Dear Parents/ Guardians,

We have confirmed the varsity double header games vs. our sister school, CMIT, who is also 1A. We will play them on Wed, 10/19...Girls @ 3;30pm and Boys @ 5pm...

T.Howard Ducket Field
16601 Supplee Lane
Laurel, MD 20707

CSP Athletic Team

Parents / Guardians,

Please see the schedule for parent / teacher conferences taking place tomorrow, Thursday, October 20, 2016. All conferences will be held in the gymnasium.

8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Teachers will be split into 2 separate lunch breaks:

11:00 - 11:30 am - Teachers with last names beginning with A-L

11:30 - 12:00 pm - Teachers with last names beginning with M-Z

No one will be permitted to enter conference area after 2:45 pm.

Please click on link if you wish to see the staff directory. http://mycsp.org/school-staff/

Following conferences, please don't forget to stop by the media center and check out CSP's book fair!

Also, please bring something to donate to Harvest for the Hungry!

Angie Obrien Principal's Secretary

The CSP application for 2017-18 opened on October 10th and will remain open until Friday, December 16th at noon. If you have another child at home that you want to enroll, you must submit an online application before the deadline.

If a sibling application is submitted late, it is placed at the bottom of the waitlist.

Angie Obrien Principal's Secretary

Have you ever wondered what the Science Olympiad is all about? Do you want to engage with science in a way you have never before? Then join CSP's Middle School or High School Olympiad team. We are currently looking for more student and parent volunteers for the 2016-2017 School Year. We meet after school on Tuesday's and Thursday's in Rooms 113(MS) and 201(HS).

What is the Science Olympiad?
In grades 6-12, Science Olympiad functions much like a football or soccer team, requiring preparation, commitment, coaching and practice throughout the year.Science Olympiad competitions are like academic track meets, consisting of a series of 23 team events in each division (Division B is middle school; Division C is high school). Each year, a portion of the events are rotated to reflect the ever-changing nature of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical engineering and technology. By combining events from all disciplines, Science Olympiad encourages a wide cross-section of students to get involved. Emphasis is placed on active, hands-on group participation. Through Science Olympiad, students, teachers, parents, principals and business leaders bond together and work toward a shared goal.

Who To Contact
Middle School Coach: Ms. Beazer (ybeazer@mycsp.org)
High School Coach: Mr. Vadalia (avadalia@mycsp.org)

Ashish Vadalia

Parents / Guardians of Baylor and Cornell students:

Please be informed that the 1st quarterly exam will be Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Students received a study guide today.

The First Quarterly Assessment covers the following topics:

1. Transformations (Reflection, Translation, Rotation and Dilation)
2. Rules of Exponents
3. Special pairs of angles
4. Similar triangles
5. Operations on Scientific Notations

Lyniper Al-Os

Parents / Guardians,

Please be informed that the 1st quarterly Algebra exam will be Tuesday, October 25, 2016. The exam must be completed online and all students will receive a study guide today.

The Firs Quarterly Assessment covers the following topics:

1. Literal Equations
2. Solving and Graphing Compound Inequalities
3. Multi-steps equations
4. Absolute values equations
5. Finding slope
6. Graphing linear equations
7. Writing linear equations
8. Identifying Domain and Range
9. Slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines
10.Sequence

Lyniper Al-Os

Dear Parents,
I just wanted to share with you some exciting events regarding our Fall 2016 Book Fair and to let you know that we are also looking for volunteers!!!!

Oct. 20th--Visit and purchase items from the Book Fair during Parent/Teacher conferences.

Oct. 24th-28th--Students have the opportunity to visit and purchase items from 8:10am-2:45pm with their classes.

Oct. 27th--The Book Fair will be open after school until 8:30pm. Coffee night will be from *6:30pm-8:30pm. (*please note time change).

If you would like to volunteer, please sign up at:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a44a8ad2fa0f49-fall

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mona Gomaa, Media Specialist at mgomaa@mycsp.org

Regards,

Mona Gomaa

Parents / Guardians,

Please join us for one fantastic evening!

