The U. S. President’s Office has selected one young man and woman per state as the 2015 Presidential Scholar winners. This year’s Delaware’s winners happen to both be CSW seniors: Rohith Venkataraman and Christina Stiebris. They will join other state winners this summer in Washington, D.C., and meet with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Rohith selected Dr. David Brown as his “most influential teacher.” Christina selected Chery Potocki as her “most influential teacher.”
The Charter School of Wilmington’s Team A brought home 8th place in the 2015 NCF-Envirothon, a week-long North American natural resource education competition and program of the National Conservation Foundation (NCF). Fifty two teams competed at this year’s event and the top teams were announced on Saturday, August 1, during the award ceremonies at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. Over four thousand highs schools were involved in the 2015 program across North America.
“The National Conservation Foundation congratulates not only the winning team, but all the students who participated in this year’s competition,” said Steve Robinson, Chair of the NCF Board of Trustees, “We are so proud of all of the students’ efforts and commitment to helping preserve our natural resources.”
CSW’s Team A: Miles Wang, Sriram Cyr, Gina Zhu, Vickram Rajendran and Isaac Kempton
May 1, 2015
CSW’s Team A: Miles Wang, Sriram Cyr, Gina Zhu, Isaac Kempton and Vickram Rajendran.
Congratulations to CSW’s Envirothon Team A and Team C for capturing 1st and 2nd place in the State Envirothon Competition on May 1. Team A now moves on to the National Envirothon Competition in Missouri which runs from July 27 to August 2.
This victory marked CSW’s 16th win in the event’s 20-year history, including an unbroken winning streak since 2002.
Kudos to all of our participants for such an inspiring performance at the event:
Team A members (1st place): Miles Wang, Sriram Cyr, Gina Zhu, Isaac Kempton and Vickram Rajendran
Team C members (2nd place): John Garcia, Advaitha Anne, Siddharth Gangrade, Alana Duke and Silvana Alfieri
Team B members (4th Place – missed 3rd by 1 point!): Jayna Lennon, Erin Warren, Connor Sweeney, Catherine Yu and Allen Wang
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Dear Students and Parents:
Currently route changes for routes 4, 10 and 14 have been posted on the website. Routes 4 & 10 are currently being run with the changes. Route 14 changes take effect on Monday, Sept. 28.
There still is a county-wide bus driver shortage which affects all of the bus contractors not just Advanced. Fortunately we have all of our drivers, but the shortage affects substitute drivers for us.
We are still in the process of making small changes in many of the routes and may issue additional route changes in the near future. We do appreciate your patience. Currently, we are about a half of the way into the email requests for bus changes so it will take some time to make the corrections. We are not ignoring the requests but, unfortunately, it just takes time.
If you are at a stop and are wondering if the bus is late, please call Advanced Transportation at 998-6726 and they should be able to tell you the status of the bus. We do not have any of that information at the Charter office. Remember, their dispatchers receive a large number of calls in the morning and if you can’t get through on the phone, keep trying.
We also appreciate the emails and telephone calls informing us of suggestions. We can be reached at jdesmond@charterschool.org.
Please do not call because the telephone calls will be handled after the emails.
Jed C. Desmond
Chief Financial Office
NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS NAMED
22 seniors have been selected to the elite group of 16,000 semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
Congratulations to Josephine Carlozzi, Daniel Castle, Maitreyi Dave’, Asher Feldman, Benjamin Fickes, Qingyu He, Abhishek Joshi, Ki Chang Kang, Vinay Kasat, Pranay Malempati, Mohan Malhotra, Kevin Murray, Samuel Namey, Avery Nielsen, Jared Saquing, Akash Singh, Allen Tang, Anudeep Udumula, Emmett van Venrooy, Hunter Wieman, Helen Xu and Gina Zhu. These students are now competing for more than $32 million dollars in scholarships.
NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED STUDENTS ANNOUNCED
Congratulations to our 2016 National Merit Commended Students.
This impressive list of 28 seniors includes: Soni Aggarwal, Bilal Ahmed, Adrian Allarey, Alexandra Brevoort, William Connolly, Megan Cullen, Mabel D’Souza, Alana Duke, Kristen Edmiston, Madeline Geller, Claire Gonye, Hewitt Hallberg, Anna Holland, Jayna Lennon, Logan Liao, Jiahang Liu, Ying Luo, Aarif Majeed, Sean Mathur, Rohan Narayan, Kyle O’Donnell, Lucy Qi, Calvin Schaefer, Daniel Schaefer, Aditya Shukla, Shrayus Sortur, Emma Swift and Joel Turk.
