2020 - 2021 Application Opened: Monday, October 14 Closes: at NOON on Tuesday, November 26 All students that do not currently attend CSP, but wish to in the 2020-2021 school year must submit an application online during the dates listed above. This includes SIBLINGS of currently enrolled CSP students. If you do not submit an application on time, you will be placed at the bottom of the waiting list. The application can found on the AACPS website by following this path: go to www.aacps.org click on Schools tab click on Charter / Contract Schools (located on the right side of the page under Resources) Scroll to the bottom of the page to start the application We will have a link on our website to the application, but if for some reason it doesn't work, you can always go directly to it through AACPS. Open House Events: Monday, October 21 from 6:00 - 7:00pm Monday, November 11 from 6:00 - 7:00pm If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Angie O'Brien

Great News! We've been informed that the Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 29. Time: 5:00 pm (guests may begin to enter building at 4:00 pm) Location: Severna Park High School SENIORS must arrive by 2:30 pm Graduation tickets will go on sale April 21.

Angie O'Brien

CSP will be closed on Friday, May 29 for the Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony.

Angie O'Brien

Hello CultureFEST Crew Members! The CultureFEST countdown has begun! To get the party started early, CLF has decided to host CultureFEST workshop sessions every Friday until Nov. 2nd! These workshops are open to all students, parents, and staff from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Our team can adjust the timing of a workshop if we receive enough interest. Our workshops will secure time for us to build and laugh together as we march to the beat of CultureFEST. If 10 or more commit to a CultureFEST workshop, CLF will provide refreshments to keep our creative energy at 150%! Signing up for a workshop session is easy! Just reply to this email with the dates and times you plan to attend. Simple right?! Sign Up Today! Let’s Build CultureFEST together! Oct. 18: Review of CultureFEST festival grounds & poster & sign making Oct. 25: Decoration designation & inventory Nov. 1: Transporting materials to CMIT North High School & Setup for CultureFEST 8:00am - 4:00pm We encourage anyone interested in volunteering to follow the link below to our C-FEST Volunteer Sign Up Genius. This will allow you to sign up for a role/project that suits you. MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR SSL FORMS WHENEVER YOU DONATE YOUR TIME TO CULTUREFEST! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4CADA623A4FA7-culturefest1 Help us transform CMIT North High School into the festival we all know and love by donating decorations to CultureFEST! Use the link below if you are interested in donating autumn/multicultural themed decor! If the items you would like to donate aren't on the list, email CLFPR@CLFMD.ORG with a photo of the items you would like to give! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4CADA623A4FA7-culturefest

CLF Community Partnerships

The first of upcoming events sponsored by CLF will be #CLFCultureFEST coming November 2, 2019 from 12:00PM-5:00PM here in Laurel, MD. (graphic attached) CultureFEST is a family-friendly festival packed with delicious food, games, live music, dance, and more. This event is a celebration of our STEAMazing schools, programs, student talent & diverse cultures without any competition component. Come support student talent, come laugh & play games; come to celebrate culture as we truly hope you & your family will join us for community, unity, friendship, and fun at this year’s CultureFEST on Saturday, Nov. 2. 2019 from 12:00PM-5:00PM. BREAKING NEWS: We are THRILLED that the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration has committed to a TRAC/RIDES booth at BOTH our Annual CLF CultureFEST on Nov. 2, 2019 and our Annual CLF MakerFEST on May 2, 2020! Come out and learn more about "Roadways Into Developing Elementary Students" [RIDES Program] and/or the nextgen competition component for upper MS & HS students, "TRanportation And Civil engineering" [TRAC Program] sponsored nationally by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). There are too many ways to enjoy the 7th Annual CultureFEST to list here, so please check out the survey mentioned in the CultureFEST graphic attached. The first 100 completed surveys are entered into a prize sweepstakes for this year's cool CLF swag giveaway! Vendor space is available. Free for school clubs, extracurriculars, and any staff and parents will also receive a 50% discount (limited space). Sign up while space is still available! Thank you in advance for performing, volunteering, donating and/or simply being our guest at this year's 7th Annual CLFCultureFEST on November 2, 2019 from 12:00PM-5:00PM in Laurel! PHILANTHROPISTS: for assistance with vendor space, sponsorship, employer/work matching donations, etc. for our non-profit foundation, our schools, &/or events like CultureFEST, please refer interested parties to our Office of Community Partnerships. We would be humbled to assist.

