In This Issue
Winter Music Festival / Math Challenge / Double Teacher Feature / 4th Grade Periodic Table Wall / Eagle Submissions / Cafeteria Volunteers Welcome / STUCO T-shirts / CCA Foundation - End of Year Giving /
Hard Hat News / Skate City Night and more!
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12/5
· Girls Basketball American Academy Castle Pines 4:00
12/6
· Winter Music & Band Festival 6:30 pm
12/7
. Boys Basketball C2E
12/8
. Finance Committee Meeting 8:05 am
12/11
·Girls Basketball C2E
12/12
·Boys Basketball PCK
CCA Board Meeting • 6:00 pm - library
12/13
. Governance Meeting 8:05 am
Basketball Littleton Academy
12/15
· PTO Meeting - 8:05 am
12/21
· 2nd Quarter Ends
12/22
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1/5
· Winter Break
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CCA invites you to our annual Winter Music Festival on Wednesday, December 6th from 6:30-8:00pm at the Word of Life Christian Center (
8700 Park Meadows Dr., Lone Tree, CO 80124). Doors open at 6:10 pm and the performance begins at 6:30 pm. If your schedule allows, please support all of CCA's students by staying through to the end of the performance.
We're looking forward to seeing you there!
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Rich Marrow Math Challenge
CCA students participated in the CCSD's Annual Rich Morrow Challenge.
All our students did well. Rayan D was awarded 1st place in the 3rd grade Individual round. Ritvik K, 4th grade, was the top scorer for CCA.
Please join us in congratulating our team:
Leo T, Maria H, Rayan D, Charlotte N, Aadison G, Ritvik K, Maksim T,Eshan K and Collin B who represented CCA for the very first time. We are so proud of them.
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A CCA FAMILY NEEDS OUR HELP
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Dear CCA Family,
One of our families has been hit with some difficult news. The Bakhrakh family, with son, Lev, who is in 5th grade and daughter, Zoe, in 3rd grade just discovered that their father Peter has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. It is operable and surgery will be performed. We can imagine the difficult times ahead, as they travel the road to recovery.
A Go Fund Me page
has been set up to raise money to help Peter and his family. If you would like to donate please click on the following link:
https://www.gofundme.com/financial-help-for-petr-bakhrakh
. Every donation helps no matter the size. Thank you and please join us in keeping Peter and is family in your thoughts in wishing him a speedy recovery.
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The Next Board Meeting is December 12th!
Mark your calendars now for the December Board Meeting on Tuesday Dec. 12 at 6:00 pm. The Board wants to remind all parents that it's not too late to fulfill your requirements to run for the Board of Directors this Spring for the 2018 - 2019 school year. In order to qualify, candidates must have attended at least two Board meetings this school year and personally completed at least half of their family's mandatory volunteer hours prior to the election process. You can begin fulfilling these requirements now! See the full Election Policy and list of Eligibility Requirements
HERE. There's no better way to be involved at CCA.
If you're not interested in running for the Board, but would like to be involved, a parent volunteer is needed to sit on the Election Committee. The commitment involves one meeting a month from January through April. If interested, please contact Jennifer Bailey at
jbailey@cherrycreekacademy.org.
Finally, the Board Communications Committee is committed to providing the most effective communications for our CCA Community, and our last meeting was a great success with valuable suggestions and feedback shared. The Communications committee welcomes and encourages parental feedback and involvement. In an attempt to allow for more parent involvement, our next meeting will be immediately following the PTO meeting on Friday December 15 (at 9:00 am).
Happy December!
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Please remember Eagle submissions need to be sent to eagle@cherrycreekacademy.org by 8:00 am Monday morning in order to be in the Tuesday Eagle. Thank you!
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4th Grade Periodic Table Wall
If you are at CCA in the next couple of weeks, check out the awesome 4th Grade Periodic Table hanging outside of Mrs. Tench's classroom. The 4th graders spent a lot of time on this project and it turned out great!
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Mandy Lover - Kindergarten
Mandy has been a part of the CCA community for the past three years as a parent and is thrilled to join the CCA staff community as a Kindergarten teacher. Mandy has two children at CCA, a 3rd grader and kindergartner. She has been in education for the past 12 years in a variety of roles from teaching 1st and 2nd grade to supporting schools to set up Distributed and Teacher Leadership. While not at CCA Mandy and her family spend time in the mountains where Mandy and her husband met and got married- almost 20 years ago! While in the mountains her family skis, hikes (with their dog, Hazel), and hangs out with Mandy’s brothers and their children.
