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May 10, 2021
Annual Board Election Coming Up

We have had 5 well-qualified candidates apply for the 3 open seats on the CCA Board. Therefore, Cherry Creek Academy will hold an election for our community to select the new Board members. This open election will commence on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at 8:00 am, through Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 12:00 pm. 
 
The Election will be held by electronic ballot. A unique and confidential electronic ballot will be sent to the email address listed in PowerSchool for each parent/guardian.
 
Cherry Creek Academy will host a virtual Meet the Candidates Night on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Our community is invited to attend this event and will have the opportunity to ask our Board Candidates questions. More information on how to attend the Meet the Candidates night will be available soon. If you would like to submit a question for one or more of the candidates prior to Meet the Candidates night, please click here. These questions will be addressed at the virtual meeting.

For more information, please visit the 2020-2021 Board Election website here.
Celebrating Nurse Jayne!
Alongside Teacher Appreciation Week, we celebrated Nurse's Appreciation Week! We are so very grateful for Nurse Jayne. She is incredible at what she does and we are so happy to have her at Cherry Creek Academy. Our Kindergarten classes took a picture with her to show their appreciation! Thank you Nurse Jayne - for all that you do!
Thank You to the CCA PTO!
Teacher appreciation week was so wonderful! we enjoyed everything so very much! Thank you for all of the hard work and time everyone put in to everything to make it a special week for our teachers and staff. We are so lucky to work at such at wonderful school with an amazing community of students and parents! Thank you for everything! We love what we do!
Last Day of School - May 28th
The last day of school - May 28th - is a half day. Dismissal times are as follows for this day:
11:45-K
11:45-1
11:55-2
11:55-3
11:55-4
12:05-5
12:05-6
12:15-7
12:15-8
Please note that remote learners will not attend class on this day - their last day will be Thursday, May 27, 2021.
Art and Music Festival
Here it is the presentation you have been waiting for - the all virtual Art and Music Festival! To enjoy this presentation through Google Slides you will want to follow these simple instructions:

  1. Open the Slideshow link in red at the bottom of this post and click present in the upper right hand corner.
  2. Click the spacebar or arrows to move through the presentation one at a time. You can spend as much time as you would like on each slide- you are in control.
  3. The art is the first 90 slides the Music performances begin on slide 91.
  4. Enjoy the art and music your students have created!
Graduation Announcements
Our date and time for our Graduations are set for Thursday, May 27, 2021. 
  • Kindergarten Graduation will begin @ 9:00 am
  • 8th Grade Graduation will begin @ 6:00 pm  
Our celebrations will take place in-person in our CCA gym. We will be limiting our attendance for each family and request that only two family members attend in-person to reduce our capacity in the CCA gym. Each child will be coming home with two printed Admission Tickets please be sure to bring those to the event. We will have an online option for other family members to enjoy the event. All attendees will be required to wear a mask. Additional details will be shared next week. We look forward honoring both our kindergarten and 8th grade students.
Together We Can Help Arisha!

A 2nd grader in Ms. Tapper's Class has been in the hospital since March 8th, 2021. Her heart function started to decrease and the determination was that Arisha would need a heart transplant. A procedure was scheduled, but during the procedure, she went into cardiac arrest. She then became too weak for a transplant evaluation. After an MRI the doctors found she sustained a brain injury during the cardiac arrest. Her transplant evaluation is on hold until she recovers from this injury which could take weeks or even months. The family has been by her side throughout Arisha's time in the hospital and they have not been able to go back to work. Let's support Arisha because we are her CCA Family!

How can you help? We are accepting donations on behalf of Arisha and the family in the front office and you will receive an #ARISHASTRONG bracelet for any amount you donate!

You can also send a meal to the family by clicking here and contributing to the meal train that has been set up for Arisha and her family.

Thank you in advance CCA Community! #ARISHASTRONG!
#ARISHASTRONG Bracelets At Lunch This Week!
Come and help Arisha and her Family during your lunch time! From 10:45am-12:45pm there will be a booth in the lobby accepting donations on Arisha's behalf. You will receive an #ARISHASTRONG bracelet for any amount donated - (please donate at least one dollar)! Let's come together and support Arisha! (Adult and child sizes available)
It's Not Too Late - Order Today!
To purchase your yearbook, please go to www.treering.com/validate! Enter CCA’s passcode: 1013808470921971.

