“Celebrate good times, come on!” What’s the best way to show off all your hard work? With celebrations of course! On March 11th, kindergarten students put on a Letterland Parade! Dressed as their favorite Letterland characters, they marched around campus to celebrate mastering the alphabet while being cheered on by the rest of the elementary school! Following the parade, students who have met the goal of being a fluent reader participated in the “I Can Read” ceremony. These readers were awarded a certificate and read a story to all in attendance. Way to go kindergarteners!
Drivers, Start Your…PENCILS! We are thrilled to bring back our FASTAR® tournament this year! Students have been working hard and have shown great progress during their Tune-Up sessions. We look forward to cheering on our racers as they compete at the big race events at the end of April and then on May 12th for the Race of Champions! FASTAR® is a voluntary, extra-curricular academic tournament and itstands for: Fluent Academic Skills Tournament in Arithmetic and Reading. The goal of FASTAR® is to encourage students to improve their basic skills through practice in an exciting and rewarding tournament modeled on automobile racing. Research shows that practicing to the point of fast, smooth, nearly automatic response – fluency – has several benefits: memory of the skill is retained longer, the student is able to perform the skill for a longer time before getting tired, comprehension may be improved, complex tasks are easier with a stronger foundation in basic skills, and homework times may decrease.
20-21 NC School Report Card Determines CCS-America Outperformed… Yet Again! We have recently been given access to a preview of the North Carolina School Report Cards for the 2020-2021 school year. While there is no way to measure the hard work our educators and staff pour into our students each day, it does contain snapshots of information about our schools. In the data linked below, we compared CCS-America to the State of North Carolina’s average. Parents, you can expect to receive a copy of your school’s detailed North Carolina School Report Card this spring. We are incredibly proud of our students and staff for their hard work and drive. Year after year, we continue to outperform our peers, and we are especially pleased to say that last year was no different. Thank you for choosing CCS-America! We are thrilled to provide a quality education to students in southeastern North Carolina!
Let’s Go RBA! Congratulations to all of The Roger Bacon Academy Cheer teams for placing in the top five of their divisions at The Quest National Championship! These athletes and coaches put RBA values into their practice and continue to make us proud! Cheer Parent MaKesha Murphy said, “RBA Cheer has given my daughter the confidence to push herself further in her gymnastics and cheer abilities. Her determination in cheer has carried over into the classroom. She even has the confidence to compete in FASTAR this year!” All six teams have been invited to another National Championship in April! Amazing job coaches and athletes!
Staff Spotlight This week’s Staff Spotlight is CCS-Wilmington 5th Grade teacher, Ms. Amanda Sauls! Ms. Sauls started as an Assistant Teacher at CCS-Wilmington five years ago. Within those five years, she has been Teacher of the Year twice and is now Lead Teacher. Learn more about Ms. Sauls and her incredible impact in the video below!
