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Eagle County Charter Academy
8/12/15                               Vol 6, Issue 1
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Welcome to this year's first issue of Hawk Talk, ECCA's weekly newsletter. This is our primary mode of communication to our families so if there is someone you would like to add to this weekly newsletter, please click the Join tab at the bottom of
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IMPORTANT DATES
8/19/15
Ice Cream Social
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
 
8/20/15 and 8/21/15
Testing for 4th - 8th grades
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

8/24/15
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Stagger start for Kinder 
 
8/24/15
After School Program starts
  
8/31/15 
Hot Lunch begins

9/1/15 
Back to School Night
Lower School: 5:00-6:30
 
9/3/15 
Back to School Night 
Middle School: 5:00 - 6:30

9/7/15 
Labor Day 
NO SCHOOL
BOARD CORNER
Please take a minute to look at our Board meeting minutes.

Click here for  February 2015 
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Click here for April 2015 
Click here for May 2015 
ICE CREAM SOCIAL

We are looking for 5 volunteers to help with Charter Garb sales during the Ice Cream Social at ECCA on Wednesday, August 19th from 2:00 to 5:00.  Help is also needed in the Charter Garb in-school store during testing and the first week of school.  Please contact Cherie at cherieandrob@comcast.net for details or to sign up to help.  A great way to get a head start on volunteer hours!! 

CHARTER GARB

Beat the rush! Order your Charter Garb online by August 17th and pick up your order at the Ice Cream Social 2:30 - 4:00 on Wednesday 8/19. If you can't make it to the Ice Cream Social, we will have your online order delivered to your student's classroom by Friday 8/21. 

Charter Garb store to be open 9-12 during testing days 8/20 and 8/21 and at drop-off and pick-up on the first day of school Monday 8/24.

For additional styles shop at Land's End using ECCA code 9000-5875-1. Items ordered via Land's End are shipped directly to you, not through the Charter Garb store.

 
Charter Garb bought from the store at school, taken from the "free bin" in the office and/or ordered through Land's End are the ONLY approved dress code items.  

 

Start Shopping Today! 

Go to www.ecca.org  and click on Charter Garb link. 

  

All online orders will be delivered weekly to your student at school.
DROP OFF/PICK UP
Just to review our procedures...

Drop Off 
7:45-8:00 
Please do not drop your child off prior to 7:45 as there is no supervision in the parking lot or on the playground until 7:45.  Please pull all the way forward to either the stop sign or the car parked in front of you to drop off your child.

Pick Up 
3:15 Lower School 
3:20 Upper School 
Pick up is only in the far right lane.  There are only 2 lanes of traffic, 1 for pick up and 1 to exit. Please remember that Upper School is released from class at 3:20 so they will probably not be outside right at 3:20. If your child is not available at the time you are picking up we will ask you to go around.  You may pull into the exit lane from the pick up lane once you have picked up your child.

Crosswalk 
Please make sure to use the crosswalk that is on the east side of our parking lot. 


NEW LUNCH NEWS!!!!!

 

ECCA welcomes Forrest Knapp to run our lunch program this year!   

Our food service will now run Monday through Friday.  Plus, in addition to scratch cooking each meal, Chef Forrest will also offer a sandwich sack lunch option every day.  Milk and salad bar will continue to be included in the $5 cost.  Lunch purchases will continue to be run through our online Schoolpay system.  

 

We look forward to having Chef Forrest join our ECCA family and begin our new dining menu starting on Monday, August 31st!

 
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EVENTS:


Middle school cross country program returns this fall for grades 5-8. Practices are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday4:15-5:15. Students may choose to participate at either Berry Creek Middle School or Homestake Peak. Click here to see attached flyer or contact Jared Biniecki at 970-479-2271 at the Vail Rec District for more information.

Best Buddies comes to BMHS! Support the Carl Lewis Team and purchase tickets to the  Saturday, August 15th 5:00 - 7:30 pm evening with "Olympian of the Century". Any questions, please email: bmhsbestbuddies@gmail.com or call (970)331-2030.

Attention Kindergarten girls and their parents!  Come to the Avon Library on Sunday, August 23 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. is you are interested in learning about becoming a Daisy Girl Scout. Space is limited. Please contact Cricket Hawkins at cricket.hawkins@gscolorado.org for more information or click here to see the flyer. 
 
OFFERS:

Gondola Pizza in Avon has great offers for you! 1.They will donate 15% from your entire bill to ECCA; or, 2. You can get 10% off your entire bill if you mention that you are an ECCA family. You decide.