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.

If you have any additional questions about our yearbook, please email Sarah Lanyi at Slanyi@cherrycreekacademy.org or Moon Lee at Mjlee@cherrycreekacademy.org.
Summer Storytime with the CCA Library

Attention parents of Kindergarten and 1st Grade Students! Mrs. Lanyi is interested in hosting a virtual summer storytime in June and July. Please fill out this Google Form so that Mrs. Lanyi can plan for fun stories and activities. Please submit form by Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Thank you so much!
Attention Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade Families

Attention Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade families! We are fortunate to be welcoming local author and teacher, Laura Pells, to our classes on Thursday, May 13th and Friday, May 14th. She will be reading aloud her newly published book, Ella McBella in the Dark, to our students. If you are interested in purchasing a signed copy of the book please fill out this form and return it to Mrs. Lanyi in the library by Thursday, May 14th. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Lanyi at slanyi@cherrycreekacademy.org.
A Note From The Library
The last day for book checkout will be Friday, May 21st and all library books are due Monday, May 24th. Please remind your students to return their library books. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Lanyi at slanyi@cherrycreekacademy.org.
8th Grade T-shirt Interest
We want to celebrate your 8th Grader! 

Mrs. MacFarland created shirts for many of the students when they were in kindergarten. To celebrate their 8th grade year, we have teamed up to collect signatures from every student. We are working with a vendor to create a design including their signatures in the form of "Class of 2021."

More information is coming soon!
Summer Math Tutoring For Incoming 2021-2022 Students
Grades 3-8

We are excited to offer summer math tutoring for incoming 2021-2022 students in grades 3-8, again this year. The tutoring sessions will be geared towards preparing students for the next academic year. These sessions will be coached by Mr. Andrew Loomis, Mrs. Priya Nair and/or Mr. Leins Each session will take place over 3 days for 1 hour each day. You will only need to sign up for the first day. The fee for one session is $150 per student.  
 
You can make checks payable to Mr. Loomis (if your student is working with Mr. Loomis or Mrs. Priya) or Mr Leins (if he will be teaching your student) and drop them off at the Front Desk. Please mention the session number in the memo line.
 
Once we have confirmed your payment and registration you will receive a communication regarding meeting links and additional resources provided as part of your session!
Graduation Portraits


Dear Parents,

The image to your left is hyperlinked directly to our schools online ordering event. All that needs to be done to go to our online event is to click anywhere on the image to go to the site. This will then take you directly to our schools ordering page. You can also access the online ordering portal by going to www.mymjthomas.com  and entering our schools event password CCA202. You may also print this order form and attach check or cash and bring it in on picture day!

Help CCA Earn Money When You Shop!
Want to help make a difference while you shop in the Amazon app, at no extra cost to you? Simply follow the instructions below to select "Cherry Creek School District Parent Teacher Community Council Inc" as your charity and activate AmazonSmile in the app. They'll donate a portion of your eligible mobile app purchases to us.

How it works:
1. Open the Amazon app on your phone
2. Select the main menu (=) & tap on "AmazonSmile" within Programs & Features
3. Select "Cherry Creek School District Parent Teacher Community Council Inc" as your charity
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate AmazonSmile in the mobile app
Front Lot Closure
We have closed the Front Parking Lot from 11 am to 1:00 pm daily. We are doing that because grade levels cannot mix with each other and we designed different zones to accommodate all of our groups. The parking lot is now a zone. If you need to pick up your student during this time, please do not remove the chain and drive in the lot during. Instead, call the front desk, wait in the pick up line by the field like you would during carline, and Mrs. Sadie will walk your student to the front lot and make sure they get into the correct car. Thank you in advance for your help with this!
Elevation Summer Math Courses

CCSD's Elevation Campus will be offering the following summer math courses: Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, and College Trig. We will be offering courses for credit retrieval (which isn't applicable to middle schoolers) and course progression (acceleration) online. The cost is $250 per session. Session one runs June 7-June 25. Session 2 June 28-July 19th. Registration for these courses will open after spring break. More information will be available on the Elevation CCSD website soon.
A Note From Nurse Jayne:

With learning back in person, 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.
SCC Summer Camp - Free
This summer, Steel City Codes, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to promote inclusivity in STEM by educating young students in computer science, is offering a cost-free computer science summer camp for students in 4th - 8th grades in the Denver metropolitan area. This camp is taught by high school volunteers who would like to pass on their passion for computer science to younger students who may not have been previously exposed to the subject.