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Angie O'Brien

September 25, 2019 by AACPS Communications Office Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Teacher of the Year for Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the county’s Independent Schools. Nominees and winners will be recognized at the 34th annual Excellence in Education awards, hosted by the 21st Century Education Foundation & Anne Arundel County Public Schools, on April 16, 2020. Teresa Beilstein, a third-grade teacher at South Shore Elementary, was named the 2019 AACPS Teacher of the Year at last year’s event and is now a finalist for the Maryland State Teacher of the Year. AACPS has had finalists for the state honor in each of the last five years, including 2017-2018 Maryland State Teacher of the Year, Josh Carroll of South River High School. Do you know an #AACPSAwesome teacher who should be recognized? Colleagues, parents, or other community members who would like to nominate an educator from their school should speak with the school’s principal. Nomination forms are available at www.aacps.org/toy. Nominations are due by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Please contact the school Principal to suggest a nominee.

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Parents, Unity Day is Wednesday, October 23. Students are asked to wear an orange shirt in support of Unity Day. The shirt must be all orange. Ms. Pratt is selling shirts for $10.00. Please see her if you're interested in buying one.

Angie O'Brien

Join Principal Jefferson in an informal setting. He will hear concerns, ideas, feedback and general thoughts. This is first-come, first-served basis for the first 30 parents that RSVP. Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am Please RSVP to Ms. O'Brien aobrien@mycsp.org

Angie O'Brien

Middle school math team practice is cancelled for Monday, Oct. 21st and rescheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 23rd at 7:15am in room 115. (I am out of the building that day) Our first competition is Saturday, Nov. 2nd. Unfortunately we can only take 12 students. Oct 23rd's practice will determine who will participate in Nov. 2nd's competition as student's participate in a mock competition. We will have normal practice on Monday, Oct. 28th at 7:15am. Students who are invited to participate in Nov. 2nd's competition will also practice on Wednesday, Oct. 30th at 7:15am in room 115. For planning purposes our first competition is Maryland Mathalon, held at CMIT Elementary School at 6151 Chevy Chase Dr., Laurel, MD 20707 from 8:30am-12:30pm. Students will need their own transportation to and from. Also-please be on the look out this week for shirt order forms. It is encouraged that all students purchase a shirt (and families can too!) If you haven't already done so-please sign up for the Remind app notifications. Directions were provided on the purple sheet of paper last week.

Kerri Messer kmesser@mycsp.org

Mark your calendars! Saturday Dec 14th 2019 is the Science Fair. (Snow date: 12/17) In order to win a prize, and advance to the county fair, students must be present to represent their projects. Win awesome prizes such as Tv's, Drones, and other science and tech related items.

Ashish Vadalia

Parents, Monday, October 21 is the last day to turn in orders to Balfour. Mr. Mahoney will visit during both high school lunches to collect orders from students. If you still need to turn an order form for cap and gown or a class ring, now is your chance to do so. If you miss this opportunity, please visit balfour.org to place your orders.

Angie O'Brien

Starting next week, Monday, October 21st, CSP will have the high school spirit week. The theme for each day is... Monday - PJ - come in your comfortable pajamas and be ready to learn! Tuesday - Twin - coordinate with your friends or surprise a teacher by being twins! Wednesday - Tiger Unity Day - Show your support for unity by decking out in tiger orange and black gear! Thursday - Class Color Day -Class of 2023 (Freshmen) - Red -Class of 2024 (Sophomore) - Green -Class of 2025 (Junior) - Blue -Class of 2026 (Seniors) - White/ Toga Friday - Meme Day Students are permitted to dress to these themes for free, but they must match the theme. Students cannot just dress down for spirit week, or it will be considered a uniform violation. Additionally, theme day for spirit week must be school appropriate.

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

On October 29th, students can pay to dress down. The dress down will be $3 and passes will be sold during lunch starting Wednesday, October 23rd through Monday, October 28th. All funds will be donated to the Rebecca Fortney Breast Cancer Center part of Anne Arundel Medical Center. Please be listening for additional philanthropy efforts over the next three weeks.

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

Getting ready for Literary Pumpkin Night? Want to spend a fun fall day with those you care about? Please join CSP at the Maryland Corn Maze in Gambrills ( 389 Gambrills Rd, Gambrills, MD 21054). Show them this flyer (printed or digital), and a portion of the funds will come back to CSP's student leadership to help with events for all students in both middle and high school! Link to the flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-TZsps-Q6YPLWF6VXF0RElDV3Q1bUFiYmF6TTdmdTRDOGZN/view?usp=sharing

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Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

