Dear Imagine-Chancellor Families,

As we enter November, I'm delighted to reflect on a fantastic start to the school year. Our first quarter and first trimester were filled with growth and accomplishments, and I’m proud of the hard work and dedication shown by our students, staff, and families alike. A special thank you goes out to everyone who made our Fall Festival such a success! The enthusiasm and family involvement truly brought our community together in a meaningful way.

This month, we’re focusing on three essential character strengths: integrity, bravery, and gratitude. Integrity reminds us to be honest and do the right thing, even when it’s challenging. Bravery encourages us to step outside our comfort zones and face challenges head-on. And gratitude helps us appreciate each other and the support we share within our school community.

In everything we do, we continue to reinforce our school's core values of "Always Being A Charger":

• Caring
• Honest
• Accountable
• Respectful
• Grateful
• Empathetic
• Responsible

I invite you to continue supporting and discussing these values at home, as they form the foundation for lifelong learning and character development. Let’s make this month one of appreciation and positive impact as we work together to nurture well-rounded and resilient students. Thank you for all that you do, and I look forward to seeing even more amazing progress in the months to come!

Thank you for your continued partnership and support.

With much love and appreciation,

Ms. Standley

Principal

We are excited to announce our 24-25 Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Renata de Andrade.

We are excited to announce our 24-25 Non-Instructional Employee of the Year, Mr. Rafael Martinez.

Imagine-Chancellor students will be honoring our veterans by participating in a school wide activity on Veterans Day.

We are asking for our Imagine-Chancellor family to submit a picture of their favorite veteran so we can honor their service to our country. Please submit your photo(s) to the following email: veterans.honored@imagine-chancellor.com no later than Thursday, Nov. 7th.

We would also like to honor some of our Imagine-Chancellor veterans and active military members at our Veterans Day celebration on Monday, November 11th. If you have a family member that is an active member of the military or has served in our armed forces, we would like to invite them to our celebration. If interested, please contact Alyssa.barratt@imagine-chancellor.com for more details.

Your child’s academic and social progress is influenced to a great extent by regular participation in school. Regular attendance without tardiness is the key.

When your child will be absent from school, please send an email to

chancellorattendance@imagine-chancellor.com. In the email provide your child's first and last name, grade level, and teacher along with the reason why they are absent. Please attach any doctor's note or other pertinent information related to the absence. You can also send in a note with your child upon their return to school. If you do not report the absence within 48 hours your child will receive an “unexcused absence.” You must do this process for each day your child is absent.

We encourage you to schedule your child’s appointments after school hours. If this is not possible, parent/guardians must come to the main office first to have their child released. Office personnel will notify the classroom teacher to inform the teacher that your child needs to report to the office. For your child’s safety, the teacher will not release a child to anyone who has not signed them out at the office. Office personnel will not release a child to anyone not listed on the Emergency Contact Card, unless the school is notified by the parent in writing in advance.

Research has shown that there is a strong correlation between attendance and achievement in school. Therefore, our attendance policy will be strictly enforced in accordance with the Palm Beach County Attendance Policy.

Imagine-Chancellor implements the lottery process to acquire new students. If you know someone who is interested in their child(ren) becoming Imagine-Chancellor student(s), they must complete a pre-enrollment form and submit it prior to the deadline. If submitted by the deadline, their child(ren) will be included in the lottery process.

If your child's sibling will be entering Kindergarten or another grade level and wish to attend Imagine-Chancellor for the 2025-2026 school year, please ensure you complete a pre-enrollment form.

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The deadline to submit a pre-enrollment form for the 2025-2026 school year is March 1st, 2025. The lottery for the 2025-2026 school year will be held at Imagine-Chancellor on March 10th, 2025.

Positivity Project Character Strengths for November

Positivity Project will continue on our campus with a focus on Positivity in Action and the Other People Mindset. Below are the character strengths we will be focusing on each week during the month of November.

Integrity- Week of November 4th

Bravery - Week of November 11th

Gratitude- Week of November 18th

Positivity Project offers FREE resources for P2 Families!

This is an easy way for families to discuss the importance of character strengths and positive relationships. It is differentiated for various grade levels and includes 1 quote, 1 video and 3 questions to drive conversations around character at home.

https://posproject.org/p2-for-families/

After School Clubs will begin starting the first week in September. If you choose to have your child participate in a club, you are REQUIRED to sign them up for the club and make payment directly to the club sponsor. Club sign-up and the club list can be accessed through the Parent Hub on our school website and can be accessed through the button links below.

VERY IMPORTANT CLUB PICKUP PROCEDURES

All students participating in after school clubs MUST be picked up on time @4:45. All parents picking up students must enter the school for pickup through the back road (Imagine Way) off of Miner Road. Each club sponsor will indicate on their club flyer what side of the school their club will dismiss on. Please ensure you are on the correct side to make club dismissal run smoothly. Stay in the left lane for south side dismissal and right side for south side dismissal on Imagine Way. You will exit the campus through the High Ridge Road exits.

If you pick your child up late, the sponsor may charge a late fee pickup.

**Please do not come to pickup your child from the High Ridge road entrance, this is only for Aftercare.

Congrats to our K-5 Positivity Penny Winners. These students were acknowledged by a staff member for demonstrating character strengths throughout the school day. We are so proud of these students for showing character and living out our core values of Always Being a CHARGER!

Imagine-Chancellor is a Title I school for the 24-25 school year. Title I programs are designed to improve academic outcomes for all students by strengthening instruction, promoting a culture of high expectations, engaging and empowering families, ensuring safe and healthy learning conditions, and providing a broad range of student support.

Parents can access Title I resources and information on our website https://www.imagine-chancellor.com/copy-of-title-ix and available via our ISCC Parent Hub as well as Imagine-Chancellor's SWP summary which is now posted on our school website:

https://www.imagine-chancellor.com/copy-of-title-ix and available via our ISCC Parent Hub.

Thank you to all the families who were able to attend our Title I Math and Reading Family Night. We hope to see even more at our next Family Night in January!

Thank you to the Imagine-Chancellor families for donating peanut butter, soy butter and almond butter to Feeding America during Hunger Action Month. Congratulations to Ms. Waterman's 2nd grade class for bringing in the most jars in the school. #kindness #gratitude #otherpeoplemindset

This month, we celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by looking into the beautiful Hispanic culture from the important history and key events. Our class highlighted four students from Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Uruguay. Each student joined groups based on their backgrounds to create Hispanic posters with their families. We did research within each each group by looking at facts, and maps, and identifying and coloring their flags. We enjoyed their presentations and appreciated the time and effort their families dedicated to making the Hispanic Heritage Posters.

3rd grade students became doctors at the "Distributive Hospital"! They practiced the Distributive Property by breaking apart arrays using manipulatives and working practice problems while taking care of their "patients".

Imagine Chancellor celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15). Each grade chose a different Spanish-speaking country. Our third graders learned about the beautiful country of Mexico! Each third-grade class focused on a different topic such as: holidays, food, traditions, clothing and language. We also compared and contrasted their celebrations and traditions to our own. We had so much fun learning about Mexico!

Thank you to our outstanding PTSA for organizing our AMAZING Fall Festival. Additionally, we would like to thank all of the families who decorated a trunk and everyone who came out to this event. We loved to see all of the smiling faces and positive energy throughout this event.

Imagine-Chancellor administers K–12 statewide student assessments that measure student performance on specific standards. To learn about the individual K–12 assessments, visit the links via our Parent Hub under the FAST Assessments section. Additionally, you can access information regarding our various curriculum via our Parent Hub.

Imagine-Chancellor has transitioned to a new online payment system using OSP. Parents will need to setup an account and follow the instructions to add their child(ren) to their account. This new online payment system will allow parents to pick and choose items they wish to purchase in our school store. Instructions and the link to our Online School Store are provided below:

Imagine-Chancellor School Counselors Ms. Barratt & Ms. Mora assist students with academic, social/emotional, and career needs by working with them in class lessons, small groups, and individual counseling. K-5 class lessons have been delivered throughout the month of October. Students have engaged in activities to gain tools and strategies on how to identify and help regulate their emotions as well as calming strategies.

During the month of October Ms. Barratt & Ms. Mora will focus on building and maintaining friendships.

Start time- 8:30 am (Students must be seated in their classroom by 8:30)

K-2 Dismissal- 3:00 pm

3rd-5th Dismissal- 3:15 pm

Middle School Dismissal- 3:30 pm

Imagine-Chancellor provides transportation for students within a 2-4 mile radius of the school. Below are the bus stops and registration.

To provide Imagine-Chancellor families with easy access to various information in one location, we have created the Imagine-Chancellor Parent Info Hub. This can also be found on our school website.

All Imagine-Chancellor K-8th grade students will be provided a school-issued Chromebook. Parents must complete and submit a property pass for their child to use the Chromebook. Students are responsible for this Chromebook and are not permitted to share their device. Additionally, students are not permitted to use, take, or touch other students' chromebooks. If a student is responsible for damaging a chromebook that was not issued to them, they will be financially responsible for any damages to that chromebook.

5th grade and middle school students will be responsible for bringing their chromebook to and from school each day. We encourage students to leave their chargers at home to reduce the risk of misplacing them. However, students are responsible for charging their computer each night at home to ensure they have full battery life for instruction each day.

In case of loss or damage to the chromebook or charger, the borrower shall adequately compensate Imagine Schools Chancellor Campus.

Please see the entrances that you should use when picking up your children after dismissal is over.

• If your child is in a club you will enter off Miner Rd to the location the club dismisses from.

• If your child is in after school sports please come down Miner Rd and park on the field for home games only.

• ​If you are picking up your child after a home game please come down Miner and pick ​up on the ​South side.

• If you are picking up your child from after care you will enter the property through the South gate only and pull up on the left hand side.

Please do not enter the property at any time through the North Gate, as that gate is only for buses and exiting the property.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

All visitors must provide government issued ID to enter the school building. Visitors will be issued a visitor badge that must be worn at all times. When exiting the building, all visitors must check out and turn in their visitor badge.

• Students who are enrolled in before care will be able to enter the campus daily from 7:15-7:45 am off of High Ridge Road.
  
• All other students will not be permitted to enter campus prior to 7:50 am.
• Parents who are not enrolled in before care will enter the campus off of Miner Rd following traffic down Imagine Way. Gates will be open to all students at 7:50 am each morning. When you enter Imagine Way, please stay in right hand lane, as it is a 2-lane driveway until you pass the apartment gate. Then proceed to right lane for south side or left lane for north side.
• SPEED LIMIT ON IMAGINE WAY is 20 MPH
• Access to the school off High Ridge Road will not be accessible from 7:45 am-8:45 am.
• Students can be dropped off on the north or south side of the school for AM arrival.
• Student drop-off on High Ridge Road is NOT PERMITTED.
• Parents/Adults are NOT PERMITTED to get out of the car.
• Please ensure your child has all of their belongings and ready to exit the car.
• Ensure your child can unbuckle their seat belt and get out of their booster seat
  independently.
• To ensure safety of students and staff, USE of cell phone in the car line is PROHIBITED.
  

1. No students shall be released after 2:30 pm unless the principal/designee determines it is an emergency.

2. All schools will establish procedures for early release that ensure that all students are treated consistently.

3. Excessive early sign-outs will be addressed on a case-by-case basis to determine if there is a pattern of non-attendance. Non-attendance for instructional activities is established by tardiness, early-sign outs, or absences for all or any part of the day.

4. Unless excused under the provisions of this policy, accumulated early sign-outs will be recorded as unexcused absences. (F.S. 1003.02)

· Staggered dismissal times will remain the same:

K-2- 3:00 pm

3rd-5th- 3:15 pm

6th-8th- 3:30 pm

Dismissal Sides

K-2: South side of the school

K-8 students with siblings: South side of the school

3rd-8th students without siblings: North side of the school

• All students will remain in their classroom during dismissal
• PikMyKid will be utilized as our dismissal program
• Parents must check-in using the PikMyKid app or provide the designated staff member the assigned dismissal number for their child(ren). Please place your PikmyKid dismissal tag on your rear view mirror or dashboard for staff to easily see.
• Gates will be open to all students at dismissal times. Dismissal traffic will flow down Imagine Way (back road off of Miner Rd) and onto north or the south side of the campus based off your child(ren)'s designated side.

