September - October, 2009

CBA Fall Picnic
"Ice Cream Sociable"
- Tuesday, September 8th -(11:00 am)

Come join other CBA families for a time of informal fellowship, "picnic-ing" and fun. Get a chance to meet other CBA parents and kids. We will meet at Schooley Mills Park in Highland, MD at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8th. Bring your lunch and drinks, but don’t pack dessert! We will provide ice cream for all interested kids and parents. The picnic will be cancelled in the event of rain. You can call the CBA office or watch the website that morning if you aren’t sure. Call or register online so we can be sure to have enough ice cream!

The park is a great place for bicycles, rollerblades, tennis, volleyball, frisbie and more. There is a large playground area.

Schooley Mills Park is located about ½ mile west of the intersection of Rt. 126 and Hall Shop Road just south of Columbia(see map on back).

So, grab the whole family, load up the food, sunscreen, and favorite play equipment & come on down!

CBA Elementary "Wednesday Classes"
(1:15 - 3:30 pm.)
3 LOCATIONS
(Art, Phys. Ed & Introducing "Flat Stanley" Classes)

This year’s CBA elementary group classes offer art, phys. ed. and "Flat Stanley" for enrolled students in grades K through 6th. These classes are designed to provide a group time where each child’s experience is fun and rewarding. It is a time where CBA students can build friendships, learn new skills and just plain have fun. The programs are similar at all three locations on the first and third Wednesdays of each month starting on Sept. 16th - from 1:15 - 3:30 p.m.

The cost is only $5 per day, per child. This fee covers all three classes and materials. The group class fee will be billed on your monthly summary only for days your children attend. Please sign in each time you attend the Wednesday Classes.

Upper Mont. Co. Classes
These classes are offered at Cedarbrook Church in Clarksburg (click for map).

Lower Mont. Co. Classes
These classes are offered at First Alliance Church in Silver Spring (click for map).

Howard Co. Classes
These classes are offered at the Linden-Linthicum United Methodist Church in Clarksburg (click for map).

Field Trips & Events

#1
Field Trip to The Baltimore Zoo
- Tuesday, September 22nd -
(Meet at 9:30 a.m.)

The Baltimore Zoo is considered one of the nation’s best child-friendly zoos. This is a great family field trip for students, parents and siblings of all enrolled CBA families, especially as everyone gets in FREE (normal entry fees are $9 children, $11 adults and children 12 and over). Come and see the new prairie dog exhibit and the improved children’s park. See the polar bears and snow leopards, emus and wallabies, elephants and flamingos, hippos and reptiles and lots, lots more. The Baltimore Zoo is stroller friendly. You can bring a picnic lunch or you can purchase food there.

Reservations are required. To sign up just call the CBA office (301) 528-6705, or sign up online through the our website.

Pre-field trip information including directions and other details will be mailed to all who sign up.

#2
CBA Assembly
"Wildlife Adventures"
- Wednesday, September 30th -
(Doors open at 12:45 p.m.)

This CBA Assembly will introduce the students to some real live animals up close and personal. The presenter will discuss lessons we can learn from animals like orderliness, self control, and more. The field trip is appropriate for students of all ages but geared for students pre-K to 6th grade. CBA will present this assembly at the First Alliance Church on New Hamphsire Ave. The cost is $4 per person ( 4yrs. or older).

To register please call the CBA office or sign up online at the CBA website. A confirmation packet with directions and other details will be mailed to all who sign up. Give us a call if you have questions.

#3
Field Trip to
The Gettysburg Battlefield
- Monday, October 12th -
(Meet at 9:30 a.m. )

Come and join us for a self-guided tour and visit to the Gettysburg Battlefield. We will see the new visitor’s center with a beautifully produced introductory movie, a new museum and a renovated cyclorama. Families can tour the battlefield with or without an audio CD guide. The CD is optional and costs $19.95. Please indicate your desire to purchase when registering.

This family field trip is geared for folks of all ages. We are working to set up a special ranger-led program for about 50 of our students in grades 4 through 12. This program would require some pre-field trip preparation and would require the group to be off with the rangers and a CBA staff member for about 1½ hours. More details are available for interested families.

The cost is $5 per person 5 years old and up (regular cost is $6.50 per student and $10 per adult).To register please call the CBA office or sign up online at the CBA website.

A confirmation packet with directions and other details will be mailed to all who sign up. Give us a call if you have questions.

#4
The PSAT/ National Merit Scholarship Exam
- Wednesday, October 14th -
(Arrive at 8:30 a.m.)

Enrolled high school students in grades 10 and 11 who wish to take the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test through CBA must sign up by September 24th. Details will be sent out to all those who register. The test will be given in the gymnasium at First Alliance Church. The cost is $25.

The PSAT/National Merit Scholar-ship Qualifying Test is a practice test for the SAT College Admission Test and is used to qualify students in grade 11 for National Merit Scholarships.
We have a limited number of tests so sign up early to ensure a spot. To sign up or if you have questions, call the CBA office (301) 528-6705 or sign up online at the CBA website.

#5
The Annual
High School Bonfire
- October 17th -
(6:30 pm.)

Enrolled high school students - mark your calendars! Come eat, play and meet some CBA friends both old and new. Watch for details soon in the upcoming high school memo.

#6
Field Trip to Brighton Dam
- Wednesday, October 28th -
(Choose between 2 tour times - 10 to 12 or 1 to 3)

This field trip is geared for families and students of all ages. Brighton Dam is located on the border of Howard and Montgomery Counties about 2 miles east of New Hampshire Ave. on Brighton Dam Road. This 2 hour field trip will present the history of the Tridelphia Reservior and the Brighton Dam on the Patuxant River. We will learn about the "human water cycle" from the river, to the filtration plant, to the home, and back to the earth.

Following the tour we will hand out maps if families would like to take a quick run over to nearby Brookeville, MD (U.S. Capital City for one day on August 26, 1812 when James Madison evacuated the White House and fled under the British attack during the war of 1812).

To sign up, call the CBA office or sign up online.

#7
CBA School Portrait & Yearbook Pictures
- See your mail flier for dates and locations -

We are delighted to announce that school pictures will be taken by Mighty Oak Photography this school year. CBA student pictures (grades K - 11) will be taken at several sites (see the enclosed flier for details). All enrolled students are welcome to come and have individual school pictures taken. There is no cost, pressure or obligation to purchase. Proofs are provided and families will have an opportunity to purchase sets of pictures if they desire. The individual pictures for students in grades 7th - 11th will also be included in this year’s Jr./Sr. High Yearbook.

Seniors should have already received information on portraits. Senior portraits will also be used for the senior section of the yearbook. If you have any questions please call the CBA office.

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