• Thursday, October 4th-Monday, October 8th- NO SCHOOL-Staff Development
• Wednesday, October 10th: WSC- Fawn's Class   
• Wednesday, October 17th: WSC- Alyssa Munch-Red Ribbon Week  
• Saturday, October 20th: Harvest Festival   3:00-6:30
• Wednesday, October 24th: WSC- Jennifer's Class   
• Wednesday, October 31st: WSC- Anne's Class  
• Friday, November 2nd: No School Staff Development  
• Thursday, November 15th: Math Night for Parents @ 6:30pm 

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Anser is doing a conversion over this long weekend to the cloud, although this process is mostly behind the scenes we will be experiencing some "technical difficulties" during this conversion.

If you have sent out an e-mail to any staff  Thursday, October 4th -Monday, October 8th it may or may not have been received. If you have not gotten a response from an Anser staff member by Wednesday, October 10th please resend your e-mails or contact us directly.  

Due to this conversion we will not have a Fall Fund Drive update but don't despair it will be ready for our next Flight Plan on October 11th.

Thanks for your understanding during our conversion to a safer and more secure operating system. 

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Did you know that a library is supposed to have 25 books available PER child and that is just to keep the library sustainable? While our library has some books, we don't have near that many. So in an effort to help increase the library we are asking for donations of gently used, good quality children's books. Maybe your children have moved on from picture books to chapter books or from chapter books into graphic novels. We would love those books your children are no longer interested in reading. There is a box on top of the book drop downstairs for donated books. Please place any books you are willing to part with in this box. These can only be children's books suitable for k-8th grades. Also, please also make sure they are in good shape with no torn pages or seams. If you have any questions contact Bekkie Ritchie @ bekkier@msn.com.

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Parents are in for a treat the evening of November 15 beginning at 6:30.  Dr. Jonathan Brendefer, a Boise State University professor, who started the Developing Mathematical Thinking (DMT)  project will be our guest speaker.  The DMT Project was started in 2004. The project orginally partnered with three schools in the Boise, Caldwell, and Emmett communities of southwestern Idaho and is now an excepted way of teaching mathematics in the state of Idaho.  In fact, every teacher who becomes certified in Idaho must take the class for certification.  Dr. Brendefer worked with Anser teachers in 2003-2004 as well, when he had two daughters attending the school.   Dr. Brendefer has conducted research in the area of mathematics for many years and has seen proven results in the improvement in students' mathematical thinking and schools' test scores.  Parents will have an opportunity to listen to Dr. Brendefer, ask questions, then go into their child's classroom to learn about Anser's math program and to experience some of the ways in which we "do math" at Anser.  Plan early...this is something you do not want to miss!

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 Come one, come all to the Harvest Festival 2012  

Volunteer sign-ups will be posted on the Family Council bulletin board in the main hall. 

A suggested donation of $5 per family includes:

Face Painting, Candied Apples, Games, Music and Activities! 

Performances by Boise Rock School 

Winner of Pie Bake-Off will receive a $25 gift certificate to The Nature Company as well as a fabulous Blue Ribbon!

For an additional cost:

Pumpkins for Purchase  
Food Trucks:  RiceWorks, St. Lawrence Gridiron and one other TBD! A portion of total food sales will be donated to Anser.
Funds collected will cover festival costs with any remaining funds going to Anser's general fund.

Costumes welcome!!  

(Please keep them appropriate for our younger guests/no weapons.)      

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If your child is in the Science and Art Exploration CBC, we need a parent who is willing to co-coordinate with a new Anser parent who has been coordinating over the past two weeks. She has done an amazing job, but I feel an extra parent in there to show her the ropes would be appreciated. If you are interested, please contact Heather Banuelos

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 Junior High students who are interested in creating and running a "carnival booth" for the YMCA's annual Halloween Carnival on October 26th from 5-8 pm please contact Heather Banuelos. This will require designing, submitting a plan and working to execute this on the final night. Several service hours are possible. We will need a parent who is willing to chaperone the students as well.

Fresh off the McCall Adventure/Ropes Course, here is another opportunity to bond with your fellow classmates and have fun.

Practice begins Tuesday October 9th at 3:30 in the Anser Gym.

Practices will be Monday - Thursday 3:30-5:00.

Games (1-2 per week) will be after school at local junior high schools.

Games begin October 30th and we will need parent drivers to transport the players.

Season will go until November 30th.

Cost is $25.

NO PREVIOUS BASKETBALL EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED!

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

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