Date: Wednesday – August 21, 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!!

Parent Signature________________________________________

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August 21, 2013

Wednesday Packet

Important Dates/Information

Summer Reading Logs Due – Thursday, August 22nd Celebrity Scooper Night at Bruster’s – Thursday, August 29th – 5:30-7:30 PM

Labor Day Holiday – Monday, September 2nd Academic Open House – Monday, September 9th – 6:00-7:25 PM – Details in Future Packets

Fall Sports Picture Day – Monday, September 16th TCS Night at CiCi’s Pizza – Wednesday, September 18th – Save the Date

Teacher Work Day – Friday, September 20th – No School Underclassmen Picture Day – Monday, September 30th

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM for September begins

Tuesday, September 3rd

ENROLLMENT IS DUE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 29th

The ASP forms are available at the following link:

http://cottageschool.org/school/?page_id=177

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Can I just say again how happy I am that you are here at TCS this year??? What a great first week! We love having our kids back on campus and feeling their residual energy and enthusiasm. The first few weeks are full of fabulous moments when our students reach out to each other, encourage and welcome new students and generally, be their wonderful selves! I wish I could bottle their warmth and compassion and spread it to other avenues of our larger community! The teaching staff is being very intentional in their pacing and quantity of work during this start up period. I am sure it is no surprise that the majority of our students, even the returning students, bring an enormous amount of anxiety about social situations, academic expectations, and the general beginning of school jitters with them for the first few weeks of school. That anxiety suppresses their ability to attend to the tasks at hand, remember their responsibilities and interact in a consistently calm and positive manner. We want to give them the time to become accustomed to their classes, their peers and their new routine. It is important that our students begin to breathe and settle in before we ask them to hunker down academically. So, do not fret that there is not enough homework. The pace will increase when we believe the students can step up to the increased expectations. The PAC Family Social was fabulous! It is an important time for our families to meet and make connections that will serve them well throughout the school year. I hope you signed up for lots of volunteer options. We really need your help for resources, donors, goodies and opportunities! Our Advancement Department will be sending home information that will help you identify areas you can help. As the school year begins, I would like to encourage you to assist us in creating a calm and healthy environment right from the start. We have been doing this a long time and know what to do to supervise, motivate and guide. However, we cannot be everywhere all the time. We need to rely on you as partners in communication. We need your help in identifying times or situations that create anxiety for your teen. Teens, especially our new students, are not accustomed to our environment and often do not realize that we take inappropriate social interactions very seriously. One reason our new students are so consistently supervised is so that we can be sure they are interacting appropriately and making good decisions. If you are aware of any bullying, intimidation or harassment going on in person, by digital means or in writing, please help us handle it by letting us know. Finding out that a bad situation has been going on for months makes it more difficult to correct and to undo the emotional damage done. On the other hand, if you see or experience things that are going very well, please do the same! Let us know! We focus on the goodness around us, while managing the necessary. The more we know that is positive and creates a calm, nurturing and efficient environment, the better job we can do moving forward. We, too, will be communicating those things that are going well. One of the reasons for the frequent calls to parents is to provide a clear pathway to relate the successes of our teens. What parent doesn’t like to hear how well their teen is doing?

WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

August 21, 2013

Jacque’s Note

THANKS TO FIRST LANDMARK BANK

Since our business model incorporates financial skills in our students’ daily

routine, having actual check books is an essential component. This year we

would like to thank First Landmark Bank for stepping up to sponsor our

check books. First Landmark is the school’s banking partner and we have

enjoyed a very beneficial relationship with them. They also commissioned

the beautiful notecards that depict the Chattahoochee River scene. They

sold the cards at their bank locations and provided us with boxes to sell. All

proceeds have gone to benefit The Cottage School tuition assistance fund.

You can find a picture of the check donation on our website and can

purchase your box of notecards from our main desk in the central office.

Thank You First Landmark Bank!

REGISTRAR ROUND-UP

Family Directories will be sent home with students on August 29th.

The updated Carpool Finder Map – now with cell number as well as email – is available at www.tinyurl.com/tcscarpool.

The TCS Advancement Angle

News you can use to help raise money for The Cottage School

Be a winner for The Cottage

School-Participate in Georgia

Goal!

Georgia Goal is an opportunity for individual

and corporate state tax payers to designate

some of their tax liability to eligible Georgia

schools, to use towards scholarship needs.

Last year, $58 million dollars was earmarked

and claimed by April. Reserve your space

now for your 2014 tax credit-as funds are

expected to run out by mid-March! Click

here for more information!

Mark Your Calendars!

August 29th @ 5:30pm

Celebrity Scooper Night at Bruster’s Roswell!

Get the scoop from your favorite TCS teacher

and a percentage of the proceeds goes back

to the school!

Partners in Education

The following businesses offer easy ways

for you to raise money for the school while

you go about your day!

Use your Publix Partner card every time you

shop at Publix. If you don’t have one, stop by the

office!

Target Redcard members can

select The Cottage School as

your school of choice and

receive 1% back on purchases!

Do your shopping through our

Dollars for Schools Program link found here!

Georgia Natural Gas

customers can partici-

pate in True Blue

Schools where GNS

will donate $5 every

month to your school

just for paying your

natural gas bill.

Collect and drop off!

For more information about the programs

above or ways you can help raise money for

The Cottage School, please contact the

Advancement Office.

Interact

August 26th to

September 6th

benefit North Fulton

Community Charities

Middle school and high

school Homerooms with

the most donations Wins

free lunch!

Please strive to call the

appropriate number according to

the school you are trying to reach.

To reach the Middle School

please call:

770-640-8037

To reach the High School

please call:

770-641-8688

The Cottage School

This year’s TCS Summer Reading Program was all about CHOICE!

