Student/Parent Announcements for the Week

of February 12, 2021 Table of Contents: Click on the links below to view a specific announcement

NEW THIS WEEK:

CEC’s New Website

Informational Meeting: 2/22

State Testing Week: 4/13, 14, 15

Student Council is Coming Back to CEC

Join Fiber Arts Club

Student Ambassadors – Want to join for

2021-2022?

Kindness Week: 2/16, 17

Coffee with CEC: Karisa Hocke: 2/19

Questbridge College Prep Scholar’s

Program: 3/24

FROM PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CEC Fundraiser – Chipotle: 2/16

Parking Reminder – Don’t get Towed!

Textbook & Laptop Reimbursement

Forms: 2/8

Student Meet-Ups

NACAC College Fairs

Refer-A-Friend $100 Gift Card

Tutoring

UNC’s Future Teacher Conference: 2/19

CEC Health Office – Immunizations

Covid-19 Updates

Learning Guide for Spring 2021

Semester

Community Resource Guide

School Contact Information Sheet

Remember, CEC will be CLOSED next

Monday, February 15th in recognition

of the holiday.

CEC’s New Website We're excited to announce the new CEC website! Update your bookmarks

to https://coloradoearlycolleges.org/fortcollins/. Check out the "Documents and Forms" link at

the bottom of the page to see all the resources available to families.

If you have trouble accessing the Webpage using Chrome, try changing your browser to Firefox.

Also, clearing your browsing cache and history may also help for easier access. If you have any

questions or issues with the new site, please contact support@coloradoearlycolleges.org and

include "Website" in the subject line.

Informational Meeting CECFC will hold its next Information Meeting on Monday, February 22, 2021 @ 5:00 pm. To

learn more and for the link to attend, click HERE.

State Testing Week – Save the Date • 11th graders will take the SAT and CMAS Science on Tuesday, April 13th

• 10th graders will take the PSAT 10 on Wednesday, April 14th

• 9th graders will take the PSAT 9 on Thursday, April 15th. The current plan is for all testing to take place on site at the high school. There will be no in person classes April 13th-15th. All classes will be held Remotely to accommodate student testing. For opt-out information and other testing questions please email Raychel Carpenter. For accommodations questions please email Dan Deslauriers. *Juniors, remember that the window for 11th grade students to add the optional essay to their

SAT registration is open until Tuesday, February 16th. Here are THE INSTRUCTIONS for opting

into the Essay through your College Board Account. Need help deciding? Click on the following

link for more information on the PrepScholar site: https://blog.prepscholar.com/schools-that-

require-the-sat-essay

Student Council is Coming Back to CEC High School CEC is reforming its Student Council! We are looking for students who want to get involved, be

leaders, be a part of change, and help us create the CEC experience. We will meet the 2nd and

4th Wednesday of the month in Room 204 or online at 3:00pm. Contact Sofia Shappell for

more information.

Join Fiber Arts Club Fiber Arts Club is for all people who love to knit, crochet, work with yarn, and want to learn. All

levels are welcome! We meet every other Wednesday at 3pm in Room 210 or online to work

on projects together and socialize. Join us for a calm, fun environment where you can learn and

make things. Contact Tannis Davies for more information.

CEC Student Ambassadors – Want to Join for 2021-2022? We are looking to add to our team of CEC Student Ambassadors for next school year! A Student Ambassador:

• Wants to help with new student orientation & Freshman Connection classes next Fall • Is dedicated and committed to being actively involved • Displays a warm, caring sensitivity to the feelings of others; does not gossip or make

hurtful comments; has an interest in helping others – actions and behaviors reflect a Believe It Or Not I Care attitude

• Takes responsibility as demonstrated through school attendance, meeting deadlines, and following through with tasks

• Takes initiative to get things done, self-motivated, and organized • Is respected by others and is mature • Has the ability to uphold strictest confidentiality about the sensitive issues facing those

we help through our outreaches If this sounds like you, please email Joliann Beck or Emily Gray to inquire about an application.

Kindness Week We are celebrating Random Acts of Kindness at CECFC High School!

In-person students, we will have Kindness Giveaways, Prize Drawings, and Teacher Appreciation notes

for you! Please click HERE for a closer look at the poster below!

Remote students, we aren’t forgetting about you! You can be entered for Prize Drawings, Giveaways,

and Teacher Appreciation, too! Click HERE for a closer look at your poster below!

Coffee with CEC – Karisa Hocke Join us for an informal, virtual “coffee talk” with our Dean of Academics, Karisa Hocke. Click HERE to join

us on Friday, February 19th at 1:00pm. (You can also copy/paste the link below into your browser.)

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/

19%3ameeting_MGM3OGJiODAtY2Q5NS00ODY5LWI1MGQtMmQzOG

QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program – Juniors High school juniors: Are you eligible for the QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program? The application is now open! Awards include full scholarships to summer programs, up to $1,000 for a laptop, essay feedback, and more. Visit www.questbridge.org to learn more and apply. The Application Deadline is March 24, 2021.

CEC Fundraiser – Chipotle Hungry for some amazing burritos? Join us at Chipotle on Harmony (See flyer below for details)

between 4pm – 8pm on Tuesday, February 16th to help raise funds for CEC! 33% of all

purchases will come back to CEC!

