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C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l

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Inside this Issue:

Maco Light Legend 5K/Fun Run

NASP World Tournament

CCS News

Webelos Win

AR Readers Rewarded

Judge Ola Lewis on Board

Pantano Goes to School

Katie Coleman

Town Hall Forum

Civil War Re-enactment

Vikings Cheerleading Champions

Vikings Football Winning Season

Brunswick Youths in National

Spotlight

CDS Test Scores

How To Run Faster Than A Ghost Cross-country race to be run on old

haunted train tracks in Leland, NC

Mr. Cramer on the old rail bed

where Joe Baldwin reportedly

searches for his head.

LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA:

November 13, 2010 - It‟s dark. Your heart

is beating fast, your adrenaline is pumping,

running as fast as you can… suddenly you

see something strange in the corner of your

eye. Was that the lantern light from ghost

Joe Baldwin? Did you just pass a hanging

skeleton? Are those 10 year-old goblins

nipping at your heels? Kick it into

overdrive.

That‟s what runners may experience at the

first annual Maco Light Legend 5K and

Fun Run.

Charter Day School recently announced

the Maco Light Legend 5k and Fun Run

will be held on Saturday, November 13,

2010 at 3:30 p.m. at the Charter Day

School campus in Leland, NC. Registration

on the day of the event begins at 2:30 p.m.,

but pre-registration is encouraged.

“Most people don‟t know but part of the

old Maco train used to run on the back of

our school property,” said Mark Cramer

Superintendent and CEO. “We thought

making it part of the race course would be

a fun way to encourage physical activity

with our students, parents and the

community.”

The Maco Light Legend 5K and Fun Run

is sponsored by The Roger Bacon

Academy, Coastal Habitat Conservancy

LLC, Banks Photography and is for

adults, children, family runners and

walkers. This cross country/haunted trail

race runs on the old train track known to

have the legendary Joe Baldwin ghostly

light. There will be a bonfire and party

after the race with vendor/sponsor booths,

hot dogs, refreshments, entertainment and

awards.

Participants can register online at http://

www.charterdayschool.org and sign up

for the 5k run or the Fun Run. The pre-

registration cost on or before Nov. 12th

for the 5k is $25 and $30 day of the event.

The pre-registration cost on or before

Nov. 12th for the Fun Run is $10 and $15

after. Registration forms and checks,

made out to Charter Day Booster Club,

can be mailed to Charter Day School,

7055 Bacon‟s Way NE, Leland, NC,

28451.

All ages are welcome to participate in the

5K and Fun Run. The first 200 pre-

registered individuals will receive a free t

-shirt. To keep runners and walkers well

hydrated during the race, the course will

provide Maco Light Legend themed water

stations.

The Maco Light Legend associates the

story with Joe Baldwin, a train conductor

who is said to have been decapitated in a

collision between a runaway passenger

car and a locomotive at Maco along the

Wilmington-Manchester Railroad in the

late 1800s.

According to legend, Joe Baldwin was the

sole occupant of the rear car of a

Wilmington-bound train on a rainy night

in 1867. As the train neared Maco,

Baldwin realized the car had become

detached from the rest of the train. He

knew another train was following, so he

ran to the rear platform and frantically

waved a lantern to signal the oncoming

train. The engineer failed to see the

stranded railroad car in time, and

Baldwin was supposedly decapitated in

the collision.

Shortly afterwards, residents of Maco

reported sightings of a mysterious light along

the railroad track. Word spread that Joe

Baldwin had returned to search for his missing

head. The legend became widely known, and the

site is still frequented by curiosity seekers.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maco_light

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Student Launches Arrows of Outrageous Fortune

Middle school student wins

the world for The Roger

Bacon Academy in Leland,

NC

ORLANDO, FLORIDA: October 10,

2010

Stand eleven steps away,

check your stance, eye the center of

the target, pull the arrow back, feel

the tension of the compound bow,

take a slow breath, aim and…

release. Bulls-eye! For months this

has been the regimen for each

competitive archery student on The

Roger Bacon Academy‟s (RBA)

archery team. And that practice has

paid off big time on a global scale at

the National Archery in the Schools

Program® (NASP®) World

Tournament.

