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The Howl for the Week of November 17, 2011 |
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A Wonderful Week
at TPCA
Dear TPCA Families: |
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In This Issue
- Unpaid student fee
- TPCA Giving Tree
- Lost and Found
- TPCA Food For The Holidays
- Box Tops
- Hearing and Vision Testing
- Reading challenge
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Service Learning Providers at
Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School
Service learning hours are a requirement at TPHS and is organized at the class and or grade level. These hours required are meant to address real community needs and for students to support these needs by having students giving their time in order to meet the mission of these non-profit/service learning organizations. TPHS will provide a designated day for students at the various grade levels to earn service hours to satisfy part of the requirement. As was the case this past October 13, where high school students cleaned the St.Vrain Valley Greenbelt areas. Students are to have a minimum of 100 service hours in order for them to graduate from high school at Twin Peaks. Pro-rated hours will apply for those students who are transfer students to TPHS.
Also, from time to time service learning providers will be invited into TPCA during Access Period, in order to present opportunities to students and parents to accumulate needed service learning hours. Organizations invited to present service learning opportunities to Twin Peaks high school students must have a similar or uniform mission in their own purpose and/or function as related to the Twin Peaks Charter Academy mission statement.
At times, some of these service learning organizations may be a "faith based" organization and can be viewed as a pathway to accumulate needed service learning hours for high school students. As "faith or religions" are a shaping force in the story of ancient civilizations, our countries history as well as other countries current history, the goal and purpose during a service learning presentation for high school students during Access Period, is not to explore matters of theology but only present an opportunity for acquiring hours needed. The goal is to familiarize, not proselytize, to be descriptive, not prescriptive in sharing this service learning opportunity with high school students. People of different faiths believe different things to be true and the best people to guide high school students in this conversation should be you, the parents or someone within your home. If you as parent know of any service learning organizations that may need high school students to volunteer their time in support of their mission or who could present their needs to students during a scheduled Access Period, please contact Marge Larsen, High School Secretary at Twin Peaks Charter Academy. 303-772-7286 Ext: 56906.
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| The curriculum committee received a request by a parent to conduct a review of The Book Thief which was approved by the Board of Directors last year to be included in the 8th grade English course. The curriculum committee, after hearing and discussing the parent's concerns, the review process completed last year, and the premise of the book, voted 10 to 1 not to conduct another review of the book this year. There is a 10 day waiting period for members of the TPCA community to submit opposition to the curriculum committee's decision. Opposition to the curriculum committee's decision can be submitted to Danielle Feeney, Assistant Principal until November 20. | | |
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UNPAID STUDENT FEES PAST DUE
If your family has not paid for Student Fees yet, please be aware that they are outstanding at this time. As a reminder, this year the $100 student fee applies to all students.
Student fees for Free Lunch qualified are reduced to $50.00 (50% discount) and Reduced Lunch qualified are $75.00 (25% discount).
Fees must be paid by 11/18/2011 to avoid Parent Portal access being disabled and student Progress Reports/Report Cards being withheld.
Please contact Michele Mansanares in the Business Office to schedule payments. Thank you. | | |
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TPCA Food For The Holidays
Organized by the
TPCA PTO
To see how you can help please click on
TPCA Food For The Holidays | | |
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TPCA GIVING TREE | |
Organized by the
TPCA PTO | |
More about the GIVING TREE, please click on
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Attention 7th Grade Students
If you are interested in doing a Science Fair Project this year, please meet briefly with Ms. Ho after school on Thursday (11/17/11) in Room 202.
Attendance at this meeting does not commit you to the Science Fair. | | | |
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CHRISTMAS PARENT NIGHT OUT !!!
Don't stress out we; are here to help; we are the Elves of the holidays.
Your kids will have a blast while you shop for two days. December 2 and 9 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. We will have movies, games, and lots of fun!
$6 per hour and $5 per hour for siblings.
Contact Ivone Bagley to get on the list, 303-776-9910 | | |
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Information for parents of currently enrolled students
For more informations please click on
Re-enrollment | | |
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YEARBOOKS
2011-2012
Early yearbook orders
Soft cover $20
Hard cover $24
Accepted until
November 18.
After this date
Soft cover $25
Hard cover $30
Please make your yearbook checks payable to TPCA.
Get those order forms turned in to your student`s first hour teacher! | | |
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MEETINGS
Thursday, November 17
7:00 p.m. West Campus Media Center
Board of Directors Meeting | | |
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SCHOOL EVENTS
11/17 Odyssey of the Mind K-1
5:30 pm - 6:30 p.m.
