 Dear
Family and Friends of ACS,
It just doesn’t seem possible that Winter Break is merely
a week away! It seems that first semester has just flown by!
Our K-2 Winter Program was Tuesday of this week already, and
dare I say that it was just fantastic! I would
like to give our Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade
teachers a big ‘thank
you’ for creating and organizing this wonderful program.
Thank you also to our Third Grade, Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade
teachers who have also created and organized tonight’s
Winter Program. I know it will also be terrific! I
would also like to thank Mrs. Marsh-Rose, Mrs. James, Mrs.
Barrette, Mrs.
Schneller, Ms. Muckley and Mr. Ross for helping the classroom
teachers make these programs come together. I appreciate all
the parents that helped pick up the chairs after the program;
it was a huge help to us!
Our office has had quite a few calls recently about school delays and school
closures. Please refer to your Parent/Student Handbook, page 29, as it provides
information regarding where you should look to see if our school will be delayed
or cancelled. We do follow the Douglas County School’s decision for a delayed
start or school cancellation due to inclement weather. With Douglas County being
such a big district now, and if necessary, the District will sometimes communicate
by referring to different sections of Douglas County. On 9News, we will follow
either ‘All Douglas County’ or ‘Castle Rock Schools’ and
on the Douglas County website (http://www1.dcsdk12.org) we are referenced as
the West Area.
Tuesday, January 3, is a testing day for our students. Please
read the following information so you are well informed regarding
how this important day will work:
Elementary parents- Please
come in and sign up for a testing time outside your student(s)
classroom.
MS parents- Middle School
testing will be similar to the testing at the beginning
of this year. Some of our students will be
individually tested, while others will be tested in
a group. Please call our office on Monday, December 5th,
or as soon
as you can after that day, to schedule a time for your
student to come in for testing. The office will let you know
if your
student will be tested individually or in a group,
the times available and how long the testing will take.
Eighth
Grade Parents Only: Dean Peters and I are getting
closer to an answer as to whether some student’s schedules can
be changed to move some students into classes that do not have
mixed math subjects. We will update you in next week’s
Newsletter as to our success or failure.
A Look Ahead: (the
bulleted items are for next week)
- Monday,
December 12- Governing Board Meeting, 6:00, Cafeteria
- Tuesday,
December 13- Band/Orchestra Program, 6:30, Gym
- Wednesday,
December 14- Girls B Basketball Game- Home- 4:15
- Wednesday,
December 14- Boys A Basketball Game- Home- 5:15
- Thursday,
December 15- Dress Down Day
- Thursday, December 15- End of
Second Quarter
- Thursday, December 15- Winter Parties in the
afternoon
- Thursday, December 15- Girls Basketball Game- Home-
4:00 & 5:00
- Friday, December 16- Work Day for Teachers-
No Students
- December 19-30- Winter Break!
Monday, January 2- Teacher In-service Day- No Students
Tuesday, January 3- K-8 Testing Day- Students by Appt
Tuesday, January 3- Beginning of Third Quarter
Thursday, January 5- Boys Basketball Game- Home- 4:00 & 5:00
Friday, January 6- Boys Basketball Game- Home- 4:00 & 5:00
Friday, January 13- Dress Down Day
Monday, January 16- Martin Luther King Day- School Closed
Friday, January 20- 7th Grade Play, 6:00, Gym
Friday, January 27- 8th Grade Play, 6:00, Gym Have a wonderful
and warmer weekend! Kindra Whitmyre-Nelson
Dean of Academy Charter School
email: nelsonk@academycharter.org
web: http://www.academycharter.org/deannelson 
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Now it really is feeling and looking like December!
I know everyone has so many extra things to do this time of
year and I am so appreciative of the folks that carve out a
little time to come and help at our school. Please take some
candy from the basket on the office counter---just a little
treat for our volunteers in December!
We finally have some of our volunteer’s pictures up
on the bulletin board. This is a work in progress, so more “star” volunteers
will be coming. These are volunteers who have completed their
20 hour commitment and many have gone far, far above this---thank
you for Making a Difference at ACS!
Sean and Jennifer Templeton have been very successful selling
grocery certificates on Fridays. I would like to get a couple
of volunteers to help with this project. If you can come in
to the school around 3:00 and help them, please let me know.
They have been selling a lot of these grocery certificates
and this is such an easy way for us to raise funds.
