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SEA DRAGON NEWS
Dates to Remember
January 25 Open Enrollment Begins
January 27 School Choice Dance Recording
February 15-‐19 President’s Week Break
(NO SCHOOL, Offices Closed)
February 23 Classes Resume
March 4 End of Third Quarter
March 22 -‐ March 25 Spring Break
(NO SCHOOL, Offices Closed)
Infinite Campus: Parent Portal TIP **If you are using the app, make sure to refresh at the top of the screen for the most up to date information and grades.
National School Choice Week is January 24-‐30. Please visit the link below for the dance instructions. Your students will be learning the dance at school as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoR1HR6EfQg
PLEASE have students wear BLUE or YELLOW on WEDNESDAY January 27th for the official performance and taping of the dance.
Yearbooks are on sale now at ekayearbooks2015-‐16.picaboo.com
EKA is continuing our greeting card recycling program by collecting all unwanted greeting cards. This includes cards that have writing in them. All the
greeting cards will be donated to the St. Jude’s Ranch in Boulder City where the kids will cut them apart to make new cards that are sold in their gift shop. Please drop off your greeting cards into the wrapped box at the front
office. We will be collecting cards through the end of May.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Second Semester has begun at EKA! Enrollment continues for this current year and we have begun enrolling for next year. We welcome our new students and families to EKA! Enrollment packets for the 2016 – 2017 school year have gone home with current students and are dueby January 22nd for priority placement. Incoming Kindergarten siblingsof current EKA students may turn in new enrollment packages startingon January 25th, when open enrollment begins for the upcoming year.If you know of someone that might benefit from our technology infusedproject based learning, please have them go to our website and learnwhat it takes to become an EKA student.
National School Choice Week on January 26 – 29th. Again this year, EKA will be participating in National School Choice Week by taping our performance of a school-‐wide dance on Wednesday, January 27th. Please have your student wear BLUE or YELLOW on this day to show their school spirit! Students in all classes have been learning the dance that can be found at https://schoolchoiceweek.com/dance. You are welcome to learn it too and help your student to be prepared for the big day!
Sincerely,
Ms. Mattson
A NOTE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
ELEMENTARY
2nd Grade Maxmillian C. – 33 Gunnar S. - 24 Fawkes P. - 20 Mark S. - 19 Rachel R. - 17 3rd Grade Jacob S. - 23 Alice W. - 23 Jasmin S. - 18 Elijah J. - 11 Fiona M. - 11
4th Grade Corwin R. - 20 Dayton D. - 20 Brianna W. - 19 Hayden A. - 15 Quinn B. - 15 5th Grade Sahika G. - 44 Haley E. - 29 KendallReese B. - 21 Kasey P. - 18 Angelina W. - 16
2/3 Advisors Mrs. Lentz – 1st Place Snyder/Mortero – 2nd Place Mr. Williams – 3rd Place
4/5 Advisors Mrs. Daforno – 1st Place Mr. Angstadt – 2nd Place Mrs. Maahs – 3rd Place
1st Grade Brannigan B. - 6 Jackson H. - 6 Leo M. - 6 Connor R. - 6 Kaiden S. - 6
1st Advisors Mrs. Ordinola – 1st Place Mr. Edmonds- 2nd Place Mrs. Werblun – 3rd Place
ELEMENTARY AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES • Tuesday-‐ Karate 3:15-‐4:00 PM (K-‐5)
• Tuesday-‐ Basketball 4:00-‐5:00 PM (2-‐4) • Thursday-‐ Voice/Performance 3:00-‐4:00 PM (2-‐5)
• Thursday-‐ Basketball 5:00-‐6:00 PM (2-‐4)
Kindergarten is working on an Animal Habitat unit. Projects will be due
February 9th. Students are excited to be able to explore different animal
habitats in our community.
