The 2022 CCA Board Election will begin on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, and will end on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The election opens on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 6:00pm and closes on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 7:00pm

There are three open positions on the Board for the 2022 Election. The term for each Board position is three years.

We have streamlined our submittal process and we are utilizing the Google Forms platform.

To submit a Candidate Nomination and Biography form, please click here.

These forms are due by April 12, 2022, at 3:00 pm.

In order to better understand the roles and responsibilities of Board candidates please review the Candidate Eligibility Requirements listed below:

• Potential candidates must attend a minimum of two (2) regular CCA Board meetings during the nine (9) months prior to the April Board meeting. The March Board meeting is an eligible meeting for this requirement.

• Potential candidates must interview with at least one (1) current Board member prior to the nomination form submittal deadline.

• Potential candidates must agree to complete all required “Board modules” if elected. They must also agree to abide by the Code of Conduct, Duty of Care and Loyalty and Conflict of Interests policies.

• Potential candidates must agree to abide by the CCA “Non-Negotiables.”

• CCA staff members and spouses of CCA staff members are not allowed to run for the CCA Board.

• Only one parent or legal guardian per family may serve on the CCA Board at the same time.

• In order to be eligible to run for the CCA Board, candidates must have at least one student who is returning to CCA for the upcoming school year.

• In order to be eligible to run for the CCA Board, candidates must have completed and have documented (under their own unique volunteer account through the current CCA volunteer hours’ database) at least 50% of their annual volunteer hours (20 of 40 hours per family, or 10 of 20 hours per single parent) by the time of nomination.

For more details about the Election process, please click here to view the Board Election Policy.

The Election will be held by an electronic ballot. A unique and confidential electronic ballot will be sent to the email address listed in PowerSchool for each parent/guardian.

Due to an update in Powerschool in the District, the only way for you to change your email addresses and phone numbers as of right now is to contact the school and have us change them manually. This is crucial to know with an election coming up as the ballot is only delivered to the emails on file in Powerschool. If you would like to change your email address please fill out this quick form or if you have any questions please feel free to email Rachel Brooks at rbrooks@cherrycreekacademy.org. Please update your email address in PowerSchool by May 3, 2022.

If you have questions about the election, please email the Election Committee at election@cherrycreekacademy.org.

You will find your grade level newsletters linked below. Specials are now part of each grade level newsletter so you don't miss a thing!

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5/6 Grade

7/8 Grade

G/T/ALITA

I am kind. I treat others with care and empathy. I do my best to make everyone in the community feel valued.

Almost all of us are aware of and have seen some of the horrific images from the war in Ukraine.

This war has affected millions upon millions of people, including students like us. Many of them have had their homes and schools destroyed and they are in need of our support.

Beginning March 25th the CCA Student Council will partner with Ukrainians of Colorado to collect various items in order to support children and students affected by the war. Items to be collected include: used blankets and toys, children's over the counter medicines (for diarrhea/gas relief, Tylenol and cough syrup), and hygiene products such as soaps, toothbrushes and toothpaste, diapers, and foods such as non-perishable foods like cereals and baby formula.

You may drop these donations off in the morning in the CCA lobby or on the sidewalk by the front parking lot from March 25th - April 1st, 2022.

Eagles, let’s demonstrate compassion by helping students in Ukraine during their time of need.

Each year we do a graduation video featuring your child and we need your help collecting images for that video. Please fill out this short google form about your graduating 8th grader where you will submit 1 baby/toddler photo and 1 current photo of your student for the video. Thank you in advance for helping us celebrate your children!

Last week we were fortunate enough to have some guest teachers from the French American School of Denver observing and working with some of our teachers. I was fortunate to steal some time away from one of the Kindergarten teachers, Agnes, to ask her a couple of questions about her experience before coming here and what she was learning by observing CCA. Agnes told me she was a teacher in a small town of Ugine in France where she taught in one building with students ranging from age 3-10. She comes to the US with 20 years of experience in France and is excited to be working at the French American School of Denver. At CCA she had never experienced such things as a therapy dog, such large colorful classrooms and nice facilities, and such well behaved, quiet children that were working at such a quick pace. Agnes said she would take with her the types of discipline we use in America, especially the positive reinforcement. Agnes was observing in Mrs. Goodwin's class on Tuesday, but we had several other teachers observing: Helene with Mrs. Miller, Christel with Ms. Tapper, Marie with Ms. Nygard, and Stephanie with Mrs. Gearke. It was such a pleasure to host teachers from another charter school and allow them to observe since their model is so different from ours. If you are interested in checking out the school they were from you can do so by clicking here. Thank you again to the French American School for sharing your teachers with us for a few days!

Hopefully you were able to join us for the wonderful Multicultural Festival this past Friday. It was so much fun and had such a wonderful turnout. The families really seemed to be enjoying themselves especially with the dancing dragon and lions - which were just amazing. We are so lucky to go to a school with so much culture - where we can celebrate one another. Thank you to everyone who came and thank you to the PTO and Erin Pak for all of their hard work making it possible.

Hey CCA! We sure hope you hung on to your raffle tickets from Friday night's Multicultural Festival. The winning ticket number for the Dr. Dre Beats Headphones is # 235023! If you have that ticket please bring if up to the front desk to Mrs. Sadie and we will get you your prize! 🎧

Mr. Loomis and Mrs. Priya are excited to announce their new tutoring services: Focus Tutoring.