I would like to thank Joni Kitching for volunteering as pianist
for the 3-5th grade music program. I hope you had a chance
to enjoy these wonderful programs the students performed. I
would also like to thank Allan Ross again for delivering and
returning the risers that were used for the programs and Kenneth
Knopp also helped unload the risers---thanks for helping us
out.
I am also looking for a couple of volunteers and their students
to help deliver gifts to the Castle Rock Care Center on Thursday
or Friday, December 15th or 16th. If you would like to do this,
please let me know.
Lisa Arnell, has requested a couple of volunteers who would
be willing to attend home basketball games and run the game
clock and keep the score book. If you can help with this, please
contact Lisa at arnelll@academycharter.org.
The following families have completed their 20 hour commitment
at this time: Pam and Eliot Hardy, Kendra and Arthur
Landry, Laurie and Jeff Long, Jenni and Bryan Schaffer, Kristin
and
Wayne Sidney. Congratulations!
We have logged a total of 4,302 volunteer hours through the
end of November----way to go!! Anne Belfrage
Volunteer Coordinator
belfragea@academycharter.org
Our ACS Middle School
Presents
The Snowball
A Winter Dance
Dec. 9th 5-8 pm
Academy Charter School Gym
Including Holiday Karaoke and Dance Competitions!
Semi-formal-Please,
no Jeans!
$3.00 Charge at the Door
ACS ID’s will be checked at the door!
(Only Current ACS Middle School Students May Attend)
Snacks and Taco Bell will
be available for purchase- so bring extra money!
Tickets for Taco bell will
be sold on
Wednesday & Thursday in all homerooms and carpools
1$ per-ticket/per item
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Student
Council News
Student Council has been busy this past month! We held the
Middle School Talent Show on November 18th and it turned out
to be a great hit! We had a lot of great talent show up that
night but the three that came out on top were:
- 1st Place: Makenzie Schriner–Playing the
fiddle
- 2nd Place: Britta Strom and Kaleigh Schriner–Singing
- 3rd Place: Breanna Chadwick–Playing the piano
Congratulations! These four worked very hard on their acts
and it paid off. Each finalist received a gift certificate
to Sonic. Enjoy!
Student Council will also be holding three upcoming events.
On December 9th there will be a Snowball dance. It is semi-formal
and will cost $3.00 for admission. We hope to see you all there
because it will be a lot of fun! Our second upcoming event
that is tentatively planned will be a double feature movie
night on January 13th. The movies are still in the process
of being determined. We also have a Valentine's Day dance planned
for February 10th. These events should be a blast and we hope
to see all of our middle school students there!
Shannon Flynn
Student Council Secretary
ALL BAND AND ORCHESTRA
MEMBERS AND PARENTS
WHO:
All ACS Band and Orchestra Members
WHAT:
Winter Concert Information
WHEN:
December 13th, 2005 - Tuesday
6:30pm – Concert Begins
Please arrive at school prepared by 5:45pm
Strings Must Tune – Seating arrangements must be assigned.
WHERE:
On the stage/in the gym. All instument cases will be left
in the cafeteria.
WHAT TO WEAR:
Boys: Black or dark pants, white shirt and tie, and dark shoes
(if possible).
Girls: Black or dark pants or skir, white blouse or top,
and dark shoes (if possible). PLEASE – NO
BLUE JEANS, NO T-SHIRTS, NO LOGOS OR ADVERTISEMENTS ON SHIRTS.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING:
Your Music!!! Your wire stand (if you have one) And
your instument!!! Also bring your great smile!!!
You may wear Santa hats, elf ears, antlers, or basic holiday
stuff. But keep it appropriate. Thanks.
If you have any questions please call Ms. Sowter at 720-254-8366
or at school or Mr. Ross at school.
There will be no Beginning Band or Beginning Orchestra rehearsals
after the concert.
Chick-fil-A Night
Join us for Chick-fil-A Restaurant Night on Thursday, 12/15/05.
You can attend any time during the entire day! Go for breakfast,
lunch, and dinner and they will donate 10% of the ACS-generated
sales to our school. Be sure to tell the cashier that you are
with ACS when you place your order; you don’t need to
take a flyer. You can even use the drive-through!
8th Grade Barn Candles
If you placed an order for Barn Candles, you may pick up your
order on Friday afternoon at the school.
Thanks for supporting our 8th graders trip to Washington,
D.C.!
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