“We are so proud of the

accomplishments of all our archery

team students at the NASP® World

Tournament,” said T.J. Beamer

Archery team coach for The Roger

Bacon Academy, “but we are

especially thrilled with the „World

Champion‟ ranking of Hunter

Johnson.”

The archery team, only in its

first year, did well enough in the

National tournament to compete in

the NASP® World Tournament.

Held in Orlando, FL this weekend,

the tournament invites the best

competitive archers from around the

world in three divisions of boys

and girls competition: elementary,

middle school and high school. The

RBA team of twelve did well with

an overall ranking of 14th - making

all the archers on the team in the top

100 of world competition. But stand

out Hunter Johnson, a seventh

grader at The Roger Bacon

Academy‟s Charter Day School,

earned “World Champion” status in

the Middle Division by ranking 4th

out of al l middle school

competitors. His scores also were

good enough to land him with an

overall ranking of 11th out of 900

total competitors in all categories.

Total middle schools that have

competed to this point in the

NASP® are 3,700 archery teams.

The RBA Archery team was

sponsored for this trip by Quality

Deer Management Association

(QDMA), Windham Distributing,

The Roger Bacon Academy and

Coastal Habitat Conservancy LLC.

The Jostens Center at the ESPN Sports

Complex in Orlando, Florida

Front Row: Michael Eldridge, Leanne Applewhite,

Charly Fischl, Anica Rich Back Row: Jonathan

Blake, Lee Russ, Brandon Justie, Cameron Bebee,

Hunter Johnson, Will Britt, Isaac Bradshaw

Hunter Johnson (middle) receives 4th place

world championship award

The National Archery in

the Schools Program® brings the

sport of archery to millions of

students in schools across the

United States. Designed to teach

International style target archery

in physical education class 4th-

12th grades, core content covers

a r che r y h i s to r y, s a f e t y,

technique, equipment, mental

concentration, core strengthening

physical fitness and self-

improvement. Students shoot at

80 cm bulls-eye targets placed

before an arrow curtain in their

gymnasium or an outdoor range.

Equipment used is state-of-the art

and designed to fit every student.

Hunter Johnson earning world champion

status.

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Press Release

Roy Grimes, President

2010 NASP® World Tournament

Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

October 8-9, 2010

We were pleased once again to host many archers,

coaches, teachers, and parents from Saskatchewan, Canada.

These students are always a crowd favorite because of their

upbeat and friendly nature. For the first time the tournament

was joined by archers from South Africa and the top boy and

girl from New Zealand. The South African team linked up with

the Anderson County Kentucky team and coaches at hotels,

pools, and rumor has it for a few motorcycle try-outs! They got

along so well the Kentucky team has been invited to be guests

on tour at South Africa‟s national NASP® tournament next

April. What a treat this will be for some of these

Lawrenceburg, KY youngsters, some of which saw the ocean

for the first time at last year‟s world tournament!

Of course the big story behind the story is how these

archers, their teammates, and coaches were able to participate

in the world tournament. First of course the archers had to

qualify for the world tournament. To do this they had to

qualify for their country‟s national tournament by participating

in the state or provincial contest. Then they had to participate

in their country‟s national tournament. Finally, they had to

raise money for travel. Some teams had to raise $30,000-

$40,000 to make it to the event. A variety of ingenious ways

were invented to raise the necessary funds. The common

thread in nearly every case was strong community support for

the archery students to enjoy an exciting and educational

experience. As they grow older, very few of these world

participants will ever encounter anyone who has competed at a

national or world level.