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Matt Nolen - 7/8 Science
Matt hails from East Tennessee where he spent his childhood playing in the woods and then earning his BS of Forestry at The University of Tennessee. His experiences being outside exploring nature eventually led him to spending over a decade as an outdoor educator leading environmental science and high-adventure activities. In 2012 he became licensed to teach secondary science and now enjoys helping his students discover how and why their world works. In addition to his classroom teaching Matt also teaches children’s whitewater kayaking and coaches adult runners. Outside of the classroom Matt enjoys distance running and nordic skiing. His newer hobbies also include hunting upland birds and big game and shooting sporting clays.
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Volunteers are always welcome in the Cafeteria
10:40am – 1:00pm
We have had an
inordinate number of students
come to school without lunch. Parents please remember that whether your child is in Kindergarten or 8th grade, it is ultimately your responsibility to make sure your student has a lunch each day.
Students DO NOT have access to a microwave; however, we do have hot water for students who bring “Cup Noodle".
Low and Negative Milk Account letters were sent home on Monday. Children will not be able to get milk if the balance due is $5.00 or more. You can access your children’s account through PowerSchool.
NO glass containers in the cafeteria, please and thank you.
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By Dave Loomis
For this Fly Like An Eagle article I wanted to talk about a fairly new club we have here at CCA. This group is our
Peer Mediation club
. Peer Mediation started meeting back in March of this year. It consists of 5
th
, 6
th
and 7
th
grade students who have been trained in the peer mediation process. The group is led by Karah Yamauchi and myself. It meets every Friday at 7:15 am in the conference room.
Members of this club have learned how to mediate disagreements between students and have learned how to help resolve problems and create solutions. The students started training on this back in March. They have recently begun scheduling mediations with younger students who need help resolving disagreements. Students who need help come to me and I determine if their concern is something the peer mediators can help with. A peer mediation is then scheduled and the peer mediators and Mrs. Yamauchi meet with the students that need help.
The mediators have helped groups of students figure out how to play better. They have resolved arguments between individual students. They have helped groups of friends get along better. I am very proud of these students and the time and effort they have put in to this club.
If you are interested in learning more please let me know. We are looking for more members. We are currently looking to add 4
th
and 8
th
grade to the membership of the club. For any questions please contact either Karah or myself at 303-779-8988.
Go Eagles!!!
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GIRLS ON THE RUN!
The fun and exciting program Girls on the Run is coming to CCA this spring! The program is geared to girls in grades 3-5. Please go to
www.girlsontherunrockies.org for additional information. The Spring Season program runs March thru May and girls will meet twice a week after school. The girls will participate in a 5K run at the end of the Spring Season.
ATTENTION — we need at least two parent coaches to be able to have this program. If you are a parent interested in coaching (Girls on the Run will provide training) or if your child is interested in participating in Girls on the Run this spring, please email Dave Loomis at
dloomis@cherrycreekacademy.org
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Attention Student Council representatives and volunteers! Show off your StuCo pride with this year's tee shirt to be worn on Fridays. The more orders we receive, the lower the cost will be. Click this link to reserve your Student Council shirt:
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Scrip Gift Card Fundraiser
THANK YOU! There's still time to order your gift cards! Wednesday, Dec 6th at 12p will the last pick up for the gift cards. All orders will be available for pick up in the lobby this coming Monday, Dec 11th before school. If you'd prefer a different pick up option please contact Jenny Haynes at
kcalcounter@hotmail.com.
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King Soopers Cards
Visualize this...if 150 CCA families commit to spending $250 with a King Soopers shopping card each month, our school will earn $22,500 in one year!
You can help CCA fund raise as you shop for food for your family! If you have any questions, please
contact Rebecca Rook
.
Earning money for the school is simple:
1. Reload your card at the cashier before check out.
2. Pay for your groceries with the card.
3. Reload again next time you shop.
4. King Soopers will pay CCA PTO 5% of every dollar spent every 4 weeks, if we collectively reload $5,000 in a 4 week period.
