Compass Chronicle
Engagement | Winter 2019
What a fun year it has been so far!
I am so excited to share all of the exciting and engaging field trips and events CCS is offering this school year! Stay tuned on Parent Square for more information and sign-ups!
Rebecca MacAlpine, Director of Engagement
Table of Contents
- Field Trip Reflection
- Scholar Stories
- Contests
- Upcoming Events
- Exceptional Scholar Services, Counseling, and Main Newsletter
Our field trips have continued to be enjoyed by our CCS community!
We have adventured off to a variety of places including Young Chef’s Academy in Fresno, Warner Brothers Studio Tour, Drum Barracks Guided Tour, the Getty Villa, Western Science Center, Medieval Times, Nutcracker Performance, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Basilwood Farm Tour, Downing Planetarium, AVID Scholar Leadership Conference, Spelling Bee and SDG&E! Just a few of the memories made by scholars were preparing and enjoying their very own cinnamon rolls at Young Chef’s Academy in Fresno along with experiencing an educational matinee at Medieval Times as well as competing in our Spelling Bee at our Orange County Learning Center! Additionally, scholars loved getting to explore all around the Monterey Bay Aquarium and learning about energy at SDG&E!
Our virtual scholar workshops have been at hit with our scholars during the past few months. We all enjoyed our Virtual Scholar Talent Show, “Pivot Point” session where we focused on our post-secondary goals, “Hour of Code” with our Computer Code Club and our Music Lesson with Ms. Noller!
We hosted our first Coaches’ Corner of the school year focusing on Internet Safety! If you were not able to join us live, please visit our YouTube channel to view the recording along with all of our helpful and informative Learning Coach videos!
Congratulations to our Talent Show Top Finalists! All of our scholars that participated in the Talent Show received exceptional scores from the judging panel! The top 3 finalists were Kate V. on the viola, Amartya P. on the piano and Joseph V.’s singing performance! Thank you to all our CCS community that performed, supported and enjoy our 2018 Virtual Scholar Talent Show! We are counting down the days until our 2019 Talent Show!
SCHOLAR STORIES
- Families that attended our Warner Brothers Studio Tour shared that their scholars enjoyed every minute of the tour, including the prop storehouse, seeing the Batman car, learning the camera tricks and seeing the Harry Potter archive. Additionally, learning coaches shared that they enjoyed watching their scholars enjoy something brand new, getting to learn about movie making, props and history from the tour guide along with seeing the sets for Gilmore Girls set and Separated but Together!
- Families that attended our Ocean Quest Private Boat Tour field trip shared their scholars enjoyed seeing the crabs on the pier, experiencing the boat ride, learning about the sea lions and meeting other scholars who are their same age! Learning coaches shared how much they also enjoyed the boat ride, seeing the sea lions up close and watching the scholars experiment make plankton and testing their creations in the water!
CONTESTS
- During December we invited scholars to participate in our Family Traditions Contest! Scholar's shared with us their favorite family traditions that they have during the year - whether it be a camping trip, cookie baking extravaganza or weekly family game nights!
- We are currently celebrating National School Choice Week with our 2019 Spirit Week! We are proud to be a school of choice and we are dressing up to show our pride! Scholars, learning coaches and staff are invited to our spirit days this week:
Tuesday, January 22 ~ Choose to wear your favorite college's gear
Wednesday, January 23 ~ Choose your favorite sport team gear
Thursday, January 24 ~ National School Choice Spirit Day (Wear Yellow)
Friday, January 25 ~ CCS Spirit Day (Wear Orange, Blue or CCS spirit wear)
UPCOMING EVENTS
We are looking forward to the many field trips we have in the months ahead including (but not limited to): NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, Geo Bee, John’s Incredible Pizza Tour and Pizza Making, Apple Store’s Coding Lesson at the Grove, Ballis Glass Ornament Making, Knott’s Berry Energy in Motion Tour, Catalina Toyon Bay for 9th to 11th graders, AVID Clippers Game, San Onofre Tour for 6th to 12th graders, USS Midway Museum, The Sawdust Factory, Subzero Ice Cream Presentation, Wonder Valley High Ropes Course, Catwalk, Zipline and Rock Wall Adventure and more!
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