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Newsletter for Antioch Charter Academy/TLCS Families and Staff Volume 27, Issue 20, January 23, 2023
Hello ACA Families!
We have a busy week ahead of us! It is our annual School Choice AND Great Kindness Challenge Week.
To celebrate this week, students planned a spirit week:
Monday – Pajama Day
Tuesday – Twin Day
Wednesday- ACA Blue Shirt Day
Thursday – 70’s Day
Friday- Freaky Friday (dress/impersonate someone else)
Wednesday morning, around 8:35, Primary and Elementary Students will perform a dance to commemorate School Choice Week. Families are invited to attend. Our Family Network will be serving hot cocoa and donuts after this performance! If you’d like to join or support our Family Network and help out with fun school events like this, come on out to one of their meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month right after school.
Mrs. Cerecedes
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
National School Choice: On Wednesday, January 25, all ACA families are invited to come watch the Primary and Elementary students perform the National School Choice Dance for 2023. The dance will be performed on the black top at 8:35ish.
The staff will be posting pictures and videos from the week on our private social media accounts. Since the accounts are set to private, you do need to request to join our Facebook and Instagram groups.
Antioch Charter-https://www.instagram.
Facebook-
ACA Family & Friends- https://www.facebook.com/
FN Coin Wars!!! Coin Wars FUNdraiser now until January 31st; the students are challenged to bring in the most points for their levels to win the war by bringing in coins & bills! See attached flyer for details.
Cougar Cub Club (our TK program) is looking for donations! New, or gently used items will be gratefully accepted!
3 to 4 Chess Boards
Play food/play kitchen toys
Legos
Coloring books
Barbie’s
Jumbo piece puzzles
Basketball
Sidewalk chalk
Hot Wheels/toy cars
Blanket/throws (child size)
UPCOMING & ONGOING SCHOOL EVENTS 
Family Fun Night…Spaghetti Feed & Dessert Auction: On Thursday, February 16th from 5:30~7:30pm, we will have a family FUN night involving food! 
See attachment for details!
First Fridays: First Fridays take place every 1st Friday of the month during the school year, at Skipolini’s in Antioch at 4pm. Come join and have dinner with your family while making new friends from our ACA community! Check the calendar for the next get together, and make sure to bring the flyer so ACA gets a %!!
FN Dining for Dollars – Panda Express: Friday, February 3. If you don’t have dinner at Skipolini’s, then get your food from Panda Express & earn $$ for the school. This fundraiser is nationwide, so share the code with family & friends! See attachment for details & code, or go to this link ttps://www.community-
Family Scouts: on Wednesdays from 2:15~3:15pm in the multi-use room, Coach Milan is leading a Family Scout troop. See attachment for details
2023-24 Lottery: The ACA lottery for the upcoming 2023-24 school year, will be held on March 7, 2023. If you have a student, or know of a student who is interested in our school, an application must be submitted by March 6, 2023. To qualify for Transitional Kindergarten, students must turn 5 by April 2, 2024.
FYI: No student is automatically accepted into the school because he or she has a sibling already attending ACA. All new students, including TK & Kindergarten, must submit an application by March 6th, to be included in the school’s lottery. Applications for ACA & ACA II can be filled out online at https://antiochcharteracademy.
Charter Council: The Charter Council is our governing board. The board meets usually on the second Thursday of the month @ 4PM. Please check the calendar for the next meeting date/time, or call the office at 925-755-7311 to confirm. These meetings are open to the public – all are welcomed!
FAMILY NETWORK (FN) HAPPENINGS 
The ACA Family Network is made up of ACA adults who volunteer for fundraisers and social events for the enrichment of our children. The money we raise goes back to our school for study trips, family activities, assemblies, and classroom supplies. If you have a child/grandchild/niece/nephew/
Family Network Meetings are usually the second Tuesday of each month. The board welcomes and encourages all ACA families to attend the meetings. Check with the calendar below to find out the next meeting.
Pasta Fundraiser: Order Fun Pasta all year long and ACA will get 35-40% of the proceeds! Order online and make sure to select Antioch Charter Academy I as who you are supporting! https://funpastafundraising.
Annual Give: Would you like to support whole school activities, all the classrooms, and have less fundraisers??!!! Then make a tax deductible donation…donate here via PayPal → https://www.paypal.com/us/
AmazonSmiles: Shop at Amazon? Shop at Amazon’s fundraising site, smile.amazon.com and they will donate back to ACA. We are registered as The Learner Centered School, Inc.
Family Network Volunteer Opportunities
Popcorn Fridays Volunteers Needed 
We need volunteers to help out with popcorn sales each Friday 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Help set up, make popcorn, sell candy/popcorn and clean-up
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Jan 23-27 Great Kindness Challenge Week & Spirit Days
Jan 24 Prim/Elem (EE) Trip – Ice Skating
Jan 25 National School Choice Dance – 8:35am
Jan 26 MS to Farm (EE) – small group
Jan 25-27 Celebrate School Choice
Jan 31 MS Study Trip – San Jose Tech Museum
Feb 2-3 Minimum Days – dismiss at 12pm
Feb 3 First Friday at Skipolini’s – 4pm
Feb 3 FN Dining for Dollars – Panda Express
Feb 9 Charter Council Meeting (all welcome) – 4pm
Feb 10 Minimum Day – dismiss at 12pm
Feb 16 FN Family Fun Night – Spaghetti Feed & Dessert Auction
Feb 20-27 February Break & Teacher Workday – no school
Feb 28 Welcome back to school!
