Date: Wednesday – September 25, 2013

Important Messages from The Cottage School are attached. Please sign this form indicating their receipt and return to the school

with your student tomorrow. Thank You!!

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September 25, 2013

Wednesday Packet

Important Dates/Information

Underclassmen Picture Day – Monday, September 30th

Electronics Recycling Drive – Wednesday, October 2nd – 7:30 AM-3:30 PM

TCS Key Annual Fund Drop Off Day – Thursday, October 10th

Roswell Youth Day Parade – Saturday, October 12th – 10:00 AM-Noon

Columbus Day – Monday, October 14th – No School

Reminders To Our Parents

TURN IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM SIGN-UP BY FRIDAY, SEPT. 27TH

The ASP forms are available at the following link: http://cottageschool.org/school/?page_id=177 Also, from the Student Policy and Procedure Manual - Page 29 H-1 Illness: To safeguard the health of the TCS community, it is requested that students do not attend school if they have a fever. The medical community suggests that individuals be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to the community. If your child has a fever at school, you will be called to pick them up.

Thank you for your help in these matters.

While on campus or in

carpool, please refrain from

using your cell phone.

Also, for the safety of students and staff, drive slowly and be alert to traffic directions from

staff members.

The TCS Advancement Angle

News you can use to help raise money for The Cottage School

What is the Key Annual Fund?

The Key Annual Fund bridges the gap

between what tuition covers and the actual

cost of operating the school at the level our

students deserve.

So why participate in the

Key Annual Fund?

Simple: To send a clear message to

potential funders that you support the

invaluable work that The Cottage School

does for our children. These organizations

use Annual Fund participation as a

benchmark for how much the school

community stakeholders support the

school.

Annual Fund Goal: 100% participation

from TCS families, staff, and Board

$100,000 Total

Mark Your Calendars!

Thursday, October 10th, 7:30am,

Morning Carpool

Key Annual Fund Pledge Drop Off

Day

Bring your pledge envelope (look for it

in your mailbox this week) when you

drive your student/carpool. Not driving

to TCS? Send in your

pledge envelope with your

student on October 10th.

Thanks to the over 100+ people who

came out to support our first annual

TCS CiCi’s Pizza Spirit Night! Close to

$200 was raised for Tuition Assistance

and a good time was had by all! Thank

you TCS!

Pictured above, left to right:

Chad Tramonte, Drew Shulman,

Molleah Holder, Noah Storm

Pictured above from left to

right: Sydney Culver, Tasha

Neder, Elyssa Goldman

Pictured below, left to right: Cindy

Kinchen, Gillian Meyers-Harper,

Justice Atkinson, Sophie Kauffman

TCS Student Council

&

PC Insomniacs

Invite you to

First Annual Electronic Recycling Drive

Wednesday October 2nd 7:30am to 3:30pm

Money raised benefits The Cottage School’s Tuition Assistance Fund

Suggested items to donate: Cell phones, Computers, Printers,

CD/DVD players, Cameras, Hard drives, Video Games

Items NOT accepted: Household appliances and commercial size printers

For questions or more info,

email Lesley Masisak at

Lesleym@cottageschool.org

Sponsored by:

…for the upcoming Youth Day Parade!!!

Hard, wrapped candy is traditionally thrown from our Youth Day float to the hundreds of kids

lining the 2-mile length of the parade.

We would appreciate donations of a bag or two of hard, wrapped candy to help

provide a good supply for this fun event.

The parade is on Saturday, October 12th, from 10am until about noon. It starts

along Mimosa Boulevard and ends at the Roswell Recreation Park off

Woodstock Road then to the fields at the end of the park. There will be rides

and games along with snacks, barbeque, hamburgers and hotdogs.

…And please come to the parade!

A Call for Candy!

Do you want to improve your spelling?

Do you like to play with words?

Do you want to participate in the spelling bee?

Do you want to spell the longest word in the

dictionary?

PRESENTS

An Evening with Michael Thompson

Best Friends/Worst Enemies:

Friendship Development, Popularity, and Social Cruelty in Childhood

When

Tuesday October 1, 2013 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Where

Community Center High Meadows School 1055 Willeo Road Roswell, GA 30075 Driving Directions

Dear Friends,

High Meadows School invites you to join us for a presentation by renowned child psychologist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Michael Thompson on Tuesday, October 1 at 7:30 pm.

This event is free and open to the public -- tell your friends and feel free to forward this email!

Please click on the link below to register.

Register Now!

About the Program:

Children don't want adults to be involved in their social lives. They hate it when teachers

"interfere." Yet teachers are witnesses to the exclusion of low-status children in elementary

schools and the popularity wars of middle school and they must act to protect the weak. Parents

also see the friendship difficulties of their own children. Some take their children's social

ambitions to heart and worry that their children are not popular. Other parents hope the school

can protect their children from all social pain.

Social cruelty among kids is one of the most difficult things that adults have to confront in

raising or educating children. Experienced teachers can be confused about how to protect a child

in class, for fear of putting a rejected or controversial child in "the limelight." They can also feel

defensive when parents of neglected or victimized children come to the school for help.

This presentation walks teachers and parents through the complex social world of childhood and

addresses a number of questions: What do social relationships in school predict about happiness

in adult life? What is the normal sequence of child friendships, from the parallel play of the two-

year-old to the intimate self-disclosure of the adolescent? Why do cliques form and what are the

differences between boy and girl groups? Why are children scapegoated and how can their

parents and school protect them? Dr. Thompson will draw on research to highlight the

differences between friendship and popularity. He makes suggestions about the management of

social problems in schools and makes the case that while all children yearn for popularity, it is

friendship that helps children survive and thrive.

