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Reminders
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For Amana Text Alerts -text @amana to 404-941-8355
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Annual Fund Progress
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We have raised $30,709 to date. THANK YOU!
Class rankings
KK - 51%
1st - 78%
2nd - 48%
3rd - 52%
4th - 47%
5th - 49%
6th - 33%
7th - 28%
8th - 31%
Total Parent Participation - 48%
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Events
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March 6
Strategic Planning Focus Group Meeting (K-2)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Club Shop
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March 7
Cafe Conversations - Test Taking Strategies with Ms. E
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Amana Parent Center
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Basketball Game at Sandy Springs Middle School
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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March 11
PIE General Body Meeting
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Amana Parent Center
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March 12
Family "Fun"d Night at Tin Drum Asian Cafe
10800 Alpharetta Hwy
Roswell, GA 30076
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March 13
Strategic Planning Focus Group Meeting (3-5)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Club Shop
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March 14
Instructional Day
Student Led Conferences
(This is no longer a Teacher Work Day)
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March 15
Outdoor Adventure Club at Roswell Mill Dam
10:00 AM
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March 17-21
Scholastic Book Fair
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March 21
Spirit Wear Day
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Thank You to Our Business Partners
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Stay Connected
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285 South Main Street
Alpharetta, GA 30009
678.624.0989
info@amanaacademy.org
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| SAVE THE DATE: SQUAWK & WALK APRIL 19 |
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Mark your calendars for Amana Academy's first annual Squawk & Walk in Wills Park on Saturday, April 19 from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM. This is a fundraiser for the school, and all proceeds will go toward the Annual Fund at Amana.
Be on the lookout in the coming weeks for information on forming walk teams and getting your friends and family to sponsor teams.
Immediately after the walk, we will host a chicken barbecue behind the school, courtesy of Mar-Jac Poultry.
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| JOIN THE SQUAWK & WALK SPONSORSHIP TEAM |
Are you an energetic self-motivator? Are you comfortable (perhaps you even enjoy) seeking sponsorships and donations? If so, we need your help to make our first annual SQUAWK & WALK a success! We are putting together a sponsorship team, and need YOU! Please contact Sara Ead at saraeadamanapie@gmail.com for more details.
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| ELEMENTARY GRADES STRATEGIC PLANNING FOCUS GROUPS |
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As we start a new charter term, our Board wants to update our strategic plan to reflect our goals for the next five years, and we need input from Amana Parents. Over the next few weeks, we will be conducting a series of focus group meetings, and it's very important that we have strong attendance and participation from our parent community.
This Thursday, March 6, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, we will offer a strategic planning focus group meeting for parents of students in grades K-2. Childcare and refreshments will be provided. We will meet in the cafeteria.
The next focus group meeting is for grades 3-5 and will be on March 13 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM (childcare and refreshments provided).
This process will culminate with a strategic planning workshop on March 27 at the Board Town Hall meeting. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting.
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STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES MARCH 14 AND 21
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Parents are encouraged to sign-up for student-led conferences with teachers on March 14th (1:30 - 6:30 PM). March 21st is offered as a make-up day. This Expeditionary Learning practice engages students and their families in conferences in which students communicate their progress toward both academic learning targets and habits of scholarship.
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TODAY IS WORLD READ ALOUD DAY!
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014 marks World Read Aloud Day. This is an awareness day celebrated globally to advocate for literacy among children, teens, and adults. Find a moment to read with your student today to promote reading and the sharing of ideas.
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PIE MEETING NEXT WEEK: COME NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR NEXT YEAR'S OFFICERS
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The next meeting for Partners in Education (PIE), Amana's parent organization, will be held on Tuesday, March 11 from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM in the Parent Center, located at suite 109-A, in between Satay House and the main school entrance. PIE will be seeking nominations for officers of the PIE board for the 2014-2015 school year. Open positions are the following: President, Vice President of School Support, Vice President of Programs, Secretary, and Treasurer. A complete description of officer duties can be found here.
For questions regarding nominations or the election process, please contact Jessica Spraggins at spragginsjessica@hotmail.com.
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JOIN THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CLUB'S HIKE TO ROSWELL MILL DAM
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The Outdoor Adventure Club invites you to its first activity of the season, a one-mile hike to the beautiful Roswell Mill dam on Vickery Creek. The hike will take place Saturday, March 15. We will meet at 10 AM in the parking lot in front of the old Roswell Mill (the large red brick building) at 2 Mill St., Roswell, GA 30075. Departure will be promptly at 10:15 AM. All students are welcome to attend accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. If you plan to join, please CLICK HERE to RSVP.
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Do you hear the Tin Drummer drumming? I do! He is inviting you and all your friends to Tin Drum for our Family Fun'd Night on Wednesday, March 12, 5 PM - 9 PM!
Tin Drum is giving us a portion of the proceeds from ALL sales from 5 to 9 pm! And we are having a COLORING CONTEST! And there is a HOMEROOM CONTEST where the winning homeroom teacher will win a $10 gift card to Tin Drum!!
Tin Drum
10800 Alpharetta Hwy
Roswell, GA 30076
770-641-5082
For questions, contact Melissa Blalock at mwblalock@gmail.com.
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| VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN THE COPY ROOM |
Volunteer participation for Copy Central has dried up since the new year began. If you would like to consider volunteering to make photocopies, please contact Michelle Bard to learn about this easy opportunity that directly benefits students and teachers. Call or email Michelle at 404-403-8019 or LeedesLady@aol.com.
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STOCK UP ON BOX TOPS PRODUCTS
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Hello Amana Families. Time to get to the store and stock up on your Box Tops Products. We will begin our Spring Box Tops Collection contest on March 12th! And this time, our contest will run a bit longer to give everyone lots of time to collect great amounts of box tops for your classes. The end date of the contest will be April 30th. Hopefully we will end the school year with a big announcement of our BIGGEST earnings from box tops ever!!! Please contact Marcy Morantz with questions: 404-610-4682 or mdmorantz@comcast.net |
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HELP TALA BUDEIR COLLECT ART SUPPLIES FOR SYRIAN CHILDREN
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Tala Budeir is a 2nd grade student at Amana Academy. She presented a TEDxYouthDay talk last fall at TEDxAmanaAcademy on Syria. Her talk connected with the EL Design Principle of Empathy and Caring. Tala believes that art can help the Syrian children feel happy. She has started an art supplies collection at Amana Academy. Art supplies like crayons, sketchbooks, coloring pencils, markers etc.. can be donated from now until the end of the month into specified containers. Tala has gotten support from a number of people outside of Amana Academy as well. Her project is being supported by Maria Zulfiquar, an Amana Academy alum! For more information please see her TED talk: http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8484
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| SUPPORT THE AMANA BALD EAGLES! |
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The bold and brave (2nd grade student) Finley Link is ready to put his team of kids together for his St. Baldrick's campaign. Mr. Jaleel and Ms. Stanton have agreed to shave their heads (on March 9th) with the students who join Finley's team-The Amana Bald Eagles!
If you or your student wants to join please go to our team page
Most donations can be done directly through the website, but they also send you an envelope for cash and one for checks that you turn in at the event itself. You also get your own personal fundraising page, and from there you can post to facebook or e-mail folks. Donations can be made to the team or to an individual on the team.
Any individual donations count towards the team goal.
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| SEARCH THE AMANA LIBRARY FROM HOME |
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The Newly Updated Destiny Quest is available for use at home and as a mobile app!
You can now search the Amana Academy Library from home or your phone by logging into
or by downloading the free Follett Destiny mobile app in Google Play or iTunes.
Look for a QR code at the front desk and outside the library!
See you in the library!
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