May 18 – 22 K – 3 Core Knowledge Testing

Tuesday, May 19 Builder of the Year Awards – FaceBook Live

Friday, May 22 1st – 6th Grade Reading University Deadline

Friday, May 22 Last day of Kindergarten

Monday, May 25 Memorial Day – No School – Office Closed

May 26 – 29 4 – 6 Core Knowledge Testing

Thursday, May 28 1st – 6th Grade Missing Work Deadline by NOON

Friday, May 29 Last Day of Classes/Groups

Friday, May 29 Morning Drive Through Goodbye 

Monday, June 1 Last Day of School – Field Day (at home)

June 2 – 3 Book Drop Off/Summer Packet Pick-up

 

  

For updates and additional information, please visit our campus website: https://draper2.americanprep.org/

May Builders Theme

I am a builder when I am utterly reliable. 

Horton stars in not one, but two of Dr. Seuss’s books.  Most people know the story of Horton helping out the tiny Who’s on his clover and keeping them safe. The Who’s are able to rely on Horton because he stands up for them and never abandons them.  

Another book that is less well-known is when Horton hatches the egg. In that book, Horton agrees to keep an egg warm for a lazy bird who promises she will be right back… but she ends up going on vacation!  Poor Horton has to sit through hot blistering days, wet miserable rainstorms, and an icy cold winter. However, UTTERLY RELIABLE Horton refuses to leave the defenseless egg. Horton said over and over, “I said what I meant, I  meant what I said, an elephant’s faithful 100%.”

The book has a fantastic surprise at the end, as Horton’s dependability is rewarded!  You’ll have to read the book to find out what it is!

 

Here is an amazing video from our Character Development team introducing this month’s theme – https://youtu.be/dHEsjdsoiso 

 

Upcoming Event Details

Builder of the Year Awards – May 19th

Join us on the main American Prep Facebook page tomorrow for a live revealing of our Builders of the Year! https://www.facebook.com/americanprep/ These times are approximate and may change depending upon traffic.  If you cannot make it for the live reveal, we will be putting together our Virtual Builders Assembly to be broadcast on another Facebook live event sometime on Wednesday or Thursday.

 

Grade	Times		Schedule
Kindergarten	7:15 am/4:30 pm		7:15 am	Kinder	1:10 pm	3rd
1st	1:55 pm/3:10 pm		9:10 am	6th	1:55 pm	1st
2nd	11:40 am/12:30 pm		10:05 am	5th	2:20 pm	4th
3rd	11:10 am/1:10 pm		11:10 am	3rd	2:45 pm	6th
4th	12:50 pm/2:20 pm		11:40 am	2nd	3:10 pm	1st
5th	10:05 am/3:55 pm		12:30 pm	2nd	3:55 pm	5th
6th	9:10 am/2:45 pm		12:50 pm	4th	4:30 pm	Kinder

 

Core Knowledge Testing

• Grades K-3: May 18 – 22
• Grades 4-6: May 26 – 29

 

We have important end of the year testing happening this week and next week! Please help your students by making sure they get plenty of rest, are well fed, have a water bottle and a piece of scratch paper handy during the Core Knowledge testing. There will be a test on a different subject each day; this will replace all homeroom assignments that week. Please watch for emails from the homeroom teacher.

 

Missing Work Deadline – May 28th at 12:00pm

All missing work must be submitted by noon this day to be graded and receive credit. We have extended it as far as possible, so that your students can have every opportunity to make up any missing assignments. 

 

Morning Drive Through Goodbye – May 29th, 8:30 – 11:30 am

If you would like to say goodbye to your teachers and instructors, please join us Friday, May 29th at the times listed below.  The carpool traffic will continuously flow, stopping only during the final Flag Ceremony of the year.  We would ask that students stay in their cars at all times. If you have gifts to give to your teachers, please bring them to the book drop-off/packet pick up.

 

• 8:30-9:30 K-3 Grade Staff will be on the curbs
• 9:30-9:45 End of Year Staff Flag Ceremony – FaceBook Live (please stay in your cars)
• 9:45-10:45 ALL Staff will be on the curbs
• 10:45-11:30 4-6 Grade Staff will be on the curbs

 

Field Day – June 1st

We are still required to make up the snow day we took in February, so we will be having a virtual Field Day on June 1. Check your student’s Google Classrooms for ideas and suggestions of activities you can do at home. 

 

Book Drop-off/Summer Stay Sharp Packet Pick-up – June 2nd and June 3rd

Please return all APA books to the school and pick up your students’ Stay Sharp Summer packet. To manage the flow of traffic, parking, and number of people in the building, please sign up for a time. 

• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044FAAAB2CA1FD0-book 

When you arrive, we will check in all of your books and have you pay for missing books. Then you will walk to your student’s classroom(s) and pick up their packets and anything else left at the school. The students are welcome to come with you. We prefer that everyone wears a mask. 