When: Thursday, October 27, 2016

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Vote for your favorite literary pumpkin

See Harvest for the Hungry food creations

Enter to win door prizes

Bring canned goods for Harvest for the Hungry or a monetary donation ($1.00 equals 7 pounds of food)

Students can earn Tiger tickets

Did I mention this is a great opportunity to spend quality time with the family?

Please have your child see the flier and assignment directions attached here.

Please feel free to contact Mrs. McCallister with any questions. dmccallister@mycsp.org

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Donna McCallister

Hello Parents,

Was your child invited to be part of our CLP program? Do you want to learn more? If so, please join us on Thursday Oct. 27th at 6:00pm in the cafeteria for more information! Light refreshments will be served. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Mona Gomaa at mgomaa@mycsp.org

We look forward to seeing you!

Mona Gomaa

Hello Parents and Students,

We will be holding our Coffee Night on Thursday Oct. 27th from 6:30pm-8:30pm in the Media Center.

Enjoy coffee and treats, while browsing through our Fall 2016 Book Fair collection.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mona Gomaa at mgomaa@mycsp.org

Mona Gomaa

Families Receive Tips for Supporting Student
Achievement at Family Conference
The School and Family Partnerships Office is sponsoring a
family involvement conference on Saturday, November 5,
2016, from 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Anne Arundel Community
College, 101 College Parkway, Arnold, MD.
The theme of this fall’s conference is “Growing Families to
Grow Our Children.” Superintendent of Schools Dr. George
Arlotto will join families for breakfast and will deliver the
keynote address.
Participants will be able to choose two workshops to attend
from a variety of different topics, such as “StressBusters
Through the Ages and Stages,” “Cultivating a GRIT and
Growth Mindset in Your Children,” “Raising Children in a
Screen-Saturated World”, and “Mindful Parenting,” among
others. To view the registration flyer, including more workshop
options, go to www.aacpsschools.org/family.
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Registration is
free and open to the public, but space is limited. You can
register for the conference online at
www.aacps.org/conference or by calling 410-222-5309.
Limited child care is available for children ages 3-12.
Registration is required. Register for child care by calling 410-
222-5309.
Spanish interpreters will be available. For interpretation in
other languages, call 410-222-5417.
If you have questions, please call the School and Family
Partnerships Office at 410-222-5414 or 410-222-5417.

Mona Gomaa on behalf of the Equity Team

Parents / Guardians,

If you have a 12th grade student that plans to participate in the senior photo make-up day, you need to make an appointment to do so.

Prestige will visit CSP on Monday, November 7th.

If you still want to order senior portraits and / or want your child to appear in their school last yearbook, please contact Prestige to schedule a make-up.

Prestige 410 - 525 - 1700

Angie Obrien Principal's Secretary

Teach your children about your right to vote.
Take them to the voting booth with you on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8th, or vote early, beginning October 27th.
For more information, including early voting, who can vote and where to vote:
www.elections.state.md.us/voting

Erkan Derin
Principal

Each month staff members nominate students who uphold some of the important character traits that we talk about in our character education program. Congratulations to our students of the responsible Students of Month for September!

This month, in October, staff members are looking to nominate students who emulate honesty! Keep up the great work, students!

Ashlee Brown

CSP vex robotics teams visited vex competition on 10/09/2016 at Baltimore Robotics Center. Students had opportunity to observe this years challenge and different robot designs and also talk to other team members.

They will be on the field on November 5th, at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

Go TIGERS !!!

Sinan Bilgen

HELLO CSP parents and students!
Turkish 3, 8th graders, did a very good job for their Unit 1 Project. They were in charge as the chef and shared their recipes with us by recording and posting them on Edmodo. We have learned a lot of new recipes like avocado salad, pizza, fruit salads and learned many new Turkish vocabularies and expressions! Thanks to all the parents for helping us in the kitchen.

In Turkish 4, we will be working on the second unit and learning how to ask and answer questions about our leisure times and hobbies. We have completed 1 project and have taken 1 test so far. All students signed up Duolingo and get an assignment to finish two courses as a homework. Duolingo is one of the most popular and well-known tools for learning a language online and kids really like it!

