The Eagle and CCA Website are now mobile friendly!
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CCA is excited to introduce a new
digital bulletin board
that offers another communication platform for our wonderful community. There you will find carpool requests, exciting local events (outside of CCA or CCSD) and more. If you would like an item to appear on
CCA’s digital bulletin board
, please click
HERE
to send an email.
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- Fun Run Information
- John Irwin School of Excellence Award
- Pennies for Patients Fundraiser
- Upcoming Events
- CCA Board Information
- A Message from SAC
- Important Announcement from the Health Clinic
- Important Announcements from the Library
- CCA’s New App
- CCA Scholarship: Applications Due TOMORROW
- 4th Grade Math League Competition Results
- CCA Teacher/Staff Feature
- 7th Grade High School Placement Practice Exam
- Indian Dance Festival
- P.I.N. Brunch
- CCA Cafeteria News
- Announcements from Champions
- Hard Hat News
- Helpful Links
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5th Annual Fun Run!!!
Friday, May 4th
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We are so excited for this special event, and hope you can come out and cheer your child on! The schedule is below, and please note
the fun run will begin one hour later this year due to the opening ceremony in the gym at 8:10 am.
9:00-9:50 Grade 3
10:00-10:50 Grades K and 1
11:00-11:50 Grades 5 and 6
1:00-1:50 Grades 2 and 4
2:00-2:50 Grades 7 and 8
Thanks to CCSD, we have a beautiful new gym, and the proceeds will go toward furnishings for the gym and new administrative areas, as well as some classrooms. Proceeds will also be used for our ongoing technology needs.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FUN RUN!
You can work from 9-12, 1-3, or both shifts! Lunch will be provided for all volunteers. It’s a FUN way to earn volunteer hours!
THANKS TO OUR AWESOME SPONSORS that are helping make this event possible:
Colorado Auto Finders; i-Orthodontics; Academy Sports Turf; DCS; JHL Constructors; Kumon Math and Reading of Centennial-Foxfield; Champions; The Khemka Family; Four 4 Four; A&I Financial Services; Cheryl Spriggs, Photographer; RTA; The Spriggs Family
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Cherry Creek Academy has once again been awarded with the
John Irwin School of Excellence Award
.
A huge thanks to all of our incredible teachers that make this award a possibility every year. Their unrivaled dedication and passion is what makes this school so fantastic.
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CCA's Annual Pennies for Patients Fundraiser
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Student Council is participating in The Leukemia and Lymphoma Pennies for Patients program again this year. We are collecting money over the next three weeks to be donated on behalf of Cherry Creek Academy. This year, we thought it would be fun to create a bracket challenge to determine which class raises the most money. The winning team will receive a wonderful prize! Let’s get excited to help those in need!
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Tuesday, April 17
- 4:00pm: Soccer @ American Academy Castle Pines
- 5:30pm: 2018-19 Incoming K & 2 New Family Orientation Night
Wednesday, April 18
- 8:05am: Java with Jay
- 3:45pm: Soccer Practice
Thursday, April 19
Friday, April 20
- 7:30am: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
- 8:05am: PTO Meeting
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Monday, April 23
Tuesday, April 24
- 4:00pm: Picture Day for Soccer
Wednesday, April 25
Friday, April 27
- Q4 Mid-Term
- 5:30pm: K-5 Masquerade Ball
Monday, April 30
- 4:00pm: Home- Soccer American Academy Castle Pines
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Yearbook Deadline: April 20
th
Remember to order your students yearbook & don’t forget you can make their Custom Pages - deadline is 4/20!
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For all of our wonderful volunteers (
with 35 or more hours
), we would like to invite you to our annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast.
Date:
April 20
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Time:
7:30 a.m.
Location:
CCA Cafeteria
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Please join us
Friday, April 20
th
at
8:05 a.m.
in the cafeteria for our April PTO meeting.
Coffee will be served and younger siblings are always welcome.
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- Date: Tuesday, April 24
- Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30p.m.
