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Eagle County Charter Academy
8/10/16                               Vol 7, 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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~ Hawk Talk Team
Hawk Trait of the Week

RESPECT 

Show consideration for and courtesy to diversity, everyone's feelings, people around you, and your physical environment.
IMPORTANT DATES
8/17/16
Ice Cream Social
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

8/18/16
MANDATORY 
New Parent Meeting
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. 
 
8/18/16 and 8/19/16
Testing for 4th - 8th grades
**Students should wear Charter Garb
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

8/22/16
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Stagger start for Kinder 
 
8/22/16
After School Program starts

8/23/16
MANDATORY
 5th Grade Parent Meeting
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

8/23/16 
Hot Lunch begins

8/30/16 
Back to School Night
Lower School: 5:00-6:30
 
9/1/16 
Back to School Night 
Middle School: 5:00 - 6:30

9/5/16 
Labor Day 
NO SCHOOL
BOARD CORNER
Please take a minute to look at our Board meeting minutes.

Click here for March 2016 
Click here for April 2016 
Click here for May 2016 
Notes from the Business Office
Need help paying for Hot Lunch, Enrichment fees and Kinder Tuition?
CLICK HERE for an Economic Assistance Application (click here para en Espanol). Please forward completed applications to the ECCA Accounting Manager at linda.tierney@eagleschools.net.

Don't forget to send in your Box Tops. Every little one helps! Look for a classroom competition this year.
We also collect Labels for Education and Annie's.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Please join us for 
Ice Cream Social and Parent Fair
at ECCA
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 17

CHARTER GARB
Avoid the crowds!!
Order and pay for your Charter Garb through ecca.org by Friday, August 12. You can pick up your order without waiting in line of those shopping/paying at the Ice Cream Social on 8/17 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. If you can't make it to the Ice Cream Social and have pre-ordered at ECCA.org, we will deliver your order to your student's classroom no later than Monday, 8/22.
The Charter Garb store will be open from 9-12 both testing days 8/18 and 8/19.  The store will also be open at drop-off and pick-up on the first day of school.
Throughout the year, the store will be open at drop-off at least one day per week (schedule forthcoming).
Kindergarten and New Family Parents:  You also have the option to purchase Charter Garb at the kindergarten parent orientation on Thursday, 8/18 from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
For additional styles, shop www.landsend.com using ECCA school code 900058751 in the "school" section.  Items ordered via Land's End are shipped directly to you.
If you have questions, or are interested in getting volunteer hours in the Charter Garb store or in any capacity of Charter Garb, please email cherieandrob@comcast.net.

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!!!!!
MONDAY - Pizza Mondays are back! Gondola pizza will provide cheese and pepperoni pizza. A count will be taken Monday morning in the student's classrooms.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY - Catered hot lunch including a salad bar.  No sack lunches will be offered for purchase. During daily roll call, students are asked to sign up for lunch for that day so ECCA knows how many lunches to provide.  Please review the monthly menus in advance with your child so that your student knows what days to sign up for to ensure enough lunches are available.
FRIDAY -  Smiling Moose will provide a choice of macaroni and cheese, bagel w/cream cheese, turkey sandwich or roast beef sandwich.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW FACULTY!
Welcome to our new staff members for 2016-17!
  • Tim Conley (5th-8th Spanish) Mr. Conley has been teaching middle school Spanish for the past 14 years, most of it in Marblehead, Massachusetts.  He spent the previous 2 years working at Gypsum Creek Middle School while his wife taught at Gypsum Elementary.  Tim has 2 children in middle school who attend VSSA.    (Lisa Venz has moved to 7/8 Social Studies)
  • Ryanne Arnot (Kindergarten) Mrs. Arnot holds a Master's degree in Elementary Education and comes to ECCA with 5 years of kindergarten teaching experience, most recently at Brush Creek Elementary.   Ryanne and her husband live in Eagle and have a son who will be attending ECCA this year. 
  • Alex Dow (5/6 Math)  Mr. Dow has been teaching 6th and 7th grade math at BCMS for the past 2 years.  He attended the University of Colorado for his BA and received his teaching license from Mesa University in Grand Junction.  Alex and his wife, Mo, welcomed a new baby boy into their family this past fall. 
  •  John Grimaldi (teaching assistant) filled in at the beginning of this year (2015-2016) for Tanya Dixon as a K-8 PE teacher.  He has a BS in physical education for K-12 from State University of New York.   John served as Basketball coach to the ECCA boys' middle school basketball teams this past year.
  •  Mourghan Ridenour (teaching assistant)  is a parent of a current ECCA Kindergartner. She has her BA in Spanish from CSU and a master's degree in Elementary Education from UNC.  She has been a 1stgrade teacher and a Spanish teacher at Red Sandstone Elementary for the past 11 years.
  •  Jennifer Murdock (teaching assistant)  received her BA in Environmental Science from DU as well her degree in Elementary Education from Colorado Mountain College. She is currently a STEM instructor at the Walking Mountain Science Center.
  • Zachary Craven(teaching assistant) comes to us with a BS in Physical Education for K-12 and Kinesiology from Texas A&M in 2016. He will be moving to the valley with his girlfriend this summer.  He is interested in helping coach sports at ECCA.
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EVENTS: 

Vail Valley Medical Center is offering a free one hour community presentation this month for parents, students, athletes and coaches about concussions and their signs and symptoms. Click here for all details.

Interested in affordable health care? Click here for information on the services being offered by Mountain Family Health.

Check out the Vail Recreation District web site. Registration is currently open for things including their Mile High Mites and Middle School cross county programs. Click here for information on hockey. Click here for more info on cross country.

Do you have a 4th grader? Click here to find out how to get passes to the National Parks.

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.