RBA Archers Brandon Justice, Anica Rich, and Will

Britt during competition

Coach and New Zealand student with RBA students

and Coach Beamer

RBA students and coaches with students from South

Africa

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Columbus Charter School News

We are off to a terrific start again in

2010-2011. Our enrollment numbers have

gone from 354 children, and our staff num-

bers have climbed to over 50. We are very

fortunate to add the following employees to

our already awesome Columbus Charter

School staff. We welcome Ms. Rachel Toler

and Ms. Jane Coleman to Kindergarten. Wel-

come Ms. Susie Kliener, Ms. Crystal Bowen,

and Ms. Renee Batten to 1st grade. Ms. Vir-

ginia Tascone joined us in 2nd grade, and we

have added Ms. Paula Wagner to 3rd grade.

In 4th grade we have added Ms. Molly

McClamrock, and in 5th grade we added Ms.

Patti Allen. Mr. Wes Rose is our new music

teacher, and Mr. Aaron Yates conducts our

physical exercise program. Ms. Skye Gore

joined our front office, and Mr. Wade Hall

took over our maintenance responsibilities.

With the additional 132 children and

new employees, we are looking at making

2010-2011 our best year yet!.

In 2008-2009 Columbus Charter

School took its first ever End of Grade tests

and did remarkably well. We had a

performance composite score for reading and

mathematics of 82.3 percent and were

identified as a School of Distinction. In 2009-

2010, we increased our performance

composite score to 84 percent and was

identified with other school county areas in

the Southeastern Region of North Carolina.

Our teachers are working very hard

with our children today, and we are hoping to

obtain an even higher performance composite

in 2010-2011 as we add 5th grade science to

our testing cycle. Thank you to all the 3rd,

4th, and 5th grade students and parents for

helping us make this a very successful school

year.

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Columbus Charter School Teacher of the Year

Reaching for the Stars at CCS

Mrs. Carla Fisher is selected as the

2009/2010 Columbus Charter School Teacher of

the Year. She will be representing Columbus

Charter School in Raleigh in November as she

competes for the North Carolina Teacher of the

Year. Mrs. Fisher has been working at our

school for the past two years and has

successfully taught over 54 children in 1st grade

preparing them for success in 2nd grade.

This year Mrs. Fisher is a 3rd grad

teacher and doing an excellent job. She recently

completed her Masters of Art Degree in

Teaching with Nova Southeastern University

and is a graduate of UNCW. Mrs. Fisher said,

“Not only is teaching fulfilling me on a personal

level, but I am also getting the opportunity to be

a positive force in many children‟s lives.”

Reach for the Stars is a reading

program that helps children read with their

parents for at least 30 minutes a night for

ten straight days and collect pledges for

books. Half of the money collected

allows the children to pick out Usborne

books for themselves and the other half of

the money collected allows the teachers to

purchase books for their rooms, the EC

program, and the Library.

At the end of the ten days, the

teacher turns in all the money collected

allows the teachers to purchase books for

their rooms, the EC program, and the

Library.

Over 400 of our 486 students

participated in the reading program and

collected over $17,000.00 for books. The

top readers in each classroom received a

medal and all children participating

received a reading certificate.

Webelos Win at Camporee

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On September 25, 2010, Pack

705‟s Webelos II den participated in the

Fall Boy Scout Camporee. The boys

were joined by Webelos and Boy

Scouts from all over the area. The

theme this year was “Highland Games,”

with activities such as the caber toss,

shotput, knot tying, archery, (Yes! You

Go!) and BB gun shooting. Our boys

won 1st place overall in the Webelos

division by scoring the most points at

the various events. (The Boy Scouts

were competing in a different division.)

There was a Dutch oven

cooking contest in which they won 3rd

place in the Webelos cook-off with

their homemade sloppy joes.

Front Row: George Austria, John Britt, Braden Hartis Back Row: Tyler

Broyles, Braxton Hartis, Madison Crowder, Amy Britt, Benjamin Skinner

Sweet Treat Rewards Readers

We are so proud of our AR

readers! The Accelerated Reader

program encourages students to be

independent and self-motivated readers.

Those who met their goals (600 students

in all) enjoyed an ice cream party!

