AAPTO-CP News
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
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Dear American Academy Parents,
We are halfway through September and we’ve got a few things left to wrap up the month, including a luncheon for our wonderful teachers and staff. Take a peek at October and read on about important announcements such as our Fitness-A-thon, which is starting next week, an update about the Directory, and PTO Board positions. Have a great week!
September Events
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon – September 17
Just as the weather is set to warm back up for next week, we have our very first Teacher Appreciation Luncheon! Our incredible teachers & staff have put in so much work to make this school year happen for our kiddos, we want to treat them to an extra special luncheon. Afterall, this is our first teacher appreciation luncheon of the year! For the September luncheon, let's treat our teachers and staff to wonderful picnic luncheon! Please click on the following link and select an available item to bring to the school for this much appreciated event:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044CACAD23A4FA7-september2
Please drop off all the items at the front office by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 17th, 2020. If you are unable to attend the event or can't bring your items, please delete your name from the sign up page so we can get your spot filled.
Please remember to enter your volunteer hour(s). As a reminder, the time spent to drive to the store & shop for the donated items all count toward your AA Volunteer hours!
Thank you for your donations!
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Jamie Madsen at ptocpservice@aak8.org
Dads and Donuts – September 19th, 8-10AM (Sold Out)
The Dapper Doughnut food truck will be providing the yum hot donuts and coffee! SO SO good!
Dads and kiddos, bring your own lawn chairs to hang out and easily social distance in the parking lot of the school. *Please park at Elk Ridge Park parking lot*
Restaurant Night – Chipotle (Castle Rock) September 22nd, 5-9PM
Come out to Chipotle and enjoy some yummy food. Bring in the flyer, show it on your phone, or skip the flyer altogether (and the line) and order through your Chipotle App and get credit for our school! Click Here to access our PTO page for instructions on how to use the promo code on the Chipotle app and to find the flyer.
October
PTO Meeting – October 6th, 7PM
Come join us at our next PTO meeting via Zoom. It starts at 7PM, just click the link to join. https://zoom.us/j/99564424065?pwd=VmovaU5nVmJlbXMrQmtndHlYSDdDdz09 We hope to see you there!
Restaurant Night – Costa Vida (Lone Tree) October 20th, 5-9PM
Costa Vida is our Restaurant Night on October 20th! Come out and enjoy some great food!
Fall Festival – October 24th, 2:45-5PM – AACP Parking Lot
Trunk or Treat will be our focus this year due to COVID restrictions! A few food trucks will be there as well!
We need your help to provide the treats! Please drop off candy, stickers, tattoos, pencils, etc to the front office box labeled Fall festival Candy!
If you love to be creative, we need you to make a fun themed trunk for our TRUNK OR TREAT! Most Creative trunk will WIN a prize!! (Note- No games that will have kids using the same tossing game item can be used due to COVID).
We also need donated Fall decorative items such as real Pumpkins, bagged leaves, scarecrows, etc.
Sign up below to help!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E45ACAF2BA4FD0-trunk1
Email Molly Wilson at ptocpsocial@aak8.org with any questions!
AAPTO-CP News
Fitness-A-thon Fall Fundraiser
Our fundraiser for this fall, the Fitness-A-Thon, is off to a great start! We had so many awesome entries for the logo contest! It was truly amazing to see the talent within the AA community!
A big congratulations to Carys Johnson, an AA Castle Pines Fifth Grader, on being chosen as the winner. If you’d like to purchase a 2020 Fitness-A-Thon T-shirt with Carys’ logo click on the link below. The deadline to receive them in time to wear during the Fitness-A-Thon has been extended to September 15th!! T-shirts can still be purchased after this date to wear on future spirit days.
https://aastrongertogether2020.itemorder.com/sale
The American Academy all campus Fitness-a-thon Fall Fundraiser will officially kick off on Monday, September 21st. Stay tuned for more details!
Student Shutterfly Authorization and Class Funds - Please sign up soon
At the start of every school year, we ask all parents to complete a Shutterfly Authorization form for EACH of their children. Please take a moment to complete the form for your American Academy students through the link provided below. The option to contribute towards your child's class fund is also available through this link. We no longer ask you to complete the form & send it back into your child's homeroom class, it has been combined online on MySchoolBucks!
As a reminder, class funds are used throughout the school year to pay for class parties, class field day supplies, teacher/IA birthday gifts, teacher appreciation and more. By collecting this money upfront through MySchoolBucks, we do not have to ask families for funds throughout the year as these events come up.
