Frontier Academy Newsletter AND THE RESULTS ARE……

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Frontier Academy Newsletter Mar. 16, 2015 Secondary OPT Meeting Tuesday, March 17, 2015 6:30 p.m. Secondary Library Congratulations
to the Frontier Academy
Middle School girls Basketball
team on a successful season!
They hosted St. Mary’s in the
finals and completed the
season with second place in
the league. Great season
coaches and players! Knowledge
Bowl
Mr. Grimes and the kids had an
amazing season!
AND THE
RESULTS ARE……
League Meets -
With any purchase of SCRIP between now and March 26th – earn a dress down coupon to be used the Friday before Spring Break! ELEMENTARY PARENTS
REMINDER!
Butter Braid Orders are
due Tuesday, March
17th! Butter Braids can
be picked up
Wednesday, March 25th,
3-5 p.m., Elem. Cafeteria
University High School - Frontier placed 4th
out of 23 teams.
Eaton High School - Frontier Placed 1st out
of 23 teams
Valley High School - Frontier Placed 2nd
out of 23 teams (JV placed 3rd overall)
Sterling High School - Frontier Placed 3rd
out of 18 teams
Frontier Academy placed second in the
League at the end of the season.
Regional qualifying event: Frontier placed
4th in 3A missing a state qualification by
three questions.
Congratulations!
Varsity team:
Justin Wardell
Victoria Palmer
Garrett Shirley
Trey Young
Jade Darnell
Quinton Royle-Grimes
Junior Varsity Team:
McKayla Measner
Zach Bonderandt
Jackie Jones
Jenny Jones
Matthew Brown
Brynn Moore 2
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The Board had a couple great “Show and Tell” presentations at the last meeting. We had a 6 grade, flutist,
Miranda Hoyman who is competing in the UCCC Stars of Tomorrow. Good luck Miranda! Also, the HS boys
basketball team introduced themselves and we congratulated Coach Woods on his 200+ win. Best of luck to
our Frontier Boys Basketball team in the Regional Tournament!
The High School is reviewing the HVAC system to ensure the classrooms are warm during the cold winter
months. Mr. Mothershed is checking each unit to ensure they are programmed correctly.
The Middle School sports teams will be joining the Patriot League next year which will include changes to the
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team set up. Unfortunately track will no longer be offered to 6 graders next years. Another change is that
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each team will be a made up of two 7 and two 8 grade teams.
We will be posting for new two (2) Board Members to join the Executive Committee to fill our current
vacancies. The positions will be posted March 9th on line on the Frontier Academy website under “About Us”
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and then “Executive Committee” section. Acceptance of applications will close April 8 . Interviews will be
scheduled following this timeframe. If you have an interest in getting involved in the leadership of our school,
please consider applying. We are would prefer to have those with applying with backgrounds in the following
areas: educational, legal or construction. Please contact a current Board Member to learn more about it.
The annual League of Charter Schools meeting was held late February; five staff attended and gave a report
on current issues.
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The new District 6 Superintendent starts July 1 . We will send her a welcome and congratulations on her
new position.
The Board approved a volunteer opt-in Community Service designation program for honoring students who
achieved specific goals during their high school years. This program will become effective next year.
The Board approved a Boys Golf program for the next school year.
The Board approved the new school HS and MS fees for the next school year. The changes included are that now the
parents will pay a fee for paper instead of bringing in reams of paper at the beginning of the year. Also, an optional
Athletic Fee was approved for students to enter home sporting events with the pass versus being charged at each event.
Board officers were approved again for another year.
Our current finances are right on budget and looking good as we are using our end of the year surplus to cover our land
payment (if that ends up being most advantageous for us).
The Executive Committee would like to thank all the families and staff that have provided feedback on the security
proposals that have been discussed over the past few months. We continue to evaluate all options that have been
presented, but are more actively researching one or more full-time security officers similar to what other charter schools
are providing. We recognize the impact this may have on the budget and other priorities of the school and are taking time
to carefully research this option.
The Frontier Academy Executive Committee is currently accepting applications for new board members. Interested
applicants should follow the link below and fill out an application online. For more information, please contact Stan
Sugden- EC President, Dr. Every, or Dr. Seedorf.
https://admin3.applitrack.com/frontieracademy/OnlineApp/JobPostings/view.asp?category=Volunteers
The next Executive Committee Meeting is Thursday, April 9, 6 p.m.
in the Elementary Library.
Coming Soon...
Sunday, April 26, 2015 @ 2:10pm
COLORADO ROCKIES VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
COORS FIELD 20TH ANNIVERSARY & REUNION GAME
More information on Rockies tickets will be available after Spring-Break.
