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Weekly news from
Eagle County Charter Academy
Volume 11, Issue 21
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Covid Information -
Email diseaseprevention@eaglecounty.us with any questions regarding Coiv-19. |
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Welcome to 2021-
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Dear families and staff,
We trust that everyone had a wonderful and much needed break and are refreshed and excited about returning to school. With thanks to the community, the expected surge in cases from the Thanksgiving break did not develop and push the community in the Red, Severe Risk category. Pending no new changes to our community's status, we are grateful to welcome students back to the same schedule we were operating on before the break. Public Health officials are still concerned about a possible surge from the Winter holiday, so we must all remain vigilant and committed to wearing masks, keeping our social distance, washing hands, and staying home if we're sick. Transmission at school has been very low, showing that our levels of protection are effective at limiting disease spread within schools.
During the break, the Colorado Department of Education released a webpage showing the operational status of all school districts in Colorado. As a community, we have worked hard to offer the most in-person learning as is safe, and we have not been alone in our efforts.
As we head back to school next week, please be reminded of a few critically important practices.
- If your child is sick, please keep them home.
- If they have symptoms consistent with COVID-19, please seek the medical advice of your family's physician and have them tested.
- If someone in your household is being tested for COVID-19, please keep your children home until the results are known.
- If someone in your household is positive for COVID-19, the entire household must quarantine (and not leave their home) as directed by Public Healt
- If you or a student is directed to quarantine, they must remain home, stay away from others, not go to work or school, not have playdates or sleepovers, not engage in extracurricular activities
Prior to break, changes were made by Public Health in the quarantine protocol.
- Quarantine times were reduced from 14-days to 10-days.
- An asymptomatic person in quarantine can get tested on day five, and if the results are negative, may end quarantine after the seventh day, resuming normal activities on the eighth day of quarantine. This is not applicable to cohort level quarantines within ECSD schools.
With the arrival of the vaccine in our Valley, we can be optimistic but rededicated to our efforts to keep this virus contained. Staff and families have done a truly remarkable job, and we enter into the new semester with renewed strength to finish this challenging effort with kindness and grace towards one another.
Respectfully,
Philip Qualman
Superintendent
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Makers Club -
Miss Bell is offering Makers Club to 5th-8th graders on Mondays 4:15 - 5:00 pm beginning 1/25/21. Email Miss Bell at flora.bell@eagleschools.net if you would like more information. Click here for more information.
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Excused Absence Form
If you know ahead of time that your student(s) will be out of school for one day or more, please fill out the form below and send back in, either with your child or by email to jennifer.sassi@eagleschools.net.
This form is also located on our web site www.ecca.org under Parent Links and then Office Forms. Thank you.
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Charter Garb
Please your orders through SchoolPay.
Order and pay for your Charter Garb through ecca.org.
At this time, all orders will need to be made online. Orders will be delivered to your student's classroom. We are happy to accommodate exchanges when sizes and colors are available. Please send the items back in with your students with instructions.
The free charter garb bucket is in the front foyer - help yourself!
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Box Tops
Bring Out Your Box Tops!
One thing hasn't changed...we are still collecting Box Tops for Education to earn additional funding for ECCA. Please send valid (non-expired) Box Tops in with your student to turn into the classroom that will be transformed into cash for our school.
Scanning Box Tops is an option too via the Box Tops for Education App that can be downloaded to your mobile device. Here's how: 1) Download the app from either the App Store or Google Play. 2) Select Eagle CO Charter Academy as the recipient school within the App. 3) Scan the store receipt from where you purchased the products with the Box Tops. 4) Clip the same Box Tops and send them in with your student to earn double points/money for ECCA. When you scan your receipt ECCA will also be automatically entered into two different Sweepstakes. To learn more about the scan option and sweepstakes go to www.boxtops4education.com.
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After School Program - We're dropping our fees for the 20-21 school year!
We are thrilled to share that ECCA received state Covid funding in December to support our after school program. We've applied 100% of the funds toward lowering the cost of our program for the remainder of the school year. See new rates below.
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Dates + Times
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From: 3:15pm - 5:55pm Daily
Open to Kindergarten - 4th Grade.
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Enrollment Form
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The Enrollment Form is mandatory before attending the ECCA After School Program. The Enrollment Form can be found by clicking here.
The Program Policies and Procedures can be found here.
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Cost
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$16.00 (new rate $12.00) for each normal day (3:15pm - 5:55pm) a child attends ECCA's After School Program.
