Drawing Competition open to All Georgia Kids
Hey kids, do you like birds and love to draw or paint? Georgia’s seventh annual Youth Birding Competition is offering a T-shirt Art Contest for resident children and teens. Many famous ornithologists were bird artists when they were young, so perhaps you could be the next John James Audubon, Roger Tory Peterson or David Allen Sibley! Submissions must be received by March 5, 2012, 4 p.m.
A winner will be picked from each of the following age categories: primary (pre-K-2nd), elementary (3rd-5th), middle school (6th-8th) and high
school. One winner will be awarded the grand prize - their artwork will appear on the 2012 Youth Birding Competition T-shirt and they’ll receive a $100 gift card to Michaels. The three other winners will each receive a $50 Michaels gift card, redeemable for art supplies.
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Prospective Parent Night 2012
Please spread the word...on Tuesday, January 24 at 7:00pm, Chesnut is hosting a Prospective Parents night in the school Media Center. Parents of rising Pre-K and Kindergarten students as well as any parents interested in learning more about Chesnut Charter School are invited to attend. You will have the opportunity to meet our principal, assistant principal and faculty members as well as learn more about our wonderful school. Please contact Terri Young at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 770-457-1519 with any questions. Please note this an adults only event!
Chesnut Wins KaBOOM Grant
Chesnut has been awarded a $750 grant through the "Let's Play, Dr. Pepper, Snapple, and KaBOOM!" program. Chesnut won based on our demonstrated ability to maintain and 'spruce up' our KaBOOM playground over the years since its installation in 2007 -- thanks to the dedicated work of PTA volunteers Andrew Hirst and Mona Henderson, caring for the playground has been on a 3-month regular rotation through the Clean and Beautiful program at our school. Many thanks to Andrew, Mona, and all the students, parents, and teachers who've ever worked on a C+B... your involvement showed KaBOOM that we were dedicated to our school and helped to earn this award!
If you would like more detail and some great before-and-after photos of the playground, click here to read the KaBOOM playground grant application Nov 2011.
Donate to the Spring Fling Family Fundraiser and Silent Auction Today!
Presents the Chesnut Spring Fling- Web Listing on the Chesnut Spring Fling webpage
- Listing in auction catalogs distributed at event
- Marketing handouts/business cards to display auction item
- Logo on school spirit-wear T-shirts
Why are Smart Whiteboards Important?
Have you wondered why Charter Council puts so much emphasis on getting Promethean smart whiteboards into Chesnut's classrooms? Aside from the obvious benefits of getting kids more involved in active learning, using technology to reach tech-savvy grade schoolers, and giving teachers an exciting new tool to "change things up" in the classroom.... there is a study available now that documents increases in academic performance for kids in classrooms where the boards are integrated into the curriculum - up to 16 points higher in some cases! Click here to read about this 2008-10 multi-year study.
The push to get Chesnut outfitted with these boards started 3 years ago... the school had only 4 boards in the building. When DES was built and had a board in every room... we knew we had to get moving. Now, we are only 4 classrooms shy of supplying every homeroom with one of these boards! Click here so your Friends of Chesnut donation can help to close this gap!
Fundraiser Progress as of Dec. 12
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