If you would like to become a crossing guard on either campus, please contact Pat Agee by phone 471-1999 x266 or by email. This is a paid position. The City of Colorado Springs requires all volunteers to take a training class.
The Music Man Selected for the High School Musical
Students who wish to audition need to prepare a one minute monologue and one minute of a song to sing. Both should be memorized. Auditions will begin for all 9-12th graders on Tuesday, August 28th. Rehearsals will begin the week of Tuesday, September 4th, and the musical performance will run November 16, 17, and 18th. Please contact Melissa Judge for more information.
8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony Meeting
The first meeting to discuss this year's 8th grade Moving Up Ceremony will be next Tuesday, August 28th, immediately following Back-to-School Night. The meeting will be held in the Cafetorium and will conclude around 8:30pm. The purpose of this meeting is to gather all the 8th grade parents together, review the ceremony dress code and graduation requirements, and present the various committees that will need to be chaired and operated by groups of parents. Click here to read the complete letter from Mrs. Stickel.
Yuri Maltsev PresentationYuri Maltsev will be presenting "A Soviet Defector's Perspective on the Obama Administration" at The Vanguard School on
August 29th. The meet and greet begins at 6:30PM, and the lecture begins at 7:00PM. A $10 donation is suggested.
Click here for more information about this event.
SAT Review Class
In an effort to best prepare our students for their college admission tests, The Vanguard School is again offering the PSAT/SAT review class which will start September 11 and continue through October 11. This year the review is open to 10th-12th graders and will begin at 2:30 (activity period) and extend until 3:15 on Tuesday and Thursdays. The cost of the class is $35, and includes a review in both English and Math. Please click here for more information about this class and to print out the registration form. You can also email Jill Custer, College Counselor, to register.
Requesting Student Schedule Changes
Schedule changes can be made up through Wednesday, September 5th.
- To make a change to a Junior High schedule, please contact Mrs. Gard in the Junior High front office via email or phone (471-1999 x255), or come by in person.
- To make a change to a High School schedule, students may receive a pass from a teacher during Study Hall or Activity Period to visit Mrs. Eads in the High School front office. Parents may also email, call (471-1999 x200), or visit Mrs. Eads to request any schedule changes.
Substitute Training Workshops
K-6 Substitute Training will he held on Friday, September 14th, from 12-4PM in the Special Education Room (Wahsatch Campus). Sign up at any building's front office by September 12, 2012.
7-12 Substitute Training will be held on Friday, September 21st, from 1:30-3:30PM in Rm 103 of The Vanguard School. Please bring a completed non-teaching/substitute application to the training. Sign up at any building's front office.
CMCA Family Needing Support
On Monday, August 13, fourth-grade CMCA student Anthony Studebaker's father, Michael Studebaker, passed away suddenly. The Studebaker Family is in need of prayers and assistance, including help with an impending move, meals, and financial support. (The family is in the process of closing a home sale and was counting on a dual income to make ends meet.) In response to the family's needs, the Michael Studebaker Memorial Fund has been established at Wells Fargo Bank. Please consider providing financial support if you are able by donating to the fund at any Wells Fargo branch. People wishing to provide meals for the family or help with other family needs may contact Sheri Heath at 719-527-1069 or Kisha Bishop at 719-337-7436.
A memorial service for Mike Studebaker will be held Saturday, September 1, at 3:00 PM at the New Apostolic Church off Bradley Road.
Join us for our 2nd Annual 5k, 2k, and 800m fun run/walk on