Your MySchoolBucks link is as follows:
Elementary School Shutterfly & Class Funds Donation Form
Middle School Shutterfly & Class Funds Donation Form
If you have any questions, please email ptocpgradeparent@aak8.org for elementary questions and krista5@comcast.net for middle school questions.
DirectorySpot - School Directory – The wait is almost over!
We are excited to announce that DirectorySpot, the school directory, will be released next week! You will receive an email from DirectorySpot with a link to set your password and access instructions. You will have 7 days to create your password! Once you have set your password, you will be able to download the app to your phone and access the directory online. If you miss the 7 day window, you will have to do the following:
Go to https://www.directoryspot.net
Click the Login button
Enter the email on file with the school
Click the Reset Password button
You will be sent an email from DirectorySpot to reset your password
-What to expect from the DirectorySpot mobile app:
The following menu options will be at the bottom of the screen:
Families - You will see the list of all the families at American Academy Castle Pines and at the top you will have the ability to search for a specific family. If you click on a family name, you will see the following information: Parent name, phone number, email address, name/grade/teacher of the students in the family and home address.
Classes - You will see a list of teachers/classes in alphabetical order by the teacher's last name. If you click on a teacher/class, you will see a list of all of the students in the class. If you click on a student's name, you will see the following information: parent name, phone number, email address, name/grade/teacher of any other students in the family and home address.
Calendar - Will display the current school calendar
Resources - This menu option is super exciting! You will have quick links to the following sites: AAPTO News page, Kickboard, AACP website, AACP School Store, Infinite Campus, School Lunch Menu and My School Bucks.
-What to expect from the DirectorySpot online:
The following menu options will be at the top of the screen:
Directory - You will be able to search for information in the following ways: Family, Teacher, Grade, and Class.
Family Search - Once you locate the family you are looking for, you can click on the name and the following information is displayed: home address, name/grade/teacher of the students in the family, and parent name/phone number/email address.
Teacher Search - You will see a list of all the teachers. If you click on their name, you will see their contact information.
Grade Search - You will see a list of all the students and at the top of the screen will be the following search options: student, teacher and grade. Once you locate the student you are looking for, you can click on the name and the following information is displayed: home address, name/grade/teacher of the students in the family, and parent name/phone number/email address.
Class Search - You will see a list of teachers/classes in alphabetical order by the teacher's last name. If you click on a teacher/class, you will see a list of all of the students in the class. If you click on a student's name, the following information is displayed: home address, name/grade/teacher of the students in the family, and parent name/phone number/email address.
Sponsors - Within this page you will find quick links to the following sites: AAPTO News page, Kickboard, AACP website, AACP School Store, Infinite Campus, School Lunch Menu and My School Bucks.
PTO Open Board Positions – We need you!
We need your help in making this a great year for our AA Community! We have open positions on our Castle Pines PTO Board, and we would love to have you join. If you are interested in getting more information about any of the open positions below, please email ptocp@aak8.org with the position that you are interested in.
VP-Fundraising: Are you great with party planning? Are you great with people? Then this is the position for you! The VP-Fundraising board position is responsible for organizing the annual spring gala fundraiser. It consists of throwing a party for the AA parents, teachers, staff and administration to celebrate what a wonderful school we have while raising funds for our school and our kids. It entails planning the party logistics, whether it be in person or virtual, along with gathering donations from the community to be auctioned off during the event. We need someone who loves a great party, who has lots of energy, and is creative and fun. If that’s you, then please apply for this position.
Treasurer: If you are great with budgets, numbers, and financial reporting, than this is the position for you! The VP-Treasurer board position is responsible for our annual budget, tracking spend for the PTO, including classroom funds. This position keeps the PTO Board informed of how we are tracking vs. budget and ensuring that income is accounted for and that spend is categorized appropriately. The VP-Treasurer is the liaison to the Foundation of Douglas County Schools (FDCS) and ensures that we reconcile to the accounting records of the FDCS. We need someone who can keep us fiscally responsible and on track.
Assistant Treasurer: Are you detailed oriented and organized? This is a great position that you can do from home on your own time. This position is vital to the PTO Board in getting reimbursement requests processed for our amazing volunteers. The Assistant Treasurer position is responsible for ensuring reimbursement requests have proper documentation and are for PTO Board approved spend. We would like to have someone who can work with weekly deadlines for this position.
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Thank you for all of your support!
AA-CP PTO Board
For questions or concerns about an event date, please contact ptocp@aak8.org