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January 8, 2015
Volume 2015,
12/20/2012
Issue 1
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Dear Collegiate Families,
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope each of you had a safe and blessed winter
break with an opportunity to rest and spend time with family. Here at Collegiate, we
had a productive break, catching up on some facilities work that is difficult to complete
when students are in the building. Touch up painting in the cafe, stripping and waxing
floors as well as replacing carpeting kept our facilities team busy while the rest of the
staff planned for second semester. We are very fortunate to welcome an exchange
teacher from “down under,” Mrs. Susan Yaghjian, who joins our team this semester
from Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. Mrs. Yaghjian will be teaching Mrs. Wright’s
Middle School science courses for the next year while Mrs. Wright spends the year assimilating into Aussie culture. Please help us make our guest teacher welcome here in
Colorado!
Last night, we opened our doors for our first all school K-12 Choice Enrollment Open
House. Many families interested in enrolling at Collegiate for the 2015/16 year had the
opportunity to tour the school, meet teachers and support staff, and hear presentations
about the curriculum and programming we offer in Kindergarten, Grades 1-6, Middle,
and High School. Thanks so much to each of our current families who attended and
helped to greet families as well as answer questions about our school from a parent perspective. Word of mouth from current families is our most powerful tool to get the word
out about Collegiate Academy in our community. Please help us to continue growing by
spreading the word about Collegiate to friends, neighbors and co-workers. Color brochures about our school are available at both front desks if you wish to pick up a few to
distribute to acquaintances who might be interested in receiving more information
about Collegiate. You can also help us get the word out about Choice Enrollment by
sharing the Choice Enrollment post on our Facebook page with your Facebook friends.
Report Cards for Semester 1 went live in Campus Parent Portal this morning so please
login to continue monitoring your student’s academic progress online. If you have trouble with your login information, this is a great time to contact either the Elementary or
Secondary School Front Desk to get your password reset so that you can stay on top of
your child(ren)’s grades throughout the semester. The Academic Progress Monitor
emails and phone calls will resume next Thursday to give our parents alerts when
grades drop below a “C” level as well. As always, please reach out to teachers, to me, or
to Mr. Johnson early on with any concerns so that we can partner effectively to help
each student find academic success.
A final note, the online apparel store for our State Champion Ultimate Frisbee team is
now live. The link can be found on our website, Facebook page, or at this shortlink:
http://tiny.cc/dzq7rx. A variety of clothing options including T-shirts, hoodies, and
fleeces, as well as gear such as water bottles and bags are available. In addition,10% of
all proceeds are donated back to the team. The store is only open until January 31 at
which time, all orders will be filled and shipped.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Chris Becker
Principal
Thank you to the parents
who helped out during
our open house and to
those who have been referring families! We will
be having another open
house at a date TBA so
please keep sending families our way. Jeffco
Choice Enrollment ends
on January 30th at which
time we will be running
the lottery. If you will
have a kindergartener
next year, please stop by
the front desk to complete
your open choice form.
~ Thank you!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Letter from Mr. Becker….....1
The Foundation............…...2
School News/Menu.….….....3
School News…….......….......4
CAC T-shirt Orders
The
Foundation
Monthly Meetings
Monthly on the 3rd
Tuesday
6:30 pm
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We have had an issue with our order that was placed before
Christmas and are working with a new vendor to get shirts
made ASAP. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Please bring your December receipts
to either front desk ASAP so that we
can redeem them at Virgilio’s.
Volunteer Opportunities
President - Niccole Board
Co-Vice Presidents Elizabeth Miller
& Mary Minger
Secretary - Terry Usry
Co-Treasurers - Lisa
Ferency & Pamela Roberts
Directors - Melanie
Linnebur, Barbora Meese,
Krystal Cook-Matson
Organization Pro?
Our Silent Auction & Carnival is coming up on May 2 and we need a planning
committee. These positions can be started now from home.
We need you ~ come
join us!
Please email
Please contact Terry Usry at 720-490-6837 or terryusry@msn.com for more infor-
CACF@collegiateacademy.net
Handy & Crafty?
Looking for handy and creative parents to help build carnival games for our
End of Year Celebration! Planning and building will begin soon.
Accounting Experience?
We are in need of an accountant to fill our Foundation co-treasurer position
ASAP.
Need a Valentine’s Day Babysitter?
Check in begins at 6:30 pm with childcare ending at
10:30 pm. We receive a portion of the $12 fee, you
get peace of mind, and your children have a great
time doing fun activities! Send extra money and they
can purchase snacks too.
Elementary Yearbook
Spirit Night
Thursday, January 22
There will be a coupon for a
free cone or dish for each student in the class with the most
participants!
We need your photos of classrooms and events including the Kindergarten Feast, field
trips, Keystone, Monster Mash, and the Fall Dance. Please forward to Pamela at esfrontdesk@collegiateacademy.net.
We want to thank AutoNation Chrysler Jeep
Broadway for their continued support of our school!
