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THE ORACLE A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF Issue 17, Week of December 16
THE ORACLE A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF
Issue 17, Week of December 16
Above: Three shots from the fantastic 2014 Holiday Event – 50 TBS students flawlessly performed in Ashley Brown’s ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ number; Julia Bennett, Vivien Brown, and Isabel Hudson make a highly anticipated announcement at the Holiday Program: our The Spring Musical Production will be Annie!; The Junior Varsity basketball team listens to coach Will Roberson during half-time at the Greenwood Terrace campus (they went on to win that game 62-29). All of our sports are off to a great start this year! Visit www.theburlingtonschool.org/athletics to the records of all of our TBS teams; Davis Budd, Tanner Cates and Nick Lea support our basketball teams as they play on home court; the 5th grade class takes a picture after D.A.R.E. graduation.
TBS CHORAL ENSEMBLES PRESENT THE TBS HOLIDAY CONCERT: THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2014
The Burlington School Choral Ensemble and the Middle School Choir will present a Holiday Concert
December 18, 2014 at 7:00 pm at Whitley Auditorium on the Elon University campus.
Both choirs will perform holiday selections jointly and
individually. The choirs will be accompanied by The Corda String Quartet from Greensboro, N. C. and The Cathedral
Brass Quartet from Burlington, N.C. Piano accompaniment will be provided by Mr. Sam Meares with organist Dr. Mark
Rumley. Conducting will be Mr. Neal Sharpe, Interim Director of Choral Music.
Advanced Premium Reserved Seating (orchestra center and sides) and General Seating (back and balcony) are available.
Choral Alums are admitted free and should reserve tickets with Ginger Webber by December 16. Tickets may also be purchased in advance at either campus or online. Questions? Please call Ginger
Webber (336.395.8550) or Debbie Strickland (336.228.0296).
Online tickets sales will be closed by Thursday at 12 noon. Tickets can be purchased at the door the day of the event. Click here to purchase your tickets!
BALCONY
STAGE
$15 Premium & Reserved Seating $10 General Seating
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C 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
D 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
E 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
F 148 6 4 2
G 148 6 4 2
H 10 8 6 4 2
J 12 10 8 6 4 2
K 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
L 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
M 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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$10 Special Needs Seating
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1 3 5 7 9 11 13
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1 3 5 7 9 11 13
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1 3 5 7 9 11 13
E
1 3 5 7 9 11 13
H
1 3 5 7 9
J
1 3 5 7 9 11
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1 3 5 7 9 11 13
L
1 3 5 7 9 11 13
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1 3 5 7 9 11 13
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WHITLEY AUDITORIUM
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HEADED TO TBS: HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
In January 2015, The Burlington School will be hosting 20 South Korean High school students from Gwacheon City, South Korea.
Gwacheon City is a sister city with Burlington, and we are very excited to host their students.
The Korean students will be here for 14 days as part of a cultural exchange experience. The idea of the exchange program is to further their English language skills and for them to experience true American culture. They will attend classes here at TBS with our high
school students, and will be doing some traveling while they are here.
We are looking for ten current TBS families to serve as hosts to our international guests. The visiting students are mostly sophomores and juniors and will be arriving on Friday, January 9th and departing on Friday, January 23rd. Interested in hosting two students?
Please contact Ronnie Wall directly at [email protected].
IT’S THE MOST DE-LI-CIOUS TIME OF THE YEAR!
Reminder: THIS Friday, December 19 is the Traditions Celebration for all Middle School and Upper School students. Dress is holiday festive, food drop off is on the Davis Street campus by 11 am and lunch is at 12:30 pm. MS students should be picked up on the Davis St. campus at 3 pm and US students will be dismissed at 3:30 pm. After lunch, we will gather together in the Gathering Space to host our very first Celebration of Traditions. Here are the details:
Who: All MS and US students and advisors
What: Traditions Luncheon and Celebration
When: Friday, December 19, 12:30 pm-end of the school day. Meal begins at 12:30 pm, celebration begins around 1:30 pm.
Where: Davis Street Gym and Gathering Space
Why: To celebrate community
How: Middle School students will be bused from Greenwood Terrace campus to the Davis Street campus at noon. They will not return to the GT campus. Middle School students should be picked up in the pick up line out front on the DS campus (please do not park) at 3:00 pm. (Extended Day students will be transported back to GT via staff vehicle.) Upper School students will be picked up at their regular dismissal time of 3:30pm.
Each student has signed up for a food or beverage item they will bring. Please support your student when they request your help with food or materials for their advisory presentation. We wouldn't be able to host this activity without your help! Each item should feed approximately 15 so that everyone has a chance to try new things. (If your item is gluten free or vegan, please label accordingly.)
Food and beverages may be dropped off on the Davis Street Campus on Friday morning, Dec. 19 between 7:30-11:30. The PA volunteers will help collect those items from you or your student that morning. Please label all non-disposable serving dishes and utensils.
