Upcoming Events

Monday, Sept. 28 Reading University Deadline

Tuesday, Sept. 29 Land Trust Meeting 2:00 pm

Wednesday, Sept. 30 Spirit Wear Pop Up Sale Outside during carpool

Friday, Oct. 2 Spirit Wear Friday

Friday, Oct. 2 *Early* Dismissal               12:15/12:30/12:45 pm

Friday, Oct. 2 PM Kindergarten attending

Saturday, Oct. 3 APEF Fall Boutique 10 am-6 pm/Soccer Field

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

Wed. Oct. 7 AM Kindergarten attending

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

Friday, October 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

2020-2021 School Land Trust Program – September 29

“The School LAND Trust program brings tens of millions of dollars annually to academic programs in public schools across Utah. The funds are generated from school trust lands.  Each public school in Utah elects a school community council consisting of parents, teachers, and the principal. Charter Schools have Trust Lands Councils. Each council carefully reviews student assessments and progress to decide which academic areas they want to focus on. Plans are developed to improve student academic performance in the identified academic areas with the annual School LAND Trust funds. The plans are approved by the council, submitted on this website, and approved by the local school board or chartering entity.” www.schoollandtrust.org. 

Your Land Trust Committee Members for the 2020-21 SY are: 

• Zoie Farmer
• Verdun Hartin
• Laquisha Shelton
• Gwendolyn Hortin
• Nichole Hanna
• Alisha Staggs
• Santhosh Naidu
• Shari Harris
• Kevin McVicar/Emily Peery – D2 Director
• Angie Lawrence – D2 Director
  

Our next Draper 2 Land Trust Committee Member Meeting will be held at Draper 2 & virtually on September 29, 2020, at 2:00 PM. Parents and the public are welcome to attend.

Spirit Wear Pop Up Sale – September 30

Spirit Wear Friday is the first Friday of every month!  Our Spirit Wear Store will be outside during drop off and pick up so you can conveniently purchase clothing for your students!  Park in visitor parking (A/B curbs – use the row in front of the school, C/D curbs – park along the sheep field). Any items not in stock will be delivered to your student on Thursday, October 1st.

Early Dismissal – October 2 (Grading Day)

• PM Kindergarten students attend
• 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

APEF Fall Boutique – October 3

Our 5th Annual boutique fundraiser is this Saturday, October 3 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on the soccer field between the Draper 2 and Draper 3 campuses. This year we are raising funds for APA’s Builders Club, our teacher and staff appreciation fund. We still have room for vendors and student entrepreneurs.  We will have a children’s costume parade at 1:00 pm, fall backdrops for you to take photos, food trucks, local vendors and artisans, and kids can decorate a pumpkin for free.

We need volunteers to help the day of the event and we’re looking for donations of pumpkins. If you are able to sign up for either of these please go to this link:

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050548A5AB2EA7F49-apa5th 

For more information and to fill out an application for you or your student entrepreneur, please go to www.apaboutique.org. We hope that you can join us!

Michelle Goudge, Executive Director e: mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org p: 801.661.1928

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

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

1st – 3rd Grade Field Trips – October 9

We do not serve school lunch during off campus field trips. However, some field trips will be held at school due to COVID restrictions. Those not leaving campus can pre-order school lunches.

September Builders Theme – I am a Builder when I build with Enthusiasm 

September has been a great month at American Prep! Our students and teachers are the embodiment of our Builders Theme – Building with enthusiasm. Thank you to our great parents who are also enthusiastically supporting your children, assisting them to complete their homework, ensuring they are prepared for school each day! 

You may wonder why enthusiasm is so important to us at American Prep – well, in our Parent Student Handbook you will find the following is one of our Foundations:

“Enthusiasm: Enthusiasm propels one on to greater effort. Enthusiasm makes work enjoyable and provides encouragement for others to put forth increased effort. It is the responsibility of every member of the American Prep community to bring enthusiasm to their work and to their associations at school.”