The 2016 Summer Driver Education Program at The Charter School of Wilmington starts June 20. More information can be found at: http://charterschool.org/driver-education.
Through Delaware’s SPARC initiative, Delmarva Power is partnering with The Charter School of Wilmington offering internships, job shadowing opportunities and scholarships to juniors and seniors.
Through this initiative, Delmarva Power sponsored $3,000 in scholarship awards at our Junior Science Fair.
Delmarva Power Young Scientist Awards
Connor Sweeney ($500.00 Scholarship) Title: The Role of Arabidopsis Thaliana Volatile Organic Compounds in Intraspecific Communication
Chris Avila ($500.00 Scholarship) Title: The Effect of Soil Bacteria Inoculations on the Power and Current Generated by a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)
Delmarva Power Grand Award
Anna McCarter ($800.00 Scholarship – tied 1st Place) Title: The Effect of Radar Speed Sign Modifications on Drivers’ Speed
Shinbee Park and Emily Wood ($400.00 Scholarship each – tied 1st Place) Title: The Copper Toxicity Threshold of Lemna minor
Meghan Purcell and Hannah Miller ($200.00 Scholarship each – 2nd Place) Title: The Effects of pH on the Decay of Teeth
Congratulations to CSW’s Science Olympiad teams for placing 1st and 2nd in the state at the Delaware Science Olympiad on March 5.
Our first place team members include:
Advaitha Anne, Alan Balu, Andy Chen, Steven Chen, Siddharth Gangrade, Christina Kim, Michael Lan, Anna McCarter, Jared Saquing, Omkar Sreekanth, Shalini Sundar, Anudeep Udumala, Yuqing Xie, Cathy Yu and Gina Zhu.
The team is now preparing to compete at the nationals at the University of Wisconsin – Stout in May.
Our second place team members include:
Connor Barrett, Ethan Chang, Ben Dubner, Nicole Flowerhill, Grace Gong, Jesse Li, Ashish Mahuli, Max Medroso, Ben Snyder, Jeremy Sontchi, Vedant Subramanian, Amber Wang, Joannie Wang, Nicole Williams and Yellanki Sreekanth.
Delaware Science Olympiad website
Official Score Sheet with Events
National Science Olympiad website
The Charter School of Wilmingt
The mission of The Charter School of Wilmington is to engage highly motivated high school students with an interest in math and science by providing a challenging college preparatory curriculum in a safe, friendly and nurturing environment that integrates practical learning opportunities, sets high expectations, develops social responsibility and promotes a global perspective
CSW Teams Capture Top Honors at Envirothon
Congratulations to CSW’s Envirothon Team B for capturing 1st place at the state Envirothon Competition. Our A team placed 2nd and our C team placed 6th in the state. Our state champions now move on to the National Envirothon Competition at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, July 24-29. Kudos to CSW teacher moderators Rose Lounsbury and Greg Darone! Look for more information in the May newsletter.
Come and enjoy Frank Sinatra songs and MUCH MORE performed by CSW senior AaronRey Ebreo, a Carnegie Hall repeat performer, for our 20th Anniversary Concert on May 14. Special guest performers include fellow classmates Stephan Habash, Esha Mishra and Hayeon Park.
First State’s Finest, an independent hip-hop/R&B record label run by CSW students, is hosting this event. All proceeds from the concert are being donated to CSW’s Charter Fund. Student general admission tickets are $5.00.
You can purchase RESERVED tickets here.
The Charter School of Wilmington’s English Department is requiring that all students read one book prior to the start of the 2016-2017 school year. Here is our Summer Reading list!
Please note that AP students (both AP English Language and AP English Literature) will have additional books to read in preparation for the rigors of an AP course. These additional readings will be communicated directly from AP teacher to student.
Hopefully the selections will be both enjoying and interesting. We encourage parents and the rest of the CSW faculty to explore these books as well.