5445 South Broadway Littleton, CO 80121 (303) 578-6103 Website link.
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School News
Coming soon...Jr. First Lego
League! Details came home in
Thursday folders.
Looking for a fun way to get in your volunteer hours? Be a Book Fair Coordinator! Collegiate has an upcoming Middle
School Book Fair the week of February
2nd and an Elementary Book Fair the week
of April 27th.
Email Wendy
at library@collegiateacademy.net for more
information.
Wendy is looking for some additional volunteers to help elementary classes check out
books, check in and re-shelve books, create
displays and coordinate upcoming book
fairs.
Please see the sign-up at
http://www.signupgenius.com/
go/4090a48aaac2ba31-library1.
Italicized items are only available to
Middle School and High School Students
Monday
Entrée Salad / Hot Dog & Chili / Macho Nachos /
French Fries
Black Jack Pizza
Hamburger/Cheeseburger
CAC Library
Overdue notices may also be sent if classes
are unable to attend their regularly scheduled library time due to days off, testing, etc.
If you have questions or concerns about
your student's library account, please
email library@collegiateacademy.net.
Lunch Menu
Attention parents, grandparents and
teens...Mr. Johnson has issued a School Club
Challenge! Our kids want clubs! We need you
to offer them!
Tuesday
Ham & Cheese Sandwich / Chicken Nuggets/
Cheese Ravioli
Chicken Tamales
Black Jack Pizza
Community involvement in education is
an integral part of our philosophy and
the reason many of you chose our
school. He has set a goal to offer new clubs
each month run by you.
Wednesday
Entrée Salad w/ Roll / Galaxy Pizza / Chicken
Fajitas / Pintos & Cheese
Black Jack Pizza / Sweet n Sour Chicken
Corn Dogs
We will get you started, help champion your
passion, and help you get your club
filled. There are many resources online that
provide all of the planning for you too. Please
reach out to Gus or Pamela if you have an idea
that you would like to put into action!
tigjohns@collegiateacademy.net/303-972-7433
ext 108 for Gus
esfrontdesk@collegiateacademy.net or ext 110
for Pamela
Thursday
Turkey & Cheese Sandwich / Chicken or Cheese
Quesadilla / Hamburger / Cheeseburger /
Steamed Veggies
Pasta Bar
Black Jack Pizza
Friday
Entrée Salad w/Roll / Big Daddy’s Pizza / Orange
Chicken w/Fried Rice / Honey Glazed Carrots
Black Jack Pizza / Deli Sandwich
Chicken Sandwich
Daily (Middle Only)
Pretzel, Cheese, Sunflower Seeds
Collegiate Academy
Spelling Bee
Collegiate Academy's Spelling Bee is
coming soon and it is time to start practicing for your classroom Spelling Bee.
Carpooling Needs
Anna can be reached @ 303-906-7349 and
needs rides for her 7th grade daughter
from Wadsworth between Coal Mine and
Pierce.
Nona or Tanya can be reached at 303-9893951. They live near Jewell and Kipling in
Any 3rd-8th grade student is invited to
attend Spelling Bee Club on Wednesdays
beginning January 7th and running
through February 4th from 3:00-4:00 in
Room 127. Please sign up with Mrs. Ballengee - sballeng@collegiateacademy.net.
Mrs. Z’s Elementary Choir is back!
We are meeting on Wednesdays beginning January 14th—April 15th. We
rehearse from 3-4pm in the Music
Room (147).
Grades 1-6 are welcome to join for
$30/student. (Limited scholarships
are available for students in need.)
Please email Mrs. Zilkenat to sign up ezilkena@collegiateacademy.net.
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Winston Churchill
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Art Room Needs
Cleaning your storage out?
The art room could use
empty and clean margarine tubs, plastic containers that stack, and meat
trays! Thank you!
Collegiate Academy
Class of 2015
Our new playground will be installed
on January 31st!!! Collegiate will be
making room for the new structure as
well as installing it ourselves under
the close supervision of Children’s
Playstructures & Recreation so please
mark your calendars!
Save the date!!!
2015 yearbook staff is now accepting orders for Senior Memory
Pages. These pages give you the
opportunity to express your love,
pride, and congratulations upon
your child’s graduation.
Space is limited and on a first come,
first serve basis.
We thank you for your patronage!
If you have any questions, feel free
to contact the school or leave a
message for Mr. Brian Fleet, (303) 972
-7433 ext. 635. Congratulations, and
we look forward to making your
page!
CAC Yearbook Staff
Students will receive their information packets and pledge forms in their Thursday folders
this week and can begin collecting pledges. All envelopes are due back by January
30th to Coach Brooks. He is the only staff member collecting envelopes and handing
out incentive prizes.
Every dollar raised goes straight to the American Heart Association! We have increased
our goals this year from 50 students participating to 100 students. We also increased our
financial goal by $1000 to $3690. If we reach this goal by January 30th, the students will get to duct tape coach to the wall during our celebration party! The
party will take place at a later date to be announced. Most prizes will be awarded
at a future date after all collections have been tallied.