So you can see, we understand that enthusiasm is a key component to our success as a school, and more importantly the success of your student! We commit as staff members to bring enthusiasm to our work each day with your students, because we know it will result in higher effort being put forth by your child, and greater success! We appreciate our parents so much who also bring enthusiasm to us in our interactions and help us put forth our best efforts!

From the Academic Office

Geography Bee 

National Geographic just announced that they have cancelled the  National Geography Bee for the 20/21 school year. 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 go to the following link:

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/student-experiences/geobee/

From the Administrative Office

Field Trip Photos Needed

CALLING ALL PARENTS! Did you accompany your 4th – 6th grader on their INCREDIBLE field trip last week?  If so, I’d love to include your pictures of the event in our yearbook!  Please email them to me at mcarman@apamail.org

School Lunch Information

This is a reminder to order meals for next month. https://apalunch.h1.hotlunchonline.net/

All orders must be placed 48 hours in advance – if you want your student to have lunch on Thursday, October 1st please order by Tuesday, September 30th.  

Thanks to a USDA free meal waiver, American Preparatory Academy will begin offering lunch at no cost to all enrolled students every campus. Free meals must be pre-ordered, and are available from Tuesday, September 15th until December 31st, or until funding runs out. All students are eligible, whether they are learning in the classroom, online or at home.

If you need help ordering lunch please email lunch@apamail.org  for assistance.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Box Tops App

Join us in earning cash for our school by using the Box Tops app. 

Use this referral code YYD12JVB when you sign up and you’ll get 50 Bonus Box Tops when you scan your first receipt! Download the Box Tops for Education app here: 

https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=YYD12JVB

Character Development 

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

Our next ambassador events will be held on FRIDAYS and will be completely within the school day so that your child will 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!

GIANT THANK YOU to our Volunteers!

We had our third annual college fair, and for the first time (to help with COVID safety) we had the event on TWO separate days.  This was a huge success and the students loved participating.  Thank you to our AMAZING parents who came and shared so much with us about their college experiences and careers.  You are all ROCK STARS!!!

Tori Andersen, Andre Bennin, Joy Blakenship, Craig Brown (grandparent!), Marcus Brown, Michelle Goudge, Christian Harris, Jared Jorgensen, Puru Kamath, Aarti Nakra, Tanya Parke, and Lynette Toomalatai (and daughters!). You are AMAZING!

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/. 

Upcoming Events

Thursday, Sept. 24 Picture Day for all students 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Friday, Sept. 25 4-6 Grade Field Trips

Friday, Sept. 25 Early Dismissal for D-3 students ONLY

Monday, Sept. 28 Reading University Deadline

Wednesday, Sept. 30 Spirit Wear Pop Up Sale Outside during carpool

Friday, Oct. 2 Spirit Wear Friday

Friday, Oct. 2 Early Dismissal               12:15/12:30/12:45 pm

Saturday, Oct. 3 APEF Fall Boutique 10 am-6 pm/Soccer Field

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

School Pictures – September 24

Help your student look their best! All on campus students will have pictures taken this day.

Field Trips – September 25

4th and 6th grade students will be off campus, please provide a lunch from home! We do not serve school lunch during off campus field trips. 5th grade will be on campus, school lunch provided to those who pre-order.

Spirit Wear Pop Up Sale – September 30

Spirit Wear Friday is the first Friday of every month!  Our Spirit Wear Store will be outside during drop off and pick up so you can conveniently purchase clothing for your students!  Park in visitor parking (A/B curbs – use the row in front of the school, C/D curbs – park along the sheep field). Any items not in stock will be delivered to your student on Thursday, October 1st.

September Builders Theme – I am a Builder when I build with Enthusiasm 

The meaning of enthusiasm is “intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.”  The source of the word is the Greek “enthousiasmos,” which ultimately comes from the adjective entheos, “having the God within.” 

