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HIGH SCHOOL

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IMPORTANT DATES

As we settle into the routine of school, I am drawn to reflect upon our theme for

the school year. One of our core philosophies is to provide our students with an

intellectual journey using our developmental approach. We want to teach them

to know that it takes courage and love to learn and find their passion for living.

At the beginning of this school year, I challenged

students to be kind to one another and to join with

me to make ours a profanity free school. I asked them

to develop a growth mindset by learning from their

mistakes, reflecting on these mistakes and working hard. As I look around me

know, I see that our students are working hard and have the courage it takes to

be kind, and that we are on our way to becoming a profanity free school.

I challenged students to add respect to our theme of courage and love. We

asked them to have respect for their family and school by wearing their uniform

with pride each day. It speaks volumes about our student body when wear their

proper uniform every single day. It shows that they have respect for

themselves, their school and their learning.

To love learning is about doing your personal best each and every day. I have

shared with students that in order for our continuous progress/mastery

learning philosophy to work, they must do their personal best. They must make

sure to meet the deadlines on assignments. When students prepare their best

effort and then turn it in on time, teachers are able to provide them with timely

feedback. Students then have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and

engage in corrective activities, retest, or rewrite assignments that show they

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Care, Love and Respect

In Principal

Steven M. Beyer

Find all college events in table below.

Tuesday, October 13 Mid terms go home 5:00 - 8:00 PM - Rollerama Night

Wednesday, October 14 - PSAT for 9th, 10th and 11th grade students

Friday October 16 Spiritwear Day - MSU vs. UM 9:15 AM - Beluga Ball mtg at CSPA 6:00 - 10:00 PM - Fall Ball, dinner

included (see page 2)

Monday, October 19, 9:00 - 11:00 AM School Picture Retakes, info here: Purchase online here. Use Picture

Day ID #LM515727Y1 Paper order form

Thursday, October 22

HALF DAY OF SCHOOL, Comprehensive Student reviews in afternoon/evening

See the Lunch OOOPS on page 2

Friday, October 23 - Comprehensive Student reviews afternoon/evening

Sunday, October 25 - Charyl’s RUN2BFIT Spooktacular!

Monday, October 26, 6:00 PM - Fall Athletics Banquet at CSPA

Wednesday, October 28, 7:00 PM - NHS/NJHS Induction Ceremony

Thursday, October 29 - Spiritwear Day -Pink Out (HS only)

Friday, October 30, 8:00 AM - noon - Senior Pictures

Friday, November 6, 10:00 - 11:00 AM - Musical Performance Assembly at CSA

Saturday, Nov. 7, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM - NHS Rake and Run

find out more information about this event in the main Tuesday Times

CSPA High School Upcoming College Events

Thursday, October 15, 2:00 - 2:30 PM

Albion College Admissions Presentation for juniors and seniors in High Bay Area

Wednesday, October 21 2:00 - 2:30 PM

Central Michigan University (CMU) Admissions Presentation for juniors and seniors in High Bay Area

Monday, October 26 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Art College Expo at Novi Civic Center for Art, Choir and Band students

Tuesday, October 27 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor tour for sophomores

Tuesday, October 27 2:00- 2:30 PM

Western Michigan University (WMU) Admissions Presentation for juniors and seniors in High Bay Area

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Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy

1032 Karl Greimel Drive Brighton, MI 48116

(810) 225-9940 www.csaschool.org

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Steven M. Beyer, CSPA Principal sbeyer@csaschool.org

Brenda Ogden, Dean of Students bogden@csaschool.org

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

Amy Knickerbocker, HS Secretary aknickerbocker@csaschool.org

HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY

Nick Cavaleri ncavaleri@csaschool.org

Brendan Cornelissen bcornelissen@csaschool.org

Ann Henri ann.henri@csaschool.org

Jessica Highfield jhighfield@csaschool.org

Elizabeth Holland eholland@csaschool.org

Karl Knipple kknipple@csaschool.org

Bridget Rock bridget.rock@csaschool.org

Philip Smith psmith@csaschool.org

Chelsea Szczembara chelsea.szczembara@csaschool.org

Matthew Stewart matthew.stewart@csaschool.org

Aaron Brown aaronb@csaschool.org

Tobias Mixer tmixer@csaschool.org

Jessica Perry perryj@csaschool.org

have learned and mastered at a high level, the concepts that they are being

taught. Please encourage your students to meet their teachers’ assignment

guidelines and do their very best. This will give them the chance to really grow

as learners and build on our theme for the year.

Finally, our staff is focused on teaching students the value of hard work. As

adults, we know that we have to work hard every single day in order to be

productive and to be considered valuable members of our team at work. It is

through hard work that students develop a growth mindset that is vital for

their success as an adult. We want our students to understand the value of

hard work, both at home and at school. They must know that they are

expected to work hard on their assignments when they first receive them and

that it takes hard work and planning to meet deadlines. When students learn

that now, it will translate into their adult lives. They will know need to work

hard every day in order to have a productive work life and a happy family, and

love the life they create.

