Date: Wednesday – January 23, 2013

Important Messages from The Cottage School are attached. Please sign this form indicating their receipt and return to the school

with your student tomorrow. Thank You!!

Parent Signature________________________________________

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January 23, 2013

Wednesday Packet

Important Dates/Information

Senior Night – Friday, February 1st During Varsity Basketball Game Teacher Work Day – Thursday, February 14 - No School

Presidents’ Day Holiday– Friday and Monday, February 15th and 18th

Don’t forget to turn in your enrollment contracts

for the 2013-2014 school year.

Early Enrollment Deadline is Friday, February 1st.

DUE NO LATER THAN Wednesday, January 30th

February LUNCH MENU SELECTIONS

FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

February session begins Friday, February 1st

The Lunch Menu and ASP forms are

available at the following link: http://cottageschool.org/school/?page_id=177

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What can I say about Homecoming? As I indicated last week, the celebration begins well in advance of the big day. Alumni visits in the weeks prior to the game are a highlight. The growing excitement on campus is great fun to watch…culminating in the Pep Rally of all Pep Rallies! Who could ask for more than outrageous cheering, silly games and pie in the face fun! I love our kids and staff!! The day, itself, is a series of acts of love, hard work, dedicated talent and pure enjoyment! There is something for everyone from 1:00 through the evening. This year we had a record number of alumni join us and took two group shots to accommodate the steady stream of graduates! One of our alumni drove in from Raleigh just to attend the celebration! We love to get the updates on careers, families and see our grown up “kids”. Of course we all enjoy watching our “all heart” teams play! The MS and JV games continue to impress me with the skill development and sportsmanship of our young athletes. I love the fan turnout, as well. If we had a competition of spirit, the MS families would win this year, hands down!! Thanks to all of you who brought families, friends, and neighbors! The day is a long one and every game is an act of love. Your presence sends a strong message about your support of the students and staff! There was a definite (and regrettable) hole in the bleachers during the period between the MS games and the Boys’ Varsity games this year that we will take a look at and address for next year. By the end of the evening, the bleachers were, once again, full of enthusiastic fans who cheered their hearts out for our players! The Hall of Fame has become quite the event! Alumni students and staff make a special effort to be there for the unveiling. I know it is a powerful reminder to our current community of the caliber of students who paved the way for today’s accomplishments. I am so proud that Richie and his coaching team recognize the talent that came before and take the time to make up for the lack of ceremony in the past. Our years without the gym meant no place to call our own and to memorialize our past. Thanks to Richie and teams, we can give our alumni athletes their due! As you know, we do double duty during the next few months. With our eyes planted firmly on this year, our students and their goals, we are also in the throes of creating a budget, scheduling classes, and publishing a calendar in preparation for next year. As in all independent schools, our enrollment is the driver of all major decisions. We rely on our currently enrolled students to let us know their intentions in order to project for next year. If you are among the families who have received your enrollment contract for 2013-14, please read through it and let us know whether or not to plan for your child next year. Financial questions can go directly to our CFO, Bob Crenshaw. It is very important that we hear from you by the end of next week.

January 23, 2013

Jacque’s Note

TAX TIME!

MANY THINGS TO THINK ABOUT INCLUDING….

Does your student have a diagnosed learning disability? Do you itemize your deductions?

Are you listing your tuition as a Medical Expense?

AND HAVE YOU COMPLETED YOUR GEORGIA GOAL FORM FOR 2013? If

every Cottage School parent participated in GOAL, we would have

sufficient scholarship money to meet the needs of all of our families.

Here’s some information that might interest you. There is a small

Private Special Needs School in Roswell with 35 students. Last year,

that small school raised over $300,000.00. No corporate donations

were involved. Just parents reaching out to associates, acquaintances,

and other families. If a school of 35 students can raise over

$300,000.00, surely a school of 134 can do better than $60,000.00.

Please don’t wait.

GET A TAX CREDIT OF UP TO $2,500.00. Go paperless and file at,

http://www.goalscholarship.org/for_donors/page/goal-paperless-process.

Why give money to the State of Georgia when you can re-direct those dollars to The Cottage School?

THERE IS NO REASON WE CAN’T ACHIEVE 100% PARTICIPATON.

Working with people with disabilities

Come discover information about different strategies that can be used to help

people with disabilities learn and develop skills

January 26, 2013

Camp Creek Church of Christ

2400 Merk Road

Atlanta, Georgia 30331

5:00 PM- 7:00 PM

Keynote Speakers: Hosted By:

Shazzma Crooks Jacque Digieso Mariah Barnes

Patty Daniel Gold Award Participant

Did you know?