• Enthusiastic people RADIATE ENERGY. When these people walk into a room, heads turn and people gather. Their smile lights up a room. 
• Enthusiastic people are CURIOUS AND INTERESTED in life. They love learning and live in a state of wonder, surprise, and delight.
• Enthusiastic people FOCUS ON THE GOOD (even when things aren’t). They emphasize what they can do rather than what they can’t do.
• Enthusiastic people FEEL DEEPLY AND LAUGH OFTEN. They show compassion for life’s difficulties and use humor to help themselves and others through tough times.
• Enthusiastic people DO SOMETHING THEY LOVE every day, no matter how small. They are passionate about their work, hobbies, crafts, or the sports they play — and it shows!
• Enthusiastic people SERVE A GREATER PURPOSE than themselves. They have a desire to help others and build community.

                                                           http://livingwithenthusiasm.com/characteristics.htm 

From the Administrative Office

Volunteer Opportunity – School Lunch Program

We have an urgent need for a few volunteers to help serve lunch at Draper 2 and Draper 3. We are looking for volunteers who are available Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (at least 2 days per week) to help from 10:45 am to 1:15 pm. We expect to use these volunteers for at least a month and possibly until the end of December. Please email lmarcotte@apamail.org if you are interested!

Mask Requirement

We are so grateful to have received free masks from French Toast for our students. This has allowed us to have masks available for those who forget, lose, or soil their mask. Unfortunately, this supply of free masks is almost gone!

Please remember to send your student to school with a clean mask EVERY day! We recommend having an extra mask stored in their backpack in case theirs gets broken, dirty, or lost. 

Going forward, any students who don’t have a mask will be required to call home and you will need to bring them a mask before they can attend school.

APA Masks – Buy Yours Now!

Earlier this year our Spirit Wear distributor had masks for sale, and they sold out quickly! Those who purchased these masks reported they were AWESOME!  There are two sizes – one for adults and one for children. They have adjustable ear straps, making them fit snugly and not fall down. They have a nose insert that helps prevent glasses from fogging, and the material is very breathable. 

We have worked with this supplier to design a mask for our campus, and we are making it available for pre-order at cost – $7.00. Pre-orders will be collected for one week, and then it takes 2-3 weeks for masks to be produced and delivered. We expect to have them by the time students return from fall break.  https://www.americanprep.org/product/apa-custom-2-ply-face-mask/

School Messenger

We are using a new program to send email, text, and phone calls. To opt in for text messages, follow the instructions here – Click for Flyer

Activities – Online Clubs

https://draper2.americanprep.org/activities/

From the Academic Office

Constitution Day

Thanks to all those who participated in reading the constitution! Special thanks to Judge Jared Bennet, Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, APEF Executive Director Michelle Goudge and SLCC History Professor Aarti Nakka. If you missed the event or want to share it with family and friends, visit this link: https://youtu.be/31l85I5Fhnc 

College Fair Recap 

Last week was COLLEGE WEEK at our campus!  We had a wonderful College Fair on Monday and Friday with phenomenal parent volunteers!  We also watched college videos during chew time.  

Why do we do College Week in elementary school?  To inspire our kids to start working now to develop good habits so that college is an option in their future!  Ask your kids about what they learned during College Week.  Click here to see more!

American Preparatory Education Foundation

APA’s 5th Annual Fundraiser Boutique will be Saturday, October 3 on the soccer field (between the Draper 2 and Draper 3 campuses) from 10am to 6pm. A kids costume parade will begin at 1pm. For more information — or, to sign up for a vendor or student-entrepreneur booth — please go to www.apaboutique.org. 

Michelle Goudge, Executive Director

e: mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org | p: 801.661.1928

www.facebook.com/pg/americanprepfoundation

www.americanprepfoundation.org

For Your Information

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/. 