Our aim is to build the confidence in our students and help them with a better understanding of mathematical concepts. Please note: Focus Tutoring is an independent entity and not a part of CCA.

We are offering Summer camps in June and July to help students start the new school year with ease.

The first 10 students from CCA who sign up will get a 10% discount. Please take advantage of this offer before it ends on April 15th, 2022.

For further information, please visit our website: www.focustutoring.net.

Here is a link to some general information about the upcoming season. Our games will mostly be held Fridays after school. Our practice schedule will be limited due to our girls' soccer season, which impacts our field access. We will meet for our first practice of the year this coming Monday, March 28th. Practice will be on the CCA field from 3:30-4:45 pm. The goal of the season is to have fun, work on technical skills for those students wishing to pursue football in the future, and use this season as a test to see if we can bring flag football to CCA in a larger capacity. Thank you all again! Looking forward to the season and having football at CCA.

RSVP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CACAA2BA5FDC34-rsvp

Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CACAA2BA5FDC34-volunteering

Each year, the Cherry Creek Academy Foundation awards a one-time academic scholarship of $1,000 to a high school senior who attended CCA. If you know a graduating senior who is interested in applying for the 2022 scholarship award to support future studies, please encourage them to make sure their current email address is on file in PowerSchool at My.cherrycreekschools.org. CCA alumni graduating in 2022 should expect to receive instructions via email on how to apply for the CCA Foundation scholarship by mid March. Seniors no longer in the Cherry Creek District remain eligible and may email their contact information to scholarshipcommittee@cherrycreekacademy.org.

Please join us on April 15, 2022, at 8:15 am. Details to log in can be found on the CCA Master Calendar. We look forward to ideas and input from many members of our community!

Here are some quick links:

Click here to access the PTO Agendas/Minutes

Click here to visit the PTO webpage

Click here to access the Master Calendar

Orders are due by April 8th!!!

Don’t miss your chance to order gifts of your child’s artwork for family!

Here are some of the upcoming volunteer opportunities with the PTO - please contact PTO for questions:

Chair for Masquerade Ball

PTO Executive Board Position- Community Relations

Add CCA Fundraising for King Soopers and Amazon to your personal accounts- 1 volunteer hour

Join a PTO Meeting- 1 volunteer hour

New Colorado legislation has prompted greater need to screen and document volunteers in our schools. Therefore, beginning January 2022, we must ensure that every person entering CCA must have a CCA staff badge or a visitor badge printed from the Raptor System. Please be sure to have your identification on you so that you can share that with Ms. Sadie if you need to enter CCA. Using the raptor system Ms. Sadie will then print a Raptor ID badge for you.

CCSD is also requiring that every volunteer complete a brief application to support activities in CCSD schools. This application links directly to CCSD's raptor system.

To access the new form, please click on the following link: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/NzU0OmVuLVVT

If you need help filling out this new form, please call CCSD Communication Services at 720-554-4475. We thank you for your partnership in keeping our schools safe!

To customize and purchase your yearbook, go to www.treering.com/validate! Enter CCA’s passcode: 1013808470921971. All yearbooks will be sent directly to your home in May 2022. Please make sure to enter your correct address.

Make sure to stop by Dennis Uniforms in Park Meadows to get any uniforms you might need on the first Monday of each month. They offer us 15% off when you let them know you are purchasing uniforms for Cherry Creek Academy.

If you click here you will be taken to a section of our website dedicated to COVID-19 Protocols and resources at CCA and in the district. You can also find this section by going to our website at www.cherrycreekacademy.org, going to the 'Students and Parents' tab, and clicking on COVID-19 Safety Protocols at CCA.

COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11: The FDA and CDC have approved the Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11. CCSD will host several vaccine clinics for families who choose to vaccinate their children. These clinics will offer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine doses, COVID-19 vaccines for those 12 years and older and COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Some clinics will also offer flu shots. GET CLINIC DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS HERE.

COVID-19 testing: No-cost COVID-19 testing is available at the COVIDCheck Colorado testing site at the Instructional Support Facility, located at 5416 S. Riviera Way. Get more information on the Cherry Creek Schools website. (Scroll down to testing information.) Find information on free, rapid at-home tests here.

We are hiring for the following positions for our upcoming school year- if you are interested in applying please apply through Frontline Education on our website.

5/6 Literacy Teacher

5/6 Literacy Teacher

5/6 Social Studies Teacher

For information about CCSD's Food and Nutrition Services check out these Frequently Asked Questions.

For more information about your TITAN account check out these Frequently Asked Questions.

For the latest schedule of events, please click here. More information on events is offered in the description section of each event on CCA's Master Google Calendar.

1. Please visit CCA's Master Calendar.
2. Click on the event that you would like to attend.
3. Click "click here to join the meeting" underneath the description section.
4. Alternatively, you can join by phone by dialing the meeting number and entering the meeting pin.
5. Please remember to use mute when you are not speaking. This is important and will reduce background noise and other complications.

April 5

9:15 am

Fremont Center

Vaping and other Addictions

Evan Stepp, MD, Pulmonologist at National Jewish Health

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