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IMPORTANT DATES

Congratulations to the GEM Robotics team!! Last weekend at the Howell

competition, they officially finished 9th out of 40 teams, were captains of the #6

alliance and made it to the finals, earning a silver medal. The team won the

Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox. At this point, they have earned 90 district

points and are ranked 46 out of 411 teams. Our Gems team is led by CSPA

teacher and coach Elizabeth Holland along with

mentors Steven Ambrose, Carol Brenner, Roger Day,

James Garrett Sr. and CSPA alumni James Garrett Jr.

Very important is the support of Alan Peterson who

owns ASI Holding in Howell and allows our team to use

his business and machine shop. At this point, Gems are in good position to return

to the State Finals and the Worlds for the third consecutive year.

The team is always looking for sponsors. Your business logo would look great on

our championship robot so please consider sponsoring the team. Our school has

put together a world class program on the strength of our students’ intellect and

with the generous donations made by our school community. Please take a

moment to read the team’s flyer and sponsor letter, and view this great

sponsorship video made by our students and mentors. If you have not seen our

team in action, this video will give you a good idea of the support and energy our

team has generated.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

GEMS & SAT

In Principal

Steven M. Beyer

Now - April 15 - Toiletry Drive by High School Government

Friday, April 8 - Tourist Day Spiritwear

Monday, April 11, 7:00 PM - CSA Parent Council meeting at CSA

Tuesday, April 12 (see page 2)

7:45 AM - CSPA HS day starts SAT testing for Juniors PSAT testing for Freshmen and

Sophomores NO SCHOOL for Seniors

Wednesday, April 13 MME WorkKey for Juniors 1:00 PM - CSA & CSPA Parent Council

Budget Meeting at CSA

Monday, April 18, 2:00 PM - Pre Admin bubbling for AP exams in High Bay

April 19-20, 6:00 PM - Honors Presentations at CSPA

Friday, April 22 - CSA District at Sky Zone

April 25-28 - Senior Exhibition rehearsals and presentations, see p. 3 for schedule

April 25-29 - Staff Appreciation Week

Wednesday, April 25, 9:00 AM - 3:45 PM CMU tour for HS juniors

Friday, April 27 - Teacher impersonation Spiritwear

May 2-13- AP Exams, schedule on page 3

Saturday, May 7, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - NHS Brighton Village Cemetery clean up

Monday, May 9, 7:00 PM - CSA/CSPA Parent Councils joint meeting at CSPA

Wednesday, May 11, 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Senior Honors Night

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

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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

Loren Hayes lhayes@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

Tobias Mixer tmixer@csaschool.org

Jessica Perry perryj@csaschool.org

SAT test day is next Tuesday, April 12

Ths is really important: Next Tuesday, April 12, CSPA High School freshman,

sophomore and junior students start their day at 7:45 AM. Seniors do not

report to school that day.

This week, I am sending all CSPA High School families a letter by postal mail that

will outline our testing day. I will also send a series of email blasts to remind you

and your student of the school start time on Tuesday, April 12. Although seniors

do not attend school that day, they are expected to use the day to complete

their Senior Presentations that they will present at the end of April.

We are supplying breakfast to CSPA High School students on SAT testing day,

organized by CSPA Parent Council. To donate a breakfast item, please go to

this signup genius site; contact Amy Knickerbocker at the CSPA High School

front desk if you have any questions. We are looking for donations of juice (in

small, individual containers), water, breakfast bars and granola bars, cheese

sticks and Baby Babel cheese, yogurt, bagels and cream cheese or peanut

butter, snack sticks (beef jerky), chocolate milk in individual containers and

other varieties of continental style snacks that students can munch on before

the test or during their break. Please help your student’s success on SAT by

donating breakfast items for testing day. We would appreciate delivery of all

breakfast snacks no later than next Monday, April 11 so we can have a nice

array of food set up on Tuesday morning.

Here is the recap. Next Tuesday, April 12 is a really important day.

Next Tuesday, April 12, school starts for CSPA High School freshmen,

sophomores and juniors at 7:45 AM. CSPA HS seniors do not attend

school that day.

