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Inspiring Minds to Learn, Hearts to Love and Hands to Serve
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Today, the 1st Graders got into the spirit of fall at Croydon Creek Nature Center, where they learned about the weather.
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October 26
, 2016
"Love is patient, love is kind."
-1 Corinthians 13:4a
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- Hot Lunch Ordering Closes TONIGHT
- Middle School Dance Friday
- Duck Touch comes to Truck Touch
- Parents Association News
- Note for Families Receiving Financial Aid
- Halloween Festivities at CES
- High School Applications
- "Like" CES on Facebook!
- Book Fair Opening Soon
- Preschool Picture Day and Picture Makeup Day
- Childcare for Praent/Teacher Conferences
- Grandparents' & Special Friends' Day
- Dates from the Music Department
- Easy Ways to Support CES
- Live Auctions - We Need Your Help
- Dates to Save from the Development Office
- Office Space Available
- Winter Holiday Camp
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The Week Ahead
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10/26: Enrichment: Chess
3:30-4:30pm
10/27: 7th Grade to Gettysburg
Battlefield 7:15am-4:00pm
10/27: Enrichment: Classical Kids
3:15-4:15pm
10/27: Enrichment: Programming
Using Minecraft
3:30-4:30pm
10/27: Enrichment: Yoga
3:30-4:30pm
10/28: 2nd Grade to Rockville
Public Library
1:30-3:00pm
10/28: MS Dance 7:00-10:00pm
10/29: Truck Touch Rockville
11:00am-2:00pm
10/31: Halloween Parade &
Festivities
9:00am-11:30am
10/31:
Noon
Dismissal
(11:30am for preschool)
11/1: End of Quarter
11/1: Saint's Chapel
11/2: Enrichment: Chess
3:30-4:30pm
11/2: Enrichment: Guitar
3:30-4:30pm
Click for calendar details
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A Message from the Head of School:
Dear CES Families,
If you are like me, I can hardly wait for Nov. 8 to be over. Unlike previous presidential election years, I have not even wanted to talk about the election or the candidates. Because of all the vicious rhetoric on both sides, it has felt like an unseemly conversation to be having in public, much less with young children. Who would have thought that an election in the United States of America would ever stoop to such a low level? I can easily get myself caught up in the emotions and anger of the moment, and then, I read sentences like these from one of the daily meditations that I receive. These sentences were written by Fr. Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest and author:
"Francis of Assisi understood that the entire circle of life had a Great Lover at the center."
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Love is the very nature of Being itself."
"God is not a Being, who occasionally decides to love, but God is 'the one in whom we live, and move and have our being' (Acts 17:28) as Paul says to the intellectual people of Athens."
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Outpouring Love is the inherent shape of the universe, and only when we love do we fully and truthfully exist in this universe and move toward our full purpose."
"Love is the very meaning of Creation."
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation
, Center for Action and Contemplation, October 25, 2016
So, hmmmmmm, what do I do with THOSE thoughts? Am I fully loving? What do I do when faced with so much hate and vitriol in a country that I love so much? If "Outpouring Love" is the center of the universe (and I do believe that), then how have we, as Americans, gotten ourselves into this mess?
My answers:
I better keep these thoughts at the forefront of my mind.
No, I am not fully loving, but I can try every moment of every day to express love to my greatest capacity and in doing so believe that, by God's grace, my capacity and loving spirit will grow.
I can love more and help to teach love and grace to the children in the care of CES by loving them, their teachers and their parents.
How have we gotten into this mess??? Well, perhaps not enough people are given the opportunity to live and learn in a community like CES and so we are called to reach out to others with what we learn here. Maybe like a pebble dropped in water, the love and grace we share here will spread to the Hillarys and Donalds of the world. And, I continue to believe that America is full of a greater hope and love than it is of hatred.
That's the lesson we're teaching here!
With love and gratitude,
Caroline Chapin, Ed.D.
Head of School
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Did you place your lunch order yet?
Ordering
closes TONIGHT, October 26 at 11:59pm
for
November, December & January
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Middle School Dance THIS Friday
The first Middle School dance of the year for grades 6 - 8 is
this Friday
from 7:00-10:00 pm. Come to the Murdock Room wearing
orange
and
black
and dance to the tunes of DJ Ramzy!
Admission is $10.00 with a permission slip signed by parents. Information and permission slips went home with CES 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Need another?
Download it here, or see Mrs. Scola.
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Duck Touch comes to Truck Touch!!
This Sat., Oct. 29, 11am-2pm
Yes, be sure to stop at Duck Touch at the event! CES's Ms. Schneider will be bringing her family's "Farm BMW" and baby ducks. You'll love the charming old transport bringing the Cardinal Quackers!
And, From the Farmer will have pumpkins for sale at their farm truck pumpkin patch!
We have 25 vehicles to explore!
Have you checked out the
Great American Hot Dogs menu! GAHD and Ben & Jerry's food trucks will be in the center of the action to sell refreshments.