Serap Bicer

Students, become a peer advisor helper for the students in the school. Meetings will occur on every other Thursday and we will meet in the media center!

• This club is open to all grades (6-12)
• Students will be paired up with another student to provide support to their peers
• Students will participate in school-wide programs and implement them as leaders in the school
• Students will learn how to be leaders in their community
• Students will help to provide support to new incoming students

*See Ms. Brown for details and to sign-up

Ashlee Brown

As our robotics team is up and running, we are just a few meetings away from beginning robotic construction. We have began to construct the robotic field provided by the FTC group. We have began to disassemble last year's robot, while preserving portions we find could be useful. Other members are diligently designing what we think will be the most useful robot based on the challenge presented to us. A few members are continuing to perfect work in the JAVA platform. Finally, our remaining members are working to maintain our design journal and creating our team portfolio. Have have been signed up for at least one competition in January, but are looking forward to competing in many more throughout the year.

Andrew Meyer

Hello,
Just a friendly reminder that whenever you change information such as residency, email, phone numbers, etc. please send me an email so I can make the changes and/or collect the necessary documents.

My email is jcalvert@mycsp.org

June Calvert
Registrar

Order your child's yearbook in the month of October to save 10% off the list price of $45! This yearbook is guaranteed to be a hit with the students this year and your child can create his or her own personal page to be printed in the yearbook for free. The yearbooks have a guaranteed delivery date of no later than June 9th!

To order this year’s book, please visit
https://www.treering.com/validate
and enter in the password 1014667901281041.

If you ordered a yearbook for your child last year and have not received it, please have them come to the front desk before school to pick it up. We also have some extra yearbooks from last year that we will be selling for $40.

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Jessica Cunning
jcunning@mycsp.org

Weather permitting, students may wear shorts until October 30. On November 1, school shorts should be put away until April. Please take a moment to review the Dress Code again for appropriate clothing in the winter months.

Darryl Gonzalez

October 19: 8:30 to 12:00. All Juniors will take the PSAT
October 20 and 21: No school for students. Use these days as College Visit Days if you can!
October 22: ACT. Register at act.org. CSP is not a test site.
October 24: Frostburg State University visits CSP. Sign up at least 24 hours in advance on Family Connection
October 26: York College visits CSP. Sign up at least 24 hours in advance on Family Connection.
November 1: Civil Engineering Career Fair
November 3: Registration deadline for the December 3 SAT
November 4: Registration deadline for December 10 ACT
November 14: West Virginia University visits CSP. Sign up at least 24 hours in advance on Family Connection
November 5: SAT. Register at collegeboard.org
December 3: SAT. Register at collegeboard.org
November 9: Salisbury University visits CSP. Sign up on Family Connection.
December 10: ACT. Register at act.org

Darryl Gonzalez

A group of 9th graders including; Cassidy Cannon, Isabella Woel-Popovich, Jenna Leydecker, Kristen Marie Valencia, Syd Alve Deregla, Taylor Bruno and Victoria Saylor participated in the College Awareness and Leadership Program ( CLP) being offered by CSP and Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation. They had their first planning meeting last Saturday, October 13th and had the chance to help during the open house.

CLP is a voluntary mentorship program designed to help students improve their skills in academics, social, extra-curricular and personal development. The main goal of the program is for the students to get admission into the top U.S and World Colleges.

The group is super excited preparing for their college while learning and having fun.

Mrs Valencia
CLP Mentor

Looking for the easiest way to get scholarships? Raise.me is a website that allows you to earn scholarships from over 180 colleges, starting in 9th grade, for things you’re already doing! Students earn micro-scholarships for college for getting an “A” or “B”, participating in a club or sport, completing community service hours, and more. Use the following link to sign-up for Raise.me: https://www.raise.me/join/1094846869
Just added: students can earn up to $1000 in scholarship dollars for simply taking the PSAT and up to $8,500 for scoring well!

