Innovations Academy Charter School
Christine Kuglen, Director
10380 Spring Canyon Road San Diego, California 92131
(858) 271-1414 www.innovationsacademy.org
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INTEREST IN NEW ENROLLMENT AND NEW PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS
INNOVATIONS ACADEMY HAS A FEW OPENINGS IN VARIOUS CLASSES.
- If you are interested in enrolling your child for the current school year, please call the front office at 858-271-1414 or email our enrollment administrator: donna@innovationsacademy.org
- Fill out an online application for the 2011-2012 school year using the 'Apply Now' tab above
UPCOMING NEW PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS!
For families applying to Innovations Academy for the 2012-2013 school year, you need to attend one of the
New Parent Information Sessions:
Saturday, February 4th, 4:00pm
Saturday, February 25th, 4:00pm
All sessions will be held in the multipurpose room and last approximately 90 minutes. Children are welcome to attend, please bring something to keep them entertained (there is a play structure outside of the multipurpose room). No need to pre-register, but be sure to sign in.
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INNOVATIONS ACADEMY ~ INFORMATION FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 23, 2012
This is our weekly informational message. This information should have come to you via telephone and email.
Call the office if you feel there is a problem or if you have not been receiving these messages.
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CHRISTINE'S CORNER
Christine Kuglen, Director
Greetings Innovations Families!
It was great to see our families at the 'Parent Information Meeting' this past Wednesday and Saturday. I want to thank you for taking your time to come out and support our amazing program and learn all that is to come. For those of you that didn't make it, I will be contacting you to set up another date.
* COFFEE CONNECTION WITH OUR DIRECTOR CHRISTINE KUGLEN: This is a great way to meet other parents from IA and sit with our Director to talk about what's happening with our school. Coffee Connection is held the first and third Wednesday of every month.
- Next Coffee Connections will be held on January 4th and January 18th.
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CALENDAR EVENTS THIS WEEK
Reminder - please make sure you send in a $1.00 with your child for the "Green Project" this week!
(for information, see 'Other Important Calendar Events' below)
- This Friday's lunch will be Pizza!
- For $4.00, your child will be served (2) slices of pizza, grapes, and a drink
- For $3.00, your child will be served (1) slice of pizza, grapes, and a drink
- Choices of pizza offered: Pepperoni or Cheese
TUESDAY: January 24 - no news
WEDNESDAY: January 25
- The 8th graders are going on a field trip today! Please make sure your 8th grader has paid the $7.00 fee for ice skating.
- Jamba Juice will be here today as a fundraiser for our school! Don't forget to give your child $3.00 for this healthy, yummy, after-school treat.
FRIDAY: January 27
- Pizza lunch served today!
**************************************************************************************************************************************** IA SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2011-2012
(Calendar Subject to Change)
http://www.cushycms.com/temporary_uploads/170450/IA Calendar 2011-2012 copy.pdf
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OTHER IMPORTANT CALENDAR EVENTS
- THE GREEN LIVING PROJECT MOBILE TOUR will be visiting Innovations Academy. We are asking that each student bring in $1.00 to their teacher as soon as possible to help support this learning experience. See http://www.greenlivingproject.com/events/mobiletour/ for more information.
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UCSD CENTER FOR MINDFULNESS: Is having a conference "Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth"
- Will be held on February 4-5, 2012
- Here is the link for registration: http://cme.ucsd.edu/bridging/registration.html
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ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
- IMPORTANT: the number one fundraiser you can do is ATTENDANCE! Every time a child is absent, excused or not, Innovations LOSES money. Every time a child is present, Innovations RECEIVES money for that day. If your child needs to be absent for any reason, please contact the school to ask for an 'Independent Study Contract' for the day. You will need to sign it and take home work to be completed on days missed and return the work. This way our school can receive funding for an absent child. Please contact Donna for an IS contract on sick or other absent days.
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IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- DROP OFF/PICK-UP PROTOCOL FOR PARENTS:
- PARENTS, PLEASE DO NOT STOP OR PARK IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL IN THE RED ZONE! IT CAN BACK-UP TRAFFIC AND STOP OTHERS FROM ENTERING THE PARKING LOT.
- PLEASE PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT, PARK YOUR CAR, AND WALK-IN TO DROP OFF/PICK-UP YOUR CHILD.
- OR PULL INTO THE WHITE LOADING ZONE AND DROP OFF IN THE A.M. AND HAVE YOUR CHILD WALK TO YOUR CAR IN THE P.M.