Parking Reminder – Don’t Get Towed! This is a reminder that parking in the Qualfon parking lot next door will result in your car being

immediately towed without notice! Please avoid a very expensive car release fee and DO NOT

PARK IN THE QUALFON PARKING LOT!!! Also, due to safety concerns, Qualfon has requested

that students do not hang out in the parking lot for any reason. Thank you.

Textbook and Laptop Reimbursement Forms Need to be reimbursed for Textbooks and/or Laptops? The following Forms will be available for

you to fill out to request your reimbursements on Monday, February 8th. (Forms can only be

accessed if you are signed in to Office.com with your CEC account.) All requests are due by

April 9th, 2021, and checks will be mailed or ready for pick-up at the end of the semester.

Buyback day for purchased books will be Thursday, May 13th.

Textbook Reimbursement Request Form – Spring 2021

Laptop Reimbursement Request Form – Spring 2021

Student Meet-Ups We are excited to offer some small, Covid-friendly Student Meet-Ups on-campus and

throughout the community. All of us have been suffering from the lack of social interaction, and

we want to offer some safe opportunities to interact and have some fun! Please reference

this website for more details about the Student Meet-Ups we are currently offering. They will

be updated regularly as more opportunities become available.

NACAC College Fairs NACAC is back with another collection of college information fairs for all students! At each

virtual fair, students attend college presentations, learn about their options, ask questions, and

demonstrate interest. NACAC is offering 8 fairs this semester: Jan. 31, Feb. 28, Mar. 7, Mar. 16,

Mar. 21, Apr. 10, Apr. 20, and May 2. Four of these events are smaller Focus Fairs and are

especially for students with special interests or residing in specific regions: STEM (Mar. 7),

Performing & Visual Arts (Mar. 16), Western US (Apr. 10), Southeastern US (Apr. 20). Students

are invited to attend as many as they would like, and it is all provided at no cost! Register

online at https://virtualcollegefairs.org/events

Refer-a-Friend Refer-A-Friend for the 2021-22 school year and you could be eligible for a $100 gift card. To access the form, click HERE.

Tutoring Tutoring is available in math, science, English, French, Spanish, social sciences, and psychology.

Please check that the tutor you choose provides tutoring in the subject you need. We look

forward to working with you! Please remember that appointments must be canceled at least 24

hours in advance to avoid a $20 fee.

Click HERE to book your Tutoring Appointment.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID restrictions, we can only offer in-person tutoring to students

already on campus for their cohort days. Please make sure you are scheduling using the correct

cohort.

• Blue students can schedule in-person tutoring on Monday and Tuesday

• Gold students can schedule in-person tutoring on Wednesday and Thursday.

• Online tutoring is available for booking Monday through Friday.

UNC’s Future Teacher Conference UNC will be holding their annual Future Teacher Conference on Friday, February 19th from

8:30am – 2:00pm. This free conference will be held virtually this year and is presented by UNC’s

School of Teacher Education. It offers a variety of presentations and workshops to help high

school students who are interested in a teaching career learn what it means to become a

teacher. If you have questions, please email teacher.education@unco.edu or Register Here.

From the CEC Health Office – Immunizations Greetings from the CEC Health Office! Please click HERE to read the parent letter from CDPHE

(Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment) regarding immunization information for

the 2021-2022 school year. There is also information regarding changes to “Non-Medical

Vaccine Exemptions” that go into effect for the 2021-2022 school year. If you provide a vaccine

exemption form each year for your student, please refer to the “Exemptions” section of the

letter as there are changes to the exemption process that will begin July 1, 2021. This section

will alert you to the changes that will require a Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption WITH a

signature from an immunizing provider, or a Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption received

upon the completion of CEPHE’s online education module. If you have any questions or

concerns regarding this, please feel free to reach out to Jen McGlue, our school nurse, at

jen.mcglue@coloradoearlycolleges.org or 970-377-1144.

Covid-19 Updates The graph below will be updated each week to help keep you informed of any Covid cases reported to

the school. We will only include information on probable or confirmed cases of staff or students that

have been in the school within 2 weeks of the designation. If your student is in close contact with any

staff or other students who are a confirmed or probable case, we will contact you directly with specific

information. We ask that you please continue to contact the school Health Office if your student is

showing any Covid-19 symptoms or has been exposed to someone with Covid-19.

Learning Guide for the Spring 2021 Semester In order to help answer questions and alleviate confusion, CECFC has created a Learning Guide to help

families navigate this semester. The guide covers Health & Safety Protocols, Learning Expectations, and

Student Supports available. To view the guide, click HERE.

Community Resource Guide We know this year has been an incredibly difficult one, and many members of our CEC family may be

struggling. CEC has compiled a Community Resource Guide to help with questions about Financial

Resources, Mental Health support, and much more. If you have questions or concerns, please contact

our School Social Worker, Stephanie Lerner.

School Information Sheet Do you have a question, concern, or are just not sure to whom you need to speak? Click HERE to

download a list of helpful contact information for CECFC high school and middle school. The image

below will not allow you to click on any links – please download the Information Sheet from the link

above for full access.