Care Gives us Courage and Love Lets us Learn. This is how students learn the

value and skill of hard work, meeting deadlines, and even though it may be

difficult to do their personal best all the time, if they have the courage to

persevere, they will love the outcome. This is how they learn respect, hard

work and the growth that is necessary to make this is an amazing school year.

FALL BALL

Please don’t forget that this Friday is our High School Fall Ball at

Chemung Hills. The event begins promptly at 6:00 PM with a formal dinner so

we would ask that students plan to arrive right on time. The event ends at

10:00 PM, so keep that in mind as you plan for your student’s pick up. Tickets

are $20 each and available for purchase until tomorrow (Wednesday). No

tickets will be sold at the door.

Lunch Ooops!

We goofed! Students will be in school for only a half-

day on Thursday, October 22nd. If you have ordered

pizza for lunch for your student on Thursday, October

22nd, please return to the lunch ordering system

before noon by THIS Friday, October 16th and cancel your order for Thursday,

October 22nd. We apologize for the inconvenience! Questions? Contact Deb

Curcuru at deb@curcurucpa.com or call or text to 810-599-5362.

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ENGLISH 11 / Szczembara & Highfield

This week, students completed their survival books. They

worked on a creative summative assessment today and

will present their project in class tomorrow. Presentations

will be completed by Thursday and students will then

have time to work on their analytical paper for their

survival book. On Friday, students will continue working

on their analytical paper and will individually conference

with Mrs. Szczembara and Ms. Highfield. Analytical

papers are due next Monday, October 19th.

ESSAY AND ANALYSIS / Jessica Highfield

This week we are looking at exemplary first essays,

celebrating successes and discussing areas for

improvement on upcoming essays. Students will begin

keeping an in-class writing portfolio which will contain

their most polished essays to carry with them

throughout high school. Additionally, we are starting to

read creative nonfiction pieces that focus on places of

significance. In the upcoming weeks students will be

drafting, revising and editing their own creative

nonfiction piece about a place.

PHYSICS / Karl Knipple

We are discussing two dimensional kinematics and the

motions of projectiles. Students should be able to begin

a project on projectiles.

AP PHYSICS / Karl Knipple

We continue our discussion of kinematics and projectiles

to be sure that students have a strong grasp on the

concepts and how to use the various equations. Once

they feel comfortable with how to use and rearrange the

equations to determine what needs to be found, we will

start wrapping up the unit.

CHEMISTRY / Karl Knipple

We are discussing quantum theory which relates to the

electrons surrounding the atom and the different

energy levels. We are also looking at

how to determine the different

energy level for the electrons of each

atom using the Periodic Table.

US HISTORY & LIT / Smith, Szczembara, Stewart, Highfield

Today, students completed their unit on the Industrial

Revolution and Realism with an integrated assessment

which required them to analyze part of the text from

The Jungle with realism literature and make connections

to their knowledge gained from the Rouge Factory Trip

and the history of the Industrial Revolution. Our next

unit ,beginning on October 19th, will cover the Roaring

20s. This week, we will comprehensively review the

causes and effects of World War I. Students should

continue reading their non-fiction books in order to be

ready for another journal assignment this Friday.

CIVICS / Smith & Stewart

This week students are presenting projects that focus

on the use of nonviolent principles in both historical and

contemporary context. As the week progresses,

students will conclude the unit on civil disobedience

with lessons that focus on facing resistance and

educational/economic inequality.

DEBATE / Philip Smith

Students are researching the topic of video games and

age-appropriate violence. They will debate the

statement, “Video games with violence should not be

allowed for children under the age of 18.”

PSYCHOLOGY / Bridget Rock

Students continue to work on their current unit covering

the nervous system, sensation/perception, motivation/

emotion and states of consciousness. They will demon-

strate understanding with a unit exam on Thursday.

AP PSYCHOLOGY / Bridget Rock

Students started their next unit on sensation and

perception last week. They will dissect sheep eyes and

brains during this unit while also continuing to practice

free response questions for the AP test.

AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION / Chelsea Szczembara

This week we are focusing on periodic sentences and

parallel structure, and revising wordy sentences for

more effective and clear syntax. Students will take short

concept checks at the start of each class and a grammar

and syntax test next week.

From the Faculty

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AP CHEMISTRY / Karl Knipple

We are wrapping up stoichiometry and how to quantify

chemical equations and will finish with a unit test. After

the Unit is finished, we will start discussing gases and

the wonderful equations that allow us to better

understand their qualities.

ZOOLOGY / Bridget Rock

Students continue to work on their Animal Phyla unit.

On Wednesday, they will take a mini-test on Chapter 8:

Animal-like Protists.

ANATOMY MUSCLES / Bridget Rock

This week, students are working on their new unit: the

circulatory system which covers the components of

blood, the heart and the vascular system. Students will

demonstrate understanding with an inquiry based lab

mid-week.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE / Bridget Rock

Students continue to work on their Ecology unit this

week. They will demonstrate understanding with a lab

early in the week and a project at the end of the week.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE & MATH 1 / Knipple & Cavaleri

We continue working with graphing calculators to make

tables and graphs.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE & MATH 2 / Knipple & Cavaleri

We are finishing our lesson about multivariable linear

equations and will then begin our final lesson of the first

unit about systems of linear equations.

