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Motivated students and responsible parents working together with
exemplary teachers for excellent education.
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11/26-28
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Thanksgiving Break - no school
| | 12/2 | PIN Meeting
| 12/4
| SAC Meeting 8:05am
| 12/5
| Scrips Gift Card Orders Due
| 12/9
| Skate City 6-8pm
| 12/9
| Board Meeting 7:00pm
| 12/11
| Winter Music Festival 6:00pm
| 12/15
| Scrips Gift Cards Delivered
| 12/18
| Geography Bee
| 12/19
| PTO Meeting 8:05am
| 12/22 - 1/2
| Winter Break - No school
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November 24, 2014
Volume 21, No. 18
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Dear CCA Parents:
As we near the Thanksgiving holiday and I reflect over this past year, I realize that CCA has much to be thankful for.
We received another John Irwin award for Excellence in 2014 Academics. Within the Cherry Creek School District, our 2014 academic growth in Elementary school was #2 of 42 schools, and our Middle school was #1 of 11 schools. We also significantly outscored the CCSD and Colorado state averages in all four testing batteries of the new Science and Social Studies CMAS exams. In fact, our 7th grade social studies CMAS test was the highest in the state for middle schools with no pre-screening criteria.
We were able to expand our field so that there is significantly more room for CCA students to play and compete. We provided CCA middle school students with much larger lockers so that all their belongings and backpacks can now fit. We expanded our learning space by adding one more classroom inside and in December, two more in our modular building. Mother nature threw a curveball at us on September 29th. Even though the CCA building experienced severe damage in the hailstorm, we were able to get our roof re-shingled over fall break, and we will replace our damaged HVAC system over winter break.
None of these achievements would have been possible without the hard work of our outstanding students and exemplary teachers. I also appreciate the forethought of the CCA board of directors for allowing some previously planned projects to proceed ahead of schedule. I also give thanks for the generosity and dedication of the PTO and our parents. You really go out of your way to make CCA the top quality school that it is.
If you are traveling over the Thanksgiving break, please be careful. Take time to give thanks yourselves, particularly for the greatest gifts you possess, your children.
Sincerely,
Jay Cerny
Principal/CEO,
Cherry Creek Academy
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CCA will be closed November 26 - 28
in observance of Thanksgiving.
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A BIG CCA THANK YOU!
| The CCA teachers and staff want to extend a sincere Thank You to all the parents and PTO for the delicious and delightful Thanksgiving Baskets! A special thank you to Denice Dirks for organizing the annual event. Your kindness is much appreciated.
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 Congratulations to all the students who have won Eagle Honors Awards:|
Golden Eagle
Anne Chen
Preston Kilzer
Compassion
Falisha Amir
Izzy Clark
Christiana Ganos
Adrianna Howard
Lois Lee
Simon Mamo
Madison Mayer
Ryan Mayer
Dan Nault
Valerie Negin
Isabela Prado
Aiden Ruvins
Simon Shafi
Sarah Smith
Nate Sunker
Sanjana Vookanti
Mason Weber
Mackenzie Williams
Diligence
Brooke Bruner
Alyssa Chae
Sanjitha Chakka
Boden Duncan
Meghan Emerson
Julia Fein-Ashley
Skye Fisher
Tad Fisher
Noah Foley
Alexander Frederich
Jessica Gelfand
Ryan Han
Louisa Janda
Daniel Kuttner
Hyo-Jae Lee
Navin Mani
Eireen Margittai
Alexander Meletyan
Jennifer Nance
Sydney Pendleton
Walker Rudden
Allen Rutman
Sasha Safray
Herald Samala
Sanvi Sarsam