Dear Parents/Guardians, Welcome back from winter break! We hit the ground running for 2nd semester with Scantron testing (our second round of testing) in January. You will be able to see your student’s progress in Math & Reading when these are given to you at our next set of Parent/Advisor Conferences at the end of the 3rd quarter. We will be giving awards for Study Island to the top performing advisory (middle school) and top performing students (middle school) for their work during first semester. The top 3 classes in middle school for Study Island blue ribbons earned were Mrs. Perich’s advisory with 555 blue ribbons, Ms. Leckie’s advisory with 390 blue ribbons and Ms. Rudolph’s advisory with 340 blue ribbons. The top 5 students in grades 6, 7, 8 for Study Island blue ribbons were Lawrence F. (80), Liliana W. (78), Celeste T. (73), Rachel S. (71) and Annison H. (61). We will also be giving awards in January for perfect attendance during the first semester, students without any absences or tardies in any class. There were 34 students at the secondary campus on the perfect attendance list which you can find in this newsletter. Secondary students also started their new seminars for 2nd semester in January as well. Ask your student about what they are learning in their seminar! EKA Secondary has a field trip planned for February to the Springs Preserve as part of our Global Project Week which will assist students in doing their Global Project. Be on the lookout for a field trip permission slip coming home about this in January. Report Cards for 1st semester will be mailed out in January as well. As we begin our 2nd semester, we find that certain supplies from the beginning of the year are already starting to dwindle. If you have the ability donate certain of these needed items in the list at the bottom of the page it would be greatly appreciated. These donations will be put directly to use with our EKA students. These items may be dropped off at the front office or sent in with your student. Sincerely, Mr. Keyer EKA Secondary Principal
A NOTE FROM MR. KEYER
Congratulations to the following students with Perfect Attendance for Semester 1 of the 2015-2016 school year. Each will be receiving a certificate and awarded a special pencil signifying that they were never absent and arrived on time each day.
SECONDARY
Cesar A. Jed A. Karlos B. Saunders B. Victoria B. Jordan B.
Bonnie D. Jeanine D. Jayme D. Juliahn G. Alyssa G. Aubree G.
Albert L. Kathryn L. Adrian M. Thomas M. Valerie R. Jayda R.
Itzel C. Sophia C. Edgar C. Gavin C. John D. Derrick D.
Raeann G. Ginger H. Nelson H. Eli J. Franklin J. Valery K.
Rachel S. William S. Soriah S. Gaije W.
LIST OF NEEDED ITEMS (2nd Semester)
*wide-‐ruled single subject notebooks *Sharpie permanent markers *white copy paper *colored copy paper *pencils *paper towels *Clorox wipes
It's second semester already! Where did the time go?! To kick off the second semester, EKA students and advisors have been working hard to put new projects on the website Donors Choose. About two months ago, Donors Choose started a student-led initiative where students and teachers could both put projects on the website. We currently have 3 projects that still need funding. These projects are: White Boards for Math Class Video Production Equipment (Project Excelsior) Computer Programming (The Raspberry Pi Project) To find the projects, go to the website www.donorschoose.org and search "Mr. Gromlich". Anything you can do to help would be amazing. Every single dollar counts. Thanks for all you do to help our school and our students! Best Regards, Matt Gromlich
SECONDARY CLUBS AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES • Tuesday (every other)-‐ Bridging the Age Gap Club, 3:45-‐4:30 PM • Wednesday-‐ Anime Club, 3:45-‐4:15 PM • Wednesday-‐ Leo Club, during lunch • Wednesday-‐ Chess Club, 3:50-‐4:30 PM • Wednesday-‐ Student Government, 3:00-‐4:00 PM • Thursday (every other)-‐ Animal Lovers Club, 3:45-‐4:15 PM • Friday-‐ Deaf Culture Club, during lunch
SECONDARY Student Government The EKA Secondary Student Government has been busy. They ended last semester with their Winter Waltz of Wonder Dance and began with their annual Movie and iPad Game Night last week. They are now preparing for their next dance scheduled for the 12th of February. At the last meeting, the students were joined by representatives of the Metropolitan Police force to discuss on campus student concerns and how members of the Student Government could address them. Students will be working on putting into place some of these ideas before the end of the year to improve school spirit and overall community within EKA.
Elementary Office Hours
Monday – CLOSED Tuesday – Friday 7:20 – 3:30
Secondary Office Hours Monday 8:00 – 3:00
Tuesday – Friday 7:30 – 4:15
Enrollment Hours Building B
Monday – Friday 9:00 – 2:00
5871 Mountain Vista Las Vegas, NV 89120
(702) 870-‐5032
Things to Know
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Explore Knowledge Foundation in supporting
Explore Knowledge Academy through the Amazon Smile program.
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PTSA Board Members
President – Jennifer Cook
Vice Presidents – Nina Reiss, Victoria Hetey, Mindy LeFort
Treasurer – Jamie Bartels Secretary – Eric Stauth
Contact – [email protected]
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PTSAEKA