11/18 Thanksgiving Feast
(K-PM)
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
11/18 Thanksgiving Feast
(1st grade, Mrs. Bohannon)
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
11/18 Dress of Choice Day
11/ 21 - 11/25 Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL | | |
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For more informations about upcoming events, calendars please refer to our website:
www.twinpeakscharter.org | | |
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CAREER FAIR
Are you interested in helping out with the annual Twin Peaks Career Fair? Last year our inaugural Fair was a success, and we anticipate it getting better, especially with the addition of our high school! To help begin organizing this event for the spring, contact
Lori West at west_lori@svvsd.org. | | |
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Disclaimer
Each week, we strive to give you the best and most informative Howl and Volunteer Newsletter.
Articles are submitted to us from teachers, staff, parent volunteers and area businesses or agencies.
At times there may be incorrect grammar or misspellings.
Please forgive us.
We work toward communicating various types of information
in a timely manner. | |
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LOST AND FOUND | |
Please remind your student to check the lost and found area. All remaining items will be discarded at the end of the day Friday, November 18.
Lost and Found is located beneath the Dress Code display in the front lobby. |
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HEARING AND VISION TESTING
Hearing and Vision testing will take place on December 5 and 9 this year.
We follow the district standard which is to test students in K-3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th grades.
If you do not want your child tested for either hearing or vision, please call the
Health Clerk, Kathy Coombe, at 303-772-7286, extension 57012, or email at coombe_kathrine@svvsd.org
Thank you! | | | |
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PENNIES FOR PATIENTS
Pennies for Patients will be collected until December 14. At that time the Middle School Student Leadership and the Sixth Grade Homeroom Representatives will begin the counting process!
We are excited to see how much money TPCA and TPCHS can raise for leukemia patients in the Rocky Mountain region. Keep those pennies coming! | |
For more info please contact Lori West at west_lori@svvsd.org or 303.772.7286 ext. 57065
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READING CHALLENGE
TPCA will be having a reading challenge again this year! Because students easily read 600,000 minutes last year, this year the challenge has been increased
to the 1,000,000 Minutes Reading Challenge
Students grades K-6 will participate in the reading challenge. The reading challenge will officially run December 1 to February 24.
Our cost is estimated at $350 - $500 for student incentives, materials, and prizes per classroom. We are seeking to partner with local businesses in support of the 1,000,000 Minutes Reading Challenge.
Sponsor recognitions would consist of the following:
- Thank You article in the Howl for 3 weeks (our parent weekly newsletter)
- Banner in the school with the business name as a sponsor
- Personal letter
- Plaque to hang in the business
- Board recognition
- Public recognition on our TPCA marquis over a weekend
- Photo to send to local media
- Invitation to come in and read to one of the winning classes.
If you are a business owner, or work for a business that has funds available for donations, please consider sponsoring the 1,000,000 Minutes Reading Challenge.
For more information, contact Beverly Weinberg at ext. 57075, or email
Weinberg_Beverly @svvsd.org. |
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BOX TOPS
Look for Box Tops on products you already buy. Be sure to register at www.boxtops4education.com and track our progress.
Ford and Box Tops for Education have an exciting new program. For more information go to www.forddrivesboxtops.com.
**Congratulations to Ms. OReilly`s and Ms. Barr's classes. They are the Box Tops classroom winners of a popcorn party. Thank you to everyone that sent in Their Box Tops, they helped us earn $1,100.00 from Box Tops.**
If you have any questions, contact our volunteer Box Tops Coordinator Marni Cherniss at
(303) 485-0146 or marnierin@msn.com. | | |
KING SOOPERS RELOADABLE GIFT CARDS
Thank you to all the families who have purchased the cards and have been using them. In October, we had over $10,000 in reloads - that's AWESOME! Cards will be available for purchase, in the WEST CAMPUS FRONT LOBBY on Thursday November 17, 2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. $5 per card, each card has a $5 balance - we earn a 5% rebate for every dollar you load and reload on the cards. You can use your credit card to load funds, and you do use your Sooper Card at the register, earning your fuel points! HOLIDAY SHOPPING TIP: If you're planning to purchase a lot of Gift Cards this year, buy them at King Soopers! Load money on your TPCA King Soopers Gift Card, and then use that card to pay for your other Gift Cards! | |
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Contact Information:
Administration:
BJ Buchmann, Principal emailDanielle Feeney, Asst. Principal emailMic Finn, Dean of Students email
Board of Directors:
Robert DuBois, President Wendy Allen, Vice President
Nikki Stevenson, Secretary Don Young, Treasurer
Mark Newson, Member Kathy DeMatteo, Member
Jim Schauer, Member |
Our Mission:
Twin Peaks Charter Academy provides students with the foundations of virtue and character, building cultural literacy through a rigorous, content-rich curriculum in an encouraging environment.
Our Legacy: "Academic Excellence" |
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