TPCA Summer Howl-lite


July 4, 2013
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Our Mission

Twin Peaks Charter Academy provides students with the foundations of virtue and character, building cultural literacy through a rigorous, content-rich curriculum in an encouraging environment.

 

Our Legacy:

"Academic Excellence"

BOARD COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES 
 
The Board Representatives have been chosen for the 2013-2014 school year.  We encourage you to reach out to your committee of interest NOW!  

Planning for the year will begin in July.  
Your input makes a difference.


Accountability:  Nick Ingegneri   (nick.ingegneri@gmail.com)
Finance:           Don Young        (dontyoung@gmail.com)
Curriculum:        Jim Schauer      (schauer5@comcast.net)
Faculty:              Nikki Stevenson (nstevenson10@msn.com)
Marketing:          Kathy DeMatteo (kdematteo2013@gmail.com)
Technology:       Pete Wanninger (pete.wanninger@lmco.com)
Athletics/Activities:   Jim Schauer (schauer5@comcast.net)
Safety:                Pete Wanninger  (pete.wanninger@lmco.com)

Leadership TPCA will begin accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year in July.

 

The program is especially appropriate for parents who want to obtain a foundation in the operations and management of TPCA. The training program provides valuable information about curriculum, programs, finance, safety, governance, operations, education legislation, and public participation.

 

The class will meet monthly for 2 hours on Friday morning from 8-10 am, from September to February.  All are encouraged to participate.  

Booster Club 
NEW - HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB!

 

 

Twin Peaks School Parents,

When the next school year starts, Twin Peaks High School will be starting it's third year and working toward graduating our first Senior Class!  Wow, it seems like only yesterday that we were still in the building on Main St., and the thought of a High School at T.P.C.A was just an ambitious idea.   As parents, we all know how fast time goes by.  One minute our kids are starting Kindergarten as we stand teary eyed in the car pool lane watching them march off to school; the next minute they graduate High School and leave home for college.  It's so important that we take every opportunity we can to be involved in our kids' High School experience. It goes by quickly and it only happens once.  That's why my wife Kristin and I decided, at the end of last year, to start the Twin Peaks High School Booster Club. It gives you a way to be involved with your teenager's High School experience.  We will be organizing events to boost school spirit and unity, as well as fundraisers to provide much needed resources in the places where they are needed.  We are looking for new Booster Club members and that's where you can start.  For more information please contact Kristin Ellis or Tim Ellis via Email : ktlskt@yahoo.com or tim@frenchquarterphotography.com.  We look forward to hearing from you and enjoy the rest of your summer.

Tim Ellis

2013 - 2014 INFORMATION PACKET   

 

Please click on the link for important dates, school supply lists by grade level, dress code, and other important information:  2013-14 Information Packet

  

BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS 

 

Dear Parents of K-5th Graders:

    
We are planning a great year of academic growth for your student.  To help teachers with this, initial benchmark assessment sessions will be held as follows on August 19 and 20, prior to the first full school day for all K-5 students on Thursday, August 22, 8 a.m. -3 p.m.   

MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013:
  • If your student's last name begins with A-E, bring your child to the west campus drop off area* by 9 a.m. and pick up your child at 10:30 a.m. from the same area.
  • If your student's last name begins with F-L, bring your child to the west campus drop off area* by 1 p.m. and pick up your child at 2:30 p.m. from the same area.   

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013:

  • If your student's last name begins with M-R, bring your child to the west campus drop off area* by 9 a.m. and pick up your child at 10:30 a.m. from the same area.
  • If your student's last name begins with S-Z, bring your child to the west campus drop off area* by 1 p.m. and pick up your child at 2:30 p.m. from the same area.  
*New Parents: 
  
You will receive detailed information about the drop-off and pick-up areas and process at our back-to-school registration days, August 8 and 9.   Welcome aboard!  
  

The school office will be open again on August 5. I hope you are having a good summer break; take care!  

 

Danielle Feeney

 UNIFORM EXCHANGE AND SALE 

 

 

The Uniform Exchange and Sale will be held on August 9, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.  Clothes may be dropped off on August 8 or 9, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.  Please click on the link uniform exchange for more details.
 
Volunteers are needed to run the Uniform Exchange.  Click on the link 

uniform exchange for more details or, contact Colette Lottor at 303-678-1642 or rejcbl@msn.com   

ON-LINE PAYMENT CHANGES

 

Soon, you will see changes to Rev Trak, Twin Peaks Charter's on-line payment system.  We are working to get RevTrak integrated with Infinite Campus.  Once completed, you will use your Parent Portal user ID and password to make on-line payments.  This will enable automatic credits to student fee balances in Infinite Campus, allowing you immediate balance updates.  

 

When you open the TPCA web store, you will notice there are no longer separate payment "buttons" for Elementary, MS, and HS.  All Student Fee payments will now be made through a single "Student Fees" button on the home page where you will then be prompted to enter your Parent Portal user ID and password to continue with student fee payments.

 

If you do not have a Parent Portal account, please sign up at back-to-school registration days August 8th or 9th. 

 STUDENT PORTAL PASSWORDS ARE CHANGING

  

REMINDER: Effective June 5, 2013, student passwords will be changed, and this change affects all student computer logins, Infinite Campus Portal and Google Mail/Google Apps.  This change is necessary to conform to varying software requirements.

 

The change increases the length of a student password from six characters to eight characters by appending "sv" to the beginning of the student password.  Students who have changed their passwords will have those passwords reset.

 

There is a district notice posted on the IC Campus Portal to notify parents and remind students of this change.  Communication will be sent again in the Fall of the '13-'14 school year as a reminder.

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MARKETING WORK CONTINUES!

 

Throughout the summer, the Marketing Committee will be hard at work on the following projects:

 

Updating the Style Guide for ease of use.

Securing advertising opportunities for 2013-2014.

Setting the marketing and advertising schedule.

Senior Class Graduation offerings.

 

If you are interested in joining us, please contact Kathy DeMatteo at kdematteo2013@gmail.com.  Much of the work will continue through email, and we encourage your input.

 HELP SUPPORT TPCA OVER THE SUMMER

 

  

   

Don't forget to use your King Soopers and Safeway re-loadable cards throughout the summer to support PTO.  Funds earned support our teachers, students, and family activities.

 

Milk Caps for Mooola 

Continue to save your BoxTops, Labels for Education and Longmont Dairy beverage caps throughout the summer.

   

Crayons to Calculators 2 CRAYONS TO CALCULATORS   

                VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

 

Click on this link to find out about volunteering: Volunteers Needed

 

If you need supplies, please click on a link for details. Crayons to Calculators English   Crayons to Calculators Spanish
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Hi Parents:

Thanks for giving so much of your time and support this past year.  Enjoy the summer as a family, and I look forward to seeing all of you again when the new year begins in August.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

BJ Buchmann
Twin Peaks Charter Academy