Advik Shrivastava
Jaxson Smith
Tanya Sopkin
Alex Strandes
Amorette Turnell
Emily Turner
Ethan Underdown
Sahana Vaidyanathan
Humility
Amina Abdulloeva
Jasmine Barzideh
Katia Borisov
Isabelle Bowling
Judy Chen
Sam Cohen
Miya Debolt
Jacob Fein-Ashley
Jade Fitt
Tyler Garfield
Allyson Guylan
Tori Harwell
Dawson Hinds
Carney Hoffman
Preston Howlett
Kaylee Jesienouski
Preston Kilzer
Noah Mamo
Liam Margittai
Cameron Quinn
Joshua Singavarapu
Eric Williams
Kohen Williams
Integrity
Tristan Aluri
Shaan Chauhan
Anne Chen
Hayden Chen
Ashton Cohen
Lauren Cooper
Sophie Corbel
Ava Dillon
Emma Dore
Josh Epperson
Austin Ford
Minjae Lee
Paula Lipkind
Nicole Oganesyan
Aneesh Palagati
Pakin Raksuntorn
Isabella Ramey
Wyatt Rudden
Katya Thomas
Maksim Tovbis
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Tarek Ashour Sean Badasyan Jack Ballard Jaimee Blanco Micala Boex Isabell Bowling Emma Cary Miles Deaderick Finnegan Elder Zuhair Farooqi Jasmine Fitt David Flaig Drew Holmes Mackenzie Houston Riya Kendai Pranav Killamsetty Andrew Kulick Sage Lichfield Daniel Minevich Sophia Mitsuoka Sarah Reynolds Alicia Shafer Dhruv Shrivastava Alex Strandes Gavin Tinic Tim Zranov Respect Ashleigh Adsit Rishi Anumandi Bill Baumgartner Cameron Carey Nikhil Chakka Anne Chen Brooklinn Christopher Maddison Coldren Sarah Dirks Boden Duncan Laasya Gaddipatti Jessica Genov Iliana Gent Chloe Gillis Emmanuel Hakiza Maria Hiatt Emma Hilbrich Karli Holmes JR Holmquist Everett Jones Alison Krasovsky Riley Laluzerne Anya Mesa Ryan Muniz Hailey Ocansey Noah Olofson Aneesh Palagati Judah Peters Josh Reynolds Hayden Samala Milana Sourial Maksim Tobvis Responsibility Bryce Allen Kennedy Arnold Quinn Bailey Lev Bakhrakh Emma Cary Matt Dore JoJo Epperson Sam Girgis Amelia Gumerova Payton Han Drew Haynes Adysen Hendren Kate Irsfeld Reese Laluzerne Noelle MacFarland Anna McMahon Nate Nagy Charan Narahari Ashi Pidikiti Hannah Singavarapu Kendyll Spriggs Max Webber Eric Williams Madison Williams Madeline Yokoyama Leadership Naimah Alaniz Ella Arendale Charli Bruner Brendan Ford Liliane Gillier Zachary Hubbard Hayden Jones Anjali Kalagiri AJ Katagi Aadya Khemka Leon Kim Nishita Kotlapoti Clara Kulick Daniel Kwon Colton Ragsdale Walker Rudden Justin Sawh Elian Sheykhet Anastasia Shrimpton Kabir Shrivastava Malachi Singer-Dickerson Carson Smail Vladimir Sukhovetskyy Brooke Sullivan |
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FALL SCRIP GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER
It's that time of year for the easiest way to help raise funds for CCA! The Fall Gift Card Fundraiser! This is a great way to take care of holiday gift giving, or buy gifts cards to your favorite stores & restaurants. Either way our school will benefit! The percentage listed next to the gift card on the form shows you how much goes back to CCA. Order forms are due Friday Dec. 5th. Make checks payable to CCA PTO. Orders will be ready for pick up before and after school on December 15th and 16th. Please include your email on the order form for an email reminder the day before. Thank you for supporting the gift card fundraiser and CCA. If you have questions please email Kim Garfield or call 303-717-6935. Please find the order form and staff wish list below:
Please email Subha with any questions about the program. BOXTOPS - Way To Go CCA Parents, Students, and Teachers!! 100% participation in submitting BOX TOPS for Education! Students turned in 6,845 box tops. CCA will receive a December check. The Class that came in:
- 1st Place for box tops is Ms. Dore 3rd grade with 928!!!
- 2nd Place is Ms. Koenig with 794!
- 3rd Place is Ms. Williams Kindergarten with 680.
All classes submitted hundreds of boxtops! Every single clipping counts and adds up, so please continue your hard work collecting, cutting, keeping and turning into your student's homeroom teacher.