Special thanks to associates of Harris

Teeter at the Waterford Commercial

Center for providing the ice cream and

Walmart of Leland, store #4273, for

providing gift cards for the high readers.

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Charter School

Gets the Gavel Superior Court Judge Ola Lewis

weighs in on Charter Day School

in Leland, NC

LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA:

July 30, 2010 “We are delighted to

have Superior Court Judge Lewis

on our Board of Trustees,” said

Mark Cramer Superintendent and

CEO. Charter Day School recently

announced the appointing of

Brunswick County Superior Court

Judge Ola Lewis as the ninth

member of its Board of Trustees.

"The addition of Judge Ola Lewis

to Charter Day School Board of

Trustees ensures our schools will

continue to benefit from a diversity

of knowledge and opinions. Judge

Lewis is a perfect fit for a trustee

because of her strong leadership

skills , extensive educat ion

experience, and proven track

New Charter Day School Board Member

record - especially in creating a better

community," said Donnie Norris, Board

Chair, Charter Day School.

Judge Ola M. Lewis has had an outstanding

career. First, she was the youngest North

Carolina District Court Judge, she was also

the youngest North Carolina Special District

Court Judge. She became the first female

African-American District Court Judge in

Brunswick county, and one of only two

female African-American Superior Court

Judges in North Carolina at the time of her

appointment to the Superior

Court bench in 2000.

Lewis grew up in a family

involved in education, her parents

were both public school

administrators. She continued her

education by graduating from

Fayetteville State University with

a d e g r e e i n B u s i n e s s

Administration in 1986, and

earned her law degree from NC

Central University in 1990.

“Charter Day School is a leading

educational institution in North

Carolina and a model for

preparing our youth to pursue

noble causes of global benefit to

their fellow citizens,” Judge Ola

Lewis said. “For this reason,

among many others, I am

extremely proud to join the Board

of Trustees at Charter Day

School.”

Pantano Goes to

School Candidate Pantano gets an

education about Charter Day

School in Leland, NC

LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA:

July 30, 2010 “I‟ve learned a lot,”

stated Ilario Pantano who is

running for U.S. Congress in the

7th district in the state of North

Carolina after volunteering to visit

the campus of Charter Day School

in Leland, N.C.

Candidate Pantano asked to be

taken on a walking tour of the tree-

l ined campus and visited

kindergarten, 2nd grade and 4th

grade classrooms. Students listened

intently and responded in unison to

watchful teachers as the candidate

observed during his classroom

visits. He also met at length with

administrators to talk about the

heavy road blocks to getting new

charters in North Carolina, the

importance of parental choice in

public education and the impact of

Candidate Ilario Pantano sits beside a CDS

student during reading class.

federal funding initiatives through the

Department of Education.

“As the father of two boys, age 5 and 8, that

are both enrolled in North Carolina public

schools, I am deeply impressed by what I

have seen today in meeting with the faculty,

the administrators and most importantly the

students at Charter Day School,” Pantano

said after his visit. “Choice and free market

competition have paved the way for

American prosperity and I believe that our

educational system benefits when students

and parents are given a choice. Charter

schools like Charter Day School

offer a compelling „performance

based‟ model. Judging by the

hundreds of children from across

five counties that are on the waiting

list, many parents agree.”

The 7th district, which Pantano is

vying to represent, covers Bladen,

B r u n s w i c k , C o l u m b u s ,

Cumber land , Dup l in , New

Hanover, Pender, Robeson,

Sampson and Scotland counties. To

further his charter school education

he plans to visit The Roger Bacon

Academy‟s Columbus Charter

School in the near future.

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Little Person With Little People

Ms. Katie Coleman is an assistant in one of

our kindergarten classes. The following is her response

when asked about her time here at our school.

I have really enjoyed my experience here at

The Roger Bacon Academy. You know you are in the

right place when you get excited to come to school. I

am different than your average RBA teacher, I am the

same height as my kindergarten students, I am an

achondroplastic dwarf, also known as a “little person.”