The program will be available for two separate sessions. The camp will be held Monday - Friday from 9AM to 3PM each day in the Cherry Creek High School Library. It will be completely cost-free for all students.
Session 1: June 21 - June 25, 2021
Session 2: June 28 - July 2, 2021

We are offering multiple courses in both Java and Python, two of the most popular programming languages. In all courses, students will learn how to code and solve problems from our specially designed curriculum and complete a fun final project at the end of the week.

If you're interested in registering your child, please fill out this registration form

For more information, feel free to check out our website .
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.

Even though all breakfast and lunch meals are free this entire school year for all students, thanks to Federal Funds given to public schools, each public school still receives additional funds to support student learning based on the number of families who qualify for Free or Reduced meals so we encourage all families to fill out the free or reduced-price meal application. To read additional information about incomes that qualify for the Federal free and reduced meal program, please click on the link. To complete the online application, please click on this link.
Attention CCA Families
CCA is a school that participates in the National School Lunch Program. If you qualify for free and reduced price meals at school and attended a school with a remote or hybrid learning model for at least one month this school year (Remember that CCA was remote for the month of December 2020) then you may qualify to receive this benefit. If you are not sure if you are eligible for free and reduced meals you can click on this link and fill out the application.
Food and Nutrition Services is hiring!
2021-2022 School Year Calendar

On January 12, 2021 the Board approved the calendar for the 2021-2022 school year. You can find that calendar by clicking here.
Monday Teacher Newsletters
Please click on the links below to access Monday Newsletters from our teachers.


• 1st Grade

• 2nd Grade

• 3rd Grade

• 4th Grade




• Art

• Library

• Music

• P.E.


A Message from our PTO

Please join us Friday, May 21, 2021 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:



Foundation Board Opening

The Foundation is looking to fill the role of Foundation President as well as many volunteer roles. If you are interested in running for Foundation President or if you are interested in volunteering for the Foundation please contact: Shaden Awada at sawada@cherrycreekacademy.org.
Foundation Scholarship Application Process
Every year the CCA Foundation provides a $1000 scholarship to a current senior in High School that previously graduated from Cherry Creek Academy and is pursuing higher education. Students are sent applications during the February/March time frame. Applicants are notified in May of the chosen recipient; determined by a committee that evaluates applicants using a rubric based on academic achievements, extracurricular involvement, letter of recommendation(s) and a brief essay.

The CCA Foundation Scholarship process will proceed as usual this year, but will be administered fully electronically. Emails including instructions will go out to graduating seniors on record over the next week. Interested students should make sure that their email information is correct at my.cherrycreekschools.org.

Questions and volunteer inquires can be sent to scholarshipcommittee@cherrycreekacadmey.org.
Camp Code 2021 For Girls
Who: Girls who will be in 9th grade for 2021-22 school year interested in software programing (coding)

When:
Session 1 June 21 - 25 9 AM to 3 PM
Orientation: June 20, 5 PM
Session 2 July 19 - 23 9 AM to 3 PM
Orientation: July 18, 5 PM
Session 3 July 26 - 30 9 AM to 3 PM
Orientation: July 25, 5 PM

Where: Remote due to Covid

Cost: FREE
Upcoming Events
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. Learn how to add events from our calendar to yours at https://www.cherrycreekacademy.org/master_calendar.
Monday, May 10
  • 2pm Human Resources Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 11
  • 5pm  CCA Meet the Candidates Meeting
  • 6pm  CCA Town Hall Meeting
  • 7pm  CCA Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 12
  • 8am Board Election Voting Opens

To Join a Meeting
  1. Please visit CCA's Master Calendar.
  2. Click on the meeting that you would like to attend.
  3. Click "More Details."
  4. Click "Join Hangouts Meet."
  5. Alternatively, you can join by phone by dialing the meeting number and entering the meeting pin.
  6. Please remember to use mute when you are not speaking. This is important and will reduce background noise and other complications.





