Family,
It's the same feeling that you get when you send your child off to summer camp. You know that they are in loving hands, but you still lay awake wondering what they are doing and praying that they are taking care of themselves. While you are grateful for the time that you get to sit in a quiet house (in my case, a very quiet school), you can't wait to see their smiling faces and hear their little voices again. Yes, I have been sitting on pins and needles all summer waiting to see my children. Well family, I am so excited to have all 310 of my scholars together again. WOW! Three hundred scholars, can you believe it!? What started as a vision of excellence two years ago, is now the number one performing elementary school in Atlanta and we have 300+ of the best and brightest scholars under one roof.
As we begin this leg of the journey, as we've always done in the past, we have set very high academic and character goals for our scholars and we know that they can do it! What we've learned throughout this journey is that in order to meet those goals, our scholars have to understand the importance of "growing their brains"; they have to be ready for the intensity of a longer school day; they have to be ready to reach for excellence in all that they do and most of all, they need YOUR support. That's right, in order to go as far as they can, they are going to need you to take this journey along with them.
Thank you in advance for your continued support and for your commitment to doing whatever it takes to ensure that your scholar succeeds. I look forward to a journey where as partners we work TOGETHER to get YOUR scholar to and through college and then off to CHANGE THE WORLD. It's going to be an EXCELLENT ride!!!! With my whole heart,
Dr. Wheda A. Carletos, Ph.D.
Principal
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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
APS - Back to School Bash
Click here for information on this wonderful opportunity to kick off the new school year.
Title I School Wide Plan Parent Input Meeting - Wednesday, July 29, 5:30 PM - KIPP Vision School Cafeteria
Please plan to attend this meeting to offer your ideas on our school wide plan for this year. Don't forget to bring your Parent Journey Card to receive credit for your participation!
Click here for the calendar for other upcoming Title I meetings.
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EARLY DISMISSAL
In order to ensure that our transition for dismissal is smooth and all scholars are accounted for, early dismissals will end at 12:30 p.m. during summer school. During the traditional school year, early dismissals will end at the following times:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday- 3:00 p.m. Wednesday- 2:00 p.m. Early Release Days- 12:30 p.m.
If you are checking your scholar out early, you or a person from your scholar's authorized pick-up list, will come to the front office with a state/government-issued ID and use the kiosk to check them out. A staff member will use the ID to confirm that you (or your designee) are on the authorized pick-up list. Once identity has been confirmed, the scholar will be called to the front office to be released to their parent or an individual on the authorized pick-up list. |
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Thank you for your patience as we work to accommodate over 400 families who pick up their scholars using the carpool lane. We are working diligently to refine the process and ensure that it is as efficient as possible. As we work on processes, please help us by doing the following:
- Come to the front office to get a carpool tag if you don't have one. You will not be able to use carpool tags from last school year.
- Come to the front office to get a sticker to go on your carpool tag if you don't have one. Someone will also be passing them out to parents during morning arrival on Wednesday morning.
- Display your carpool tag at all times when using the carpool lane.
- If you have more than one scholar at KVP and they have different carpool numbers, email Ms. Moon at krmoon@kippvisionacademy.org.
- Ensure that your car is ready to receive your scholar in the afternoons (car seat is in place, clear any items that will make it difficult for them to enter, etc.
- If you are sending someone to pick up your scholar, please give them your carpool tag. If you are unable to do so, please ensure that the person is on your scholar's authorized pick-up list and that they have their ID. To add someone to the authorized pick-up list, please do so 24 business hours in advance.
- You can do this in person in the office (must have your ID)
- Car riders will only be released from the designated carpool area. Please do NOT park and come into the building to pick up car riders.
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2015 - 2016 TRAFFIC PATTERNS & PARKING
Please watch the video below for directions on the following traffic and parking items:
- Morning and Afternoon Carpool
- Morning Bus Drop-Off and Afternoon Parking
- Morning Parking and Afternoon Bus Pick-Up
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BUS TRANSPORTATION
Families, please make sure that you arrive at your bus stop 10 minutes prior to the scheduled time. Buses will say First Student or KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools and they will be numbered, 141-146. Each bus will have a bus monitor to assist the driver with ensuring that scholars follow our bus behavior and safety rules. All bus monitors have a school cell phone. If you have a question during the route, please contact the bus monitor for your scholar's bus. The bus monitors are listed below along with their contact information.
141- Ms. Malone 404.247.7681 (UPDATED NUMBER)
142- Ms. Jackson 404.964.4745
143- Ms. Steverson 404.857.6644
144- Ms. Officer and Mrs. Ramsey 770.231.0415 and 404.964.0218
145- Mrs. Weston 404.964.6401
146- Ms. Kelley 770.231.0419
Bus Transportation Sign-Up
- The deadline for signing up for bus transportation has passed. You may still submit a form, but your scholar will not be eligible for transportation during summer school.
- All forms received on July 2 - 23, 2015 will be reviewed starting on July 24, 2015. The new routes and transportation list will be available July 31, 2015.
- Routes for summer school will be distributed during orientation. Please note that NO changes will be made to the routes or list of eligible riders until after July 23, 2015.
- To submit a form, go to www.kippvisionprimary.org and scroll to the bottom to the What Is New box. Click on the second link entitled, 2015 - 2016 Transportation Request Form.
Safety Guidelines
A parent or designee from the authorized pick-up list must accompany their scholar(s) at the bus stop at drop-off and pick-up for students eight years old and younger. A student eight years and under will be brought back to the school in the afternoon if a parent, guardian or designee from the authorized pick-up list is not present at the bus stop to receive them.
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DAILY TRANSPORTATION CHANGE REGUEST FORM
If you need to change your scholar's transportation for the day (example: my scholar is a bus rider, but I will pick them up today), please use the link below to submit the request. This link is also available on the homepage of our website in the What Is New box. These requests should be submitted by noon each day to ensure that they are delivered to your scholar. Please do not call the school to make transportation changes for the day. Daily transportation changes must be submitted using the form. If there is no change request for a scholar, they will be sent home via their confirmed primary transportation method.
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CONFIRM YOUR SCHOLAR'S PRIMARY AFTERNOON TRANSPORTATION
If you have not filled out the form to confirm the primary way that your scholar will get home in the afternoons, please do so immediately. This will be your scholar's default method of afternoon transportation. It will only be changed if there is a daily transportation change request. submitted by noon on any given day. Completion of this form is mandatory. Click here for the Primary Transportation form.
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ANNUAL STUDENT FEE
The annual student fee is required and is due by September 11, 2015. Payments can be made during school hours in the main office. We accept cash, checks, credit/debit cards, and money orders. There was some confusion during orientation regarding what is included in the fee. Listed below are the items included in the fee.
KIPP Vision Primary Annual Student Fee- $80.00
- 5 Field trips
- 1 Drawstring cinch sack
- 1 Cardigan
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