopping" times. Feel

free to email Rikke Don-

aldson to schedule a time

-

Rikkedonaldson@gmail.c

om Remember every item

is just $1.00 and all pro-

ceeds go towards our

school!!

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Help Raise Money for our school! Our School Code is 2455

Shop at Publix?

Please pick up a Publix shopper card in the front office. Cards are on Karen Bryer’s desk. A percentage of your purchases will be awarded to Waddell! Cards may be used in all stores except those in Florida.

For more passive fundraising ways to earn money for our school, click here.

Enroll your child in the ONE Access Program today! Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library are partnering to support

students' ongoing education. We are working together to ensure that every CMS student will have

access to books and resources found at their public library. CMS students are now able to use the

CMS student ID number to access and check out public library resources. This exciting initiative is

called ONE Access because the CMS student ID number is all that a student needs.

Important things to know:

Students can borrow e-resources and access library databases

Students can borrow up to 10 print or audio books

There are NO overdue fines for ONE Access accounts (users are responsible for lost book fees) Superintendent Ann Clark is asking that 100% of our students log in to the Charlotte Public Library

using ONE Access and their student ID number. Could you please help your child log into his/her

account at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library as soon as possible? This will give you and your child

the chance to see all the wonderful educational resources that can be accessed using just your

child's student ID number. The steps are outlined below.

Thank you so much and please enjoy the wealth of resources available to families and stu-

dents free at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library! Steps to initiate ONE Access account at the Char-

lotte Mecklenburg Library:

Go to https://www.cmlibrary.org/

Click on Account in upper right hand corner

Username is student's CMS Student ID #

Password is last 4 digits of CMS Student ID#

Skip email

Create a new username by choosing a color and an animal

Click accept terms ONE Access account created!

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back about

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RamPage Editor at

waddellram-

page@gmail.com

Online School payments

The school is moving towards accepting only or mostly Online Payments. Here

is a link to two files that contain more information about what qualifies for

Online School Payments ( OSP) and how you can set up your account prior to

the start of the school year. Please Note: 4th and 5th grade agenda’s are set

up for on-line payment, carpool tags (2.00) and also middle school fees ( 10.00)

Link to Details for OSP Parent Information:

https://drive.google.com/file/

d/0B9KjxGC3H2BXY0s4d2hha1d0dUdZYUpURmZ1d3puZU5tTEtJ/view

Link to OSP Parent Instructions for setting up your account:

https://drive.google.com/file/

d/0B9KjxGC3H2BXZ1VoamZWMGI2SE15eGZPNWk5RG14V051Zm1F/view

Contact: Ms. Lisa Pianka in the office for any questions.

Waddell Language

Academy

7030 Nations Ford Road

Charlotte, North Carolina 28217

PHONE: 980.343.5815

FAX: 980.343.5854

Felicia Eybl, Principal

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QUICK LINKS

CMS School Calendar 2016-17

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New! Waddell Digital Learning Sites

New! CMS Online School Payments

Office FAQ’s

Link to RamPage Archive

CMS Lunch Menu

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