- PLEASE TURN YOUR CAR OFF WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR CHILDREN IN FRONT OF THE PLAYGROUND! IT WILL HELP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS PROTECT OUR CHILDRENS LITTLE LUNGS.
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MORNING DROP-OFF:
- is no earlier than 8:45!
- if you need to drop-off your child earlier than 8:45, please enroll them in the 'Before Care Program' and have them sign-in daily.
- Due to staffing schedules, supervision of non-extended care students is not available until 8:45 a.m.
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AFTERNOON PICK-UP:
- for students not enrolled in after care is between 3:00 and 3:15 p.m.
- all children still on campus after 3:15 will be signed into after care!
- please enroll your child in 'Extended Care' if they are ever on campus after 3:15
- TEACHER BLOGS: Don't forget to read your child's 'Teacher Blogs!' It's filled with important weekly updates as to what's happening in their classrooms! Also, each of your child's teacher has a 'Wishlist' for supplies and various other needs for their classroom!
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GENERAL UPDATES AND INFORMATION
POSITIVE DISCIPLINE:
Our Positive Discipline tool this week is FAMILY MEETINGS.
To learn more, visit: http://www.positivediscipline.com/newsletters/family-meetings.html
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WEEK THREE: Kimberly Taylor is returning to Jerabek Elementary School to teach Positive Discipline at the end of February for five weeks in the evening. Stay turned for more information.
This week's (week #3) Positive Discipline tool is "Connection before Correction." Children and all other human beings respond to correction when they are connected to the person that their behavior is impacting. See this link for more specific information:
For support, read these blogs:
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WEEK TWO: We are entering the second week in our exploration of Positive Discipline tools. The tool of the week is "encouragement." See the definition for encouragement and the explanation of the difference between praise and encouragement on the classroom doors around campus. Here is a fantastic link for understanding the difference between encouragement and praise:
As families that have chosen Innovations Academy, we expect that you also believe that this is a productive way to create success in education and in life. I am excited to share with you about a way we can become a stronger team. This year, Jane Nelsen, along with her son and daughter (both parents) will be exploring Positive Discipline through blogging. Each week a new tool for parents will be explored and they will be sharing their experiences on the following blogs:
- http://marytamborski.blogspot.com
- http://www.singledadbrad.com
- Jane Nelsen will be adding her own insights and coaching along the way.
- This is the first week of January and the first tool is LISTEN. Refer to Innovations Academy (1/2/12) e-mail blast for the attached document for the copy of the tool card for this skill. I look forward to building this toolkit together.
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FUNDRAISING UPDATES
- THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS COMING!
- MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 19-23
- PARENT VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!
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WILL NEED 10 PARENT VOLUNTEERS!:
- Help with Planning
- Help with Set-up
- Help with Sales
- Help with Take Down
- IF INTERESTED, PLEASE SIGN-UP IN THE FRONT OFFICE
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FRESH AND EASY:
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Receipts dated between 9/15/11 through 12/31/11 for $20 or more, please turn in by:
- THURSDAY, JANUARY 26TH!
- Fresh & Easy has started a club card with benefits for members. If you are a Fresh & Easy shopper, take some time to ask about it!
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Receipts dated between 9/15/11 through 12/31/11 for $20 or more, please turn in by:
- Help us win a prize from Scholastic! Don't spend a penny, just follow this link to enter us into the contest.
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BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION:
- Keep clipping and bringing in those Box Top coupons! We are still collecting for a Spring deposit!
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TEACHERS FUNDRAISERS
Donor's Choose is a website that helps teachers obtain funding for their good ideas! We can help! Wes and Tony were both funded after our last call! Thank you to all the parents who helped complete their projects on Donor's Choose. Click here for our teachers latest projects:
- JENNIFER KIRKBY-TATRO (1st Grade): has a wishlist on Amazon.com for her class. Click on the link for more information: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/1GPWNUYF8VVAH/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go
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TEACHER AND DONATION REQUESTS!
- Please bring in old BROKEN and no-longer wanted electronics for our 'Inside-Out Club.'
- SOLUTION CENTER IS IN NEED OF DONATIONS: If you are doing any cleaning out, we are looking for the following donations for our solution center: action figure (such as animals, toy soldiers, super heroes, Disney characters, mystical figures like witches and princesses, etc.) dolls, doll houses and furniture, play food, puppets, juggling balls and other soft balls. PLEASE PUT SOLUTION CENTER'S NAME ON YOUR DONATIONS SO THE OFFICE KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE GOING!
