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Dear AVA Families,
Hello and Happy September! We were extremely thankful to see so many of you at our Welcome Back Party last Friday. We hope that your family had an incredible time celebrating the beginning of the school year!
Our goal this year is to plan as many fun family events as possible, as a school community to continue to foster a sense of camaraderie at AVA. We are also laser-focused on making sure that the staff knows that they are appreciated. Each of these 120 individuals come to work everyday with the common goal of inspiring our kids. In these uncertain times we would like to encourage you to share your appreciation with all of the AVA staff. Small notes of encouragement, dropping off one of their favorites, or simply sending an email to check in on how they are doing. These are just a few of the simple gestures that we would love to see happen on a regular basis, here at AVA. Your support of our staff means the world to them. We'd love your support on our Gratitude Challenge!
If you have a great idea on how we can all show the staff how much we care, please let us know and we will pass the word to others. Let's take our appreciation to the next level - together! Thank you again for your continued partnership and support. We hope to see you all soon.
Kirsten, Natalie, Maaria, Jessica, Natalia, Trish, Tammy, Dee, Sarah, and Jaime
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Curriculum Night
Thursday, September 9th is our K-5 Curriculum Night! (Please note the change of date from our published calendar.) Curriculum night will run from 6:15-7:30 pm. This is an opportunity to come out and get better acquainted with the school, staff, and curriculum specific to your child’s grade level. Teachers will discuss discipline procedures, classroom expectations, how to volunteer, curriculum, and how best to communicate with them. If you have children in more than one grade, please feel free to divide and conquer! Please also feel free to skip the large group informational session in favor of the classroom visits if the grade level times work out.
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
6:55-7:30 PM
Kinder - 1st Grade Information session in the cafeteria with STEM & Specials Introductions
2nd - 5th Grade presentations (2 teachers in one room / 2 in another parents start in the room with their child’s homeroom teacher & the teachers move so that parents get to meet all grade level teachers).
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Middle School Engineering Needs Your Help!
Throughout the year, sixth and seventh grades will be designing different versions of water bottle rockets. Students will be adding fins, nose cones and possibly parachutes on to 2 liter bottles and then launching them outside to measure time in the air and how straight they fly from the launcher.
Per quarter, I will need approximately 34 clean, empty 2L bottles (Coke, and Dr Pepper brand bottles seem to work the best), which is a total of 136 bottles for the year. That's a LOT of bottles!
If your family is already drinking soda, would you please consider one weekend of drinking from a 2L and donating the clean, empty bottle to the Engineering class? There will be bins set out in the front entryway on Monday (9/6) and Tuesday (9/7) of next week so students can drop them off on their way in to school.
Thank you so much for supporting this new STEAM class at AVA.
- Mrs. Cooper"
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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 received a temporary ID they will still get the opportunity to get their picture taken on RETAKE Day on October 13th.
This year if we have to request a replacement ID your student account will be assessed a $5 fee for a lost ID. To request a replacement ID please complete this form. Replacement orders will be sent once per week to Studio 5. They can take up to 10 business days to get a replacement once they receive the order.
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New All School Directory Coming Soon!!
The Directory has been provided to the app company for uploading. Once it is available to access, an email will be sent to all registered families with the password to access the 21-22 school year directory.
Stay up to date with notifications, calendars, links and more with the free app from Bluetree apps. Download on your phone for free by searching Aspen View Academy in your app store.
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Halloween BOOtique
While school is just starting and the weather still feels like summer, Rylie’s ARK is preparing for its second annual Halloween BOOtique. We need YOUR HELP. Our goal is remove the obstacles of cost associated with costumes and allow everyone to experience the joy of Halloween. So we are collecting gently used costumes in all sizes to stock our BOOtique. How can you help?
- Bring in gently used costumes and drop them in the collection box until Friday, October 15.
- Spread the word and invite others to come “shop” at the Halloween BOOtique which is held at the Outlets of Castle Rock on October 22-24.
Costumes are FREE or pay what you can. All are welcome!
To learn more about Rylie’s ARK or how you can help, check out their website - www.ryliesark.org or follow them on Social Media @Ryliesark. Questions can be directed to aoa@ryliesark.org.
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BASE - Before and After School Enrichment |
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Sponsors Needed
The PTO is looking for sponsors for t-shirts for every student and staff member to celebrate the FUN RUN. We have 1 Platinum Sponsor ($1,000), 4 Silver Sponsors ($500), and 5 Bronze Sponsors ($250), available on a first come first serve basis.
Due to last year’s overwhelming success and interest, this year we are adding 2 Gold Sponsors ($750).
If your business would like to be a sponsor, please email Kirsten by Aug. 15th
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The Annual Fun Run Around the Corner
The Annual Wolf Run is BACK! Register your student on FUNRUN.COM and enter all pledges from friends and family to earn your student rewards, and the school funds to help fund outdoor improvements including a community garden (once current school construction is completed). The teacher with the most registrations will win an Amazon Gift Card, plus one for the staff member of their choice!
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Thanks for Attending the Welcome Back Party!
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Treats with Grandparents on 9/10:
Join us for Treats with Grandparents in the cafeteria on September 10th, from 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM. If Grandparents are not in town or unavailable to attend a friend or neighbor may join.
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Did you ordered a 20-21 Yearbook?
If you ordered and paid for a 20-21 Yearbook we have it in the front office. Please stop by the front office and pick it up. Any yearbooks not picked up will be put up for resale.
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WOLF SHACK HOURS HAVE CHANGED:
We will be starting with homeroom deliveries on Wednesday, 08/18/21. The Wolf Shack will be open Wednesdays 3:00 to 4:00 pm throughout the school year or you can order online at anytime by visiting our online store.
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Girls Volleyball Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 2 AVA @ World Compass 4:15/5:15 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 14 Littleton Prep @ AVA 4:15/5:15 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 15 AVA @ Denver Academy 4:15/5:15 pm
Boys Soccer Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 2 AVA @ Denver Academy 4:15 pm
Thursday, Sept. 9 World Compass @ AVA 4:15 pm
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Welcome to another school year at Aspen View Academy. 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.
Pre-registration is required prior to volunteering. Please visit the Raptor Volunteer site, as this only needs to be completed one time. Once completed we will need you to bring your ID in to scan and link to your profile.
These volunteer opportunities can also be found on the volunteer page of our website.
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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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