On Saturday, September 7, Sprouts hosted its first “Sprouting Healthy Communities Day” where every store across the country awarded a local nonprofit or school with a donation from the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation. In total 423 stores participated, awarding $4 million in a single morning! We were thrilled to learn that Littleton Academy was selected as a school partner and given a $5000 donation to help support our students with wellness. Our efforts to keep recess for all grade levels, support the Colorado Bike/walk to school, and encourage activity before school starts in our middle school was mentioned. We also think we can use some of this money to provide prizes for our annual fun run where our students run as a fundraiser for the school. The employees at our sponsor store (Wadsworth and Bowles) were eager to support our students.
“This is all-call!” As we have more parents picking up from the south at Extra Space Storage, we are ending our carpool line earlier. We have done an “all call” at 3:30 pm for the past week. We are trying to support the City of Littleton’s “safe schools” initiative and our parent community is amazing! Way to keep everyone safe and thanks for picking up your students on time.
The founding principles of “high expectations” and “teacher led instruction” are rooted in research and we have learned in our 28 years that ALL students will rise to the level of the expectation given in the classroom. The New Teacher Project states, “When students who started the year off behind grade level were given more grade-appropriate assignments, stronger instruction, deeper engagement, and high expectations, the gap between students and their higher achieving peers began to narrow substantially" (TNTP, 48). It’s always nice to get validation for what we do from outside sources (Thank you Mr. Lucas for sharing this source). See this link for the entire graphic and narrative.
PAY UP to DRESS DOWN!! The Student Leadership Council is hosting their first “pay up to dress down” fundraiser for their upcoming student activities. Any student who pays $2 to their homeroom teacher by September 19 can have a dress of choice day on September 20!! Let’s support our student leaders and enjoy a dress of choice day for everyone who wants to pay for the privilege.
