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For Amana Text Alerts -text @amana to 81010
Give to the Annual Fund - Help us Reach our $50,000 Goal!
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Georgia Student Health Survey
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November 12
Hearing & Vision Screening
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November 13
Grades 3-5 Community Circle
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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Grades 6-8 Community Circle
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM
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Grades K-2 Community Circle
12:25 PM - 12:50 PM
Staff Luncheon
1:00 PM
November 16-20
Thankful Totes
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November 16
Staff Luncheon
1:00 PM
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November 20 Grandparents Day
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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MS Turkey Trot
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
-- Recycle Uniform Sale
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Georgia Student Health Survey
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November 12
Hearing & Vision Screening
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November 13
Staff Luncheon
1:00 PM
November 16-20
Thankful Totes
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November 16
Staff Luncheon
1:00 PM
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November 20 Grandparents Day
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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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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2 DAYS LEFT IN ANNUAL FUND CHALLENGE
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Dear Parents:
As we announced on Monday, an anonymous donor has issued a challenge to parents and supporters of Amana - if 100 people donate $30 each (for a total of $3000) between now and midnight on Friday, November 13, they will match it. So far, 27 families have participated, but we need 73 more families to rise to the challenge. Just think - each $30 donation is actually $60, and that $3000 will become $6000!
As a reminder, here are some incentives to sweeten the deal:
- Classes that reach 80% parent participation get 15 min extra recess
- Classes at 80% parent participation and greater than $2000 raised - teacher gets an extra day off.
- The first two families who donate $2500 will get a reserved carpool space each in front of the building. They can skip carpool and their kids are hand delivered to them at dismissal - BOTH OF THESE SPOTS HAVE BEEN CLAIMED
- ANY parent who enrolls in sustained giving "10 for 10" (ten payments of AT LEAST $10 each to celebrate our 10 year anniversary) are eligible for a drawing for 2 reserved carpool spaces in front of the building. They can skip carpool and their kids are hand delivered to them at dismissal - this drawing will take place after Thanksgiving break.
- Highest Classroom Amount Collected = Class gets a Fine Dining experience with Ms. Campbell and Mr. Jaleel at Eagles Landing (right now, Mr. Nguyen's 5th grade boys class is in the lead, but there's still time to overtake them).
Gifts to the annual fund support the general operating budget of Amana, allowing us to provide more enriching educational opportunities for your children on a daily basis.
Thank you in advance for considering a gift to the Annual Fund - together we can make great things happen at Amana!
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| FULTON COUNTY OFFERS INFO SESSIONS ON REDESIGNED SAT |
 The Fulton County School System's School Counseling Department is presenting Parent Information Night: the Redesigned SAT.
Each session will cover the following:
The College Board will share with parents the redesigned SAT that will begin in March 2016, including the new system for scoring the SAT, the contents of the test, including the different test sections and specific types of questions students will be answering.
In addition, the College Board will share student preparation opportunities that are free of charge offered through the College Board's website.
There will also be a brief question and answer session at the conclusion of the event.
Six parent information nights are scheduled. Parents can attend the session of their choice. There is no registration for either session but the approximate capacity per session is 250 people.
Parents of students in grades 6-12 are invited (middle school parents are invited to attend as well as high school parents).
Chattahoochee High School Auditorium
Thursday, November 12, 2015 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Riverwood High School Auditorium
Monday, November 16, 2015 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Banneker High School Auditorium
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Alpharetta High School Auditorium
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Tri-Cities High School Auditorium
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Roswell High School Auditorium
Thursday, December 17, 2015 6:30-7:30 p.m.
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The IXL board has been updated as of Tuesday November 10th, 2015. Look for your child's name on the IXL board in the main hallway. Five students, Ameer Adas, Josue Ayala Dominguez, Makayla McCain, Ahmad Junearick-Echols and Saifiullah Mohammed have passed the last milestone, which is 5,000 problems. Students who pass this milestone will be recognized during the honors ceremony in January. For our overachievers, we have added an additional challenge with a milestone of 10,000 problems. All students who get their names on the IXL board will be candidates for a drawing to win an iPad!
