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Thank You William G. McGowan Fund!
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ASA Literacy Coordinator, Elissa Knight, leads a teacher workshop
on the Five Pillars of Reading and how to administer the Basic Reading Inventory (BRI). The August workshop helped kick off ASA Reads, the school's literacy initative, which aims to help improve reading skills for the school's struggling readers. |
ASA would like to thank the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund for awarding the school a $25,000 grant in support of ASA Reads, the school's literacy initiative. The program targets struggling readers and helps them improve their reading skills through targeted, innovative instruction. Funding assistance from McGowan will help the Academy assemble a library, use reliable test diagnostics to accurately assess students' reading skills, and provide research-based instruction to students to help boost their fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. The school hopes to increase participant reading skills by two grade levels by the end of the school year. For more information on the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, visit www.mcgowanfund.org. |
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ASA's Alumni Event Proves Successful
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Above (left to right) from the class of 1992: Kimberly Blandin, Deborah Jackson-Lewis, and India Graves. Bottom left, from left: Ebony Clark (Harris), ASA 1994, Chereka Hubbard (Thompson), ASA 1995, Minnie Brandon, Extra Learning On-Line Instructor, and Tamala Rance-Hubbard, ASA 1994. Bottom right, from left: Tekila Newell, ASA 2003, Robert Williams, ASA 2002, and Shenee Johnson, ASA 2004. |
This summer's ASA Alumni Event was a big hit. The July 20th event drew more than 50 attendees. The ASA graduates toured the school, made video testimonials, played ASA history and trivia games, and a lucky few walked away with raffle prizes. Alumni also donated generously toward the new ASA Reading Library. The school hopes to host an alumni event annually.
 
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Thanks DFSS For Supporting Our Garden
Two ASA students made a big impact on the environment and the community this summer, thanks to the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS). The agency awarded ASA a 2011 summer mini-grant, enabling the Academy to hire two students to work in the school's community garden for six weeks. Under the direction of ASA Teacher and Custodian, Antonino Lupo and Andre Gardner, the students, Aaron Linton and Sedria Smith, cleaned the garden and watered and harvested the plants and herbs. They also provided two workshops on healthy eating and positive nutrition to elementary students in Austin. ASA would like to thank Ruth Kimble of the Austin Childcare Providers Network and Principal Jacqueline Faye Hearns of Helen M. Hefferan Elementary School for allowing our students to present at their locations. This is the second year ASA was awarded a DFSS Summer Mini-Grant.
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Classes for the 2011-2012 school year are now in session, but there's still time to register. If you or someone you know has yet to enroll in high school, call the ASA Registrar at 773-921-1315. Registration ends in mid-September and space is filling up fast. Call today! |
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At ASA, increased access to technology is more than an idea, it's a reality. With the purchase of a mobile laptop cart in August, this year, students have access to more computers than ever before. The new cart holds 30 laptops and can be moved from room to room, enabling teachers to transform their traditional classes to wireless classes with ease. This is ASA's second wireless computer cart. The first, which holds 25 laptops, was purchased in 2007. Including the 30 computers in the first-floor computer lab, ASA students now have access to more than 80 computers school-wide. |
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Save the date! On Saturday, November 5th the school will be hosting The 2011 ASA Academy Awards. The fundraiser at The Lexington House in Hickory Hills kicks off at 6 pm and features raffle prizes, dinner, a silent auction, an awards ceremony, and dancing. Tickets are $65. To purchase a ticket, place an ad in our program book, or donate a silent auction item, please e-mail ASA Development Director, Sabine Champagne or call her at 773-921-1315. You don't want to miss it! |
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ASA Mission
To accept students where they are academically, socially, and emotionally by educating, supporting, celebrating and empowering students to achieve a higher quality of life.
ASA Vision
To cultivate compassionate, self-sustaining, globally-minded, critical thinkers who can compete and succeed in the world economy.
ASA Core Values
Integrity
Discipline
Compassion |
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