....... CCDS INFORMER
	FROM MRS. ROBERTS Children racing to the computer lab during recess and before school plus quotes such as the following were heard around campus last week. “So what’s this about sleeping by the phone and getting up at 3:00 AM to do math?! I’ve never seen Caroline so excited about math in my life!! I think I may have to hold her off until 6:00 AM though! Sounds like a really neat thing.” (Stephanie Wilbur) Well, many of our students participated in a really neat thing. The 5th and 6th graders entered a worldwide 48-hour math competition, and when the 1st and 4th graders heard about it, they jumped on the bandwagon too. They were playing against 3 or 4 players at a time from about 20 countries around the world using timed tests via the internet. Thank you to Mr. Dennis for piloting and bringing this fun event to the students. It was such a success, I have a feeling that next year the entire school will be competing. Open House is this Tuesday night from 5:45 – 7:00. Students are to be accompanied by their parents to this event. Your family will start in your child’s classroom to receive an itinerary for visiting all the classrooms and the Art Show. The itinerary will be stamped as you move from room to room throughout all the grades and specialty teachers’ rooms. The annual amazing art show will be on display in Hinde Hall thanks to the efforts of the Art Parents and Mrs. Koshland. With the increase in room size and funding cuts in the public schools, think about bringing a visitor to this event who may be considering CCDS as an option next year.

	......... CLASSROOM NEWS
	CLASSROOM NEWS PHYSICAL EDUCATION Our Annual Jumprope for Heart event will take place this Friday, March 13 during P.E. classes.  Please turn in your permission slips and envelope by Thursday, March 12.  We have extra envelopes in the office.  The students have really been practicing jumping rope and in the lower grades I have seen great improvement.  Everyone is doing a terrific job.  We have some great double-dutch jumpers.  The students may bring in their favorite CD’s to play during the event.  The playground will really be jumping for the Heart Association.  Thank you.   Mrs. Duryea MUSICAL NOTES Teachers Note: CD 1 TRK 2 Script p. 66. The feature composer of the week is Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). The feature composition is Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 1. Allegro. Bach composed this as part of a set of six concertos written especially for a nobleman of the city of Brandenburg, Germany.

	......... CLUBS THIS WEEK
	MARTIAL ARTS BEGINS MARCH 2 Martial Arts of America is launching a five week program at our school.  The first session is Monday, March 2 at 3:00 - 3:35 pm.  Sign up forms went home last week. BATON CLUB CONTINUES ON TUESDAYS DRAMA CLUB HONORS YOUNG ABE LINCOLN A Note to Drama Club Parents Our practices for “Young Abe Lincoln” are going well but we have a lot to learn in the next three weeks. Everyone should know his/her lines by next week. (Mrs. Lincoln {Kirby} and Harriet {Katie} may continue to use scripts for part 2 and 3.) Try to encourage use of expression to give the characters a little personality. Kentucky accents are great! One-hour practices start next week. March 10 and March 17 we will practice until 4:00 so we can go through the whole play. Then there will be a Monday practice on March 23, 3:00-4:00 pm. We will have our dress rehearsal on Monday, March 23 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm since we will perform for the school the next morning at 10:00 a.m. and for the parents at 7:00 p.m. Please sign up to help at one or more of these practices. My thanks to Kathy Kennelly (Katie’s grandmother) for helping at every practice and giving me moral support. I would like another parent or two to help March 10 and 17. I need a costume coordinator...I have brought a lot of costumes from our garage storage closet that need pressing and care. If a parent could be at the practice she could assign and fit costumes without our having to stop the whole practice. Also, I need a parent or two backstage at each performance to keep order, help with costume emergencies, etc. Please call me to volunteer or speak to me after practice. My telephone is 435-1760. The SCENERY WORKSHOP will be Saturday March 21, 1:00-3:00 pm. We will create a log cabin interior using corrugated “Log” paper , etc. I am excited about producing our play in connection with the Lincoln Bicentennial. We may be the only Coronado group doing something! Please, please, rehearse with your child....it really makes a difference in the success of the practice. On the back of this sheet is the cast of characters. Three children have double parts.....please note and mark the scripts for them. Let me know if they lose their script....disaster! I can make a new one. Thanks for your help and support, Betsy Vernetti and Kathy Kennelly

	........ VIRTUE FOR MARCH IS PATIENCE
	SPIRITUAL NURTURE This week’s lesson: Praise to You God of our salvation. You do not hide Your face from us. We rejoice always in Your help. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Tanner Jansen (K)  3/10 Emma Sandke  (3rd)  3/13 JOYFUL NOISE CHOIR The Joyful Noise Choir (that meets on Sunday mornings) will be singing onSunday March 15th at the 9:30 a.m. Communion Service. Christ Church Day School students are welcome to participate in this Lenten celebration. Mr. Robell will be sending home permission slips. All Students are welcome to participate in the Joyful Noise Choir on SundayMornings from 9:00 to 9:45 in the Christ Church Day School music classroom. This Choir is led by Mr. Robell.

	......... NEWS FLASH
	NOTES FROM THE OFFICE.... Contracts and Registration Forms for the 2009-2010 school year have been mailed home. Signed contracts and 2009 deposits are due back at school by March 5. Families who are applying for tuition assistance have not yet received contracts. Please turn in tuition assistace applications by Tuesday, March 3rd. The deadline was February 23rd. Parent's Night Out - Friday, March 13th from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Make your plans for a night out without the kids! Sponsored by the Church’s Youth Group, make your reservations for your children by calling Karen Ketts kketts@earthlink,net , 437-6861 or the church office at 435-4561. Suggested donation $15-$25 for the first child and $5 - $8 each sibling. Hot Lunch for Friday is: Pasta with butter and marinara sauce on the side; veggies and fruit. Fourth Grade parents serve this hot lunch. Please contact your room rep. if you are able to help. No IOU’s TUTORING FOR STUDENTS Molly Haines a recent college graduate and daughter of our former 6th grade teacher Amy Haines would like to offer her time for tutoring students and/or babysitting-child care. Best way to contact her is 619 985-2726. Mary LeDuc is available to tutor students at the school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. Call her at 619 428-4785. Mrs. LeDuc has a Resource Specialist credential, and a Multiple Subjects teaching credential K – 6th. Martha Protzman is available as a reading specialist for students in grades kindergarten – 4th. Call her at 619 435-8388. Her card is available on the bulletin board at school.

	......... CELL PHONE POLICY
	A new problem has come to my attention, which is an out growth of our changing times.  The 2009-2010 Parent/Student Handbook will address this problem, but in the meantime I need your support.  Many children are bringing cell phones to school.  These may be necessary if children are walking home, but they are not to be used at school and the school cannot accept any responsibility for damage or loss of these phones.  As always, any calls that a child needs to make during the school day should be placed through the office phone with their teacher’s permission.  This has always been the rule, but we are finding that some students are texting during school and going into the restrooms to text or make phone calls.  Along that line of thought, arranging play dates etc. should be done before a child comes to school not when school is dismissing.  (The loading zone has enough problems without waiting for students to call their parents to arrange a play dates at the last minute.   So bottom line, while on the school grounds, cell phones should be in the students’ backpacks at all times.  I will be talking to the children about this, and I would appreciate your support from home.  As always - thank you for your support. Mrs. Roberts