ACS eNews


	•September 12	- Governing Board Meeting, 6 p.m. to 7:30
	•September 16	- Progress Reports Grades 3-8 Go Home
	•September 20	- Picture Retakes
	•September 23	- Teacher In-Service Day - No School
	•September 26	- 3rd Specials Rotation For First Quarter- MS Only

Dear Family and Friends of ACS, September has rolled in as quickly as ever and I would like to remind our community of fall and winter clothing that adheres to the Dress Code. Students can wear any jacket they would like into the building and out of the building; however, while in the facility, students can only wear the Academy Charter School hoodie sold at S & S Sports. No other hoodies adhere to our dress code policy. There are other Academy Charter School sweatshirts that fit our guidelines, also. Another reminder: Dogs or other animals are not allowed in our building unless previously discussed with your child’s teacher for show and tell purposes. We have numerous students and parents who are allergic to different animals and would appreciate not having to deal with this during carpool; it is also a Board Policy. Thanks for adhering to our policies; they were made for good reasons! PTO E-Books sales are over tomorrow. Please remember to have your students turn in their orders tomorrow, September 9th. Dates to remember: Friday, September 16- Progress Reports for grades 3-8 go home Tuesday, September 20- Picture Retakes Friday, September 23- Teacher In-service Day- No School Monday, September 26- 3rd Specials Rotation for First Quarter- MS Only! Have a terrific weekend! Kindra Whitmyre-Nelson Dean of Academy Charter School email: nelsonk@academycharter.org web: http://www.academycharter.org/deannelson

