Arcadia This Week 11/23/2020

Hello, everyone,

Here’s what’s up this week at Arcadia!

Monday, 11/23: Day 6--Asynchronous Day; Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences

  • For the asynchronous day, just a reminder to students that each class will have a brief assignment that you need to complete to be counted as
    “present” for attendance.

  • For support, the paraprofessional staff will be available! Links to their meets are available at the bottom of the MS and HS schedules

Tuesday, 11/24: Day 1--Asynchronous Day; Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences

  • For the asynchronous day, just a reminder to students that each class will have a brief assignment that you need to complete to be counted as
    “present” for attendance.

  • For support, the paraprofessional staff will be available! Links to their meets are available at the bottom of the MS and HS schedules

Wednesday, 11/25: No School

Thursday, 11/26: No School

Friday, 11/27: No School

 

Current Schedule for November, December, and January

November 23-24: Asynchronous Distance Learning; Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences

November 25-27: No School (Break)

November 30-December 22: Distance Learning

December 4: Asynchronous Distance Learning Day

December 11: Asynchronous Distance Learning Day

December 23-January 1: Winter Break

January 4-8: Distance learning

January 8: Asynchronous Distance Learning Day

January 11: TBD (hybrid or distance learning, depending on circumstances)

 

Mission Spotlight

It is the mission of Arcadia Charter School to prepare our students to transition intellectually, emotionally, and ethically to higher education, future employment, and engaged citizenship.

Arcadia Charter School envisions a supportive learning community that, through collaboration and student-driven, project-based learning, encourages and assists students to:

  • Express themselves creatively through the visual, literary, and performing arts.

  • Use technology with innovation, imagination, and responsibility.

  • Develop critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.

  • Construct knowledge and meaning for themselves.

  • Value, advocate, and strive for the wellness of the whole person.

  • Be empowered to act as local citizens within a rapidly changing global community.

If you are familiar with the Maker movement, you know that the Maker ethic is aligned with Arcadia’s mission and vision, especially the parts above in boldface. To give students more opportunities to connect around making, we are working on an Arcadia Maker Space! The 7th grade is currently engaged in Maker Term, and we have teamed up with the Cannon Valley Makers to provide additional mentorship and resources as the 7th graders get us started in this endeavor, building the first official Arcadia Maker community. If you have materials or tools you would be willing to donate to the cause, please let Laura know! We could use a couple of functional, portable sewing machines, hand tools, and materials that they can freely use. (We are currently looking at sending materials and tools home for students to use.)

If you happen to love the Maker movement, and want to help students think about possibilities and learn new skills, we could use more help from parents in that regard, too! Most of that work will be online, for now. Let Laura know if you’d like to help!

 

Announcements

Fundraising Update

I am so grateful for the support that we have received this year from many donors! For example, we received a generous $1000 donation that allowed us to take students to the Extreme Sandbox and cover the cost of three additional virtual field trips that are coming up. We had a number of people donate cash instead of purchasing items from Gertens, plus a number of Gertens orders! We raised over $1000 on Give to the Max day. 

We are working on new opportunities for students all of the time, and your donations allow us to make them happen--and help us ensure students have equitable access to those opportunities. Subsidizing field trips, paying for project materials for students (especially now, when we need to send things home), making arts residencies happen: these are all possible with your generous support. THANK YOU!

Gertens Orders

Gertens will drop our order off the evening of November 30th, and the items will be sorted and ready for pick up by 8:00am on December 1st! Laura will email the families who placed orders with more information.

Operation Joy 

Operation Joy is a community-wide gift sharing program of the Community Action Center (CAC). Through the generosity of hundreds of community members, approximately 850 Northfield area children will receive gifts through Operation Joy this year. 

While this year may look a little different due to the pandemic, our goal remains the same: to provide a joyful holiday experience for all children in our community. To learn more, to give to Operation Joy, or to receive support this holiday season, please visit communityactioncenter.org/operation-joy. 

If you have questions, contact Lisa Percy (507) 573-2610 or email percy.lisa@communityactioncenter.org.

Attendance Form

Please report attendance-related information (appointments, illness) through our website! Go to “Current Families” and then “ Report an Absence.” You can fill out as much as is relevant. If your child is staying home ill, please make sure to report symptoms, as we are required to track a lot of information on illness this year! If you’d rather just save a link to the form somewhere accessible to you, here is a link to the form.

Upcoming Events

Nov. 23-24, by appointment (online): Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences

Nov. 25-27: No School (Break)

Dec. 1: Pick Up Gerten’s Orders

Dec. 4: Asynchronous Learning Day

Dec. 11: Asynchronous Learning Day

Dec. 23: Winter Break Begins

 

Sincerely,