Advancing Colorado’s health and protecting the places we live, learn, work and play□ 


Dear parents/guardians of students in Colorado kindergarten – 12th grade schools for the 2021-22 school year: 
We know you’re thinking of all the things you need to do to make sure your student is ready for school. Getting vaccinated is an important part of their school readiness and keeps children from catching and spreading diseases that can make them sick. We wish you and your student a healthy school year! 

Required and recommended vaccines 
  • Colorado law requires students who attend a public, private, or parochial kindergarten - 12th grade school to be vaccinated against many of the diseases vaccines can prevent, unless a certificate of exemption is filed. For more information, visit cdphe.colorado.gov/schoolrequiredvaccines. Your student must be vaccinated against: 
o Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP, DTP, Tdap) 
o Hepatitis B (HepB) 
o Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) 
o Polio (IPV) 
o Varicella (chickenpox) 
  • Colorado follows recommendations set by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Students entering kindergarten must receive their final doses of DTaP, IPV, MMR and varicella. Students entering 6th grade must receive one dose of Tdap vaccine, even if they are under 11 years of age. You can view recommended vaccine schedules at  
cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/parents-adults/resources-parents.html.  
  • Vaccines are recommended for hepatitis A, influenza, meningococcal disease and human papillomavirus, but are not required.  

Exclusion from school 
  • Your student may be excluded from school if your school does not have an up-to-date vaccine record, certificate of exemption, or in-process plan for your student on file.  
  • If someone gets sick with a vaccine-preventable disease or there is an outbreak at your student’s school and your student has not received the vaccine for that disease, they may be excluded from school activities. That could mean lost learning time for them and lost work and wages for you. For example, if your student has not received a MMR vaccine, they may be excluded from school for 21 days after someone gets sick with measles. 
 
Have questions? 
  • You may want to talk to a healthcare provider licensed to give vaccines or your local public health agency about which vaccines your student needs or if you have questions. You can read about the safety and importance of vaccines at SpreadTheVaxFacts.com, ImmunizeForGood.com, and cdphe.colorado.gov/immunization-education.  

Paying for vaccinations 
  • If you need help finding free or low-cost vaccines and providers who give them, go to COVax4Kids.org, contact your local public health agency, or call the state health department’s Family Health Line at 1-303-692-2229 or 1-800-688-7777. You can find your local public health agency at cdphe.colorado.gov/find-your-local-public-health-agency.  

Vaccination records 
  • Please take your student’s updated vaccine record to school every time they receive a vaccine.  
  • Need to find your student’s vaccine record? It may be available from the Colorado Immunization Information System. Visit COVaxRecords.org for more information.  

Exemptions 
  • If your student cannot get vaccines because of medical reasons, you must submit a Certificate of Medical Exemption to your school, signed by a health care provider licensed to give vaccines. You only need to submit this certificate once, unless your student’s information or school changes. You can get the form at cdphe.colorado.gov/vaccine-exemptions.  
  • If you choose not to have your student vaccinated according to the current recommended schedule because of personal belief or religious reasons, you must submit a Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption to your school.
Nonmedical exemptions must be submitted annually at every new school year (July 1 through June 30th of the following year). There are two ways to file a nonmedical exemption. 
○ File the Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption WITH a signature from an immunizing provider, OR 
○ File the Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption received upon the completion of our online education module. 

Downloadable certificates and our online education module are available at 
cdphe.colorado.gov/vaccine-exemptions. 
Community Events and News
During the 2020-2021 school year PIN hosted all of its presentations virtually. 
We hope to host in person presentations during the 2021-2022 school year if health guidelines permit. We will update our website with our 2021-2022 lineup by August 1. 
The Parent Connection: CCSD's Newsletter
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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