25 exciting vehicles, the CES Library annual used book sale, hand-made scarves to benefit the PE program, the monster truck moon bounce, temporary tattoos and music will round out the Truck Touch fun!!
Did you click on the SignUpGenius above to volunteer?! Thank you!
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PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS
Estimation jar winners!
Several CES Thinkers Guess Within 2 Marbles!
Preschool
2's: Guessed as a class so everyone's a winner!
3's: JT T. - Guessed within 2!
Pre-K: It was a TIE! Madison P. and Arianna S.
Lower School
K: Mercy M.
1st: Jake W.
2nd: It's another TIE! Samuel Y. and Chandler P.
3rd: Zach S.
4th: And, one more TIE! Seth R. and Liam S.
who BOTH guessed within just
2
marbles!
Middle School
5th: Julia P.
6th: Ella K.
7th: Maddie J.
8th: Arvin V.
Thanks to all the parents, students, teachers and the 6th grade class parents for making Spirit Week so much fun this year!
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Important Note to Families Receiving Financial Aid
2015 W-2's and Federal Tax returns must be provided to the Admissions Office to authorize your family's 2016-2017 financial aid award. If you haven't yet given that documentation to Janet Gerber in the Admissions Office, please do so right away to complete your family's confidential file. You can also upload the documents into the sssbynais.org system where you completed your financial aid application.
Thank you!
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Come join us on
Monday, October 31st
at 9:00 AM
for our
annual
Halloween Parade
on the Green Top!
The parade will begin with our PreK children leading the way at 9:00 AM, followed by our Lower School (K-4) classes. Middle School students will stand alongside the fence cheering for their Chapel Partners and younger friends as they march around the Green Top proudly displaying their costumes!
Parents and friends should stand alongside the fences (outside the Green Top) or on the
grass in Foley Park to watch the parade. Please keep the Green Top and sidewalk clear so the children have plenty of space to parade.
At the end of the parade, we will group the PK and Lower School children by classes so parents and teachers can take plenty of photos.
After the parade:
- PreK children will return to the Preschool Building to enjoy Halloween activities in their classroom.
- Lower School children will walk across the street to trick-or-treat at the Rockville City Police Station and then continue on to City Hall. This annual tradition is not only a CES favorite, it's a big favorite of our City Hall and Police neighbors who love to see our children in their costumes!
- Upon their return from trick-or-treating, the Lower School children will enjoy Halloween activities in their classrooms.
- Middle School students will return to the Jefferson Building and later have a special MS Halloween Party in the Murdock Room beginning 10:30 AM (for students only).
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To 8th Grade Families
High School Applications
Please bring all paperwork for high school applications to Janet Gerber in the Admissions Office as soon as you have your high school list . She'll distribute the teacher recommendation forms to teachers after logging in the forms, setting a timetable to get all documentation to the high schools before their deadlines and preparing to package all CES documentation together for each application.
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 "Like"
CES on Facebook
Please visit and "like" the
CES Facebook page if you haven't already. And, "share" our posts with your Facebook friends.
Help us spread our wonderful news! Thank you!
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Calling all Bookeneers! The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon: Where Books are the Treasure!
Arghhh, matey!
The CES Parents Association, with the help of the Preschool, announce this year's Bookaneer Book Fair! The Murdock Room will be transformed into a CES Pirate Island.
Please come and help with set-up and decorations on November 3 beginning at 8:00am!
Be the first to see the treasure trove of books!
The Book Fair will be open beginning Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2016 at 4:30 pm through 11:00 am on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
Please consider donating some time to help with book sales. Volunteering is easy and fun!
Go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0545ABAA2E5-bookaneer
Students are motivated to read by having access to good books and the opportunity to choose their own books. Help us encourage reading! The selection at the Fair is not limited to children's books. Teens and adults will find wonderful choices, too.
Teachers will have the opportunity to preview the collection on November 3rd and fill their classroom wish-list baskets while enjoying refreshments. Your children will be coming home with their own wish lists so think holiday gift giving! Our own CES library benefits directly with a percentage of sales going to fund CES's collection of books and supplies
. Here is a link to the flyer for more details.
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Preschool Picture Day
Picture Day for Preschoolers and Picture Make-Up Day for gr. K-8 will be on Wednesday, November 9th. Preschool families: Please be sure to send in your picture order forms if you plan to order pictures. Gr. K-8: Return your original picture packet to have a make-up picture taken. Need an order form? See Maggie Schneider in the Main Office and ask for one.
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Childcare for Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 10th and 11th
Thursday, November 10:
Noon Dismissal with Extended Day available
Y
our child can come
to regular Extended Day
for childcare at the rate of $6.00/30 minutes.
Friday, November 11:
Childcare available
in the Dining Room
8:00am - 3:30pm.
Time slots are available for hour and half hour at the cost of $6.00/30 minutes.
Checks are acceptable, or you will be billed at the end of the month.
Please sign up using the
Please note: Monday,Oct. 31 is a Noon Dismissal with Extended Day available.
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Invitation to Grandparents' & Special Friends' Day
Please ask your Grandparents and Special Friends to mark November 22nd on their calendars and plan to join us for coffee, continental breakfast and a wonderful morning with our students!