$32.00 (new rate $24.00) for each half day / noon release (12:00pm - 5:55pm)
Students are charged to their SchoolPay.com accounts. Please be sure to load money onto these accounts prior to the students' attendance in After School. |
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**We are not accepting Drop Ins this school year**
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Pick Up Procedures
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Parents and guardians are to enter the front doors of the school and wait in the front Foyer. CALL Rebecca Wirth at 970.390.6903 to have your child(ren) brought out.
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Notes From The Business Office
After School visits are now charged to Food Service accounts.
For easier tracking, After School charges (along with Lunch charges) will be billed to each student's Food Services account of your Schoolpay.com account.
Please remember that payments for After School and Lunch are due in advance, or at the time of service. Please make your payments in the Food Service section of your Schoolpay.com account. If you have any questions please contact Linda Tierney at
Click here for a "How To" on After School payments.
Need help paying for Hot Lunch, Enrichment fees and Kinder Tuition?
CLICK HERE for an Economic Assistance Application for assistance with Hot Lunch and Enrichments (click here para en Espanol) and contact the business office directly in regard to Kinder Tuition assistance. Please forward completed applications to the ECCA Accounting Manager at linda.tierney@eagleschools.net
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JANUARY 2021 |
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Monday, 1/18/21: NO SCHOOL
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SCORE BOARD
It is important to keep in mind that we will be following both CHSAA and Eagle County guidelines regarding return to play and overall COVID protocols. In doing so, the schedule and availability of each sport is subject to change.
Currently, our league still does not have a set schedule planned for Girls/Boys Basketball, or Volleyball.
What this means (for now):
- Playing Games against other schools unlikely until CHSAA revisits our Season B Variances
- Pre-Season Skills Camps are planned to begin on January 11th with Girls Basketball
- Rotating Camps of Girls BBall -> Boys BBall -> Volleyball
Skills Camps offer a great way for student-athletes to try out a sport, improve on fundamental skills, and build camaraderie with their peers. The plan is to offer camps by grade level, and get in the gym two or three times per week.
Skills Camp Specifics:
- Students must be academically eligible (Not failing 2 or more classes)
- Camps will be non-contact and ran according to CHSAA/County/League guidelines and protocols
- Dates/Times will be determined based on coaching availability
Attendance at these camps is encouraged, and flexible. Knowing that students have prior commitments and other extra-curriculars, we are focused on providing the opportunity to our ECCA student athletes to share new experiences with their friends (as well as to improve and compete). If you are hesitant due to schedule conflicts, please reach out .
Finally, please use the Google Doc below to indicate the Student/Grade/Camp you are interested in:
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ECCA provides this information as a public service only. It does not necessarily endorse any organization or activity listed.
Events
EatChatParent is offering The Power of Showing Up, Wednesday 1/20/21 @ 6:00 p.m.
Click here to see what the Girl Scouts is all about. Many upcoming events including Art, STEM and nature to name a few. Call Kathy Morrow if interested in Piano and/or vocal lessons. She can be reached at (970) 376-3477 or via email katsjazz@msn.comLooking for an after school Enrichment? Try sewing. A life long skill! Learn more about Patterns of Joy sewing lessons contact Marie at 390.3460 or email patternsofjoysewing@gmail.com. More information here.
Offers
White Water Express Car Wash in Gypsum next to Costco welcomes ECCA families and students. Looking for a quick and easy gift that everyone needs and will love? Gift cards for a car wash or detail are the perfect gift for anyone. Receive a 10% discount off your gift card purchase on www.whitewaterexpresscarwash.com. Enter promo code ECCAFAMILY at checkout!
Inyodo Martial Arts Academy happily welcomes ECCA students (and parents of students) to experience the life balance and discipline offered through martial arts practice. Take advantage of our children's "back to school" starter kit which includes 2 months of classes and your child's uniform ($199). Click here to learn more about our adult and children's classes. Cool Kids Caps, owned and run by an ECCA parent is currently offering a discount to any ECCA families wanting to purchase sun protection products. Visit www.coolkidscaps.com for more information. To receive the 15% off dicount, enter ECCA ROCKS at checkout. Click here for information on class offerings at Alpine Arts. Gondola Pizza in Avon has great offers for you! 1.They will donate 15% from your entire bill to ECCA; or 2. You can get 10% off your entire bill if you mention that you are an ECCA family. You decide.
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Your input is important to us. Please email us at hawktalk@ecca.org with any comments or suggestions. Deadline for approved submissions to Hawk Talk is Thursday at noon.
As well, we have old and new members in our email list. Please unsubscribe below if your child is not attending ECCA and you do not want to receive emails from us. Thank you.
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