• If you have multiple children in different grade levels, please come at the oldest child’s release time to pick up all of your children on the SOUTH SIDE of the school.
• Please do not come earlier than your child’s assigned dismissal time. Parents that have children in grades 3-8 that come early will be asked to go around and come back at their assigned time.
• STUDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE PICKED UP ON HIGH RIDGE ROAD or in front of High Ridge Apartments.
• Parents will be charged a fee of $20 per student picked up after 4:00 p.m.

We are excited to announce Imagine-Chancellor will have added 2 campus monitors in addition to our two Safe Schools Officers for the 24-25 school year. These monitors will help monitor hallways and promote safe practices across the campus.

HB 1473 now imposes changes to charter school security requirements codified in section 1006.07(6)(f), Florida Statutes, and the new requirements include specific perimeter and point of access requirements:

1. All gates or other access points that restrict ingress or egress from campus shall remain closed and locked when students are on campus. A gate or access point may not be open unlocked, regardless of whether it is during normal school hours, unless:
1. The gate or access point is actively staffed when students are on campus.
2. All school classrooms and instructional spaces must remain locked when occupied by students, except between class periods when students are moving between classrooms. If for any reason a classroom or instructional space door cannot be locked, the door must be actively staffed by a person standing or sitting at the door.
3. All campus access doors, gates, and other points of ingress or egress must remain closed and locked at all times to prevent ingress, unless a person is actively entering or exiting the door, gate, or other access point. The door, gate, or access point may be electronically or manually controlled by school personnel to allow access by authorized visitors, students, and school personnel.

NEW CHANGE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR...To access our school property during the school day, all visitors must go to the south gate and use the video call box to gain entry to the property.

Please take time to review the 24/25 Imagine-Chancellor Parent Student Handbook.

Imagine-Chancellor has contracted with the Palm Beach School District Food Services for the 24-25 school year. ALL students will be offered FREE breakfast and lunch during the 2024-2025 school year.

Students are able to receive a nutritious breakfast every morning. There are a variety of breakfast items to choose from such as breakfast sandwiches, assorted cereals, eggs, omelets, french toast, pancakes, and many more.

For lunch, students can choose from chicken patty sandwiches, deep dish pizza, salads, macaroni and cheese, and a variety of other selections with a vegetarian option offered each day.

Please note that meals may contain allergens. Everyone is encouraged to take precautions and contact the School Food Service office at 561-383-2000 if their child has any special dietary needs due to allergies or disabilities.

To assist our school in providing students with income based benefits (free breakfast and lunch) please complete the income based application.

To apply for free or reduced-price meal benefits please apply complete an income based application online at . The site can be accessed on a computer, a tablet, or smartphone.

https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application/TermsOfUse

InUnison will remain our school uniform vendor for this school year. All of the shirt colors will remain the same as well as the shorts/pants colors. If you wish to order online for this year, the link to the uniform website is below.

In an effort to involve individual families and businesses in our children’s classrooms, we have instituted the Adopt-A-Class program. This program provides the school with funding that can be used for individualized classroom enrichment projects.

The monies will be allocated to the classrooms designated on the form and will supply materials to the students in an effort to enhance their education in a variety of creative ways. In return for the donation, the names of the individual or business will be prominently displayed outside classrooms and will be acknowledged in school-wide publications.

If you or your business would be interested in participating in this wonderful program, please

complete the information below and return it with a check payable to:

Imagine Schools Chancellor Campus.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of our classrooms.

FortifyFL is a suspicious activity reporting tool that allows you to instantly relay information to appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials.

Advertise and promote your business for the 2024-2025 school year. All monies raised directly
benefit our students. Contact Lianne.white@imagine-chancellor.com if you are interested.

Email: stephanie.standley@imagine-chancellor.com
Website: imagine-chancellor.com
Location: 3333 High Ridge Road, Boynton Beach, FL, USA
Phone: 561-585-1189
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