IMPORTANT DATES -
CSP Calendar of Events
CURRENT NEWS
DENIM WEEK
Week of Jan. 30 – Feb. 2
To celebrate the Super Bowl, students may wear:
- - blue denim bottoms
- - a jersey, hoodie or t-shirt in the two competing teams' colors
- - a TCA or CSP logo shirt
New England Patriots – red, white, blue
Atlanta Falcons – black, red, white
SAVE THESE DATES
CLASS PHOTOS
Week of Feb. 6 - 9
Students shall wear uniforms only.
MATH XL DEMO
Mon. Feb. 6
2:30 – 3:20, Rm. 218
CSP Gr. 5 -8 parents are invited to attend a special Math XL demo to learn about the Pre-Algebra curriculum offered to CSP homeschool families. This is the same Pre-Algebra curriculum taught in College Pathways. It is highly recommended that CSP students complete Math XL Pre-Algebra at home the year prior to enrolling in CP. Pete Penninga, CP Math instructor, will present the
Math XL demo. No RSVP is necessary.
TCA Gr. K-8 FOOD DRIVE - Goal 4607 food items
Week of Feb. 6 - 9
Collection boxes to benefit Care and Share in East atrium.
CSP TALENT SHOW
Thurs. Feb. 9
6:30 – 8:30 pm
TCA-E gym
Enjoy an evening of entertainment presented by our talented CSP students and families. A variety of quality acts – music, drama, dance, demos – will be performed.
Questions? Contact Paula Higgins,
phiggins@asd20.org.
2nd ANNUAL TCA vs. CANCER EVENTS
February 6-10, 2017
All of TCA is invited to participate. Submit pictures for the Wall of Courage and attend a Ribbon Banquet dinner for all who have been touched by cancer. The week will culminate with the TCA vs. Cancer Girls Basketball game, Feb. 10 at 7pm at TCA-North. Please wear pink to show your support at the game. Click here for more info to submit pictures and rsvp for the banquet dinner if your family has been touched by cancer.
SPRING CONFERENCES
Feb. 20 – 23
Teachers will send parents their own class Signup.com schedule a few weeks prior to conferences.
We look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s progress in person, via email, or phone.
**Monday parents – teachers will contact you with conference options since CSP is not in session on Mon. Feb. 20 (President’s Day).
CSP NOON DISMISS
Wed. Mar. 1
Teacher in-service starts at 12:30
CSP SPELLING BEE
TH Mar. 2
Gr. 4-8 finalists compete
4:00 – 5:30, TCA-E gym
Questions? Contact Ruth Kozyra,
rkozyra@asd20.org
PREVIOUSLY POSTED NEWS
2017-18 ENROLLMENT
• Feb. 7 - Seats will be offered to currently enrolled rising CSP Gr. 1-6 students
• Feb. 13 - CP & CSP Jr. High seats will be offered to rising Gr. 7 & 8 CSP students. RSVP as quickly as possible because the JH CP seats fill quickly. You may choose only one program. If you accept a seat in CP, you need to attach a draft of your child’s desired JH schedule. Schedules will be filled on a first come, first serve basis by Frank Haist, CP Registration and pre-college Advisor.
• Early to mid-March - New student offers for K-8
TESTING/EVALUATION OPTIONS FOR HOMESCHOOLERS
Per Colorado law, homeschool students in the odd grades, beginning in Gr. 3, are required to take a standardized test or have a formal evaluation submitted to your local school district. CSP offers the ITBS-CogAT Survey Battery in grades 3, 5, and 7 to our CSP families. This year two testing dates will be offered in March.
The first will be held on Friday, March 10th for students who currently attend 7th grade on Mondays as well as 3rd & 5th graders who attend classes on Wednesdays.
The second test date will be held on Friday, March 17th for CSP students who currently attend 3rd & 5th grade classes on Thursdays.
The time frame is 8:15am – 2:00pm on both Fridays.
The cost is $25.00 per student.
Classroom teachers have sent home and emailed CSP Testing Permission Slips. If you have not received either, please contact your child’s teacher as soon as possible.
All permission slips are due back: Thursday, February 9, 2017
CHARACTER
January Character Focus: Forgiveness & Humility.
February Character Focus: Perseverance & Honesty.