Next Tuesday, April 12, school starts for CSPA Middle School students at

8:55 AM. You can drop off your middle school student at the same time

as you drop off your high school student on April 12, we are providing

early supervision that day for middle school students in Pod B.

I will send out a number of email blasts this week to remind you of next

week’s important school start time change.

Regarding CSPA internet and network access. Because of the internet

bandwidth needed to complete the upcoming M-STEP and NWEA testing,

students and guests using personal computers will not have access to our

network or wireless service from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM from April 11 until May

23. Please make sure that your student plans accordingly. School computers

will have network and internet access during the testing windows so students

who are testing and staff will be able to use both.

Congratulations to our Gems Robotics Team! Maybe April will bring our team

a state championship and even a World Championship!

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Seeking CSPA Library Volunteers

The CSPA Library has a need for Volunteers! The library is a great place to interact with

middle school and high school students. We rely on volunteers to assist students and staff

with all of their library needs. Usual library shifts are Monday through Thursday 9:00 AM -

12:30 PM or 12:30 - 4:00 PM and Fridays 9:00 AM -12:30 PM/ Shifts can be shared and

broken into shorter time slots. If you are interested and would like to know more about a volunteer opportunity,

please stop in for a visit or contact Diane O’Nions at 810-225-9940 x450 /donions@csaschool.org.

Senior Presentations Schedule (all events take place in High Bay)

Event Date Time

Rehearsal Monday, April 25 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Presentations Monday, April 25 4:00 - 6:00 PM & 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Presentations Tuesday, April 26 4:00 - 6:00 PM & 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Rehearsal Wednesday, April 27 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Presentations Wednesday, April 27 4:00 - 6:00 PM & 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Presentations Thursday, April 28 4:00 - 6:00 PM & 6:00 - 8:00 PM

AP Exam Schedule

AP Exam Date Time

Chemistry Monday, May 2 8:00 AM

Psychology Monday, May 2 12:00 noon

Physics 1 Tuesday, May 3 12:00 noon

Spanish Lit & Comp Wednesday, May 4 8:00 AM

Physics 2 Wednesday, May 4 12:00 noon

AP Calculus AB & BC Thursday, May 5 8:00 AM

European History Friday, May 6 12:00 noon

Biology Monday, May 9 8:00 AM

Language & Comp Wednesday, May 11 8:00 AM

Statistics Thursday, May 12 12:00 noon

Human Geography Friday, May 13 8:00 AM

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

Students will complete an assessment on Wednesday

about the beginnings of the Cold War, based on questions

they designed in class. We will begin discussing Civil Rights

in the mid 20th Century and on Thursday, students will

study primary documents to learn about Deed

Restrictions, Redlining and how these connect to the play

A Raisin in the Sun.

We are beginning to work with our next set of literary

works, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and To

Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. As we read, we are

focusing on character development, thematic develop-

ment, and the crucial role that setting plays in both texts.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Matthew Stewart

Students are finishing up their Module 1 projects, each

project being dependent upon independent student

choice. Module 1 assignments will be presented on

Wednesday and Thursday.

CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES / Brendan Cornelissen

Students are investigating the concept of technology this

week. They are learning about successful and failed

technology throughout history, as well as designing their

own new piece of technology.

ECONOMICS / Brendan Cornelissen

Students are learning about economic systems this

week. They are answering the three basic economic

questions, learning about the Free Market, the idea of

centrally planned economies, and mixed economies.

Students will take a test over this material on Friday.

AP EUORPEAN HISTORY / Philip Smith

This week we are focusing on the birth of modern

European thought. Key topics include the new reading

public, science at midcentury, Christianity and the

church under siege, toward a 20th century frame of mind

and women and modern thought. The assessment on

this material takes place this Thursday, April 7. The first

current for the term is due this Friday, April 8.

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY / Philip Smith

We are in test-taking and review mode for the AP

Human Geography test that will take place on Friday,

May 6th at noon. Each week we will cover a major part of

the curriculum and then write an assessment at the end

of the week. Assessments will be timed so that students

practice as if they are taking the real test. The tests will

include multiple choice and free response essays. This

week we are covering population and migration. Key

topics will include population statistics, models used to

study population trends, the Malthusian Theory;

population pyramids and factors in migration. Students

will complete a quiz on Thursday and their assessment will

take place on Friday.