All food items that need refrigeration should come in coolers, all food items that need to be heated should come in crock-pots.
Our awesome Parents Association has generously donated all paper products and utensils.
Lunch will be served at 12:30pm.
Celebration of Traditions will begin at 1:30pm in the Gathering Space. This will be done in their advisory groups and will be interactive activities designed by each advisory group to reflect some of their family or holiday traditions.
A few extra notes:
Do not order MyHotLunchBox for your Middle or Upper School student on 12/19. It will only be available for delivery to Lower School students.
Your child should be sending home a reminder via email early next week about the food item they have offered to bring.
If you have questions about what your son/daughter offered, please contact your child's advisor via email. All other questions about the event should be e-mailed to Leslie Blank at [email protected]
Dress for the day will be holiday festive. Remember: your students will be active during the celebration.
Use the front driveway at the Davis Street campus to pick up Middle School students. They will be lined up outside (weather permitting) similar to their pick up at the Greenwood Terrace campus at 3:00 pm.
A NOTE FROM EXTENDED DAY: Do you have last minute shopping to do? Do you want to get that holiday manicure/ spa treatment in peace? How about just to get the kids out of the house before the hustle and bustle of the holidays really begins. Extended Day is now accepting drop-ins for December 22nd and 23rd. They are open from 7:20 am until 6:00pm both days and the cost is $50 whether you need one hour or ten. Please send a morning snack and a lunch. If interested please contact Trinity Taylor at [email protected]. Advanced notice is appreciated but drop-ins are certainly welcomed. TBS Extended Day is open to the public for this opportunity as well.
WE’RE ALL ON THE ADMISSIONS TEAM! BRING A FRIEND TO SCHOOL DAY IS JANUARY 20
TBS is excited to announce the return of Bring a Friend to School Day on January 20, 2015 for all grade levels Preschool 3 - 12th grade. Our TBS students can each bring one friend from another school to shadow them for the day - seeing all that our school has to offer first hand. We will welcome our visiting students at 8:00 am and plan on feeding both the host and visiting students a pizza lunch, with dismissal at 12:30 pm. Bring a Friend to School Day is an insightful opportunity to tell others about TBS and bring in new families. The date was intentionally set as a day when the local school system is off. Over the winter break, please spread the word to others and register your child and their friend using the link below: http://goo.gl/forms/dWKcc9Ml2M Get a jump-start on registration while you can – the deadline for submissions will approach quickly after we return from our Holiday Break. -Mr. Ronnie Wall, Director of Admissions
NOTES FROM COMMUNITY LIFE: Thank you to all those who retrieved their lost and found items. The remaining items were donated yesterday. Also, The Greenwood Terrace campus students will be doing a Pledge activity in February that will require shoeboxes or tissue boxes that are open on the top. If you have any boxes that fit these descriptions that were going to be recycled, please hold on to them over the holidays and send them in to school in January. We will be collecting them at that time. -Leslie Blank, Community Life Facilitator, School Counselor
A NOTE FROM ATHLETICS:
There is a Spartans Club Meeting tomorrow night, December 17th at 6:45pm in the Greenwood Terrace Library. Please join us as we continue developing ways to support TBS Athletics!
Don’t miss a moment of Spartan Action! Visit
www.theburlingtonschool.org/athletics for links to
team schedules, games, meets and tournaments.
(There are games over break – check our website
calendar!)
WHAT’S COMING UP:
December 17 – Spartans Club Meeting (Greenwood Terrace: Maude Sharpe Library) 6:45pm December 18 – The Burlington School Choral Ensemble Holiday Concert (Whitley Auditorium, Elon
University) 7pm – tickets available online until Thursday at noon; then available at Whitley will call.
December 19 – Traditions Lunch (Davis Street Campus Gymnasium) 12:30pm
WHEN YOU RETURN…. KEEP THESE IMPORTANT DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR! January 5 – Classes Resume January 9 – The Burlington School Spelling Bee (Holt Gymnasium at the Greenwood Terrace Campus) 2pm January 14 – The Burlington School Science Fair (Holt Gymnasium at the Greenwood Terrace Campus) 1-3pm January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No classes January 20 – Bring a Friend to School Day January 24 – Saturday Mornings For the Very Young (Greenwood Terrace Campus) 9-10am Another date for this admissions event will be held on March 7.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE BURLINGTON SCHOOL! Pictured above: Members of TBS Girl Talk pose with advisor and Director of College Counseling Ashley Pearson. They celebrated the entire Upper School effort of compiling over 70 stockings packed full with toiletries for men in the Piedmont Rescue Mission! We have another accomplishment to celebrate prior to holiday break – Ms. Pearson was awarded with Honorary Membership to the Carolinas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (CACRAO), which is a professional organization for all of South Carolina and North Carolina. The President of the Association gave a glowing recommendation about Pearson’s credentials, as well. Congratulations, Ms. Pearson!
