1. Art and Diseño

Monday, February 2nd ~ Day 2
Tuesday, February 3rd ~ Day 3
Wednesday, Feb. 4th ~ Day 4
Thursday, Feb. 5th ~ Day 5
Friday, February 6th ~ Day 6
Monday, February 9th ~ Day 1
Tuesday, Feb. 10th ~ Day 2
Mark Your Calendar!
Monday, Feb. 2nd
MS Girls’ BBall vs.
West-Mont, 500 Gym
3:45pm
HS Girls’ BBall vs. New
Foundations, 535 Gym
4pm
MS Boys’ BBall vs.
West-Mont, 500 Gym
4:45pm
Tuesday, Feb. 3rd
HS Boys’ BBall vs.
Woodlynde, 535 Gym
3:15pm
HS Girls’ BBall vs.
Barrack, 535 Gym
4:45pm
Wednesday, Feb. 4th
MS Girls’ BBall @
Woodlynde 3:45pm
MS Boys’ BBall @
Woodlynde 4:45pm
CCS Foundation
Meeting, 435 Conf.
Room 5:30pm
Thursday & Friday,
Feb. 5th & 6th
500 & 150 Buildings:
Jump Rope for Heart
and Hoops for Heart (See
Article)
Thursday, Feb. 5th
HS Boys’ BBall @
Barrack, 3:45pm
MS Girls’ BBall vs.
Renaissance, 535 Gym
3:45pm
MS Boys’ BBall vs.
Renaissance, 535 Gym
4:45pm
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Friday, Feb. 6
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8 Grade Field Trip to
Chester County Library
Saturday, Feb. 7th
ACT Testing, 535 Bldg.
8am
Collegium Newsletter ~ February 2, 2015
500: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6106
150: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6811
515: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6372
535: (610) 903-1300, ext. 6602
CCS Board of Trustees: [email protected] or (610) 903-1300, ext. 7501
www.collegiumcharter.com
Jump Rope & Hoops for Heart
Camp Collegium
K-5 students may wear red or a Jump
Rope/Hoops for Heart shirt to show support of
Jump Rope/Hoops for Heart on their class's
participation day – either Thursday or Friday.
All students must wear sneakers. Students not
wearing red should wear their PE uniform on
their participation day. The class schedule for
participation
is
available
online
at
http://k1peccs.weebly.com/jump-rope-forheart.html.
All K-5 students are participating. Donations
are not required; however, if you have
collected donations, please send in your
donations on your child’s participation day.
Camp Collegium is back this summer! The
camp registration form is now posted on the
Activities page of our website. The program
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will run from June 29 – July 24 . Campers
will participate in arts and crafts, music,
sports, games, water play, technology,
special activities, and trips! Trip fees are
included in your camp tuition. Sign up now to
save 5% on your total tuition!
Parent Information Night
CCS Night @ Casa Herrera
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On Thursday, February 12 , our HS Spanish
Honor Society is hosting a Cougar Pride
Night from 4-9pm at Casa Herrera Mexican
Restaurant in Thorndale. Dine-in or take-out
and 10% of your bill will be donated to our
HS Spanish Honor Society. Eating contests
start at 6:30pm – some of your favorite
Cougars will face-off in speed eating and
spicy food challenges. Come out and join
the fiesta!
For directions, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/TheCasaHerrera.
Casa Herrera is owned and operated by a
Collegium family!
Child & Family Health and Safety
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On Tuesday, February 17 at 6pm in the 535
library, please join the fourth presentation in
our series of Parent Education Nights. The
material being shared is appropriate for
parents of children and teens. CCS nurses
will share information about nutrition and head
injuries/concussions. If you would like to join
us for this informative presentation, please
Volunteers Needed
RSVP to Ms. Mellone at [email protected].
Volunteers are needed on Saturday,
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Cell Phone Use
February 7 and Saturday, February 28
For the safety of our students and staff, please from 11am-1pm to help pack textbooks in
do not use your cell phones once our arrival boxes. If you can help, please RSVP to Mrs.
and dismissal lines start moving. Texting, Jenkins at [email protected].
gaming, etc. leads to dangerous and
Donations Needed
distracted driving.
Our MS/HS drama club, Collegium Center
Earn $$$ for CCS at Target
Shop at Target? You can earn money for
CCS each time you use your Target REDcard.
Simply select Collegium as your school when
you sign up for a Target REDcard.
Applications are available in stores or at
www.target.com. Once you select CCS, 1% of
all your Target and Target.com purchases,
and ½% of all other purchases made with your
Target REDcard will be donated to CCS.
Help Wanted at CCS
Food service assistants (part-time) and subs
are needed in our kitchens. Responsibilities
include food prep, clean-up, and cashiering.
Food service experience preferred. Send
resume to [email protected] or complete CCS's
application and submit to [email protected].
Stage, will hold basket raffles at their
upcoming performances of Cinderella
Enchanted. To fill those baskets, your
donations of new, unused items or gift cards
are welcome. Looking to "re-gift" something
after the holidays? We’ll use those items in
our gift baskets! For more information or to
donate, please contact Michele Adkins at
[email protected].