SENIOR ENGLISH / Szczembara & Highfield

Seniors have worked on a rough draft of their speeches

so far this week and we are now starting to practice our

speeches in class. As we continue to practice over the

next month, our speeches and PowerPoints will continue

to change and adapt. While each student presents, the

class will give the presenter constructive feedback for

their speech and PowerPoint presentation. Our Senior

Exhibition run from Monday, April 25th through

Thursday, April 28th. If there is a scheduling request for

your senior's presentation, contact Mrs. Szczembara or

Ms. Highfield.

ENGLISH 11 / Chelsea Szczembara

We are starting to read our satirical fiction novels by Ray

Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles or Fahrenheit 451.

While reading, we are looking at how this genre of

writing not only calls attention to areas of society that

are problematic but also inspires readers to work toward

changing society by solving those problems. Specifically,

we are looking at the history of the 1950s and the areas

of life in which Bradbury wanted to inspire change. As

we read, we are using literature packets focused on

features of satire and literary techniques.

SPEECH / Jessica Highfield

Students are rehearsing Act I of Hamlet and must have

their entire Act I lines memorized by this Friday, April 8th.

FORENSICS / Karl Knipple

We are looking at what the body can tell us during a

murder investigation. We are investigating how to

determine the meaning, manner, mechanism, and cause

and time for a homicide.

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APPLIED CHEMISTRY / Karl Knipple

We are working on understanding the Periodic Table

and its trends. We are finishing up our discussions about

atomic structure and the Periodic Table.

ANATOMY / Bridget Rock

Students are reviewing the medical terminology they

learned before Spring Break and then taking an

assessment over Unit 1. After that, they will begin to

investigate their unit on Histology which will cover the

main types of tissues found in the human body.

BOTANY / Bridget Rock

Students are reviewing the information covered before

break on classification and then taking an assessment on

Unit 1. After that, they will begin to investigate tissues,

roots and soil.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE / Bridget Rock

Students continue to work on their unit on

macromolecules. They are focusing on the structure and

function of macromolecules as well as the various

properties of water and carbon.

AP BIOLOGY / Bridget Rock

Students are wrapping up their unit on evolution with an

exam on Wednesday. Next they will begin their unit on

Biodiversity and Animal Form/Function.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE & MATH 1 / Knipple & Cavaleri

We are investigating biochemistry, looking at the

importance of carbon molecules and how they are used

in living organisms.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE & MATH 2 / Knipple & Hayes

Students continue to learn about probabilities. They are

learning more about independent events, items being

mutually exclusive, and conditional probability. Students

will engage in an activity about the probability of dice

rolling.

INTEGRATED MATH 3 / Nick Cavaleri

We continue our work with normal distributions, starting

with binomial distributions.

PRE-CALCULUS / Brendan Cornelissen

Students are covering the idea of exponential and

logarithmic functions. They are learning how to evaluate

expressions, simplify expressions, and how the graphs

are transformed.

SPANISH 1 & 2 / Holland & Highfield

This week we continue with our food unit. Students are

working on communicating about healthy habits; we are

addressing both eating and exercise. Additionally, they

are working with a group to perform a silly skit about a

gentleman and his imaginary friend who are ordering

breakfast at a restaurant.

SPANISH 3 & 4 / Elizabeth Holland

This week we continue with our travel unit. On Monday

we reviewed reflexive verbs; students wrote a 10-step

process for getting ready for an event of their choice.

We continue to use authentic texts from Spanish-

speaking publications to discuss real travel opportunities

and experiences.

MUSIC APPRECIATION / Jessica Perry

Students are starting their Music as a Story unit this

week. They are creating stories based on the music of

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6. Students took a quiz

covering Elements of Music today.

MUSIC THEORY / Jessica Perry

Students are working on tonality of scales including

major, minor, pentatonic, and chromatic scales.

CHORALE / Jessica Perry

Students are starting to work on the final concert series

of this school year. Our pieces will feature different

genres of music which will allow them to focus on

different skill sets.

CHAMBER WINDS / Jessica Perry

Students are beginning their work on our final concert

series of the year. Our pieces will feature different

genres of music which will allow them to focus on

different skill sets.