Teachers will note which character strengths were discussed each week so you may continue those conversations at home. CSP classes will also implement Peer Mentoring - pairing older and younger classes to engage in character discussions and activities together. Mentoring across grade levels is a part of the Board initiative for enriching TCA’s Character Education program.
LENDING LIBRARY
Several parents requested that we order an Easy Grammar teacher’s manual for them to borrow this year, to correct their child’s homework. The books are ready for check-out from our Lending Library. Bring $35 refundable cash deposit – no checks accepted. Books will be collected in May. Questions? Contact Ruth Kozyra, CSP Curriculum Specialist,
rkozyra@asd20.org, 487-2027.
PAY MANDATORY STUDENT FEES – www.payforit.net
CSP 2016-17 Student Fees are online at CSP/ Fees & Forms. Pay mandatory CSP fees on-line through your Infinite Campus Parent Portal. Parents input child’s Student ID to complete the account set-up. Use payforit username and password to log onto: www.payforit.net. You may pay TCA student fees without incurring any convenience fee. (NOTE: There is a convenience fee for online lunch-money payments.) Questions? Contact Toni DeMott,
tdemott@asd20.org, 488-6479.
JH Musical Fee - $20 (all 7th and 8th graders pay this fee)
Grades 3-8 IEW Licensing Fee - $5 (only for students borrowing a CSP IEW workbook this year)
KING SOOPERS REWARD CARDS
You may purchase a King Sooper Reloadable Rewards Card for $5.00 in the CSP office. The cards are loaded with $5.00 – so the card is FREE! CSP earns 5% of all grocery/fuel purchases – and you earn Rewards points. The card is good at Kroger, City Market, Loaf & Jug, and other affiliates listed on the card. We’ve earned over $2,500 to date. We have purchased several
Easy Grammar, Writing Road to Reading and Shurley English teacher's manuals for parents to check out from the Lending Library. Please consider supporting CSP with this easy-to-use program. Questions? Contact Lainie in the CSP office at 487-2021.
ASD20 CHOICE WINDOW
Jan. 6 - Feb. 24, 2017
If your child is enrolled at TCA or already has accepted a firm TCA Kindergarten 2017-18 seat, please know that if you apply for a choice seat in D20, and get it, your student will be WITHDRAWN from TCA. This is an irrevocable situation.
If you withdraw your CSP student to enroll in D20s School in the Woods or Homeschool Academy (HSA) TRACKS, STEM or ARTS programs, you are not guaranteed a seat in CSP the following year. You must put your child back on the CSP wait list and go through the usual seat assignment process. Last year, few seats in Gr. 4-6 were available for new or returning students. Our enrollment grows steadily since students currently enrolled in CSP are guaranteed a seat in College Pathways in Gr. 7 – 9.
MESSAGE FROM TCA ADMINISTRATION:
Dear Titan Community,
District 20’s Choice Enrollment Program opened today and goes through February 24th, 2017. Nearly every year, we have some TCA families that choose to leave TCA to attend another D20 school. These decisions are often very difficult, but TCA is fully supportive of “partnering with parents in the education of their children” – even if that means leaving TCA. What is even more difficult, though, are the families that leave TCA and, subsequently, have a change a heart and would like to return. Based on our current waitlists and the student’s grade level, it is often impossible to return to TCA once a student has withdrawn. With that in mind, I’d like to remind you of several key points and aspects of the D20 Choice window.
• During this window, students may apply to attend any district school, beginning the following fall semester.
• Students may apply whether they reside inside D20's boundaries or not.
• If the student is accepted in his/her selected school of choice he/she must attend that school the following school year beginning in August.
• If a student wants to move out of the choice school, a new application will have to be completed during the next available choice application window; or, in TCA’s case, a new TCA enrollment application must be submitted.
• TCA is not a choice school – i.e. other D20 students cannot “choice” into TCA; however, any TCA student is allowed to participate and leave TCA, if desired.
As the Choice Enrollment Program is a D20 program which TCA must comply with, I want to clarify how this applies to us. In short: if you complete the choice application and you receive your choice school, you have withdrawn from TCA. The TCA Registrar Office will be notified by D20 of all students who receive their choice school and those students will be automatically withdrawn from TCA for the following school year. Should you and/or your student change your mind and wish to remain at TCA, you will have to reapply to TCA and go back on the waitlist.
