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Kindergarten-4th Grade For In Person Learning! |
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CCA is excited to provide an opportunity to collect feedback from you regarding our teachers and the school environment. The Teacher Feedback data is used to provide feedback to teachers and is part of their performance evaluation done by the Executive Director and Assistant Principals. This survey contains only 5 questions per teacher. The Climate portion of the survey contains questions about the CCA administration team, school communication, academic instruction, school safety, and other aspects of the CCA environment. Responses from the Climate portion are reviewed by the School Accountability Committee, CCA administration, and the CCA Parent Board to guide future improvements to our school. The survey should not take longer than 20 minutes to complete. In exchange for your feedback, you are allowed to enter 2 hours of volunteer time. As a parent-involved charter school, this is your chance to help provide both positive and constructive feedback for CCA teachers, the administration, and the Parent Board. Note that the survey is intended to be filled out by parents, not students. Also note that the survey is designed to track trends across multiple years, and because we are hopeful the pandemic will not impact future school years, there are no pandemic-specific questions in the survey. Comments and concerns pertaining to the pandemic and related issues can be addressed directly to Ann Schultz (aschultz@cherrycreekacademy.org) and/or the CCA Parent Board (board@cherrycreekacademy.org).
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Congratulations Young Artists! |
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Students were invited to participate in the National Western Virtual Youth Art Contest. A few of our CCA students took the opportunity to do just that. We are proud to announce that two of our students were recognized for their exceptional work.
Sophia Zhang received honorable mention in the 4th Grade category and Ethan Zhang won Grand Champion for 5th Grade! We are so proud of them and the hard work that they put into creating these award winning pieces of art. Both artists will be listed for their winning entries and Ethan’s art will be visible online starting January 9th at http://nationalwestern.com/. |
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An Important Note About Returning To School:
As we anticipate our return to full time in-person learning for our K-4 students on Monday, January 11, 2021, we want to reiterate how extremely important it is to keep your child home if they are ill.
Please notify Nurse Jayne at jbauer@cherrycreekacademy.org if your child has a positive COVID test or if your child has been exposed to someone with a positive COVID test so that we can take the appropriate steps to ensure the safety of our students and staff.
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Attention Parents of 8th Graders
We need your help! We need a picture of your 8th grade student as a baby or young child and a picture of them now for the 8th grade graduation slide show.
Please send only two digital photos and don't forget to include your students name, to our Director of Communications, Rachel Brooks at Rbrooks@cherrycreekacademy.org.
Thanks so much for your help with this! We look forward to celebrating your students in the Spring!
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Free Meals for the Rest of the Year For In Person and Remote Learners
Nutrition Services is offering meals for in person and remote students for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. Students at school can receive their meals on campus. For more information, click here. |
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Know someone interested in applying for the 2021 CCA Foundation scholarship?
Each year, the Cherry Creek Academy Foundation awards a one-time academic scholarship of $1,000 to a high school graduating senior who attended CCA. If you know a graduating senior who might be interested in applying for the 2021 scholarship award to support future studies, please encourage them to make sure their current email address is on file in PowerSchool at My.cherrycreekschools.org. If you know a graduating senior who is no longer in the Cherry Creek District, they may email their contact information to scholarshipcommittee@cherrycreekacademy.org. Application forms and information will be disseminated in February. |
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Don't Forget to Wear Your Eagle Unity Shirt Every Friday!
Make sure you wear your Unity shirt from the PTO every Friday to help keep us unified because we are stronger together and help make CCA soar!
Now that K-4 is returning to school we might just catch your student wearing their shirt at school! Whether you are at school or at home you can always submit your photos to media@cherrycreekacademy.org with your students name and then keep an eye out for them on Fridays on social media!
#CCASoars
#StrongerTogether
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Help us build our followers while earning volunteer hours! |
You can now earn one volunteer hour for following us on each platform of social media! All you have to do is follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter by clicking on the icon above and enter your time: here!
Facebook Follow = 1 hour
Instagram Follow = 1 hour
Twitter Follow = 1 hour
Thanks in advance for helping us grow our social media presence!
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CCSD Metrics for Remote Learning
We follow the Cherry Creek School District's metrics to determine if it is safe for our K-4 learners to stay in person. To access the CCSD Covid Tracker, please click here.
