7-13 March 2011

For those of you who see this on Sunday nights, heads-up on a chilly Monday - the Center House boiler will be off for some inspections until the middle of the afternoon, so it’s Take Your Sweater To School Day.  For those of you that don’t see this until sometime on Monday, we’re trying to arrange for some hot chocolate.

sandi kurtz

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206-523-6553

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This Week at the Center School

This is a Test...

Early warning on the HSPE (High School Proficiency Exam), which is scheduled for March 15-17, 22.    You may have received a robo-call from Ms Britsova over the weekend, asking for donations of dictionaries and thesauruses (thesauri?  What is the plural of thesaurus?) – if you have one you can give or lend, send it into school with your student so they can get a head start on practicing looking stuff up in an actual reference book – pace Wikipedia.

Outside the Center School

Volunteer Hour Reporting

from Nancy Hom

If you’ve done something for the Center School, from working an event to making phone calls, you can email your volunteer hours to skallywag@comcast.net.  That kind of information is part of most grant applications, so help us gather the raw materials of statistics.

Community Building Committee Meeting, Wednesday, March 9^th

from Julie Vergeront

Join us at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 9th at Uptown Espresso on 4th and Wall for our next CBC meeting.  We'll discuss Staff Appreciation Week (first week in May), support for HSBE tests, Art Show Case and House Parties for the spring fundraiser. Contact Julie Vergeront at jvergeront@yahoo.com or 206-459-1862 or just show up.

CSCA – Help Plan Next Year

from Paul Dieter, board president

We have another CSCA meeting coming up on March 16th. We hope everyone can attend as we have some exciting events to plan as we finish out the year, and a significant challenge as the school's budget has now been laid out and our help is needed more than ever.

This is the time when we also start looking towards next year and anyone contemplating a role in CSCA in 2011/12 is encouraged to join in the planning. The current roster of CSCA leadership is heavily staffed with parents of Juniors and they will be stepping back next year to engage in all the activities parents of college bound students have come to anticipate.

We have two house parties planned in May and big plans for helping position Arts Showcase as the flagship TCS event it deserves to be. Come to the meetings and join the fun.

Any other agenda items can be emailed to csca@me.com.

March 16th

Home of Margaret Chodos-Irvine

6:00 Social Gathering (can be a great time to chat with Oksana)

6:30 - 8:30 Meeting

3018 45th Ave. S.W.

Seattle, WA 98116

Seattle Public Schools Family Symposium

Attend the sypmposium, or volunteer to help.

Saturday March 12th 9:30 - 2:00pm

Ballard High School

“Supporting your Student's Success with workshops on Science, Math, Literacy, Advanced Learning, Special Education, College Readiness, Community Resource Fair, Arts and Pre-K ... and more.”

Child activities, transportation & light lunch will be provided.  For more information on this event, click here:  http://district.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=218240&sessionid=f9815ffd4f76445212f3ce0981961c1a

If you’re interested in volunteering, organizers are looking for assistance on Friday, March 11 (4 pm) or Saturday, March 12 (8 am – 3 pm – may be divided into smaller time slots).  The contact for this is Bernardo Ruiz, Coordinator, Family and Community Engagement: bjruiz@seattleschools.org

Hey Seattle Dancers

Auditions for “ALL 4 1 dancepalooza,” a performance event run by DASSdance.  DASS is looking for dancers for a five minute contemporary work choreographed by artistic director Daniel Wilkins for performance April 22-23.  Audition Sunday, March 20, 4-5:30 pm.  For more information, click here.

Beyond High School

Girls in Technology

IGNITE (Inspiring Girls Now In Technology Evolution) is planning an event at The Center School!

On Thursday, March l0, a panel of women who have careers in technology are coming to Center School.  There are way fewer females in technology than males and the purpose of IGNITE is to inspire and inform high school girls so that they too can hold these high paying jobs!

As one panelist recently said “ this means that most of the software for games and for business applications are designed by men and is this truly what we want?  The industry needs you, it needs to represent women as well!”

Last year the panelists came from companies such as Boeing, Microsoft and two engineering firms.  We had a graphic designer, a lawyer, two software engineers and a software tester.  Each panelist shared their personal stories about how they got into their careers and what exactly they do.  They encourage the girls to go to college and follow their dreams whether it’s in technology or something else.  At the end, they are invited to go on a field trip to Microsoft’s Home of the Future and see technology that’s currently being developed!  This field trip is coming up on Thursday March 31 and it’s on a first come, first served basis.  We will have at least 20 spaces as we will be sharing the bus with Garfield girls.  Everyone has a fabulous time and are treated to lunch as well.

Ms. Quintana will start to publicize these two events on March 3rd.  Girls can sign-up at the school office, they also need to pick up a special ticket (pass) when they sign-up.  It’s a fantastic way to find out about great opportunities and hear from women in the field.

Barbara Quintana, College/Career Center Specialist

bbquintana@seattleschools.org

Last, But Not Least

Daylight Savings Time

It is time to make the big jump forward – Daylight Savings Time starts next Sunday, 13 March.  Set your clocks an hour forward, and wait with me until we get the hour back, sometime late next autumn.