RAMPAGE

Your guide to school news, information and events!

DECEMBER 12, 2014 VOLUME 13

In this issue:

Information for Parents of 8th

and 9th graders

Upcoming Events

Easy ways to raise money for our

school

Used Blues Uniform Sale

Support Waddell’s Interns

Program

Host families needed for CIEE

Registration for Chinese

Language Competitions

Missing Something?

Auditions for “ Into the Woods

Jr.”

Calling all Waddell shutterbugs!

Shop Mightynest.com

Student Exchange Trips

School Tours

A Message from Captain

Doorknob

Help Wanted!

Join us on Facebook!

Resources

Help out our Music Teachers

December 12

DIGS 5th Grade field trip

December 22— January 2

Winter break—no school

Click here for the online calendar

Used Books Wanted!

The Waddell Academy Media Center welcomes donations of gently-used

children’s books for their Used Book Sale in the spring. Please leave used

book donations on the table outside the Media Center. Thank you!

Used Blues Uniform Sale every Wednesday

Easy ways to raise money for

Waddell!

Relink your Harris Teeter VIC

Card.

Waddell’s Code is 2455

Shop at Bi-Lo? Use Code

54171

Mightynest.com

Waddell Language Academy 7030 Nations Ford Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28217

PHONE: 980.343.5815 FAX: 980.343.5854 Ynez Olshausen, Principal

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RESOURCES

CMS School Calendar 2014-15

Waddell PTSA Website

Waddell Spirit wear

Link to RamPage Archive

CMS Lunch Menu

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SCHOOL TOURS

Jan. 14 – Wednesday *middle

school @ 8:40 AM

Jan 27 – Tuesday @ 8:40 AM

STUDENT EXCHANGE TRIPS

Ludwigsburg, Germany

Dec. 1-16

Has the cold weather arrived and you’ve realized your child has outgrown all of their pants and long-

sleeved shirts? Well, come and shop at Waddell’s Used Blues closet and stock up on anything and every-

thing your child may need. We have name brands such as Land’s End, Gap, Gymboree, Crewcuts, and Chil-

dren’s Place. There are skirts, pants, jumpers, shorts, sweaters and shirts; sizes range from 4T up to size 14.

And the best part? EACH ITEM OF CLOTHING IS ONLY $1.00!

Day: every Wednesday

Time: 8:15-10:15 am

Location: PTSA Closet (located directly across from the Gymnasium)

All funds raised go directly to the PTSA - checks and cash are accepted.

Help out our Music Teachers on Donorschoose.org—Donate today!

Music Education is a vital part of a child’s school experience and your donation will

be used for years to come. Ms. Maillet’s class works very hard learning to read mu-

sic and applying it to the recorders, Orff instruments and ukuleles. With alto record-

ers her students can expand their musical knowledge by keeping the challenge going

of note reading and learning new fingerings. Due to budget cuts ,Ms. Maillet is unable to purchase

these more challenging instruments for her students. With the higher level instruments she will still

be able to push her students to achieve the very best they can. CLICK HERE to donate today. .

Ms. Lutjen’s Donorschoose project is to help fund new drum sets from around the world for the

class she teaches. Click here to donate today.

Calling all Waddell Shutterbugs! We need your pictures

for the Waddell Yearbook.

Parents/Room Moms – we need your help in order to include as many pictures of your

child(ren) as possible in the yearbook this year! Share your awesome photos through a

free APP for smartphones called Replayit by Jostens. By simply downloading the free APP

to your smartphones or tablet, you can begin sharing saved photos in your gallery or upload new pictures as

soon as you take them! It is so easy. Download the app, search for Waddell Language Academy, connect

with your Facebook log-in or set up account and the photos uploaded will then flow directly to yearbook staff

for consideration. And, if you would prefer to upload a large number of photos all at once, you can also go

to www.replayit.com from a computer. Be sure to tag the photos by room, grade and as much information

as possible. Please help us make the most inclusive yearbook yet! All pictures uploaded will become part of a

digital time capsule of this school year, archived for the next 10 years. Thanks so much for your help in cap-

turing your students year!

