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Draper 2 Campus

An American Preparatory Academy School

Off Campus Email 10.19.20

Dear Draper 2 Parents,
Thank you for your patience as we gather all the materials for term 2! We need to make one last adjustment to the DAY/DATE of the pick up. Our Off Campus teachers will be conducting Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday and Tuesday, so we will do the materials pick up on WEDNESDAY.
When: Wednesday, October 21
Time: The same time you signed up for originally
Location: Draper 2 Multipurpose Room – rear entrance
You can check your status or sign up here:
Please wear a mask and bring a box to carry materials home.
Thank you!
Emily Peery
Draper 2 Administrative Director

COVID Update 10.9.20

Hello APA families and Staff!

Following is this week’s COVID report:
Draper 1: Cases – 0, Quarantined – 5
Draper 2: Cases – 1, Quarantined – 9
Draper 3: Cases – 0, Quarantined – 0
West Valley 1: Cases – 2, Quarantined – 21
West Valley 2: Cases – 2, Quarantined – 23
Salem: Cases – 1, Quarantined – 28
ELC: Cases – 0, Quarantined – 0

We received very good news today from the Utah Department of Health!

In the future, if a student is exposed at school, and was wearing a mask, and needs to quarantine, the student may be tested on day 7 of the quarantine and if their test is negative they may return to school! This has the potential to cut down quarantine times by half! This change was made after the health department looked at a lot of data that shows that by day 7 a great percentage of those who eventually get COVID from an exposure have the virus and it will show on a test. So, conversely, if a test is given on day 7 and is negative the person is not a carrier.

Have a wonderful fall break!

Carolyn Sharette
Executive Director

Newsletter 10.5.20

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Upcoming Events

Wed. Oct. 7 *Early* Dismissal               12:15/12:30/12:45 pm

Wed. Oct. 7 AM Kindergarten attending

Wed. Oct. 7 Special Event for Mr. McVicar 12:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Fri. Oct. 9 1st – 3rd grade Field Trips

Friday, Oct. 9 Report cards come home

Mon. Oct. 12 – Fri. Oct. 16 NO SCHOOL – FALL BREAK

Thurs. Oct. 22 Picture Retake day

Thurs. Oct. 29 Early Dismissal – PM Kindergarten 12:15/12:30/12:45 pm

Fri. Oct. 30 NO SCHOOL – Parent Teacher Conferences

Early Dismissal – October 7 (Off Campus Preparation Day)

  • AM Kindergarten students attend
  • Purple 11:50 am – AM Kindergarten students without siblings
  • Yellow 12:15 pm
  • Blue 12:30 pm
  • Red 12:45 pm
  • Buses will leave at 12:25 pm and arrive 3 hours earlier than usual.  Bus schedules are posted here – https://www.americanprep.org/bus-program/
  • Day Care Buses – please contact your provider to confirm arrangements

Special Event for Mr. McVicar – October 7

Mr. McVicar has an important announcement for our families – https://youtu.be/C0VEk-fjLkw.  After 15+ years of service, he has taken a position at another company and this will be his last week as an administrator at Draper 2. Feel free to park and visit with Mr. McVicar outside (on the curb or at the playground), expressing your thanks and appreciation for all he has done for our community! 

1st – 3rd Grade Field Trips – October 9

We do not serve school lunch during off campus field trips – 1st and 2nd grade students will need to bring a lunch from home. However,  3rd grade will be staying on campus, so those students can pre-order and receive school lunches.

Fall Break – October 12 to 16

Enjoy being with your students this week!

September Builders Theme – I am a Builder when I demonstrate integrity

I am a Builder when I demonstrate integrity. Integrity is that quality of doing what is right even when no one is watching. Our students are working on doing that this month.  Sometimes what seems a very simple demonstration of integrity is very challenging for a child. The more often we name and notice a child’s demonstration of integrity, the more often they are willing to try something more difficult. We are focusing on integrity this month, so please use this great opportunity to notice when your child has demonstrated integrity and tell them.

From the Academic Office

Veterans Day Essay Contest – due October 9

All 4th through 12th grade students are invited to participate in the annual Veterans Day essay contest. Winners will present their essay at our Veterans Day assembly. This is an amazing opportunity to participate in a long held APA tradition. This year our Veterans Day assembly will be broadcast on KSL live, so all your family and friends can join us! See the last page of this newsletter for more information.