I would not change being little for anything, it makes

me who I am. When I walk into the classroom, my

students greet me with “good morning Ms. Coleman.”

The students began the school year with questions such

as “do you have a mom?” “Do you live in a house?”

But after the questions cleared, one student said, “small

people are special people,” So from then on I have been

the students‟ favorite small teacher. Everyone here at

The Roger Bacon Academy has made me feel like a

great teacher and looked past my short stature.

Katie Coleman

New Math Tool To Help Students Succeed

Charter Day School has a new

Math computer program, called IXL, that

is available to every student in the school

and is used to enhance math skills from

the classroom. This program is practiced

in the computer lab at the school but can

be accessed at home also. The website is

www.ixl.com. Look for your child‟s

math assignments and encourage her or

him to do it at home. If you do not have

access to high speed internet at home,

you are able to use the library for access.

If you have not yet received a username

or password for your child, please get in

touch with your teacher or call Mr. Frank

at 655-3600.

Katie Coleman with her sister, mom, and dad

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CDS Middle School Band

Tom Goolsby and Jim Leutze

Bill Rabon and David Redwine

A town hall forum was held on

September 14, 2010, in Wilmington to

help shed light on local and state

educational issues. One issue was how to

reduce classroom size without increasing

taxes or budget cuts.

Republican candidate Bill Rabon

wants to use existing funds to improve

classroom instruction so that “we don‟t

have to take millions of dollars to teach

college freshmen how to read, write, add

and subtract.” Democrat David

Redwine‟s suggestion is to “cut out what

isn‟t working or is no longer necessary.”

Mr. Rabon and Mr. Redwine are running

for election to the senate for the 8th

district of North Carolina which includes

Brunswick, Pender, and Columbus

Counties.

Candidates for the 9th district

which include New Hanover and

Brunswick Counties have this to say

about charter schools. Candidate Thom

Goolsby states that “the beauty of charter

schools is that they are held accountable.

If they don‟t produce they get closed.”

Candidate Jim Leutze is a “strong

supporter of charter schools but it is a

terrible time to raise taxes or take money

out of public school funds.”

Attendees of the town hall forum

were greeted with music from the CS

Middle School Chorus and Band.

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Brunswick Booming Stresses Struggle

The anticipation causes you

to squirm, fingers in your ears,

mouth open, eye squinting, the gun

master to yells “fire” and…

BABOOM! The extremely loud

noise from the civil war era canon

makes you jump, laugh, giggle and

look around at everyone else

enjoying the gut wrenching blast.

That‟s the fun part. The scary part is

learning just what damage these

massive guns did to human lives in

our greatest national conflict, the

War between the States.

A reenactment group

camped at Charter Day School to

teach students what life was really

like during the 1860‟s. The group,

who represent actual Union and

Confederate troops who fought in

the Cape Fear area, marched

through campus for the morning

flag raising. They also recreated

authentic war camps for infantry,

cavalry and artillery regiments. The

enactors are genuine to the time

period with tents, supplies, clothes,

weapons and a huge artillery canon

that could fire a 6 pound steel ball

over a mile (although blanks were

used for demonstration). Students

learning about the War between the

States in the classroom were able to

hear heart-felt stories of what a

soldier‟s life was like, or ask

officers questions about war

strategies and tragedies, and walk

back in time into a tent and touch

the few personal items that soldiers

were able to keep with them.

“This is why we do these

reenactments, it‟s to keep these

stories and memories alive,” said

Deputy Del Routh, event organizer

and Student Resource Officer for

Charter Day School, “but we really

War Between the States re-enactors fire an American Civil War era canon.

enjoy teaching students

because everything is new to

them. These kids will get to

see and experience things

about the War between the

States that other children

may never have the chance

to experience their whole

lives.”

The children moved

throughout the day from

camp to camp to learn about

different perspectives of

those who fought and died.