REMINDERS 
Parking Lot Safety – Let’s Keep ALL Our Students, Staff & Families SAFE!
SLOW DOWN
Everyone needs to use crosswalks!
Listen to the staff’s instructions – they are trying to keep everyone safe, and to keep drop off/pick up running smoothly.
Do not tell your students to cut through the parking lot to reach you – cars that are backing up may not see your student. Students should be picked up using the carpool lane, or using the crosswalk, they can walk to their cars which are parked on the street/in front of the park.
When it is your turn to enter the carpool lane, pull all the way forward, so up to 6 vehicles can load/unload their charges at a time.
Do not move forward in the carpool lane until all children have entered/exited their vehicles in front of you – a fender bender could severely injure a child who is partially in a vehicle.
When leaving the parking lot, please drive the speed limit so our students walking to school are safe.
Thank you for keeping everyone safe – remember picking up/dropping off is only a few minutes out of your day, but an injury could last a lifetime!!
School Lunch Order Form – https://forms.gle/
You MUST order meals in advance in order to receive them or else we may not have a meal available for your student. Breakfast and Supper will be the same for all students, while lunch has a menu that you can choose one entree from.
Absences, Tardies, Leaving Early – Daily Attendance is expected: If your student will be absent, or tardy, please call the office at 925-755-7311, or email your student’s classroom, before 8:00am. Please make sure to check into the office if your student arrives late. If your student needs to depart early, the person picking up the child must call the office at (925) 755-7311 so the office can retrieve the student prior to walking into the office to sign out their student.
CONTACT INFORMATION
School Phone – 925-755-7311
School Address – 3325 Hacienda Way, Antioch 94509
School Website – www.AntiochCharterAcademy.org
School Lunch Order Form – https://forms.gle/
ACA Office – ACAOffice@
ACA Family Network – ACAFamilyNetwork@
ACA Elementary – ACAElementary@
ACA Intermediate – ACAIntermediate@
ACA Primary – ACAPrimary@
ACA Middle School – ACAMiddleSchool@
ACA I & II Special Education – SPED@antiochcharteracademy.org
ACA Newsletter – ACANewsletter@
ACA Yearbook – ACAMemories@
Social Media – Accounts are set to private; you need to request to join our groups.
Instagram Antioch Charter – https://www.instagram.com/
Facebook ACA Family & Friends – https://www.facebook.com/
Parent Network Board & Contact Info
Co-Chairs: Corey Cruz
Secretary: Brooke Farrington
Treasurer: Sarah Glenn
School Volunteer Coordinator: Salena Killion
Social Chair: Yessika Berrios
Fundraising Chair: open…can you help???
Members at Large: Everyone!
Email: ACAFamilyNetwork@
Remind: This is another way for the school to quickly inform you on what is happening on campus. Never miss another minimum day schedule, or a whole school event. You can receive messages through email or through texting – you decide! If you have not signed up yet, please contact your student’s classroom for the code – each grouping has their own code!
Need Assistance – it is OK to ask! 
Antioch Charter Academy: call the school office (925-755-7311) if you need help finding school supplies, figuring out how to get school meals, and/or need to talk with someone regarding any struggles your student(s) may be facing.
Contra Costa Crisis Center (call 211): https://www.crisis-center.org/
Contra Costa Health Services: https://cchealth.org/
First 5 of Contra Costa County: http://www.first5coco.org/
CocoKids East County: https://www.cocokids.org
Surviving Parenthood Resource Directory for Contra Costa County: https://capc-coco.org/wp-
Statewide Online Tutoring Program: Students in California, with or without a library card, will be able to access HelpNow through links on their local library’s website or through the State Library’s. Go to Digital Resources | Contra Costa County Library (ccclib.org) Click “Brainfuse HelpNow”.
VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS
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
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.
Antioch Charter Academy is Fully Accredited for Grades K-8 by the Schools Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Academia autónoma de Antioquía
Boletín para las familias y el personal de Antioch Charter Academy/TLCS Volumen 27, número 20, 23 de enero de 2023
¡Hola familias de ACA!
¡Tenemos una semana ocupada por delante! Es nuestra semana anual de elección de escuela y gran desafío de bondad.
Para celebrar esta semana, los estudiantes planearon una semana de espíritu:
Lunes – Día del Pijama
Martes – Día de los Gemelos
Miércoles- Día de la Camisa Azul ACA
Jueves – Día de los 70
Friday- Freaky Friday (vestirse/suplantar a otra persona)
El miércoles por la mañana, alrededor de las 8:35, los alumnos de Primaria y Primaria realizarán un baile para conmemorar la Semana de Elección Escolar. Las familias están invitadas a asistir. ¡Nuestra red familiar servirá chocolate caliente y donas después de esta presentación! Si desea unirse o apoyar nuestra Red familiar y ayudar con eventos escolares divertidos como este, venga a una de sus reuniones que se lleva a cabo el segundo martes de cada mes justo después de la escuela.
