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Baccalaureate & Graduation Date Changes:
-Baccalaureate: Friday, May 25, 2012
-Graduation: Saturday, May 26, 2012 ___________________________ Day of Excellence (NO SCHOOL): Friday, March 23rd
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TCAP Test Schedule:
Feb 28-29: Grade 3 Reading
Mar 13-15: Grades 4-10 Reading/Writing
Mar 20-22: Grades 3-10 Math and Grades 5, 8, 10 Science |
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Birthday Announcements
You can help celebrate your child's birthday by putting their name on the CMCA marquee for a $5.00 fee. Please stop by the elementary front desk to sign up!
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Upcoming Events & Save the Dates
2/14: PTO Meeting
2/15: Progress Reports
2/17-2/20: President's Day Break (NO SCHOOL)
2/24: Free Boys Lacrosse Clinic (see details below)
For more details about these and other events, please access our website calendar!
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New this Week
Lend a Hand
For the third year in a row, the state has cut its funding to CMCA. We continue to work hard to ensure that our quality programs are not affected by these cuts, but we need your help. Please donate today to help ensure that CMCA continues to provide a high quality education program for your children and for the future. Our goal is for families to donate $100 for each child attending CMCA or The Vanguard School. Donations of any amount are appreciated! Bring cash or a check to any building's front office or donate online! 
Best of the Springs 2012
Last year, Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy earned Best of the Springs 2011. Let's work together to earn Best of the Springs 2012! Click here to vote!
- Expand "Family Life"
- Find "Schools in Colorado Springs"
- Add Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy regardless of which level your child attends.
Free Lacrosse Clinic
The Colorado Springs Sharpshooters Lacrosse Club will be holding a FREE lacrosse clinic for all BOYS, 5th grade thru 8th grade at The Vanguard School gym from 1:30-3:00. The Sharpshooters Club staff will provide all equipment. No registration necessary, just come to the gym on 2/24.
Freedom's Worth Fighting For Peak Freedom Forum, working in conjunction with Liberty on the Rocks, the Pikes Peaks Economics Club and Americans for Prosperity-Colorado, will be hosting a three-part evening lecture series in February featuring renowned historian and Constitutional scholar, Dr. Tom Krannawitter, titled "Freedoms Worth Fighting For: A short course in the founding fundamentals." Click here for more information.
Again this year we will have Carrabba's cater a fantastic buffet dinner. Join us on Thursday March 1, 2012 from 6:00 pm - 8:30pm in the Vanguard Cafetorium. Pre-paid reservations can be made at any of the front offices. We must have a final count and all payments no later than Feb 28, 2012. Prices are $12.00 for the 14 and over crowd, $8.00 for 6 -13 year olds, and the little ones 5 and under are free. In addition to great food, we will have scrumptious desserts to auction off. Our 8th grade class will benefit greatly in their "moving-up" festivities by all of your support. You have to eat dinner anyway so make it a family treat, bring the grandparents too!
Buy SCRIP!
The PTO has generously agreed to put all profits earned from the Scrip Program (Gift Cards) towards staff salaries starting May 1st!
- Through the Scrip Program, families and staff members can purchase gift cards from hundreds of stores and a percentage of every card goes towards these PTO profits.
- The PTO will place an order the first Friday of each month. The next order due date for scrip is March 9th. Gift cards are available within a week of purchase.
- It's easy to purchase gift cards for your normal monthly expenditures (Wal-mart, Shell, Target, Chipotle) as part of a routine. You are encouraged to use scrip for all your everyday purchases, such as gas, food, and clothing, in addition to gift giving. Every card adds up to profit and benefits our school.
- All Gift Cards are full value, meaning $25 used to purchase a gift card is worth $25 in the store.
- For more information on the Scrip Program and details of 3 easy ways to order, please click here.
CMCA Board Election Information
Elections will be held for three Board positions currently held by Vicki Card, Carole Tripoli, and George Williams during the first week of May. Those who wish to run for the Board will need to submit a letter of intent to the Board prior to the April 4th Board meeting in order to allow time to verify eligibility of all candidates.
Qualifications to run for these three open Board seats are:
- two of the seats must be filled by current parents
- one of the seats must be a D-12 resident, who may or may not be a parent
- a parent is defined as someone with 50% of their eligible children attending CMCA
- candidate must have attended at least three Board meetings in this school year
Dates of upcoming Board meetings: March 7, 2012, April 4, 2012
Coaches Needed
- A Jr. High Track Coach and Asst. Coach are needed for this spring. Season runs from March 1-May 5. These are paid positions. Practices are generally 3 times a week after school with 5-6 meets during the season. All meets are on weekdays except the last one on May 5. If interested, please contact Dina Fuqua, Athletic Director, at 719-471-1999 Ext. 241.
- A Jr. High Girls Soccer Coach is needed for this spring. This is a paid position. The season runs from March 1-May 5. Practices are generally 4 days a week with games during the week. If interested, contact Dina Fuqua.
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Support CMCA!
Buy a CMCA Blanket or Bear!
What better way to stay warm than to wrap up in a CMCA or Vanguard fleece blanket and cuddle up with a CMCA teddy bear or Vanguard courser! Please see Robin Nickel at the K-4 front office to purchase!
Click here to access our Support CMCA page for a full list of all the ways you can help! |
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Volunteer
Tutors Requested If you are able to assist with Friday Study Hall tutoring, we would appreciate the help. Please contact the high school front office at 471-1999 X200, if you are interested.
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Stay Connected with CMCA!
CMCA is online! Stay connected with CMCA:
- Vanguard Voice: our K-12 monthly newsletter
- K-6 Weekly Newsletters: K-6 weekly class newsletters
- PTO News: PTO updates and events
- Infinite Campus Portal: check attendance and grades
- Follow CMCA on Facebook
- Follow The Vanguard School on Facebook
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We Want to Hear from You!
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Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy
1832 S. Wahsatch Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80905
(719) 471-1999
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