CORNERSTONE ACADEMY

More than 23,000 central Ohio students chose charters last school year, including more than 10,300 from suburban and rural districts.

And all 49 of the region’s school districts have some students in charters, a fact that defies the early view that charter schools were an escape for poor kids trapped in troubled schools — something that the Columbus City Schools had to contend with.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/11/27/charters-lure-suburban-kids-too.html

The open enrollment period for Cornerstone Academy has begun.  Please pre-enroll your child online now to receive additional information regarding enrollment for the 2011-2012 school year.

We are currently inviting parents to pre-enroll their children at Cornerstone Academy for the 2011-2012 school year. Once your pre-enrollment form is received, a school representative will contact you to discuss enrollment options.

Pre-enrollment is now open to all students residing in the respective school district. Cornerstone Academy can accommodate students entering into kindergarten to 8th grade. It is imperative that parents submit enrollment applications for each student planning to enroll, as early as possible.

Cornerstone Academy implements a thematic, interactive program that incorporates multiple learning styles. Mornings are dedicated to building solid skills in the core subject areas of reading, writing, math and science. While the afternoons are reserved for foreign language, music, physical education and a daily 90-minute block of Cornerstone Academy’s Paragon curriculum.

The Paragon curriculum is interdisciplinary, engaging, discovery-based and multi-cultural. The hands-on approach of Paragon addresses the multiple intelligences and individual learning styles. This enhances students’ communication skills, analysis and self-expression.

Cornerstone Academy also offers an emotionally and physically safe learning environment, access to computers and technology, committed and qualified teachers and staff and encourage parental involvement. Teachers will conduct regular goal setting conferences with individual children and their parents, to ensure the student’s success.

To pre-enroll online, click here.

We are in need of a parent volunteer to assemble four shelving units. This process will take approximately 2 hours and requires very few tools. Please contact nlong@cornerstoneacad.org if you are interested in helping with this project.

Thank you,

Natalie Long

The Frankenmuth Fundraiser has been extended to Friday, September 10.

SAVE THE DATE!!!! 

• AUGUST 3^rd: Back to School Night for Grades 1-3, 6:30 to 7:30 pm
• AUGUST 4^th: Back to School Night for Grades 4-8, 6:30 to 7:30pm
• AUGUST 5^th: Meet the Teacher Night for Kindergarten, 6:30 to 7:30 pm
• AUGUST 9^th: First Day of School

Cornerstone Academy students raised $2,854.43 for the American Heart Association through Jump Rope for Heart.  Also, we challenged our students in the month of April to a paper recycling challenge….our students brought in just over 4000 pounds of paper! (more…)

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release April 29, 2010

NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS WEEK, 2010

Presidential Proclamation

National Charter Schools Week

Our Nation’s future depends on the education we provide to our sons and daughters, and charter schools across America serve as laboratories for education. Ideas developed and tested by charter schools have unlocked potential in students of every background and are driving reform throughout many school districts. During National Charter Schools Week, we recommit to supporting innovation in teaching and learning at high quality charter schools and ensuring all our students have a chance to realize the American Dream.

 Principals, teachers, parents, school boards, and communities are working together to transform our public schools, and countless children stand to benefit from the replication of effective education models. In the 21st century, a world class education is our best avenue to prosperity. The skills and knowledge students gain in school — reinforced by the love of learning educators and mentors can foster — can empower young Americans to achieve their dreams and lead our country in the global marketplace.

 The size and scope of the challenges before us require us to align our deepest values and commitments to the demands of a new age. My Administration is committed to helping schools prepare the next generation of leaders by reaching beyond standardized methods and promoting creative teaching strategies and learning techniques. By giving all our children access to a complete and competitive education, we will pass on the American spirit of limitless possibility to the next generation.

 NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2 through May 8, 2010, as National Charter Schools Week.

 I commend our Nation’s charter schools, teachers, and administrators, and I call on States and communities to support charter schools and the students they serve.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.