We know many parents wish to express appreciation for the teachers and want to give a gift or card. This would be the time to leave that in the classroom. Teachers will not be on campus, so be sure to come to the Morning Drive Through Goodbye – May 29th 8:30 – 11:30 am if you want to see them.

 

Character Development Corner – by Mandy Brown

Wonderful, amazing APA parents and students, what a wild year we have had.  I have truly missed seeing our students these last few months.  I have been so impressed as I have seen our students choose to accept service challenges, participate in watching our character development videos, and still have such builder attitudes through these tough times.

THANK YOU so much for all of the parents who have volunteered throughout the year, from our College Fair to our 5th and 6th grade events.  Thank you for your overwhelming support of our Canned Food Drive in December.  Thank you for your support of our unique program.  

I truly believe that our students will change the world for the better (they already do that), in both big and small ways.  

If you have the chance to watch our end of year VIRTUAL culminating assembly as a family, we invite you to do so together, to remember all the virtues we have been practicing all year. Have a WONDERFUL summer!

 

• https://youtu.be/wDIKJw9jjqU 

 

From the Academic Office

Summer Reading Books

Here are the titles that each grade will be reading this summer:

 

First going into Second Grade

  The Little Engine that Could (Watty Piper) 

 

Second going into Third Grade

  My Father’s Dragon (Ruth Stiles Gannett)

 

Third going into Fourth Grade

  Robin Hood – Core Knowledge Abridgement  (J. Walker McSpadden)

   This book is available through the school

 

Fourth going into Fifth Grade

  Holes (Louis Sachar) 

 

Fifth going into Sixth Grade

  The Cay  (Theodore Taylor)

 

Sixth going into Seventh Grade   

Choose one book from this list:

  The Outsiders  (S.E. Hinton)

  Percy Jackson – any book from the series (Rick Riordan)

  The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)

  The Bronze Bow (Elizabeth George Speare)

  Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)

  Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbit)

 

3rd Graders going into 4th grade – Summer Reading Assignment

Every year we assign our students to read a book over the summer. The book assigned to outgoing third graders is Robin Hood. It is important that you purchase the correct edition of this book. 

• Publisher: Core Knowledge Foundation; Abridged edition (October 2000)
• ISBN-10: 189051716X
• ISBN-13: 978-1890517168

This edition is available from several sources:

• APEF (our school foundation)  
• Amazon – https://tinyurl.com/y7h9fdcn
• Core Knowledge Website – https://www.coreknowledge.org/product/robin-hood/
• Barnes & Noble – https://tinyurl.com/ya576wjh

 

If you purchase the book from APEF, it will be provided with your Summer Stay Sharp Packet from June 2-6. (Note: Previously, the assigned book was Robinson Crusoe, but this has been changed to Robin Hood.) 

 

From the Administrative Office

Parent Survey

If you have not already done so, please complete the survey! 

• https://forms.gle/UzTYaK5VkE8rXb7v5 

 

Every year we ask parents to give us feedback by completing a school survey.  This provides us with important information that helps us improve our school.  Our goal is to have 100% participation, so we are offering  two (2) homework passes to each student in your family if a parent completes the survey. These passes will be used this year.

As you complete the survey, we ask that you respond based on your experience during the school year from August to March 15, only. We want feedback on the things we are going to improve from year-to-year: the classroom experience! In the coming weeks, we will send a short survey to evaluate our Home Learning program. 

 

Draper 2 Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Election Results

We appreciate all of our willing and wonderful parents for putting their names forward in this election and would like to congratulate the following parents who will have the opportunity to serve as members of the Draper 2 Parent Advisory Committee:

• Gwendolyn Hortin – Newly Elected
• Nichole Hanna – Newly Elected
• Laquisha Shelton – Newly Elected
• Zoie Farmer – Returning
• Tammy Shumway – Returning
• Shari Harris – Returning
• Verdun Hartin – Returning
• Alisha Staggs – Returning
• Santhosh Alahari – Returning

 

COVID-19 Status Update

The state of Utah has updated our risk status from Moderate (Orange) to Low (Yellow). Please visit these resources to understand what that means for you!

https://coronavirus.utah.gov/utahs-low-risk-phase/

Flyer about Low Risk Status

 

School Hours 

We are excited for the loosening of restrictions state-wide, and have established updated office hours for the school. 

 

By Phone – Our secretaries are available from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm 

• Call 801-810-3590
• Press 0001 or 0002 during the message
• If you go to voicemail, leave a message
• Press #
• Press 0

All messages are forwarded to the secretaries and will be answered as soon as possible.

