• Thursday, December 6th 1/2 of school K-6 only/ Academic Goal Setting
• Friday, December 7th No school K-6 only/ Academic Goal Setting  
• Wednesday, December 12th: WSC- Sarah W. Class 
• Wednesday, December 19th:WSC Kelly M. Class  
• Friday, December 21st  - January 4th -No School Winter Break!   
• Wednesday, January 9th: WSC-The First Talent Wednesday 

Early Release for Elementary Students is at 1:30 Today!    

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Fall Fund Drive: Restore Anser!

We have jumped over the $42,500 and are so close to our $45,000 goal! If you haven't donated, now is the time to help us insure we meet our goal. Do you have a kindergarten student who has made a bird foot out of clay? Do you have an EC student who enjoyed their adventure trip? Do you have an MC student who is enjoying reflecting in their journal on river walks? Maybe you have a UC student who is reading a great Lit Circle book or a JH student who enjoyed their recent dissection activity. All of those activities are made possible by your donation to the Fall Fund Drive which provides the funds for the learning opportunities you value at Anser. Please give now to insure all of these activities are available to your child an all of Anser's students in the future.

Thank you to the following families for their donations to the Fall Fund Drive: Fran Allans and Doug Roloff, Kris and Joe Samer, Robert and Eileen Spanbauer, Stephanie Bonney and Chris Duncan, Gene Cathcart, Ted and Giselle Isbell, Margaret Mulhern and Greg Martinez, and Jen and Ryan Zelinsky.

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The crossing guards are working extra hard to teach our students about street safety. Help us teach your children how to be safe by observing the following rules and discussing them with your children:

1. 1.       When the cross guard is helping you cross on the street, wait on the curb until she is in the middle of the road, and has given you the hand signal to proceed.
2. 2.       Walking onto the playground from sidewalk? Please don't walk across the pick up line. Walk to the South exit of the pick up line, wait for the crossing guard to guide you across the exit and walk behind the red curbing to enter the playground.

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All JH students interested in participating in Anser ski team need to attend the informational meeting on Tuesday December 11th at 12:15pm in Allyson's room. The forms and calendars will be distributed and must be returned no later than December 13th to the front office. You can find additional copies of the forms on the Anser website on the "Forms" page.

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Even though Talent Wednesday is over a month away (January 9; it is time for students to be thinking about their talents in order to have time to practice and perfect their performances.  The school will be sending sign-up information out in the next several weeks through Sign-up Genius, the same sign up system that is being used for Student-Led Conferences.  This is a new way to sign up for Talent Wednesday that we will pilot this first Talent Wednesday.  You and your child/ren should be thinking of the kind of performance he/she would like to do so that when the sign-up information comes out, he/she will be ready to inform us of the talent they will be performing.  We look forward to an entertaining and spectacular first Talent Wednesday of the New Year!

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CBC Scrapbooking day coming up on December 12th! 

We need 18 parents who are available and willing to help with scrapbooking on December 12th from 1-3:15.  If you have done scrapbooking before, we would love to have you again and if you have never done it, come join the fun! Childcare is available for younger siblings at Anser during this time. Please indicate that you will be taking advantage of this when you're signing up.  

Please sign up on the signupgenius ASAP if you can help out on the 12th!  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B45AEAB2AA20-cbcscrapbooking 

Thanks - Heather hbanuelos@ansercharterschool.org 

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It's sign-up time for the Mountain Sports elective. Students are encouraged to participate since

mountain sports are such great "fitness for life" activities.

Because of the large percentage of students who are expected to participate, we ask

snowboarders and skiers to register ahead of the other elective programs so that planning can

be facilitated for students choosing not to participate in mountain sports. The other elective

options will be provided in January.

WHAT IT IS:

The program will cover five weeks for both JH and CBC in Feb and March. Parents need to take

note that Bogus-bound students will not be back at school for afternoon pick-up until ~5:00 pm

on Wednesdays and Thursdays during this CBC/elective.

Ski and snowboard program fees are detailed on the "Life Sports" registration page. The

program costs cover bus transportation between ANSER and Bogus Basin, lessons from Bogus

Basin instructors, lift tickets, and equipment rental (optional). Students can select between

downhill (alpine) skiing, snowboarding, or cross-country (nordic) skiing.

CHAPERONES:

Parent chaperones are needed!!!! No special skiing ability required, but free lift tickets, free

rental equipment, and ~90 minutes of blissful skiing or lodge solitude are available for a few

adults who can ride the bus and help the students before and after class (time commitment

is from noon to 5 pm on Elective days). Sign up on the last page.