Darryl Gonzalez

PTSO Meetings:

Monthly meeting 7-8 PM CSP Conference Room
November 3, 2016
December 1, 2016
January 5, 2017
February 2, 2017
March 2, 2017
April 6, 2017
May 4, 2017
June 8, 2017

CHESAPEAKE SCIENCE POINT CHARTER SCHOOL
7321 Parkway Drive South
Hanover, MD 21076
Phone: (443) 757-5277

Angie Obrien Principal's Secretary

Thank you to everyone who has donated towards Harvest for the Hungry! Please continue to send in donations for this great cause. We are accepting monetary donations as well. Every dollar equals 8 pounds!

We need your support to reach our goal of 26,000 pounds!!

Please make checks payable to Chesapeake Science Point. Contact Ms. Zambito with any additional questions.

Ms. Zambito - rzambito@mycsp.org

The Equity Team is seeking non-perishable food and toiletries for the Chesapeake Science Point Pantry. The Chesapeake Science Point Pantry helps families in need within the community. Please bring all of your supplies to the front hall. There is a box labeled CSP food pantry. All items will be distributed by the members of the Equity Team. Thank you for your donation! See Ms. Brown or Ms. Gomma with questions.

Ashlee Brown

Looking to make some extra money during the day and help out CSP at the same time? We are always looking for substitute teachers. Consider becoming a substitute teacher to help CSP reach its goals! Contact Cheryl Downs at 410-222-5275, or cdowns@aacps.org

Darryl Gonzalez

Being in school and on time is extremely important. Please help your child arrive on time so that they are in class by 8:30am. This will ensure that he or she is in the classroom and ready for school when it begins.

If your child has been absent or tardy from school, please be sure to provide a written explanation when they return to school.

Thank you!

Ashlee Brown

Thank you to all the students for signing up with Ms. Brown to help with morning, afternoon announcements and the pledge of allegiance. We appreciate your help! Students who would like to sign-up can do so with Ms. Brown. The October sign-up sheet is on the school counseling office door.

Ashlee Brown

There are some remaining "We the Beast" t-shirts available in Mrs. Cunning's room, 209, for $15. We ordered additional orange and grey shirts in adult size medium, but quantities are limited, so act fast! Please see the attachment for the design.

Shirts will also be sold at the Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, October 20th and at the Family Book Fair Night on Thursday, October 27th.

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Jessica Cunning

This year, we are offering up ad space at the end of the Senior section and 8th grade section of the yearbook for parent of the graduating students to create a personalized message. These ads will be created for you and serve as a one-of-a-kind memory for years to come. Ads will be in full color unless you note otherwise.

Space is limited, and all reservations need to be made by Friday, December 16th. Once we receive your check, an email will be sent to you with more directions on how to submit your message and/or photographs at the end of October. If you would like this ad to be kept a surprise, please let us know when filling out the form attached.

Ad Size:
1/8 page- $25
¼ page- $45
½ page- $75

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Cunning at jcunning@mycsp.org

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Jessica Cunning

Hello Parents/Guardians,

Please be aware that 12th grade class dues are due by November 9th.

It is extremely important that all of your student's class dues are paid to date. If your senior is still missing class dues from previous years, they will not be able to purchase prom tickets or receive graduation tickets. Parking permits will also be revoked by those who do not pay class dues.

Please let me know if you have any questions! My email is cbogden@mycsp.org.

Have a nice day!

Cassandra Bogden

Welcome to the new members of CSP math team!!!

6th Grade:
• Roshan A.
• Rishi E.
• Jeffrey H.
• Emily L.
• Shiyam R.
• Nasier S.

7th Grade:
• Katrina M.

8th Grade:
• Dhruva K.
• Ololade O.

High School:
• Hana M.
• Ayomikun O.
• Cecilia R.

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From CSP Math Team

Hello Parents,

We need volunteers for our upcoming Fall 2016 Book Fair. To sign up, please visit:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a44a8ad2fa0f49-fall

Mona Gomaa

The PTSO would like to thank you for sharing our Open House with your family members, neighbors and co-workers; we had a great turnout over 100 families showed up. Thanks again for sharing!

PTSO

As some students described it, homecoming was "lit". All students had an amazing time dancing the night away. SGA would like to thank everyone that came and everyone that was able to make a donation to help this dance go off well. A special thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Powers for helping above and beyond. Congratulations to the homecoming court.

Kristopher Hood