September 1st, 2022

Communication is critical to the success of our students and Aspen View Academy. Knowing who to reach out to or when to reach out may be somewhat confusing. First, please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have a question or concern about a classroom procedure, a concern about grading/homework, an issue that may have happened in the classroom or at recess, general questions you may have about what is going on in the class or grade level, and especially if you have a compliment for the teacher. After you have reached out to the teacher and the concern or question has not been resolved, please reach out to the appropriate assistant principal (PreK questions should be directed to Debi Stalker). Kristin Krieger is AVA’s elementary (K-5) assistant principal and Kevin O’Bryant is AVA’s middle school (6-8) assistant principal. Dave Bodiker is AVA’s assistant principal of Culture and Climate. If the matter is still not settled, please reach out to me. If you still have concerns after speaking with me, you can contact the AVA board president. Please know that if you reach out to administration with a classroom level question or concern, we will ask you to reach out to the classroom teacher first so you can receive the most accurate information and so they can understand that there may be a problem or issue. You can access AVA’s Communication Pathways which serves as a reference guide on who you should reach out to for a variety of matters. I like to use the saying; we don’t know what we don’t know. So, if something is puzzling you or you have concerns, please reach out to the appropriate person know so we can clarify things or help you.

Bob Barber

AVA Principal

Girls Volleyball Schedule

Thursday, September 1st, WCA @ AVA 4:30pm

We have rescheduled our 1st game that was canceled to

Wednesday, September 21st AVA @ Denver Academy 4:30pm

Boys Soccer Schedule

1st soccer game is

Wednesday, September 7th AVA @ Denver Academy 4:30pm

Cross Country

1st XC meet is

Friday, September 9th, come cheer on the team at Gulch Park from 3-5pm

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

Curriculum Night

Join us Thursday, September 8th for K-5 Curriculum Night! Curriculum night will run from 6:15-7:30 pm. This is an opportunity to get better acquainted with the school, staff, and curriculum specific for your child’s grade level. Teachers will discuss school and home collaboration and communication, discipline procedures, classroom expectations, how to volunteer, and of course... curriculum. If you have children in more than one grade, please feel free to divide and conquer! If you have children in multiple grades, you can skip the large group informational session in favor of the classroom visits.

Curriculum Night Schedule

6:15-6:45 PM

Kinder - 1st Grade Classroom presentations in your child’s homeroom classroom

2nd - 5th Grade Information session in the cafeteria with STEM & Specials Introductions

6:55-7:25 PM

Kinder - 1st Grade Information session in the cafeteria with STEM & Specials Introductions

2nd - 5th Grade Classroom presentations in your child's grade level

Student ID's Each Student Gets One

Your elementary student should have gotten their picture taken during Meet and Greets and Your Middle School Student on one of the first two days of school. They later would have received their Student ID in class. If they did not receive their ID this is because they may not have gotten their picture taken yet this year. Students will receive their first ID for free. If they haven't had their picture taken yet they will still get the opportunity to get their picture taken on RETAKE Day on October 12th. 

This year if we have to request a replacement ID your student will need to bring $5 cash or check to the front office AND complete this form. Replacement orders will be sent every other week to Studio 5. They can take up to 10 business days to get a replacement once they receive the order.

Lightning Dismissal Information

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Early Pick Up Guidelines

If you need to pick up your student early because of an appointment right after school please plan to pick up your student by 3pm. The front office will NOT be able to call a student out after 3pm.

Aspen View Academy uses GoGuardian for web filtering of students. As a parent, you have access to the GoGuardian Parent app, which provides you with insight into your students' online activity when on school-owned devices.

The GoGuardian Parent app provides an overview of your children's online activity on school-managed devices and accounts - this overview includes the apps, extensions, documents, and websites your student visited. 

What is included in this app:

• Top 5 overview of your student's online activity
• Any teacher interventions related to your student's online activity (5th-8th grade only)
• 30-day overview of your student's online activity

To access the app, please follow the below instructions:

1. Download the app

       1.  Download via Apple Store

       2.  Download via Google Play Store

2. After the app is successfully downloaded and installed, open it up and enter the parent email address registered in Infinite Campus. Note: If you forgot your registered email address, please reach out to techsupport@aspenviewacademy.org

3. Login/Check Email: Check your email on your phone for a link to log in to the app. Tap the "Verify your email", and it will take you straight to the app. Note: If you don't have access to your email through the device you used to log in, tap on "Login with verification code", and copy and paste the verification code from the email into the app.

That's it! You will now be able to see and monitor your students' internet use on school devices.

Looking for all 3rd, 6th & 7th Graders wanting to join Girl Scouts!! 

Troop 67728 is having a parent meeting

September 7th from 5-6pm at the Castle Rock PS Miller Library 

PTO NEWS

Welcome Back Party Friday, September 9th 

Let's celebrate the new school year. The party will be from 4:30pm until 7:30pm at Zach Parrish Park. Everything will be included, except for food trucks that will be available if families choose to purchase anything. Families will need to check in at the welcome table to verify they are an AVA family, due to this being at a public park. If you'd like to help out at the event, please sign up here.

Help Us Choose the Charity for Our 1st Pay to Dress of Choice this Year

We'd love your ideas for this year's charity drives during our Dress of Choice days. All ideas will remain in the selection pool and will be randomly chosen during the school year. Please provide your input here and we'll inform everyone of the charity randomly selected for the next Dress of Choice.

Business Directory

Hey Aspen View Families! Do you have a locally owned business? Want a FREE way to bring attention to your business? Aspen View Academy PTO will be providing a business directory for families. It’s a great way for our Aspen View families to support our local community. Click the Google Forms Link below, and fill in your name, business name, business email, phone number, logo, address (if applicable) and your social media link: https://forms.gle/s99pWwxQPSFCFvGi7. Please sign up by Sept 25th. Email pto@aspenviewacademy.org with any questions. 

Donuts with Grandparents September 9th

Calling all students and their special guests: Grandparents or any supervising adult is welcome!  Join us in the cafeteria on Friday, September 9th for donuts at 7:30am. Please RSVP so we can get a proper head count.

Welcome to another school year at Aspen View. We have a lot of volunteer opportunities so keep a look out for Sign-up Genius', Newsletter announcements and emails from the PTO. Below is an excerpt from the AVA Handbook.

VOLUNTEERING COMMITMENT – AVA believes that the success of each student will be a shared responsibility of students, teachers, parents, staff, and community leaders. Volunteers enhance the school and its culture and character through their involvement. Accordingly, a strong family involvement program will be implemented. AVA expects 30 volunteer hours per family per school year. Single-parent families are expected to volunteer 15 hours per school year. The volunteer school year shall coincide with AVA’s fiscal year, and hours shall accrue from July 1 through June 30. If your family has special circumstances that make it difficult for you to meet the expected volunteer hours, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator. Many volunteer opportunities exist within AVA’s PTO. The PTO is an organization comprised of parent volunteers for the purpose of providing community support, fundraising and planning various events within our school community.

Preregistration on the Raptor Volunteer site is required, this only needs to be completed one time.

To log volunteer hours, please visit the Volunteer Portal.

These volunteer opportunities can also be found on the volunteer page of our website.

Morning Carpool

Lunch Recess

Afternoon Carpool

Watch D.O.G.S.

Lost and Found