Good Afternoon Bobcat families!
Thank you all for such a supportive welcome, we truly have such a great year planned out! I know several have followed up about the email list-serv, they will be updated next week when our staff returns to work.
If anyone would like to contribute to welcoming our teachers back to school, we’d gladly welcome school supplies, coupons or gift certificates for our staff. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have something to share!
Lindsey
Information in this newsletter:
Updates:
Student and Family Expectations:
Please click here to view the student expectations document that will be shared out with students within the first weeks of school.
Parking Passes:
Click here to view information about Parking Passes for student drivers.
My Hot Lunch Box:
Click here for instructions on how to set up your hot lunchbox account. Click here for FAQ’s.
Job Opportunity:
The After School Program at Triangle Day School in Durham is seeking multiple part-time After School Counselors. The After School Program runs Monday through Friday, 3-6pm (days/times worked can vary depending on availability).
Responsibilities include supervising students ranging from 4-14 years old, facilitating indoor and outdoor activities, communicating with parents, and ensuring a safe and happy experience for our students. Qualities of an ideal applicant include high energy level, patience, kindness, flexibility, a positive attitude, and dependability!
Please email Maria Morrison for information about the program.
Maria Morrison
After School Program Director
maria.morrison@
Student Schedules:
Thank you for your patience as we work to ensure all students have a schedule for the first day of school! We have reviewed all students’ requests and schedules in PowerSchool. Beginning Wednesday, July 27, students and parents may log into PowerSchool and see their posted schedule for the fall. Please note that not all classes are available every semester or every period; therefore, some scheduling conflicts do occur. If your child had a scheduling conflict, our team prioritized graduation requirements. If you would like to request a schedule change after viewing your schedule for the upcoming school year, you may do so by using the Schedule Change Request Form.
Please make sure to note the guidelines below for submitting a schedule change request:
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We will not honor any schedule change requests for classes that you originally signed up for as a primary or alternate class during spring registration.
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Schedules will not be changed if the request is to change a teacher, period, semester, or to be in a course with specific students.
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Students requesting to drop an AP course should complete the change request form. These requests will be reviewed by Ms. Sealy directly.
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Do not submit multiple forms for the same request. However, you will need to submit multiple forms if you want to change more than one class.
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Schedule change requests will be reviewed by the high school administrative team, and we will notify you within 48 business hours of when the request was received via the form below. Please do not email us prior to that to ask for an update.
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Students and families who have emailed their requests over the summer, please fill out the form to ensure we have the request in one spot.
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Priority will be given to students who need a class for graduation requirements and are the closest to their graduation date (seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen).
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The deadline to make any requests is by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, August 3. No schedule change requests will be accepted after that time.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thanks for following this process as we work through schedule changes and logistics.
Athletics:
Click here to see more information about tryouts and FAQs.
We are excitedly working to make the 2022-2023 athletic year the best yet for Eno River Academy. Our goal is to help make this a positive experience for parents, coaches, and, of course, our student-athletes. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to our athletic directors:
Charlie Oakley (Athletic Director) coakley@enoriveracademy.org
Julie Gillette (Assistant AD) jgillette@enoriveracademy.org
If you are interested in participating in a fall sport, please complete this Google Form immediately. This information will help us finalize details for the year, as well as help organize contact information.
If you have questions, here is a list of contacts for each sport. This is still a work in progress. We will finalize it as soon as possible.
Tryouts:
Important Dates:
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August 1 (Monday): First day of High School Tryouts
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Cross Country: 6:30-8:00 (on Campus) Parent Meeting at 7:45 (HS Commons)
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Volleyball: 3:30-6:00 (on Campus)
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Men’s Soccer: 6:00-7:30 (on Campus)
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Women’s Tennis: 4:00-6:00 (Morreene Road Park: 1102 Morreene Rd, Durham)
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Women’s Golf: 4:00-5:45 (Quaker Creek Golf Course: 2817 Barnett Rd, Mebane)
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August 3 (Wednesday): Athletic Fee opens on Dragonfly and Season Pass information sent home
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August 4 (Thursday): First day of School
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August 8: (Monday): First day of Middle School Tryouts (all sports will begin on K-8 campus)
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August 15: (Monday): Most sports have their first contest this week.
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August 15: (Monday): Middle and High School Cheerleading tryouts
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Tryout Requirements:
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Every athlete must have an up to date physical on file to participate in tryouts.
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Fastmed is offering physicals for $25. Click on the link to find the nearest location.
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Dragonfly Login: You must create an account on Dragonfly and upload all documents.
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You will sign off on all required paperwork on the site.
