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 shown below on August 19 and 20. This is prior to the first full day of school for all K-5 students which is Thursday, August 22, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS  

Thursday, August 15      7:00 p.m. Board Meeting

Friday, August 16          PTO Back-to-School Pool Party K-5*

Saturday, August 17      PTO Back-to-School Pool Party Middle School*

Monday, August 19       Transition Day:  8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.                                             All  6th graders

                                          All 9th graders                              

                                          Any new MS or HS students 

Tuesday, August 20      Grades 6 - 12:  First Day of School

Tuesday, August 20       Grades K-5:  Back-to-School Night

                                  Parents and Students

                                  6:00 - 7:00 p.m.  First half hour in the classroom

                                  Second half hour Commons (parents only)

Thursday, August 22    Grades K-5:  First Day of School

Friday, August 23          8:00 a.m. Marketing Committee meeting

Tuesday, August 27       Grades 9-12: Back-to-School Night 6:00 p.m.

Friday, August 30          Professional Day, NO SCHOOL

Monday, September 2   Holiday, NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, September 4  EARLY RELEASE DAY 1:30 p.m. 

Thursday, September 5  Grades 6-8 Back-to-School Night 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Spetember 10  6:00 p.m. Faculty Committee

*Please refer to PTO article

Dear Parents and Guardians:

We would like to introduce you to a new system our school has acquired to further help protect your children. It's called V-soft. V-soft helps track visitors, students, faculty, contractors, and volunteers at our school, thus providing a safer, more monitored environment for the students. 

When visitors, volunteers, or contractors check in, or when parents come to pick up students, they will be asked to present a valid state-issued ID for entering into the system. The system has the ability to provide alerts on people who may jeopardize the safety of the campus. We feel certain this will help us keep our campus a little safer and ask for your cooperation in presenting your valid state-issued ID when checking in at the school. Thank you, in advance, for your help in this matter. 

presentes en nuestra escuela, ofreciendo asi un ambiente mas vigilado que brinda mayor seguridad a nuestros estudiantes. 

Cuando los visitantes, voluntarios o contratistas se registran en la oficina, o cuando los padres llegan a recoger a sus hijos de la escuela, se les pedira que presenten su documento de identidad valido del Estado para poder identificarlo en el sistema. El sistema tiene la capacidad de alertar sobre personas que puedan poner en riesgo la seguridad de nuestra escuela. 

Estamos seguros de que este sistema ayudara a mantener nuestra escuela un poco mas segura. 

De tal modo que solicitamos su colaboracion presentando un documento valido que haya sido emitido por el Estado para poder registrarse en la oficina. Agradecemos su cooperacion

KINDERGARTEN JUMP START DAYS  

*Students will come on specific days according to last name. 

Thank you! Kinder Team

Half Day:                                    Full Day:

Thursday, August 22                     Thursday, August 22

*A-K  (AM and PM)                       *A-L

Friday, August 23                         Friday, August 23

*L-Z  (AM and PM)                       *M-Z

Student schedules are live on Infinite Campus and should be checked before students start on Tuesday, August 20.  Please note that changes may occur.

 STUDENT PORTAL PASSWORDS CHANGED

REMINDER: Effective June 5, 2013, student passwords were changed, and this change affected all student computer logins, Infinite Campus Portals, and Google Mail/Google Apps.  The change was necessary to conform to varying software requirements.

The change increased the length of a student password from six characters to eight characters by adding "sv" to the beginning of the student password. Students who had changed their passwords have had 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 at the start of the '13-'14 school year as a reminder.

Student Logins 

LEADERSHIP TPCA

The dates are set, and the application is available.  Please download and complete an application to participate in our Leadership TPCA program in 2013-2014.

What is the heart of Twin Peaks Charter Academy and Twin Peaks High School?  The curriculum.  The basic ideas and content our children are taught, from Kindergarten through the 12th grade, is the curriculum, and if you have a child at Twin Peaks, your life is touched by this curriculum.  The Curriculum Committee seeks parents and staff or faculty who are interested in advising the TPCA Board of Directors on curricular issues. (Volunteer hours apply.)  No experience or expertise is necessary, just a desire to tend to the heart of our school.  Meetings are usually twice a month for about an hour each.  Although this year's meeting schedule is TBD, the first meeting will be the week of September 1.  Watch the Howl and Growl for more information.  Interested?  Contact Shelley Coleman, Committee Chair: sjcoleman@q.com  

Pricing: Registration (now until September 6)

                                               Hard cover (K-12) $40

                                   Fall (September 7 to December 31

                                               Hard cover (K-12) $45

                                               Soft cover (K-5)   $20

                                   Winter (January 1 to February 7)

                                               Hard cover (K-12) $50

                                               Soft cover (K-5)   $ 25

                                   Spring (February 8 to May 16)

                                               Hard cover (K-12) $50

                                               Soft cover (K-5)   $25

 HELP SUPPORT TPCA IN YOUR EVERYDAY TASKS

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

Continue to save your BoxTops, Labels for Education, and Longmont Dairy beverage caps all year.