ALL READING LOGS ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND.

RETURN THEM TO YOUR LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER.

If you still need to log your reading time, please use one of the links below: http://www.k12reader.com/reading-logs/RL-RdgTime-Plain.pdf http://www.rsu23.org/RSU_23_School_Department/lms_titleone/LMS_Title_One/Reading_Logs_files/akorn_reading_log.pdf

AND FROM THE COTTAGE SCHOOL For each minute you read, you will receive a TCS point. Earn points to spend at

the Summer Reading Store, opening in August. To receive an EXTRA 50 POINTS per book, complete the Response to Literature that follows.

RESPONSE TO LITERATURE Select one question from each level and respond on a separate piece of paper.

Check your grammar and spelling.

Student NAME______________________________________________________________

BOOK TITLE________________________________________________________________

AUTHOR___________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________ LEVEL 1 Basic Stated Information

The narrator is…

The setting is…

The protagonist is… _____________________________________________________________________________ LEVEL 2 Key Details

The event that gets the story moving is…

The event that complicates the story is…

An important thing to remember about the protagonist (hero) is… _____________________________________________________________________________ LEVEL 3 Stated Relationships

One event that reminds the character of another is…

The relationship between _____ and _____ is …

The character claims that _____ happened because of _____. _____________________________________________________________________________ LEVEL 4 Simple Implied Relationships

When the character says _________, it suggests…

When the character does ________, it suggests…

This detail (name this “detail”) is a symbol of ________ because… _____________________________________________________________________________ LEVEL 5 Complex Implied Relationships

The changes (in character, setting, or situation) since the beginning of the story have been caused by…

The character has changed from __________ to ___________.

The 2 characters (name them) are similar/different throughout the story because… _____________________________________________________________________________ LEVEL 6 Author’s Generalizations

The problem in the world that the author is focusing on is… The author suggests that when people _________, then the result is…

How to Download Premier Tools at Home!

Good for Windows AND Mountain Lion!

Go to this website: http://www.premierathome.com/

Username: cottagesch

Password: access

Click “Start Downloading”

From there,

just follow the instructions on the installation wizard.

Click “Literacy Productivity Pack”

Click OK

Click Run

MS August Activities

DATE TIME Activity RAIN-

OUT

TCS$ Things to bring

Friday

8/23

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Club Introduction

Lunch

Complete HR Activity

Homeroom

Academics

$156.40

$165.60

Friday

Off Campus

8/30

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Atlanta Zoo

Lunch

Atlanta Zoo

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

On Campus

8/30

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Kickball Tournament

Lunch

Kickball Tournament

Homeroom

$156.40

Academics

8/30

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Academics

Lunch

Academics

Homeroom

$165.60 Academic Materials

*Remember to bring an

independent reading book if

you complete your work early

HS August Activities

DATE TIME Activity RAIN-OUT TCS$ Things to bring/U.S. $

Friday

8/23

Academics

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Academics

Lunch

Academics

Homeroom

$336.89

Academic material to

complete work and

spare reading

materials, if you will be

in academics

all day!

Off-

Campus

10:00-

2:00

Golf at

Steel Canyon

Golf Club

$326.03 Appropriate Shorts to

change into, water

bottle, and money for

lunch

On-

Campus

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Board Games

Lunch

Games2U

Homeroom

$315.16

Friday

8/30

Clubs Club Materials!

THE COTTAGE SCHOOL LETTER JACKETS (High School Only)

$249.95 plus tax FITTING IS SCHEDULED AT LUNCH TIME

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH

WITH KIM JONES REPRESENTING UNIFORM SOURCE

770-919-9967 or email to kjonesud2141@yahoo.com OR CONTACT TCS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, RICHIE BRIGGS,

ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ORDER

PRICE INCLUDES JACKET, YOUR LETTER SEWN ON, MASCOT,

CLASS YEAR AND NAME MONOGRAMMED.

OTHER ITEMS CAN BE ADDED TO JACKET

AT ADDITIONAL CHARGE.

PLEASE BRING LETTER AT TIME OF ORDER

PAYMENT MUST BE MADE AT TIME OF ORDER BY CASH, CHECK, OR MAJOR CREDIT CARD

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A JACKET AND WISH FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SPORTS OR BARS TO BE

ADDED; PLEASE BRING YOUR JACKET ON THIS DATE AND IT CAN BE ADDED. I WILL THEN

ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO GET IT BACK TO COACH RICHIE IN ORDER TO BE

RETURNED TO YOU.

JACKETS ARE HOLLOWAY

SPORTSWEAR JACKETS

BLACK WOOL BODY WITH

PURPLE LEATHER SLEEVES

AND RIBBED TRIM

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

ACT FALL DATES AND DEADLINES

TCS Deadline ACT Test Window

August 21 September 21 – October 13

September 25 October 26 – November 17

**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

ATTENTION: Sophomores & Juniors… (and interested Freshmen)

Sign up to take the PSAT

Please note that the deadline to apply for accommodations for

the PSAT is August 25th (College Board must receive the

paperwork by August 28th) unless you already have approved

accommodations through The College Board.

**Please send a check for $24 made out to The Cottage School

by October 11, 2013 to reserve your spot!

When: PSAT on Sat. October 19, 2013, 8:00-10:30 a.m. at TCS

Taking the PSAT is important because it not only prepares you

for the SAT, but if you are graduating in 2015 it also qualifies

you to be entered into The National Merit Scholarship Program.

You could be chosen to receive a scholarship for college based

on your scores!

Please RSVP for this test at

678-250-5113 or KristenB@cottageschool.org