Friday, March 13th
Issue: 22
In This Issue
"The mind is everything.
What you think you become."
-Buddha
Academic Rigor
Character and Leadership
Important Dates and
Deadlines
Academic Rigor
ACT Testing is
Coming!
Please make sure
that your child is
present and ready
to work according to
the following
schedule for ACT
Testing:
4/6-4/8: 7th and 8th
Grade ACT Testing
4/9-4/13: 5th and 6th Grade ACT Testing
4/14-4/16: 4th Grade ACT Testing
Students will take 1-2 tests a day during their core content classes.
Please understand that make up testing is not provided for
student absencesbased on a tight schedule and rotation through
our computer labs. Students who miss testing days will not
receive scores for tests missed.
We encourage additional typing practice as prep work for these
tests! All testing is computer based. Please use your Typing Agent
account provided by Colleen Appler, our Middle School
Technology Instructor ([email protected]), to
help prepare in the next few weeks. Healthy breakfast and extra
focus is encouraged! Please feel free to direct any other questions
on ACT Testing to Middle School Director Katie Becker
at [email protected].
Character & Leadership
Leader In Me Parent Night
Tuesday, March 17th
5:30-6:30 pm
at Montview Elementary
Montview Elementary is hosting a
collaboration night for the parents at
Leader in Me schools. This is a chance
for parents to get together, share ideas,
and learn ways to help their children and
their school. RSVP to Mia Robinson
at303.364.8549 [email protected]
2.co.us.
Aspen Artist Reception
Tuesday, March 17th
5:00-7:00pm
at the Curtis Arts Center
Aspen artists will be represented at the
Curtis Center for Youth Art Month! All
families are encouraged to attend! For
additional information, please contact
Aspen Art Instructor Holly Johnson
[email protected].
AMP'd
Friday, March 20th
8:30-9:00am
Effort and Excellence
Act #1/Act #2
3rd/8th
Gavaliers
1st/6th/K/5th
Jump Rope for Heart Achievers!
Thank you to everyone who helped out with our Jump Rope for
Heart event! Thanks to our community's participation, we were
able to raise over $16,000!
Spring Break
March 23rd-March 27th
No school!
Special thanks to these Aspen students, who raised the highest
funds!
Breckyn J. $2,125
Jack W. $ 2,005
PUMP'd: Brain Development, Early
Years Ages 4-7
Friday, April 3rd
8:30-9:30 am
in the Bear's Cafe
Chase S. $1,350
Holly S. $625
Congratulations to Aspen Student,
Lindsey S.!
Congratulations to Aspen student,
Lindsey S. for qualifying at her swim
finals as an 11 year old in five individual
events and two relays in the 11/12 age
group. She finished in the top 20 in the
state in three events and in the top five
of 11 year olds state wide!
Congratulations Lindsey on this
phenomenal accomplishment!
Aspen Parents and Alumni Collaborate!
Twyst (CEO) Aspen Academy dad, Kevin Schaff and Carry West
(CEO) Aspen Academy momma, interns and Aspen Academy
alumni, Canyon and Dillon celebrate the combined launch of their
companies last Thursday night! We are thankful and proud of all
the collaborative idea and company incubating that occurs on a
regular basis here at Aspen Academy. What an amazing
community of Creatives and Entrepreneurs!
This parent university led by Leadership
and Cognitive Coach Allison Bukowski,
will focus on how the brain works and
develops in young children. You will
learn about the whole-brain perspective
and how you can be more intentional in
giving your child experiences that
develop the whole brain. This
information can be applied to everyday
parenting to integrate your child's brain
and foster vital growth.
PUMP'd: Higher Level Thinking Skills,
Thinking Maps, Grades 2nd-8th
Friday, April 3rd
8:30-9:30 am
in the Cafeteria
Join Instructional Coach Scott
McFarland as he discusses how Aspen
Academy uses and incorporates the use
of Thinking Maps in our classrooms
school wide. Bridge your knowledge and
begin using this logical structure of
thinking and learning in your home as
well!