Invitations are being mailed to grandparents this week. They can be viewed here, and can be forwarded to your Grandparents. Once invitations are received, Grandparents should RSVP to Margaret Schneider at (301) 424-6550, or by email at
mschneider@cesrockville.org
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Save these Dates from the Music Department!
Nov. 20 - Episcopal Schools Sunday
(K-8 all invited to sing)
Nov. 22 -
Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day (PreK-8)
Dec. 14 -
Christmas Concert (K-8)
Dec. 16 -
Preschool Christmas Sing Along (PS Only)
May 6 -
Middle School Orchestra to King's Dominion
Last Friday,
Lily B. came out
to
support CES's
Mrs. Barnes
while she played with the Frederick
Symphony
Orchestra!
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Special Thanks to the CES Board of Governors
One of the strategic initiatives of the Christ Episcopal School administration, faculty and staff is to "Enhance Christ Episcopal School's financial and advancement programs to assure current and long-term sustainability." We would like to commend this year's Board of Governors for their leadership in with respect to this objective. 100% of the CES Board of Governors have pledged to give or have already given, and given generously. Special thanks to The Rev. John S. McDuffie, Glenn Reemes, Dr. Caroline Chapin, Christie Carrico, Bethy Aberra-Hailu, Whit Cornman, Andrea Frater, Donna Gentry, Richard Gundling, Erin Lopez, Paul Mamalian, J. Stephen McAuliffe III, Iany McDonald-Schneider, Julie Sellinger, Julie Suh, William Thompson, Cliff Veirs, Kristen Ward, Jeffrey Whitman, Janet Yang and Helena Yoo.
Thank you!!
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~Easy Ways to $upport CES~
Amazon School Rewards Program
- Click the CES Amazon Link: Access Amazon through our school-specific Amazon link, log into your account and shop as usual on the entire Amazon website. You can use the link on your computer, tablet or phone.
- Bookmark - Bookmark the link in your browser for quick and easy access, as you always have to access Amazon through this specific link. We encourage you to share the link with friends and family.
- CES Earns Cash! - Our school receives up to 15% in referral fees for any purchases that are made on the Amazon site. Referral rates vary depending on the purchase volume and product categories. Your total does not increase.
Giant A+ Rewards
CES has an opportunity to earn cash
through the Giant A+ BonusBucks program through March 2017.
Go to
www.giantfood.com/aplus
and register your card using the school ID #00699.
After you register, each shopping trip at Giant using your BonusCard earns cash for our school! Each month, the amount of cash awarded will be updated on the Giant website. CES will receive a check at the end of the program.
Here is a link
to a PDF with further instructions.
Harris Teeter TIE
CES has joined Harris Teeter's Together in Education program to help raise funds for our school. It's easy and it's FREE. There are two ways to link your card:
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Give the cashier our school code,
8575
, and your VIC card at checkout
- Go to https://www.harristeeter.com/together-in-education#/app/cms, register your VIC card by creating an online account, and then linking your card number with our school code, 8575.
Thank you for supporting CES!
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We Need Your Help
Live Auction Feeding Frenzy
During the Live Auction at our gala in February, the fastest hand will take home a great gift certificate at face value. At last year's Come Sail Away gala, winning bidders received gift cards from
Bonefish, Bar Louie, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club, Cava Mezze, Dogfish Head Alehouse, and more. This year we are reaching higher for our 50th Anniversary Auction and Gala on
February 10, 2017 Gala
. Featured below are a few of this year's DC Two Star Michelin restaurants. The complete list of winners can be found here
. You can help the Gala Committee by securing a $150 gift card to one of these establishments. Thanks!
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Save These Dates from the Development Office!
November 22, 2016 - Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day
December 31, 2016 - Last Tax Deductible Giving Day for 2016
January 4th, 2017 - Alumni Under 21 Pizza Party Social
January 5th, 2017 - 21+ Alumni Gathering
January 6, 2017 - Wine Patron Dinner Party
February 10, 2017 - 50th Anniversary Auction and Gala
March 2017 - Alumni Faculty and Staff Socials
April 26, 2017 - CES '50th' Day
May 2, 2017 - 50th Anniversary Golf Outing
May 26, 2017 - CES Community Picnic
June 30, 2016 - Last Tax Deductible Giving Day for CES Fiscal Year
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Office Suites Still Available
Looking for affordable professional small office space?
Tired of complicated leases, long term contracts?
Growing out of your home?
Need a professional environment with 24/7 access?
We still have one, two, three and four room suites available to rent in the Jefferson Building.
Affordable and close to your children's school!
Please call Donna Flint, Director of Finance for lease information.
301-424-6550 ext. 104
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Begin Registering for Winter Holiday Camp!
During the winter break, CES will be offering a Winter Holiday Camp for the two days before Christmas and three days after Christmas. The camp will be located in our Preschool Building. Hours will be 8:00am - 4:30pm daily. We are planning lots of fun!
Click here
for the flyer, details and registration/permission form.
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