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ALL EAGLE SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECIEVED FRIDAY AT 8:00 A.M.
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For the latest schedule of events, please click
here
. More information on events is offered in the description section of each event on CCA's Master Google Calendar.
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Monday, October 28
- Student Council Event: Candy Grams Begin
Friday, November 1
- Student Council Event: Candy Grams Delivery
- 8:05 – 9:05 a.m.: Governance Meeting
- 6 – 8 p.m.: Student Council: Halloween Dance
Tuesday, November 5
- 7 – 8 a.m.: Technology Committee Meeting
Wednesday, November 6
- 8:05 – 9:05 a.m.: Finance Committee Meeting
- 5:45 - 6:30 p.m.: 8th Grade Trip Informational Meeting
- 6 – 8 p.m.: Fly like an Eagle Event: Skate Party at Skate City in Aurora
Monday, November 11
- 8:05 – 9:05 a.m.: Fly like an Eagle Committee Meeting
- 8:15 – 8:45 a.m.: K-8th Grade Veterans Day Assembly
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball-Boys Practice
Tuesday, November 12
- 8 – 11 a,m.: Photo Retakes
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball-Boys Practice
- 6 – 7 p.m.: Town Hall
- 7 – 8 p.m.: Board Meeting
Wednesday, November 13
- 8:15 – 9:05 a.m.: Eagle Honors Assemblies
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball- Girls Practice
Thursday, November 14
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball- Girls Practice
Friday, November 15
- 7:30 – 8 a.m.: PTO Event: Pastries with Parents
- 8:05 – 9 a.m.: PTO Meeting
- 9:05 – 10:05 a.m.: Safe Technology and Secret Apps with Dani Diercks
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Monday, November 18
- PTO Event: Thanksgiving Basket Donation Collections Begin
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball-Boys Practice
Tuesday, November 19
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball-Boys Practice
Wednesday, November 20
- 8:05 – 9:05 a. m.: Schoolhouse Talk
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball- Girls Practice
Thursday, November 21
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball- Girls Practice
- 6 – 8 p.m.: Cherry Creek High School Incoming 9th Grade Parent Info Night at Cherry Creek High School
Friday, November 22
- PTO Event: Thanksgiving Baskets Creating & Delivering
Monday, November 25
- 4 – 6 p.m. Basketball Games- Boys Home/Girls @Littleton
Tuesday, November 26
- 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.: Basketball-Boys Practice
Wednesday, November 27 - Friday, November 29
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At the October 8
th
Board meeting, the Board approved the updated Non-Negotiables. The complete list of Non-Negotiables can be found
here
. Please feel free to reach out to Hester Parrot, Chair of the Governance Committee, at
hparrot@cherrycreekacademy.org
with any questions.
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Student Council's annual Candy Gram Fundraiser begins today and will continue through Thursday, October 31st. Candy Grams (a Ring Pop with a kind note) can be purchased for friends, siblings and teachers. Parents can also purchase Candy Grams for their children. Each Candy Gram is $1. Homeroom teachers will collect money and have Candy Gram forms available for students. Parents can purchase Candy Grams and complete the forms at the front desk. Candy Grams will be delivered on Friday, November 1st. If you would like to volunteer to
help with this fundraiser, please click here to sign up.
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Our PTO would like to remind our community that the Fall deadline for Box Tops is coming up and all Box Tops must be turned in today. For more information on Box Tops, please click
here.
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The CCA PTO would also like to thank our community for a wonderful turnout for their largest fundraiser of the year. We will be celebrating the classes who won this week. All items will be delivered and students will be bringing items home next week, on November 5th. If you have any questions/concerns/damaged items please call 1-866-395-2926 and Charleston Wrap customer service will help with any concerns.
The PTO's fundraising committee is also requesting volunteers to help sort packages on November 5th. If you are interested in volunteering, please click
here
. If you are interested in being the chair, please feel free to join the committee on the 5th to help.
- Ms. Orbach’s class will celebrate free dress and a pizza party for lunch this Thursday, October 31st. Medals will also be handed out.
- Ms. Nyguard’s class will celebrate free dress day and Rice Krispie treats on Friday, November 1st.
- Ms. Koening’s class will celebrate free dress day on Thursday, October 31st.
Thank you again for all of your support we have a wonderful community.
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Spelling Bee Club begins this Friday, November 1st.
Spelling Bee Club is open to CCA 5th - 8th grade students. Spelling Bee Club meets on Fridays. Students may choose to come to the a.m. meetings (7:30 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. in Ms. Koenig's room) or the p.m. sessions (3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. in Mr. Geltman's Modular). They are allowed to come to both, but not required. Students will spend time preparing for the CCA Spelling Bee that is held on December 18, 2019. 5 participants will then go on to a District competition.
Please click
here
to register your child(ren) to participate in this club and
here
for the Spelling Bee Club's calendar.
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The CCA Governance Committee will meet on Friday at 8:05 a.m.
The Governance Committee helps the CCA Board provide oversight that complies with our Charter, bylaws and contract with Cherry Creek School District by maintaining, updating and initiating policies and procedures related to Cherry Creek Academy and the CCA Board. It also acts as the Board liaison to the School Accountability (SAC) Committee.
This is a public committee meeting and attendees can log their time at this meeting as volunteer hours.
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Student Council is also hosting their annual Halloween dance and haunted house. This event is for CCA students in grades 6th - 8th only and will be from 6 - 8:00 p.m.
There is a $6 admission fee that includes 2 slices of pizza and Haunted House admission. Students who are in costumes get $5 admission. Please remember costumes must be appropriate. There will be a costume contest at 7 p.m. and the winner from each grade will receive a free dress coupon!
