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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:
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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| Thank you to our Sponsors! |
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Upcoming Events & Save the Dates
3/12-3/15: Penny Wars (details below)
3/13-3/15: TCAP Reading/Writing Assessments
3/15: Kindergarten Info Night (6pm, K building)
3/16: Quarter 3 Ends
3/16-3/18 Vanguard's Beauty & the Beast Musical
For more details about these and other events, please access our website calendar! |
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New this Week
Sign up for CMCA/Vanguard text alerts
We have added a text messaging option to our list of ways to communicate with our families should there be any weather delays or emergencies. You are now able to self-register and manage up to three email addresses and/or cell phone text message addresses and receive emergency information just minutes after we post it. These alerts come directly from the FlashAlert service, so you need to specifically subscribe to FlashAlert and create an account to receive these alerts. To subscribe to these alerts, please click here. We will plan on sending send out a test alert on Thursday, March 22nd so families can confirm that they have successfully signed up for this service.
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! We currently have raised over $14,000 from the support of 70 families. 
Penny Wars Start Soon
It's time for the students to "Lend a Hand" by participating in Penny Wars! Collect your pennies and other change to help your grade win the Penny War. Grades 5-8 will be competing against one another, and grades 9-12 will be competing against one another. Pennies will add to your grade total while everything else subtracts from your total. You can build up your grade collection with pennies, and use other coins and dollars to sabotage your opponents! Bring in your change the week of March 12-15. The winning grades for the 5-8 and 9-12 competitions will be announced on March 16th at assembly. All proceeds will be donated to the Lend a Hand campaign on behalf of our students.
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. 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 |
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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!
 We welcome feedback and suggestions for improving our weekly email blasts! Please direct all feedback to cmca@cmca12.com. |
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Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy
1832 S. Wahsatch Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80905
(719) 471-1999
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