- Location: Mr. Nolen's Room
Younger children are welcome to attend. They will need to wait in the Cafeteria at the end of the school day and a Garden Club representative will come to get them.
This is the only meeting we need to have before our Planting Event in May, on a Sunday afternoon, date to be determined.
We are excited to get growing! Please email
Kay Moriarity
with any questions.
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CCA K-5 Masquerade Ball: April 27
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The CCA K-5 Masquerade Ball will be on April 27
th
from 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
Wear your favorite mask (nothing scary) or make one with our supplies at the ball. Pizza and candy will be available for sale and popcorn and water will be free.
More information to come soon!
To volunteer, please click
here
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VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED
Calling all volunteers to teach/co-teach in a classroom
for Junior Achievement (JA) Day on Tuesday, May 1
st
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Junior Achievement's mission is to "...inspire and prepare every students, no matter what their background, to reach their potential". JA programs "equip students withA the tools they need to find their own success in our competitive and challenging global workforce".
JA will provide each volunteer with an age appropriate curriculum designed to provide hands-on activities. These activities teach students skills to help manage and control their finances. CCA is in need of two volunteers for each classroom.
Kindergarten and First grade volunteers will be working with students until their lunchtime at 12:20 pm. Volunteers for all other grades are needed in the classrooms until the end of the school day at 3:00 pm.
The training date for all JA volunteers is Monday April 23rd from 5-6 p.m. at CCA
.
Volunteers will receive the curriculum and will be instructed on how to implement the curriculum in the classroom.
Click here
to contact Mrs. MacFarland to volunteer or for additional information.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Save the Date
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Friday, May 18
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: CCA Carnival
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Come celebrate another great school year!
- Friday, May 18th
- 5:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
Volunteers Needed!
Help make this a fun event for our kids! This event requires about 80 volunteers in order to pull it off so we need lots of help. Click
HERE
to sign up and help out.
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Thursday, May 31st: Kindergarten Graduation
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- 9:00 a.m.: Graduation Ceremony at CCA
- 10:00 a.m. Kindergarten Graduation Reception
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Thursday, May 31st: 8
th
Grade Graduation
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- 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Graduation Practice
- 12:15 p.m.: Early dismissal for 8th grade
- 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: Graduation Ceremony at CCA
- Immediately Following - 10:00 p.m.: Glenmoor dinner/dance
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We are excited to announce the end of the 2018 Cherry Creek Academy Parent Board Elections. Of the three positions available, three qualified parents submitted nomination packets therefore no election is necessary.
Congratulations to the three new board members,
Aaron Castro, Tom Malott, and Samantha Roush!
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CCA’s School Accountability Committee (SAC) appreciates the participation of all parents in the 2018 CCA Climate Survey.
We had 320 responses from the surveys, a record number! The full Executive Summary and listing of written comments is available for review at the school’s front desk. The data has been provided to the Parent Board, Administration Leadership Team, PTO and CCA Foundation to review. Please be aware that we must comply with FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) and CORA (Colorado Open Records Act) confidentiality laws and thus names and positions have been removed.
For a review of SAC Survey Procedures, please see the CCA website under SAC. You may also contact the SAC parent co-chair Aaron Castro or the Board Members assigned to the SAC, Andrea Evashevski and Annie Harnett with any questions.
Additionally, a summary of the data will be presented at the Town Hall on May 8
th
at 6:00 p.m.
Thanks again!
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Important Announcement from the Health Clinic
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This is a reminder that all students going into the 6th grade next school year need a Tdap(Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) immunization.
This is a required vaccine.
Please contact your health provider early to schedule an appointment.
Thank you,
Nurse Jayne
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Important Announcements from the CCA Library
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READ LIKE AN ANIMAL!!!
CCA K-6
TH
GRADE READING COMPETITION
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April 23
rd
thru May 17
th
Two teams, the Sly Foxes and the Wise Owls will compete in an all school reading competition to see which can earn the most Accelerated Reader points. Mr. Hargreaves and Dean Loomis will co-captain the parliament of Wise Owls while Mr. Cerny and Mrs. Nowak will co-captain the Skulk of Sly Foxes. (Yes! This is what groups of owls and foxes are called!)