 

In Person – Our secretaries are available from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 

• We prefer that you schedule an appointment to come in by emailing Mrs. Carman mcarman@apamail.org
• Please come only if you are SYMPTOM FREE (cough, fever, shortness of breath, or feeling sick)
• All guests must be wearing a mask – please bring your own mask
• Teachers and instructors are still working mostly from home, and the best way to get in contact with them is via email – Teacher Email List

 

Materials Pick Up – We will continue to distribute materials at the BACK of the school. If your student needs specific materials for home learning (like books or workbooks), please coordinate with your student’s homeroom teacher or groups instructor. All items will be distributed in a “drive through” method as shown below. Email Mrs. Carman at mcarman@apamail.org to schedule a time to pick up materials. This allows us to make sure the needed items are ready for you.

 

Summer Meals

Summer meal sites are open to all children 18 and younger at no cost.  Find a summer site in your community with the USDA Summer Meal Site Finder mapping tool. https://www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids You can also text “Summer Meals” to 97779 or call 1-866-348-6479 to find a site near you.  Site information will be updated weekly.  Individual summer meal sites will have the most up to date information on meal service.

 

American Preparatory Education Foundation

Michelle Goudge, Executive Director

e: mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org | p: 801.661.1928

www.facebook.com/pg/americanprepfoundation | www.americanprepfoundation.org

 

COVID-19 Assistance

A HUGE thank you goes to all of the APA families who have contributed to the COVID-19 Assistance Fund! Like I’ve said in previous messages, with the generosity of our donors we are able to do more good. And that is exactly what we are doing. I have signed a number of checks this past week for grants that have been awarded to our APA families who are struggling financially, thanks, in large part, to your donations. Thank you!

Here is what we would love our families and staff members to do:   

• Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-4568023 and add APEF as your charity. When you shop at https://smile.amazon.com/ a percentage of each purchase you make will then go to APEF.
• Please consider donating to the APEF COVID-19 Assistance Fund HERE or at https://www.americanprepfoundation.org/. 
• If you are in need of assistance, please complete the APPLICATION to apply for a grant.

We are in this together and we will get through it together!

 

Thank a Teacher

APA teachers and staff have gone to extraordinary lengths to make learning from home successful for our students. Thank you to all of our teachers for their tremendous dedication, creativity, and problem solving during this pandemic. Three APA teachers were chosen from nominations received from parents and students to receive extra thanks. Those teachers are:

• Susan Diamond, Draper 2 – 2nd Grade Teacher
• Stephanie Stock, West Valley 2 – 5th Grade Teacher
• Allie Koscianski, Las Vegas – 3rd Grade Teacher

 

Congratulations to you and to all of our APA teachers and instructors. You are amazing!

 

Friday, May 15 Last Day for Curriculum Check-out

Monday, May 18 Kindergarten Reading University Deadline

May 18 – 22 K – 3 Core Knowledge Testing

Friday, May 22 1st – 6th Grade Reading University Deadline

Friday, May 22 Last day of Kindergarten

Monday, May 25 Memorial Day – No School

May 26 – 29 4 – 6 Core Knowledge Testing

Thursday, May 28 1st – 6th Grade Missing Work Deadline by NOON

Friday, May 29 Last Day of Classes/Groups

Monday, June 1 Last Day of School – Field Day (at home)

June 2 – 5 Book Drop Off/Summer Packet Pick-up

 

  

For updates and additional information, please visit our campus website: https://draper2.americanprep.org/

May Builders Theme

I am a builder when I am utterly reliable. 

 

There are quite a few utterly reliable people in our community who we depend on for our health and well-being.

Could you imagine having a really bad sore throat, going to the doctor and the doctor or the nurse aren’t in the office? Our doctors and nurses are utterly reliable, they are always there when we need them!!

How about our teachers? Even during this challenging time, they are still working to provide you virtual lessons and still communicating with you in their Google classrooms.

How about your student’s coaches?  What if they weren’t utterly reliable? How could you learn all the rules of the various sports and activities and how to play correctly? Our coaches are utterly reliable, teaching and guiding us to know how to improve.

You parents are utterly reliable!! Right now most of you are working from home, while also helping your children’s schoolwork and still taking care of family meals and your house. THANK YOU parents for being utterly reliable and helping your children learn and grow.  

This week, think of all the many people in your life who are utterly reliable, take a minute and thank them for what they do for you. Use their example to guide you on what it takes to be utterly reliable.

 

Here is an amazing video from our Character Development team introducing this month’s theme – https://youtu.be/Ps6eE5PmXJA

 

Upcoming Event Details

Core Knowledge Testing

• Grades K-3: May 18 – 22
• Grades 4-6: May 26 – 29

 

We have important end of the year testing coming up! Please help your students by making sure they get plenty of rest, are well fed, and have a water bottle handy and a piece of scratch paper during the Core Knowledge testing. There will be a test on a different subject each day; this will replace all homeroom assignments that week.