The regiments represented

were Union troops, 88th New

York Infantry Irish Brigade,

and Confederate troops,

Company K, 20th North

Carolina Infantry, 4th North

Carolina Calvary and the

13th North Carolina Light

Artillery (Adams Battery).

“This experience,

I‟m sure, has left an indelible

mark on many of these

students minds,“ said

S u p e r i n t en d en t M ar k

Cramer, “these guys did a

great job of bringing that

period in history to life.”

The event was held in

the woods next to campus.

On Sunday, the enactors set

up their tents and gun

emplacements , cooked

dinners over camp fires and

spent the night in their tents.

Monday was spent hosting

the classes through the

encampments and teaching

about the equipment. Firing

the huge cannon was the

highlight for each class at the

900-student school. The

event was attended by

Sherriff John Ingram as well

as other Deputies and North

Carolina State Troopers.

Special thanks to the

enactors: Mike Munford,

Del Routh, Jacob O‟Brien,

Bryan Stanton, Hunter

Stanton, Ben Dolby, Jim

McKee, Randy Hines,

Derrick Smith and Daryl

Hayes.

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RBA Vikings Cheerleaders Win 2010

Coastal Pop Warner Competition

The Vikings Cheerleaders are off to

an excellent start to the 2010 competition

season. The Jr. Pee Wee, Pee Wee and

Midget competition squads all won first

place in the Coastal Pop Warner locals

competition on October 25th held at Eugene

Ashley High School in Wilmington. Now

all three teams will travel to Charlotte to

compete in the Mid-South Regional

Competition. Cheer squads from eight states

will be competing during the Thanksgiving

holiday. Good luck to all of our

cheerleaders!

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RBA Vikings Football Winning Season!

RBA Vikings Midget Team

As the leaves change colors

and begin to fall off the trees and

the temperature drops just enough

to remind us that winter is just

around the corner, the RBA Vikings

sixth season in the Coastal Pop

Warner Football League is coming

to a close. Much like the first five

seasons, it has been a roller coaster

ride for our five Viking football

teams, and a whole lot of fun!

“We‟ve ha our ups and

downs like every other season, but

it is always great to watch these

guys come together as a team, and

to see the players grow and mature

through the season,” stated Daryl

LaFave, Tiny Mite Coach and RBA

Vikings President. “It has been a

blast working with the smaller kids,

and it has been great for all of us to

enjoy the success of our Junior

Midgets team this year.”

The junior Midge team

competed on the last week of the

season in the Coastal Pop Warner

Championship game, falling just

short in a heart breaking loss 22-20.

“Our guys play with a lot of heart,

most teams would have just folded

after falling behind like that in the

first half, but they just kept battling

back,” said Head Coach Alex

Zsidisin. The Jr. Midget team

finished up 7-2, defeating most

opponents by 20 points or more.

They will enjoy one more game,

qualifying to participate in a post

season bowl game on November 6

in Swansboro, as our Vikings will

battle Eastern Pop Warner‟s

Newport Vikings.

The football program

also celebrated the national

recognition of a few Viking

a t h l e t e s f o r t h e i r

performance at off season

football camps conducted by

“Football University,” an

organization that conducts

yo u t h s p o r t s c a m p s

throughout the country.

Forrest Kelly, an RBA

seventh grader, was selected

from the many hundreds of

participants at camp to

participate in the East Bay

Youth All-American Bowl,

to be held in San Antonio in

January. Forrest has

emerged as a team leader for

the Vikings this year,

contributing by playing

many different positions, as

well as being the team‟s

leading scorer. Teammate

Isaac Zsidisin, Viking

linebacker and fullback,

was also recognized by

FBU, and has been invited

to the FBU National Youth

Combine to take place the

same weekend.

T h e s e y o u n g

athletes have certainly

given us much to cheer

about this football season,

and we are already looking

forward to season seven to

begin next August. Thanks

again to The Roger Bacon

Academy administration

and staff, and all of the

many coaches, parents, and

volunteers that have

contributed to another great

season. GO VIKINGS!

