AVA Newsletter - April 10th 2025

April 10th 2025

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As parents and educators, we desire the same thing for our children - the best possible education. At AVA, we are committed to every child's success. As part of that process, we strive to create balanced classes that meet the academic and social needs of your child.

Meetings for placement into K-8 grades will take place during the April teacher work-day. At each grade level, the classroom teachers and all of our professional staff will meet to provide input for placement in the 2025-2026 school year.

As you may know, each of our classes is a heterogeneous group of children. When we develop our classes, we consider reading and math abilities, gender, learning style/teaching style, behavioral patterns, peer relationships and overall class balance.

The professional staff has the responsibility to determine the best placement for each child. If your child has needs that are not already known to the school, please communicate that with your child's current teacher as soon as possible. We are not able to consider requests for specific teachers or friends, but I assure you that we strive to make the best placement for each child.

Through a collaborative effort, I am confident that we will provide the best possible instructional program for every student.

Bob Barber

AVA Principal

Middle School Only News

2025 Washington D.C./New York Trip

Final Parent/Student Mandatory Meeting!!

Thursday, April 10th 6-7pm in the Elementary Cafeteria

(Please click on the picture for more information)

Middle School Spring Sports

Check out the Athletic calendar on our website and come cheer on our AVA Wolves!

General Announcements

Spirit Wear - Tomorrow

Friday, April 11th

On AVA Spirit Wear day students can wear any AVA t-shirt or sweatshirt purchased from the Wolf Shack or from a Wolf Run and they must wear their uniform bottoms. If you are not participating in Spirit Wear, uniforms will be required.

Who’s the Best?

It seems obvious that Aspen View Academy is. While we all know this is true, let’s make it official. It’s time to recognize metro Denver’s best by voting in Colorado Community Media’s 2025 Best of the Best contest, which gives readers a chance to weigh in on what they love most about their communities.

“Best of the Best gives our community bragging rights to say, `we’re the best,’” said Mindy Nelon, CCM marketing and community engagement specialist. “When we reach out to the winners and let them know they won, they are super excited. Best of the Best continues to grow year after year, which means our community loves it and that makes me proud to be involved.”

Contest voting is open and will continue through April 15th. Readers can vote on their favorites in many different categories, including automotive, beauty and wellness, community, entertainment and lifestyle, events, finance, fitness, food and beverage, home and garden, medical, pets and animals, professional, real estate, religion, retail, retirement, and travel.

“Best of the Best is 100% reader voted, therefore winners are truly the Best of the Best for the communities they serve,” said CCM Advertising Director Erin Addenbrooke. “For all winners, it is an honor to display the Best of the Best logo for the entire year showing each community they are the best at what they do.”

We hope you agree that Aspen View Academy is the best school in Castle Rock and that you are willing to take a couple minutes of your time to officially vote for AVA.

AVA is represented is a few categories:

Charter school
School, college, or university
After School Program
Teacher

To vote in Castle Rock, visit: Vote for the best school in Castle Rock You will need to open the “community tab” and then scroll down to find the 4 categories listed above.

Middle School Students are pleased to present 3 performances of ANNIE JR.

Showtimes are:

May 8th @ 7:00 pm

May 9th @ 7:00 pm

May 10 @ 2:00 pm

Regular admission is $10

Student admission is $5

Scan the QR code above or click on the link here to purchase tickets.

AVA has started the state mandated testing, The Colorado Measurement of Academic Success (CMAS).

Please make sure that your student's appointments are scheduled around the testing schedules. The front office staff cannot call into classrooms during testing to collect students.

Eighth grade students will be testing on Monday, April 7th - Friday, April 11th.
Fifth grade students will be testing on Thursday, April 10th - Wednesday, April 16th.
Third and Fourth grade students will be testing on Monday, April 14th - Wednesday, April 16th.

A more detailed schedule can be found here. If you have any questions about testing, please feel free to visit our Assessments page here.

To participate in Pay for Dress of Choice Day, simply bring $1 or more and drop your contribution in the buckets at the front of the school.

Reminder: No pajamas or slippers are allowed.

PTO has several board and committee positions open for the 2025-2026 school year. We are looking for 8-10 volunteers for board positions and several committee positions. Please see the committee and board positions available below. Click here for more information. Email pto@aspenviewacademy.org with any questions!

Counseling Corner- April

While April usually signifies new growth as we enter spring, April/May marks the last of the classroom lessons for the counseling department. Our last topics for the year are:

K-2

Choices & consequences- while most students are aware of this concept, this lesson gives us an opportunity to work through specific examples that apply to students and discuss possible consequences whether positive or negative.

3-5

The purpose of career lessons for students in these grades is simply to introduce and explore possible career paths based on any passions, goals, interests, and preferred activities & skills they may currently have.

Our final coping skill for this school year is the use of drawing, journaling, and coloring as a means to calm ourselves when experiencing bigger feelings or when we find ourselves in tough situations.

We enjoy watching our students sprout and bloom socially & emotionally throughout the year. Have a wonderful April!

The Counseling Team

The April PTO Pipeline is now live. Check it out for volunteer opportunities, upcoming events, and all things PTO!

All library books are due in May. Any students that have lost or overdue books will receive a fee on My School Bucks. Please notify Mrs. O'Reilly, via email, immediately if your student has lost a book.

Did you know that Educational Outfitters lets you exchange sizes? You can purchase items on sale now (even logo'd items) and exchange for a different size closer to school starting in August. Please call them for more information.