T h e C o m p o s e r
The Roger Bacon Academy, for
Charter Day School & Columbus Charter School
Columbus Opens 1
Staff Banquet 2
Teacher Of The Year! 2
Five-Year Awards 3
Columbus Fund Raiser 4
Trustee’s Hobby 4
Christmas Concert 5
RAM’s Season 7
Headmaster’s Letter 8
Columbus Art 6
Fall 2007
Inside this issue:
Volume IV, Issue...
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T h e C o m p o s e r The Roger Bacon Academy, for Charter Day School & Columbus Charter School Columbus Opens 1 Staff Banquet 2 Teacher Of The Year! 2 Five-Year Awards 3 Columbus Fund Raiser 4 Trustee’s Hobby 4 Christmas Concert 5 RAM’s Season 7 Headmaster’s Letter 8 Columbus Art 6 Fall 2007 Inside this issue: Volume IV, Issue 4 The first day of school! Parents Welcome Opening of Columbus Charter School Whiteville— After a year of preparation, Headmaster Steve Smith and his staff received six classrooms of new students on Monday, August 6. The students in K, 1, and 2 were greeted and escorted to their rooms by staff members and parents, and by 8:15 AM they had learned how to line up for the pledge ceremony that will start their school day for the next eight years. Attired in their khaki and green uniforms, the children recite the Pledge of Allegiance and the school pledge, receive announcements of birthdays and other school news and then return to their classrooms to begin the day’s
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T h e C o m p o s e r
T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y , f o r
C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l
Volume XI, Issue 2
Inside this Issue:
HAM Radio Club
Spring Fling 2011
Washington DC
Golf Tournament
FASTAR
Tee Off For Technology
Special Olympics
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P a g e 1 T h e C o m p o s e r T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y , f o r C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l Volume XI, Issue 2 Inside this Issue: HAM Radio Club Spring Fling 2011 Washington DC Golf Tournament FASTAR Tee Off For Technology Special Olympics All District Band Winners Earth Day National Archery Tournament Wilmington International Airport – Student ham radio operators from The Roger Bacon Academy went on the air at the annual Coastal Carolina Air Show to help provide emergency communication backup and assist first responders in their communication needs. Licensed radio operators and their call signs were Zach Potter, KK4BJU, Elizabeth Eskander, KK4BJT, and Samantha Stearns, KK4BJS – all 6th graders in the school‟s ham radio club. They were joined by Nevin Wetherill, KJ4WLP who attends Topsail Middle School. From 7:00 AM until noon, the hams assisted in pedestrian traffic control and with the SKYWARN syst
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T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y , f o r
C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l
September 2009
Inside this issue:
Volume X, Issue 1
A Decade of Distinction
“Promises Kept”
Leland— “You kept your...
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T h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e r T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y , f o r C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l September 2009 Inside this issue: Volume X, Issue 1 A Decade of Distinction “Promises Kept” Leland— “You kept your promise. Thank you,” was the comment made to me at a Kindergarten graduation back in 2001. When those grandparents enrolled their child at the beginning of the year, I had promised that our staff would teach her to read and do math. We now begin our tenth year of making that same promise to every parent, and we are as determined as ever to keep it. Indeed, Charter Day School has made the federal standard of AYP every year. It has been in the Top 25 of all 1,800 K-8 schools in North Carolina. Both Charter Day School and Columbus Charter School were designated Schools of Distinction by the Department of Public Instruction for the 2008-2009 school year and their sc
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C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l
Volume XI, Issue 1
Inside this Issue:
Lottery Results
Let Your Voice Be Heard
Homelessness
Academic Excellence Award
National Spotlight On...
