Girls MS volleyball practices start Wednesday, August 17 2:00 - 5:00. Regular practices begin Monday, August 22 3:30 - 5:30. Please contact Tanya Dixon with any questions tanya.dixon@eagleschools.net

9/7/16
ECCA @ BC
4:15 p.m.

9/8/16
ECCA @ LC
4:15 p.m.

9/14/16
SMS @ ECCA
4:00 p.m.

BASKETBALL

***We are seeking an additional volunteer coach for our 7th grade boy's basketball team. Season runs 10/10 - 12/3. Practices can be either in the morning or afternoon, depending on coaches preferences and gym availability. We currently have one coach, Jamie Horton, but we are seeking an additional coach to offset a busy work schedule.If you are interested, or know someone who would love to work with our team of boys, please contact Tanya Dixon.

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.

After School visits are now charged to Food Service accounts.

For easier tracking, After School charges (along with Lunch charges) will be billed to each student's Food Services account. This is great news because now you will have instant access to dates and charges, and balance remaining in each student account for After School and Lunches together - in the Food Service section of your Schoolpay.com account.

Please remember that payments for After School and Lunch are due in advance, or at the time of service. Please make your payments in the Food Service section of your Schoolpay.com account. If you have any questions please contact Linda Tierney at linda.tierney@eagleschools.net.

Click here for a "How To" on After School payments.

Enroll Your City Market Card for ECCA to receive funds.

City Market Community Rewards� makes fund-raising easy... all you have to do is shop at City Market and swipe your Value Card (or enter your phone number)! ECCA received over $2000 last year!!

Go To: www.citymarket.com
Select: Community/Community Rewards
Sign in or Create an account
Enroll Now! ECCA or #10095

2016-2017 School Year Calendar

Click here for the 2016-2017 school year calendar

HARVEST PARTY

Harvest Party

Friday, September 9th

Eagle-Vail Pavilion

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

$40/ ticket on sale at Beaver Liquors

(tickets include wine and light bites)

***Buy your tickets early...this party always sells out!

Over 40 wines, 12 of the best restaurants in the valley including Sweet Basil, Mountain Standard, Moe's BBQ, Vin 48 and TiAmo

Music by the Turntable Review

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

We are in need of a parent volunteer to take on the job of our weekly Costco shop and delivery to the school on any day, Friday, Saturday or Sunday for our Monday salad bar. This is a great way to earn regular hours every week.

Please contact Jenn Sassi if interested. jennifer.sassi@eagleschools.net

CHARTER GARB

Throughout the year, the store will be open at drop-off at least one day per week (schedule forthcoming).

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.

LUNCH NEWS

August Menu

MONDAY: We are welcoming back Pizza Mondays this year! Gondola Pizza will offer cheese and pepperoni pizza slices with milk and salad bar on Mondays.

TUES - THURS: Gourmet Cowboy will serve hot lunches on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays including milk and salad bar. Please note: we are no longer able to offer the sack lunch option.

FRIDAY: Smiling Moose will offer a choice macaroni and cheese, cheese quesadilla, bagel w/cream cheese, turkey, ham or roast beef sandwiches, cup of chicken tortilla soup or chicken noodle soup and a garden or Caesar salad - all with a milk and chips on Fridays.

***Please note that Smiling Moose will not be delivered until 11:00 a.m. on Fridays. Students leaving on field trips or enrichments before 11:00 a.m. will not be able to purchase a lunch.

If your child brings a sack lunch from home, please make sure that any necessary utensils are included.

AMAZON SMILE

ECCA has joined Smile.Amazon.com as an organization for support. If you have an Amazon account and would like a percentage of your purchases to go to Eagle County Charter Academy, please create a Smile.Amazon.com account and select Eagle County Charter Academy as your supporting organization. After creating your account the only thing you have to do going forward is make your Amazon purchases on Smile.Amazon.com and a percentage of your purchases will come to the school. If you do not use the Smile.Amazon.com site your purchases will not be included in a contribution to ECCA.

Thank you for your support and if you have any questions about this please contact our Business Manager, Linda Tierney.

Box Tops Ice Cream Party Contest

The grade level that turns in the most box tops by September 30th will win an ice cream party! Please make sure the box tops have not expired (expired ones will not count in the contest) and that you mark your envelope or bag with your grade level! Make sure to check your school supplies and happy box tops collecting.

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EVENTS:

Grief Recovery Outreach is offering a 9 week series that begins Wednesday, August 24 from 6-8 pm at the Edwards Interfaith Chapel. Click here for more information.

SERA Schools will be offering music lessons again this year after school at ECCA. Please call 970-779-4943 or check their web site for more information at www.seraschools.com. Click here for more information.

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 byMountain 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.

Click here to view the Alpine Arts Center web site to view all current programs.

Check out the Inyodo Martial Arts studio for classes at www.inyodo.com or click here for more information.

Patterns of Joy Sewing is offering sewing lessons for beginner sewing. Click Here for more information.

OFFERS:

Gondola Pizza in Avon is offering all ECCA families 10% off their bill. You must mention that you are from ECCA.

Your input is important to us. Please email us at hawktalk@ecca.org with any comments or suggestions. All attachments and posters MUST be in a PDF format for consideration. Deadline for approved submissions to HawkTalk is Monday at noon.