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- Parent Teacher Conferences: Sign Up Ends at 10:00 a.m.
- IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES
- Upcoming Events
- CCA Board News: 2018 CCA Board Election
- Volunteer Opportunity
- Scholarship Opportunity: Attention CCA Alumni
- Uniforms: Dennis Uniform Script Card
- Pick Up Protocol: Friendly Reminder
- Traffic Safety Reminder
- Teacher/Staff Feature
- Seasonal Reminder: Illness Policy
- Dress Code Policy: Friendly Reminder
- CCA Cafeteria News
- Champions: Important Announcements
- Hard Hat News
- Helpful Links
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SIGN UP ENDS ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
RD
AT 10:00 A.M.
Parent teacher conferences will be on February 28th, from 8:00-6:00 with breaks from 10:30-11:30 and 2:00-3:00. Please use the links below or sign up through the
CCA website
.
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If you didn't receive a CCA school closure text message Tuesday morning from short code 67587, please follow these steps:
- Text the letter "Y" (without quotes) to 67587. If it tells you that you are subscribed, you will receive future text messages and do not need to take any additional steps.
- Verify that your cell number is correct in Powerschool under cell phone. If not, please update it and email Hethyr Fouse to let her know she needs to re-import your information.
- If your cell phone plan doesn't allow for short code messages, you will be unable to receive these text messages. You will need to call your cell phone provider and ask them to enable this service.
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02/21
- Java with Jay; School Tour
02/23
- Teacher Work Day: HALF DAY
02/28
- Parent Teacher Conferences: NO SCHOOL
03/06 -
SAC Meeting
03/08 -
Technology Meeting
03/08 -
Kindergarten Orientation Night
03/09 -
Finance Meeting
03/13 -
Board Meeting
03/14 -
Pi Day, Governance Meeting
03/16 -
PTO Meeting, Construction Tour Multicultural Festival, Q3 Ends
03 - 19 -
Re-Enrollment Begins
03/21 -
Java with Jay, CCA Tour
03/26- 03/30
- Spring Break: No School
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We are at 8,500 away from another
free dress day
.
Deadline is Thursday, Feb.22nd.
Collection box is near lost and found.
Please make sure they are cut down.
It will save the box top team a lot of time!
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CCA Multicultural Festival 2018:
Celebrating the Cultures of the World
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Date:
Friday, March 16th
Time:
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Are you excited about celebrating the different cultures of the world with a fun filled evening of music, dance, food, and activities from various countries?
The CCA Multicultural Festival 2018 will be celebrated on
Friday, March 16, 2018 from 5:30 to 9:00 pm at Cherry Creek High School (Information Center Building)
.
The following countries/continents/cultures will be represented at the festival this year:
Tajikistan, India, Russia, South Africa, Ireland, Sierra Leone, Japan and Ethiopia.
However,
we need
more!
Please, volunteer to help these countries or represent yours!
Please click one or both the links below to volunteer:
- To volunteer to help with one of the above countries/continents/cultures:
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5th Annual Fun Run!!!
Save the Date...
Friday, May 4th
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Please join us for our “Soar to the Top Fun Run” on Friday May 4
th
!
In the spirit of fun, music, and health, students will run laps, and this year it will be
on our brand new track!
Sponsored by the CCA Foundation, our goal is to raise over $20,000 to contribute furnishings toward our newly renovated gym, lobby, and also classrooms as needed. Proceeds may also be used for our ongoing technology needs.
WE NEED SPONSORS!!!
If you or someone you know is interested in sponsoring this event, please let us know! There are currently 3 levels of sponsorship available. For information on sponsorship, please click
here
.
WE NEED DONATIONS!!!
We want to expand our prizes for the students this year. You can earn volunteer hours to solicit donations for the fun run from some school friendly organizations. We will provide everything you need, including a list of where to go, and at your convenience you can pursue donations. If you’re interested, or want more information, please contact
Cyndy Holmes
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The 2018 CCA Board Election will begin on
Wednesday, May 9
th
, 2018
and will end on Wednesday, May 15
th
, 2018.
There are three open positions on the Board for the 2018 Election. The term for each Board position is three years.
Nomination forms will be available March 1
st
, 2018.
Please remember,
potential candidates must attend a minimum of two regular CCA Board meetings
during the 9 months prior to the April Board meeting. Potential candidates are encouraged to attend the February and March Board meetings.
It is important for all candidates to truly understand the roles and responsibilities of joining the Board prior to considering a Board position. Please review the Candidate Eligibility Requirements listed below. (Board Election Policy 12/13/2016)
- Potential candidates must attend a minimum of two (2) regular CCA Board meetings during the nine (9) months prior to the April Board meeting. The March Board meeting is an eligible meeting for this requirement.
- Potential candidates must interview with at least one (1) current Board member prior to the nomination form submittal deadline.
- Potential candidates must agree to complete all required "Board modules" if elected. They must also agree to abide by the Code of Conduct, Duty of Care and Loyalty and Conflict of Interests policies.
- Potential candidates must agree to abide by the CCA "Non-Negotiables."
- CCA staff members and spouses of CCA staff members are not allowed to run for the CCA Board.
- Only one parent or legal guardian per family may serve on the CCA Board at the same time.
- In order to be eligible to run for the CCA Board, candidates must have at least one student who is returning to CCA for the upcoming school year.
- In order to be eligible to run for the CCA Board, candidates must have completed and have documented (under their own unique volunteer account through the current CCA volunteer hours database) at least 50% of their annual volunteer hours (20 of 40 hours per family, or 10 of 20 hours per single parent) by the time of nomination
For more details about the Election process, please
click here
to download the Board Election Policy.
The Election will be held by electronic ballot. A unique and confidential electronic ballot will be sent to the email address listed in PowerSchool for each parent/guardian. Please visit
my.cherrycreekschools.org
by
clicking here
to verify or update your email address in PowerSchool.
If you have questions about the election, please
click here
to email the Election Committee.
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CCA is looking for a
dedicated crosswalk guard
to work for a couple of hours each day. The hours are from 7:15-8:15 and 2:45-3:45 M-F. Please email
M
r. Hargreaves
if you are interested in applying for this position! Your responsibilities will include; reliability, supervising children, escorting students and families across the street.
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Attention CCA Alumni!
The CCA Foundation is once again offering a $1,000 scholarship for current seniors in high school. Alumni who attended CCA through 8
th
grade (and are presently seniors) are eligible for this scholarship and may use it toward their college of choice. Information will soon be mailed to all potential candidates and the applications are due back no later than April 18th.
If you have a student who is an alumni or know of former CCA families who have moved since graduating from CCA, please contact
Caitlin Sullivan
, Registrar, so that we may update our database and ensure that they receive information on how to apply.
We look forward to reviewing applications and announcing our 2018 scholarship recipient!
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Dear CCA Families,
If you are planning a trip to Dennis Uniforms please purchase a Dennis Scrip card from the front desk.
The scrip card works like cash at Dennis and CCA PTO will get a portion of the sale.
Due to construction at CCA, Uniforms are being stored at a storage unit and other issues we regret to inform you that we are canceling the Spring Used Uniform Sale.
We will be collecting used uniforms for the Fall Used Uniform Sale in May.
Dates and times TBD
Thank you,
Used Uniform Committee
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Dear CCA Parents,
We have received serious complaints from our neighbors.
Many parents are not practicing traffic safety protocol and CCA traffic rules. There have also been cases of property damage caused by parents driving on lawns.
In order to maintain a respectful and peaceful relationship with the home owners residing near CCA, we are asking everyone to please review the
Parking and Traffic
page on CCA's website.
For your convenience, we have copied the Traffic Safety section of that page below.
Thank you for your immediate compliance and cooperation.
TRAFFIC SAFETY
Please ensure that you are following all of CCA’s traffic rules, including those listed below. They are in place to keep our children safe and secure. If these rules are broken we will not allow you to pick up your student/carpool until we open the front lot at 3:45pm.
Should you decide to park in the neighborhood and walk in your student/students you need to use the crosswalk. A staff member is at the light on Dayton and Caley ready to assist you across safely. Cars DO NOT expect people, let alone students, to come out between cars and some are not paying attention.
1. Neighborhood Etiquette: according to the Colorado parking law, no vehicle may be parked….
· Within 5 Feet of a Private Driveway
· Within 15 Feet of a Fire Hydrant
· Within 20 Feet of a Crosswalk
· Within 30 Feet of a Flashing Beacon, Signal, Stop Sign, or Yield Sign
2. Please be aware of the NO PARKING signs located in the neighborhoods.
3.
Right-hand turns
from Caley Avenue onto South Florence Way are prohibited. There is a sign before the four-way stop posted.
4. Driving on the sidewalk when completing U-turns is ILLEGAL.
5.
U-turns
are illegal on Caley Avenue and there are signs posted.
6.
Left-hand turns
into CCA’s parking lot and onto Elmira Circle are illegal from 7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Our front parking lot will be closed from 7:25am – 8:15am and again from 2:45pm – 3:45pm. Do not move the chain!
7.
Double parking
is never allowed. If cars are along the side of the road please pull in behind them. STAY IN LINE!
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Cassie Wagner is a Colorado native and is a graduate of Metro State with her bachelors in special education and dual licensure in elementary and special education. She has worked with a variety of students between early childhood and middle school age for the past ten years.
This is Cassie’s 3rd year here at CCA and she has worked in several positions around the building including Champions, subbing, recess aid, Para
and homework club.
Cassie has been married to her husband Deric for 3 years having recently moved to Parker. They enjoy traveling, watching football and spending time with family and their two dogs, Izzy and Ella.
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Karah Yamauchi was born and raised in Colorado and is a CCA alumni. She has two sons, Miles and Makai who both attend CCA and are in 1st and 2nd grades.
Karah attended Metropolitan State University for a degree in psychology and is wrapping up her Masters degree in counseling at the University of Northern Colorado. She is completing an internship at a residential treatment facility for children and currently works in the short term crisis stabilization unit. She will be graduating in May.
Karah has been working at CCA for the past two school years. She began working as a substitute teacher and picked up additional duties like playground aide, helping with Kindergarten tuition, working as a para-educator, and helping to coach girl's basketball among other odds and ends. She also helped to start CCA's Peer Helpers club which meets every Friday morning and helps to resolve conflicts among students in the CCA community.
In her free time, Karah enjoys spending time with her two boys and enjoying the outdoors. They keep busy with Cub Scouts, soccer, and flag football depending on the season.
Karah loves the CCA community and couldn't think of a better place for her and her family to be.
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You must keep children home if their temperature is 100.3° or above without medication.
Please keep sick children home in order to preserve a healthy school environment and prevent the spread of illness.
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Dress Code: A Friendly Remider
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- No costume headbands or hair accessories
- One pair of post earrings only
- Solid, uniform colored socks and tights
- Students must wear a belt if their pants have belt loops
It is Cherry Creek Academy’s philosophy that the learning environment is significantly influenced by student’s attire. The purpose of CCA’s uniform policy is to reinforce an academic atmosphere, minimize economic and competitive differences among students, reduce the distraction and cost of fashion, and reduce disruption and disciplinary problems.
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"Smart Watches" are allowed at CCA. However, if they become a distraction to a student they will be confiscated and the student will lose this privilege.
If your student chooses to wear a smart watch at school, it must remain on "airplane mode" during school hours.
This feature prevents the watch from sending and receiving text messages and phone calls.
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We Need You!
Volunteer in the Cafeteria
10:40 am - 1:00 pm
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS A LUNCH EACH DAY.
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Students
DO NOT
have access to a microwave;
however, we do have hot water for the students who bring their own “Cup Noodles.”
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Login
to see the complete line up of menu items available each day.
As always, you can order up to 60 days in advance and right up until 1pm the day before delivery. Late cancellationscan be made until 8AM the day of delivery.
We hope you enjoy these healthy new additions to your lunch menus
!
or
1-800- 872-0226
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A few announcements from Champions.
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Champions
will be offering care on half day, Friday, February 23
rd
,
and full day, Wednesday, February 28
th
.
HOWEVER, we need at least 10 kids enrolled in order to offer coverage here at CCA. Otherwise, care will be offered at another location, most likely
Parker Performing Arts School
.
Champions
will also be having a Spring Break Program
at CCA Monday, March 26th to Friday, March 30th.
We will be open from 6:30am-6:00pm. The cost will be $37/day, or $185 for the entire week. We need a minimum of 20 students enrolled in order to run the program as scheduled.
Please sign up by clicking "Add Program" on your online account,
and follow the prompts for Spring Break. Look forward to seeing you!
Summer registration is now open!
You can
register online
in your parent account. Summer program will be held here at CCA, and hours will be 8a-5p Monday- Friday.
We will be closed July 4
th
. We will be hosting other schools here as well, and we anticipate some of these other schools will have a high enrollment.
please enroll online ASAP.
Please
sign up
as soon as you can to ensure a spot!
If you have questions, please ask Mr. Jasper!
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WEEKLY UPDATE:
- Sat 2/17: Continue fine tuning slab for gym floor. Continue tape and finish at stair wells. Complete elevator shaft fur out walls. Continue to prime and first coat basement walls.
- Mon 2/19: Continue fine tuning slab for gym floor. Complete tape and finish at stair 3, continue tape and finish at stair 5. Continue to prime and first coat basement walls. Begin ceiling grid in basement. Continue electrical homeruns on first floor.Delivery of plywood for gym subflooring
- Tues 2/20: Install slab moisture mitigation for gym floor. Complete tape and finish in stair wells. Rough-in electrical for elevator shaft. Continue ceiling grid install in basement. Complete prime and first coat basement, begin prime and first coat of first floor admin offices. Begin existing roof tie-in (weather permitting).
- Wed 2/21: Begin gym floor acoustic layer. Complete prime and first coat admin offices. Continue existing roof tie-in. Continue ceiling grid install in basement.Large delivery of lighting equipment anticipated after 9 am.
- Thursday 2/22: Continue gym floor acoustic layer. Continue ceiling grid in basement. Begin installing light fixtures in basement. Continue existing roof patch in and cut in skylights. Begin prime and first coat on interior CMU walls.
- Friday 2/23: Continue gym floor acoustic layer. Continue ceiling grid in basement. Continue light fixture install in basement. Complete roof work. Continue prime and first coat on interior CMU walls.
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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. The next tour date will be 03
/16
immediately following the PTO meeting.
Remember to wear close-toed shoes to participate!
STAY IN TOUCH:
Questions? Please feel free to
to email
or check out our
project website
to see all the
exciting new photos we have posted!
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