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Parents, Staff, & Students,
Please send your campus news, photos, student & staff achievements, awards, club news and more to:
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District News
New Student Enrollment begins February 1st!
Please tell all your friends our 2017-18 new student enrollment begins February 1st.
Upcoming Prospective Family Information Nights!
Grand Prairie West (PK-8)
March 23rd & April 20th @ 6:00 pm
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Principal's Corner
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
~Benjamin Franklin
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
Can you believe one month has gone in 2017 already? Time flies when you are being productive. We encourage all of our scholars to be in school on time each day to ensure academic productivity! ATTENDANCE is very important for learning and creating a lifelong habit of importance for timeliness and punctuality. To be early is to be on time.
 As we develop our scholars, from age 4 and up, they are being taught the importance of being on time to work and appointments. For many of our students, it is not their fault why they are arriving late to school. Please make sure your scholar is in school each day on time. Every minute of instruction is important! We aim for 97% DAILY attendance at every grade level.
In addition to morning routines, we also ask our families to continue to be mindful of early dismissal habits as well. Although there are times when an occasional early dismissal is necessary for an appointment or urgency family needs, regular school attendance is critical and early dismissals should be "minimal: as this loss of instructional time can and will certainly affect a student's academic performance. As always, we appreciate you support as our teachers and scholars strive to maximize their instruction time shared each day.
Educationally yours,
D. White, Principal
L. Dawn, Assistant Principal
"Building Champions with a Future and a Hope"
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Attendance in school is Essential!
- Scholars may arrive to school as early as 7:30am for Breakfast
- Scholars leave the gymnasium at 7:45am to head to class.
- 8:00am is when students are late to school.
- Ten minutes late to any period is considered an ABSENCE.
Students will report immediately to their 1st period class. If they are late, they will sign a tardy slip inside their classroom.
Please try to schedule appointments for students after school to ensure students receive maximum instructional time.
Dismissal is at 3:20 pm for K-4 and Grades 5-8 at 3:40 pm
Parents will not be allowed to pick up students after 3:00 pm. It is too difficult for staff to gather scholars while preparing for dismissal.
We appreciate your assistance in this matter.
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After School Tutorials
The second round of after school tutorials have begun.
After school tutorials have changed to 2 days a week at 3:45 until 5:00 pm
- Tutorials will operate on Tuesdays and
 Thursdays
- Scholars must attend each day of tutorials to keep their seat in each session
- Subjects: Reading, mathematics, science, and social studies
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Mark Your Calendars
1/30 - After School Tutorials will be Tuesdays and Thursdays only
. All students are welcome to attend for reading, math, science, and social studies.
2/13 - Daddy/Daughter dance 6pm to 8 pm in school cafeteria.
2/14 - Happy Valentine's Day!
No After School Tutorials.
1/17 to 2/14 - MAP Testing for grades K-8th continues
2/20 - No School! Staff/Student Holiday
2/23 - Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Parent University in Cafeteria 5:pm to 5:45pm
*Please note that all dates and times are subject to change. Check with the front office for confirmation of information.
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A A G P West Soaring Eagles
Student/Staff Highlights from January
Muffins for Moms
We had an awesome turnout of moms with their students for Muffins for Moms. We had over 100 mothers attend this event! It was such an overwhelmingly attended event, it ended up being Muffins and Donuts for moms!
Dads your turn is coming soon.
Daddy/Daughter dance will be Monday, February 13, 2017 at 6:pm in the school cafeteria. Reserve your space today and return the slip to your child's teacher.
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National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week was January 23-27, 2017. It was a week celebrating the Parent Choice of selecting schools to meet their students' needs. Advantage Academy would like to thank the each parent for choosing our academy to serve you
and your scholar.
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Our AAGPW boys basketball team placed 2nd in their TCSAAL district!
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Our Champions working hard!
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We Learn . . .
Scholars must SEE it, HEAR it, SAY it, and TEACH it to LEARN INFORMATION. Help us by giving your student the EXPERIENCES and opportunities to TEACH YOU all the wonderful things they are learning at school.