INTEGRATED MATH 3 / Nick Cavaleri

This week we are starting statistical proofs and

reasoning. After that, we will study over the first four

lessons and then students will take a unit test sometime

early next week.

AP CALCULUS BC / Brendan Cornelissen

This week, students continue learning how to find deriva-

tives. They are focusing on implicit differentiation as well

as the inverses of trigonometric functions. Students are

working in pairs trying to solve very challenging problems

and will then explain their answers to the class.

AP CALCULUS AB / Brendan Cornelissen

Students continue learning about derivatives this week.

They are learning about the power rule, the product

rule and the quotient rule. These rules will make the

process of finding derivatives much easier. Students will

take a quiz on Friday.

AP STATISTICS / Brendan Cornelissen

Students continue learning about probability this week.

They are focusing on experiments dealing with simple

and compound events as well as the equations for

combinations and permutations.

STATISTICS & PROBABILTY / Brendan Cornelissen

Students just completed Chapter 3 which focused on

central tendency. This week, they will focus on the

concept of probability Students are working on experi-

ments that are related to probability as a way to achieve

a deeper understanding of the material. They are also

learning about the real life applications of probability.

INTEGRATED MATH FOUNDATIONS 1 / Cornelissen

Students just completed the first unit on equations and

have started their unit on graphing. They will begin by

graphing points in the four quadrants and then move on

to the idea of slope in terms of a graph and also the

equation.

INTEGRATED MATH FOUNDATIONS 2 / Cornelissen

Students continue to learn about graphing functions.

This week they are focusing on graphing quadratic

functions as well as learning how to determine the x

and y intercepts. They are also determining how to

graph inequality graphs for linear functions.

HEALTH / Nick Cavaleri

We are working on nutritional facts and looking at food

labels. The essay on obesity is due this Friday.

SPANISH 1 & 2 / Holland & Highfield

This week we continue our work on the school unit.

Today we had an in-class “quiz bowl” to review for the

quiz and to practice our skills as a group. On Thursday,

students will take a quiz on the first half of the unit. On

Friday, they will write their weekly journal about the

class schedule and share opinions about their schedule

and school experience.

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SPANISH 3 & 4 / Elizabeth Holland

This week, students continue their work on “The year it

rained tortillas,” a story about a population of Jewish

people who were driven out of Spain during the Spanish

Inquisition and settled in the southwest United States.

This story has provided the basis for rich conversations

regarding present day conflicts that originated in the 6th

century between Jews, Muslims and Christians. Students

will take a quiz on Thursday based on the cultural context

questions that they completed last week.

AP SPANISH / Elizabeth Holland

This week, students continue to read and discuss topics

related to the Spanish Conquest of the new world. They

are examining concepts such as cultural memory, native

versus conqueror perspectives and present day outcomes.

MUSIC APPRECIATION / Jessica Perry

We are finishing our survey of music history by

exploring the Romantic Music Period. We will take a

deeper look into Berlioz’s program music, Schumann’s

music critiques and Opera. Today, students received

their timeline project and review for the music history

test. They will take their second listening quiz this

Friday, October 16th. The timeline and music history

test are both on Monday, October 19th. Reminder:

Concert Reviews are due on November 20th.

MUSIC THEORY II/ Jessica Perry

This week we are focusing on four-part voice leading,

applying composing rules dating back to the time of J. S.

Bach.

CHORALE / Jessica Perry

Students are working diligently on their concert

repertoire for the November concert. We continue to

work on personal and ensemble sound quality, harmony,

rhythm reading, and balance.

MUSIC THEORY I / Jessica Perry

This week we continue working on perfect, major and

minor intervals and instrument transposition. Students

will take a concept check this Friday, October 16th on

the material they covered this week. Reminder: Concert

Reviews are due November 20th.

CHAMBER WINDS / Jessica Perry

Students are working diligently on their concert

repertoire for their November concert. We continue to

work on personal and ensemble sound quality, rhythm,

scales, warm ups, and overall blend. We are focusing on

jazz and chamber works this trimester.

On this day is 1792, the cornerstone was laid for the presidential residence in

the newly designated capital city of Washington. In 1800, President John

Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which

soon became known as the “White House” because its white-gray Virginia

freestone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings.

The city of Washington was created to replace Philadelphia as the nation’s

capital because of its geographical position in the center of the existing new

republic. French architect Charles L’Enfant designed the area’s radical layout, full of dozens of circles, crisscross

avenues, and plentiful parks. In 1792, work began on the neoclassical White House building at 1600 Pennsylvania

Avenue. President George Washington chose the site.

In 1814, during the War of 1812, the White House was set on fire along with the U.S. Capitol by British soldiers in

retaliation for the burning of government buildings in Canada by U.S. troops. The burned-out building was

subsequently rebuilt and enlarged under the direction of James Hoban, who added east and west terraces to the

main building, along with a semicircular south portico and a colonnaded north portico. The smoke-stained stone

walls were painted white. Work was completed on the White House in the 1820s.