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If you need a hard copy of the documents they are linked below. .
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Physical. Here is a link to the form. Feel free to email Mr. Oakley to see if your athlete’s physical on file is still valid. (You may submit updated Physicals at any time)
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Concussion Form: Here is a link to the form.
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Eligibility and Consent form: Here is the link to the form.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Click here for the 22-23 ERA School Calendar
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Wednesday, July 27: Freshmen Orientation 8:30am-12:30pm
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Monday, August 1: Teachers come back to school
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Tuesday, August 2: Open House (5:00p)
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Thursday, August 4: First Day of School
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Wednesday, August 24: Early Release
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Friday, September 2: Early Release
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Monday, September 5: NO SCHOOL, HOLIDAY
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Monday, September 19: Teacher Work Day
What you might have missed:
Drivers Education:
Fall Driver Education Classes: The fall session of Driver Education will be held August 22nd through September 14th, 2022 (September 3rd & 5th are holidays). Classes will meet virtually Monday through Friday from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Students are expected to attend all classes even if it’s a workday or there is inclement weather. Students must be 14.5 years old to register (birthdate on or before 2/1/2008). Priority is given based on birthdate. The cost is $50 and must be paid between August 15th and 19th. A study packet will be available at the time of payment.
To register, click here. The deadline to register is July 29th. You will receive more information after the registration is submitted and accepted.
Once a student registers for the classes, this is the information Buddy Hartley sends to the students and parents:
You are registered for the August Class that starts on 8/22 and runs through September 14, 2022, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Monday – Friday. Class is virtual so make sure you have access to a working Internet for the whole Session. You must successfully complete 30 hours of class, so NO CLASS TIME can be missed. Students must complete all classwork and will have to turn on cameras at least 3 times during each class. The DE class fee is $50 (Cash, Check, or Money Order made out to OCS Driver Education) non refundable. Students should start picking up a DE packet at the Eno River office on Monday 8/15/22 from 8am-4pm. The DE fee should be paid then also. This course is set up by NCDPI and is accessed through their Canvas platform and on Zoom. Students will receive a message at their school email address with login information before class starts from Erin Bradley. All questions about class should be sent to me. ONLY questions about Canvas or login issues should be sent to Erin Bradley. If you cannot attend the whole class or have already taken a
class elsewhere PLEASE let me know ASAP. Students can only attend one Driver Ed class!
Once he adds them to his DMV program they get links, password, etc to sign in.
Freshman Orientation:
This Wednesday, July 27 we will hold orientation for our incoming 9th grade students. It will run from 8:30am – 12:30pm, and lunch will be provided. Hope to see you there!
Schedules:
The daily bell schedule can be found here Daily Bell Schedule.
Open Houses:
Open House will be held on Tuesday, August 2nd from 5:00pm – 5:45pm.
This is an optional, floating event so come any time during your child’s window. Please leave as soon as your group is finished to make space for the grade levels behind you. The schedule is as follows:
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K-5 from 3:00 pm-3:45 pm
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Middle School from 4:00 pm-4:45 pm
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High School from 5:00 pm-5:45 pm
Substitute Orientation:
If you would like to regularly help out at our school, consider becoming a substitute! An informational session, tours, and orientation for new substitutes will occur on July 28 from 12-1pm in the K-8 campus main common area. Please contact Mrs. Hover (mhover@enoriveracademy.org) with questions.
After School Program Registration:
Information and Registration forms for the 22-23 After School Program are linked on our website under After School Program. Please note the fee changes from last year.
Beginning of Year Paperwork for ALL STUDENTS: Families must complete the following forms for all students/families by August 12. Please contact Mrs. Hover (mhover@enoriveracademy.org) with questions.
– Annual Proof of Residency requirement (one submission per family)
– Annual EDS data collection form (one submission per family)
– Annual Emergency Contact & Permissions form (one submission for EACH student)
Carpool:
If you are available to assist ERA families in carpooling or would need assistance carpooling, please enter your information on this linked Google Document and use the information provided by others to set up carpools according to your needs. Administration will not monitor this document or assist in creating carpools.
Student Resources:
The After School Program at Triangle Day School in Durham is seeking multiple part-time After School Counselors. The After School Program runs Monday through Friday, 3-6pm (days/times worked can vary depending on availability).
Responsibilities include supervising students ranging from 4-14 years old, facilitating indoor and outdoor activities, communicating with parents, and ensuring a safe and happy experience for our students. Qualities of an ideal applicant include high energy level, patience, kindness, flexibility, a positive attitude, and dependability!
Please email Maria Morrison for information about the program.
Maria Morrison
After School Program Director
maria.morrison@
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