The Rules
Teams must maintain an 85 percent or higher quiz average to receive full credit for all points that are earned. For example, if a team has an overall quiz average of less than 85 percent, then the total team points are multiplied by that average. A team with 1,000 points and an 80 percent quiz average will only receive 800 points of the 1,000 possible points.
Students who do not adequately help their team earn points are ineligible for prizes.
Students may only take tests in their designated reading range.
An entire class may not take a quiz on the same book during the challenge period (except kindergarten).
Prizes will be awarded for every 750 AR team points earned.
750 Points –
Stuffed Animal Day Bring your favorite stuffed animal to school. Giant stuffed animals are not allowed.The award date will be announce.
1,500 Points –
Crazy Hair Day Fix your hair to look like an animal or just go crazy with it. The award date will be announced.
2,250 Points –
Crazy Socks and Shoes Day Students may wear any hard-soled shoes with a back, as long as they are not open toed, flip-flops, Heelies, cleats or have a heel higher than 2 inches. The award date will be announced.
3,000 Points –
Pajama Day Students may not wear tank tops, spaghetti straps, tight yoga pants or anything inappropriately revealing. Use the school dress code as a guideline. All students must wear hard-soled shoes. The award date will be May 18
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The Ultimate Prize –
The team with the most competition points will earn animal ball caps and wristbands that may be worn all day on May 18
th
. The victors will also enjoy root beer floats during lunch recess.
GO WILD ABOUT BOOKS!
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Accelerated Reader 100 Point Club
Students who meet the following requirements by the end of the year, become members of the 100 Point Club and are awarded a customized medal engraved with their name.
Yearly Point Requirements by Grade
Kindergarten - 45 AR points
First Grade - 65 AR points
Second Grade - 90 AR points
Third through Sixth Grades - 100 AR points
Seventh and Eighth Grades - 125 AR points
Seventh and Eighth Grade students may take AR quizzes to earn points, even though they no longer have an Accelerated Reader requirement.
The points and a cumulative quiz average of 85 percent must be earned
by Friday, May 11
th
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Former CCA alumni Emma Hope, holds the record, earning a whopping 2,004 points within one year. She was only in the fifth grade, at the time, and has held the record since 2009. That is long time! Is it time for a new record holder?
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Volunteer Opportunities in the CCA Library
Volunteers are needed to help with this year’s reading competition. Opportunities include purchasing and delivering ice cream cups, root beer, spoons and disposable glasses. Servers are also needed to hand out root beer and ice cream to students during recess on May 18
th
from 10:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Please let Mrs. Larson know if you are interested by emailing her at
alarson@cherrycreekacademy.org
. Thank you!
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CCA has an AWESOME New App:
Download Today
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Dear CCA Community,
We are excited to implement a wonderful new application available for both Android and Apple devices. With Cherry Creek Academy’s mobile app, parents can quickly access current news and updates, PowerSchool, teacher and staff contact information, student lunch menus, and much more from a mobile phone or device.
The Cherry Creek Academy app will offer greater convenience and easier access to many different aspects of our amazing school, but unlike other applications this platform will ensure student privacy.
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Download by clicking the buttons below.
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Attention CCA Alumni:
Applications Due TOMORROW!
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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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Congratulations to Our Amazing Mathletes!
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1st place : Charan N
2nd place : Charlotte N
3rd place : Isaak F
4th place : Aadison G and Ritvik K
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Lola Dolinsky is a speech-language pathologist (SLP) for the Cherry Creek School District. This is her first year in CCSD. Currently, she works at two schools, Cherry Creek Academy (K-8
th ) and Meadow Point Elementary (K-5
th ), serving a diverse population of students with a range of communication needs (expressive, receptive, and social/pragmatic language; articulation; fluency; alternative and augmentative
communication (AAC)).
