News this Week
Test Alerts Sent Today
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 and sent two test alerts today. If you have not received them, please go through the registration process again. You are 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. To subscribe to these alerts, please click here.
Community Clean-Up - Save the Date
CMCA are The Vanguard School are partnering with St. Joseph Church, Calvary Baptist Church, and the Villas to do a Community Clean-Up Day on April 21st from 8:00 a.m. to noon. We are looking for lots of adult and high school aged volunteers to help with this effort to clean up our neighborhood and reach out to the local residents. Please plan to participate in this important event. More details will follow. Please RSVP after Spring Break at any office front desk or online so we know how many volunteers to plan for.
Musical DVDs on Sale
DVDs from Beauty and the Beast are ready to order! Please email Melissa Judge with your order. DVDs are $7 a piece, and will be available for pick up after Spring Break. A cash or check payment is due with your order, and checks should be payable to The Vanguard School. The cut-off date for ordering a DVD is May 1st, so please order early.
Summer Tennis Program
Please click here for more information on the summer tennis program that begins on May 28th.
Lunch Updates & Reminders
D-11 is now offering a new complete meal item. This item is a 16 oz. yogurt &fruit blended smoothie which includes all the required components to be a complete meal choice. Students are still expected to select items from the salad bar. Also new is an 8.3 oz. sparkling fruit drink called Switch, which is priced at $1.25. This item replaces the 6 oz. frozen Juice Alive. Remember, students are permitted to charge up to only two meals. The lunch computer will not permit a meal transaction if the charge balance exceeds $12.00. Students are notified daily of their balances when coming through the lunch line. Checks are to be made payable to The Vanguard School.
Original Artworks
For all those families who are interested in participating in the Original Artworks fundraiser (originalworks.com), please pick up a packet from each school's front desk. Art classes from K-4 were able to complete these in class, but many students did not complete them in school. This "do-it-yourself" packet will contain everything needed to complete and order an artwork project for your student. Deadline for turning the packets back in (in time to receive the projects by Mother's Day!) is April 3. Turn them in to the front desks and the PTO will pick them up. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the PTO, or Alea Simmons, our Original Artworks coordinator, at 719-306-7047. Thank you!
Lend a Hand
We currently have raised over $22,000 with the support of 90 families and our K-12 students. We will receive an $8,000 donation when we reach $24,000. Let's get there by the time we return from Spring Break! 
Buy SCRIP!
There will be two SCRIP orders for April. Orders will be due on April 3 and 13! Proceeds will support the 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony.
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. Please click here for more information.