 

Missing Work Deadline – May 28th at 12:00 pm

All missing work must be submitted by noon this day to be graded and receive credit. We have extended it as far as possible, so that your students can have every opportunity to make up any missing assignments. 

 

Last Day of Classes – May 29th

We are required by the state to maintain our original calendar dates, and since we lost a lot of instruction time as we transitioned to Home Learning, we will continue instruction until May 29th. Grades 4-6 will have Core Knowledge Testing this week, which replaces all homeroom assignments. We appreciate all your hard work and dedication as parents! Many of our staff are parents, and we recognize the tremendous efforts you have made to support Home Learning.

 

Field Day – June 1

We are still required to make up the snow day we took in February, so we will be having a virtual Field Day on June 1. Check your students Google Classrooms for ideas and suggestions of activities you can do at home. 

 

From the Academic Office

Home Learning Resources

https://draper2.americanprep.org/home-learning-resources/ 

 

New Videos

Mindful Minute for May – https://youtu.be/zhwrXIPzCyQ Do your students need a break? This video walks them through some breathing and stretching exercises. 

 

Summer Reading Books

Here are the titles that each grade will be reading this summer:

 

First going into Second Grade

  The Little Engine that Could (Watty Piper) 

Second going into Third Grade

  My Father’s Dragon (Ruth Stiles Gannett)

 

Third going into Fourth Grade

  Robin Hood – Core Knowledge Abridgement  (J. Walker McSpadden)

    This book is available through the school

Fourth going into Fifth Grade

  Holes (Louis Sachar) 

Fifth going into Sixth Grade

  The Cay  (Theodore Taylor)

Sixth going into Seventh Grade   Choose one book from the list. 

  The Outsiders  (S.E. Hinton)

  Percy Jackson (any book from series-Rick Riordan)

  The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)

  The Bronze Bow (Elizabeth George Speare)

  Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)

  Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbit)

 

3rd Graders going into 4th grade – Summer Reading Assignment

Every year we assign our students to read a book over the summer. The book assigned to outgoing third graders is Robin Hood. It is important that you purchase the correct edition of this book. 

 

• Publisher: Core Knowledge Foundation; Abridged edition (October 2000)
• ISBN-10: 189051716X
• ISBN-13: 978-1890517168

 

This edition is available from several sources:

• APEF (our school foundation) – 
• Amazon – https://tinyurl.com/y7h9fdcn
• Core Knowledge Website – https://www.coreknowledge.org/product/robin-hood/
• Barnes & Noble – https://tinyurl.com/ya576wjh

 

If you purchase the book from APEF, it will be provided with your Summer Stay Sharp Packet from June 2-6. (Note: Previously, the assigned book was Robinson Crusoe, but this has been changed to Robin Hood.) 

 

From our IT Department

You-Tube Videos Safety Information

 

From the Administrative Office

Parent Advisory Committee Elections 

We are finishing tabulating the results of our election and will be announcing the winners in next week’s newsletter.

 

Parent Survey

Every year we ask parents to give us feedback by completing a school survey.  This provides us important information and helps us improve our school.  Our goal is to have 100% participation, so we are offering  two (2) homework passes to each student in your family if a parent completes the survey.

As you complete the survey, we ask that you respond based on your experience during the school year from August to March 15, only. We want feedback on the things we are going to improve from year-to-year: the classroom experience! In the coming weeks, we will send a short survey to evaluate our Home Learning program. 

 

Fun Run 

 Our annual Fun Run has been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

 

Teacher Thank Yous

We have received requests from parents for teacher’s addresses.  In order to maintain their privacy, we ask that any thank you notes and correspondences be sent to the school with the teacher’s name and we will make sure that they are delivered.  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 

Our mailing address is:

11938 S Lone Peak Parkway

Draper,  UT 84020

 

School Nurse – Immunization Requirements BEFORE 2020-2021 School Year Starts

Immunizations are very important to keep our children safe from preventable communicable diseases.  All children entering Kindergarten must be up to date with a second MMR, Varicella, final polio and DTaP immunizations.  

Those entering 7th grade must have received a Tdap booster as well as a Meningococcal vaccine.  

If your child is not properly immunized you will receive a letter in the mail requesting proof of immunizations.  If this documentation is not provided, your child will be excluded from attending school until the required documentation is provided. Questions regarding Utah immunization requirements can be answered by the Utah Department of Health. http://www.immunize-utah.org/, or our District Nurse Karen Thelin, RN, BSN. kthelin@apamail.org. More information about immunizations can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html

 

Karen Thelin RN, BSN – APA District School Nurse – kthelin@apamail.org

 

School Lunch Update

We are not serving school lunch during the dismissal due to COVID-19. You can find locations near you that serve free breakfast and lunch to children ages 1-18 by clicking here.