Information for Parents of our 8th grade students or Rising

9th graders

Please Note: The previously scheduled "Freshmen Night" on February 5, 2015 will now be held on THURS-

DAY, MARCH 26TH. The agenda will be the same, but we are finalizing times. Here is the schedule for the

Open Houses for the South Mecklenburg Language Magnet. All Open Houses will be held at the Media Cen-

ter at the school . The address is 8900 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28210

Wednesday, December 03 at 8:30-10:00 AM

Monday, December 15 at 6:30-8:00 PM

Thursday, January 09 at 8:30-10:00 AM

Monday, January 20 at 6:30-8:00 PM

And for prospective Myers Park HS Students:, please see the information below.

Myers Park High School will be hosting the following events for prospective students and their families: March 26, 2015 - Freshmen Night Please Note: The previously scheduled "Freshmen Night" on February 5, 2015 will now be held on THURS-DAY, MARCH 26TH. Our administration invites incoming freshmen and their families to an event showcasing student life here at MP in the Auditorium. Information tables representing our diverse clubs and organizations are planned, fol-lowed by a presentation by Mark Bosco, our principal, and staff at 6pm. Brief campus tours will be given by PTSO volunteers and current students preceding the event at 4:30pm. April 29, 2015 - Campus Tours 4pm Campus tours will be given by PTSO volunteers and current students.

Host Families Needed for CIEE

CIEE is looking for families who would be willing to open their homes and their hearts to International High

School students who will arrive in the area in August. This is a great opportunity to experience a different

culture without leaving your home. Hosting a CIEE student can be a very exciting, memorable, and reward-

ing experience for your family. You will gain a new perspective about your community and the world. Stu-

dents are well selected, speak English, have their own spending money and health insurance coverage. You

do not have to have a teenager to be able to host. Students can share a room with a host sibling of the same

gender within 4 years of age difference. Some of our students can pay private tuition.

To apply, go to http://www.ciee.org/highschool. For more info, contact Trish Hasty at (704)661-4765 today

or Email t.hasty@hotmail.com CIEE is non-profit.

Consider being a host family and support Waddell’s Intern Pro-

gram

This year has already proven to be another wonderful year for our intern program! Our families have already host-

ed NINE interns this fall and we are just starting to see the numbers for this Spring. This spring we are expecting at

least FOUR German interns and EIGHT French interns – bring us to a school year total of AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE

INTERNS!!! This is up from a total of 14 (10 German, 4 French) during the 2013-14 school year. As many of you

know, these interns play a vital role in our school providing our teachers with much needed assistance and our chil-

dren with a second native speaker in the classroom. This is especially important in the 2nd – 5th grades, where we

no longer have a CMS provided assistant. In turn, our families play a vital role in this process as well – by hosting

these interns while they volunteer at Waddell. You do not need to have a child in the intern's target language -

hosting can be a great opportunity for your child / children to gain exposure to the other languages offered at

Waddell!

In order for this program to continue to grow and be successful, we need the ongoing support of our families. One

of the major reasons we are able to attract so many outstanding interns is that as part of the arrangement, we (the

Waddell community) have agreed to provide housing for these individuals during their internship. Without

Waddell families willing to host, our intern program will not exist!

Please call (704.277.6196)or e-mail (waddellinterns@gmail.com) Holly Blackstock if you have any questions

or concerns.

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Here are some links to some of

our recent school events:

2014 Fun Run!

International Week 2014

Registration for Chinese Language Competition begins in January

The 6th Chinese Language Competition sponsored by Confucius Institute at NC State will open the registration

in January 2015.This is the only state-wide Chinese writing and speech contests in North Carolina. Last year,

over 300 students, mostly from K-12 schools, attended the competition. Over 20 students won prizes, and six

organization awards were granted to schools; awards included cultural items and books ordered from the

Headquarters of CI. This year, to make this competition more fair to contestants, CI has made improvements

over the rules and tested content, and set up immersion and non-immersion groups in speech contest. To ren-

der more support to Chinese teaching and learning in NC, the speech contest adds more prizes, and more

schools and teachers will have the chance to win organization award and receive books, culture gifts or Chi-

nese teaching software. Next week, these flyers and registration forms will be posted on this website:http://

oia.ncsu.edu/confucius

If you have any questions, please email Ms Yang yyang26@ncsu.edu or Ms Molm@ncsu.edu