Coach LaFave

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Brunswick Youths Break Through to National

Gridiron Spotlight

Seventh grade Leland student

selected to play in Nation Youth

All-American Bowl in San

Antonio, TX. Sixth grader to

participate in the National

Youth Combine.

Leland NC: October 18,

2010– Tough hits, challenging

plays, hard work and team effort

are not just skills exclusive to NFL

players. The next superstars in the

world of football learn these traits

very early in their career. Rarely

though are these young talents

h i gh l i gh t e d fo r n a t io n a l

recognition. “Imagine if you

could have seen Reggie Bush

when he was in eighth grade or

seventh grade and watched how he

developed,” said John Gallagher,

the director of the Football

University Youth All-American

Bow. By participating in a camp

sponsored by Football University,

two young players who play on

The Roger Bacon Academy‟s

Junior Midget football team will

get the chance of a lifetime to

show what they can do.

Charter Day School

seventh grader Forrest Kelley has

been selected to play I Football

University‟s National Youth All-

American Bowl to be held at the

Alamodome as part of the Alamo

Bowl weekend in San Antonio,

TX, January 8-9th, 2011.

Sixth grade stand out

teammate Isaac Zsidisin has also been

selected to participate in the National

Youth Combine developed by

Football University to held the same

weekend in Texas.

A jersey presentation and

commitment letter signing will

be held at a pep rally for The

Roger Bacon Academy football

teams.

“We are extremely proud

of all the players in our football

program,” said Coach Darryl

LaFave who heads up the football

program at The Roger Bacon

Academy, “And we are especially

delighted that these two young

men were noticed for their

outstanding playing ability. They

are good kids and real team

players.”

T he Ro g e r B ac o n

Academy‟s football team is

having a stellar season with

Forrest playing free safety on

defense, half back and quarterback

on offense and is the team‟s place

kicke4r. Isaac plays fullback on

offense, linebacker on defense.

The Vikings are winding down

their impressive season at 6-1 and

will play for the chance to win the

title of “Coastal Pop Warner

Division II Junior Midget

Champions” on October 30th.

If they win, they will enter the

playoffs, which will begin on

November 13th.

Football University

(FBU) is an invitation only, one-

of-a-kind football training

exper ience focusing on

developing and enhancing the

playmaking ability and skill of

elite-level athletics in 6th to

12th grade players. The training

is provided by the NFL‟s top

coaches. FBU was started by

the producers of the U.S. Army

All-American Bowl, televised

on NBC, which annually

showcases the nation‟s top preps

such as Adrian Peterson, Reggie

Bush and Tim Tebow. FBU

also produces the National

Youth All-American Bowl in

San Antonio‟s Alamodome that

features the nation‟s top 7th and

8th graders. Organizers see this

bowl as an event similar to the

Little League World Series.

T h e C o m p o s e r P a g e 1 5 Vo l u me X, I s s ue 4

Charter Day School Test Scores Our understandings of humankind and our universe are expressed and communicated through all of our arts and

sciences. Each method of expression- language, painting, music, mathematics, and science- has its rules and techniques for

effectively communicating these ideas and understandings.

These rules and techniques are bridges over which ideas must be communicated from one generation to the next.

Thus, the mission of Charter Day School through The Roger Bacon Academy is, for the next generation:

To teach the rules and techniques for effective expression and communication in the arts and sciences,

To communicate, by these arts and sciences, our understandings of the universe and our role in it, and

To instill a love of learning and discovery, justifying a life-long dedication to health, truth, and virtue.

Data equals the percentage of students that passed the 2009-2010 End of Grade Level tests.