Mentor/Mentee Easter Egg Hunt
Friday, April 3rd
8:30-9:00 am
This is an annual event sponsored by
our Student Civic Organization. Our
students will be going on an Easter Egg
Hunt with their mentor or mentee during
mentor/mentee time!
Girls Lacrosse Away Game
Tuesday, April 7th
4:15-6:00 pm
Cheer on our girls lacrosse team as they
play at McAuliffe International!
Aspen Leaders in Chess Tournament!
A chess tournament was held last
Saturday March 7, at Platte River Academy
where nearly 50 participants from more
than 10 schools in the area competed.
Aspen Academy had two participants Max
L. (4th grade) who placed 13th & Thomas
P. (3rd grade) placed 19th! Both received
special medals for the top
20! Congratulations students!
Community Strength & Service
Aspen Academy's Gala- You're Invited!
It's time to be kind, be giving and be groovy at Aspen Academy!
Invitations to our Annual Gala on Saturday, April 25th are in your
family mailboxes! Be sure to purchase your tickets by Monday,
March 30th to be entered in two drawings for two couples to see
Fleetwood Mac at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, April 1st.
We are also in need of baskets to hold our silent auction items, if
you have one you are willing to lend or donate, please
contact [email protected].
Thank you!
TGA Golf Lessons!
TGA Golf comes to Aspen after Spring Break on Thursdays. Sign
up now through this link: http://arapahoe.playtga.com/ Golf lessons
through a premier junior golf program for all ages. Students will
learn fundamentals, etiquette and rules of the game, plus they
provide all of the equipment so anyone can join. Be sure to
Register before April 9th!
AMP'd
Friday, April 10th
Social Responsibility
Act #1/Act #2
Promote Gala- Staff
Gavaliers
K/5th/2nd/7th
Parenting Safe Children
Saturday, April 11th
10:00-2:00pm
at St. Mary's Academy
St. Mary's Academy is pleased
to announce that the Academy Parents
will host a Parenting Safe Children
Workshop for parents by Feather
Berkower on Saturday April 11, 2015
from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Click here to
learn more about this workshop.
To register, proceed to this specific
registration page on Feather's website.
Get Your Photos In The Yearbook!
Do you have some amazing pictures of the
students? Maybe you went on a field trip,
watched an Aspen competition or were
volunteering and took a couple of shots.
We are looking for more pictures to fill the
pages of our yearbook. Photos have to be
of Aspen students during any Aspen
activity or learning moment. Please share
through: hjeshare.com, enter the access
code: aspenacademy, and load them in!
Any submissions are welcome.
Engineering for Kids Spring
Break and Summer Camps!
Earn StreetSmarts triple points for
Aspen Academy when you enroll
in Spring Break or Summer
Camps at Engineering for Kids at
theStreets of SouthGlenn!
Engineering Spring Break
Camps
March 23rd-March 27th
March 30th-April 3rd
Exciting and fun Spring Break Engineering Camps for ages 7-9
and 10-14. Visit their website for a list of daily engineering projects,
robotics and game design programs. Sign up today!
Engineering Summer Camps
Enroll for a weekly summer camp. Programs start June 8th and run
throughAugust 14th for kids ages 5-7, 7-9 and 10-12
Special weeks dedicated to All Girls Engineering Camps and Teen
Camps.Enroll today!
Fitness Tips from Coach Koral!
Fitness Tip #2: Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate.
The Colorado air is both dry and thin. It is
essential to drink A LOT of water. To make
life easier carry around a water bottle so
you always have a reminder to hydrate.
Remember, if you are thirsty then you are
behind.
Chili Cook Off
Winners!
Congratulations to
the Boyle Family for
winning the Chili
Cook Off Contest
from our Dads and
Dudes Game Night
last week! They
have generously
shared their recipe,click here to view it!