5. If you use clicklist, please remember to pay with your King Soopers card.
6. Place your order using your credit card, and when you pay at pickup be sure you use your King Soopers gift card to support CCA.
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If you're looking for a tax write-off as the end of the year approaches, or want to give back to our school, look no further! The CCA FOUNDATION is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established by our founders to provide ongoing financial support to Cherry Creek Academy. All donations are used toward education and/or facility improvements so that CCA may carry out its mission of “Motivated students and responsible parents working together with exemplary teachers for excellent education." DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE! If you would like to give, you can pay via check or credit card (see the "Support CCA" tab and click on the paypal link )
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Please make checks payable to
CCA Foundation
and either bring into the office or mail to the school at:
CCA Foundation
c/o Cherry Creek Academy
6260 S. Dayton St.
Englewood CO 80111
TAX ID# 84-1431830
Many companies participate in CORPORATE MATCHING! Please check with your employer to see if they will provide some percentage of a match to your gift. To make Corporate Matching easy, just give the above information to your employer.
If you need more information, please contact Cyndy Holmes:
cholmes@cherrycreekacademy.org
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Hard Hat News
Kristin Nowak, Business Directo
r
Weekly Construction Update for 12/2 - 12/8
Saturday 12/2:
Masonry continues on the east and north gym walls, possibly topping out. Plumbing rough-in in the basement begins. Electrical rough-in for the basement continues.
Monday 12/4:
Masonry will complete on the east and north gym walls (if not completed Saturday) and start up again on the south gym wall. Plumbing and electric rough-in for the basement to continue.
-One concrete truck anticipated in the afternoon for grouting. One material delivery is also scheduled for earlier in the day.
Tuesday 12/5:
Masonry will continue on the south wall as well as the first lift of the west wall. Basement MEP rough-in to continue. Concrete will be placed on the first floor slab on deck (north end) and a few miscellaneous minor areas in the basement.
-One material delivery anticipated. Three concrete trucks starting a 1 pm (15 minute spacing).
Wednesday 12/6:
Masonry will continue on the south gym wall. Basement rough-in will continue
-Several material deliveries anticipated as well as one cement truck with grout in the afternoon (at 2).
Thursday 12/7:
Masonry continues on the south gym wall, basement rough-in to continue as well.
-Minor traffic anticipated
Friday 12/8:
Masonry continues on the south gym wall, basement rough-in should be wrapped up.
-One material delivery anticipated, grout in the afternoon.
We hope to be close to topped off on the east gym wall this week/early next week with the south and north walls not far behind.
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TR
AFFIC/SAFETY:
JHL has planned ahead to minimize the impact to normal school operations, including traffic. Morning drop off and afternoon pick up will not change. JHL has scheduled all deliveries and truck/equipment traffic outside of our drop off and pick up times.
JHL created a safety video for our website, highlighting the efforts JHL takes to separate students from the construction as well as their thorough background checks for their employees, and other important efforts being taken to ensure a safe construction site.
JHL, DCS, RTA architects, and CCA leadership meet and discuss new construction tasks that involve safety matters at weekly Owner, Architect, Constructor meetings to ensure the safest site possible.
TOURS:
We are working with JHL Constructors and DCS, CCA's Owner's Rep, to schedule monthly tours for anyone interested in walking the project to hear and see first hand the progress being made. These tours will be held immediately following our regularly scheduled monthly PTO meetings. A PTO tour was held on Friday, 9/15. The next tour date will be
12/15
immediately following the PTO meeting. Remember to wear close-toed shoes to participate!
STAY IN TOUCH:
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Skate City Dates Set!
Save the Date!
CCA Skate City nights are set!
A fun way for students and families to get together and play outside of school hours. Each night will have discounted pricing, special themes and food specials.
December 21 / 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
February 7 / 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
March 13 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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Homework Club
Does your child struggle with organization and/or turning in assignments?
Results Learning's C.E.O. (Concrete, Effective, Organizational Strategies) After School Homework Program at Cherry Creek Academy is designed to help your child build organization, time management, and study skills while completing homework.
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P.I.N. Parent Information Network
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Parent Information Network tackles tough issues and provides parent support.
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The Eagle is
published every Tuesday at 12:30 pm
when school is in session.
Cherry Creek Academy
www.cherrycreekacademy.org
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