Dear CSP Families, By request and suggestions, we will be offering a Google Classroom Parent Night. During this Google Classroom Parent Night, let by some of our staff's Google Certified Educators and some of our other amazing teachers, we will review features of Google Classroom. We will be offering this help night on October 21st, 2019 from 7 pm to 8 pm. Sign-ups are limited to the first 90 to sign up. To sign up please visit this link: https://forms.gle/cFF9gq4qbKSjvWwm7 If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us. Thank you, Chesapeake Science Point

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

Middle School Student Council (StuCo) will host the middle school dance on Friday, November 15th, 6-8 pm. In addition, the middle school spirit week will be during American Education Week (November 11th-15th). To determine the dance theme and spirit week themes, middle school students should vote on themes using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/qhMScxNTQQiKyC566

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

You are cordially invited to CSP's Literary Pumpkin Night 2019!!!! From 6-8 pm in the CSP Gym on October 29th, student projects will be displayed, and voting for the best of the best will take place!!!!! We will have games, crafts, refreshments and more. Please join us for a night of community, fellowship and FUN!!! Incentives will be given to students who come to the event.

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Ms. Bulisco

Saturday School Dates: October 19 November 9 November 16 December 7 Saturday Detention Dates: October 19 November 16 December 7 Tuesday After School Detention: October 22 November 5 November 19 December 3 December 10

Angie O'Brien

The 11th grade class dues deadline is Thursday, October 10. The cost is $35. Please submit the payment to Ms. Carre. Her office is located directly behind the front desk.

Angie O'Brien

The 12th grade class dues deadline is Thursday, October 10. The cost is $45. Please submit the payment to Ms. Carre. Her office is located directly behind the front desk.

Angie O'Brien

Parents, As you are aware, we do not have a set pattern for Fridays. It appears like they rotate, but actually sometimes there are two even three Fridays in a row that are A days. We do this to make sure there are an even number of A and B days in each quarter. I have attached a copy of the Friday A/B schedule.

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Angie O'Brien

Hello, Please see schedule below for paying your class dues. Please note that students who are not current with their class dues may be prohibited from attending events. 9th grade due by Sept. 23rd ($15.00) 10th grade due by October 4th ($25.00) 11th grade due by October 18th ($35.00 12th grade due by November 1st ($45.00) If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you, June

June Calvert

Please join us for a masquerade on October 26th, 7-10 pm. Tickets for the homecoming dance are sold during B and C lunch or from Ms. Bradley before or after school. Tickets are $10 per one or two for $15. Make sure you buy your ticket in advance as the price will go up to $20 at the door. The theme of the dance is a masquerade, but please be advised you do not need to wear a mask and per AACPS policy, no full-face masks are permitted.

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

The 7th grade students will be starting the novel Code Orange next week. Please have your student get the novel for class next week. See the attached link to purchase the book from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Code-Orange-Caroline-B-Cooney/dp/0385732600/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=code+orange&qid=1571077325&s=books&sr=1-1

Mr. Hood

I will be changing my help day from Monday to Friday. This change will occur November 1st.

Yasmin Beazer

Please click the link below to view the 8th-grade bulletin from the 8th grade Interdisciplinary Team. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SpR2g0dIEallSw0iOZf6c4VMeI55H7PAuUn3aAaUXrw/edit?usp=sharing

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

Middle school students interested in joining the book club, please join Ms. Gomaa during A or B lunch on Monday Oct. 28th. During this meeting, we will vote on our November book club selection. Questions? See Ms. Gomaa.

Mona Gomaa

We have one more upcoming event to honor our Fall Sport Senior athletes and need your help to make it a success! We have CSP’s Volleyball/Golf Senior Night on Thursday October 24 at 5:00pm at our very own school gym! The link below outlines the many volunteers needed and details on the different ways you can help. Please sign up. Send an email to cspathletics@gmail.com for further details, questions, or information. We hope to see you there, and more importantly hope to have your help to make it a great event. Thank you in advance for your time. Smiles, Jessica Navarette PAC President Volleyball & Golf Senior Night - Thursday October 24 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a49a9ae2ea7f85-volleyball">https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a49a9ae2ea7f85-volleyball

PAC

Congratulations to Nahuel Albayrak for being selected to join the AACPS All County Boys Soccer Team. His talents and efforts were recognized by coaches from around the county, and he will join other players in the county as he represents CSP! Good luck to our Soccer Teams as they play Meade HS for their Senior Night. Chesapeake Science Point Girls Volleyball team played at SEED of Maryland winning in 3, with scores of 25-21, 25-22, 25-22. CSP was down 3-13 in the second set before rallying behind 3 service aces from Freshman OH Jasmine Alan and 5 service aces from Sr Captain Auburn Schnitzer. Schnitzer lead in kills with 8, along with 7 service aces, while So Setter Destinee Phifer lead with 10 service aces and 17 assists. The CSP Golf Team concluded their 2019 season last week coming in 3rd Place in the "C Division" of AACPS. Emily Zu was the only member qualifying for the County Championship. Congrats to Emily. Sophia Rizzutto won the AACPS County Novice Tournament shooting the lowest ladies score. Congrats to Sophia too!!! If your student is interested in laying golf on the CSP Varsity Team next season please contact coach McQuaid at BMcQuaid@MyCSP.Org. Now is the time for inexperienced golfers to start training for next season. Boys Basketball season starts 11/15. Please register your student athlete on FamilyID. You will need an updated physical examination form. Go to aacps.org/athletics to locate the forms.

