State and national testing is just around the corner. On Tuesday, April 13^th, we will be administering the SAT for all 11^th grade students. On Thursday, April 15^th, we will be administering the PSAT 8/9 and PSAT 10 for all 9^th and 10^th graders. On Friday, April 23^rd, we will be administering the CMAS in science for all 11^th graders.

If you do not wish for your child to take these tests and choose to opt-out, you must sign and deliver the opt-out form and have it delivered to the school by April 6^th. You can have your child deliver this to his/her/their adviser, and the advisers will deliver it to Dr. Ruth Rhodes, our assessment coordinator. Thank you for your attention in this matter. You may address any questions to ruth.rhodes@coloradoearlycolleges.org. Thank you!

We are starting advising on Monday, March 22. Click on your advisor’s name below to schedule an appointment:

Student safety is our top priority. Please make sure that your student has a ride home before 4pm unless they are staying for a supervised after-school activity. If an after-school activity ends after 4pm, they are expected to leave campus promptly after the end of the activity.

The ACC withdrawal date is April 30th. If you are considering withdrawing from a class, please contact your advisor as soon as possible.

Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) announced that they have launched a new partnership with Schoolhouse.world, an online platform that pairs students with tutors around the globe. Schoolhouse.world was launched in early 2020 by Sal Khan, the founder of the popular Khan Academy online learning website, to accelerate learning in these challenging times. There is no deadline to register, and there are no limits to the number of Colorado students who can take advantage of this opportunity.

Schoolhouse.world is a breakthrough platform that connects people around the world to free, small-group tutoring sessions. It currently offers tutoring in high school mathematics, exam prep and SAT prep for students over the age of 13, and aims to expand to additional grade levels and topics soon. Schoolhouse.world first opened its virtual doors to tutors and students from the public in early 2020. People from all over the world volunteered to tutor sessions; high school students, teachers, professionals, and PhDs alike. Since then, Schoolhouse.world has run over a thousand tutoring sessions with students from more than 40 countries. Schoolhouse.world launched its new website in January 2021 and already 500 Colorado students have visited the platform, with many participating in the tutoring experience Sign up here to learn more.

CEI will be hosting information sessions for students, families and educators to learn more about this exciting service and initiative. Each session will include an overview, details, and information about how to leverage the platform for your community. Sign up below:

We are excited to announce that the State of Colorado has allocated BinaxNOW Rapid Point-of-Care Antigen COVID-19 tests to Colorado Early Colleges. These tests can be used to detect COVID-19 and will be available to students and staff at CEC. Written parental consent will be required prior to a student being tested.  If a student or staff member is exhibiting symptoms or it has been at least 5 days since they have been exposed to COVID-19, they are eligible to take the BinaxNOW test to help identify a positive case.  BinaxNOW tests are not as sensitive as PCR tests and may miss an active COVID-19 infection. A follow-up PCR test is recommended to confirm a negative test result if an individual is reporting symptoms, has a known exposure to COVID-19, or lives/has traveled to an area with high rates of COVID-19.  The BinaxNOW tests are a great tool in our tool belt to help keep our staff and students safe and remain in-person for learning. Please reach out to Ashley Bose, our CEC Douglas County school nurse, with any questions or concerns (ashley.bose@coloradoearlycolleges.org).  

This month, Sources of Strength is highlighting the strength of Positive Friends through our Paw-sitive Friends campaign! Having positive and supportive friends is extremely important. According to verywellmind.com, positive friendships can help you beat stress and build your confidence! Especially right now it is important to build and have healthy friendships. Read more reasons how healthy friendships can improve your wellbeing here.

Send Ms. Kaylee a picture of your paw-sitive friend to hang up around the school, or comment a picture in the all school teams post if you are a remote student! Are you looking to make new friend? Reach out to Ms. Kaylee with some of your hobbies and interests to be connected with a human friend!

Thank you for supporting the CECP's StuCo Fundraiser! We’ll receive all profits from any items you purchase. Order more to help us reach our fundraising goal!

Fundraiser ends on May 2.

We need more photos for the yearbook! We know that this year has been different than we expected but we still want pictures to show how you spent the school year. School from home, extracurriculars, leisure time, how to pass the time in COVID, etc- we want all of it, and we'll sort through what we get!

Senior Photos: Senior portraits should be uploaded through that same link. Yearbook staff will review the photo and reach out if there are any questions or additional information needed.

Yearbook Orders: Yearbooks are now available for purchase! Click here to order. All yearbook orders must be placed online by 3/31/2021.

What strategies can we use to help teenagers better manage complicated schedules, escalating academic demands, and new after-school obligations? Click here to read EduTopia's 8 strategies.

CU Denver K-12 Outreach will be hosting various virtual events for those interested in financial literacy. They are here to help students, parents, high school partners, and the community with navigating the daunting task of preparing for college and securing funding to help pay for their education. Financial Literacy also includes learning to be financially capable as a student and throughout life. Click here for more information or to sign up.

1.     Explore colleges in a way that’s informative but not overwhelming.

2.     Connect directly with colleges to get answers to your questions and show your interest in attending.

3.     Get answers to your college questions from college advisors via live Q&A sessions.

4.     Take key college planning steps like searching for colleges and exploring scholarships.

5.     Join these free events from a computer or mobile device. 

Explore your college options in each region—attend any or all of these events. Go to cb.org/bigfuturedays to register and learn more!

Monday, May 3, at 4:30 p.m. Register Here

Colorado students can connect live with professionals representing all 17 career clusters, and multiple ethnicities, backgrounds, and parts of Colorado. The fair will be from April 19-22. To view the schedule, register for the fair, and get more information visit youthcareerfair.org.

Join us on April 14 from 5-7pm via Zoom. Check back on this page on April 14 for the link to the Virtual Open House.

We will now be posting scholarships that we find on our advising college guide! Click here to access the full list of scholarships.

Interact/Young Rotary is a service organization sponsored by the Cherry Creek Valley Rotary Club here in Parker. We organize fundraisers and other service events that benefit the school, the community, and the world. To learn more join us at our weekly meetings on Friday afternoons!

Meeting Times: Fridays at 1pm

Meeting Style: Virtual (email Ms. Hedberg for link)

Club Sponsor: Tara Hedberg

Ethic Bowls are competitive yet collaborative events in which students discuss real-life ethical issues. In each round of competition, teams take turns analyzing cases about complex ethical dilemmas and responding to questions and comments from the other team and from a panel of judges. An ethics bowl differs from a debate competition in that students are not assigned opposing views; rather, they defend whichever position they think is correct, provide each other with constructive criticism, and win by demonstrating that they have thought rigorously and systematically about the cases and engaged respectfully and supportively with all participants. If you would like to join the team, please e-mail Dr. Rhodes at ruth.rhodes@coloradoearlycolleges.org.

Meeting Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8am

Meeting Style: Virtual (email Dr. Rhodes for link)

Club Sponsor: Ruth Rhodes