2014-2015 Yearbook
Order forms for the 2014-2015 K-12 CCS
Yearbook are available on our website. The
price is now $65.00; order now before they
are sold-out. The Yearbook includes a
special senior class section, lots of activity
photos, and is hard bound in full-color.
Labels & Box Tops for Education
CCS
collects
barcode
labels
from
Campbell’s products and Box Tops for
Education labels to raise money for the
CCSHSA. Simply cut the barcodes or box
tops and send them to our main offices.
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Character Counts
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K- 5 Grade Character Development Program: Fairness, Responsibility, Respect, Citizenship, Trustworthiness, and Caring.
Here at Collegium, students are recognized by staff for their good character and their names and photos are added to the
Good Character Walls. We have new additions to our Good Character Walls: Mason Sharp, Aras Reid, McKenna Ott,
Carrington Taylor, Ella Seijo, Roman Alexander-Walker, Saniah Abernathy, Alyssa McCormick, Paige Ramsey,
Ryan Serrano, Emilene Aller, Braeden Dougherty, and Ashe Zolomij.
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8th Grade Field Trip
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The final payment of $76.00 for the 8 grade field trip to Washington, DC is due no later than Friday, February 27 . The
payment may be cash or check. Checks should be made payable to “Collegium Charter School”. Please make sure your
payment is in an envelope with your child’s name clearly marked on the front.
Other Donations Needed
1. Our HS Music Department is in need of a piano. If you have one you can donate or know of an inexpensive option,
please contact Mr. Solecki at [email protected].
2. Our Drama Society, Collegium Center Stage, is in need of a serger/overlock machine. If you can donate, please contact
Ms. Whisler at [email protected].
Technology Fundraiser
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Shop at Giant? When you use your shopper’s card at Giant through March 21 , our Technology Department will earn
cash back. Simply register your shopper’s card with CCS’s number (03968). Encourage family, friends, and neighbors to
register their cards, too. To view your account, confirm that you’ve selected Collegium, or to register, please visit
http://www.giantfoodstores.com/aplus/. If you’re new to the program, select Customer Registration. Registering for this
program does not negatively impact any other Giant bonus programs.
Help CCS’s Technology Department
Here’s an easy way to help CCS’s Technology Department raise money…without buying anything! CCS’s Technology
Department has a recycling program for empty laser/inkjet cartridges and used cell phones. Drop off the products in the
collection boxes near CCS’s main offices. CCS sends the cartridges and phones to Funding Factory and in exchange,
CCS earns cash or our choice of technology products! Not only can you send in your cartridges, but you can ask family,
neighbors, and local businesses to help, too. Funding Factory will send each supporting business free prepaid shipping
labels for the return of collected cartridges and cell phones. Items donated by these supporting businesses will also be
credited to Collegium! Need your personal information removed from your cell phone before donating? Contact Mrs.
Leach at [email protected].
Two Ways to Shop & Earn $$$ for the CCSHSA
Shoparoo: It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 (#1 Shop, #2 Snap, #3 Earn). Shoparoo is a free iOS and Android app that turns
pictures of your shopping receipts into donations to Collegium. It's quick, easy, and convenient – shop anywhere you want
and buy whatever you normally buy. Take a moment to snap a quick picture of your receipt, submit it to Shoparoo, and
voila you've made an instant cash donation to Collegium. That's it – no clipping, collecting, following up, or asking anyone
for money!
Amazon Smile: Designate CCS as your donor choice on Amazon Smile and 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases
will be donated to CCS.
Shop for your Amazon purchases at www.smile.amazon.com. AmazonSmile is the same
Amazon you know…same products, same prices, and same service. Visit www.smile.amazon.com, log in using your
Amazon account information, select CCS as your charity, and start shopping. It's as easy as that! Prime members will still
receive the same benefits. Shop while you donate, at no cost to you. When you shop, Amazon gives! Questions?
Contact [email protected].
2015-2016 School Year
If your family’s plans for 2015-2016 change (moving, change of schools, etc.), please alert Collegium as soon as you’ve
made the decision. Our open enrollment period is underway and we’ll start enrolling and wait listing students in late
January. The sooner a current family advises us of their plans, the sooner we can enroll a new student for 2015-2016.
Please do not rely on a new school to tell us…they often don’t reach out for a records transfer until after our upcoming
school year begins. As you can imagine, planning for students who don’t show up wreaks havoc on Collegium’s planning
and budget. If your child is not returning for 2015-2016, please contact Mrs. Novak at [email protected]. Your decision will
not impact your child’s 2014-2015 experience at Collegium.
Community Opportunities
While CCS is not endorsing these or any other programs that occur outside CCS, we pass along information on community
opportunities that CCS families may want to explore.
Children’s Dance Workshop: The Henderson Dance Team is hosting this workshop for students in grades K-5 on March
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7 . For more info., visit: http://home.wcasd.net/pages/West_Chester_Area_SD/Community_Bulletin_Board/Community.
All content for the newsletter must be submitted by 4:00pm on Thursdays via email to [email protected]. The Community Opportunities section will not
include information about non-CCS fundraisers or information from for-profit companies. CCS reserves the right to edit submissions and deny material
for submission if deemed inappropriate or if it is determined to be of little or no interest to CCS families.