Click here for a link to the Chinese Language Writing Contest

Click here for the flyer for the Chinese Language Speech Contest

Auditions for Middle Schoolers for “ Into the Woods Jr”

to be held January 7—9

Middle School students interested in auditioning for "Into the Woods Jr" can go to

Mrs.Maillet's wiki to find all the audition information for the musical. Auditions will be

held January 7-9 during Middle School lunch, a sign up sheet to audition will be posted on Mrs. Maillets door

Room 858 on January 5th and 6th. The Musical will be presented March 25,26 and 27.

A Message from Captain Doorknob.. Sign up for a free Energy Saving

Treasure Kit Maties!

Ahoy again from The National Theatre for Children &The Treasure Trove of Conser-vation Cove: A Pirate's Tale!Here's an update on how your school is doing in our X Marks the Kit contest. So far this year, your school has signed up for 53 free Treasure Kits! Shiver me timbers! Thanks for all your efforts to save energy and resources by sign-ing up for your free kits! Remember - once your school reaches 75 unique sign-ups for the free Treasure Kit, your school will win classroom materials valued at over $200 AND be entered into a drawing for a $10,000 cash prize!

Two $10,000 drawings will take place - one on December 17th, 2014 and the other on July 1st, 2015. If your school has 75 sign-ups by December 16th, you will be entered into both drawings! Plus – every additional 25 sign-ups gain your school another entry into the drawings, increasing your chances of winning pirate gold! Yargh! We’ll send you weekly updates on your kit sign-up number – if at any point you have any questions, feel free to shoot us an email back! Until next time, Open Your Eyes, Be Resource Wise! Captain Doorknob XMarksTheKit@nationaltheatre.com To sign up for kits or view official contest rules and FAQs, vis-it XMarksTheKit.org. Kits can also be requested by calling 1-855-386-9548.

MightyNest: Shop Healthy Living Products and Support our School

Are you or someone on your gift list interested in healthy living? If so,

please take a moment to check out MightyNest, a very exciting new fund-

raising partner for Waddell Language Academy. When you shop

at MightyNest.com, they will donate a whopping 15% of every purchase

to our school! And if you shop now, they are donating 20% until December 14th!!!

MightyNest offers an amazing selection of healthy, safe and non-toxic products for your family and home -- at

prices comparable to other online retailers. Their hand-picked, parent-tested products include a wide range of

school essentials like waste-free lunch gear, water bottles, and backpacks. They also have healthy housewares,

body care, cleaning supplies, and much, much more!

To support Waddell Language Academy, just go to: http://schools.mightynest.com/schools/nc/charlotte/

waddell-language-academy

For more easy ways to support and earn money for school, details are in the left hand rail of RamPage.

Do all your holiday shopping

and support Waddell PTSA!

Remember to use the link below

when you shop with Amazon to

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Missing Something?

Are your children missing their

jackets, sweaters or gloves with

the sudden temperature swings?

Please be sure to label all items

that can be easily replaced and

remind your children to check the

lost and found section at the

school which has been growing

quite a bit lately.

Visit the Waddell Store!

School store is open for all middle school students, teachers, and staff to purchase school necessities and

one of a kind Waddell items. The store is located across from the auditorium and is open every Wednesday

during middle school lunches. (12:08-1:04)

Way to go new National Junior High Honor Society Members!

The following students have been selected to become a member of the Waddell Language Academy Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society. NJHS recognizes excellence based on outstanding scholastic achieve-ment, leadership, character, citizenship and service. 7th grade students may apply in February to join this prestigious group. New Members

Arianna Ahrabinejad

Katherine Barrientos

Grace Bott

Athena He-DeMontaron

Sophia Krause-Huckleberry

Elise Lorenzen

Anyanna Mayfield-Loomis

Miriam Moore

Joshua Walker

Spencer Watson

Marvin Zetina-Jimenez

Waddell Parents, sign up to volunteer today!

Interested in volunteering at Waddell but not sure what types of

opportunities are out there? Click here to view our new Waddell Language Academy

Volunteer Sign up Form . Questions? Email waddellrampage@gmail.com