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T h e C o m p o s e rP a g e 1 T h e C o m p o s e r T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y , f o r C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l Volume XI, Issue 1 Inside this Issue: Lottery Results Let Your Voice Be Heard Homelessness Academic Excellence Award National Spotlight On RBA Cheerleaders and Archers CDS Teacher of the Year Career Day HAM Radio Club Cape Fear Award Accelerated Reader Tie Dye Save It or Shave It Teacher of the Week Veterans Message CCS Athletic Programs Emotions Run High at Lottery Charter Day School had more applications than seats for each class of students again this year. There were 235 student applications to enter the charter school with only 89 spots available; 146 families were left disappointed. In compliance with public charter school admission guidelines, the school admits applicants by public lottery. The lottery drawing was held on campus Friday, February 11, 2011 at 10 a. m. Due to
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C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l N e w s p a p e r
Spring Festival 1
ABC Score Results 2
Spaces Available 2
RBA President Honored 3
Columbus Charter School 4
Enrollment Form 5-6
Cheerleaders to Perform 7
CDS...
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T h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y a n d C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l N e w s p a p e r Spring Festival 1 ABC Score Results 2 Spaces Available 2 RBA President Honored 3 Columbus Charter School 4 Enrollment Form 5-6 Cheerleaders to Perform 7 CDS Football, Basketball 7 RBA Artists Shine 8 Headmaster’s Letter 8 Computer Lab Opens 4 April 2009 Inside this issue: Volume V, Issue 1 Charter Day School Spring Festival and Open House Set for April 18th Helicopters, live bands and party jumpers are only part of the entertainment scheduled for Charter Day School’s Spring Festival and Open House on April 18th from 1-4 PM. Family, friends and neighbors are invited to join teachers, administrators and staff for a fun filled day. Admission is free. There will be food, games and entertainment provided, as well as reading demonstrations, to show why Charter Day School has been the recipient of numerous high a
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T h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e r
would not be able to excel
so quickly without the help
and support of the parents.
Our teaching staff and parents have formed an incredible bond; and together with
an enthusiastic student body,
we are making great strides
with our students’...
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T h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e r would not be able to excel so quickly without the help and support of the parents. Our teaching staff and parents have formed an incredible bond; and together with an enthusiastic student body, we are making great strides with our students’ education. Thanks for your support! Leland: Great things are happening at Charter Day School. From 70 students in grades K2 in 2000 to 393 students in K5 for 2003, progress has been made in many areas. With the State’s Endof-Grade testing, our school was rated as a School of Distinction, High Growth. Our school met all of the ABC goals for 2002-2003, and our teachers and teacher assistants were given generous bonuses from the State of North Carolina for this achievement. Although we have some of the greatest teachers in the area, we also know that the teaching staff and the administration T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y a n d C h a r t e r D a y S c h
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C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l
Volume X, Issue 4
Inside this Issue:
Maco Light Legend 5K/Fun Run
NASP World Tournament
CCS News
Webelos Win
AR Readers Rewarded
Judge...
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T h e C o m p o s e rP a g e 1 T h e C o m p o s e r T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y , f o r C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l Volume X, Issue 4 Inside this Issue: Maco Light Legend 5K/Fun Run NASP World Tournament CCS News Webelos Win AR Readers Rewarded Judge Ola Lewis on Board Pantano Goes to School Katie Coleman Town Hall Forum Civil War Re-enactment Vikings Cheerleading Champions Vikings Football Winning Season Brunswick Youths in National Spotlight CDS Test Scores How To Run Faster Than A Ghost Cross-country race to be run on old haunted train tracks in Leland, NC Mr. Cramer on the old rail bed where Joe Baldwin reportedly searches for his head. LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA: November 13, 2010 - It‟s dark. Your heart is beating fast, your adrenaline is pumping, running as fast as you can… suddenly you see something strange in the corner of your eye. Was that the lantern light from ghost Joe Baldwin? Did yo
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“I know many expressed disappointment at being on the waiting list; but
with parents being relocated or moving
between now and the opening, we are usually able to accommodate many who have
been wait-listed,” Mr.
Cramer said.
Charter Day School opened in
July of 2000 with 65 students in grades K2.
The next year, enrollment grew...
