AVA Newsletter - August 14th, 2025

August 14th, 2025

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Welcome Back, AVA Families!

Whether you’re joining us for the very first time or have been with Aspen View Academy since our doors opened, we are thrilled to welcome you to the 2025–2026 school year! This week has been full of energy—students arriving with big smiles, parents navigating carpool with impressive enthusiasm, and classrooms buzzing with excitement.

Our teachers, staff, and administration have spent countless hours over the summer preparing for this moment. From setting up classrooms to planning lessons, their dedication ensures that when the first bell rings, we’re ready to dive into what matters most—helping every student learn, grow, and succeed.

One of the many things that truly makes AVA special is our unwavering commitment to school climate and culture. A strong, positive environment doesn’t just happen—it’s built intentionally through safety, structure, clear expectations, and a shared vision for what we value.

At AVA, we bring this to life through our R.E.S.P.E.C.T. framework:

Responsibility
Empowerment
Sharing
Patience
Excellence
Compassion
Teamwork

These traits are the foundation of the well-rounded individuals we aspire to help our students become. We know they aren’t always easy—having compassion for someone who’s been unkind, collaborating with someone you don’t always see eye-to-eye with, or taking ownership for a mistake can be challenging. But these are the very moments that shape character.

At AVA, we believe this growth happens best when parents, teachers, and staff work together. Sometimes that means giving a gentle reminder, sometimes it means enforcing consequences, and often it means modeling the very behavior we hope to see in our students. When we consistently live out these values and hold one another accountable to them, we create a community where students can thrive both academically and personally.

I’m looking forward to a fantastic year ahead! I also invite you to join me for our new Monthly Coffee with the Principal sessions beginning in September. These casual meet-ups will be a great opportunity to connect in person, hear about what’s happening at school, ask questions, and get to know other parents in our community. Please be on the lookout for more details about this.

Here’s to another amazing year at Aspen View Academy—one filled with learning, growth, and plenty of R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Bob Barber

AVA Principal

Middle School Only News

Calling All Tech Enthusiasts!

Our middle school students will soon be diving into a hands-on unit about computer hardware—exploring what makes a computer work from the inside out! If you have any old or unused computer parts collecting dust, we’d love to take them off your hands. We’re especially looking for towers, laptops, or any components that could help students learn and explore. We'll have a box inside the lobby labeled TECH donations. Feel free to drop them off anytime during the month of August.

Thank you for supporting our young tech learners!

Mrs. Wick

Middle School Technology Teacher

Middle School Engineering is in need of empty 2-liter soda bottles for a project. If you have any clean, empty bottles at home, please consider donating them to Mrs. Farrell in room 327.

Middle School Fall Sports

Girls Volleyball (Grades 6-8)

Tryouts: August 12, 13, and 14 (if needed)
Team Selection & First Practice: Tentatively August 14
Parent Meeting: August 14 at 5:00 PM in the Middle School Gym
First Game: August 26

Boys Soccer (Grades 6-8)

Team Rosters Posted: August 15
First Practice: August 18
Parent Meeting: August 18 at 5:15 PM on the soccer field

Cross Country (Coed, Grades 6-8)

No tryouts required
First Practice: August 25

If you have any questions please reach out to our athletic director, Shannon Sherburne

Student athletics must complete the Athletic packet to participate in a sport. Please find the forms to complete on our website.

General Announcements

A Note from the Office

DROPPING OFF ITEMS

When you drop off items for your student during the school day, please have all items labeled with your student's name and grade. This includes; lunchboxes, water bottles, coats etc.

COMMUNICATIONS

There are several ways the school sends out communication. For many communications we use the district Finalsite to send messages. Please do not unsubscribe or you will not receive any communications through that means. Also please be sure your contact information in Infinite Campus is up-to-date.

EVENT CALENDAR

Want to know what’s happening at school? Check out our Events Calendar on the school websites main page. You can see upcoming events, important dates, and more. It’s a great way to stay connected and never miss a thing.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE

Report Absence or Late Arrival:

To report a student absent or late arrival please call the Attendance Line: 303.660.5940 This is available 24 hours a day. Or report their absence through the AVA Website, click on the Attendance button.

TARDIES

If your student is coming late to school due to an appointment, they must bring in a signed note from the doctor's office for it to be an excused tardy. If they do not have a note from the doctors office it will be an unexcused tardy.