Ms. Dolinsky (or “Ms. Lola” to students) grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2011, she earned a bachelor’s
degree in Linguistics from Colorado University in Boulder. Later, she earned her master’s degree in
speech-language pathology from the University of Tulsa. She truly enjoys getting to know the students at
CCA and supporting their development of effective communication skills.
Ms. Dolinsky enjoys music, travel, languages, cooking, and most importantly, humor. Thus, she likes to
spend her free time going to concerns, playing guitar, snowboarding, outdoor activities, and laughing or
attempting to make people laugh.
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Karen Hampel is our school social worker. She spent the last two years working as one of the PBIS and Bullying Prevention Coordinators for the Cherry Creek District. She has been a social worker in CCSD for 17 years.
Karen is originally from Darien, IL, just outside of Chicago. She has been a happy Colorado transplant
since 2001. She received her Masters from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of
Illinois at Chicago and her undergraduate degrees in English Literature and International Studies from
Miami of Ohio.
Karen is currently raising two Colorado natives, Lila (5) and Kyle (9) with her husband Scott (a transplant from Michigan). They love family time in Winter Park skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and hiking. Karen is an avid traveler who spent part of winter break in Laos with her son and went to Mexico with
the whole family over fall break. Karen also loves to garden, read and cook.
Ms. Hampel believes that “children do well when they can” and is grateful that her job allows her to help families and teachers figure out what is getting in the way when students are struggling. She
believes strongly in implementing proactive practices in schools, such as social-emotional education and bullying prevention, to help students develop the myriad tools they need to be successful in life.
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Mili Hilbert was born Milagros Vargas Suarez in New York City, and spent her childhood there. Mili has lived in Texas, Virginia, and moved here from New Jersey in 2016.
As a preteen her family moved back to their native Puerto Rico. Upon graduation from high school, she attended the University of Puerto Rico as a pre-med student. Wanting to pursue something practical, since she
had always been an indoor, book reading nerd, she shocked her family and friends by joining the US Army. There she put her pre-med studies to use by studying medical laboratory procedures. She spent many
years as a medical technologist, specializing in immunohematology and
general laboratory, until an accident caused her to change fields.
A good friend who taught Spanish convinced her to return to school and become a teacher, which Mili had always wanted to do. She received her BA in Spanish from Rutgers University. She continued and completed her MA in Spanish in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, through the University of Northern Iowa. She started to work on her PhD until life changes brought her to Colorado.
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Parent Information Network
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We Need You!
Volunteer in the Cafeteria
10:40 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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 is offering half-off of Summer registration fees, for all families who attend at least one day of Spring Break. Many families have already registered, however
we need about 5 more children per day to be registered AND scheduled to be sure of running the program.
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!
We look forward to having several field trips, and a summer curriculum filled with circus science, spy school, superhero puzzles, natural studies, and more!
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!
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WEEKLY UPDATE:
- Monday, 4/16: Continue pre-punch and final cleaning in basement and first floor (except the gym), install stair treads on Stair 5, install misc base throughout, complete metal paneling install on exterior, begin prepping for remaining site concrete.
- Tuesday, 4/17: Complete final grading and sloping to existing inlets on west lawn. Complete pre-punch. Install flooring in two elevator landings at stair 5, install floor in elevator cab, complete flooring installation. Form for site concrete around building.Site fencing will be removed– orange construction fencing will be added so we can remove and replace as needed to accommodate landscaping.
- Wednesday, 4/18: Final punch walk of the interior areas (except gym). Place site concrete around building. Landscapers mobilize to site.
- Thursday 4/19: Begin irrigation line trenching/landscaping. Final elevator inspection, final electrical inspection. Begin addressing punch list items.
- Friday 4/20: Final fire alarm/fire suppression inspection at 6:00 a.m. (released by final elevator sign off). Continue landscaping/irrigation work. Continue addressing punch list items.
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TRAFFIC/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 04/20 immediately following the PTO meeting.
Remember to wear close-toed shoes to participate!
STAY IN TOUCH:
Questions? Please feel free to
email
or check out our
project website
to see all the exciting new photos we have posted!
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