I am so glad we have so many parents Making a Difference at our school this year! I will be meeting with all of our classroom coordinators tomorrow at 8:30 in the cafeteria. This will be a short orientation meeting regarding responsibilities of classroom coordinators. We now have filled all of the positions for classroom coordinators--yahoo! The coordinators will be requesting help with various tasks in the classrooms and how you can Make a Difference at ACS. Some of the coordinators have their calendars set up--way to go! Cindy Hazlehurst is heading up our Original Artworks program and she needs two people or one very industrious volunteer for a take home project. This volunteer or volunteers would assemble student packets. She will have the materials all put together by 9/12 and will need the completed packets back at school by 9/23. Let me know and I will pass your name to Cindy. Just a reminder, we have new name badges for everyone--you will find them in the little file box on the volunteer table. Just get your badge out, grab a lanyard and you are ready to go into the school. Also, you need to log any hours you spend volunteering. There is a log book on the table and you should find a page with your family name on it. If you don't have a page, please use the blank ones in the front of the book to make your own page and put it in the binder alphabetically. Thanks for remembering to log those hours each time; it is easy to forget the hours you work if you don't log them each time. If I can help you in any way, please let me know. Anne Belfrage Volunteer Coordinator belfragea@academycharter.org PTO Golf Tournament We are still looking for players for a fun round of golf at Red Hawk Golf Course on Saturday, October 1st. Please contact Karen Anderson at 720-733-0501 for more information and to sign up. Library Volunteers Needed The library will be holding a book covering session Monday, September 12th, at 3:00 p.m. Once you have been trained, this is a great way to log volunteer hours from home by covering books for the library. Janet Zoetewey zoeteweyj@academycharter.org Hurricane Relief Sent Thanks to all the families that participated in bringing in items for the Hurricane Relief effort. Mrs. DeGarmo's parents picked up our items on Thursday and they are on their way to the folks who need them. We ended up with 3 large boxes and 5 smaller ones filled to the brim. Thanks again for responding to this need so quickly. ACS is in need of tables. We are looking for sofa tables or anything similar. We also need tables that are 5 feet long, folding or non-folding. If you have questions please contact Barbara Ireland at 303-660-4881 or email at irelandb@academycharter.org. Thank you. This is a new addition to your weekly newsletter from the school--it is a column to provide you with information about what’s happening in student council! These past two weeks the student council positions have been filling up as we had our school elections for: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and the 6th, 7th and 8th grade representatives. The votes are in, and our new student council members are: President: Jory Schweers Vice President: Breanna Chadwick Treasurer: Tessa Huffstater Secretary: Shannon Flynn 6th Grade Reps: Paige Fry Bejan Akhavan A.J. Cocetti Tori Davis 7th Grade Reps: Sarah Hughey Sierra Barela Brandon Harrier Allison O’Conner 8th Grade Reps: Alora Leohner Andre Holmes Gioia Ibrahim Liz Kutt Preston Mann Congratulations to you all. Everyone put in a lot of hard work for their speeches, posters, and all of the campaigning that took place. Student council is already up and running as we start our first fundraiser. Starting September 12, we will be asking K-8th students to bring in $5 for the Red Cross hurricane relief fund. Student council hopes that each class will raise $100! All the classes that reach this goal will be presented with treats! The class that raises the MOST money for this cause will be presented with a root beer float and pizza party! Student Council has a goal to reach $2,400 to help the victims of this natural disaster! Thank you for your time and cooperation.		Office of Innovation and Improvement CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM September 1, 2005 Charter Schools and their state associations and resource centers interested in assisting victims of Hurricane Katrina can find additional information about ways to help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website, www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18473 FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003. Additional Hurricane Katrina resources can be found at http://www.fema.gov/press/2005 /resources_katrina.shtm Cash Sought To Help Hurricane Victims, Volunteers Should Not Self-Dispatch Release Date: August 29, 2005 Release Number:HQ-05-177 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Voluntary organizations are seeking cash donations to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina in Gulf Coast states, according to Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response. But, volunteers should not report directly to the affected areas unless directed by a voluntary agency. “Cash donations are especially helpful to victims,” Brown said. “They allow volunteer agencies to issue cash vouchers to victims so they can meet their needs. Cash donations also allow agencies to avoid the labor-intensive need to store, sort, pack and distribute donated goods. Donated money prevents, too, the prohibitive cost of air or sea transportation that donated goods require.” Volunteer agencies provide a wide variety of services after disasters, such as clean up, childcare, housing repair, crisis counseling, sheltering and food. “We’re grateful for the outpouring of support already,” Brown said. “But it’s important that volunteer response is coordinated by the professionals who can direct volunteers with the appropriate skills to the hardest-hit areas where they are needed most. Self-dispatched volunteers and especially sightseers can put themselves and others in harm’s way and hamper rescue efforts.” Here is a list of phone numbers set up solely for cash donations and/or volunteers. American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English, 1-800-257-7575 Spanish Operation Blessing http://www.ob.org/ 1-800-436-6348 America's Second Harvest www.secondharvest.org 1-800-344-8070 Adventist Community Services http://www.adventist.communityservices.org/ 1-800-381-7171 Catholic Charities, USA http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/ 1-800-919-9338 Christian Disaster Response http://www.cdresponse.org/ 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee http://www.crwrc.org/ 1-800-848-5818 Church World Service http://www.churchworldservice.org/ 1-800-297-1516 Convoy of Hope http://www.convoyofhope.org/ 417-823-8998 Corporation of National and Community Service Disaster Relief Fund http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/donations/index.asp (202) 606-6718 Lutheran Disaster Response http://www.lwr.org/ 800-638-3522 Mennonite Disaster Service http://www.mds.mennonite.net/ 717-859-2210 Nazarene Disaster Response http://www.nazarenedisasterresponse.org/ 888-256-5886 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance http://www.pcusa.org/pda/ 800-872-3283 Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/USNSAHome.htm 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769) Southern Baptist Convention http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.224451/k.7BDB /Disaster_Relief_Homepage.htm 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440 United Methodist Committee on Relief http://www.methodistrelief.org/site/pp.asp?c= bhKNI4PHIpE&b=876335 1-800-554-8583 For further information: visit the website for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at: http://www.nvoad.org/ This list of organizations is provided by the National Organization of Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster. Please email EST-DONAT-A@dhs.gov if you are interested in having your organization added to the list. Please check with your tax advisor or the http://www.irs.gov/ for more information regarding the tax deductibility of your donation.

This newsletter for ACS parents and students is published each week on Thursday. The purpose of the newsletter is to inform parents and students of events and information directly related to Academy Charter School. If you have inclusions for this newsletter, please submit them to newsletter@academycharter.org in written form (Word Preferred). Deadline for submission is Wednesday at Noon. All submissions must include the name of the person submitting the article and a contact phone number or e-mail address. Articles must be related to ACS, its students or school life. ACS reserves the right to edit submissions and content.

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