Georgia ranks first in the nation for teen dating violence

-2011 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study

1 in 3 teens have experienced dating violence.

81% of parents surveyed admit that they don’t think teen dating violence is an issue.

Fact: Experiencing violence and abuse increases the likelihood that teens will abuse drugs or alcohol

and puts them at higher risks for STDs and teen pregnancy.

Partnership Against Domestic Violence promotes healthy relationships through:

Our 6 session healthy relationship curriculum

Teen Dating Violence 101 presentations for teens and adults

Our 4th Annual Teen Dating Violence Summit:

February 2, 2013

11:00am- 3:00pm

The Lodge Café

Last year, PADV provided teen dating violence prevention information to over 13,000 teens and

adults. Please join us in our efforts to share this lifesaving information with teens and parents in

Georgia. Register today at www.padv.org

TCS Parents:

The International Dyslexia Association

Southern Conference will take place

February 1st and 2nd

This is an amazing two days of workshops,

speakers and learning experiences all about

dyslexia and takes place at the Cobb Galleria.

The Cottage School will have a table at this event,

but we invite you to attend as a parent, to take

advantage of all this conference has to offer!

Go to www.idaga.org to register today!

MS January Activities

DATE TIME Activity RAIN-

OUT

TCS$ Things to bring

Friday

1/25

BAPS Temple

$120.06

See flyer in Packet for

detailed information.

All students going off

campus must bring a sack

lunch unless pre-ordered

through lunch program.

There will not be

microwaves.

Friday

1/25

Academics

ALL DAY

$124.30

Academic Materials

*Remember to bring an

independent reading book

if you complete your

work early.

High School January Pay offs

DATE TIME ACTIVITY RAIN-OUT TCS$ Things to bring/U.S. $

Friday 1/25 1:10 –

2:40 Clubs Club Materials!

Aquarium Sleepover

Savings Trip

March 5th-6th

Money and Permission slip due to Ivan

on or before February 1st – no exceptions!

You will need $284.65 in your TCS Savings Account.

Middle School’s Payoff:

Tour of The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Friday, January 25, 2013

http://atlanta.baps.org/

About BAPS:

BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), established in 1907, is a worldwide civic and religious organization dedicated to the spirituality of the individual while promoting harmony, between individuals, within families, and within diverse communities.

Mandir is the name for a Hindu place of worship and prayer. The word mandir is composed of two words, Man and Dir, whose meanings are mind and still, respectively. Therefore, a mandir is a place where the mind becomes still; a place where we experience peace from worldly problems.

General Information:

Students must come dressed in TCS appropriate clothing (no spirit shirts).

All clothing must cover shoulders and knees (no skirts, shorts or dresses).

Students must wear socks.

*We will be having an outdoor picnic style lunch afterwards. Please dress accordingly.*

No cameras or videos are allowed.

Please refrain from touching or leaning against the delicate carvings.

Please refrain from eating, drinking or chewing gum inside the complex. All

students must pack a sack lunch unless previously ordered from Tasty Touch.

Microwaves will not be available.

High School February

Date Time December Rain out TCS $ Things to bring/US$

Friday

2/1

Academics

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Academics

Lunch

Academics

Homeroom

$299.46

Academic material to complete

work and spare reading

materials, if you will be in

academics all day!

