K8 Weekly Update 1/10/22

Good afternoon,

I hope you all had a great weekend and are staying as healthy as possible. I wanted to remind you that we have a holiday on Monday, January 17th, and a teacher workday (PD day) on Tuesday, January 18th.
Here are this week’s updates and reminders:
1. Intent to Return: The directions for continuing enrollment for next year are attached. Please note that the deadline is January 28th. Please contact Mrs. Hover if you have any questions.
2022 Intent to Return Scribbles Parent Letter
2. Upcoming Meetings: The links will be provided as the date nears. All meetings will be held via Zoom and will begin at 5:00 pm.
D&I Task Force: 1/19 and 1/31
Board of Directors: 1/25
3. National School Choice Week: NSCW is January 23-29 this year and we hope to celebrate with several activities around campus! In order to get started, we need some help in these areas:
  • Donations of medium-sized flat rocks to the K8 campus. Students in 2nd and 3rd grade Art hope to paint rocks advertising school choice to be placed around town.
  • Sign-up to offer a family testimonial and be video recorded by our high school Mass Media students about why you love ERA as a school choice or about the importance of school choice in general. Available dates are 1/12 and 1/19.
4. Art Supplies needed: Mrs Velasco is asking for the following art supply donations to the K8 art room. See her flyer for details.
5. Honor Roll Zoom Ceremony (Grades 5-8): Friday, January 14 at 8:30am.  We hope you can join us to celebrate our awesome students and teachers!  Here is the zoom link.
6. Middle School Dance: We are so excited to announce that we will host a middle dance on Friday, March 4 from 6-8pm.  Please see the attached invitation. More details to follow.
Covid Dashboard: 8 total (K-12) reported 1/5-1/10. K-8: 4 and HS: 4
Previous cases:

K-8: 27 cases
HS: 15 cases
Have a great week!
Lisa