1 Table of Contents Page Jacque’s Note 2 Community News 3-8 MS Activities 9-10 HS News 11-15 September 10, 2014 Wednesday Packet Important Dates/Information Tuesday, September 16, 6:30 pm in the RCC POST-SECONDARY PLANNING NIGHT *MANDATORY* meeting for all Senior and Junior Parents and Students Thursday, September 18, 6:00-7:30pm PARENT SOCIAL at the home of Heather and Dave Andignac Tuesday, September 23 UNDERCLASSMEN PICTURE DAY Friday, September 26 TEACHER WORK DAY-NO SCHOOL Monday, September 29 7:30am-12:45pm in the Gym FLU SHOT CLINIC *FREE for most insurance carriers* Monday, October 13 COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY TCS Offices Closed SAVE THE DATE October 25 th 10:00am-4:00pm COUGAR CLASSIC CAR SHOW AND BAZAAR ON THE TCS CAMPUS Friday, October 31 and Monday, November 3 TEACHER WORK DAY and GISA CONFERENCE-NO SCHOOL TCS Offices Open
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Jacque’s Note 2 Community News 3-8 MS Activities 9-10 HS News 11-15
September 10, 2014
Wednesday Packet
Important Dates/Information
Tuesday, September 16, 6:30 pm in the RCC POST-SECONDARY PLANNING NIGHT *MANDATORY* meeting for all Senior and Junior Parents and Students Thursday, September 18, 6:00-7:30pm PARENT SOCIAL at the home of Heather and Dave Andignac Tuesday, September 23 UNDERCLASSMEN PICTURE DAY Friday, September 26 TEACHER WORK DAY-NO SCHOOL Monday, September 29 7:30am-12:45pm in the Gym FLU SHOT CLINIC *FREE for most insurance carriers* Monday, October 13 COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY TCS Offices Closed SAVE THE DATE October 25th 10:00am-4:00pm COUGAR CLASSIC CAR SHOW AND BAZAAR ON THE TCS CAMPUS Friday, October 31 and Monday, November 3 TEACHER WORK DAY and GISA CONFERENCE-NO SCHOOL TCS Offices Open
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My rule of thumb for the Wednesday Packet note is to address important events, programs and ideas pertinent to our campus life. Occasionally I use this space for personal musings. I hope you don’t mind. Joe and I are preparing to return to the small Illinois town where I spent my four years of high school for my….wait for it….fiftieth (50) high school reunion. First the number is ginormous…much too large to be really true. Second, what could all these old folks find to talk about after all these years? The truth is, we can’t wait! Joe did not attend high school with me. He is from New Jersey, but he loves to come with me to visit my old haunts (all three of them), and spend time with my old (the word has a whole new meaning now) friends. I was raised in the Air Force and did not spend more than a few years in one place. I was lucky that I had all four years in the same high school. My school was located in a small farming town north of Champaign/Urbana and the military base was at least twice the size of the town. I had less than 250 graduates in my class and we were a motley crew. One reality of high school is that the experience seems to be eternally difficult. Books, poems, movies and personal stories are consumed with the angst of the high school experience. Of course there are a few teens who come out on the other side with few scars, but I am not sure I trust their memories or self-awareness….adolescence is treacherous and has been for generations! Everything is a big deal. Everyone is watching you. Life is uncertain. Good times are the best and bad times are deadly. Emotions rule. Parents cannot possibly understand. The list goes on and on. What I love about these reunions is that you see the “rest of the story”. As you can imagine, my classmates scattered all over the world. They are now well situated in their families and careers. The comparison of where they were when they were sixteen and where they are now is a study in contradictions. The class princess, winner of all coveted titles, stayed in the small town, married a store clerk, raised her family with little fanfare. Her current appearance gives little clue to the place she held in the fantasies of students and staff. The class clown is a well-established bestselling author in the field of economics (no less!). The football captain is an artist who lives in Paris and is married to a German national. The shy awkward young man who took me to the junior prom is now an extremely attractive nuclear scientist who mesmerizes our reunions when he and his model wife take over the dance floor with grace and elegance. The brilliant but unruly track star, who was the bane of every teacher who ever taught him, retired as the principal of a school for behavior disordered boys and is now an actor in Los Angeles. My best friend, Carol, is a North Dakota rancher who hosts regional rodeos and weathers winters that keep her literally captive in her home for weeks at a time. We love our time together every five or ten years. Although we are sitting across from balding, sagging, weathered bodies, our mind’s eye can only see the bright and hopeful teenagers who shared the crucible of high school. Regardless of the paths our lives have taken, we know each other very, very well. We know the victories and vulnerabilities that shaped our futures. This reality is played out in high schools all over the country. I know that the experiences here shape the future of our teens. I know that the friendships made here, every year, last into the future. I know that our TCS students will find the passions, challenges, and victories of their high school years to be significant contributors to the men and women they are in the process of becoming. I just feel honored to be a fly on their adolescent wall!
September 10, 2014
Jacque’s Note
On your mark, get set, GOAL!
Georgia taxpayers are racing to claim their share of education expense tax credits for 2015.
The $58 million cap will be met in a matter of days. So, don’t miss out… “reserve your spot”
today by submitting your 2015 GOAL Tax Credit Form!
It’s intense!
Remarkable Opportunity for Individuals with Ownership in
S-Corps, LLCs or Partnerships (Pass-Through Entities)
Members of limited liability companies, shareholders of “S” Corporations,
and partners in partnerships are allowed a Georgia income tax credit for
up to $10,000 of the amount they contribute to a SSO, so long as they
would have paid Georgia income tax in that amount on their share of
taxable income. Learn more here.