Stay tuned! FORMS COMING HOME WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK.
****ATTENTION ELEMENTARY DRIVELINE USERS****
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE HAS ENOUGH CAR SEATS AND/OR SEAT BELTS
FOR YOUR CHILDREN, STUDENTS AND/OR OTHER STUDENTS YOU ARE PICKING UP AT
All child passenger safety violations are enforced as primary traffic
safety laws. In other words, an officer could pull you over just for breaking a
child-safety law. You face a minimum $82 fine.
SCHOOL!
EVERY child’s safety is important to us!
BE AWARE AND PLEASE WATCH YOUR SPEED! UNION COLONY
PROTECTIVE SERVICES WILL BE DOING LICENSE PLATE TAGGING FOR
SPEEDERS! Regional Science Fair
Congratulations to Mrs. Schmidt and our
students who participated in the Regional
Science Fair on February 26th!
Braeden Cross: Junior Division
Potato Projectiles
Broadcom Pioneer of Science
Bailey England and Aleigha Street also
participated in the Junior Division this year.
Jenny Jones: Senior Division
The Office of Naval Research
Naval Science Award
The pre-health professionals club
The Rosalind Franklin Award
Yale Science & Engineering Association Award
Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award
Technical Writing Award
1st place in category
2nd place best in fair
International Alternate 8 Keys of Excellence
March Key –
Flexibility
Sophomores,
Juniors and 7th
grade students!
Rotary Youth
Leadership Awards
applications are
open. This is an
excellent
opportunity to refine
your leadership
skills and get
involved in a life
changing week of
awesomeness. Go
to the link below to
apply or read more
and feel free to ask
Mr. Byerly
questions.
http://www.rmryla.or
g/about_ryla.html Dear Parents,
As you have heard, TCAP tests are now online and are called
CMAS (science & social studies) and PARCC (English language
arts & math).
Students in grades 3-12 will be participating in these state assessments. When creating the
schedules for testing, we considered many factors, including the time required for testing, the
classes missed while testing, and previous testing schedules that have been successful.
English language arts & math: March 9-26
Science & social studies: April 13-23
English language arts & math: April 20-May 7
Please see more detailed schedule information at frontieracademy.net/testing
On these test days, we ask that students arrive to school on time. Help your children feel their
best by making sure they go to bed early, eat a good breakfast and bring healthy lunches and
snacks. Please do not schedule appointments for your child during these test days or times.
These test results are important to your student and Frontier Academy. The scores help us
determine how much progress we have made and they affect our standing with the state of
Colorado and District 6.
The Colorado Department of Education states that students may not have cell phones in the
testing room. Students need to leave cell phones at home, in lockers, or at the front office.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Budzynski at 970-339-9153 or Mrs. Willis at 970330-1780.
With your help, spring testing will be great! Thank you for your support. ♪ 5th Grade Music Concert Tuesday, April 28 5:30 pm for Mrs. Van Maanen and Mrs. Kozak
6:30 pm for Mrs. Mothershed and Mrs. Martinez
Concert will be in the elementary gym.
Dress for the concert is Dress Code or Nicer.
Please have your child to the concert at least 15 minutes prior to the show time.
Please note that concert attendance will now be figured into a letter grade for music class! CCI Greenheart is searching for families with
teenagers who would be willing to host one of these
French girls for a few weeks over the summer.
Thais, 17, Female
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Program Dates: July 18 – August 8 (3 weeks)
Interests: horseback riding, swimming, shopping, cooking, running,
museums, movies, theater, dance, dogs
Albane, 16, Female
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Program Dates: July 15 – July 29 (2 weeks)
Interests: dance, shopping, dogs, sailing, water sports, running,
cooking, photography
Lorenza, 17, Female
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Program Dates: July 20 – August 9 (3 weeks)
Interests: horseback riding, basketball, volleyball, shopping, theater,
dance, paining/drawing
They do what your family is doing over the summer. You choose the
student you wish to host.
If you are interested or would like more information please contact
Lasha at 970-324-6303 or [email protected] NEXT Friday 3/20!
Come to the last
Elementary Movie Night
of the year! We will be
showing
Penguins of Madagascar
in the elementary gym
at 6:30 p.m. - $3 per
person entry. All
proceeds benefit the
playground.
Frontier Academy High School
Track & Field
Fundraiser
Our High School Track and Field Program is trying something different this year
for our fundraiser, you have a chance to support the track team and get some work done
around the house. We are offering student/athletes to come to your house for one hour,
and do any task that you may need help with. For example you can have the
student/athletes do yard work, house work, painting, or any other task you can think
of. We will be doing this on March 30th at 4pm. We ask for your support of our track
team, and in the process you will get those spring time tasks done. If you have any
questions or would like to sign up to support our high school track and field program.