 

COVID-19 Status Update

The state of Utah has updated our risk status from High (Red) to Moderate (Orange). Please visit these resources to understand what that means for you!

https://coronavirus.utah.gov/utahs-moderate-risk-phase/

Flyer about Moderate Status

 

School Hours 

We are excited for the loosening of restrictions state-wide, and have established updated office hours for the school. 

 

By Phone – Our secretaries are available from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm 

• Call 801-810-3590
• Press 0001 or 0002 during the message
• If you go to voicemail, leave a message
• Press #
• Press 0

All messages are forwarded to the secretaries and will be answered as soon as possible.

 

In Person – Our secretaries are available from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 

• We prefer that you schedule an appointment to come in by emailing Mrs. Carman mcarman@apamail.org
• Please come only if you are SYMPTOM FREE (cough, fever, shortness of breath, or feeling sick)
• All guests must be wearing a mask – please bring your own mask
• Teachers and instructors are still working mostly from home, and the best way to get in contact with them is via email – Teacher Email List

 

Materials Pick Up – We will continue to distribute materials at the BACK of the school (see map below).

If your student needs specific materials for home learning (like books or workbooks), please coordinate with your student’s homeroom teacher or groups instructor. All items will be distributed in a “drive through” method as shown below. Email Mrs. Carman at mcarman@apamail.org to schedule a time to pick up materials. This allows us to make sure the needed items are ready for you.

 

American Preparatory Education Foundation

Michelle Goudge, Executive Director

e: mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org | p: 801.661.1928

www.facebook.com/pg/americanprepfoundation | www.americanprepfoundation.org

 

The American Preparatory Education Foundation serves more than 6,900 students and nearly 750 teachers and staff members in Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada. We are facing an unprecedented crisis in our community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as you are well aware, we are operating a distance education program through the end of the school year. This has greatly impacted our students, staff members, and their families as they adjust to a new education model, but the impact of the pandemic goes beyond disruptions to the normal education of our students. Food insecurity, loss of employment or income, lack of access to medical care, and limited access to technology needed for online learning are just a few of the challenges that some of our families are facing.

 

These times also provide an opportunity for our community to serve one another in unprecedented ways. APEF aims to support and facilitate that effort. Due to increased contributions through Amazon Smile, The American Preparatory Education Foundation has some funds available to help families who are in need.  We are looking to our community to see if any of you would like to add to our support fund and join us in our efforts to help those in our community in need. 

 

We are so appreciative of those of you who have already generously donated to the COVID-19 Assistance Fund.  We hope many more of you will join us now, with even a small donation, to help our struggling families.  With the generosity of our donors we are able to do more good! 

 

As I mentioned, donations from Amazon through the AmazonSmile program are currently directly helping our APA families. Combined with our COVID-19 assistance fund, we were able to help a single mother of three who works in the restaurant industry. Her hours were cut drastically when the pandemic hit and then she and her daughter both contracted COVID-19. She hasn’t been able to work for weeks which has resulted in loss of pay. Thanks to your donations and participation in AmazonSmile, she was granted a check to help pay for her rent and other bills.

APEF has also made it possible for students and staff to receive computers and mobile hotspots to access the internet.

 

Here is what we would love our families and staff members to do:

1. Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-4568023 and add APEF as your charity. When you shop at https://smile.amazon.com/ a percentage of each purchase you make will then go to APEF!
2. Please consider donating to the APEF COVID-19 Assistance Fund HERE or at https://www.americanprepfoundation.org/. 
3. If you are in need of assistance, please complete the APPLICATION to apply for a grant. The application is also attached here.

We are grateful to be associated with each student, family, and staff member. We are in this together and we will get through it together!!!

May 4 – 8 Thank You Drive By

Tuesday, May 5 Kindergarten Reading University Deadline

Friday, May 15 Last Day for Curriculum Check Out

Monday, May 18 1st – 6th Grade Reading University Deadline

May 18 – 22 K – 3 Core Knowledge Testing

Friday, May 22 Missing Work Deadline

Friday, May 22 Last day of Kindergarten

Monday, May 25 Memorial Day – No School

May 26 – 29 4 – 6 Core Knowledge Testing

Friday, May 29 Last Day of Classes/Groups

Monday, June 1 Last Day of School – Field Day (at home)

June 2 – 5 Book Drop-Off/Summer Packet Pick-Up

 

  

For updates and additional information, please visit our campus website: https://draper2.americanprep.org/

May Builders Theme

I am a builder when I am utterly reliable. 

 

Think of the tortoise and the hare and the race they were in.  The hare started out speedily.  He passed the tortoise and then thought he could take a nap because the tortoise was so slow.  The tortoise knew the rabbit was fast, but he didn’t give up.  He just keeps plugging away, step by step by step.  He was consistent.  He ended up winning the race because, every step of the way, he continued working hard at something that was difficult.  