Upcoming Events

Mon. Sept. 14 – Fri. Sept. 18 College Week

Monday, Sept 14 College Fair Presentations 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Tuesday, Sept 15 APEF Parent Committee Meeting 2:00 pm

Thursday, Sept 17 Constitution Day 10:00 am 

Friday, Sept 18 College Fair Dress Day, Presentations 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Thursday, Sept. 24 Picture Day for all students 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Monday, Sept. 28 Reading University Deadline

College Fair Presentations – September 14 & 18

It is COLLEGE WEEK at our campus this week!  We have had a wonderful College Fair on Monday and again coming up this Friday with phenomenal parent volunteers!  We also are watching college videos during chew time this week.  And this Friday the 18th EVERYONE may wear college spirit wear shirts with their regular lower Friday uniform.  Show your college spirit that day if you’d like!

Why do we do college week in elementary school?  To inspire our kids to start thinking now and working to develop good habits so that college is one of the doors of opportunity in their futures!  Ask your kids about what they’ve learned this week!

APEF – Friends of APA – Parent Committee Meeting – September 15

The American Preparatory Education Foundation Parent Volunteer Committee serves as a parent advisory board for the Foundation. Its members will assist the APEF Executive Director with event planning for fundraisers, networking, and community relations. With COVID-19 restrictions in place creativity is vital when planning fundraisers and communicating with our APA families and community. This committee will brainstorm and share ideas. The first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15 at 2pm. Check in at the reception desk. For more information please go to :

https://www.americanprepfoundation.org/apef-parent-committee 

Constitution Day – September 17

We are honored to celebrate the signing of our founding document, the Constitution, on Thursday, September 17th.  Each school will be reading the constitution, and we encourage you to read it with your families. As we more fully understand what the Constitution is all about, we can participate in discussions, and advance the noble cause with which this document was written. 

Join us at live.KSL.com for the Draper 2 campus reading at 10:00 am.  This program will last about an hour. 

College Fair Dress Day – September 18

Your student can show support for their favorite college by wearing a t-shirt, sweatshirt/hoodie, or hat. Friday uniform should be worn from the waist down.

September Builders Theme – I am a Builder when I build with Enthusiasm 

Walter Chrysler, an American automotive industry executive and the founder of the Chrysler Corporation. One of his mottos was “The real secret to success is enthusiasm.” It’s important for our students to know the attitudes they display towards working hard are a choice. When students develop and display an “I can do hard things” attitude, they are successful and gain further confidence in their abilities.

Parents play a very important role towards their children’s education when they express a belief in their child(ren)’s ability to work hard and succeed, as well as setting an example themselves.

Together—students, parents, and staff—we make a FABULOUS team!

From the Academic Office

When your student is sick

As we enter the cold and flu season, we appreciate all our parents who keep their students home due to an illness. If an on-campus student is absent for any reason, that student is still enrolled in the on-campus program and is expected to work with his or her homeroom teacher and groups teachers to complete any missing work. Absent on-campus students will not be switched to an off-campus Google classroom for  temporary learning. We do, however, offer online reading and math lessons to our absent on-campus students. These lessons can be found under the “Off-Campus Program” tab at americanprep.org. We appreciate our parents who offer extra support at home to help their students get caught up. Please contact your homeroom teacher with any questions regarding missing work. 

From the Administrative Office

School Lunch – Free Meals for All Students

Free meals are available to all students for a limited time. Go here for more details: 

https://www.americanprep.org/school-lunch-program/

Activities – Online Clubs

https://draper2.americanprep.org/activities/

Math Kangaroo

If your student participated in the Math Kangaroo competition, please come get their prizes! T-shirts, pencils, and keychains are a fun reminder of their experience.

American Preparatory Education Foundation

Michelle Goudge, Executive Director

e: mgoudge@americanprepfoundation.org | p: 801.661.1928

www.facebook.com/pg/americanprepfoundation

www.americanprepfoundation.org