Welcome back to Cab Calloway!

Welcome to the Cab Calloway School of the Arts Website! Our site is designed to be user-friendly and informative. At Calloway, we strive for excellence, both artistically and academically. We welcome your feedback at any time. Please let us know how we can best serve you. We are proud of the many successes of our students! As we start the new school year, we are thrilled to offer a strings major to our sixth grade students for the first time ever! We’ve also added a piano major to 8th grade, and are looking to expand both programs in future years! We offer piano and strings as a major in our high school as well. All of our sophomores will participate in an SAT prep program this fall, following their course work in driver education. We are thrilled to continually improve our programs to meet the demands of our talented kids! We’ve added Advanced Placement Art History to our high school curriculum this year as well, in addition to a new pathway in our communication arts major – Digital Media and Imaging. Our students will be prepared for college and for future careers!

We are working now to develop additional opportunities for our students based on interests we’ve heard – you can expect to hear more about our new recording studio and some after school opportunities in that field. We’re also working with the Cab Calloway School Fund to offer after school opportunities in a variety of areas such as hip hop, tap, stage combat, three dimensional art, improvisation, guitar, and Adobe Photoshop. (A fee to cover the cost of the instructor and materials would be charged. Scholarships may be an option.) We’re open to your ideas.

Our families are a critical component to our success. We welcome the involvement of our parents and community. Our programs demand rigor and dedication. Participation is critical not only from our students and faculty members, but from our parents and community members who help to guide our goals. Our school community is very active, and we welcome your participation. Thank you for your interest in our school.

For information about current events in our school, read the Dean’s Weekly Memo below:

Monday, September 6, 2010
Announcements

Our first fundraiser of the year starts on Tuesday, Sept. 8th! Thanks to all of our middle school students for their participation in the Mr. Money Annual Fundraiser. This fundraiser has helped raise significant funds for our school for items such as: science classroom supplies, student snacks during State testing, Science Olympiad, visiting guest artists, visual arts supplies, Odyssey of the Mind, sheet music, buses for field trips, classroom furniture, and much more! Look for your child’s fundraising packet on Tuesday afternoon! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!

We welcome new staff members to Cab Calloway! We are thrilled to have you! Susan Ames, HS Mathematics Lauren Durie, HS Mathematics Joy Loomis, Student Advisor Grace Moore, Special Education Inclusion Belinda Talley, HS Spanish Education

Thanks for an outstanding first week of school! We love our students!!!!

This Week – September 7 – 10
Monday: No School for Students – Offices Closed 10:00 AM Marching Band at the Wilmington Labor Day Parade!
Tuesday: 8:40 AM Mr. Money Assembly Kick Off – grades 6 – 8
9:00 AM Washington DC Field Trip – Phibbs, White House East Room
7:00 PM Cab Fund Board Meeting – Library
Wednesday: 7:35 AM University of Rochester College Visit – College Room 8:00 AM Roanoke College Visit – College Room
2:50 PM Leadership Team Meeting – Guidance Conference Room 4:00 PM Boys Soccer Scrimmage vs. Archmere
Thursday: 9:15 AM Building Calendar Meeting
Rosh Hashanah – no evening activities
Friday: Rosh Hashanah – no evening activities 4:00 PM Boys Soccer vs. Malvern Prep
Saturday: 11:00 AM Football vs. St. George’s 12:30 PM JazzChords perform at Air Force Reserve – Dover

Next Week – September 13 – 17
Monday: 9:35 AM Freshmen Elections – Auditorium
2:50 PM Faculty Meeting – Library
Tuesday: 10:20 AM NJHS Lunch Meeting (Gr. 7 & 8) – Rm. 219 11:14 AM NJHS Lunch Meeting (Gr. 9 & 10) – Rm. 211
Wednesday: 7:30 PM Board Meeting – Warner
Thursday: 10:20 AM Bryn Mawr College Visit – College Room 12:00 PM Delaware Youth Speaker – Rm. 225 5:00 PM Artist Reception – J.Peterson/G.Bosworth – Gallery
Friday: 7:35 AM All School Studio Workshop – theatre (1st period of the day) 10:45 AM Hampton University College Visit – College Room 12:00 PM Delaware Youth Speaker – Rm. 225
Saturday: YOM KIPPUR

Quote of the Week: The educator is like a good gardener, whose function is to make available healthy, fertile soil in which a young plant can grow strong roots. – E.F. Schumacher

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