Mr. Smith

The CSP Golf Team concluded their 2019 season last week coming in 3rd Place in the "C Division" of AACPS. Congrats to Emily Zu who was the only member qualifying for the County Championship. Sophia Rizzutto won the AACPS County Novice Tournament shooting the lowest ladies score. Congrats to Sophia too!!! An outstanding job by both of our CSP Varsity Ladies Golfers. If your student is interested in playing golf on the CSP Varsity Team next season please contact coach McQuaid at BMcQuaid@MyCSP.Org. Now is the time for inexperienced golfers to start training for next season.

Coach Bobby McQuaid

Each year the art room sets up shop and offers students a place to buy gifts for their loved ones at low cost. Some items are new and others are gently used in great condition. All items are sold for $5 or less and the money raised is used to bring in a resident artist that will work with students over multiple days and a separate artist for an assembly. This year we will have two resident artists and one assembly which means we need to raise close to $2,000. So, as you clean house and prepare for the holidays keep an eye out for items that could be used for our holiday shoppe. Ideas- Toys (action figures) like new books Jewelry candles that pile of items you have ready to re-gift Please send in all donations to Mrs. Pratt by December 13. The Holiday Shoppe will be open December 16-20. Parents can also support the arts by making a donation that will sponsor our visiting artists. Contact Mrs. Pratt if your interested in making a difference through the arts! rpratt@mycsp.org

Rachel Pratt

Thank you to the parents that have reached out and donated supplies to the classroom. If anyone else would like donate supplies please see my Amazon wishlist. There are many different things on the list from materials to resources to exciting new books for students to read. https://tinyurl.com/KHoodAmazon

Mr. Hood

CSP is happy to announce the 2019 Homecoming on Saturday, October 26th, 7-10 pm. We are in need of several donations to make this one of the best homecomings ever as well as chaperones. In order to chaperone, you must have background checks on file with AACPS and CSP. Please check with Ms. O'Brien and Ms. Bradley on if you're qualified to chaperone. Please view the link to donate and sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4DA9AC23A3FA7-csp2019

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

Teachers spend a lot of time and money to make students' educational experiences the best it can be. However, sometimes the expense can be much, but that's where you can help! Please consider visiting this hyperlink to Amazon and purchasing items on this list that will be donated to the 8th grade ELA and CSP's student leadership. All help is greatly appreciated! Hyperlink to Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/9ACI7N7CPXY3?ref_=wl_share

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

Greetings CSP Community! The English Department is looking for donations for Literary Pumpkin Night. We are in need of the following: Acrylic Paints Fall themed snack cakes or cookies (store bought) Apple cider Hot Chocolate Mix Paper plates, cups, and napkins-- Fall Themed if possible Pine Cones Acorns Colored paper Well Preserved Fallen Leaves Plain colored popsicle sticks Brown black and white pipe cleaners Hot Glue Sticks Thermal Laminating Sheets Smaller smooth rocks Please contact Ms. Bulisco at lbulisco@mycsp.org for more information or to help!!!!!

Ms. Bulisco

Dear CSP Community, Please see below if you know anyone who is interested in helping CSP judge our science fair this year. If you are a parent of a student at our school and would like to judge, please be advised that you will only be allowed to judge a grade level (hs or ms) if you do not have student in that area.

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Ashish Vadalia

The Multicultural Club was created to celebrate the different cultures that make up CSP throughout the year. One of our first events will be the Culture Fest on November 2 where we intend to sell food and drinks that represent our diverse community. If you can donate food or drinks, please let me know at sthomas@mycsp.org THANK YOU!

Sandra Thomas, M.Ed. Spanish 1A and 1B sthomas@mycsp.org

As the school year begins, Ms. Bradley will need volunteers to chaperone for SGA/ StuCo Events as well as field trips. In order to chaperone these events, you need to have your background checks done with AACPS. For more information on chaperoning, please visit this website - https://www.aacps.org/chaperone

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!