4 student/athletes 1hour of work- $50.00
6 student/athletes 1 hour of work- $75.00
8 student/athletes 1 hour of work- $90.00
Please contact Head Coach Mike Danson at 970-381-3192 or by email at
[email protected]
Secondary School's Field Day
A planning meeting is scheduled for Thursday,
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March 26 @ 6:30pm in the Secondary School
Cafeteria (rescheduled from Wednesday,
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February 25 ). Please come help organize the
FUN for your student's last day before summer
break. Questions? Contact Patty
([email protected]) All Middle School Track and Field
parents - Please email
[email protected] to be
added to the contact list.
Elementary OPT Highlights:
- There is going to be a Parent Academy upcoming
highlighting the differences and similarities between
Common Core curriculum and Core Knowledge. Date
TBA.
- The Box Tops contest brought in over 22,000 box
tops! WOW! Great job!
- Butter Braids fundraiser has been sent out. Forms and
money are due on 03/17/15 and delivery will be on
03/25/15. Volunteers are needed to help distribute in
the cafeteria!
- We were able to fund several requests this month
with fundraiser money:
1. Mrs. Faulkner was granted funds for hospitality
supplies for the District Battle Of The Books. Frontier
Academy is hosting for the first time this year!
2. Mr. Lemons was granted funds for 5th grade IT
equipment upgrades
3. Mrs. Bowness was granted funds for iPad minis for
her reading stations
4. Mrs Jones was granted funds for a laser printer for
Media projects with ink for a year!
5. Mrs. VanMaanen and Mrs. Forster were granted
funds for new upper grades math activity centers.
6. Miss Bardos was granted funds for classroom
organizational items
- Field Day T-shirt designs were submitted by the Art
Club and a design was chosen. The winner will receive
a $15 Scrip gift card!
- Be sure to check the Facebook page and emails for
volunteer opportunities - volunteers are always needed
for Teacher Appreciation events and fundraiser
distribution!
Our Eighth Grade Flute
Trio Earned an (I) at the
Solo and
Ensemble Festival.
The highest mark possible!
Are you interested in being on the
Elementary Board of Frontier
Academy's Organization of Parents
and Teachers? The positions are
President, Vice President, Secretary,
Treasurer, Fundraising Coordinator,
and Volunteer Coordinator. If you
would like to discuss these positions
or would like to submit your
information for the ballot, please
contact the OPT President, Brooke
Minkel at [email protected]. Congratulations!
Jade Schmidt
Kelly Vigil
Savanna RyanSword COUNTDOWN TO GRADUATION – CLASS OF 2015
SENIORS & PARENTS
Thursday, April 30
By 4:10 pm
ALL BYU Transcripts MUST be
received in Counseling Office by 4:10 pm
Thursday, May 7
By 4:10 pm
ALL WORK STUDY Documentation
& paperwork MUST be
completed/received
in Counseling Office by 4:10 pm
Saturday, May 9
6:00-7:30 pm
7:30-10:30 pm
Senior Class Semi-Formal Dinner
Senior Class Casino
Cornerstone Community Church, 1321 9th Avenue
Thursday, May 14
By 4:10 pm
Last Day of School for Seniors ! ! !
ALL ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS, COURSEWORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 4:10 PM.
Including Frontier Courses, Frontier Credit Recovery Courses, Aims/UNC Courses, Online
Courses, etc. (BYU Due April 30th).
COURSEWORK MUST BE COMPLETED WITH PASSING GRADES-FEES & FINES PAID!
Transcripts from outside institutions must be received in the Counseling Office by May 14 by 4:10 pm.
Sunday, May 17
4:00-5:00 pm
Senior's Baccalaureate Service
Frontier Academy Auditorium
Monday, May 18
7:30-9:00 am
Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal
Meet in Cafeteria at 7:30 am sharp!
Monday, May 18
FINAL NOTIFICATION
Parents will be notified if their Senior has
failed any courses and is not graduating on
May 24th.
Thursday, May 21
8:00-11:00 am
Pick up Caps/Gowns - Library
Saturday, May 23
8:30 am
Seniors Meet – Garden Theater Stage
Bring pressed gown/cap/tassel on a hanger
10:00 am
GRADUATION !!!!
Garden Theater
University of Northern Colorado
10 Avenue & 18 Street, Greeley, CO
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Inclement Weather: UNC Garden Theater-Rain or Shine
Frontier Administration reserves the right to adjust dates & times on Graduation Calendars
Rev. 3-3-15