The Eagle Express
Parent Newsletter: Week of October 30-November 3, 2023
Eagle Academy encourages academic excellence by integrating proven instructional methods with a challenging curriculum and high expectations.This combination provides every child with the foundation needed to achieve proficiency of Eagle Academy’s performance standards at each instructional level.
From the Principal's Desk
Greetings EACS Parents,
What a great day to be an Eagle! We are pushing forward onto the next milestone of second quarter of the school year. I hope that the Parent/Teacher conferences were informative for both you and staff. We look forward to spectacular academic learning to end this first semester! We have some important information in this newsletter. Please feel free to give us a call in the front office. We appreciate you and your support of our beloved Eagle Academy Charter School.
Your Principal,
Lynn Mills
Red Ribbon Week!
Thank you Nurse Jan and Mrs. Kari for sponsoring the Red Ribbon Day here at EACS!
We’re excited to announce the national 2023 Red Ribbon Campaign Theme, "Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug Free." Please encourage your child(ren) to wear their red uniform shirt tomorrow, (Tues 10/31) in support of Red Ribbon Week and a drug free future.
This is an opportunity for our parents to also open an age appropriate conversation with your child(ren) at home on the facts of drugs and alcohol and their family expectations.
EACS will have a morning announcement by Nurse Jan addressing the importance of healthy choices and our school support of Red Ribbon Week!
Placed in your child's Monday folder, will be the Red Ribbon Pledge and a coloring sheet displaying the Red Ribbon logo. Please return the completed coloring sheet to the school to be incorporated in a hallway display!
As always, thank you for your support!
Just Around the Corner
November 3-UAA 5th Grade Basketball Field Trip
November 3-K thru 5 Awards Ceremony, 1:45 pm
November 3-Table Top Games Club Begins
November 4-UAA STEM Day, 10 am-4 pm, ConoccoPhillips Integrated Science Building
November 8-Make up Picture Day
November 9-Military Appreciation TBA
November 10-State Release Professional Development Day/No school for students
Music Winter Program Rehearsals 6-8 Permission Slip
Parents,
Mrs. Crowther is gearing up for a fantastic winter music program. Please prepare your families to be good audience members.
Music K-5
Your children will learn their parts for the program during their regular music class time.
German students 7-8
Your children will be learning carols in German during German class.
Middle school 6-8
Mrs. Crowther is organizing a middle school choir to practice during lunch. We will meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:40-1:00. If your child is interested, please fill out the form (link above) and turn it in to the office.
Thank you for your support! I look forward to a magnificent performance!
5th Grade UAA Field Trip
5th Grade Parents,
Don't forget our students will be going to the UAA Basketball field trip on Friday, November 3rd. Please remind them of the expected behaviors. It is my wish that both students, teachers, and parents have an amazing time!
Awards Ceremony
Parents,
We will have our Fall K-5 Awards Ceremony on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 1:45 pm. Please make sure you mark your calendars! What a great day to be an Eagle! Let's celebrate our students' achievements to mark a great end of the first quarter and to begin an aspiring second quarter!
Introducing EACS 2023-24 Grades 3-5 Student Council
President - Sienna Glazier
Vice President - Reed Ruggles
Secretary - Tracen Ayojiak
4th Grade Representative - Camden Mauger
3rd Grade Representatives - Avery Skelley and Brisa Mina
The PTO Post
Milk Volunteer Needed! We are looking for a volunteer to help run milk cart at lunch on Thursdays every other two weeks. Counts for volunteer hours! If you are interested, please send an email to v.m.hall@outlook.com.
Popcorn Permission: Thanks to a generous donation from one of our families, we would like to invite anyone who has not already signed up/paid for Popcorn Friday to sign up at the link below. This form gives parent permission. A donation was made to cover the annual fee for anyone who has not already signed up!
Inclement Weather
'Tis the Season
Temperatures will be starting to drop. We go outside (weather permitting, to 10 degrees below zero) for recess every day. Please, please, please start preparing to send your student(s) to school with appropriate winter outerwear. This means:
- warm coat
- winter hat
- mittens or gloves
- scarves
- snow pants
- boots
- Rain coat
- Rain Boots
It is always a good idea to mark your child’s name on all items. You would be surprised how many pairs of black snow pants we get!
Lost and Found Items
Parents,
If your child is missing any items from their uniforms, please have them stop by the lost and found to retrieve them or feel free to come in and look through the the lost and found bin. Thank you!
Volunteer Opportunities
It's That Time of Year
Parents,
We need our picnic tables moved to the area behind the greenhouse in preparation for the winter months. Please, call the front office if you are able to complete this service. This is a great opportunity to earn volunteer hours! As always, thank you for your support!
Eagle Academy APB
Lynn Mills - Principal (mills_lynn@asdk12.org)
Vanessa Hall - APB Chair (v.m.hall@outlook.com)
Heather Caldwell - APB Teacher (caldwell_heather@asdk12.org)
Mindy Edison - APB Teacher (edison_mindy@asdk12.org)
Paula Ayojiak - APB Community (paula@ayojiak.com)
Emily Morrison - APB Member (morrison1623@hotmail.com)
Beth Sherwood - APB Community (sherwood_beth@asdk12.org)
Anchorage School District
Anchorage School District
Dr. Jharrett Bryantt- School Superintendent
Margo Bellamy-School Board President