ANTIOCH CHARTER ACADEMY II

NEWSLETTER

Our Mission

 

The mission of the Antioch Charter Academies is to facilitate academic and personal growth of TK‐8th grade students of all socio‐economic levels and ethnic backgrounds. ACA enables 21st century students to become literate, self‐motivated, innovative, lifelong learners, and compassionate, collaborative active citizens. We nurture and support a partnership of students, teachers, families and the community; embrace individual strengths; and build upon research informed educational best practices including Montessori, multiple intelligences, brain‐compatible teaching, and multi‐age groupings with small class sizes

 

Our Vision

To provide a learning environment where students of all socio‐economic levels and ethnic backgrounds embrace education, exhibit compassion, and accept personal responsibility

 

October 22, 2019

LifeSkills and Lifelong Guidelines…What are they?

Teaching students to use lifeskills is part of Positive Discipline and Highly Effective Teaching (HET), two of our school’s core philosophies. There are 24 total lifeskills and lifelong guidelines…please see the attachment for a complete list with definitions of each.

 

LifeSkills and Lifelong Guidelines…How do my students use and practice them?

In Primary, we focus on the Lifelong Guideline of active listening, trying our personal best, patience, no put-downs, truthfulness, and trustworthiness. The concepts are introduced through picture books and brief classroom discussions and activities.

 

Elementary reads stories based on each life skill. Some of the stories are inspirational based on real people throughout history. We talk about the life skills during class meeting where they are recognized when they use the life skills throughout the day.

 

In the Intermediate level, students study a new lifeskill or lifelong guideline every two weeks. Students must complete a lifeskill assignment each week that centers around understanding and using the chosen lifeskill or lifelong guideline. Examples of assignments include making posters, answering prompts, and doing activities. Lifeskills are also used while giving compliments and writing bucket slips in class meetings. Teachers weave the lifeskills into their daily instruction and class meeting topics. Lifeskills are also often used when creating and writing classroom procedures. Students choose a lifeskill to focus on when they must reflect on their behavior choices.

 

In Middle School, during class meeting, students learn to give compliments based on lifeskills.  Each week, a different lifeskill becomes the focus for compliments. Every student and teacher gives a compliment to someone based on that lifeskill. In addition, at the beginning of the year as students work together to create the rules for the classroom, students always incorporate the lifeskills into the rules that they want for middle school.

Thank you First Trimester Elective Volunteers!

 

A HUGE thank you to all elective volunteers for providing opportunities for our intermediate and middle school students to participate in so many different activities.  Thank you Sara Wall, Iva McClurg, Stephanie Brooks, Jessica Gamble, Brandi Lopez, Annu Fuentes, and Adriana Solorio.

Also thank you to middle school students who stepped up to facilitate an elective: Jasmin Diaz-Munoz, Nicole Halbasch, Anthony Katusich, Enrique Martinez, Shudhit Sooch, Malcom Miller, and Seth Conner.

 

We need you!!!  Elective Help 2nd Trimester

 

We need volunteers to supervise/teach electives for our 4th-8th grade students. This is a vital part of our program allowing students to enjoy and be introduced to varied experiences.

4th – 8th grade students have electives from 2:00 – 2:55 on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  4th– 6th grade students have an additional elective 2:00 – 2:55 on Thursday.

Each elective is one day a week for one hour per day. Trimester 2 electives begin December 2nd and go through March 5th.

Some past popular electives and new ideas include: outdoor sports, board games, photography, recycle art, drama, woodworking, gardening, ultimate Frisbee, cooking, special effects makeup, film making/editing, costume design, choir, zumba, foreign language, fun with science, fundraising, roller skating and video game design. We encourage new ideas too!

 

Please email aca2middle@antiochcharteracademy.org to let us know which day and type of activity interests you.

Middle School Announcements

Dear parents of ACA II, the middle school SPA environment group is raising money to donate to the Nature Conservancy. We will be selling metal straws, T-shirts, and Origami turtles and will gratefully accept any donations. If you would like to prepare nature or environment themed treats we will also be selling the items we get. Our sale is on the week of Halloween starting Monday, October 28th and lasting while supplies are still available. The prices will be ranged from around $0.50 to $15. We are selling shirts in these sizes…. Adult small, Adult Medium, and Youth small. The sale is available for elementary, intermediate, and middle school. Thank You.