Right now some of you may feel like you are in a race to get to the end of the school year.  Let’s enjoy each day, give it our best, stay caught up with our work, be consistent, trustworthy, and utterly (absolutely, completely, totally) reliable.  It’s our character we’re working on and WE CAN DO IT!

 

Here is an amazing video from our Character Development team introducing this month’s theme – https://youtu.be/Ps6eE5PmXJA

 

Thank You Drive By – May 4 to 8

Take a field trip to the school to thank  your teacher or staff member. We have put posters on the fence for each teacher – please bring your own permanent markers (wear a mask!) and your students can write a note of appreciation to their teacher. There is also a mailbox for paper letters and notes.

 

From the Academic Office

Home Learning Resources

https://draper2.americanprep.org/home-learning-resources/ 

 

Character Development Videos

Don’t forget to take a few minutes and watch the Character Development videos that have been sent out by your teachers.  They are wonderful videos that talk about the Builder theme for this month.  

• Being Utterly Reliable
• Serving at Home

Thank you Mrs. Mandy Brown for helping to put these together and getting them to our families. 

 

From our IT Department

You-Tube Videos Safety Information

 

3rd Graders going into 4th grade – Summer Reading Assignment

Every year we assign our students to read a book over the summer. The book assigned to outgoing third graders is Robin Hood. It is important that you purchase the correct edition of this book. 

 

• Publisher: Core Knowledge Foundation; Abridged edition (October 2000)
• ISBN-10: 189051716X
• ISBN-13: 978-1890517168

 

This edition is available from several sources:

• APEF (our school foundation) If you purchase the book from APEF, it will be provided with your Summer Stay Sharp Packet from June 2-6.
  • https://www.americanprepfoundation.org/donate
  • $9.00 New
  • $4.50 Used
• Amazon
  • https://tinyurl.com/y7h9fdcn
  • $17.87 New
  • $6.53+ Used
  • $4.99 Kindle E-book
• Core Knowledge Website
  • https://www.coreknowledge.org/product/robin-hood/
  • $13.90 New
• Barnes & Noble
  • https://tinyurl.com/ya576wjh
  • $15.65 New
  • $4.99 NOOK Book (ebook)

 

(Note: Previously the assigned book was Robinson Crusoe, but this has been changed to Robin Hood.)

 

From the Administrative Office

Parent Advisory Committee Elections – Due May 7

Draper 2 Parent Advisory Committee – Please Vote!

 

Please place your votes for our Parent Advisory Committee. Click on the link and then select three (3) candidates.  Voting ends May 7th.

 

Fun Run – Jill Welch (Fun Run Director)

I hope that you are all healthy and well!  Wow, the last few months have been absolutely crazy.  Who would have ever thought that THIS could happen?!?!  I have waited until the last minute to reach out to you hoping that “just maybe” things would get better. Unfortunately, we are officially cancelling our most highly anticipated annual district event.  That’s right, APA’s Annual Fun Run, originally scheduled for May 15th, 2020 has been cancelled due to federal and government crowd restrictions with the COVID-19 pandemic 🙁

On a better note, we are starting to ramp up and prepare for an Epic Fun Run next Spring of 2021.  Please mark your calendars for next year for Friday, May 14, 2021, 6:00-8:00pm at the Andy Ballard Arena (1600 Highland Dr, Draper, UT 84020) again.  We are so grateful that you are on our Fun Run Team and we look forward to  next year’s event.

As always, thank you for your incredible support!  #WeAreAllInThisTogether

 

Teacher Thank Yous

We have received requests from parents for teacher’s addresses.  In order to maintain their privacy, we ask that any thank you notes and correspondences be sent to the school with the teacher’s name and we will make sure that they are delivered.  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 

Our mailing address is 

11938 S. Lone Peak Parkway

Draper, UT 84020.

 

School Nurse – Immunization Requirements BEFORE 2020-2021 School Year Starts

Immunizations are very important to keep our children safe from preventable communicable diseases.  All children entering Kindergarten must be up to date with a second MMR, Varicella, final Polio and DTaP immunizations.  

Those entering 7th grade must have received a Tdap booster as well as a Meningococcal vaccine.  

If your child is not properly immunized you will receive a letter in the mail requesting proof of immunizations.  If this documentation is not provided, your child will be excluded from attending school until the required documentation is provided. Questions regarding Utah immunization requirements can be answered by the Utah Department of Health. http://www.immunize-utah.org/, or our District Nurse Karen Thelin, RN, BSN. kthelin@apamail.org. More information about immunizations can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html

 

Karen Thelin RN, BSN – APA District School Nurse – kthelin@apamail.org

 

School Lunch Update

We are not serving school lunch during the dismissal due to COVID-19. You can find locations near you that serve free breakfast and lunch to children ages 1-18 by clicking here.