The Author of the Neptune Project Is Visiting Aspen!
The Neptune Project Book Trailer
Author Polly Holyoke is coming to our school on March 20th to visit
our 6th and 7th graders. To learn more about her and her
books, visit her website. To purchase a book, click here!
A Thank You From the Van Manen Family
To our Aspen friends and community,
As many of you know, we recently grew our family by two through
the addition of Adrian (1st) and Deshaun (K). The love and support
that we have received from so many of you is amazing, and we are
so thankful for all that the staff, teachers, friends, students, and
many others have done to help us in this transition. Aspen is
special to us for many reasons, but none more so than the loving
and encouraging community that we have experienced, especially
over the last several weeks. You have blown us away by your
generosity, words of encouragement, love, and so much more.
Saying thank you does not seem to express enough of how
grateful we are, but nonetheless, thank you, thank you, thank you!
One of the best things of seeing a community in action is
experiencing people using their gifts and talents and passions to
support others and to strengthen the community. We've received
many comments about the good that we are doing in our boys'
lives, and we greatly appreciate those sentiments; however, we
don't feel that we are the only ones deserving of such words. The
Aspen community, and many of you individually, have given
generously of yourselves to help us through the adoption process,
and you all are playing as much of a role in positively impacting our
boys' lives as we are. We truly mean that. Wherever there is good
being done and love being spread within a community, it brings out
the best in people. Once again, we're so very grateful to each and
every one of you who has given your best to us. We're blessed to
be raising our family as part of such a wonderful place with each of
you.
Sincerely,
Josh, Angela, Izzy, Adrian, and Deshaun Van Manen
Health and Safety
Parking Lot
Please remember the speed in the parking
lot should not exceed 10 mph, and please
do not park in the handicap parking spots
unless you are authorized to do so.
Student Check Out
If you need to take your child out of school,
you MUST sign them out on the check-in
computer and take the slip to the
classroom. Once the teacher has the slip
the student is allowed to leave. This needs
to be followed at all times.
Key Card Access
Key cards need to be used to enter the building throughout the
school day. If you have misplaced your card, or need a new one
please come visit me and I will be happy to give you an order form
and create a new card.
Volunteer Opportunities
 Lunchroom Volunteers- Click here to sign up!
 Faculty Appreciation Week Volunteers- Click here to view
our openings!
 Aspen Adventure Week- Contact Aspen Instructor, Chris
Lazartic for more details!
 Aspen Day Without Shoes Volunteers- Click here to sign
up!
Students have a Socratic Seminar in art class!
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Dream BIG Day Camp: Performing Arts Camp
Let your imagination run wild and help to create a unique theater
performance. This week-long performing arts camp will allow
participants to develop characters and story lines while assisting in
writing a play to be performed for friends and family members at
the end of the week!
Campers will develop theatrical skills including character creation,
ensemble, improvisation and performance. Campers will develop
life skills including following directions, team work, confidence and
risk taking. Campers will learn literacy skills including reading,
writing, script writing, body language, gestures and facial and vocal
expression.
What:
Dream BIG Day Camp Performing Arts Camp
When:
Aug. 3-7th, 9:00-3:00 pm
Where:
Aspen Academy
Who:
Kids ages 7-12
Cost:
$525/week
For additional information,
visit http://www.dreambigdaycamp.com/aspen/
**Additional camp groups have been added for 4-5 year olds!**
Aspen's 10th Anniversary!
Aspen's 10th Anniversary! Aspen Academy
is celebrating its 10 year Anniversary this
year! In honor of this celebration we are
collecting Aspen Academy memorabilia
from the past 10 years. Please
contactAngela Aukamp or Melissa
Engelmann if you have any items you can donate to be displayed
at the school.
Aspen Academy
5859 S. University Blvd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80121
www.aspenacademy.org
blog.aspenacademy.org
303-346-3500