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“I know many expressed disappointment at being on the waiting list; but with parents being relocated or moving between now and the opening, we are usually able to accommodate many who have been wait-listed,” Mr. Cramer said. Charter Day School opened in July of 2000 with 65 students in grades K2. The next year, enrollment grew to 129 students in grades K-3. In 2002, grade 4 was added and the school grew to 256 students. Last summer we began our fourth year of operation by serving grades K-5 to over 390 students from five counties, having earned “School of Distinction” for our end-of-grade test scores. “Managing the growth with constructing new facilities, training new staff, and increasing the breadth of our curriculum has been challenging and could not have been possible without the wonderful support of our parents and the many parent volunteers. ” Mr. Cramer said. Special points of Interest: National Charter School Week—page 1 Tax Credits!—page 7 Headmaster’s Letter— page 8 T
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Whiteville – Headmaster Steve
Smith announced that a 42 acre tract
at the southwest corner of Peacock
and Old Lumberton has been
acquired to ensure expansion room
for Columbus Charter School.
―Charter schools do not
receive any funds for land or
buildings so we are dependent upon
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T h e C o m p o s e rP a g e 1 Whiteville – Headmaster Steve Smith announced that a 42 acre tract at the southwest corner of Peacock and Old Lumberton has been acquired to ensure expansion room for Columbus Charter School. ―Charter schools do not receive any funds for land or buildings so we are dependent upon outside help for our facilities,‖ said Smith. ―We rent our school property and buildings from Coastal Habitat Conservancy (CHC). They have been very cooperative in buying this convenient tract across from the elementary school, so we will have room for a middle school when conditions allow,‖ he added. Baker Mitchell, Managing Partner for CHC, said that site planning for the middle school Charter School Assured of Room to Grow would begin as soon as possible. ―There are no guarantees that in this rough economic climate funds can be found to build, but at least we will have a great site ready when funds do become available,‖ Mitchell said. ―The parents and community have been
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“I know many who were initially disappointed at being on the
waiting list; but with parents being
relocated or moving between the time
they registered and the beginning of
school, we have been able to accommodate many of the students who had
been wait-listed,” Mr.
Cramer said.
Charter Day School first opened
in 2000 with 65...
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“I know many who were initially disappointed at being on the waiting list; but with parents being relocated or moving between the time they registered and the beginning of school, we have been able to accommodate many of the students who had been wait-listed,” Mr. Cramer said. Charter Day School first opened in 2000 with 65 students in grades KSpecial points: Test Scores —page 1 Honors! —page 4 Headmaster’s Letter — page 8 T h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e r T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y a n d C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l N e w s p a p e r Record Enrollment 1 Test Scores 1 Middle School News 3 Booster Club News 3 McIntyre’s Honor 4 FASTAR 5 Columbus Charter 6 Mr. Smith’s Welcome 6 School Management 7 Headmaster’s Letter 8 Summer 2007 Inside this issue: Volume IV, Issue 1 R e c o r d E n r o l l m e n t f o r 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 Leland: Charter Day School, the tuitionfree public school of choice, had a record enrollment of over
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T h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y a n d
C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l N e w s p a p e r
Pop Warner Trip 1
Cheer Squad Winners 1
EOG Results 2
Big Talker Program 3
Computers and Music 4
Columbus County 4
Enrollment Form 5-6
Staff Banquet 7...
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T h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e C o m p o s e rT h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y a n d C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l N e w s p a p e r Pop Warner Trip 1 Cheer Squad Winners 1 EOG Results 2 Big Talker Program 3 Computers and Music 4 Columbus County 4 Enrollment Form 5-6 Staff Banquet 7 Headmaster’s Letter 8 Fall 2006 Inside this issue: Volume IV, Issue 2 Two RBA Cheer Squads Each Win 1st Place in 8-State Competition—On to Nationals at Disney World! Charlotte: Last summer, members of The Roger Bacon Pop Warner team and the Cheer squad visited the Carolina Panthers for an exhibition game and work-out on a professional field as a reward for their super season. As you may recall, the Cheer Squad won the local competition, placed second in the regional competition in Huntsville, Alabama, and went to the nationals in Orlando where they placed ninth in the country. This year over 200 students signed up and competed on five Pop Warner football team
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