 PACKAGES

You can also just buy anything you want

 

Straws: $1.50

T-shirts: $10.00

Origami turtles: $0.50

Super: 2 Straws FREE Straw Cleaner = $3.00

Extreme: 1 T-Shirts + 1 straws +1 origami turtle + FREE straw cleaner = $15.00

 

From,

The Environment group

 

 

Dear ACA2 families’, middle school is doing a Social Political Actions project. We are collecting non-perishable food. Some examples for food to donate is (we got this from the food bank of contra costa and Solano county website and you can go there for more examples, you don’t have to be that exact):

  1. Natural Peanut Butter
  2. Whole Grain Cereals
  3. Hearty Low Sodium Soups
  4. Beans and Lentils (dry or canned)
  5. Canned Tuna and Chicken in Water
  6. Canned Fruit in Juice
  7. Non-perishable Low Sodium Ready to Eat Meals (chili, ravioli, etc.)
  8. Low Sodium Canned Vegetables
  9. Brown Rice

10.Whole Wheat/Grain Pasta

  1. Canned Tomato Products  12. Our food drive will be from October 23 to November 7. Our goal is 400 for the whole school. If we reach that goal we will get popsicles for the whole school. That is bringing about 2 cans per student.

Halloween Costume Reminders

Students are allowed to wear Halloween costumes to their level Halloween Party on the 31st. (See your level newsletter for information about your party).  Please remember that all school dress code rules apply to costumes. In addition, students may not wear masks that cover any portion of their face or costumes with excessive gore. Students should be able to walk and move around normally in their costume. Weapon accessories are also banned from the Halloween Party and should not be brought to school.

Absences & Tardies

 

It is extremely important that your student is in school every day, and arrives on time.  If though your student is sick, or will arrive late because of an unexpected delay, please call the office, or email your student’s classroom and office by 8amStudents who arrive after 8:15am must be walked into the office by the driver, and signed in.  All of these “rules” are in place to help keep your student safe!  Contact information is below.  Thank you!

 

Email Address Changed

Please see below for all the new email address for our school.

If you have an absence to clear please email the level address and copy the office.

 

2019/2020 Dates to Remember:

 

October 25                      Spirit Wear Form Due

October 25                      Hot Dog Fundraiser

October 31                      Minimum Day- All students 8:15-12pm

November 1                    Late Start at 9:15am

November 7                    Charter Council Meeting-ACA 4pm

November 8                    2nd Cup Coffee- Rm 6

November 8                    Pizza Fundraiser

November 11                  Veteran’s Day Observed- No School

November 15-22             Minimum Days- All students 8:15-12pm

November 22                  Ornament Exchange-General meeting

November 25-29             Thanksgiving Break- No School

December 5                    Charter Council Meeting-ACA 4pm

December 6                    2nd Cup Coffee- Rm 6

December 10                  FNB Meeting at 3:15 in room 5

Dec 23 – Jan 3                Winter Break- No School

         

2019 / 2020 Faculty

Office- aca2office@antiochcharteracademy.org

 

Primary aca2primary@antiochcharteracademy.org

Ms. Peacock- tpeacock@antiochcharteracademy.org

Mrs. Hawley- lhawley@antiochcharteracademy.org

 

Elementary aca2elementary@antiochcharteracademy.org

Mrs. Fank- bfank@antiochcharteracademy.org

Miss Berkich- jberkich@antiochcharteracademy.org

Mrs. Mariappan- jmariappan@antiochcharteracademy.org

 

Intermediate aca2intermediate@antiochcharteracademy.org

Miss Dubitsky- mdubitsky@antiochcharteracademy.org

Miss Albertoni- malbertoni@antiochcharteracademy.org

Mrs. Gonzalez- lgonzalez@antiochcharteracademy.org

 

Middle aca2middle@antiochcharteracademy.org

Mr. Hagan- mhagan@antiochcharteracademy.org

Mrs. McCutcheon- emccutcheon@antiochcharteracademy.org

 

Special Ed- SPED@antiochcharteracademy.org

Mrs. Willard- vwillard@antiochcharteracademy.org

Music

Mrs. Vela- acaiivela@gmail.com


2019-2020 Family Network Board

Chairperson: Annu Fuentes                                    acaiifnb@gmail.com
Co-Chairperson: Adriana Solorio                 acaiifnb@gmail.com
Secretary: Sharron Scott                               acaiifnb.secretary@gmail.com
Treasurer: Susan Cano                                            acaiifnb.treasurer@gmail.com
Volunteer Coordinator: Brandi Lopez                      acaiifnb.volunteer@gmail.com
Fundraising Coordinator: Maria Strock         acaiifnb.fundraising@gmail.com
Co-Fundraising Coordinator: Ashley Rice     acaiifnb.fundraising@gmail.com
Social Coordinator: Sara Wall                       acaiifnb.social@gmail.com
Co-Social Coordinator: Jillian Broussard        acaiifnb.social@gmail.com

Family Network Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/groups/acaiifamilynews/?ref=bookmarks#

 

Memory Book

acaiimemorybook@gmail.com

 

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