Performance of Reading

District Overall Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

Charter Day 79.1% 79.8% 83.9% 76.4% 85% 63.6% 84.5%

State 70.1% 66.4% 71.6% 71.1% 75.3% 66.8% 69.5%

Brunswick 71.5% 72.6% 71.5% 74.4% 75.5% 67.5% 67.7%

NHCS 74.5% 70.5% 74% 75.8% 79.4% 72.8% 74.6%

Duplin 61.7% 59.7% 62.8% 59.1% 66.3% 57.1% 65.3%

Columbus 64% 61.6% 68.2% 64.2% 65.6% 66.3% 59.1%

Bladen 59.7% 55.9% 64.3% 59.5% 68.1% 54.8% 55.7%

Performance of Math

District Overall Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

Charter Day 90.7% 91.3% 90.8% 89.9% 88.8% 87.9% 95%

State 81.8% 81.9% 83% 81.2% 80.5% 80.2% 83.9%

Brunswick 82.2% 85.8% 82.2% 83.1% 79.2% 78.4% 81.7%

NHCS 84.8% 83.9% 84.1% 83.9% `83.7% 84.5% 88.6%

Duplin 78.6% 83.1% 78.1% 75.7% 75.2% 76.5% 83.3%

Columbus 76.3% 77.3% 77.5% 71.5% 71.3% 66.3% 79.5%

Bladen 59.7% 55.9% 64.3% 69.1% 76.8% 72.5% 77.7%

Performance of Algebra I Performance of Science

District Overall Grade 5 Grade 8

Charter Day >95% 78.7% >95%

State 77.8% 68.9% 72.8%

Brunswick 81.4% 74.9% 74%

NHCS 83.6% 77% 77.5%

Columbus 77% 62.5% 68%

Duplin 76% 61.8% 66.6%

Bladen 61.1% 65.6% 65.1%

T h e C o m p o s e r

To:

T h e R o g e r B a c o n A c a d e m y , f o r

C h a r t e r D a y S c h o o l & C o l u m b u s C h a r t e r S c h o o l

Genera l Schoo l In fo rma t ion S c h oo l : C h ar t er D ay Sc h o o l C o l u m bu s C ha r ter Sc h oo l

Fo u n d e d : 2000 wi th 65 s tuden t s in g rades K -2 2007 wi th 124 s tuden t s in K -2

C u rre n t ly : 2009 wi th 832 s tuden t s in g rades K -8 2009 wi th 363 s tuden t s in K -4

Aw ar ds : 2005 Hon or Sch ool of Exce l l ence , 2008-9 Sch ool of Dis t inc t ion , H igh Gr owth , AYP

Top 25 K-8 in NC, AYP eve r y yea r

C a m p us : 50 wooded ac re s , 12 minu te s wes t 100 ac re campus ,10 minu t e s nor th

of Wi l ming t on of f H74 of Whi tev i l l e of f O ld Lumber t on Road

Charter Day School

7055 Bacon‟s Way

Leland, NC 28451

Phone: 910/655-1214

Fax: 910/655-1549

Columbus Charter School

35 Bacon‟s Way

Whiteville, NC 28472

Phone: 910/641-4042

Fax: 910/641-9014

Dear Parents,

I hope that as you read this

edition of The Composer, that you are as

proud of our students as I am. In these

pages are the results o the NASP World

Tournament in which our archery team

participated. They had the wonderful

opportunity to meet kids from all over the

globe as they competed in Orlando.

You will read about how you

can also be a champion in our Maco

Light Legend 5K/Fun Run on

November 13.

You will see that CCS and

CDS earned the title of Schools of

Distinction due to our superior EOG

test scores.

Also, you read about how

proud we are to announce that Judge

Ola Lewis has joined our Board of

Trustees and we look forward to

working with her in our continuing

effort to achieve academic excellence.

There is so much more

within these pages such as our RBA

Vikings pages such as our RBA

Vikings Football and Cheerleading

accomplishments.

Ms. Coleman, a kindergarten

assistant at CDS, shares with us her

experiences as a little person

working with our students.

We are excited to have a

new computer program as a tool to

use along with our math curriculum

this year.

Within these pages are

examples of the success our schools

have experience this fall. Thank

you to all the faculty, staff, parents

and other volunteers who make all

of this possible for our children.

Best Regards,

Mark T. Cramer

Superintendent