An American Preparatory Academy School
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Dear Draper 2 Families,
We are so excited to see you at our meet and greet this Friday! It is important that you come, meet your students’ teachers and receive your pick up tag.
We encourage EVERYONE to create a carpool! Follow this link to find other APA families to travel with to and from school, and reduce the number of cars on campus: https://draper2.americanprep.org/carpool/
If you are part of a carpool, we want to make sure we get you assigned at the same time and curb. Please complete this form to report your carpool group: https://forms.gle/KZrUuhKp7ihP5MGb8 You do not need to complete this form if you do not have a carpool group.
Your pick up time is determined by the grades of your students and those you carpool with. Watch for an email with your assignment in the next few days.
This is the EARLIEST time your car will be admitted to enter the campus in the afternoon (Wednesday and Thursday are early days, and students go home 1 hour earlier)
For more details about our Drop Off and Pick Up procedures, go here: https://draper2.americanprep.org/drop-off-and-pick-up/
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Parents – we need your help! We have a critical need for one or two food service specialists at the Draper 2 Campus. Do you know someone who is interested in working part-time to help feed our students? We pay between $12-15 and employees work between 7:15 – 8:00 am and 1:15 pm. Please send this link to your family and friends! https://bit.ly/3Gjq6Go Email questions to lunch@apamail.org
Hello Parents and Staff,
We want to remind you that we have a COVID19 testing program called “Request to Test”. We believe that one of the things we can do as a public school that can really benefit families and staff members is to help them know, as soon as possible, if they contract COVID19 so that they can reduce exposure to loved ones, and so that early treatment can begin. Some studies have shown early treatment is critical in COVID19.
If a parent would like their student tested for COVID19 at school, or if a staff member would like to be tested, there are 2 simple steps to follow:
Parent/Student Form: Student Link: https://forms.gle/Z6ZwXZhPsWCwNvxT8
Staff Form: https://forms.gle/QuNMAkvJEm1asEwaA
This form will send your request to test to your campus administrator, who will ensure the tests occur. You will receive an email from the Redcap system with your child’s results (or yours if you are a staff member).
All of this information can be found on our website here.
We hope you will take full advantage of our “Request to Test” program! We feel this is one thing we can do to proactively stay as safe as possible with COVID19.
Cordially,
Carolyn Sharette
Executive Director
It is wonderful to see so many returning as well as new students this week. As we walk the halls, great things are happening! We are excited to start the new school year and look forward to working together as an APA family! Just a few quick reminders for tomorrow:
Thank you for your patience during drop-off this morning as some families are learning and the procedures are new. The drop-off time will shorten as everyone begins to understand the process, stays in their vehicles and has children ready to exit the vehicle on the curbside. Following these procedures, you were able to cut the carpool time by 10 minutes today! Thank you!
Please pull all the way forward when dropping off your student. We know it is tempting to stop the car and allow your student(s) to exit the vehicle close to the entrance, however, this slows the entire process down. All vehicles need to pull all the way forward on the curb.
Some of you may have read we are trying something different for morning drop off in hopes to alleviate a little of the congestion along Lone Peak Parkway, but it will require everyone’s cooperation. Use both lanes of Lone Peak Parkway – join the shortest lane. *NEW* We realized after two days of asking families to wait and merge after Election Road that this is problematic. In order to give drivers more time and allow for a gentle, softer merge we are now asking for the merge to take place after Inauguration Road and BEFORE Election Road. *This is a change.* Please use both lanes of Lone Peak Parkway and merge, zipper style, AFTER Inauguration Road and BEFORE Election Road. Each car in the right lane should allow one car from the left lane to merge, zipper style – between Inauguration Road and Election Road.
We understand that this is NEW and will take everyone’s cooperation and builder attitude to help the flow of traffic. We’d like to try this for a period of time and see if it helps with drop off and appreciate all of you as we try to determine the safest and most efficient carpool procedures. NOTE: Vehicles coming from the east on 114th and turning left onto Lone Peak are forced into the left lane because the right lane is full. Those cars DO NEED TO MERGE INTO THE RIGHT LANE well before getting to the school, but can only do so if you are courteous and let them in.
Please review the procedures here: https://draper2.americanprep.org/drop-off-and-pick-up/
The first week of school is always an exciting time and we know you want to see your students as soon as possible at the end of the day, however, we encourage you to arrive at your designated carpool time. Do not arrive early. If you arrive early we will ask you to circle around until your pick-up time.
All families must have a 2021-2022 carpool tag displayed in the windshield prior to arrival on property and display the tag for the duration of your time on campus. If you have not received your carpool tag you may come to the office and pick it up between 9AM and 1PM. Again, if you do not have a tag and choose to not pick it up, you will not be allowed on campus during carpool time and will need to return to pick up your student after 2:45pm. We appreciate your understanding as we work through the beginning of school challenges with carpool.
Reminder – Wednesday and Thursday are short days, and we dismiss an hour earlier – see the schedule on the homepage of our website – https://draper2.americanprep.org/
Friday’s Dismissal Times
Purple Pick Up 2:50pm (designated for Draper 3 families)
Yellow Pick Up 3:15pm (designated time for families w/siblings at D3)
Blue Pick Up 3:30pm (designated time for families with no siblings at D3)
Red Pick Up 3:45pm (designated time for families participating in extended day)
We ask that you participate in the carpool process this first week of school. Please do not enter the school to pick up your student. Complete all of your business inside the school prior to 2PM, so your student will learn the pickup process. All students will be sent out to the curb, bus, or appropriate pickup location. If you must be inside the school during pickup time, park in the stalls directly in front of the school (those following A/B path), or by the sheep field (those following C/D path). Please carefully escort your students through the parking lot and follow the directions of the crossing guard.
We are excited to be part of your neighborhood and that you and your student(s) may have the opportunity and convenience of walking to/from school if they are walking within a mile to a residential address. The walking pass application can be found here: https://draper2.americanprep.org/parent-library/
Reminder – Wednesday and Thursday are short days, and we dismiss an hour earlier – see the schedule on the homepage of our website – https://draper2.americanprep.org/
We are so excited to have your students returning to our campus! School begins tomorrow at 8:05 am. The doors will be open for student entrance at 7:30am. We are looking forward to seeing our wonderful students in the morning!
We encourage you to take all your back-to-school photos before you arrive. Drop off your students at the curb – we will have many staff there to assist them! We will open doors, gather backpacks, and help your students find their classroom. It’s best if parents stay in their cars to keep the traffic flowing quickly and efficiently.
Because we have limited parking spaces and would like to keep visitors to a minimum on the first day of school, we ask that all students be dropped off at the curb if possible. If your student needs extra support from you on the first day, please come at 8:15 am, park, and walk them into the school. The majority of our students are ready to walk into the school independently. We ask that you help establish that morning routine.
K-2 grade students will meet in the multipurpose room, and 3-6 grade students will gather in the gym. Teachers will escort them to the classroom at 7:45 am, after students can go directly to the classroom.
Please review the procedures here: https://draper2.americanprep.org/drop-off-and-pick-up/
NEW CHANGE
Parents and other visitors should park in the stalls directly in front of the school (those following A/B path), or by the sheep field (those following C/D path). Please carefully escort your students through the parking lot and follow the directions of the crossing guard.
Every family needs new pickup tags for the 2021-22 school year. The new tags are dated and include your family number. If you did not get your tags yet, please come to the school between 9 am and 1 pm on Wednesday. Any cars without a current pickup tag will need to wait and arrive after 2:45 pm on Wednesday. We will not allow anyone on campus without a tag until after 2:45 pm.
When dropping off your student in the morning, always pull forward as far as possible before unloading. Stay in your car and have your students get out on the curbside. The line moves quickly when everyone follows these rules. In the afternoon, we would encourage all parents to drive through carpool – including kindergarten parents. Those first few days are so wonderful for establishing the routine of how pick-up will happen.
We are excited that some student(s) may have the opportunity and convenience of walking to/from school. Students can walk off-campus if they are walking within a mile to a residential address. The walking pass application can be found here: https://draper2.americanprep.org/parent-library/
If you have a WYGNTK book from last year, please send it to school with your student. They can exchange it at the front desk with Mrs. Campbell. We will facilitate the exchange on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. After that, we will distribute the remaining books by lottery. We encourage ALL our families to obtain their own copy to have at home. Parents and siblings can join in “the great conversation” by learning along with their students and having discussions together.
