A visit from Hope the service dog builds confidence, comfort, and fluency in second grade's young readers! The class welcomes Hope twice each month for read-aloud time and learning centers.
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Jag Weekly
Week of January 12, 2020
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Re-Enrollment and the Unique SA Experience
As we welcome a fulfilling and adventurous second half of the school year, we also look ahead with excitement to plan for the 2020-21 school year. Priority enrollment for current families begins on January 14. As part of our continuous enrollment process, your student will be automatically re-enrolled with return of your enrollment deposit by February 14.
More details will follow in tomorrow's Monday folders. Over the next several weeks we'll celebrate our SA families and share testimonials with you, such as the below sharing from the Ballard family. Thank you to our school community for your continued commitment and for being a part of the Salisbury Academy family!
Warm Regards,
Beverly Fowler, Head of School
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"At Salisbury Academy, there is a genuine love of learning that captures the curiosity of the children on another level. Real life learning experiences, STEM learning, technology, the arts, and enrichment programs make learning fun and exciting. Core virtues, community service opportunities, and faith experiences develop a well-rounded child. Teachers do not just love to teach, they
love
the children as individuals, and their greatest desire is to see their students reach their full potential. Our girl has grown tremendously, personally and academically, since we have become part of SA."
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Susan and James Ballard, SA Parents
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Priority Enrollment Opens
Tues., Jan. 14
School-Wide Day of Service
Thurs., Jan. 16
begins with 9 a.m. student-led chapel
MLK Holiday
Mon., Jan. 20
No school for students or staff
Guyology and Girlology Programs at SA
Sun., Jan. 26
Guyology: 1-3 p.m.
Girlology: 3:30-5:30 p.m.
See additional info below on program/registration
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Thinking Green in Middle School Design Interim
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Dreaming Big for Salisbury and Designing Sustainably
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Fifth and sixth grade students toured Salisbury this week seeking places in which they could design their own community spaces as part of this week's middle school Inquiry and Design Interim. After touring the Rowan Helping Ministries facility and learning about its many sustainable construction elements, students heard from architect and manager for the RHM project Pete Bogle on how to incorporate sustainable construction into their own community space designs.
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Bogle gave students ideas of how make their projects - ranging from restaurants, to golf simulations, to playgrounds, and more - environmentally friendly and shared the three key steps to sustainable construction:
- Energy Efficiency: know where the sun is and use energy resourcefully
- Construction Methods: use building methods that insulate the building and conserve energy
- Material Selection: Choose materials that are healthy (low or no VOC's), are rapidly renewable, and have low embodied energy (the amount of energy it takes to harvest/make/transport the materials)
Bogle shared that the most environmentally-friendly type of construction is renovation and the utilization of existing spaces. As a final point, Bogle urged us to use less materials, waste less, and recycle more!
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2020 Resolutions for Being Green at Home
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Tips for Sustainability in the Home: 2020 Resolutions
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Sustainability in the home is not an all-or-nothing endeavor and looks different for every family. That said, it sure feels good when we can make a change and incorporate a new routine that reduces the footprint of our household! A few ideas of how to expand upon some of your family's current sustainability efforts:
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- Reduce your single-use plastics usage: refillable vessels, reusable shopping bags, reusable baggies, and glass storage containers are among the products that make it possible to reduce or omit single-use plastics in our lives. Where else do single-use plastics tie into your daily routine? See if there are alternatives!
- Fun challenge: Pack a no-waste lunch for your family as many days as possible each week.
- Cut down on paper consumption by using cloth dish towels, napkins, and rags when possible and by printing fewer documents.
- Bring down the energy bill by addressing drafty areas of the house, powering down electronics when not in use, and turning out lights when you're not in a room.
- Bike or walk when the option presents.
- Recycle, re-purpose, and reuse whenever possible. Turn trash to treasures!
- Plant a garden and eat locally-sourced food when possible.
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“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
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Maya Angelou
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SA Summer Camp: Registration opening soon!
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Registration for SA Summer Camp will open next week. We are excited to welcome our students, rising K through rising fifth, for a summer of experiential fun with activities including Muddy Sneakers Expedition Days and Big Splash Friday! Stay tuned for more info this week in Jag Weekly and on SA social media.
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Spring Enrichment Offerings at SA
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Limited spaces are still available in all classes offered in SA's Spring 2020 Enrichment offerings! Mighty Kicks and BrickEd classes will be offered once again along with a new offering of Performance Choir for students in grades K-4 and 5-8. Visit
SA Enrichment to learn more. Registration deadline is Friday, January 17 with the first classes beginning January 20.
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Performance Choir
Grades K-8
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Mighty Kicks Soccer
Grades K-4
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Girlology and Guyology Programs: Jan. 26 at SA
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Join us Sunday, January 26 at SA
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Salisbury Academy is honored to host two upcoming sessions, Girlology and Guyology: equipping girls ages 8-11 and boys ages 9-11 to navigate puberty happily and with confidence.
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SA Artists in the Community
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Congratulations to SA kindergarten student
Montaña on taking third place in the Rowan Public Library bookmark contest! Learn more about the bookmark contest at
RPL Bookmark Contest
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In other arts news, SA's third grade will have work featured at RPL for the month of January. Additionally, the Waterworks exhibit for Independent and Home Schools will run 2/12-2/29 with an artists reception on 2/20 from 5-6:30 pm. SA will send 24 students pieces again this year. Names of selected students will be shared at the end of this month.
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PSA Teachers Appreciation Luncheon, Jan. 31
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A Super Bowl themed lunch for SA's super team!
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The PSA Teachers Appreciation Team would love your assistance in a fun Super Bowl-themed lunch for SA's faculty and staff on Friday, Jan. 31. Please bring all items on the morning of Friday, Jan. 31.
View the sign-up link of items needed
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School Lunch
Habeeb Catering will provide hot lunches Monday through Thursday for JK/K students. Students in grades 1-8 will have lunch provided Monday through Friday.
Booster Club Pizza
Students interested in participating in the Booster Club Pizza lunch fundraiser this year may sign up by submitting the
Booster Club Pizza form to the front office.
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This week's chapel will take place at 9 a.m. on Thursday, January 16 and will be the
MLK Day of Service Chapel led by
Salisbury Academy middle school students.
All families are welcome and encouraged to join us in the gym for chapel each Thursday from 9 to 9:30 a.m.
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Monday, January 13
- Information for JV Games
- Address: 750 Jetton St. Davidson, NC 28036
- Carpool
- Blue Uniforms
- JV Girls will be dismissed from class at 2:30
- JV Boys will be dismissed from class at 3:05
Tuesday, January 14
- Blue team basketball practice 3:25 – 4:30
- Varsity girls basketball practice 4:00 – 5:30
- JV girls basketball practice 5:15 – 6:30
- JV boys practice 6:00 – 7:30
Wednesday, January 15
- No athletics
Thursday, January 16
- Blue Team Basketball Game VS Bradford Prep School 5:00
- Varsity boys practice 6:30 - 8:00
Friday, January 17
- Swim Meet @ Davidson Day School 5:00
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Sideline Sports January Offer
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Salisbury Academy
2210 Jake Alexander Blvd, N.,
Salisbury, NC 28147
(704) 636 3002
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