24 Apr 2023

Superintendent's Office

 Dear ACS Community,

Thank you to everyone who helped plan Friday's activities celebrating both International Day and Earth Day. It was a special opportunity for our community to reflect upon our place in the world community and our efforts to care for the globe itself, our common home.

This week is a full week at ACS.  We have the general assembly and board elections on Wednesday.  Then on Thursday and Friday we will have field days for KG3 & KG4 followed by KG5 to grade 5.  In addition, the secondary art show will start on Wednesday and run through noon on Friday.  The week will end with the secondary talent show on Friday evening.

As we will be electing new board members this week, it is an appropriate time for me to say thank you to our 2022-2023 Board of Trustees.  We often shorten this group's name to the “board”.  The fact is that there are many types of boards.  There are boards of governors, boards of managers, and boards of directors.  A Board of Trustees, however, is unique in name and spirit.  They hold the school in trust for the community of the future.   This work takes true selfless commitment.  Some of our current board members will not even be with us next year.  Few will even see the work that they started come to fruition, let alone benefit from it.  I feel honored and humbled to have had the opportunity to work with a group so committed to selfless service, as was our 2022-2023 board of Trustees.  In some weeks, many of them put time in that seemed much closer to that required of a full-time job than that expected from a volunteer position.  Long into the future, the ACS community will continue to benefit from their work.  I thank them all and am confident that they have set a pattern of service that will inspire the 2023-2024 board and those that follow.

Have a great week ahead.

Yours,

Andrew 


Estimada Comunidad de ACS,

Gracias a todos los que ayudaron a planificar las actividades del viernes para celebrar tanto el Día Internacional como el Día de la Tierra. Fue una oportunidad especial para que nuestra comunidad reflexione sobre nuestro lugar en la comunidad mundial y nuestros esfuerzos por cuidar el planeta mismo, nuestro hogar común.

Esta semana es una semana completa en ACS. Tenemos la asamblea general y las elecciones de la Directiva el miércoles. Luego, el jueves y el viernes tendremos días de campo para los grados de KG3 y KG4, seguidos de KG5 a grado 5. Además, la exhibición de arte de secundaria comenzará el miércoles y se extenderá hasta el mediodía del viernes. La semana terminará con el show de talentos de secundaria el viernes al atardecer.

Ya que elegiremos nuevos miembros de la Directiva esta semana, es un momento apropiado para dar las gracias a nuestra Junta Directiva 2022-2023. A menudo acortamos el nombre de este grupo a "La Directiva". El caso es que hay muchos tipos de directivas. Hay la Directiva de Gobierno, Directiva de Administración y Directiva de Directores.  Sin embargo, una Junta Directiva es única en nombre y espíritu.  Mantienen el Colegio en fideicomiso para la comunidad del futuro. Este trabajo requiere de un verdadero compromiso desinteresado. Algunos de nuestros miembros actuales de la Directiva ni siquiera estarán con nosotros el próximo año. Pocos incluso verán que el trabajo que comenzaron llega a buen término, y mucho menos se beneficiarán de él. Me siento honrado de haber tenido la oportunidad de trabajar con un grupo tan comprometido con el servicio desinteresado, como lo fue nuestra Junta Directiva de 2022-2023.  En algunas semanas, muchos de ellos dedicaron un tiempo que parecía mucho más cercano al que se requiere de un trabajo de tiempo completo que al que se espera de un puesto de voluntario. En el futuro, la comunidad de ACS continuará beneficiándose de su trabajo. Les agradezco a todos y confío en que han establecido un patrón de servicio que inspirará a la Junta Directiva de 2023-2024 y a las siguientes.

Que tengan una gran semana.