 

COVID-19 Status Update

The state of Utah has updated our risk status from High (Red) to Moderate (Orange). Please visit these resources to understand what that means for you!

https://coronavirus.utah.gov/utahs-moderate-risk-phase/

Flyer about Moderate Status

 

School Hours 

We are excited for the loosening of restrictions state-wide, and have established updated office hours for the school. 

 

By Phone – Our secretaries are available from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm 

• Call 801-810-3590
• Press 0001 or 0002 during the message
• If you go to voicemail, leave a message
• Press #
• Press 0

All messages are forwarded to the secretaries and will be answered as soon as possible.

 

In Person – Our secretaries are available from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 

• We prefer that you schedule an appointment to come in by emailing Mrs. Carman mcarman@apamail.org
• Please come only if you are SYMPTOM FREE (cough, fever, shortness of breath, or feeling sick)
• All guests must be wearing a mask – please bring your own mask
• Teachers and instructors are still working mostly from home, and the best way to get in contact with them is via email – Teacher Email List

 

Materials Pick Up – We will continue to distribute materials at the BACK of the school (see map below).

If your student needs specific materials for Home Learning (like books or workbooks), please coordinate with your student’s homeroom teacher or groups instructor. All items will be distributed in a “drive through” method as shown below. Email Mrs. Carman at mcarman@apamail.org in advance to schedule a time to pick-up materials. This allows us to make sure the needed items are ready for you when you arrive.

 

American Preparatory Education Foundation

Michelle Goudge, Executive Director

e: mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org | p: 801.661.1928

www.facebook.com/pg/americanprepfoundation | www.americanprepfoundation.org

 

COVID-19 Assistance

Thank you so much to those of you who have generously donated to the COVID-19 Assistance Fund. Your donations are helping APA families who are struggling financially at this time. 

In addition to your donations, donations from Amazon through the AmazonSmile program are also directly helping our APA families. Funds from these two sources just last week assisted a single mother of three who works in the restaurant industry. Her hours were cut drastically when the pandemic hit and then she and her daughter both contracted COVID-19. She hasn’t been able to work for weeks which has resulted in loss of pay. Thanks to your donations and participation in AmazonSmile, she was granted a check to help pay for her rent and other bills.  Through the Foundation students and staff have also received the use of computers and mobile hotspots to access the internet. 

With the generosity of our donors we are able to do more good. We are in this together and we will get through it together. To make a donation, please go to https://www.americanprepfoundation.org/donate.  And thank you for shopping at https://smile.amazon.com. Your purchases help us to help our APA families in need.

 

Thank A Teacher

APA teachers and staff have gone to extraordinary lengths to make learning from home successful for our students. National Teacher Appreciation Week is this week, May 4-8. It is the perfect time to thank teachers for their tremendous dedication, creativity, and problem solving during this pandemic. I invite you to nominate a teacher or staff member who you feel is deserving of a little extra thanks. The Foundation will award 3 teachers with a gift and letter of thanks. Letters can be written by you or your child and submitted to me at mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org. The deadline is Saturday, May 9, and the winners will be announced on Monday, May 11.

 

 

Thursday, April 30 Library Book Drop Off

Friday, May 1 Spirit Wear Day

Friday, May 15 Last Day for Curriculum Check Out

May 18 – 22 K-3 Core Knowledge Testing

Friday, May 22 Missing Work Deadline

Friday, May 22 Last day of Kindergarten

Monday, May 25 Memorial Day – No School

May 26 – 29 4-6 Core Knowledge Testing

Friday, May 29 Last Day of Classes/Groups

Monday, June 1 Last Day of School – Field Day (at home)

June 2 – 5 Book Drop Off/Summer Packet Pick Up

 

  

For updates and additional information, please visit our campus website: https://draper2.americanprep.org/

April Builders Theme

I am a builder when I use kind and courteous words. 

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window.  The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end.  They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, and where they had been on vacations.

 

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.  The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by hearing about all the activity and color of the world outside.

 

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

 

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.  One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.  Although the other man could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

 

Days, weeks, and months passed. 

 

One morning, the nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.  As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.   Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed. 

 

It faced a blank wall.

 

The man asked the nurse, “What could have compelled my deceased roommate to have described such wonderful things outside this window?”

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.  She went on to say, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.” 

 

The author of this story is unknown, but the message is clear. Focusing your conversations on kind and encouraging words doesn’t only change the way you see the world, but it affects how those around you see their world as well. Next time you find yourself complaining or saying unkind things, change your words and see if you can change your situation. Words are a sort of superpower, like Superman.   The sooner you learn to use them for good, the happier your life will be!

 

Upcoming Events

Library Book Drop Off – Thursday April 30

We are preparing book inventories to send home to families, and would like to collect all non-necessary books at this time. Please drop off library books and any other books your student does not need for homeroom or groups classes.

Bring these to the school between 7:00 am and 12:00 pm – follow the map below. Please contact Pam Gibbons pgibbons@apamail.org. 

