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Welcome back for the 2018-19 School Year! We look forward to seeing students bright and early Monday, August 20th at 8:00 AM.REGISTRATIONIt is critical that all new and returning families officially register for the upcoming school year. For returning families it is a simple address verification in Parent Connection. Please visit Q/ HYPERLINK "" Zangle ParentConnection?at your earliest convenience.OPEN HOUSE - BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTWe will be holding our annual Open House/Back to School Night on Thursday, September 6th. This event will begin at 6:30 PM and conclude by 8:00 PM. Similar to a more traditional Curriculum Night, our Open House gives parents/guardians the opportunity to meet all of the teachers for an overview of their courses. This evening will be for parents/guardians only. If families must bring along little ones, we will provide child care.HIGHLAND ACADEMY PTSOWe are extraordinarily lucky to have an extremely supportive Parent Teacher Student Organization. You'll be hearing from them at our Open House but in the meantime, we hope all families will take the opportunity to join. Visit:? learn more about upcoming school activities, discover college and career planning resources, and become a member of the PTSO!?ACADEMIC POLICY COMMITTEEAs a charter school in the Anchorage School District, Highland Academy has its own governing board, the Academic Policy Committee or APC. This group oversees the operations of the school in collaboration with the principal. The Highland APC meets the 2nd Thursday of every month, and its first meeting of the 2018-19 school year is Thursday, August 9th, at 6:00 PM here at Highland. All members of the community -- students, parents, and staff -- are invited to attend.HIGHLAND ACADEMY ACTIVITY FEEAs a Charter School we rely on various sources to fund school clubs and some of the unique activities we offer during elective classes and during Intensives weeks. The Activity Fee is $150 per family. Please make checks payable to Highland Academy Charter School.If the Activity Fee presents a hardship please contact Ms. Karin, Ms. Johnson, or Dr. Shapiro and we can make other arrangements.As the school district budget tightens it becomes increasingly difficult for us to offer some of the unique learning opportunities we pride ourselves on without this support. Again, if the $150 presents a hardship please contact us or consider splitting the payment at $75 per semester.NEW STAFF MEMBERSWe’re thrilled to be welcoming two new staff members and one not-so-new staff member. Mrs. Erin Schneider is coming back to Highland part time to teach high school science. We’re so happy to have her back on the team.Ms. Tiffani Bolin joins the team as our new Special Education teacher. Ms. Bolin has been a long-time ASD teacher, serving for the past several years as the special education department chair at Begich Middle School.Ms. Camille Varin comes to Highland from Chugiak High School, having also taught in the bush for multiple years. Ms. Varin will take the place of Mrs. Cunningham, who is on leave for the year, and will be teaching language arts in addition to math.Please join us in welcoming them to the Phoenix Family!IMPORTANT DATESPlease mark your calendars with these important August and early September dates:Tuesday, August 7th-New student placement testingWednesday, August 8th-New student placement testingThursday, August 9th-Academic Policy Committee MeetingMonday, August 20th-First Day of SchoolWednesday, August 29th-PTSO MeetingMonday, September 3rd-Labor Day, NO SCHOOLThursday, September 6th-Open HouseWednesday, September 12thPicture DayAMAZON SMILESupport Highland Academy when you shop Amazon! Link your Amazon account to Highland Academy Charter School at:?smile.ch/47-3521834. After linking you account, be sure to visit?smile.?rather than Amazon standard to share a percentage of your proceeds with our school. Sign up takes 1 minute, then just remember to Smile first!FRED MEYER REWARD CAN BENEFIT HIGHLANDPlease remember to link your Fred Meyer Rewards card to Highland Academy Charter School PTSO (#92327). If you've already signed up please double check and make sure you are connected to the correct School number: 92327. You continue to earn rewards and Highland earns too! ................
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