September 2017 - In this newsletter... A Word from Willyn All School BBQ September 21st Learners in the Limelight Field Trips Exploration Activities Parent Contribution Opportunities VPA A Word from Willyn... I am so excited to send this month's email, which is dedicated to our theme for the year, Together WE Can by featuring all of the details and teasers for the All School BBQ on September 21st . What better way to connect than by being together--celebrating our growth and achievement on state tests with student awards, playing old fashioned family picnic games, eating delicious food, kicking off the Read-a-thon, and forming clubs with those who share our interests! Please read this newsletter and plan on coming to this event. It is a joy to be part of this organization and I cannot wait to interact with all of you, play with you, and get so many more fun things going for the best year ever! Love, Willyn ​ Calling ALL VCA LEARNERS & FAMILIES for a School Wide BBQ! Thursday, September 21 5:00-7:00 p.m. Orchard City Town Park 11245 2100 Rd, Orchard City, CO 81410 - meat will be provided - (Please bring your own drinks + a side-dish to share) RSVP Here no later than September 14. - fun, Fun, FUN with Families - lawn games - Celebrating Testing Growth & Success with Awards - Learn about the Read-a-Thon Fundraiser - Picture Retakes - Learn about, join, and/or start a VCA Club! - Academic Letter Awards - and, of course, BBQ READ-a-THON On Monday, September 25th, Vision Charter Academy will launch it's first read-a-thon. Each learner will be challenged to read at least 30 minutes per day over the course of the two week fundraiser (September 25th-October 5th). Family and friends will be able to easily make donations via our online process with a card, by cash, or check. Proceeds will go to support VCA clubs and any other student-led initiatives. The goal for this year is $10,000 !!! ​Yay!! Our test scores are rising! A majority of our learners showed marked improvement on their state assessment results. Together, we “eclipsed” the previous year’s results! Congratulations! Vision Charter Academy will celebrate ALL of our learners’ growth and achievement at our school-wide celebration and BBQ on September 21st,from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Field of Dreams Pavilion in Orchard City Town Park. Vision Charter Academy will be acknowledging and celebrating ALL learners who were STARS: S howing T remendous A chievement R esults Please plan to join us at this deliciously fun celebratory event! VCA Clubs! Let's get like-minded groups together and have clubs! Put some more fun and socialization into our learning experiences. With the money from the read-a-thon, we will be able to support club activities this year! Get your group together and have a table to recruit more members at the BBQ or come ready to find the perfect club for you! Clubs look great on resumes, college applications, and can make the difference in scholarships. Research shows that kids who are involved in at least 1 club are 80% more likely to graduate from college. It's never too early to start getting involved. If you already know what club you'd like to have fill out the form HERE ! Games at the BBQ Join us at the VCA barbecue and just try not to have FUN! Like to be competitive? Challenge your friends, family, teachers to beachball volleyball, three-legged race, turtles, tag, and water balloons. Would you rather show your skills at lawn games? How about bocce ball, corn hole, ladderball, or washers? We also will have some games for the younger set too like hula hoops and Duck, Duck, Goose. We encourage everyone to get involved in every game! One thing we won’t have is...boredom. So come prepared to laugh and play with our amazing community of VCA. ​ Reve Photography will also be present at the September 21st BBQ to take school picture retakes if you missed the opportunity on registration day. Even if you are not buying pictures, it is important that each learner have a school issued ID. VCA Learners Join the Civil Air Patrol Last Monday night marked the first annual Civil Air Patrol induction ceremony. The Civil Air Patrol is the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force and the following VCA learners joined! Pictured above, Rikku Lage Hazel Lancaster Dylan Miles Shayne Rubner Logan Smith Levi Smothers Kayla Gerlits We are so proud of you! This year's trip theme is "Where does it come from". Throughout the year, we will be taking trips around Western Colorado learning about the water, electricity, food production, manufacturing, and history in our area. Mark your calendar - trips are tentatively scheduled for the last Friday of each month , pending business' schedules. Exploration activities are supplemental unit studies that provide a hands on environment for exploring the world. Classes will be held at all three campuses throughout the year. Delta and Surface Creek campuses will alternate hosting each series (3-4 weeks long) on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30. North Fork classes will be on Thursday afternoons as advertised. All learners are welcome to attend. Registration is on a first come basis and classes are limited to 15 students. Registration deadline is Wednesday, September 13 9/20-10/4 Session #1 Who: High School Learners What: Scholarship writing ($30,000+ locally) and portfolio creating (resume, intent letters, etc.). Time will also go toward your ICAP required goals. When: 2:30-3:30 Where: Delta Campus Cantina Register Here Contributing Parents! VCA is expanding opportunities for parents to contribute from recess supervision, to reading to classes, to participating on a field trip, to creating a center, to leading a club, to writing thank you notes at home; we want to get everyone engaged. Get your choice of an amazing opportunity by getting your name in NOW. Fill out this FORM ​ by September 8th to get approved at the Board of Stewards meeting on September 12th to start contributing! V anguard P arent A ssociation Hi Parents and primary mentors, We congratulate you for surviving “Back to School” week! Danielle and I would love to meet you all over the course of our monthly VPA meetings. We have some exciting events proposed for the school year that we hope will inspire lots of positive interaction and school unity. Please add our 1 st VPA meeting to your calendar. We will meet on the Delta Campus on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 3:30p-4:30p. We will be refining our goals for the 1 st half of the year and planning our 1 st event. We hope to see you there. If you would like to be kept in the loop on all the fantastic activities we have planned each month, as well as timely meeting reminders, text EZMA92569 to 797979 so we can add you to the message alerts, specifically for VPA only. VPA Chairperson: Danielle Angotti Contact #: 970-200-7163VPA Co-Chair: Reenie Miles Contact #: 918-829-3993 ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌   ‌