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OCTOBER 2017 NEWSLETTER
Fall Festival  -  Walk with AZACS  -  Officially Approved K-12!  -  Staff Highlight Story
AZACS Fall Festival
- Volunteers Still Needed -

 

We hope to see many AZACS families at our First Annual Fall Festival! Volunteers are still needed! We need families to volunteer to do any of the following activities: 

  • Trunk or Treat! Decorate your car and pass out candy
  • Run a Pumpkin Decorating Station
  • Run a Fall Art Project Station
  • Run a Halloween Sensory Station

Email Emily at [email protected] to reserve your spot.


See flyer below for more details on this exciting event filled with
Trunk-or-Treating, a haunted house, and a Thriller dance performance!

 



 

Walk with AZACS - October 29


Come walk with AZACS this Sunday  at the "Autism Speaks Walk" event! W e would love to see everyone participate, so join our team by clicking on the following link: http://act.autismspeaks.org/site/TR/Walk/Arizona?team_id=69084&pg=team&fr_id=3014

What: "Autism Speaks Walk"
When: This Sunday, October 29
Location:  Tempe Beach Park
 AZACS Team
  Meet Up Location: Splash Pad at 8:45
Wear your blue or grey AZACS T-Shirt!

Schedule
8-9am -->  Walk Registration*
9-9:30am -->  Mission Moment and Walk Kickoff
9:30-10:30am -->  Walk
10:30am --> Finish Line Celebration 

Please feel free to reach out to our AZACS team Captain Elizabeth Rogers at [email protected] if you have any questions.  We hope to see you there!

OFFICIALLY APPROVED K-12!



Arizona Autism Charter Schools, Inc. is officially approved to offer High School grades! Pictured is the AZACS Team after AZ State Board for Charter Schools approved the grade expansion at their October 10 board meeting. Teacher Elizabeth Rogers; LaToya Horton-Williams, Elementary Program Director; Megan Tolway, Upper School Program Director; Lisa Long, Leadership Consultant and Founder & Executive Director Diana Diaz-Harrison were there to witness this momentous occasion for the school! The school plans to grow by one grade level each year until reaching 12th grade!

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Teacher Highlight Story
This month we are happy to highlight AZACS teacher, Ms. Jennifer Minson!


Students from Ms. Minson's third grade class practiced positive social skills and focused on the character trait of"kindness" as part of their social curriculum. Students were rewarded for all their kind acts and gestures with a pizza party! Way to go Ms. Minson's class and keep spreading the kindness!
 
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ABOUT MS. MINSON


Ms. Minson has a B.A. in psychology from Boston College where she had an internship in psychology research and an internship at Perkins School for the Blind. Her M.A. is in Multiple Disabilities from Gallaudet University. She has spent the last few years as a Special Education Teacher and absolutely loves working with children on the autism spectrum.

Ms. Minson is an east coast girl transplanted to sunny Arizona four years ago. She doesn't miss the cold and has fully embraced these 100+ degree temperatures! She is a mom of four and is an avid runner. We are so grateful for the wonderful job Ms. Minson is doing with our students this year!

(Read more about Ms. Minson on our school website here.)

Mark Your Calendars

Fall Festival / Trunk-or-Treat Event
October 31, 4-6pm (located at the Upper School Campus)

Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 1-3 (Elementary School)
November 1 (Upper School)

Teacher Inservice - Half-Day (Both Campuses)
November 9

Veterans Day - No School (Both Campuses)
November 10

Thanksgiving - No School (Both Campuses)
November 22-24

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