New year, new look. Nothing big has changed with the Eagle format, but you will find some new design elements as our platform grows and grows!

CCA is excited to provide an opportunity to collect feedback from you regarding our teachers and the school environment. The Teacher Feedback data is used to provide feedback to teachers and is part of their performance evaluation done by the Executive Director and Assistant Principals. The Climate portion of the survey contains questions about the CCA administration team, school communication, academic instruction, school safety, and other aspects of the CCA environment. Responses from the Climate portion are reviewed by the School Accountability Committee, CCA administration, and the CCA Parent Board to guide future improvements to our school. The survey should not take longer than 20 minutes to complete. In exchange for your feedback, you are allowed to enter 2 hours of volunteer time. As a parent-involved charter school, this is your chance to help provide both positive and constructive feedback for CCA teachers, the administration, and the Parent Board. Note that the survey is intended to be filled out by parents, not students. Also note that the survey is designed to track trends across multiple years, and because we are hopeful the pandemic will not impact future school years, there are no pandemic-specific questions in the survey. Comments and concerns pertaining to the pandemic and related issues can be addressed directly to Ann Schultz (aschultz@cherrycreekacademy.org) and/or the CCA Parent Board (board@cherrycreekacademy.org).

The survey will be available until midnight on Tuesday, January 18th: https://bit.ly/CCA_survey_2021_2022

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

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!

In accordance with CCSD and new Colorado legislation, we will be following these new guidelines put in place for volunteers/visitors at the school. Please always have your idea ready and with you when coming to the school. We appreciate your help with this and thank you for your understanding and patience.

Dear Cherry Creek Schools Parents and Guardians:

The safety of our students and staff and the security of our schools is always our highest priority. We want to let you know that next month we will be updating our school visitor and volunteer procedures, as required by new Colorado legislation. School visitors and volunteers will be required to complete a brief application which will be linked to the Raptor Visitor ID System. You will only have to complete this form once per school year.

In January, you will receive specific information from your child’s school about these new visitor and volunteer procedures. Thank you for your partnership in keeping our students and staff safe!

Sincerely,
Cherry Creek Schools

This is a great opportunity if you love to play chess, are maybe really great at it, and would like to participate. We do want to note that this group has no group practices, school team, or staff sponsorship. Parents enroll their kids with the district form and bring them to the event. To access more information and the sign-up sheet click here. You do not need to be identified as Gifted and Talented to participate - anyone can sign up!

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.

Please join us on Friday, January 21, 2021, 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

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.

Are you interested in being a Substitute Teacher at Cherry Creek Academy? We are in need of substitutes and can help you become one at our school!

Substitute Teachers:

• Do you hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher? If you do you are eligible to apply for a Three Year Substitute Authorization through the Colorado Department of Education. Click here to access the application link.
  
  
• If you do not hold a Bachelor’s degree, but you are a High School graduate, you are eligible to apply for a One Year Substitute Authorization through the Colorado Department of Education. Click here to access the application link. to access the application link. Daily Rate: $150/day.

Upon receipt of your initial licensure, and 5 days of working as a substitute at CCA, CCA will reimburse you for the cost of your licensure.

*See our posting for Substitute Teacher below under Now Hiring.

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

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Teacher (CLDE)

Substitute 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.

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

CREATING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR TEEN

Fremont Center | 14603 E Fremont Ave, Centennial, CO 80112

9:15 am

The Parent Connection is sent to parents and community subscribers twice a month with information about student, school and district achievements, financial information, staff, events, board policy and more.

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