About Dr. Thompson:

Michael Thompson, Ph.D. is a consultant, author and psychologist specializing in children and

families. He is the supervising psychologist for the Belmont Hill School and has worked in more

than five hundred schools across the United States, as well as in international schools in Central

America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

The Middle School will be having our first savings trip on:

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 We will be going to Georgia National Fairgrounds in

Perry, GA to attend the state fair. We ask that students arrive on campus at 7:00 AM for the ride

to Perry. You will need to bring a sack lunch or money to purchase lunch. If you order Wholesome

Tummies, please cancel your order for that day.

We will return to campus by 5:30 PM. Students must have $175.95 in their TCS

savings.

*Permission Slip Due By:

Friday, October 4th, 2013*

In order to attend, please get your teachers’ and parent’s signatures by

10/4/2013:

1st

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2nd

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3rd

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4th

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5th

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6th

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Homeroom:

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Students

must have:

$175.95

in their

TCS Savings

If you have any questions, please feel free to call or

email: Lauren English (678) 250-5124

laurene@cottageschool.org

Student Name: ___________________________________ Parent Signature: ___________________________________ Person picking student up: ___________________________________

High School October Pay offs

DATE TIME SEPTEMBER RAIN-OUT TCS$ Things to bring/U.S. $ Friday

10/4

Academics

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Academics

Lunch

Academics

Homeroom

$336.89

Academic material to

complete work and spare

reading materials, if you will

be in academics all day!

Off-Campus

10:00-2:00

2:40

Atlanta Botanical

Gardens Homeroom

$326.03

Real $ for lunch and umbrella

in case of rain

On-Campus

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Texas Hold’em

Tournament

Lunch

Pie Day

Homeroom

$315.16

Saturday 10/5 SAT Pencil, calculator and

registration ticket

Friday 10/11 1:10-2:40 Clubs Materials for your club

Saturday

10/12

8:00-3:00 Saturday School

For students who owe

hours

All textbooks, notebooks,

planner, lunch and a change of

clothes for P.M. work detail

Friday

10/18

Academics

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Academics

Lunch

Academics

Homeroom

$299.46 Academic material to

complete work and spare

reading materials, if you will

be in academics all day!

Thursday

night

10/17

Off-Campus

6:00 P.M. –

6:00 A.M.

HS Lock-In

& Sky Zone Fun $289.80 View separate flyer for lock in

what to bring

Friday

10/18

On-Campus

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Campus Beautification

Lunch

Campus Beautification

Movie day $280.14

Appropriate change of

clothing

Friday 10/25 1:10-2:40 Clubs Materials for your club

Thursday

10/31

Academics

8:15

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Levels

Academics

Lunch

Academics

Homeroom

$299.46

Climbers

$224.60

Academic material to

complete work and spare

reading materials, if you will

be in academics all day!

Wednesday

night

10/30

Off-Campus

6:00 P.M. –

10:00 A.M.

Katie Ann Perry

Dance

$289.80

Climbers

$217.35

Appropriate Halloween

Costume

Thursday

10/31

On-Campus

10:00

12:00

12:45

2:40

Orienteering

Lunch

Pumpkin Carving Contest

$280.14

Climbers

$210.11

Appropriate athletic wear

for AM activity

Don’t forget our AMAZING HS Climbing trip.

Money and Permission are due by October 18th

!

Save TCS $ 175.81 for this trip – let’s all go and have fun

on real rock at Sand Rock, Alabama Fill out required waiver at

http://www.adrenalineclimbing.com/

Wednesday, Oct 30th Halloween - come to school in

appropriate costume. Not sure yours is appropriate?

Run it past your Principal first!

HS - Earn Off Campus

Come to Katie Ann Perry Dance and have Pay-Off Thursday off!

October 17th, 2013 TCS will be hosting the 2nd Annual Whole HS lock-in. All HS students are invited. We will have an evening full of entertainment.

BE SURE TO EARN THIS AWESOME PAY OFF! Students must have all academic work completed to be able to participate.

5:55 P.M. Report to the RCC –Please eat something prior to coming to the lock-in, Pizza will be served at

SkyZone, but not until 7:30 P.M.!

6:00-7:00 Levels

7:15-7:25 Drive to Sky Zone

7:30-9:30 3-D Dodge ball, Sky jump (sport), Pizza and fun

10:00 Return to campus

10:00-12:00 Team building activities

12:00 A.M. Report to Rooms for lights out. Students will have assigned buildings for sleeping.

6:00-6:30 Wake up and Breakfast

6:30-7:00 Clean up and Pack up

7:00 A.M. Pick up-All students must be picked up by 7:00 A.M., and they will have the remainder of the

day off.

Things to bring: Sleeping bag Appropriate sleep-wear MEDICATION

Toiletry items-toothbrush, hairbrush, deodorant, contact case, etc Can bring money for concessions stand

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My Child ________________________ has my permission to attend the lock in on October 17th, 2013. He/She

will be picked up at 7:00 A.M. by ___________________________cell number __________________. All

Permission slips are due by October 11th, 2013 by 8:15 A.M. - NO EXCEPTION. Permission slips must be

accompanied with Sky Zone Waiver. https://roswellstore.skyzone.com/waiver/

I understand that in addition to this permission and the SkyZone waiver, my child must also meet the

requirements for an Off Campus pay-off.

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Parent Signature