 

Spirit Wear Day – Friday May 1

Take a picture of your student wearing spirit wear and doing home learning, and we will put it in newsletters next month! Email photos to Marion Minson mminson@apamail.org.  Mrs. Minson will put them together in a video we can attach to one of our newsletters next month.

 

From the Academic Office

Home Learning Resources

https://draper2.americanprep.org/home-learning-resources/ 

 

We have several new videos for you and your students.

 

• Parent Video – How to Motivate Your Student(s)
• Student Video – Email Etiquette

 

From the Administrative Office

Parent Advisory Committee Elections

Thank you to all the parents that applied to be part of our Parent Advisory Committee.  We will be sending out more information about the parents that applied and the details of the voting process.

 

School Nurse – Immunization Requirements BEFORE 2020-2021 School Year Starts

Immunizations are very important to keep our children safe from preventable communicable diseases.  All children entering Kindergarten must be up to date with a second MMR, Varicella, final polio and DTaP immunizations.  

Those entering 7th grade must have received a Tdap booster as well as a Meningococcal vaccine.  

If your child is not properly immunized you will receive a letter in the mail requesting proof of immunizations.  If this documentation is not provided, your child will be excluded from attending school until the required documentation is provided. Questions regarding Utah immunization requirements can be answered by the Utah Department of Health. http://www.immunize-utah.org/, or our District Nurse Karen Thelin, RN, BSN. kthelin@apamail.org. More information about immunizations can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html

 

Karen Thelin RN, BSN – APA District School Nurse – kthelin@apamail.org

 

School Lunch Update

We are not serving school lunch during the dismissal due to COVID-19. You can find locations near you that serve free breakfast and lunch to children ages 1-18 by clicking here.

We have canceled all pre-ordered lunches and issued credits on those lunch accounts. By default, all funds will be left on the account to be used next year. If you prefer to receive a refund, please email your name, mailing address, phone number and student(s) name(s) to lunch@apamail.org. 

 

How to Email Box Tops When You Order Groceries Online

Great news!  If you shop for groceries online, you can now submit your email receipts from select retailers to earn Box Tops for your school.

How it works – 

To ensure that earnings from email grocery receipts are properly credited to your account:

1 – Sign up for Box Tops: Make sure you have a Box Tops for Education account.  You can create one via the Box Tops app or website.

2 – Forward your receipt  to receipts@boxtopsforeducation.com using the same email that is associated with your Box Tops for Education account.

3 –  Earn $ for your school! Box Tops will be credited within 1 business day; you can view your earnings in the MY EARNINGS section of the app or YOUR ACTIVITY section of the website.

 

How to Call or Leave a Message

• Call 801-810-3590
• Press 0001 or 0002 during the message
• If you go to voicemail, leave a message
• Press #
• Press 0

All messages are forwarded to the secretaries and will be answered as soon as possible.

 

Packet Pick Up

If your student needs to pick up packets from the school, you will receive an email from the homeroom teacher with a date and time to come to school.  All pick ups will happen behind the school (west side) in a “drive through” line. Teachers and instructors will stand outside to distribute packets while you stay in the car.

 

Student Materials Pick Up

If your student needs specific materials for home learning (like books or workbooks), please coordinate with your student’s homeroom teacher or groups instructor. All items will be distributed in a “drive through” method as shown below. Email Mrs. Carman at mcarman@apamail.org to schedule a time to pick up materials.

American Preparatory Education Foundation (APEF)

Michelle Goudge, Executive Director

e: mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org | p: 801.661.1928

 

COVID-19 ASSISTANCE FUND

Requests are coming in from our staff and teachers for supplies that are needed for our APA students and staff. If the Foundation had the means, we would help every APA family with financial needs. Unfortunately that’s not the case. Our Foundation gets its funding, for the most part, from school fundraisers. As fundraising at our campuses has come to a screeching halt, those funds aren’t coming in.

A suggestion was made by one of our teachers to give a portion of what you would have spent on childcare or gas money driving to and from the school to our Foundation. If you have the means, please consider making a donation to the Foundation so that we can help those families who aren’t as fortunate. To make a donation, please go to https://www.americanprepfoundation.org/donate. Thank you for your support!

FOUNDATION FACEBOOK PAGE

The Foundation has created a new page that will keep everyone informed about current fundraisers and ways that you can get involved. Please go to https://www.facebook.com/pg/americanprepfoundation and like our page to stay up-to-date. Thank you!

 

AMAZON SMILE

With online shopping becoming increasingly important, now is a great time to sign up for Amazon Smile. The prices are exactly the same and our schools benefit! Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-4568023 to set APEF as your charity. Then make your Amazon purchases at https://smile.amazon.com.  

If you use the Amazon app, you can get instructions for adding AmazonSmile to your app purchases at https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=15576745011. 

Thank you for your support!