Dear CSAMS Families,
I hope you had an enjoyable Halloween weekend. I cannot believe we are already into the month of November. This is such a special time of year for CSAMS. Now that our activity night is over, we are looking forward to our Thanksgiving Food Drive, our Fall Musical and our 2nd Annual Holiday Bazaar! Over the next few weeks, teachers are going to busy themselves creating enhancement options for students for term 2. It's hard to believe, but we're almost there. I recently provided an interest survey to students in order to ensure they had a voice in the classes we will be offering. Look for those class offerings to be sent to you from your student's advisory teacher prior to Thanksgiving.
As the end of term 1 quickly approaches, please remember to monitor your student's progress in Powerschool. Teachers also provide students with an advisory report each Friday that outlines any missing assignments or mastery opportunities students need to take advantage of. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to your student's advisory teacher.
Adopt-A-Family
The CSAMS Student Government is hosting the Adopt-a-Family Food Drive during the week of November 18th to collect items to provide a Thanksgiving meal for families within the CSA community. Each advisory will collect donations for a basket of food items during the week of November 17th. The baskets will be assembled and distributed on Friday, November 21st. Suggested items for donations include boxes of mashed potatoes, jars of gravy, canned vegetables, cans of soup, boxes of muffin mix, boxed dessert mixes, macaroni and cheese, pasta sauce, canned tuna, and stuffing.
Something Rotten! Musical Production
🎭 Hear ye, hear ye! A most egg-cellent announcement! 🎭
The CSA District Players proudly present Something Rotten Jr.! — a musical so funny, it’ll make even Shakespeare drop his quill and say, “Now that’s comedy!”
Come witness the Bard’s rivals try to outdo him with the world’s first musical — complete with show-stopping numbers, outrageous rhymes, and just a bit of Elizabethan absurdity.
Prepare for a night that’s truly to thine own laugh be true!
Show Dates: At Jane Tasch Theatre in Pinckney
Friday, Nov. 21 at 7:00pm
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 12:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, Nov. 23 at 4:00 pm
🎟️ Tickets: https://cspamusic.seatyourself.biz
In partnership with you,
Dina M Barnaby
Fall Athletic Season Awards Night will be Friday, November 14, 5:30pm at CSAMS. CSAMS athletes and their families should meet in the gymnasium for cookies and refreshments and to hear from Mr. Stewart and Mrs. DeLorenzo. Then after that, individual teams will be breaking off into separate rooms for the presentation of team awards.
Please Note: All Fall sport uniforms must be turned into Mrs. DeLorenzo before Awards night.
What is Hug Day?
Each year, on the Friday before Thanksgiving, CSA Education Foundation gives monetary awards to our dedicated teachers. Teachers who have been teaching in the CSA District for one full year or more are given a Returning Educator Financial Award to recognize their dedication to our students and core philosophies. Additionally, the CSA District Parent Council purchases a special gift for every staff member in the District and they are passed out on this day along with the financial award. If you'd like to help pass out Educator Awards please email CSAMS parent council here.
The majority of us work for a living. On average professionals work roughly 2000 hours a year. Our teachers, however, work roughly 2,500 hours a year and our dedicated teachers do these hours at significantly less pay then the average public school teacher. Would you like to make a difference for your students teacher? Consider donating to the CSA Education fund today via the Campus Challenge and 97% of your donation will go directly back to retaining our amazing educational staff.
It's back and better than ever!
It's time for the annual Campus Challenge, a fundraiser for the CSA Education Foundation, which challenges each campus to show their school pride, donate, and come out on top by raising the most money for our teachers. Reigning champion, CSA Elementary vs. the team of CSA Middle School and CSPA High School - who will come out on top?
Our CSA District Libraries are run by our devoted parent volunteers and it's a volunteer opportunity that is wonderful for interacting with our students. We are currently in need of volunteers so that all of our library class times are covered. Training is provided. We still need volunteers at CSAMS on Friday from 9:00am - 12:30pm.
Click HERE if interested in volunteering opportunities.
Register for our CSA Youth Cheer and Pom clinic on January 10th! Our CSPA & CSAMS coaches and cheerleaders will lead the youth clinic for students in grades K-Explorer (K-5). Participants will then perform during the halftime of the Sentinels JV game on January 16th. Registration is $50 which includes a set of Poms, Cheerleading T-shirt & Hair bow to wear during the clinic and at the high school basketball game. All proceeds benefit the CSPA & CSAMS Cheerleading Program. Register by December 19th. All registered participants will receive an email a week before the clinic.