Off-Campus

10:00-

2:00

2:40

Coca Cola Museum Homeroom

$289.80

Real money for lunch

On-Campus

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Design-a-T Lunch

Beaded Jute-

Hemp Macrame Homeroom

$280.14

White or light color T-Shirt

Friday 2/8 1:10-

2:40 Clubs Materials for your club

Saturday

2/9

Saturday School For students who owe

hours

All textbooks, notebooks,

planner, lunch and a change of

clothes for P.M. work detail

Monday 2/11 8:20

12:35

1:15

Sex Ed.; Internet safety Lunch

Electives

Tuesday 2/12 8:20

12:35

1:15

Sex Ed.; Internet safety Lunch

Electives

Wednesday

2/13

On-Campus

8:20

11:30

12:30

Sex Ed.; Internet safety

Levels

Group Activities

Cookout

$245.12

Winter jackets for outdoor

activities

Thursday

2/14 Teacher Work Day

No school

Friday 2/15

Monday 2/18 Mid-Winter Break

No school

Friday 2/22 1:10-

2:40 Clubs Materials for your club

JOURNEY THROUGH JUSTICE

LAW LESSON ON THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS Dear High School Parents: As you are probably aware from recent stories in the news, juveniles in Georgia can be prosecuted as adults for certain criminal offenses. Juveniles who are at least 13 years old must be prosecuted as adults if they are charged with one of the “Seven Deadly Sins”: murder, voluntary manslaughter, armed robbery with a firearm, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, and aggravated sexual battery. In order to explain the Seven Deadly Sins, we must teach students the elements of each of these offenses, four of which are sexually explicit. We have decided that the best way to do this is to have an experienced attorney teach this sensitive material to our high school students in gender based groups. Deborah Craytor, who instructs students on Georgia Law, will be coming to speak to The Cottage School high school students on Monday, February 4, 2013 in two morning sessions: One for the female students and one for the male students. Please sign and return the attached form to your child’s homeroom teacher by this Friday, January 25th.

Permission Slip

By signing below, I consent that my child ________________________________ may participate in the presentation of the Seven Deadly Sins by Deborah Craytor. ______________________________ Date:_________________ Parent Signature

______________________________ Date:_________________ Student Signature

College visit to Georgia Gwinnett College

Wednesday - January 30th, 2013

We will leave at 8:00 a.m. and have lunch off campus

(Please bring money for fast food or a lunch from home)

Please see Kristen in the loft for the college visitation form!

Visitation forms for this visit are due to Kristen no later than Monday, January 28th, 2013 (no exceptions)

If you have any questions or concerns please call Kristen Bell at 678-250-5113 or email KristenB@cottageschool.org

(please detach and return with payment)

March 5th - 6th, 2013

Where? GA Aquarium

Emergency Phone #: 770-883-1582

Departing? March 5th @ 5:30 P.M.

Returning? March 6th @ 3:00 P.M.

Students must have their

$70.00 & permission to

Ivan by February 1st!

REQUIREMENTS

$70.00 Real money (payable to TCS)

$284.65 TCS savings account

Must be at least a Level I

Must owe no hours

Have earned less than 2 “behavior

related” Pink Slips this semester

Must be academically current

Must have work re-contracted or

complete prior to the trip and be signed

off by their teachers. Students who

turn in money & permission forms on

time will be issued a sign-off sheet that

will be due to Ivan by March 1st

.

There will be no refunds given after

2/4/13

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 sleep over at

GA Aquarium on March 5th

– 6th

, 2013. I have attached $70.00 payable to TCS and understand that he/she

will need some extra spending money if they wish to purchase items from the gift shop.

__________________________________

Parent Signature

COSTS

$70.00 fee covers transportation, aquarium

admission, educational activities and guided

tours thru the main galleries of the

aquarium, tour behind the scenes in each of

the galleries, tour of the Correl Center (vet

clinic) and Commissary (fish kitchen),

sleeping mat, dinner in Café Aquaria,

continental breakfast, and many other

activities including squid dissection and

Deepo’s Undersea 3D Wondershow.

RECOMMENDED THINGS TO BRING

Sleeping bag, toiletries, PJs, eye masks or

bandanna for sleeping in light, sweater, things

to change into, some extra $$ for spending,

and medication.

Senior Scholarship Awards 2012-2013

Please congratulate our seniors on their scholarship awards so far.

We are so proud! Evan Roberston – Young Harris College – Dean’s Scholarship Award $52,000 Mars Hill College – Mars Hill Scholarship Award $40,000 Simon Hirschhorn – Queens University – Academic Scholarship $48,000 Jake Neuber – University of Alabama – Collegiate Scholar Scholarship $56,000

University of Mississippi – Academic Excellence $22,000

College Acceptances

Congratulations!

Jake Neuber on his acceptance to Ole Miss, Auburn University, University of

South Carolina and University of Alabama

Simon Hirschhorn on his acceptance to Southern Polytechnic State University,

Queens University of Charlotte, Georgia College, Oglethorpe University & New

College of Florida

Davey Ison on his acceptance to The University of Alabama & Oglethorpe

University

Desi Levan on her acceptance to Brevard Community College

Evan Robertson on his acceptance to Young Harris College, Mars Hill College,

Queens University of Charlotte and Limestone College

Chip Sheffield on his acceptance to Southern Polytechnic State University

If your senior has a post-secondary acceptance letter or has been awarded

scholarship money please contact Kristen Bell at 678-250-5113 or

KristenB@cottageschool.org so we can share their accomplishments!