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C&O Family Chess Center
Scholastic Programs
(Including Home-School Programs)
& Registration Forms
(Updated 05-24-10)
Omar Pancoast III, Director
Director@chesscenter.net
Carolyn B. Pancoast, Program Director
Programs@chesscenter.net
Coach Omar at Spark Matsunaga ES April, 2008 C&O-FCC
This page is especially for parents of students enrolled in our many scholastic programs, including the Saturday Morning- and Evening Chess Clubs. Other interested individuals are welcome to make use of all information as well. On this website parents may also find information about, and links to, many other chess events, programs, and websites. If you ever have any questions or news about your school program, or to discuss any other chess matter, please send us an E-mail. On this page you will find the following sections:
SCHOOL & CLUB REGISTRATIONS
(Club Programs in Public & Private Schools and at the Center)
What Parents Should Know About Our Programs!
(Essential Information about Student Responsibilities, Downloads, etc.)
SCHOOL & CLUB REGISTRATIONS
C&O Family Chess Center is available to conduct scholastic chess programs which fit a variety of schedules. Club programs may be scheduled both before and after school. Academic chess programs may also be scheduled during the day for both schools and home-school groups. Evening and weekend programs for schools and other groups are also available, either at Lakeforest Mall or at other sites. All scheduling is done through Carolyn Pancoast, our Program Director, at Programs@chesscenter.net. Fall, 2010, school chess club registration begins August 01 for many schools. Call the center to schedule evaluation for new students if you are unsure of student's ability level. This page contains information and forms for most of our regular scholastic programs, the Saturday Morning Chess Club (at Lakeforest Mall) and Evening Chess Clubs (at the Center). However, due to the variety of individual school regulations and requirements, not all forms are available on this website. Please check the link for your school (below) to download fliers and registration forms, or information on how to proceed. If you are not already registered as part of our C&O information network please fill out our Information Form to ensure prompt notification of chess information and events relative to your children's scholastic chess program or individual progress. Remember, E-mail is our direct link to you and information sent home through the schools does not always arrive in a timely fashion. If you have any problems with the links, or the programs, please contact the Program Director.
Saturday Morning Chess Club (SMCC) (at Lakeforest Mall)
2010 Winter, Spring OPEN
Monday Evening Chess Club (MECC) (at the Chess Center)
2010-11 Fall, Winter
Beall E.S. (Fridays PM)
2010- Fall, Winter Spring
Beverly Farms E.S. Tuesdays (PM) 2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Thursdays (AM) 2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Cedar Grove E.S. (Wednesdays AM)
2010-11 Fall,Winter , Spring
Clearspring E.S. (Thursdays PM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Fields Road E.S. (Tuesdays PM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Goshen E.S. (Fridays AM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Jones Lane E.S. (Thursdays PM)
2010-11 Fall,Winter, Spring
Kingsview M.S. (Wednesdays PM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Our Lady of Mercy School (Tuesdays Noon)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Rachel Carson E.S. (Wednesdays PM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring Ronald McNair E.S. (Tuesday AM & Fridays PM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter , Spring
Sally Ride E.S. (Mondays PM)
2010-11 Fall Winter/Spring
Spark Matsunaga E.S. Thursdays(AM)
Thursdays(AM) 2010-11 Fall,Winter, Spring
Fridays (AM) 2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Stonegate E.S. (Wednesdays AM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
Thurgood Marshall E.S. (Mondays PM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
William Gibbs E.S. (Mondays AM)
2010-11 Fall, Winter, Spring
"Chess Makes You Smarter!" Fields Road E.S. C&O-FCC
What Parents Should Know About Our Programs:
Our scholastic chess programs are oriented toward students of beginner and intermediate skill level. Many parents are already aware of a variety of benefits for their children from participation in an organized chess program that includes instruction and study as well as play. We have prepared a small packet of information for all parents to help ensure that their children get the most benefit from their chess experience. Please download and print this: Parent Packet . For those who wish further information on the academic and social benefits of chess we have prepared a short paper on the Benefits of Chess . We plan to add future articles of use to parents as needed or requested. We welcome suggestions for topics of interest or questions about any aspects of our programs. As teachers, we at C&O have several objectives: 1. All participants should have fun. Chess at its most basic level is simply a game to be enjoyed. This enjoyment is essential to students' continued participation in organized chess and advancement to ever higher skill levels. 2. All students should have the opportunity to develop their chess skills as far as they can. Toward that end we provide study materials appropriate to different levels of understanding and mastery. These "Levels" vary and are not a function of age or grade. 3. Students should be made aware of their progress (or lack…) in such a way as to help correct problems or to seek more challenging competition. This is the purpose of our club rating system. Club-ratings allow us to make fair pairings, challenging to both players, and to determine the kinds of individual instruction that may be needed. Our club ratings are analogous to "official" USCF ratings and many of our students also have these. 4. We believe parents should have access to our teaching materials and other information that will help them to understand (and assist in) their children's progress. We welcome volunteers with some basic knowledge of chess in our programs. Parents are encouraged to use the free Learn To Play site, and access the Chess Journal downloads on the Students I and Students II web-pages, to improve their own knowledge.
Student Responsibilities: On our student pages we list things that we expect each student to do and items they should have at home, or bring to class, each week. While we support parent efforts to oversee this aspect of chess club we want to encourage you to help your children meet these responsibilities on their own, as much as possible. Teaching Materials and Other Downloads: In July 2008, we began linking all of our classroom study materials to the "Student Pages" of this website. This means that our entire Chess Journal and supplementary materials will eventually be available to you and your children for direct download. Additional materials will be added as they are published. We will no longer be making them available as in-class handouts so you should help your students become familiar with the process of opening and printing these publications. These materials are copyrighted and intended for personal use only. Parents, teachers, and coaches are welcome use these materials, as well. We hope that teachers and coaches who find the materials useful will obtain written permission for reproduction (available from the center for a small donation). A Note About Downloads: Most of the downloadable files were created using a Microsoft "WORD" program. However, the chess diagrams were created using specific chess "fonts" which are not usually found on a computer. We have recently solved this problem for most users; however, if you have trouble viewing the diagrams please contact us for a free copy of the fonts needed with installation instructions.
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