With bus service being curtailed next year, Davidson IB Middle School officials and parents meet Wednesday evening to talk about transportation options for next year.
Meanwhile, Davidson Day’s mathletes scored recent successes. CMS offers summer Parent University sessions. And guess what faddish kid accessory is now off limits among gradeschoolers?
Details below.
IB SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION MEETING
Davidson IB Middle School officials and parents will meet at 6:30 p.m. today to discuss options for transportation for 2010-11.
The meeting will be at Panera Bread at exit 18 across from Northlake Mall. The discussion will focus on consolidated bus stops, shuttle stops and carpooling needs.
Parent Jamie Johnson has compiled a spreadsheet with carpooling needs.
Parent University to offer summer courses
Parent University organizers want to partner with community agencies and organizations this summer to offer free courses on a variety of topics to equip families with new skills, knowledge and resources.
The summer courses will range from bullying prevention to preparing your child for kindergarten. There are also courses on how to make the transition to middle school or high school.
“These courses are a great way for parents to get their questions answered about how to help their children become successful in school,” said Jerri Haigler, executive director of Family and Community Services/Parent University at CMS. “Families can also learn ways to help their children keep reading and academic skills alive during the summer months.”
Another course offered this summer is Ready, Set, Read. Reading helps students retain what they’ve learned during the school year.
For more information about working with Parent University to offer a course, contact
Parent University at 980-343-0318, or visit www.cms.k12.nc.us (click on Parent tab to locate Parent University link) or e-mail info@ cmsparentuniversity.org.
Parent University’s fall semester catalog will be available in schools, public libraries and on the CMS Web site in August.
MATHLETES ADD IT UP
Davidson Day School students recently received trophies for the highest scorers in the Math Olympiad.
Trophy winners included: Jakob Schall, 4th grade; Nikhil Gavini, 5th grade; Nell Buechler, 6th grade; James Rees, 7th grade and Jake Bringewatt, 8th grade.
Other honors: Nell Buechler scored in the top 10 percent of the 150,000 participants worldwide; Jake Bringewatt scored in the top 2 percent.
BAN ON SILLY BANDZ
As the end of the year approaches, parents are starting to get those pleading emails from teachers and principals urging us to remind our students that school isn’t over yet. Hold that attention just a bit longer?
One of this spring’s distractions is the latest fad among the under-10 set: Silly Bandz. If you haven’t seen these, they’re colorful elastic bands in the shape of just about anything, from animals and dinosaurs to musical instruments and other objects. Kids wear them around their wrists, and they have a habit of flying across the classroom, too.
We know of a couple of Davidson Elementary School teachers who banned the bands at End of Grade testing time, “to ensure optimal learning conditions.” The ban ended after the tests, but soon was back throughout the elementary school, under orders of Principal Terry Hall.
Said one teacher in an email to parents: “We’ve had to work through several little incidents of off task behavior caused by the lovely little bands.”
Meanwhile, it seems elementary school kids aren’t the only ones who get too silly with Silly Bandz. A colleague reports that the playful elastics also are now off limits at her son’s pre-school.
HAVE NEWS?
Send school news tips and announcements to Karen Cimino Wilson at karen@davidsonnews.net.