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The Original Works Orders have been sent home. Please open your order and check to
make sure it is satisfactory. Orders were double-checked, but in the event your order needs to be fixed, please email Maureen Wolf. Please be prepared with the following information: - Your Child's Order # (located on the order form on the back of the artwork in the upper right hand corner).
- A brief description of your child's artwork. Here is an example: "Artwork is an ocean with a red boat." " Timmy signed his name in the lower right hand corner." "The picture is horizontal." or "The picture is vertical."
- What the problem is.
The information will be submitted to Original Works and they will get the fixed item back to you very quickly. Thank you all for your support of this program.
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Yearbook Artwork Contest - We need a team of parent volunteers to vote on the cover art for our 20th Anniversary Yearbook. The artwork will be scanned and sen out in an email for you to vote on the winning work by the beginning of December.
Technology Cleaners - Volunteers are needed to help clean the classroom projector filters and student keyboards. This will be an ongoing need, and is best done when students are not in the classroom (during lunch, specials time or after school).
Recycling - A volunteer is needed to be in charge of recycling the used toner cartridges. This would be on an as needed basis.
If you are interested in any of the above opportunities, please email Hethyr Fouse.
Traffic Assistants - Volunteers are needed to assist with morning drop-off from 7:25am - 8:05am and afternoon pick-up from 2:55pm - 3:40pm Monday through Friday. If you are able to help please contact Sadie Jesienouski.
PTO Volunteers - The PTO is always looking for volunteers to help with school events and activities! If you would like to volunteer (and start building up those volunteer hours), please click on the link on the CCA website to add your information.
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 Congratulations to CCA teacher, Jodi Peterson for being selected to serve on the Star Teacher Council for 2014-2015.
The Star Teacher Council is a group of exceptional Colorado charter school educators who have been selected based on their remarkable instructional skills. Star Teacher Council members are nominated by their school leader, and selected by the Colorado League of Charter Schools' nominating committee.
Throughout the school year, Star Teachers serve the charter school community in several ways. Star Teacher Council members are empowered to expand their expertise and leadership skills and put those skills into action by coaching and mentoring their fellow charter school teachers. In addition, Star Teacher Council members lend their teacher voice as policy advisers in connection with the League's advocacy efforts.
Please join CCA in congratulating Mrs. Peterson!
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Thank you to those who brought in socks. The kindergartners and first graders will be so excited. We start our project the week after Thanksgiving and their sock puppets will debut at our Winter Music Festival. Thank you for your generosity.
~Mrs. Megan MacFarland
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AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
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CHESS CLUB - An informational meeting will be held for the new elementary chess club on Wednesday, December 3rd from 3:30 to 4:15 in the library. The chess club is for grades 1st thru 5th and will be coached by Mr. Nolen. Students who are interested should attend with their parents.
SPELLING CLUB - Welcome all 5th - 8th graders who are super spellers. Spelling Club will be meeting twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday from 3:35pm - 4:05pm in the computer lab and Thursday morning at 7:30am - 8:00am in Ms. Koenig's room. Please use the back entrance when arriving at 7:30am to enter the building. If your student is interested in attending please get a permission slip from Ms. Koenig.
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR - Choir for grades 5-8 is Mondays 3:30 - 4:30 in Mrs. MacFarland's room. If your student is interested in joining Choir contact Johanna Fitt. |
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SPOTLIGHT ON CCA STUDENTS
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 Talent runs in the family! CCA students Francesca, Jerin and Maria Hiatt star in Miracle on 34th Street, a production by the Spark Theater.
The Spark Theater, located at 985 Santa Fe Drive, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing a unique, intimate and inspired theater experience.
Miracle on 34th Street runs weekends November 21st to
December 21st.
Spark Theater is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing you a unique, intimate and inspired theater experience. - See more at: http://sparktheater.org/#sthash.rtNKOzPc.dpuf Spark Theater is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing you a unique, intimate and inspired theater experience. - See more at: http://sparktheater.org/#sthash.rtNKOzPc.dpuf
Spark Theater is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing you a unique, intimate and inspired theater experience. - See more at: http://sparktheater.org/#sthash.rtNKOzPc.dpuf Spark Theater is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing you a unique, intimate and inspired theater experience. - See more at: http://sparktheater.org/#sthash.rtNKOzPc.dpuf |
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Through a partnership with Microsoft, the Cherry Creek School District is now providing students the opportunity to download and install Microsoft Office for FREE!