 BARACK OBAMA

 www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-national-charter-schools-week

 Cornerstone will host a rummage sale on May 1^st. Paragon Night will be the kickoff for this event. Please feel free to begin bringing in the items that you would like to donate. We will also have a drop-off location at the side entrance starting Friday, April 9^th.  We still need help preparing for this event. If you are able to volunteer please contact the school office.

 Our monthly Papa Johns event will be on April 13^th and 14^th. This offer is good for carry out and delivery on either night, any location.

 Our next fundraiser is at Bob Evans in Westerville (next to Kohls).  This event is scheduled for April 19^th from 4-8PM.

 Family Movie Night is April 23^rd. This event is tons of fun and a great way to start the weekend. As always volunteers are needed if you have any free time. Please contact Sara Scalf at sscalf@cornerstoneacad.org if you are able to help.

 Cornerstone will host a Mothers Day Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, May 8^th. Please mark your calendars early and plan on attending. Moms eat FREE!!!!!

 Summer Festival!!!!!! June 12^th is Cornerstone’s annual Summer Festival. Please stop by the next PTO meeting on April 22^nd if you are interested in being a part of the planning team for this project.  

 Other News:

 -The City Barbeque check arrived in the amount of $143.79. Great Job Cornerstone!!!!!!

 -Phase II of the Playground has arrived. We are currently awaiting the delivery of our mulch. The company has told us that it should be here this week. Thanks to all of the families and staff that have donated time to helping get the playground ready for the students.

 -Box Top Wars will end April 30^th. Keep sending in those box tops, soup labels, and coke points. So far this year we’ve been able to purchase several packages of construction paper, Spanish flashcards, scooters, kraft paper and gator skin balls for PE with our points. This is amazingJ.  Online Coke point donations have earned us over 40 entries in the Coke Playground Sweepstakes.

 -Green Team will be hosting a paper drive this month. The goal is to collect 4000 pounds. We will earn double funds raised this month in honor of Earth Day.  

“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”

~Sonia Johnson

A group of teachers, curriculum specialists and Mosaica executives gathered for the Mosaica Math Summit on May 4 and 5. The summit focused on ways to increase math achievement at Mosaica schools around the world. Dawn Linden, Mosaica’s Director of Education explained the purpose of bringing these educators together: “Mathematics achievement is high on our list of priorities and we’re looking for innovative, effective strategies to increase conceptual understanding, and to ensure that we’re reaching each student every day.”

Referencing the Final Report of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Mathematics Advisory Panel (2008), summit attendees reviewed various math programs’ strengths and weaknesses and explored successful methods used in the United States and by countries that performed well on TIMMS, with the goal of adopting best practices from around the globe, raising math interest, and making math an integral part of school culture. Michael J. Connelly, Mosaica’s Chief Executive Officer, announced the rationale at the beginning of the summit: “Literacy and numeracy are the twin tools for international success on the global stage of the 21st century. Our schools are committed to high levels of student achievement and the development of life-long learners who are comfortable participating on that stage. Following our Literacy Summit, which launched our highly successful Literacy Initiative two years ago, this Math Summit is the both the culmination of years of research and planning and the beginning of the implementation phase.”

As a result of the decisions taken at the summit, Mosaica Education will implement a system-wide Math Initiative beginning in the fall of 2009. This initiative focuses on placing Math Coaches in every school, increasing the number of high-quality math teachers at every grade, exploring ways to offer alternative certifications to math teachers coming from science and industry, and bringing math specialists to upper elementary grades. The initiative will also adjust the daily schedule to allow for 90 minutes of uninterrupted math in all grades; provide additional professional development for teachers to cultivate confident implementation of the new program; develop math clubs and competitions in all schools; and – perhaps most importantly – ensure that learning math will be FUN!

Dr. Dawn Eidelman, Mosaica’s Co-Founder and President of its Paragon Division commented, “The beauty of our new initiative is that it will augment project-based learning by linking mathematics more integrally to the history of great ideas and great people in world culture through our Paragon curriculum. To innovate purposefully and to design the future, we must build upon the lessons from our past.”