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What's HOT the week of October 11, 2020
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Things to do:
- Put Curriculum Week in your calendar
- Check out our new Service Learning section
- Get out and take a walk while the weather is nice (and get PE credit while you're at it!)
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Important Dates
Oct 13
- Seattle Promise Info Session & App Workshop (4:30 pm, Zoom)
Oct 15
- Curriculum Week starts
- TCS Financial Aid Workshop (4:30 pm)
- CSCA Board Meeting (6:30–8:30 pm, Zoom)
Oct 20
- SPS financial aid filing support meeting
Oct 22
- Curriculum Night live virtual sessions (6:30–7:30 pm, Schoology)
Oct 27
- CSCA General/Parents & Guardians Meeting (6:30–8:30 pm, Zoom)
- Seattle Promise Info Session & App Workshop (4:30 pm, Zoom)
Oct 29
- TCS Financial Aid Workshop (4:30 pm)
Nov 5
- End of 1st Qtr
- SPS financial aid filing support meeting
Nov 11
- No school (Veteran's Day)
Nov 27
- No school (Native American Heritage Day)
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New in this week's Dragon's Fire
- Curriculum Week
- TCS Financial Aid Workshops
- Seattle Promise Information Workshops
- Become a TCS Student Writing Tutor
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Curriculum Week
Synchronous? Asynchronous? Virtual learning? Live sessions? What???
By this time in most years, we all would have met in large groups on a weekday night in
classrooms at The Center School to say hello, exchange big smiles, and shake hands as we
reviewed expectations and content for all of our students’ classes.
This is not most years. Let’s meet anyway. This year’s Curriculum Night is now Curriculum Week
during which you’ll experience asynchronous (recorded) and synchronous (live) learning, just as
your students do every week. Join us the week of Oct 15–21 to learn about what's happening in your student's classes. Oct 22 (6:30–8:30 pm we'll hold live, virtual Curriculum Night sessions (links on Schoology) for you to meet your student's teachers.
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"School Counselor" Schoology Course
Parents, please add yourself to the School Counselor HS Schoology Course using this access code: 7HXX-S3Z7-TMJFS
This course is loaded with helpful information about:
- Graduation Requirements
- Community Resources
- College and Career Readiness
- Scholarships
- Financial Aid
- Service Learning Opportunities
Ms. Hayes and Edward Rho also send updates through Schoology regarding upcoming events and opportunities.
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Attention 3rd Period Sculpture Parents
This year 1st semester sculpture students will continue a long tradition of partnering with Pottery Northwest, a professional clay studio on the Seattle Center campus. For five weeks, students will be taught by a Pottery Northwest artist-in-residence and TCS Visual Arts Teacher, Mr. Alex. All required clay and materials are being provided to sculpture students, free of charge. The clay and materials are somewhat heavy so transportation via car would be best.
Your responses to this survey will help Mr. Alex plan and coordinate clay and other materials pick-up and drop-off with Pottery Northwest on the Seattle Center campus. The survey is a little complicated and full of dates and times. Mr. Alex appreciates your understanding as he works to create an engaging and meaningful sculpture class experience for students during remote learning and the many challenges remote learning presents for all of us.
Pottery Northwest's address is 226 1st Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109. Their phone number is (206) 285-4421. They have front parking and side street parking for easy pick-up and drop-off.
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Invest in TCS through InvestED
If you would like to donate funds that go directly to Center School students, please consider donating to InvestED. To donate:
- Log into InvestED
- Click on the blue button “Give Now”
- Designate your gift amount
- Complete the payment information (you will be able to designate the Center School as the recipient)
100% of donated funds go directly to student needs such as school supplies, test fees, household goods, etc.