- 7TH GRADE IS IN NEED OF SUPPLIES: Our 7th grade science teacher Wes, is still accepting aquarium donations! If you are looking to get rid of one, please bring them in to the office and we will make sure they get to him. Wes is excited to get his lab/classroom going and thanks everyone who has made a donation! PLEASE PUT WES'S NAME ON IT SO THE OFFICE KNOWS IT'S A DONATION TO HIM!
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INNOVATIONS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER UPDATES
- The current issue of the Innovations Academy Newsletter is out! The current issue was handed out at the mandatory meeting this past Wednesday and Saturday. If you did not receive a copy, you can pick one up in the Front Office.
- The newsletter contains a "COMMUNITY PAGE" where we offer space for advertising, announcements, and anything you would like to share with our school community. Would you like to let our school community know about your business? Would you like to let everybody know that you are having a garage sale on a certain day? This is a great way to support our community financially and create opportunity for yourself as well. A win-win! You can also offer this opportunity to friends, neighbors or businesses in our neighborhood that would like to have exposure in our community.
- For more information, e-mail: NEWSLETTER@innovationsacademy.org
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
- Volunteer for Java Programmer Needed: someone who is willing to donate a few hours per week to teach computer programming on campus. You will be trained by a teacher at Wintress Technical Schools on how to work with students in this field. Please contact the school.
- Volunteer for Robotics Needed: our parent had to back out, so is there anyone who can support the Robotics coach on Friday's at 1:45 p.m.? Please contact the school.
- Volunteers and Clubs Coaches: We will soon begin our 'Friday Clubs.' If you are interested in coaching a club on Friday from 1-3 p.m., please contact the school.
- Volunteers Needed: IA is still looking for volunteers for Monday's Exploration's Classes, especially for the afternoons from 12:45-3:00. If you can volunteer, please e-mail: christine@innovationsacademy.org.
EXPLORATIONS PLUS AFTERCARE AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
Are you looking for something for your child to do after school?
- The program is open to all IA students (whether enrolled in full time aftercare or not), and their school age siblings and friends!
- Daily activities are always available.
- The drop-off fee is just $10.00
- Our weekly enrichment classes are still taking registrations this week, so it's not to late to sign-up for classes!
- Chess, Spanish for K-2, Fencing and Capoeira, Swe Fun (sewing & crafts class), EMH Sports, Stomp! (rythmic drumming & dancing), Rock Your Roots Fruits & Veggies (a fun way to learn about growing, cooking, eating healthy foods -- with Jamaican influences), Wacky Science and Legos engineering for 2nd-5th graders.
- Please register in the Front Office for ALL classes!
- Extended care is available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Reminder: you must sign your child out daily from the Plus Program!
- If your child is enrolled full time in the Plus Program, your child is able to choose ONE Enrichment Class!
- Enrichment classes are offered weekly for 8-10 weeks. Classes run from 3:30 - 4:40pm (unless noted)
- Please see FAQS for 2011-2012 schedule
- Fees that are received from the programs are to help pay for the program. They also buy materials and equipment that will benefit the program and our school.
- For more information about our Explorations Plus Aftercare Program and Enrichment Classes, please e-mail: Michelle Anderson, Program Coordinator at: michelle@innovationsacademy.org
- Please make note: our Musical Theatre Explorations class has changed into a PE class.
BE IN THE KNOW: Got Homework?
Family Adventures in Nature is a San Diego Family Nature Club inspired by the book, 'Last Child in the Wood.' It is part of the national movement to reconnect children and nature.For more information, go to their website: http://www.familyadventuresinnature.org
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- Connect with us with at Facebook!
- Feel free to write about field trips, send in class photos, videos, etc. Would love to hear from all of you!
- Our page is called "Innovations Academy."
Innovations Academy: A Loving School!
What is a Charter School?
At Innovations Academy we powerfully create ourselves through self-expression, compassionate connection, and purposeful learning.
Our free public charter school, serving K - 8 students in Scripps Ranch, is a constructivist project based learning school with a strong character and community development program. We are difference makers inspired to contribute to our world.
At Innovations Academy children learn in an environment that respects the intellectual, emotional, and social intelligence of all children. We use a multidimensional curriculum to support the innate human desire to learn. We also offer families additional choice in education, choose from our full time (5 day) model for full time school or our 2 and 3 day models for homeschooling families.
Page updated on November 1st., 2011