Examples of how to assist:
* Take a walk in the neighborhood and talk about what you see and hear.
* Discuss homework with the students to have them share how they solve mathematical problems.
* Allow them to assist in grocery shopping and preparing meals.
* Assist them in solving everyday problems.
* Read and discuss a good book each night for 20 minutes.
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Important Reminders
February Professional Learning Community (PLC) Days:
2/1
2/8
2/15
2/22
Students are released 1 hour & 15 minutes earlier than their normal times on PLC days.
PreK-5th @ 2:05 pm
6th-8th @ 2:25 pm
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Upcoming Testing
TELPAS
Students in K-8 will be administered the TELPAS test to determine proficiency in the English Language. March 6-8, 2017.
STAAR
STAAR Testing is fastly approaching!
ADVANCED is OUR AIM!!!
March 28-31, 2017
Grades 4 and 7 will take the STAAR Writing test. 4 hours to write an expository essay.
Grades 5 and 8 will take the STAAR Math and Reading test.
We have been preparing them all year to be SUCCESSFUL on each exam.
How you can help prepare for the test?
* Get the scholar to school on time DAILY
* READ and write EVERY DAY at home for 20 minutes each
* Don't accept excuses. They can do it!
* Be consistent in your expectations! Only accept their BEST!
* Ensure they get a good 8-10 hours of undisturbed sleep each night.
* Help them maintain a POSITIVE attitude.
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Clubs at GPW
Encourage your students in grades 3-8 to participate in a club. The meetings
will be held after school from 3:30pm-
4:30pm on the first Friday of each month.
It is
important for scholars to be well rounded in all
areas -academics, extra-curricular, and social /community involvement.
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College/Spirit Shirts
and Jean Days
College Shirt Mondays! Students may wear college t-shirts every Monday with standard uniform bottoms.
Spirit Shirts are required on Fridays and may be purchased for $8.00 in the Main Office.
Jeans are optional on Fridays for $1.00 fee. Jean passes are $15 per semester or $25 per year.
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View Your Child's Grades Online!
Parent Portal is Available to You!
Advantage Academy wants to help you access your student's grades. Sign up now for access to the Parent Portal and you
can monitor your child's grades and attendance from your computer!
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f you need assistance with this technology, please call the front office at 214-276-5800 option 2 and schedule a time to meet with our Instructional Technology Specialist and he will help you set up your free Parent Portal access and an free email account (if you need one).
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Child Nutrition
Keeping your scholar healthy
Good health is essential to achieving academic progress. The season is changing and scholar's must be protected from the germs and common viruses.
* Wear appropriate outer wear as the temperatures change (hats, coats, and gloves)
* Eat healthy and get proper rest
* Wash your hands frequently especially after sneezing and coughing
* Cough inside of arm and not on hands; cover mouth when sneezing
Check out our Breakfast/Lunch Menu
Here at AAGPWest, we are dedicated to providing a healthy, well-rounded breakfast and lunch. For a glimpse at this month's breakfast and lunch
menu click
the link below.
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Athletics Department
We are off to a great start in athletics this year and we are excited to
see what this year has in store for us as an athletic department. If
you need an athletic packet, please stop by and see one
of the
coaches in the gym. We want to continue to show our Eagle pride
by coming out to the games to show our support of our athletes.
The most up to date schedule can be found on our website:
GO EAGLES!
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How Can We Contact You?
Parents and Guardians,
It is very important that we have updated and accurate contact information in case there were an emergency or a situation that involved your child.
Please be sure to keep us updated as we need your correct phone number(s), address, and email information.
Thank you for your assistance in helping us keep the lines of communic
ation between school and home connected!
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Faculty Contacts:
Teachers of the Month!
November:
Ms. Allen
5th & 7th Grade ELAR teacher
December:
Mr. Davis
4th Grade Social Studies/Science teacher;
6th grade Science teacher
January:
Amanda Key
5th grade Science/Social Studies teacher
February:
Cassandra Cooper
2nd grade teacher
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