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College & Career Readiness
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TCS Financial Aid Workshops
Get the help you need navigating financial aid at one of our upcoming workshops:
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Oct 15 at 4:30 pm
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Oct 29 at 4:30 pm
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Seattle Promise Scholarship Program
The Seattle Promise Scholarship provides the first two years (up to 90 credits) of tuition, additional financial support for books, transportation, housing, and personal guidance for college success to those with financial need. Learn about the Seattle Promise Scholarship and how to apply for it at two upcoming workshops:
Upcoming Events:
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Oct 13 at 4:30 pm
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Oct 27 at 4:30 pm
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Financial Aid Events
Seniors and their parents are invited to attend one SPS's many upcoming financial aid events. Experts will be on hand to offer support with completing the financial aid forms required to access money for college. Multiple languages supported. Read more on the SPS College Preparation Events page.
Upcoming Events (all events are virtual):
- Financial Aid Filing Support (Amharic, Somali, Spanish): Tue, Oct 20, 5–7 pm
- Financial Aid Filing Support (Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese): Wed, Nov 5, 4–6 pm
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Service Learning Opportunities
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TSC Needs Writing Center Tutors
TCS's Writing Center aims to support students as they tackle writing work across their classes. We do this by providing time with student tutors for collaboration about writing from brainstorming to final product. We are looking for student tutors!
Who: 10th, 11th, and 12th graders
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Henry Teen Art Collective
The Henry Teen Art Collective is a group of young people who create art projects of their choosing, meet local and exhibiting artists, and gain behind the scenes access to the museum. We are a youth-led art collective that prioritizes community, talking openly about the issues affecting teens now, youth leadership, and creative expression. Youth get an option for volunteer hours or a stipend for their participation!
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Adopt a Grandparent
Be a pen pal with a resident at one of Merrill Gardens' many senior living communities in the Seattle area! Students can benefit from intergenerational relationships, contribute to the social and emotional health of an isolated senior, and earn service credits. Apply online.
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Become a CSCA Member
To join online, go to MemberPlanet. Click "View The Packet" and then follow the prompts to log in or to set up your new account. It's easy to sign up and there are a lot of great member benefits!
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Ways to Become Involved
A great way to feel more connected to The Center School is to join the CSCA Board! We need new people to fill positions that are still open.
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Recruitment committee: Our recruitment committee reaches out to local public and private schools and spread the word about TCS open houses (which are run by the students). This role is really important because we are a choice school and not on everyone's radar.
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Various event helpers: We coordinate a variety of events throughout the year, including staff appreciation. We're not sure yet what those events will look like this year, but we need people who are willing to lead.
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2020–2011 Meeting Schedule
TCS families are welcome at all CSCA board and parent/guardian meetings. Please join us via Zoom!
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Support CSCA Every Time You Shop!
Amazon donates .5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the CSCA. Donations allow CSCA to fund the programs that make TCS the amazing place it is!
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I’m Shawna Murphy and I am your IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy) chair on the CSCA Board for the second year. My first year at TCS I served on the board as Advocacy Chair. From time to time I will bring you updates about SPS and local happenings, and this month I have 3, well 4, book suggestions.
Gender Queer, A Memoir by Maia Kobabe is a graphic novel published this year to much critical and popular acclaim. It is an autobiography about Maia’s path to identifying as non-binary and asexual and it has been highly recommended by my 11th grader, who said, “This is an essential piece of LGBTQIA+ media that every queer or questioning kid should read!”
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon is a very short but inspiring work by a gender non-conforming performance artist who challenges the way we think about the way gender is presented. I especially love Alok’s Instagram feed @alokvmenon.
ACE by Angela Chen is an exploration of what asexuality, the A in LGBTQIA is and what it reveals about our society. This book is part memoir and part cultural commentary with a little science journalism thrown in from a member of the Ace community, who is also a journalist and speaker.
And last but definitely not least, the School District has put together a beautiful 100 page hardcover book called Our Students, Their Stories in collaboration with artist Nate Gowdy, sharing the stories of our Seattle Public Schools LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and families. Through a generous grant, all schools will receive 2 copies of the book. Several TCS folx appear in the book and there will be an opening event coming soon. Stay tuned.
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