• *TONIGHT*Thursday, September 6th: Back to School Night *Parents Only *
  Back to school night starts at 6:30 in the Gym. 
• Thursday, September 6th: Goal Setting Conference Sign-ups Closed.
• Friday, September 7th: After School Create Common Good will be on the playground with their fresh produce. 
• Wednesday September 12th: Whole School Community (WSC) Dolly's Class  
• Thursday, September 13th: 1:30 EARLY RELEASE 
• September 13th - 14th: Goal Setting Conferences 
• September 17 - 21, 2012 Jr. High Adventure   
• Wednesday, September 19th : WSC- Belinda's Class
  
   

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

6:30-7:00   Meet in the Gymacafatorium

7:05-7:35        First Rotation: Meet your child's teacher in classrooms.

7:35-8:05        Second Rotation: Meet your child's teacher in classrooms. (Second JH rotation will include curriculum and expectations overview. Please meet in the gymacafatorium for this overview. This rotation will go a bit longer than the 8:05 time slot)

Your children may be coming home using new phrases this school year! Phrases they will become very familiar with this year are: Habits of an Academic Scholar, Habits of a Citizen Scholar and Habits of a Learner Scholar. We want our students to know; it is "good to be smart," that being an individual with strong character is expected, and that learner readiness is important for future success. These habits will be explicitly taught in the classroom, will be graded on report cards, and will be practiced by students on an everyday basis. Student success will be celebrated by our community.

Over the next several weeks, and into the school year, staff will explore these various habits with our students. By the end of the year, our hope is that all community members (students, staff and families) understand and practice such habits on a consistent basis.

Students who consistently show the above habits by receiving an overall report card grade of 3.5 (our grading system will be explained in a future Flight Plan)or higher (Academic Scholar - 5th-8th grade only) will be recognized at the end of every grading period by: 1) being recognized at Whole School Community and 2) receiving a Certificate of Accomplishment.

Any student who has maintained an academic grade of 4.0 or an A average for JH during the school year (5th-8th only) will be recognized by having their name placed on a permanent plaque in the front hallway. Students in grades K-8th will also be recognized in the same way in they maintain a grade of 4.0 in the areas of being a Citizen Scholar or Learner Scholar. Names will remain on the plaque for the current year and new names will be added each year, thereafter.

The Academic standards align to the Common Core State Standards, which can be viewed by clicking on the following link http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/common/  The habits of a Citizen and Learner Scholar may be found on the Anser website within the next week.

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ORANGE Student registration forms for CBC session Having of Wonderful Ideas went home with students on Wednesday and are expected to be returned by Friday morning at 8:30 am when they will be collected by the CBC committee and lotteried that morning. Any forms not received by 8:30 am to the classroom teacher will be considered late and lotteried in a second round. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN FORMS TO HEATHER IN PERSON OR IN HER BOX, FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHER. Module coordinator recruitment forms were sent home in hard copy attached to the form as well. I have extended the date of the return of the module coordinator forms to Friday. If you did not see these forms at home, you can access them at the following link  

Or at www.ansercharterschool.org click on curriculum, then CBC, then forms on the left hand side of the page. Either way will get you to these forms.

Thanks,

Heather Banuelos

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Beginning Friday September 7th the Create Common Good Farm Truck will be stopping by Anser each Friday afternoon  at 2:50pm. They will have fresh produce from the farm and prepared items made with fresh ingredients from the farm. The truck will park on the playground so you can walk in and see what they have to offer. Create Common Good is Anser's new school lunch provider. With a five acre organic farm and a culinary arts training program for refugees Create Common Good uses food to change lives. And they are changing our student's lives by offering fresh, healthy, locally grown  ingredients for our student's meals. We hope you will support this great organization and pick up some great produce in the process.

NEW! Vellotti's Anser "Young Chess Masters" Program will be held after school on Mondays, starting Sept 10th!

These action-packed classes are for boys & girls who enjoy learning to play & mastering their chess skills in a hands-on, entertaining way! Activities include Weekly Chess Lessons, Multimedia Days, Pokemon Chess, Lego Chess, Super Mario Chess, Battle Chess, and much more.

 Students love to learn from Daniel J. Vellotti, a nationally renowned children's chess coach, and every student will receive a FREE Chess T-Shirt upon enrolling.

Upon completion of each session, students will advance to the next level of the Young Chess Masters System and earn a FREE sparkling new trophy! Our award-winning program is designed to run in consecutive sessions throughout the school year. First session of (5) classes will be held from 3:15pm to 4:00pm starting on Sept. 10th The tuition fee for these five classes is $55. More information at: SuccessInChess.com or 713-2486. We Make Chess Fun!

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Junior High

Fall Adventure Update

Chaperones Still Needed for Kelly & Fawn's crews

Monday - Wednesday (9/17-9/19)

Megan O'Neil

Shawn Nickel

Jill Wagers

Jennifer Clayton

Amy O'Brien

Jane Zink

Tammi Hileman

Sarah Stine

Kristine Beverage

Gregg Burington

Clay or Erica Fulfer

Duncan Filson

Sarah Englert

Darwin Sloop

Jim Pape

Wednesday -Friday (9/19-9/21)

Dave Wagers

Jodi Abel

Dan Schill

Jane Wittmeyer

Brian Marshall

Sally Boynton Brown

Patrick Flannery

Stacy Slattery

Tammy Franklin

Paul McFarlane

Treasurer Ron Crane leads College for Kids Night for

Idaho College Savings Month:

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   First practice - September 24

         Practices:   Monday -Thursday, 5-6:30, at local elementary school (probably Lowell) 

         Games:  October 8- November 15, 2 games/week, start time around 3:45

  at local elementary schools

         No practices on game days

         NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY for players

         Questions? Contact Jim Pape at 343-2259,  thepapes@jnpape.com 

         Coach(es) needed by Sept. 17 in order for the team to happen!

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To attend, each family much go onto the Coalition of Idaho Charter School family website and register at: www.idchartercoalition.org 

The US Department of Education has begun a contest for youth age 13-18 to submit their own original Public Service Announcement (PSA) video, 30 to 60 seconds in length, that showcase ways they are taking action against bullying and promoting a culture of kindness and respect in their communities. The contest seeks informative and entertaining videos that a send positive message to youth about the importance of being "more than a bystander" to bullying in their schools and communities. The deadline is October 14 and the top prize is $2,000.

 http://stopbullying.challenge.gov/

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Becky says we only have two Anser Crew signed up for the Anser Team.  Please join us!  There is a special school competition and Becky shared that if we get enough to sign up for the Anser Women's Fitness Celebration Team our school could win money to support our P.E. program!  Let's get out there and join Becky and win some money for Anser.   What a great opportunity for us to just have fun!   If I can do it so can you!  

Here is the link: