Every classroom begins each day with a Morning Meeting to build a strong sense of community.
Welcome to our first edition of the Wednesday Weekly. We’ve had a strong start to our year! This school communication is sent via text blast each Wednesday evening to share important details and dates with our school community. Please also follow our Academy for Integrated Arts facebook page to stay in communication with us on social media.
Announcements:
- We appreciate everyone’s patience as we work to improve bus challenges and our end of the day dismissal. Route changes to buses will take approximately two weeks. AFIA staff members have been riding the bus routes every morning which helps us better understand the routes. We appreciate that families are ready to go when the bus arrives. To ensure that all children get to school time, it is critical that children are ready to go and are watching for the bus.
- Please check your students’ backpack for a letter from AFIA with paperwork for you to sign. We need all signed papers returned as soon as possible. Here is a copy of this paperwork.
- Wednesday dismissal time is now ten minutes earlier than previously communicated (2:00PM).
- One of our goals this year is that all students have a strong and consistent attendance rate of 95% or higher. Students are considered absent for any time they miss between 8:50AM or if they leave before 4:10PM (or 2PM on Wednesdays). Your child’s teacher has planned a full day of instruction, so it’s important that your child is here for every moment. We ask that you schedule appointments on Wednesdays, when possible, since we dismiss at 2:00PM. Friday is a dress-down day for all students who’ve had perfect attendance for the week. Students may dress down if they have been at school on-time every day and stay for the full day.
- Please plan to join us on Friday, September 20, for our second annual Picnic on the Playground from 6-7:30PM. Bring your lawn chairs/picnic blankets and join us for hamburgers/hot dogs and a dance party.
- School drop off time is 8:30. Please do not drop off your child before this time (unless they are enrolled in before care).
- As your family settles into back-to-school bedtime routines, you might find this infographic helpful. A well-rested mind learns best.
Upcoming Events:
Friday, August 30: No School (Professional Development Day)
Monday, September 2: No School (Labor Day)
Friday, September 20: Picnic on the Playground (see above)
AFIA Scholars love to read and know how to make every moment count! Pictured are fourth graders reading and waiting patiently during a restroom break.