ACES Academy Newsletter

We hope you have had a great summer as we are excited to start our new school year. We are looking forward to a wonderful year filled with lots of learning, growing, and achieving. ACESA would also like to introduce our new principal. Mrs. Owen. She comes to us from Cheatham Middle School and as a former Wildcat student herself, she is looking forward to starting her elementary journey.

The first day of the 2024-2025 school year is Wednesday, Aug. 7. On this day, only students in grades 1-9 will attend and they will be dismissed at 10:45 a.m. (only breakfast will be served; no lunch on this day). The first full day of school is Thursday, Aug. 8 for students in grades 1-12. The first full regular day of school for kindergarten and Pre-K students is Wednesday, Aug. 14.

Our open house for grades 1st-4th is Monday, Aug 5th from 5-7 pm.

PreK and Kindergarten open house will be next Tuesday, Aug 13th from 5-7 pm.

School supplies are welcome to be dropped off!

Click here for supply lists

https://www.ashlandcityccs.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1262317&type=d&pREC_ID=1482048

The 2024-2025 application for free and reduced meals is now available. It is extremely important that all families who believe their children qualify for free or reduced meals complete the application. Only one application per family is needed. If you qualified for free/reduced in the past, the application must be submitted within 30 operating days of the new year or the student will be moved from free/reduced to paying beginning September 18. Applications can be completed online via Skyward. Printed applications are available at each school. Applications must be submitted and approved each school year for a student to receive benefits. Families can click here for more information, including a Frequently Asked Questions document about free and reduced-price school meals and a free and reduced-price application for the 2024-2025 school year (both in English and Spanish).

We have updated our grading procedures for the 2024-2025 school year. The grading procedures will form a foundation for consistent grading practices. Grades will accurately communicate what students have learned, and each student will be an active participant in learning and assessment processes. For more information, click here.

https://www.cheathamcountyschools.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1293750&type=d&pREC_ID=2600886

Part of being a STEM designated school, our students get to study different STEM careers throughout the school year.

Here are our STEM-focused careers dress-up days that students can participate in this school year. #futureisSTEM

Would you or your business like to be a community partner with ACESA?

Here at ACESA our students love to learn about careers and how what they are learning in class relates to the world around them.

Community partners can help by giving guest speakers or participating in career activities.

If you are interested, please fill out the link below. We greatly appreciate it!

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=qmF0dn9znEScCOpe_cPQu0jDUb90RYxPiFivdVOC-PJUOTVJOFNXWFlRWVZZSzc1MDVEUFEwSExCRC4u

We are still accepting applications for our Pre-K program. Children must be 4 years old on or before Aug. 15, 2024, in order to be eligible to start Pre-K. The district offers Pre-K at four elementary schools: Ashland City Elementary STEM Academy, East Cheatham Elementary School, Pegram Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School and West Cheatham Elementary School. Some of our schools are almost full for Pre-K, so families need to get their applications completed and turned into the Board of Education office. For more information about Pre-K, please click here or contact Tiffany House at the Board of Education office at tiffany.house@ccstn.org or 615-746-1414.

We want to remind our families that they can pay online for just about anything school-related (such as school meals, yearbooks, daycare, club/organization events, laptops, etc.) via our RevTrak payment system. We have individual school links on the district website. To access the RevTrak system, click here.

https://cheathamcountyschools.revtrak.net/sfa-payments/#/list

ESS is currently taking substitute applications for the 2024-2025 school year in the Cheatham County School District. This year, the company is excited to announce that it has increased daily rates for both non-certified and certified substitutes so start your application today. For questions, contact Carly Moore at cmoore@ess.com.

Please use your students classroom communication app to contact their teacher directly or the teachers school email.

Website: https://www.ashlandcityccs.net/
Location: 108 Elizabeth Street, Ashland City, TN, USA
Phone: 615-792-4296
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