February 23, 2012

Corbett Charter School Board Meeting

The Corbett Charter School (CCS) Board will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, February 22nd, at 4:00 in the high school library. Topics on the agenda include the 2012 and 2013 budgets, the 2012 audit, student achievement updates and the upcoming scholarship awards.

Register for Corbett Youth Sports!

If you have a child(ren) in the grade school and/or middle school who would like to participate in spring sports at Corbett through Corbett Youth Sports (CYS), please go to corbettboosters.org to check out details and register online.    

MUSIC MANIA!!!

Ahoy! Primary Music Families – Thank you so much for your support for the “Pirates’ Quest” program! What a ton of fun!  Your children truly are a treasure to me. Funky Monkey program  “Travelin’ West with a Whistle and a Tune!” April 10th  -  6:30 p.m. Grade School Gym Please have your student in his/her… [Read More...]

Corbett Charter School Lottery

The Corbett Charter School lottery is done and results have been emailed to all admitted and wait-listed students. Wait lists were limited to 20 per grade level. If you applied to grades K through Nine and have not heard yet, that indicates that you were not drawn for either admission or the wait list. We… [Read More...]

Two weeks left to purchase your tickets to the 2012 Red & Black Auction & Dinner at the Early Bird Special price.

Two weeks left to purchase your tickets to the 2012 Red & Black Auction & Dinner at the Early Bird Special price. Individual tickets: $40 through February 29, 2012 8 person tables: $350 through February 29, 2012 Tickets can be purchased at the middle school/high school office, grade school office, or online at CorbettBoosters.org The… [Read More...]

Corbett Middle School: No Grades? No Problem.

The following are two scenarios that could occur at a typical middle school. Scenario one: Sarah is given an assignment: a persuasive essay, due at the end of the week.  She picks a topic—‘Facebook should be outlawed in schools’—because she already knows a lot about Internet safety and school privacy (her aunt teaches high school… [Read More...]

Update on the Current Student Population Statistics of Corbett School District

As we’re well into the second half of the school year, it’s appropriate to revisit an important topic –one that all school districts should monitor and report on regularly: the health of our district as indicated by the retention rate of in-district students. I have written about this topic at length on two other occasions. … [Read More...]

Regular Board Meeting Wednesday Feb 15th in the MPB 7:00 PM

The board will hold their regular board meeting this coming Wednesday in the MPB.  A copy of the preliminary agenda can be downloaded in pdf form. school board agenda 2-15-2012 2-15-2012 You can download a pdf of the updated agenda and minutes from previous meetings here. Feb 15th Board Packet and Minutes from other Feb… [Read More...]

Special Board Meeting: February 8 @ 7

The School Board will hold a special board meeting this Wednesday at 7:00 in the grade school cafeteria MPB to complete business that was tabled at the meeting last Wednesday.  Five policies recommended by the OSBA will be discussed during the special meeting. After the special board meeting the board will hold a work session… [Read More...]

Celebrating our Volunteers!

When many of us reflect about what makes Corbett School District a great place to be, we certainly think about the importance of the volunteers in our grade school.  We have decided to share with everyone, some of the people who are currently volunteering in our grade school.  While our hope is to feature as… [Read More...]