While we are requiring only one book for summer reading, we do hope that students take advantage of summer break to delve into reading by exploring the classics and discovering freshly published works. If you would like some guidance, please contact your English teacher, the English chair or Mrs. Mary Tise, the school librarian.
Please have the book in hand for the first day of class. In addition, the English department recommends annotating the book to promote active reading.
The Charter School of Wilmington’s Open House for prospective students will be held on Saturday, October 22, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Guests may explore our school on self-guided or student- led tours, talk with students representing over 70 clubs, and meet our passionate faculty and staff. Stop by the gym to see our collection of banners and trophies and chat with our athletes. 7th or 8th graders who may be interested in applying to The Charter School of Wilmington are encouraged to attend our Open House. This is their only opportunity along with our morning tours in November and December to see CSW in action and meet our teachers. There is no shadowing at CSW.
Technology/Lab Exposures
Nanotechnology Lab – includes scanning electron microscope, atomic force microscope, scanning tunneling microscope, and manual sputter coater
Educational MRI/NMR
Fluid Dynamics Pump Lab
Binocular LCD Microscopes
3D printers
PCR Thermocycler
Spectrophotometers
Renovated Freshmen Physics Lab
ING Computer Science Research Lab
Junior Research Program
Post AP Classes
Research Opportunities
Innovative STEM Electives
Join us on Homecoming Saturday (October 15) at 8:30 a.m. for the annual Force 5K. All are welcome to attend this traditional running/walking event that supports Charter athletics. Form a team – the largest one wins a pizza party! Register here today.
Own a business and looking to get the word out to the Charter and Cab communities? If so, support Charter athletics by becoming a sponsor of the 2016 Force 5K, a running/walking event held each year on Homecoming Saturday (October 15). Complete your application by September 28.
Register here today to walk or run in the event!
Advanced Placement (AP) courses offer high school students the opportunity to demonstrate college level achievement. Advanced Placement exams are national tests, which are graded on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest possible grade. Many colleges and universities allow students who have received a score of 3 or above to waive certain introductory courses and to apply those credits toward their degrees.
The Charter School of Wilmington offers the following AP Classes: Calculus (AB & BC), Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics C, Environmental Science, Computer Science A, English Literature, English Language, Latin, Spanish Language, French Language, Psychology, U.S. History, U.S. Government and Economics.
Last May, 192 CSW students were named AP Scholars in the following categories:
63 AP Scholars - Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams
41 AP Scholars with Honor – Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams
88 AP Scholars with Distinction - Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams
In addition, 37 students were named National AP Scholars (Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams).
* Data taken from 2016 AP School Scholar Roster
Winter Break has arrived!
After Junior Research today, CSW is closed through January 3, 2017 (students return this day).
Our building will not be accessible to visitors on the following dates:
Phone calls will be returned/answered between 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on December 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, and 29.
Parents are invited to view the Junior Science Fair projects from 11:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 6, in the gymnasium.
Please be aware of the street signs, especially near the residential areas. Look for parking in the lower CSW parking lot. Please avoid parking in the Cannery Shopping Center across the street and in the bus area out front after 1:45 p.m.
The Junior Science Fair has been a tradition at CSW for nearly two decades. Winners advance to the Delaware Technical Community College Science Expo and then the regional Delaware Valley Science Fair in Philadelphia. In the past, our students also competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
2016 marked the first year Delmarva sponsored the Science Fair and provided $3,000 in scholarships for The Delmarva Power Young Scientist Awards and Delmarva Power Grand Awards. We are thrilled that Delmarva Power will continue to offer awards this year!
Senior Connor Sweeney has been named one of 300 top scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious math and science competition for high school seniors. Connor was selected from more than 1,700 applicants due to his exceptional scientific promise, excellent academic record and outstanding recommendations from teachers and other scientists.
The title of his research is: “Aboveground Signaling Manipulates Root-microbe Interaction Responses in the Neighboring Plants”.
Last January, Connor received a Delmarva Power Young Scientist Award and a $500.00 Scholarship from Delmarva Power for his Junior Research Project: “The Role of Arabidopsis Thaliana Volatile Organic Compounds in Intraspecific Communication.”
Learn more about the PSAT from this student presentation from the CollegeBoard. Topics include understanding scores, benchmarks and percentiles. Students can identify their strengths and work on skills that need improvement.
PSAT Presentation from CollegeBoard