
- Identify a problem when people and animals interact
- Design a solution that makes the interaction better for animals, people, or both
- Share your problem and solution with others
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Carpool numbers have been assigned and emailed. Please check your email as soon as possible. Starting Monday, you will need to have your carpool number visibly posted. We are excited to see you then!
In order to manage the 600+ families in the carpool each afternoon, we hold two dismissals each afternoon. First dismissal is at 3:10 pm on M, T, and F and 2:10 pm on W, TH. Second dismissal is at 3:35 pm, M, T, and F, and 2:35 pm on W, TH. Second dismissal provides the opportunity for elementary students to receive focused academic attention, not to be confused with the secondary study hall setting.
Dismissal times are assigned by family, not by individual students and apply to the entire week, not specific days within the week. In addition, if you belong to a neighborhood carpool group, all students/families in that group are assigned the same dismissal and curb.
Students will receive their schedules, find their classes, and meet the staff. This is also secondary picture day so students are required to come in full uniform. Don’t forget, Summer Stay Sharp packets are due on these days.
August 12th 9:30 am-12:00 pm
All K-6th grade students are invited to come and meet their new teacher and visit with classmates for a few minutes. If you cannot attend Elementary Meet and Greet, class lists and teacher assignments will remain posted on the front doors. Please don’t call the office for this information as the office staff does not have teacher lists. Don’t forget, Summer Stay Sharp packets are due on this day.
August 23rd 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
This meeting is for parents only.
August 24th 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
This meeting is for parents only.
Our semi-annual uniform sale will be held at Draper 1 on August 10th, 11th and 12th from 9-3. Used items as well as True value brand new uniforms will be available for purchase. We ask that parents bring small bills. We are looking for 2-3 volunteers each day. If you are interested in volunteering please email (chunkymunky201@yahoo.com). Thank you so much! We look forward to seeing you!
LOCATION CHANGE! Now at Draper 2 due to high wind forecast.
Please come and enjoy the evening with our APA family at our Fun Run! Runners and participants will be celebrated with race food, fun, dunk tanks and much more. Subway will be offering $4.00 meals that include a 6-inch, ham, turkey or vegetarian sandwich with chips and water. We are also raising money for our APA Hardship Fund to help members of our APA community who are in need.
We just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone for our most successful sock drive ever! Between all five campuses we collected 16,405 pair of socks! That’s a lot of warm toes this winter! Our student councils were able to deliver the socks to the shelters and it was so inspiring to share the generosity of our APA family with families in need.
We put together a fabulous video about this event to share with all our students. You can view this video on our Ambassador Facebook page or the Ambassador Website at http://apaambassadors.org/ambassador-videos1.html. Thank you again for participating in this great APA tradition!
Dear Parents and Students,
We are so excited to be at the beginning of another amazing year at American Prep! We have been busy preparing our school to ensure a wonderful experience for your student(s) this year.
You will recall that at the end of last year, parents were invited to fill out a Parent Survey. We had a 3rd party collate all of those responses, and we spent significant time this summer reviewing our parent feedback. We have made several substantive changes as a result of your feedback. Thank you for your willingness to share your ideas and thoughts!
1. The Draper 2 facility has undergone some changes this summer! We have done some remodeling upstairs to create more classroom space for our additional students in our high school.
2. The soccer field has been financed and approvals and permits are in process!
3. We have had a lot of feedback regarding Reading University (RU). As a result, Reading University has been altered in several ways. We now will allow students to choose one book per term that is “off-list”. Also, students may count books read to them in all grades (with some stipulations for secondary students). We are also working to increase the books on the RU list (we’d love some volunteer parent readers!). RU lists are easily found on our new website, under each campus site.
4. Friday Casual Uniform Day – due to parent requests, we have brought back Friday Casual Day! Students may wear navy polos on Fridays and forego the ties. Staff also may wear collared shirts on Fridays without ties.
5. Homework loads – we have done quite a bit of reading, listening and consulting on this topic. We received a WIDE RANGE of parental input on this topic, from parents who feel their children could do more, to parents who feel their children are over-loaded. So we feel it is important to increase the opportunity parents have to report homework loads to the school staff so that we can adjust as needed based on real homework-load data. We have developed ways to record homework completion times on learning plans (elementary) and in planners (secondary). We have also asked secondary teachers to list how long they anticipate a homework assignment should take, along with the assignment itself, so students can begin to align their efforts to the expectation, and so parents and students can let teachers know if their estimates are inaccurate. We will continue to report back to parents on this topic as the year progresses.
6. We are still seeking to have access to 11950 South so that we can have a smoother carpool process, and so that we can move forward on seeking to build a high school. Legal proceedings have begun to gain that access, though the wheels of justice turn ever-so-slowly. Thank you for your patience.
Parents – it is our aim to make our school the best possible experience for your student(s)! Thank you for providing feedback and ideas to assist us in our efforts!
Come and support APA’s marvelous artists during the second annual APA District Art Show Friday from 5:00-8:00 and Saturday from 9:00-12:00 pm in main foyer. A panel of judges will award honors to the standout performances on Friday evening. This year we have included twice the amount of artwork as last year!
Don’t forget! Registration packets for the 2015-16 school year are due Friday, May 1st. Please bring all paperwork including any necessary documents – immunizations, birth certificates, etc to the front office by 4:00 pm on that day. Packets must be 100% complete.