Georgia GOAL “Thank You” Video
Georgia GOAL
Newsletter
September, 2014
GOAL already has more tax credit applications in
the pipeline than they did in December of last year…
Come socialize with fellow TCS parents and staff on the evening of September 18 from 6:00 – 7:30pm in the home of Heather and Dave Andignac. They are the parents of a 7th grader and live in the Embry Hills area. This is a great way to catch up with old friends and make new ones. We hope you will join us. Please RSVP to Stephanie at [email protected].
PAC Picks this week
Indirect Giving - Quick and Easy
An easy way to support TCS is through its partnerships with various companies you use every week such as Publix, Target, and Amazon. Stay tuned for other opportunities with BoxTops and Kroger in future Wednesday Packets. These dollars support various program enhancements around TCS. Watch for more information on how these dollars have been used in the past year.
If you don’t already have one, get your Publix key-chain sized card in the Central Administration or Middle School offices. Pick up enough to give to friends and family! Each time you shop, present your card at the checkout counter and Publix will donate a percentage of your purchase to TCS.
Target enables customers to specify The Cottage School as the recipient of a percentage of sales charged to their Target credit card. If you don’t currently have one, inquire the next time you shop at Target. It is simple and easy to sign-up for.
Every time you shop Amazon.com, make sure you access through TCS’ site. There is a link on the bottom right side of the home page. This will credit a percentage of your purchase to The Cottage School. It’s simple, so you can start shopping!
outside food allowed *Lunch after the tour, bring bag lunch or
money for food
On-Campus
Friday 9/12
10:00
12:00
12:45
2:40
Casino
Lunch
Ultimate Frisbee
Homeroom
$660.77 Appropriate jeans or shorts to change into
with TCS spirit shirt
Saturday
9/13
Saturday School for students who owe
attendance hours
Your planner, notebooks, textbooks, lunches
and a change of clothing for PM work detail
Savings
Trip Monday
9/15
7:45
10:00
to
2:00
4:30
Bus departs for Wild Safari
Wild Safari
Return to Campus
$124.12
(from
student
savings)
Bring a camera, bug spray, sun
screen, sun glasses, hat, extra $ for
spending for food or for purchases
in the gift shop
Friday
9/19
Afternoon Clubs
Bring Needed Club Materials
“Reward
Off
Campus”
Wednesday
Evening
9/24
5:15
pm
6:00
pm
to
8:00
pm
8:30
pm
Bus Departs Campus
SKY ZONE FUN
Return to Campus – and
enjoy your long weekend,
attendance not required
Thursday for Sky Zone
participants
$390.60 (non-trippers)
$341.78 (Wild Safari
Participants)
*Bring $10 in real money for food
*Sky Zone Socks provided
*See Reverse page for eligibility
DATE TIME Activity TCS$ Things to bring/U.S. $
HS Activities for September
(Continued)
Academics
Thursday
9/25
8:15
10:00
12:00
12:45
2:40
Levels
Academics
Lunch
Academics
Homeroom
$403.62 (non-trippers)
$353.17 (Wild Safari
Participants)
Academic material to complete work and
spare reading
materials, if you will be in academics
all day!
Off-
Campus
Thursday
9/25
10:00-
2:00
Soccer &
Softball
$390.60 (non-trippers)
$341.78 (Wild Safari
Participants)
Fully enclosed shoes *change into athletic pants or shorts with
a Spirit Shirt *Sandwich items will be provided, you may
also bring a bag lunch to round out your
meal.
On-Campus
9/25
10:00
12:00
12:45
2:40
Kite Making
Lunch
Kickball
Homeroom
$377.58 (non-trippers)
$330.38 (Wild Safari
Participants)
Appropriate jeans or shorts to change into
with TCS spirit shirt
Friday
9/26
Teacher Work Day No School
*Eligibility notes on the Reward Off-Campus to Sky Zone: 18 students will be eligible to place their name in a lottery to win a place on the “Reward” Off-Campus To gain eligibility for the lottery for this “Reward” Off Campus, students must
*achieve level 2 or level 3 status *no academics for the previous two contracting periods *academic work to standard - not on any recovery plans
*no disciplinary slips (yellow or pink) for the contracting period *no hours owed
*citizenship and leadership demonstrated in homeroom *evidence of contributions to the TCS community beyond the school day
A drawing for all interested and eligible students will occur during lunch on Tuesday, 9/23, in the RCC
– 18 lucky students will take the Reward Trip to Sky Zone Sky Zone participants will meet outside the gym at 5:00 pm Wednesday, September 24 and depart at 5:15!
Students will have use of the Sky Zone facility from 6:00pm – 8:00pm Students may purchase food at Sky Zone.
Students will return to campus for pick up by 8:30. Students participating in the Sky Zone “Reward” Off- Campus will be excused from the traditional payoff the next day!
High School Academic Review Week
September 8 – September 15 Please don’t forget to come to the loft for your
scheduled appointment with Abby Blackwell to discuss
$45.00 Real money (payable to TCS) $124.12 TCS savings account Must achieve at least a Level I Must owe no hours Have earned less than 2
Must be academically current Must have work re-contracted or
complete prior to the trip and be signed off by their teachers. Campers who turn in money & permission forms will be issued a sign-off sheet that will be due to Lyle by September 11th.
COSTS A $20.00 fee covers transportation, campsites
& meals.
Permission Slip- Return this portion only!!!
___________________(student- please print name clearly) has my permission to attend the school Wild
Animal Safari Trip on September 15th
, 2014. I have included $45.00 payable to TCS and understand that
he/she will need some extra spending money on the road.