It’s great to be with your students! We are in the process of finishing assessing new students in grades K-6 to place into Reading and Math groups. The first few weeks of school we call the groups “Maybe Groups” because we are anticipating changes in group placement. If you have any questions after placement, please feel free to contact Mrs. Davis for grades K-3 at megan.davis@apamail.org or Mrs. Lawrence for grades 4-6 at alawrence@apamail.org.
Our first fire drill of the year will be held at 1:05 pm on Wednesday, August 25th. It is required that we have a drill within the first 10 days of school. Our teachers and instructors will walk the students out to their spot in the parking lot. Our classes will practice before we have the drill so our students will feel comfortable going where they need to be. It may help for you to talk to your student(s) as well. We generally have a safety drill almost every month.
Our Parent Orientation night will be Wednesday, August 25th 6:00 – 8:000 pm. THIS IS FOR PARENTS ONLY!! Unfortunately, we do not have enough room for you to bring your students. There will be a general session along with 2 other sessions for you to attend. You will go to each of your student’s classrooms and hear what they will be learning throughout the year. There will be sign-ups to help out with field trips, culminating activities, grading, and general help for the teacher. Please mark this date on your calendars.
Our PE, Art and Choral Music Departments all have disclosure statements that need to be signed by both students and parents. These disclosures will have the expectations of the respective teachers. Please go to this link to access them: https://draper2.americanprep.org/disclosure-statements/
Each student who is new to APA will receive a name tag and a docket. All returning students should have taken their nametag and docket home with them the last week of school. If you’ve misplaced either, replacement name tags ($5) and dockets ($10) may be purchased online through EFunds.
We encourage families to support student field trips by making a $10 donation for each student. We also appreciate donations toward purchasing school supplies. Follow this link to contribute:
https://draper2.americanprep.org/uniforms/
Attached are flyers to register for after school clubs offered at American Prep beginning September 1st:
Thursdays 2:45pm-3:45pm
The Fall sports that are offered for our 6th Graders this year will be Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer.
If you want to get a jump on basketball you can join the Eagles basketball club! There are teams for grades 1 through 12 and play year round if you want! (Teams are divided by grade level). Tryouts will be coming up on the 28th of August. If you are interested please see the attached flier.
Dear Parents,
Today is the day – come to Draper 2 with your students to meet their teachers! We are so excited to have them back at school!
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 bring:
Stay Sharp Summer Packet – give it to the homeroom teacher and get a reward
What Your Grader Needs To Know book (if you have one)to exchange for the next grade level
Students do not need to wear their uniforms, but uniforms will be available for sale (new and used).
Be sure to stop by the Multipurpose Room to see our lunch employees – we are serving samples of school lunch items
Welcome back to the Draper 2 campus! Can you believe our teacher Meet & Greet is this Friday? We are so excited to have students back in the building! We wanted to make you aware of several changes in our leadership team. We welcome Mrs. Megan Davis as the new K-3 academic director. Mrs. Davis has been teaching at the Draper 1 campus, and we are grateful to have her join us! We are also excited to welcome Ms. Cindy Lawrence as an administrative director. She has a wealth of experience and we are lucky to have her!
| K-3 Academic Director | Mrs. | Megan | Davis | megan.davis@apamail.org |
| 4-6 Academic Director | Mrs. | Angie | Lawrence | alawrence@apamail.org |
| Admin Director | Mrs. | Emily | Peery | epeery@apamail.org |
| Admin Director | Ms. | Cindy | Lawrence | clawrence@apamail.org |
| Admin Director | Mrs. | Cathie | Adamson | cadamson@apamail.org |
Other contacts that might be helpful:
We are excited to be hosting some after-school clubs at our school this year. Unfortunately, our former Chess Club leader, Mr. McVicar, is no longer working at APA. We have identified an external organization that is willing to encourage our budding chess players. https://chesswizards.com/ The cost would be about $256 for 16 classes during the fall semester, and another $256 for 16 classes during the winter semester. We need to give this new provider an idea of how many students would be interested. Clubs will be held Wednesday or Thursday after school. If you would be interested in registering your student, please email clawrence@apamail.org. She will follow up with registration links when they are available.