This year's Haunted House will feature a spooky summer camp theme.
There will also be snacks available for additional cost($1 each), face painting for $2. Students will also be selling items that they have created with the proceeds going to a local charity of their choice. The dance party will be in the gym.
If you would like to volunteer at this event, please click
here
.
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A HUGE thank you to all of our parents who attended parent teacher conferences last week, everyone who supported our annual book fair, and to Officer Bratsch and the CCA Fly like an Eagle committee who made Red Ribbon Week such a successful event for our students!
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Mrs. Nair and Mr. Loomis are pleased to inform you that a selection was made last week for the Mathlete students who will be representing our school at the Cherry Creek School Districts Annual Rich Morrow Math Challenge that will take place on December 7th, 2019 at Smoky Hill High School.
Congratulations to Emma K., Nysa K. Sanika B., Eashan T., Vedaant P., Leran W., Vladimir S., Leo T., and Rayan D.
This competition features students in grades 3 - 5 from across the Cherry Creek School District.
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Peer Helpers, led by the awesome
Ms. Yamauchi , CCA's Student Support Specialist, are an amazing group of middle school students who focus on building a sense of community and kindness throughout our school.
Our Peer Helpers work with their peers as well as younger students through activities like peer conferencing and meeting one on one with students who need a peer to talk to. Our Peer Helpers have helped solve conflicts at recess, problems between friends, and have buddied up with and checked in on younger students who were going through a hard time.
Peer Helpers also have "
Lunch Bunches. "
Lunch Bunches
are Peer Helper Student run groups for middle schoolers that occur once each week.
Lunch Bunches
are organized by grade levels and serve to provide students with a place to make new friends and build positive peer relationships for the Cherry Creek Academy middle school community. All middle school students are welcome and encouraged to join their
Lunch Bunch
group!
All middle school students are welcome to join Peer Helpers and can come to a weekly meeting on Thursday mornings from 7:15-7:50 a.m. or Friday afternoons from 3:35-4:30 p.m. in the Innovation Space. Students should choose ONE weekly meeting to attend. To join Peer Helpers, students can simply attend a meeting! You can visit the
Peer Helper Website or email
Ms. Yamauchi at
kyamauchi@cherrycreekacademy.org for more information.
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Later this month, on November 13, 2019 Eagle Honor assemblies. The Kindergarten - 4th grade assembly will take place between 8:15 and 9:30 a.m. The 5th - 8th grade assembly will be from 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. At the Eagle Honor assembly some of our students are recognized for exemplifying an Eagle Honor character trait of Leadership, Responsibility, Respect, Loyalty, Integrity, Humility, Diligence and/or Compassion. Students receive a certificate from their teacher. We reminded parents that our focus for the Eagle Honor recognition is on our students. We want our students to be notified when they received the award at the award ceremony and not before. We want every student fully engaged in the event and not knowing if they are getting an award causes more to be attentive and focused on the event and in celebrating their peers and their own accomplishments. Although parents are not notified if their child will receive a certificate, all parents are invited to attend every Eagle Honor assembly. When a student receives a Golden Eagle it is because they have in previous years received recognition for all 8 character traits. When a Golden Eagle is going to be awarded, parents are notified.
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Basketball Season is Almost Here
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Basketball for students in grades 6 - 8 begins in 2 weeks on November 11th. To register your child(ren) for basketball, please click
here. The boys basketball team will practice on Mondays and Tuesdays and the girls team will practice on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please click
here for the Athletics Calendar.
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Skate City Neon Party: November 6
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CCA and Skate City (Skate City Aurora, 15100 E Girard Ave, Aurora, CO 80014) are teaming up for a fun filled night of epic proportion!
Admission is $5.00 and skate rental is $3. The class with the highest attendance will receive $100* to add to their classroom fund! *Only applicable if 110 or more skaters attend.
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Veterans Day: November 11
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Parents, Veterans, and Families are invited to join CCA students and staff in honoring our nation’s Active, Reserved, and Veteran Military and their families during our Veterans Day Assemblies on November 11th, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.
As a special part of the assembly, we would like to acknowledge veterans of the CCA community. If you have a veteran you would like to recognize please send the veteran’s name, rank, and branch of the military to Mrs. Giroue
jgiroue@cherrycreekacademy.org
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Safe Tech & Secret Apps Presentation is Coming Back to CCA!
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Join CCA mom, local attorney, and public speaker, Dani Diercks Farrell as she presents valuable information on how to keep our tech savvy children safe in a technology driven society. This presentation will follow the November PTO meeting on November 15th at 9:05 a.m.
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Please remember to log your volunteer hours regularly. This year we are giving a volunteer report at each board meeting that includes data about how many volunteers we have, the services they are performing, and how many hours we have accumulated as a community. It is important that all volunteer hours are logged, even after a family completes their required hours (20 hours for single parent homes and 40 hours for two parent households).
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The 7th annual Cardboard Challenge is on Wednesday, October 30th from 4 - 7 p.m.. It is a celebration of child creativity and the role communities can play in fostering it inspired by the short film, “Caine’s Arcade.” Kids are challenged to create and build using cardboard, recycled materials and their imagination. This provides our students a unique opportunity outside of the classroom to innovate, create and shine! For more information, please click
here
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Integrated Family Community Services will be taking applications from low-income families, who would like to receive a Thanksgiving Basket and/or a December Holiday Basket through
Thursday, October 31, 2019
. Please click
here
for more information.
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The Cherry Creek School District's Parent Information Network is hosting presentations titled "The Hardest Workers: Identify Learning Issues, Create Solutions, Improve Results on November 5th from 9:15 - 11:15 a.m. and on November 12th from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Please click
here
for more information.
For a complete list of this year's presentations, please click
here.
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