Vision Statement

Cab Calloway: a community where the energy of arts and academics unite

Mission Statement:

• Cab Calloway School of the Arts provides a rigorous curriculum where arts and academics combine to cultivate the development of independent investigation, critical and creative thinking, and the innovative application of acquired skills.
• Our graduates will demonstrate a mastery of defined skills that will enable them to be productive, self-directed, lifelong learners who appreciate and respect diversity.

• August 16th: Fall Sports Tryouts Begin
• August 16th: Band Camp/Tharp (8 AM-6PM)
• August 17th: Summer Yearbook Delivery Party (11-6PM)
• August 18th: Band Camp/Tharp (8 AM-6PM)
• August 18th: School Board Meeting (Cab Calloway at 7:00PM)
• August 19th: Band Camp/Tharp (8 AM-6PM)
• August 19th: Piano Concert-Shane Vanneerden (7PM-9PM)
• August 20th: Band Camp/Tharp (8 AM-6PM)

Welcome Back to the 2021-22 School Year

• Dean Bolden’s Greeting and School Update
• 2021-22 Welcome Back Letter

School Starts the Week of August 30th

• August 10, 2021: Cab Calloway Updates

Cab Calloway Summer Orientation Presentation

• Cab Calloway Summer Orientation Presentation

Summer Yearbook Delivery Party

• We will be having a delivery party on Tuesday August 17th from 11am-6pm outside in front of the school.
• If you haven’t bought a book, it’s not too late! We still have some for sale!
• Please bring a check made out to CCSA or Cash on or after August 17th. The price is $95. We will sell them until we run out!
• Email Mr. Greider with any questions at william.greider@redclay.k12.de.us

Cab Students: Fall Sports Update

• COVID-19 pre-screening must be completed prior to any practice/tryouts.
• Link: Fall Athletic Pre-Screen
• Face masks must be worn at all times while inside the school building.
• This includes volleyball practices/games (Follow the CSW Face Mask Policy).
• Student-athletes must maintain proper social distancing (3-6 feet) when possible. This includes non-field/court activities, water breaks, and lunch.
• Hand sanitizer will be provided, but student-athletes may bring their own.
• Student-athletes must bring their own water.
• There is no sharing of food, water, and/or equipment.
• During pre-season, locker rooms will be limited to restroom use only.
• Athletic Training Room - The ATR will be set up outside the pool doors during pre-season. Craig Aukamp will be on campus throughout the day, but may be reached by email (caukamp@charterschool.org) after hours.
• Additional Fall Sport Information:Please read through.

Vaccination Clinic for Ages 12+ on August 16

• COVID-19 vaccination event will be held at The John Dickinson School (1801 Milltown Road, Wilmington, DE 19808) on Monday, August 16th, from 12 PM to 4 PM.
• The event is open to Delaware residents who are 12 years or older.
• The first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be given at this event.
• Online registration is encouraged. Participants may also register in person at the event.
• Click here to register: https://form.jotform.com/211886369811162

Dean Bolden’s Cab Calloway History Lesson: Did you Know?

• Cab Calloway spent most of his nights at Chicago's Dreamland Café, Sunset Cafe, and Club Berlin, performing as a singer, drummer, and master of ceremonies.
• At Sunset Cafe, he was an understudy for singer Adelaide Hall. There he met and performed with Louis Armstrong, who taught him to sing in the scat style. He left school to sing with the Alabamians band. He later returned to Harlem and mastered the skat style in his artistry.
• Scat singing is improvised, but it usually incorporates musical structure. The melodic lines are often variations on scale and arpeggio fragments, stock patterns and riffs, as is the case with instrumental improvisers.The grand master of the form who popularized it for the generations, Louis Armstrong, could carry the structure of the melodic line seamlessly from his trumpet to his mouth, alternating the soaring highs of his trumpet with the bass, gravel voiced lows of his scat vocals.
• Have your student view the Skat Song Video and discuss how skat singing applies to their individual artistry, modern artist, and life.
• Students can submit their responses
• Consider having further discussion about creativity and improvising.

• August 23rd: First Teacher Week
• August 25th: Open House (Ice Cream Social)

• This survey allows for the Cab Calloway Administration and Staff to be proactive in assessing the need of our students and families.
• The completion of the survey is optional, but could be helpful in preparation for the school year.

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