Geography Bee Information 

National Geographic has announced that the National Geography Bee for the 20/21 school year will be cancelled. They will take this time to talk to students, educators, and community members, and determine how to adapt and innovate in ways that engage even more young people about the power of geography. They will announce in the fall of 2021 what this geography opportunity will look like for 2022.  For more information please click here.

Character Development 

Save the Dates – October 23 (5th grade), November 13 (6th grade)

Our next ambassador events will be held completely within the school day so that your child can be dismissed just like every other day, at regular carpool times!

  • 5th grade’s event will be Friday, October 23rd.
  • 6th grade’s event will be Friday, November 13th.

Sign up genius links to volunteer will be forthcoming in our newsletters.  Thank 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

A giant THANK YOU to all those who participated in the Fall Boutique – thank you to our vendors and to the families who supported this event! 

From the Administrative Office

Math Kangaroo International Math Exam Information

Please register for the Math Kangaroo 2021 Competition.  If you are new to Math Kangaroo please read some information about this wonderful international competition in mathematics: http://www.mathkangaroo.us/mk/history.html. This year we are unable to open our school for in the classroom registration but we still would like our students to compete. Please register for a virtual center offered by Math Kangaroo.

  1. Go to: https://mathkangaroo.oasis-lms.com/Public/Catalog/Home.aspx. 
  2. Log in with your login and password or establish your user account if you are new.
  3. In the search box type “virtual” and choose the state of the residence. 
  4. You are ready to register. 
  5. Math Kangaroo will email you the information about the exact competition timeline in the first week of March. It will be on or after March 18, 2021 and a few days will be assigned for each age group.  

Once your child is registered, you can enjoy free Math Kangaroo video solutions and access MK full questions and solutions sets with 50% off. Instructions on how to find the discount code HERE. 

Important: After you receive the registration confirmation email from Math Kangaroo, review the email to make sure all information is accurate. If something needs correction, update the registration or email info@mathkangaroo.org.

Notifications

Professional Qualifications

Our parent surveys consistently express confidence and overwhelming satisfaction with our teachers at American Prep. Parents are welcome at any time to request information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers including: 1) whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction or whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; 2) the baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree; and 3) whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

District Parent Involvement Policy

At the conclusion of each school year, end-of-year assessment data is reported and organized into a Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA). The CNA includes demographic, attendance, and assessment data. Also included in the CNA are the results of the annual Parent Survey. This Survey evaluates, among other things, the satisfaction of parents with the quality of the academic program and their opportunities to participate in the schools. American Preparatory administrators annually invite select staff and parents from each school to participate in a District/School Planning Meeting. This Committee reviews the Comprehensive Needs Assessment and analyzes areas for potential improvement. District/School Plans are developed with goals, action steps, and budget relationships. District and School Parent Involvement Policies are evaluated for effectiveness. School, Parent, and Student Compacts are also examined by this Committee for recommended changes.

School Parent Involvement Policies

School Parent Involvement Policies vary slightly by campus and are located within the Parent-Student Handbooks. These Handbooks are distributed annually to parents and will soon be accessible on the APA website under the Parent Library drop-down tab. The Handbooks can also be accessed via this link: https://www.americanprep.org/parent-student-handbooks/.

12th Annual Student Essay Contest

Honoring Veterans Day 2020

 

2 Topics for Selection

 

  • Tribute to our nation’s veterans, which may include:

o   Why I am grateful for our nation’s veterans …

o   I enjoy many freedoms because of our veterans …

o   Ordinary citizens can honor a veteran by …

  • A tribute to a special veteran

o   If you have a relative or friend who you would like to write about, we welcome stories and pictures if you have them.

Essay Contest Rules

 

In order to be eligible for the essay contest, you must:

  • Be a 4th – 12th grade student at American Preparatory Academy
  • Write only one essay per person
  • Write an original essay picking from the two topics above

 

Judging Criteria

 

Entries will be judged by APA Administration. Judging will include:

 

  • Power of the message in the essay
  • Clarity of thought
  • Spelling, punctuation, and grammar
  • Overall comprehension of the topic

 

 

Deadline: Friday, October 9th at 4:00 p.m., turned in to your teacher

 

This is a great opportunity to show appreciation to our veterans and a great way to showcase your writing talent!

