Shout Outs!

• To Ms. Akinyela, Dr. Morgan and Ms. Wynn, whose students hosted a Renaissance Faire for EA and JA students on Friday as part of their most recent project [See picture above]!
• To Do-It-Yourself Club for an amazing Pop-Up Shop today after school!
• To the harp students, Ms. Hairston and Ms. Hayes for a awesome harp concert Tuesday night!
• To the orchestra and Ms. Colbert for a fantastic concert Wednesday night!
• To the band and Ms. Pryor for a wonderful concert Thursday Night!
• To Alvin Winston for his acceptance in the United States Youth Senate Program!
• To Ms. Desprez-Isbell for starting up our chapter of the Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honors Society [See note below]!
• To Ms. Manwell for all of her hard work preparing students for the Economics Milestone on Tuesday!

Calendar:

• Monday, December 12th, A-Day
  • Ugly Holiday Sweater Day – Students can wear ugly holiday sweaters instead of their uniform
  • Make-up Milestone Administration [Seniors who had GSU exams during the Economics administration]
  • MAP ELA Administration
  • Flex Time: Clubs
• Tuesday, December 13th, B-Day
  • Make-up Milestone Administration
  • MAP ELA Administration
  • Flex Time – Extended Learning
  • 6:00 – Board of Directors Meeting
• Wednesday, December 14th, A-Day
  •  Flex Time: Extended Learning
• Thursday, December 15th, B-Day
  • B-Day Mid-Term Exams
  • Flex Time – Extended Learning
  • 6:00 – Drama Performance [Center for the Arts]
•  Friday, December 16th, A-Day
  • A- Day Mid-Term Exams

Upcoming Events:

• Saturday, 12/17, 11:00 am – The Villages of East Lake Annual Holiday Party [EA Cafeteria]
• Thursday, 1/5 – Semester 2 Begins
• Tuesday, 1/17
  • SA Principal’s Coffee
  • “HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE” WORKSHOP SERIES [Maynard Jackson – See note in last week’s post]
• Wednesday, 1/25 – PBL Showcase

Announcements:

• MyPaymentsPlus – We are excited to announce a new way to pay for student dues, yearbooks, field trips and other expenses.  MyPaymentsPlus allows parents/guardians to pay for these obligations online via credit card.  More information about the program and how to register are available in this flyer.
• Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honors Society – We are excited to announce that Ms. Desprez-Isbell is leading the founding of our own chapter of the Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honors Society.  This groups will coordinate student participation in a variety of mathematics competitions and other programming.  Please find the application linked here and direct any questions to emily.desprez@drewcharterschool.org.
• Senior Academy Robotics – The Senior Academy chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is participating in Vex Robotics.  NSBE meets as a club on Mondays during Flex Time.  However, other students who are interested in participating can reach out to Ms. White (beth.white@drewcharterschool.org), our engineering teacher, to participate in after school build sessions on Tuesdays.
• Textbook Return – Students taking a course for only one semester, should please return their textbook by December 15, 2016 to Mrs. T Ricks in the Learning Commons on the 4th Floor.  Lost or damaged textbook fees are added to student accounts.
• Reminder: Yearbook – The Charles R. Drew Charter School  2017 Yearbook is now available for sale!! This year’s book is a Signature Series Hardcover bound, PreK-12 (Drew’s FIRST graduating senior class), full color, 140 pages and is available for delivery 5/8/2017. Order yours TODAY for the lowest price possible!!  Sales will work as follows:
  • ONLINE through 11/25/16 $28.00 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL PRICE!!Purchase now with the link below.
  • http://link.entourageyearbooks.com/view_account.asp?l=F1940BDA-4103-4DFE-9899-5802744E3719
    • ONLINE 11/26/16 through 02/26/17 $30.00
    • ONLINE 02/27/17 through 04/10/17 $35.00
    • After 04/10/17 In person at either campus, $35 cash or credit.