HSA Meeting

Thursday, May 17^th

7pm (doors open at 6:30)

(A Tag Day will be given for Friday 5/18 to all students whose parents attend)

Come Celebrate The End Of The Year & All That We Have Accomplished!

Meet John Byrnes, COK-SM New President / CEO & hear his exciting plan for the future of our school!

ALSO

Join Us As We Wish Mrs. Moschella

All The Best In Her Retirement!

Cake & Punch reception in Mrs. Moschella’s honor will follow

CHRIST OUR KING-STELLA MARIS SCHOOL FAMILY FUN DAY  - BLACKBEARD’S COVE 

3255 N Hwy 17 Mt. Pleasant-look for the KOA sign

SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 2-7PM

TICKETS $10.00 PER PERSON-Mutiny Pass 2HR

 Cash or Check payable to COKSM Annual Fund. Tickets purchased through COKSM Development Office. Tickets will be sent home week of event. Questions or concerns: 884-4721 ext 106

Rain or shine, no rain passes 2 hour “mutiny pass”

 Includes unlimited go-karts, golf, climbing wall

 jump castles, in-door play deck.

 Excludes paintball, laser tag, gem-stone mining & water wars.

 Arcade token special: 100 tokens for $20.

HOUSE T-Shirts can now be worn each Friday!  Show your colors.  Regular tag day rules apply.

Tired of navigating around the sea of orange cones on Hwy 17, only to arrive and wait in the long afternoon carpool line?  Consider using the Brickyard/Dunes West Bus!  We are now accepting new family applications for the 2012-2013 school year.  This bus will also make afternoon stops in Hidden Lakes and the Park West Pool.  This is a time and money saving opportunity for busy parents like yourself.  Contact us for more information!

Robin Young  884-1255    robinyoung@mac.com
                           Christina Owens  884-4314   c.tinaowens@gmail.com

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Families! Try the new COKSM Scrips Program formerly known as Grocery Partner Program. For more information - CLICK on GIVING on the blue bar at the top of this page & Please use the following code when registering for ShopWithScrip.com from the "Create Account" box above: - 4LEL7C9129786

 .  SCRIPS ORDERS are due in school front office by 9AM Monday and are available for pick up by Thursday at dismissal.  If school holiday is on Monday, the order will be placed on Tuesday and available for pick up on Friday at dismissal. Thanks for your continued support of this on-going fundraiser.
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Got a tablet or laptop to use at school? It's cool if you follow these rules.

Dear Parents,
First I need to answer a question that many of you have asked. That question is “Does my child need an iPad or a tablet for school?” The answer is a resounding “NO!” 

Having said that, let me add that I am aware that many students are already using them for taking notes and have downloaded some of their textboooks to their tablets.  At this point students in the second semester of grade four and up will be allowed to bring tablets if they have them.  As a faculty, we see the great advantages that these tablets present, but as an administrator, I want to be sure that we take the proper steps to implement tablet usage in school. I have advised the teachers that all lessons are to be designed so that anyone, with or without a tablet, can participate. We know that the future is coming at us at a lightning clip, and are trying to be proactive and not reactive. 

We have come up with a basic policy for the use of tablets in school. My goal for technology is to get tablets for the teachers so that they can learn how to use them and design wonderful, 21^st century lessons.  We had been considering a pilot program for 8^th graders, but can now see that we have already gone beyond that. We have determined that as of now we will allow students to bring their own devices if they have them. Let me reiterate that the students in no way NEED to have them.  We have put the new Tablet Policy on our website. If your child will be using a tablet in school, you and he/she must sign the pledge to follow the stipulations. These policies may need to be refined and updated frequently. 

I realize that in a year or two, probably all textbooks will be downloadable to a tablet. It could mean much lower costs for books, and certainly lighter loads on the backs of students. 

Please read the tablet policy from our website. Download it, print out the Pledge page and bring it to the office before February 1, 2012.   In order to have a tablet at school, the pledge must be signed by both student and parent and must be on file in the office.  Violation of the policy will result in our rescinding the privilege of using the tablet in school. 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Moschella

Click here to download the Tablet Policy. Please sign and return only the signature page.

Hello and thanks for visiting Christ Our King-Stella Maris’s school webpage. We wanted to share a moment in our school week – please check out the following You Tube video – you will be swept into the weekly Wednesday Morning assembly. Grades 1-8 are represented in this video. Sit back and enjoy. If you wish to schedule a tour, please call 884-4721. Thanks for visiting us on line and we hope to see you soon.
 

In case of weather emergency, COK-SM will follow the Charleston County School District guidelines.

What a great way to start the new school year! Christ Our King - Stella Maris has been voted Best Private School 2011 by the readers of the Moultrie News! Here is a copy of the page from The Moultrie News. Look for us about halfway down.

COK-SM Named IB World School!

Read The Post & Courier Article HERE!

Last night just after school was dismissed, we received an important message from the Director General of the International Baccalaureate organization in Geneva, Switzerland. The letter addressed to Mrs. Moschella informed us that the IB Organization had voted to authorize Christ Our King-Stella Maris School as a full IB World School, effective immediately.

Our school is now only the second Catholic middle school in the United States to offer the IB programme. Congratulations to all the teachers who have worked for over four years in making our school prepared for membership in the IB programme. We look forward to next year as our first full school year as an IB World School and welcoming the rising sixth grade class as the first group to complete all three years of the programme.

We look forward to a special celebration to honor our exciting accomplishment soon with the Bishop and Monsignors Carter, McInerny and Moczydlowski. Mrs. Sandra Leatherwood, the Assistant Superintendent of the Diocese of Charleston was on hand this morning to personally congratulate the students, teachers, Mr. Kelly, the IB coordinator, Mr. Oleksiak and Mrs. Moschella. Mrs. Leatherwood challenged us over four years ago to make COK-SM an International Baccalaureate World School, so it was very fitting that she visiting us this morning.

May 12th 2011

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