 

Winners will receive school recognition and will be asked to present their essay at this year’s Veterans Day Assembly.

 

 

 

BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT!!

College Week

Thank you to all of our parents that came in to share their careers and the colleges attended.  Our students enjoyed all the different presentations and all the different career and college choices.

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Voting Rights for Women

Mrs. Burkholder, one of our amazing 6th grade teachers celebrated the 100 year anniversary of the 19th amendment, giving all women in the United States the right to vote.  Check out her video explaining this important milestone in our country’s history.

19th Amendment 100 Year Anniversary

Be a Builder

Builders

I saw them tearing a building down, 

A gang of men in a busy town.

 

With a ‘yo heave ho’ and a lusty yell, 

They swung a beam and the sidewall fell.

I asked the foreman if these men were as skilled

As those he would hire if he were to build.

He laughed and said, “Oh, no indeed, 

Common labor is all I need, 

For they can wreck in a day or two, 

What builders have taken years to do.”

 

So I asked myself, as I went my way, 

Which of these roles am I to play?

Am I the builder, who works with care, 

Measuring life by the rule and square;

Or am I the wrecker who walks the town, 

Content in the role of tearing down?

I’ve made my decision; I’ll start today,

I’ll be a builder in every way!

8.17.20 ON CAMPUS – Wellness

Dear Parents!

We are excited to start school on Wednesday! In preparation, we will be sending several emails in the next few days. Each has a topic – if you have been here a long time, notice the action items at the top of each email. If you are new – please read the entire message.

WELLNESS – ACTION ITEMS

  • Mask Requirement
  • Wellness Screening Form

Mask Requirement

Wellness Screening Form

  • Parents are required to take each student’s temperature and complete a Wellness Check Form before dropping the student off at school.
  • A paper Wellness Screening Form was distributed during Meet and Greet. If you do not have one, please download and print, or use the Skyward app. In the future, the Wellness Screening Form will be stapled to the student’s learning plan
  • Skyward has a Wellness Screening Form built in. You can try it today! We want to get all of our families logged into Skyward and using this feature by Labor Day! If you complete the Wellness Screening in Skyward, you do not have to use the paper form.
  • https://skyward.iscorp.com/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wseduamerprepacaut/fwemnu01.w

We know that these changes due to COVID can be the source of many strong feelings. We appreciate your kindness and patience as we strive to meet all the state requirements while still keeping the school open so we can teach your amazing children.

Free joke for getting to the end of this email:

Why was the music teacher unable to open the classroom? Because her keys were on the piano.

Administrative Director
Draper 2 Campus
801-842-2541
kmcvicar@apamail.org

ON CAMPUS – Meet and Greet Information

Parents,

Here is information about our Meet and Greet tomorrow.  There is still road construction on Lone Peak Parkway, so please come in from the north and turn right into our campus and right going out. Please park on the east side of the school by the sheepfield and then use the crosswalks to come into the school.

This event so students can find out who their teacher is and to get information about the upcoming school year.  Students DO NOT need to be in their uniforms. We will have stations for school lunches, busing, pick-up tags and enrollment questions.  

Teacher Meet and Greet – August 14th – ON CAMPUS STUDENTS ONLY

All of our On-Campus students are invited to come to the school and meet their teachers!  In an effort to facilitate social distancing, please come at the following times:

 

  • Families new to APA 9:00 am – 10:00 am
  • Last Name A – N 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Last Name O – Z 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

 

Don’t forget to wear your masks!

We will also be hosting a new and used uniform sale in our gym.  If you cannot make this sale and still want uniforms, there is an attached flyer about a special APA package from one of our local stores carrying our uniforms.

Pick Up Tags Available – August 14th

Pick up times and curbs have been assigned to all families.  We worked hard to keep last year’s assignments the same as much as possible but, in trying to balance the volume of cars on campus, we have made some adjustments. We have a new feature in Skyward so parents will know their pick up assignments. Log in to your account and click on the BUSING tab. Families can fill out a form to request a different time and curb if needed.  This form can be found in Skyward.

We look forward to seeing many of our families and don’t forget your masks!

Sincerely,

Administrative Director
Draper 2 Campus
801-842-2541
kmcvicar@apamail.org