Sra. Cerecedes
ANUNCIOS
Elección Nacional de Escuela: El miércoles 25 de enero, todas las familias de ACA están invitadas a ver a los estudiantes de Primaria y Primaria realizar el Baile Nacional de Elección de Escuela para 2023. El baile se realizará en la parte superior negra a las 8:35 pm.
El personal publicará fotos y videos de la semana en nuestras cuentas privadas de redes sociales. Dado que las cuentas están configuradas como privadas, debe solicitar unirse a nuestros grupos de Facebook e Instagram.
Instagram
Carta de Antioquía-https://www.
Facebook-
Familia y amigos de ACA: https://www.facebook.com/
¡Guerras de monedas FN! Recaudación de fondos de Coin Wars ahora hasta el 31 de enero; ¡los estudiantes tienen el desafío de traer la mayor cantidad de puntos para sus niveles para ganar la guerra al traer monedas y billetes! Ver folleto adjunto para más detalles.
¡Cougar Cub Club (nuestro programa TK) está buscando donaciones! ¡Los artículos nuevos o usados en buen estado serán aceptados con gratitud!
3 a 4 tableros de ajedrez
Juega comida/juega juguetes de cocina
legos
Libros para colorear
Barbie
Rompecabezas de piezas gigantes
Baloncesto
tiza de acera
Hot Wheels/coches de juguete
Mantas/mantas (tamaño infantil)
EVENTOS ESCOLARES PRÓXIMOS Y EN CURSO
Noche de diversión familiar… Subasta de comida y postres de espagueti: El jueves 16 de febrero de 5:30 a 7:30 p. m., ¡tendremos una noche de DIVERSIÓN familiar que incluirá comida! ¡Vea el archivo adjunto para más detalles!
Primeros viernes: los primeros viernes se llevan a cabo cada primer viernes del mes durante el año escolar, en Skipolini’s en Antioch a las 4 p.m. ¡Únase y cene con su familia mientras hace nuevos amigos de nuestra comunidad ACA! ¡Consulte el calendario para la próxima reunión y asegúrese de traer el folleto para que ACA obtenga un %!
FN Dining for Dollars – Panda Express: viernes 3 de febrero. Si no cena en Skipolini’s, compre su comida en Panda Express y gane $$ para la escuela. Esta recaudación de fondos es a nivel nacional, ¡así que comparta el código con familiares y amigos! Consulte el archivo adjunto para obtener detalles y el código, o vaya a este enlace ttps://www.community-
Family Scouts: los miércoles de 2:15 a 3:15 p. m. en el salón de usos múltiples, el entrenador Milan dirige una tropa de Family Scout. Ver archivo adjunto para más detalles
Lotería 2023-24: La lotería ACA para el próximo año escolar 2023-24 se llevará a cabo el 7 de marzo de 2023. Si tiene un estudiante, o sabe de un estudiante que está interesado en nuestra escuela, debe enviar una solicitud antes de 6 de marzo de 2023. Para calificar para el kínder de transición, los estudiantes deben cumplir 5 años antes del 2 de abril de 2024.
FYI: Ningún estudiante es aceptado automáticamente en la escuela porque él o ella tiene un hermano que ya asiste a ACA. Todos los estudiantes nuevos, incluidos TK y Kindergarten, deben presentar una solicitud antes del 6 de marzo para ser incluidos en la lotería de la escuela. Las solicitudes para ACA y ACA II se pueden completar en línea en https://antiochcharteracademy.
Charter Council: El Charter Council es nuestra junta directiva. La junta se reúne generalmente el segundo jueves del mes a las 4 p. m. Consulte el calendario para conocer la fecha/hora de la próxima reunión o llame a la oficina al 925-755-7311 para confirmar. Estas reuniones están abiertas al público, ¡todos son bienvenidos!
ACONTECIMIENTOS DE LA RED FAMILIAR (FN)
La red familiar de ACA está formada por adultos de ACA que se ofrecen como voluntarios para recaudar fondos y eventos sociales para el enriquecimiento de nuestros niños. El dinero que recaudamos vuelve a nuestra escuela para viajes de estudio, actividades familiares, asambleas y útiles escolares. Si tiene un hijo/nieto/sobrina/sobrino/
Las reuniones de Family Network son generalmente el segundo martes de cada mes. La junta da la bienvenida y alienta a todas las familias de ACA a asistir a las reuniones. Consulte el calendario a continuación para averiguar la próxima reunión.
Recaudación de fondos de pasta: ¡Ordene Fun Pasta durante todo el año y ACA obtendrá 35-40% de los ingresos! ¡Haga su pedido en línea y asegúrese de seleccionar Antioch Charter Academy I como a quien está apoyando! https://funpastafundraisi