Here are the students of the week:
K - Zane Raza
1st Grade- Samantha Perez-Hernandez
2nd Grade - Somie Shrestha
3rd Grade - Saifiullah Mohammed
4th Grade - Adam Adas
5th Grade - Esther Keiza
6th Grade - Pierce White
7th Grade - Toqa Wahid
8th Grade - Ashley Perez-Hernandez
And our class of the week with 2,911 problems worked out is: Ms. Killian's class. Congratulations!
If you would like to receive certificates sent to you by email, go to settings once your child is logged into IXL and enter your email address.
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| IMPORTANT UPDATES FROM PIE |
Grandparents and special friends are invited to join Amana Academy students on Friday, November 20 from 8:00 until 10:00 am to visit their classrooms in order to see what a day at school looks like for them. Light refreshments & photo booths will also be available. We look forward to welcoming these special guests to our school! Grandparents and special friends MUST register. Please follow the link below:
Box Tops Winning Classroom for the Fall submission - PIE would like to THANK those who participated in the Box Tops Fall Contest. Together, we collected 4,664 box tops for the Fall submission. Please keep bringing box Tops. There will be 2 more collections until the end of the year (one in November and one in December). Then, we will kick off the Spring Contest. The winning classroom for the year (fall and spring contests combined) will receive a class party at Sky Zone!
Here are the top 3 classrooms:
1st place: Ms. Williams, 3rd Grade, 504 Box Tops
2nd place: Ms. Woodard, 1st Grade, 424 Box Tops
3rd place: Ms. Ham, 2nd Grade, 381 Box Tops
Congratulations to Ms. Williams' 3rd grade class for winning 1st place!
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BRING A NOTE FOR YOUR TEACHER DURING THANKFUL TOTES WEEK
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The week of November 16-20 is Thankful Totes Week! Each classroom teacher will have a special tote in their classroom. Students are asked to bring in personal notes and cards to fill in their teachers' totes during the week on as many days as they wish. It's a great time for Students, Parents and Staff to write and share handwritten notes to show appreciation for all the hard work and effort.
Specials teachers, support staff, and administration will also have Thankful Totes. Let's remember to appreciate all of them! Staff who does not have a classroom will have their totes placed in the front lobby.
Teachers and staff appreciate small gifts as well! Please give gift cards directly to the recipients rather than placing in the totes.
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BRING A DISH FOR TEACHER & STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCH
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To launch Thankful Totes week, Amana families and PIE are hosting an Appreciation Luncheon for our teachers on Friday, November 13. This luncheon has always been a success thanks to our parents! If you have a special homemade dish you love to share, or just want to express your gratitude to your children's teachers for their continued effort, please sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f48ada82da31-teacher
Here are a few tips to help ensure everything goes smoothly on November 13:
1. Kindly, drop off the food between 12:30 pm and 1 pm at a labeled table in the front lobby near the front desk.
2. Please bring your dish in a disposable pan with a disposable serving utensil. Also if you can kindly add a little sign with the name of the dish and the ingredients to help teachers who may have dietary restrictions (NO PORK dishes please).
Thank you!
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Come to the next recycled uniform sale Friday, Nov. 20, 12 - 1:30 and replace those faded shirts or torn pants! Come early--supply is limited!
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 STUDENT SURVEY Students in grades 3-8 are completing the Georgia Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2.0 this week. The GSHS 2.0 for elementary students includes school safety and school climate questions. The GSHS 2.0 for middle school students covers various topics such as school climate and safety, graduation, school dropouts, alcohol and drug use, bullying and harassment, suicide, and nutrition. Students will complete the survey during their Tech class. Student surveys are anonymous and will be sent directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis.
If parents do not want their child to complete the survey, they have the option of opting out by emailing the counselor at tsloan@amanaacademy.org.
PARENT SURVEY
The Georgia Parent Survey is also modeled after the student survey and contains 24 questions. Parents may complete the survey using their personal computer, smart phones or tablet.
All parents are encouraged to participate in the Georgia Parent Survey because the data will be used as part of the calculation of the School Climate Star Rating. Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. Individual data results from the Georgia Parent Survey will not be available to the public and will not be posted online. The URL address for the Georgia Parent Survey is posted below.
Georgia Parent Survey:
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