We encourage families to support student field trips by making a $10 donation for each student. We also appreciate donations toward purchasing school supplies. Follow this link to contribute:
https://payments.efundsforschools.com/fundraising/districts/56586
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ij58W7YbM83o-ePC0a_ECbb0nf8atoD_nC5rp6dGZmQ/edit?usp=sharing
https://draper2.americanprep.org/calendar/
Do you know someone who would love to work at our school? We need quite a few instructors at our campus, and we would really appreciate your help spreading the word to your friends and family! We provide in-depth training, and the pay is $12-$14 per hour, depending on education and experience. APA is a FUN place to work! We’d love to have you (or someone you know) on our team!
https://www.americanprep.org/careers/
All students are invited to come to the school and meet their teachers! Classroom assignments will be posted on this day. We will have new and used uniforms available to purchase, as well as information about volunteering, after-school clubs, and ordering school lunches. Please come at the following times:
Many of our students received a copy of the What Your Grader Needs to Know book last year. We provide a copy of this book for each student to use at school, but we encourage ALL our families to obtain their own copy to have at home. Parents and siblings can join in “the great conversation” by learning along with their students and having discussions together.
We are encouraging our parents to exchange books from last year – we will do our best to help facilitate this exchange at the Meet and Greet on August 13, but cannot guarantee there will be enough books for everyone.
Each student who is new to APA will receive a name tag and a docket. All returning students should have taken their nametag and docket home with them the last week of school. If you’ve misplaced either, replacement name tags ($5) and dockets ($10) may be purchased at the Front Office. Email mcarman@apamail.org to order.
Meals will be free to all students during the 2021-22 school year. However, we still ask all families to complete the Free/Reduced Lunch Application. There have been additional financial benefits issued to students who qualify for free lunch. To qualify for these, we need an updated application (submitted after 7/1/2021).
Application details – https://www.americanprep.org/school-lunch-program/eligibility/
Ordering details – https://www.americanprep.org/school-lunch-program/order-lunch-online/
The school lunch program is hiring kitchen staff and campus staff – if you know anyone who is interested in working during school hours, direct them to this link!
https://www.americanprep.org/school-lunch-program/food-service-job-openings/
The Fall sports that are offered for our 6th Graders this year will be Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer.
If you want to get a jump on basketball you can join the Eagles basketball club! There are teams for grades 1 through 12 and play year round if you want! (Teams are divided by grade level). Tryouts will be coming up on the 28th of August. If you are interested please see the attached flier.
Uniform Guide: https://draper2.americanprep.org/uniforms/
Reminder: uniform items DO NOT have to be branded or have the APA logo.
Update on shorts – boys and girls can wear khaki shorts Term 1 and Term 5. Regular uniform items on top pair with khaki shorts on the bottom.
We are offering gently used uniform items in the Draper 2 lobby and choir room. All funds raised by selling uniforms go towards staff appreciation. We are also accepting donations of gently used uniforms. Donations can be made in the lobby or left by the front door.
Used Uniform Costs
We will have new French Toast brand uniform items available at great prices at the following campuses:
New uniforms and Spirit Wear items are also always available at our online store:
You should receive an email for each student in your family with their updated drop off/pick up assignment. Please check each email to confirm that each student in your family (and carpool group) have the same pickup time and curb.
This is the EARLIEST time your car will be admitted to enter the campus in the afternoon
(Wednesday and Thursday are early days, and students go home 1 hour earlier)
Please email carpool@apamail.org to request a change in your pick up time or curb
For more details about our Drop Off and Pick Up procedures, go here: https://draper2.americanprep.org/drop-off-and-pick-up/
For the safety of your elementary students, we encourage them to exit the vehicle on the curb side whenever possible.
If you drive a vehicle that can only unload on the passenger side, please request curb A or B
We understand that some cars will be completely full and students will need to exit on both sides. In this case, please have the youngest student(s) exit onto the curb.