Welcome to April! Spring is in the air. These are days when warm weather intermingles with spring snow, exciting cumulative projects coincide with state testing, and excess energy consorts with perseverance. The school year is flying by, but it has much learning in it yet. We have the opportunity to encourage our students to practice the habit of patience. We have the opportunity in the next seven weeks to help our children experience the inconvenience of delayed gratification in a positive way. Though this runs counter to much of the drive of modernity, it runs in line with education and character building, two of AVA’s pillars.
At Aspen View Academy, we share a goal of helping our students learn and grow, both of which take time and effort, even struggle. Such learning and growth inhabit all nine and a half months of the school year. In his New York Times article “The Tyranny of Convenience,” Tim Wu opines: “We must never forget the joy of doing something slow and something difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest.” It seems that such joy is learned through experience, and the experience of finishing strong is an ideal means of tasting this joy.
Professor Wu continues, "Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of the human experience. Convenience is all destination and no journey. But climbing a mountain is different from taking the tram to the top, even if you end up at the same place. We are becoming a people who care mainly or only about outcomes. We are at risk of making most of our life experiences a series of trolley rides."
While outcomes are important to us, we care about the climb, the process. After all, outcomes, destinations don’t build grit, resilience, determination, or resolve. It is the process, the journey, the days of April, one day in succession of another, that builds these in us. Aren’t you glad that we get to resist the “tyranny of convenience” as a community? It isn’t easy, but it is worth it for our children.
Day by day~
Melissa Clemmons
Dean of Academics
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This is a reminder that all adults entering the building between the hours of 7:30am-3:45pm must have their drivers license or government issued ID each time. We will no longer use the key fobs. While the key fobs can be more convenient, we have learned they may not be the most secure. Please contact the
front office if you have any questions.
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Calling All WatchDOGS!!
If you are interested in being a part of the WatchDOGS, we have several openings through the end of the school year. If you have any questions about being a WatchDOG, please email
Sheri Cahill
.
Click here to sign up.
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Governing Board Opening
Do you have experience or background in marketing, communications, finance, legal, or education? If so, the Aspen View Academy Board is looking for you to pursue the open board seat #3 that will become vacant effective May 1, 2018. This board seat will have a term end date of May 1, 2021.
Board Election Process
If you would like to be considered a candidate for this board seat and serve on the AVA Board of Directors, please complete the
nomination form. The nomination will require 10 signatures of AVA parents and staff. The form must be turned in to the AVA front office by Tuesday, April 10th at 4 pm. When submitted, the form will be time stamped and given to the board.
Candidates are required to submit a
campaign questionnaire to answer a few basic questions about board service. When submitted, the answers may not exceed two pages and must be submitted by April 11th to Ryan Hybarger (board secretary) at
[email protected]. The campaign questionnaire for each candidate will be posted on the school website and be linked to the Newsletter by April 12th.
Candidate meet and greets will be scheduled prior to the board meeting in May with a plan of filling the seat at the May board meeting.
Please contact
Ryan Hybarger
with any questions or additional points of clarification.
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Scrip Cards
LAST CHANCE TO WIN A $50.00 LANDS END CARD!
Our last Scrip order for this school year will be due Monday, April 9. Your name will be placed in a drawing to win a $50 Lands End gift card (winner notified in May). I will have Lands End cards available at the Wolf Shack until the year's end and also all summer. Don't forget to stock up on some summer fun cards: Coldstone, AMC, Smashburger, Target, GameStop, Barnes and Noble.
Fundraising has never been so easy. Funds raised help purchase new technology for your AVA kiddos. Just drop your
order form off at front desk with check made out to AVA Foundation OR email your order to
Gina Braidman.
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Last Chance to Register!!
Click here for more information and to register. Please contact Nicole Hiam by email or call 303-888-3040 for questions.
Whether you attend one day or every day, this summer is sure to be a blast!
Be sure to register by TOMORROW, April 6th!
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Self-Confidence and Stress Management Group for Tween and Teen Girls!
This is a Support Group for Tween 11-13 and Teen Girls 14-17 addressing self confidence, communication skills, building personal strengths. The goal is a safe place to deal with daily stressors.
The group meets for a 5 week series with the option to continue in another series.
The cost is $125 for the 5 weeks; some Insurances will cover a group.
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Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Freddy’s Spirit Night event. AVA was fortunate to have raised $257 with your help.
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Used Uniform Sale
Please be sure to stop by the front office to pick up unsold items along with any cash you may have made during the sale. Any clothing or money that isn’t picked up by TOMORROW, April 6, will be donated to the AVA Foundation.
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Volunteer Opportunities – We want YOU!!!
The AVA Foundation needs YOU!
Click here for detailed information. This list will grow and change weekly, so please check back often and consider getting involved. You won’t regret it!
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AVA Family 5k
On Saturday, April 28th at 10:30 am, get your shoes on for AVA’s 1st annual Family 5k and Fun Run! This is a walk/run, so please no strollers or dogs. There will be food trucks, bounce houses, Rita’s Italian Ice, and PRIZES!
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Golf Tournament
Friday, May 11, the AVA Foundation is excited to bring a day of golf and/ or a night out to our AVA Families. If you are a golfer, take the day off, gather your favorite golfing foursome, and tee up to support AVA! If you can’t make the tournament, you can still enjoy a nice night out for dinner and an auction.
Follow this link to reserve your spot.
The AVA Foundation is raising money to upgrade technology at AVA; some of our classrooms need new tablets, and the staff needs to upgrade their computers. Please join us. Your participation will directly impact AVA’s Technology needs in raising the funds needed to provide new technology!
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Boys Volleyball
- Thur. Apr. 5 North Star @ Aspen View 4:15/5:15 pm
- Tuesday Apr. 10 Aspen View @ Ben Franklin 4:15 pm
- Saturday Apr. 21 Playoff Tournament @ Elevation Volleyball Club TBA
Girls Soccer
- Thursday Apr. 5 Platte River @ AVA 4:15 pm
- Tuesday Apr. 10 AVA @ North Star 4:15 pm
- Thursday Apr. 12 Ben Franklin @ AVA 4:15 pm
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A big AVA thank you to the families that donated to feed our Student Senators. As a reminder, we will continue to ask for donated lunch items for weekly Friday meetings.
The AVA Foundation will be partnering with the Student Senate as we wrap up this year and plan for next year.
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The AVA Foundation would like to thank Andrea Kluppel, Foundation Secretary, for her commitment over the past 14 months. It is because of volunteers like Andrea and the organization she provided, that the AVA Foundation is able to deliver fun and engaging events for our community and children.
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Please
click here for the list of 2017/2018 Foundation Events and Fundraisers.
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Fax: (303) 660-5959
Attendance Line: (303) 660-5940
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Aspen View Academy
2131 Low Meadow Blvd.
Castle Rock, CO 80109
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