Atentamente,

Andrew

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Urgent Action Items

  1.  April's tuition was due on 5 April.
  2. On Wednesday: Board Elections, General Assembly, Secondary Art Show
  3. On Thursday and Friday:  ES field days
  4. On Friday:  Secondary Talent Show
  5. No School on Monday, 1 May

ACS This Week Newsletter 

ACS Calendar

  • Mon – STUCO: Campaign & Election
  • Mon – Board meeting
  • Wed – Literacy PD & NGSS Steering Committee - 1 hour
  • Wed – SS Art Show Opening
  • Wed – General Assembly & Board Elections
  • Thu – ECE Field Day
  • Fri – STUCO: Talent show - Period 3
  • Fri – SS ECAs END
  • Fri – KG5-5th Field Day
  • Mon – Labor Day
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Elementary School

 Dear Parents,

As we enter the last 6 weeks of the school year, I would like to remind you of a few important details so we can finish the year strong.

  1.  Please do your best to have your child arrive to school on time daily; between 7:50 - 8:15 am.

  2. Don't forget to vote on April 26 for your School Board Representatives. Electronic votes can be cast between 8:00am - 7:00 pm. Have your voice heard! 

  3. Sign your child up for Summer Camp; link here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQFQZzla5YfVLwoN9LYkepadfsTRcIwtT_apxfLNcukzV4Jw/viewform?usp=sf_link

  4. Remember to continue reading nightly with you child.  Reading Expectations:

  • KG3, KG4, KG5 & 1st grade:  10 minutes

  • 2nd & 3rd grade:  15 minutes

  • 4th & 5th grade:  20 minutes

  1.  Ensure your child goes to bed early and has a healthy breakfast during Spring MAP Testing; May 8 - 19.

  2. Come out and support our ES Chess and Soccer Teams during the ES Cougar Cup after school from May 8 - 12.  Schedule will be shared soon!

  3. SAVE THE DATE - Wed., May 31  End Of Year Music and Art Show:

KG3, KG4, KG5 & 1st grades @ 9:00 am.

2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th @ 11:30 am.

  1. Last day of School:  Thursday, June 1st @ 12noon.

  2. Report Cards, School Supply List for 2023-2024 and your child's teacher assignment sent home; Monday, June 5th.


Thank you for your continued support and cooperation in making the 2022-2023 a success!

With Gratitude  - Maria Inarra

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Secondary School

Dear Parents,

Secondary School is gearing up for Student Council elections in early May.  In advance of that, I would like to share some important changes to the StuCo bylaws that will take effect with this year's election and, looking much further down the road, next year's elections as well.  Our Student Council leaders have already shared this information with students.

Before I get to those changes, a little background:  

Students may choose to run in one of two scenarios (and here I will admit that I've had to familiarize myself with our terminology):  The first option is to run for office at the "class" level; that is, as a representative of one's class/grade level.  The second option is to run for office in a "block"; in other schools this would be regarded as the executive council that leads the entire Student Council structure in the Secondary School.  Rather than running as individuals, in both scenarios students get together to form teams of candidates.  When balloting is conducted, students vote for a team to represent their class/grade level and for another team to lead the Student Council.

OK, now for the changes that have taken effect for this year's elections.  The bottom line is that we want to encourage broader participation in Student Council across the Secondary School.  These changes will not only encourage students to run who previously have not, but will also motivate student with prior Student Council experience to try their hat at running for different positions.

First, in the "block", the new positions of Secretary and Social Media Manager have been added (taking the number of positions in the "block" to six, along with President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Supervisor).

Second, each class representative team must contain two male students and two female students as a way to maintain equity (with students in each team running for the positions of class president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary).

Third, students will be allowed to serve as class representatives twice in Middle School (Grades 6 - 8) and twice in High School (Grades 9 - 12).  In addition, students can serve in the "block" twice across the Secondary School.  If you're counting, this means that the maximum number of years any student may serve in Student Council is 6 out of the 7 years total in Secondary School.

Fourth, each time a student serves, whether as a class rep or in the "block", it must be in a different position (positions are detailed above).

Finally, Middle School students may not run in consecutive years.

We are so excited to begin this process again to determine which students will lead our Secondary School during the 2023-24 academic year!

Best wishes,

Steve Augeri


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