EARLY STUDENT PICK-UP

Early pick‐up of students must be completed before 3:00 pm. Parents must sign out their student in the office.

FOOD DELIVERY

Students are NOT allowed to have lunches, drinks, or snacks delivered through Door Dash, Uber Eats, or any delivery service.

If you know someone who didn't receive this newsletter, have them check their spam folder and if they still didn't receive it please have them email DeAnn at dcarson@aspenviewacademy.org

Reminder if you haven't filled out the Annual Registration Forms please fill out the forms that are required for AVA check-in. All the forms can be found on the Annual Registration Forms page.

If you need to request a carpool tag please fill out the carpool request form here.

Every year we provide this great tool to the AVA Community. The All School Directory is provided on the AVA website and it is password protected. The password will only be emailed to the parents or guardians listed on their student registration. But before it can be published, those families wishing to opt out must complete this form. Please note that you may opt out to all or partial information. If you wish to opt out of all your information, please know your student's name will still be listed in the classroom list within the directory.

The directory will be available on the website beginning of September. Once the directory is available it will be password protected so please look for the password in an email in early September. All families are automatically opted in to the directory.

To OPT OUT of the All School Directory you MUST complete this form. The deadline to complete this form is Sunday, August 24th.

Online sales are now live at the Wolf Shack!

Orders placed by the end of the day Tuesday will be delivered to classrooms each Wednesday that school is in session. Please remember to give your child’s name and homeroom teacher so we know where to deliver. If purchasing for multiple kids, please pick one child and their homeroom teacher to deliver all items to. We will also be open for in-person shopping the first Wednesday of each month while school is in session from 3:00-4:00. Happy shopping and thank you for supporting your Wolf Shack!

Used Uniform Sale Pick Up

Pick up all unsold items and money by Friday, August 15th. All items not picked up by this date will be donated to AVA.

Student Picture Day-Coming Soon

Elementary and PreK Student Picture Day- August 20th

Please note: all students need to be photographed in their AVA Uniform since this photo will be used for both their Student ID as well as the Yearbook.

Additional Dates for Photos

Wednesday, October 8th-Retakes and Elementary Class photos.

Please click on the link here to prepay online.

Please remember to drop off any prescription and Over the Counter Medications with the signed MD orders this week. All the medication forms can be found here on our website. If you are noncompliant with your immunizations, please bring an updated copy of your immunization records to the office. If you have any questions please reach out to our school nurse, Jacenta Wirth or our health room assistant, Mindy Baumann.

IMPORTANT IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION

Colorado law requires all students attending Colorado schools and licensed child cares to be vaccinated against certain diseases, unless an exemption is filed. Below are the vaccines required for students attending Colorado licensed child cares and schools.

Vaccines required to enter school (K-12)

Hepatitis B.

Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTap).*

Inactivated poliovirus (IPV).*

Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR).*

Varicella (chicken pox).*

Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap).**

*Students 4 through 6 years of age are required to have their final doses of DTaP, IPV, MMR and Varicella prior to kindergarten entry.

**Students are required to have Tdap prior to entry into 6th grade. One dose of Tdap is required for 6th through 12th grades.

If you choose not to have your student vaccinated according to the current recommended schedule because of personal or religious reasons, you must submit a Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption to AVA when school begins in August.

Nonmedical exemptions must be submitted annually, which means parents must submit the certificate every new school year. (The school year begins on July 1 and runs through June 30 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 the online education module.

Downloadable certificates and the online education module are available at

https://cdphe.colorado.gov/vaccine-exemptions

For additional information: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/schoolrequiredvaccines

LOGGING VOLUNTEER HOURS

There is a computer in the front lobby so you can log hours while you are at the school; you may also log hours at home for any PTO work, at home projects or if you forgot to log your hours while you were at school. All volunteer hours should be logged into HelpCounter within 48 hours.

How to Set up your Account with HelpCounter

Please click on this link and log in using your email address and create a password.
Click on 'Update Profile Information' to add your information and record your student's grade.
Click on 'Update Volunteer Interest Form' to indicate what types of volunteer opportunities interest you. This does not commit you, rather it allows the coordinator to see who is interested in specific opportunities.

These volunteer opportunities can also be found on the volunteer page of our website. Volunteers are expected to make child care arrangements for younger children prior to volunteering at the school. Younger children/siblings are not allowed in the classroom while volunteering.