Registration forms are due Monday, December 17th with fee checks attached. Registration

fees for siblings can be combined in one check, but please fill out a separate form for each

student. Payment in installments is available, but a $45 down payment is required with each

registration form. If your child's rental status may change after Dec. 25th (wink, wink) go ahead

and sign them up for the rental now so we have all the info required. You can easily change to

non-renting after the holidays with an email to Heather or Sarah.

Questions? Contact Heather Banuelos (426-9840)

or Sarah Stine (336-8816 or

 the_stines@hotmail.com)

The Rose Beal Legacy Garden is a project that is near and dear to the JH. Both the Human Rights Center and Rose have played a huge role in our expeditions and our education as human beings over the years.

During WWII, the only piece of nature Ann Frank could see out of her attic window during the Holocaust was a chestnut tree. That chestnut tree was sadly infected and had to be cut down a few years ago, but luckily they were able to save 100 seeds. From those seeds they grew saplings, and six of those have been sent to the U.S. One is going to be planted in the Ann Frank Memorial in the new Rose Beal Garden. All schools in Boise who raise $300 or more get their name carved into one of the new bricks being installed around the Garden.

Anser Charter School is taking part in this fundraiser and everyone who donates a dollar gets their name put on a paper brick. Our goal is to cover the gym wall with hundreds of brick! Our bricks will be for sale, $1 for per brick, in the gym during lunch and outside after school for the next two weeks.

We have gone around to each class to give an in depth description of what we are trying to accomplish. Please help us by buying a brick or two or five to keep the memory of Ann Frank alive and to honor a woman who has given us so much, Rose Beal.

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If you carpool, please send your name and the name of the family you carpool with to Angie at atemple@ansercharterschool.org by Tuesday December 18th to be entered into the drawing for the designated school pool parking space. The drawing will happen at Whole School Community on Wednesday December 19th . Thank you to the many families who car pool to Anser for easing congestion and reducing pollution around the school!

Anser is on Social Good Network,  a portal to all of your favorite online shopping merchants like Amazon, The Gap, The Body Shop, iTunes and more! When you use Social Good Network to travel to your favorite sites to shop, Anser will receive a percentage of your purchase! There are no additional costs or steps for you!  So go to http://www.socialgoodnetwork.com and in less than two minutes you can create an account. Then, find the Anser Project, ( link below) select it as your favorite and start your shopping! That's it! AND if you have out of town relatives that you think would like to support Anser, you can send them the link to our project where they can also select it as a favorite or give a donation directly to the school! Want to take one more easy step to help Anser? Share the link to our project on your Facebook page to help us get the word out!

Link to Anser project on Social good network:

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Friday, December 7th from 7:00pm - 9:45pm. Admission is $5.00 and student ID is required. If your student plans to attend please RSVP to Piers Lamb at plamb@Foothillsschool.org.

The annual ANSER Book Fair will be held in the gym Tuesday, December 4 through Friday, December 7. Tuesday is a preview day only, and shopping will officially begin Wednesday. See the ANSER Book Fair homepage for shopping hours.

Though our in-school Book Fair begins on Tuesday, December 4, you can begin your book shopping now at the Online Book Fair. Visit ANSER's Book Fair Homepage at  http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/anser and click on the Shop Now button. Online shopping is available through Tuesday, December 4.

Benefits of Online Shopping:

• Convenient access 24 hours a day
• Expanded selection for ALL ages, preschool to adult
• Search for books by category, grade, age, and price
• ALL purchases benefit ANSER
• FREE shipping directly to our school (orders will be sent home with your child)
• If you are ordering holiday gifts the books will be delivered to school before Christmas

We look forward to seeing you next week at the ANSER Book Fair, but until then, get a jump on your shopping at our Online Fair!

Would you like to help with our Book Fair? We need volunteers for set-up, sales, and take-down. Visit www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090B44A8A628A13-book to see how you can help!

If you need access to this link it can be found on the website or by clicking this link: 

http://adfs.ansercharterschool.org/jhcalendar.html  

Anser follows the same Adverse Weather closure guidelines as the Boise School District. It there is bad weather and Boise School District closes school, Anser will also close school. We will attempt to send out an email letting families know, or will put a notice on the Anser website, but the most reliable source for determining if school will be open during bad winter weather will be to watch the local news in the morning before schools starts to see if the Boise School District has announced a school closure due to weather.

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So far we have had one donation towards the graphic novels from the donorschoose website. If you would like to donate please click on the link below  If you are interested in donating go to http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/1588861 you can donate as little or as much as you want toward the preselected graphic novels for our library. If you have any questions please contact Bekkie at bekkier@msn.com.

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