Students can use their Cherry Creek School District Office 365 account to download and install a full version of Microsoft Office software, including: Word, for writing; Excel, for spreadsheets; PowerPoint, for presentations; OneNote, for organization and note taking; and much more. The program allows Office to be installed on up to 5 computers, including Macs and Windows-based devices, and used on up to 5 mobile devices, including iOS (iPad/iPhone) and Android devices.
The software will stay active as long as the student remains enrolled with the Cherry Creek School District. Students will need to be connected to the internet at least every 30 days to verify they are still eligible for the program, though no action is needed other than being connected to the internet.
Instructions on how to download/install and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) can be found on the Cherry Creek School District's website by clicking HERE.
Whether you download to your computer or your mobile device, your student will need their student email address and password (i.e. student number) to take advantage of the program. As a parent, you can look up your student's email address and student number (i.e. password) by going to my.cherrycreekschools.org. Login to my.cherrycreekschools.org using your parent login (username: [STONEWARE], if you need to reset your password, click here). Once you've logged on with your parent account, click on the "Student Information" tile. The report will show you your student's email address and student number (i.e. password). To download Office for your student, simply follow the instructions found on Cherry Creek School District's website by clicking HERE. |
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HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
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5th graders - 8th graders and their parents are invited to the
Cherry Creek High School
OPEN HOUSE
Monday, December 1st
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After November 25th, Dennis Uniforms will no longer be putting the CCA logo on used uniform polo shirts. If you would like Dennis to add logo to a Used Uniform shirt, please make any requests prior to November 25th. CCA will be no longer selling used uniform shirts without logos. "
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PARENT INFORMATION NETWORK
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014
Beyond Texting: The Fine Art of
Face-to-Face Communication
Join us to hear Debra Fine, best-selling author, communications expert, and nationally-recognized keynote speaker, share ideas for teaching kids to be plugged in without neglecting the necessity and power of physical, human interaction. Debra will address topics like:
* Preparing for face-to-face teacher meetings, dates, or interviews
* Building social opportunities without the use of social networking sites
* Avoiding conversational "faux pas"
* Becoming aware of the importance of body language, eye contact and tone
* Eliminating the trauma of false friendships and bullying
Debra has worked professionally with Google, Deloitte, the National Association of School Boards and the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business, and has published three books on interpersonal communication. Parents, school administrators and community members are welcome and encouraged to attend PIN's free presentations. No need to RSVP-just come!
Presentations are FREE and are held the first Tuesday of each month at:
Student Achievement Resource Center (SARC)
14188 Briarwood Avenue, Centennial
(south of Arapahoe Rd., between Potomac and Jordan Roads)
Visit www.PINccsd.org for Podcasts and Meeting Highlights
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Jan. 6th The Positive Effect of Arts on Kids
Feb. 3rd What's a Kid to Do? Anxiety and Stress in Children and Adolescents
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The CCA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization established by CCA founders to provide ongoing financial support to Cherry Creek Academy. All donations are used toward educational, staff, and/or facility improvements so that CCA can carry out it's mission. Donations are tax deductible.
If you would like to make a year end donation you can click the CCA paypal link or drop off a check at the front desk. Make checks out to CCA Foundation. Many companies provide corporate matching, check with your company to see if they provide a percentage of a match to your gift. If you have any questions contact Cyndy Holmes. |
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5th & 6th GRADE SKI PASSPORT
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Colorados Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) is proud to open the 5th- & 6th-Grade Passport Program for the 2014-15 season. CSCUSA believes every child who grows up in Colorado should have the opportunity to enjoy the state's signature winter sport.
This year, Colorado Ski Country USA's 5th Grade Passport Program provides participants with three free days of skiing or snowboarding at each of our 20 member resorts. Ski all 60 days or just a few; the 5th Grade Passport is still the best value in Colorado.
If your student is in 6th grade the Passport Program provides participants with four days of skiing or snowboarding at each of our 20 member resorts for a mere $99. That amounts to 80 awesome days on the slopes for a mere $1.25 per day. There is not a better deal on the planet for 6th graders than this one.
For more information click on this link.
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