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Please click on the links below to access Monday Newsletters from our teachers.
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Please join us Friday, January 15th for our PTO meeting at 9:05 am. Details to log in can be found on the CCA Master Calendar.
We look forward to ideas and input from many member of our community!
Here are some quick links:
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A Note From Our ELS Team
Dear Families,
Students identified by the Cherry Creek School District as English Language Learners will be taking the ACCESS test over the next few weeks. ACCESS for ELLs measures students’ abilities to understand and produce English used within school settings. Testing will begin Monday January 11th and will be completed by March 12th. If you have any questions, please contact your child's English Language Support Specialist, Jennifer Doré or Hannah Polston, at ELS@cherrycreekacademy.org.
--The ELS Team
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All yearbooks will be sent directly to your home in May 2021. Please make sure to enter your correct address. Please click here for more information.
CCA families are encouraged to share photos for the 2020-2021 yearbook since students have been learning remotely. Please send your photos to Media@cherrycreekacademy.org and please include your student's full name and grade with the photos.
A few ideas for pictures include remote learners in their awesome virtual learning spaces, remote learners working hard school assignments, or standing next to an awesome project they have completed.
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CCA's Virtual Middle School
Trivia Night
Mark your calendars! CCA's 1st Trivia night is coming-Friday January 22nd from 4:30-6:30. Get a team of your best buds, family, teachers, and anyone else you think will help you and your team in this trivia challenge. For your team, create your own Google Meet so that you can discuss answers. Select a team leader to join our Trivia Night Link and have your group leader "present" their screen so that the rest of your group can see the trivia questions. Only one person from each group will need to join the Trivia Night link. If you have questions, please watch this quick how-to video I made. Any more questions, please send them to dmahan@cherrycreekacademy.org.
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AMC 8 Competition Results
Congratulations to our Mathlete’s who competed in the AMC 8. The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple choice examination in middle school mathematics designed to promote the development of problem-solving skills. We are excited to share the results of the AMC 8 Competition:
School Winner: Anish C. (Honor Roll Certificate: Scored in the top 5% Nationally)
2nd place: Hemanie D. and Saksham H.
3rd place: Vladimir S.
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For information on Smoky Hill High School's International Baccalaureate World School Program for incoming 9th graders please click here. |
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Cherry Creek High school will be holding an 8th Grade Information Night for parents and students virtually on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021. This will be a virtual event with live and pre-recorded components at a time TBA. More information to come! You can access the Future Bruins link which is still live on the website by clicking here.
If you have any other questions, we encourage you to check out the website for Cherry Creek High School here.
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Smoky Hill High School Incoming Freshman |
Greetings Future Buffs!
Typically, this time of year we are reaching out and inviting you to Smoky Hill HS for what we call Incoming Freshmen Night. This is a time for students and their families to tour the building, talk with Department Coordinators, see the clubs and activities we have to offer and get a feel for what is possible at Smoky Hill HS. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we are unable to gather everyone together and visit with you face-to-face. In lieu of our typical event we have created an interactive site, https://spark.adobe.com/page/xtlpAYyZMmLC7/ , for you to explore and learn everything you need to know about Smoky Hill HS. Information regarding registration for your freshmen courses will be available in the coming weeks. We are all looking forward to meeting you, getting to know you, and welcoming you into The Herd!
Christopher Ness
Assistant Principal
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Wednesday January 13
- 8:05am School House Talk
- 9am Communications Committee Meeting
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Friday January 15
Monday January 18
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- Please visit CCA's Master Calendar.
- Click on the meeting that you would like to attend.
- Click "More Details."
- Click "Join Hangouts Meet."
- Alternatively, you can join by phone by dialing the meeting number and entering the meeting pin.
- Please remember to use mute when you are not speaking. This is important and will reduce background noise and other complications.
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Community Events and News |
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PIN Presentation:
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 9:15am
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The Parent Connection: CCSD's Newsletter |
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The Parent Connection is sent to parents and community subscribers twice a month with information about student, school and district achievements, financial information, staff, events, board policy and more.
Please click here to read the latest Parent Connection newsletter from CCSD. |
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