In closing, I must emphasize to please consider very carefully what is best for your student and your family. We are here to help in any way possible, but please know this process is very different than, for example, applying to college, whereby a student applies to an institution and then decides upon acceptance whether he/she wishes to attend. In the D20 Choice Enrollment Program, if you fill out the application and get accepted, you will be withdrawn from TCA and must attend your choice school. If we can be of any assistance or you have any questions, please contact the TCA Registrar Office at
TCARegistrar@asd20.org .
CSP WEBSITE & D20 PARENT PORTAL
TCA’s website:
www.tcatitans.org
D20 PARENT PORTAL
If you have trouble logging into IC, contact
help@asd20.org or 719-234-1777.
D20 asked parents to change their student’s password on IC this summer. You won’t be able to access IC until this is done. Read
CSP Handbook, sign off on IC – Extended Parent Portal – that you read this important document. Also sign off on permission for other IC docs listed in your parent portal.
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CSP POLICY
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Parents - if your child will be absent please call 487-2000 and leave details on our attendance line. Students who are chronically absent and exceed 3 absences (6 Kinder half days) in a semester, excused or unexcused, risk not successfully completing the semester. IF A STUDENT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED ABSENCES, he/she must attend the final two class sessions of the school year or the student will be disenrolled by the Registrar. You will need to put your student back on the waitlist. Consistent attendance at CSP should be a top priority since we are a part-time program. See ATTENDANCE POLICY on the website:
CSP/Parents/CSP Handbook/Attendance Policy.
DELAYED SCHOOL HOURS
In the event we have a weather 2-hour delay, please follow these times:
10:15-3:30 all classes, Grades 1-8
10:15-12:30 K AM classes
1:15-3:30 K PM classes
*Hot lunch will be served on 2-hour delays for Grades 1-6.
Morning kindergarten children need to bring a big snack since they are being dismissed later than usual.
*Students may wear denim bottoms + a uniform top on delayed start days.
NOTE: If we have a 2-hr. delay on an in-service date (Mar. 1, Apr. 20), students will not come to class. Only teachers report 2 hrs. late and stay for in-service.
COMMUNITY NEWS
ANNIE JR.
Your whole family will fall in love with the fun songs, witty dialogue, and fabulous choreography, performed by the talented students of Starz Theater Company.
Two show times:
Saturday, Feb 4 - 2pm
Saturday, Feb 4 - 6pm
Original Pre-Show Performances: 1:40 & 5:40 pm – an exciting fusion of song, dance and conviction performed by “Fearless Ones” of Starz Rizing – an extension of Starz Theater Company.
Go to
www.starztheater.org for info and online ticketing.
Location: Colorado Springs Charter Academy – 2577 N. Chelton Rd., Colorado Springs 80909
Information: (719) 445-9497;
www.starztheater.org
PHILHARMONIC KIDS CONCERT
Philharmonic Kids concert,
The Orchestra Rocks
February 15 & 16, 2017
Register here: do so now so you may receive your Link Up materials and take full advantage of the Link Up program!
If you have any questions or would like more information, contact Bernie
bernie@csphilharmonic.org, or 719-344-2456.
PIKES PEAK HOME SCHOOL BAND �� �� ��
The Pikes Peak Home School Band is now offering a new string program, along with the band program! We invite all eager instrumentalists ages 7 through high school to come learn the art of making music in our classes. Everyone is extremely excited and pumped up about starting a new chapter in the program! Contact Bill Callen at (719)-598-2373 for more details and any questions you may have. Go to
Pikes Peak Home School Band Facebook page.
BETTY FIELD MEMORIAL YOUTH WRITING CONTEST - 2017
All 6th through 12th grade students in El Paso County and in areas served by the Pikes Peak Library District are invited to enter the Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest-2017 and earn top honors plus cash prizes. This annual mystery writing contest encourages students to develop their creative writing skills. Details at
www.writingcontest612.info. Deadline for submission of entries is 5:00 PM, Saturday, February 25, 2017. The winning authors in all categories will be honored at the April 15, 2017 Awards & Recognition Program. Questions? Contact Diane Pfalzgraf, PPLD Contest Coordinator, (719) 591-2404, 10 AM to 7 PM or email at
FriendsPPLD@pcisys.net
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