Main Office Announcements
In-Service Days
October 12 and November 19 are in-service days for
our teachers. There will be no school for students on
those days.
Veterans Day Holiday
Charter will be closed on Monday, Nov. 12, in honor
of Veterans Day.
PSAT Testing
On Wednesday, October 17, grades 10 and 11 will
be taking the PSAT tests at CSW. Dismissal will be at
the conclusion of the test at about 11:30 a.m. There
will be no school for grades 9 and 12. This might be
a good day to visit a local college, schedule a dental
appointment, etc.
Athletic Boosters To Meet
CSW’s Athletic Boosters will meet October 15 at 7:15
p.m. in Room 323.
Cheerleading Tryouts
Cheerleading tryouts for the 2007-08 basketball season
will be held on: Monday, Oct. 22, Tuesday, Oct.
23 and Wednesday, Oct. 24. Tryouts will take place
from 6-8p.m. Wednesday tryouts will take place in
the cafeteria, and Monday and Tuesday tryouts are
scheduled in C-gym.
Calling Junior and Senior Parents To Help With After-Prom Planning
It is early in the school year, but After-Prom meetings
are already well underway. To be a part of After-
Prom, you do not need to have a special skill, attend
meetings, or be up all night. If you are willing to help
and make even a minimal time commitment, there is
probably a job for you. The next planning meeting
will be Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in CSW Room 326.
A final planning meeting will be held on Tuesday,
Nov. 13 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 326. Please plan
to attend. If you can’t attend, are you willing to make
phone calls, hunt down necessary items, or do other
similar tasks? After the first of the year, there will be
painting and decoration parties and requests for food
and prizes donations.
Board Meeting
The Charter School of Wilmington Board of Directors
will meet on October 23 and November 27 at 5:30
p.m. in Room 321.
Academic Banquet
The Charter School of Wilmington will hold its tenth
annual Rising Stars Academic Awards Banquet on
Thursday, October 25, at 6:15 p.m. at the Hockessin
Memorial Hall. The theme for this event is “A
Celebration of Excellence.” The banquet recognizes
student achievements for the last school year.
Announcements were mailed in September for this
event. We need a few good freshmen and their parents
to collect tickets for our Academic Banquet on
October 25 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Hockessin
Memorial Hall. If you are available – please e-mail
Donna Urban at durban@charterschool.org.
Casual Dress Day
October’s Casual Dress Day will be Friday, Oct. 26.
Although jeans and T-shirts are permitted, modesty
and appropriateness are always considerations. The
next Casual Dress Day will be Friday, Nov. 30.
Senior Research Checkpoint #3:
Experiment Results Due October 31
All seniors are reminded to check the senior research
website so they are prepared for this checkpoint.
Students may check with their senior homeroom
teachers if they have any questions.
The Senior Research Project requirements, checkpoints
and grading rubrics are available on Charter’s
website, www.charterschool.org. Instructions for
using the intranet as well as project updates are
available. Students and parents should check the site
regularly. Senior homeroom teachers are the project
advisors.
Report Cards
The first marking period ends on November 2.
Report cards will be distributed on November 15.
Interim reports for the first marking period are
mailed on October 8.
Welcome to Our Parent Association
Have you returned your Parent Association volunteer
form? Would you like to help plan activities
for our teachers and staff? Are you involved in our
auction and after-prom committees? If you would
like more information, please email Teri Tabah at
ttabah@comcast.net. And mark your calendar for
the first association meeting on November 15.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
School will dismiss at noon on Thursday, Nov. 15,
so teachers can prepare for the parent-teacher conferences
scheduled in the gym from 3-7 p.m. No
appointments are necessary.
Open House
The Charter School of Wilmington’s Open House for
prospective students will be held on Sunday,
November 18 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Presentations will be made, tours will be given and
questions will be answered. If you know
any 7th or 8th graders who may be interested in
applying to The Charter School of Wilmington, please
encourage them to attend our Open House.
Breakfast At Charter
All Charter students may purchase breakfast, for
only 65 cents in the cafeteria daily from 7:15 a.m. to
7:45 a.m. All students may eat in the senior lounge
during breakfast.
Service Learning Opportunity
at Lakota Indian Reservation
Spend a week on a Native American reservation in
South Dakota. Charter’s first service learning experience
will provide students the opportunity to serve
the impoverished members of the Lakota tribe, to be
immersed in the Sioux culture, to learn about their
history and spirituality, and to visit nearby Wounded
Knee Memorial, Singing Horse Trading Post, the
Badlands and many sites.
While on the reservation, students will build houses,
repair existing houses and supply bunk beds for families.
Students will interact directly with the Lakota
people and emerge with an understanding of their
beliefs and experiences, both historical and current.
The school is organizing this trip through the Re-
Member organization at www.re-member.org. For
more information please contact Ms. Lober at
rlober@charterschool.org.
Smart Drive
SmartDrive is a free, online program of driver education
reinforcement aimed at students who already
have their driver’s licenses. The program was conceived
by Delmarva Broadcasting Company in 2004 in
response to a rash of untimely and unnecessary
deaths of several Delaware high school students. A
group of professionals developed this comprehensive
program to better educate and motivate young drivers
to operate at a higher level and demonstrate
greater responsibility and maturity before and
during every moment they are behind the wheel of a
motor vehicle. Charter students will be attending an
assembly on October 9 to learn more about the program.
This program starts November 1 and continues
through January 31 and consists of three instructional
student modules and one “bonus” parent module. So
don’t wait, get in the Smart Drive seat and get on the
road to driving smarter! Enroll online today at
www.smartdrivede.org
School Closings
If the weather necessitates a late opening or a school
cancellation, the announcement will be made by 6
a.m. The announcement will be made specifically for
The Charter School of Wilmington. The information
will be posted on Charter’s website at www.charterschool.
org and it will be broadcast on local radio stations
(WILM, WDEL, WJBR and WNRK). We will also try
to use NBC Channel 10 and ABC Channel 6.
If the Red Clay School District is closed and Charter is
opened, the students will be dismissed at noon, since
cafeteria service will not be available.
Magazine Sale Kickoff
Charter’s first fundraiser of the year is right around
the corner. Our magazine sale will start in mid-
October, and it will end in November. The success of
the program depends on your participation. If you
have subscriptions to be renewed, especially those
ordered last year or if you would like to order a new
subscription, please plan to order through our program.
Renewal orders will extend the expiration date
of your current subscriptions. Don’t forget to ask
friends, neighbors and relatives to order or renew
their subscriptions with Charter.
Sports Physicals for Winter Sports
Winter sports begin in November. All athletes must
have a DIAA sports physical on file before that
date. Physicals must be dated after May 1, 2007 and
the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association form
must be used. This form can be obtained from the
nurse’s office, main office, Wellness Center, or downloaded
from the CSW website (under the Nurse’s
Office.) Make an appointment now with your family
physician or the Wellness Center. Physicals are performed
at no charge at the Wellness Center. (Call
651-2100.) Return the completed physical to the
school nurse. If you have any questions, please call
Karen Micale, R.N., at 651-2727 Ext. 225.
Visit www.viewmyschedule.com
This website is a “view only” site for the benefit of
parents, students, press, community etc. Schedule
changes are immediately updated and posted on this
site. Here is how to use it:
1. www.viewmyschedule.com
2. Move cursor to search box and type: The Charter
School, enter
3.Click circle next to the school name
4.Click on “view month” and it will show events for
whole month. Or click on “view sports schedule.”
Use the inside scroll bar until you get to the sport.
Click on the circle next to the sport to see the schedule.