• Friday, September 14th: No School Goal Setting Conferences  
• September 13th - 14th: Goal Setting Conferences 
• September 17 - 21, 2012 Jr. High Adventure   
• Wednesday, September 19th : WSC- Belinda's Class
• Wednesday, September 26th: New Parent Orientation, 6:30pm @ Anser 
• Saturday, September 29th: New Parent Orientation, 10:00am @ Anser  
• Wednesday, September 26th: WSC- Sara G's. Class 
• Wednesday, October 3rd: WSC- Nicole's Class
• Saturday, October 20th: Harvest Festival
  
   

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If you have a child in the Foothills Learning Center Module or the Art and Science Exploration module we do not have module coordinators for these two modules. Please, if you are available to help, contact Heather Banuelos, CBC begins this coming Wednesday!

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If you have not received an email from your child's module coordinator, we may not have the correct email for you. The student lists, which include the module coordinators, are on the Anser website and are password protected. If you would like to see the complete module lists log on to www.ansercharterschool.org, click on curriculum, then CBC, then on the forms link on the right hand side of the page. This will give you access to the CBC forms as well as the module lists. If you have trouble logging in, please feel free to contact Abby McLean or Heather Dennis for your password.

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 At Back-To-School Night we kicked off the annual Fall Fund Drive. This year's goal is to raise $45,000 to help "Restore" Anser funding that has been cut due to State budget cuts. This money is critical to maintaining Anser's quality programs and is included in our annual budget. Your support is critical to our success. You will be receiving a letter in the next week including information about Anser funding and the Fall Fund Drive. We ask that you review those materials right away, and that you consider making a donation or a monthly pledge to the Fall Fund Drive. Each week we will list the names of those families who have donated in the Flight Plan and be sure to watch the "Anser Tree" on the Family Council bulletin board, where we will chart our progress toward our $45,000 goal. Along the way we will raffle off prizes, so be sure to donate early so your name will be entered in all of the raffles! Thank you to the following families for their donations: Alice Antonioli and Gregg Burrington, Dan Stout and Becky Marks-Stout, Rebecca Blackwell and Stuart Ford, Tom and Tamara Donovan, Julie and Bladimir Bu, Scott and Sarah Stine, Jasun and Angie Temple, Suzanne and Jerry Gregg, Mike and Heather Dennis.

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 We currently have an opening in Junior High. If you know any families with 7th or 8th grade students, be sure to let them know to put in a lottery application right away! Full enrollment is Anser's best tool for financial success, so we greatly appreciate you spreading the word about this opening to anyone you think might be interested.

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Harvest Festival hosted by Family Council
Saturday, October 20, 2012
3:00-6:00 PM
More Info to Follow!   

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 Anser has transitioned to Infinite Campus as our Student Information System. This transition has been a big undertaking and we are still working out the kinks that occur whenever you implement a new system. For those of you that already have older siblings in the Boise School District, you may notice that your Anser student's name also appears in your account, but no information is displayed. Anser will use Infinite Campus as an online grade book, that families can use to access the grades of their Junior High students, after the first quarter. We will also use Infinite Campus to print mailing labels. Please be aware that due to restrictions in the system it only allows us to address the labels to one parent per household. (Parents who live separately from each other will still each get a letter). Please don't take offense, it is merely a system limitation and our intent is that parents understand that all communication is meant for both parents. When we are ready to allow parents access to the Junior High grade book we will send out account information for your use.

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The Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities is currently working on an inclusive education initiative. As part of this work we are conducting statewide surveys of parents who have school-age children with and without disabilities. Parents may remain anonymous or provide their contact information to receive future information.

Thank you very much.

Please take a moment to complete a survey for parents of school-aged children regarding perceptions about students with disabilities.  We want to hear from as many parents as possible, not just parents of children with disabilities.

 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/icdd

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"New parent orientation is for the parents of all new Anser students. Please join us on one of two dates, Wednesday, Sept., 26 at 6:30 pm or on the following Saturday, Sept., 29 at 10:00 AM here at Anser. New parent orientation will be a time for you to learn about how Anser approaches educating your children. We will also spend some time talking about how Anser is different than other schools and take time to answer your questions. This is a parent only event. Many of the parents in attendance tonight attended a new parent orientation and found it informative. If you would like to attend please RSVP to Mike Denney at 571-6274

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  You should see a picture packet come home with your children this week. Picture rotations will start first thing in the morning so make sure your student is on-time. Completed picture order forms need to be turned in to your child's teacher no later then September 26th, the day of pictures! 

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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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Speech, Language and Hearing Screenings September 17 As part of the Boise School District procedures, all kindergarten, first grade and any new to district crew members are screened in the areas of speech, language and hearing. In addition, sixth grade crew members will have only their hearing screened. Amy Zuroff, MS, CCC-SLP, new Anser speech-language pathologist, will be completing this screening on September 17, 2012, along with the Boise School District audiologist, Dr. Elena M. Stamm, Au.D., CCC-A. Following the screening, I will contact parents IF there are concerns in any of these areas. I am looking for two volunteers to help transition crew members from their classrooms to the screening location. Please contact me if you are available to participate in this process. amy.zuroff@boiseschools.org Volunteer Time 1: 8:45-12:00, September 17 Volunteer Time 2: 12:30-3:00, September 17

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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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