As the days get colder this season, we hope you are all well and staying warm. A reminder that the school is closed through Wed, 2/3/2021 due to positive COVID cases so all students will be in remote learning. We hope those affected are recovering quickly and get healthy soon! Please be on the lookout for additional updates from the administration. If you would like to get your child tested, you can find COVID-19 testing sites here. Also for easy reference, here’s the school’s latest Cohort Calendar for the remainder of the school year.
We want your feedback!
In the spirit of constantly improving our PTA, we’d like to hear from all of you and get your feedback on topics like:
- How to improve PTA meetings and overall communication
- Budget planning for various programs
- Ideas for fundraising activities
Please fill out our survey below by Sun, Feb 7 (it should take no more than 10 minutes). We will try to incorporate as much of the feedback we get to help with future planning. Thank you in advance for providing your valuable feedback and to those who’ve already responded!
Volunteers Needed
We will need some parent volunteers to serve on 2 different committees:
- Bylaw committee: To review and update the PTA bylaws and get approval by the parent community (3-5 volunteers needed), please see the form for more details and to sign up.
- Nominating committee: To help run the PTA elections by presenting the nominees at April’s PTA meeting and facilitate the election portion of the May PTA Election Meeting. We need 3-5 members of our community to serve as the nominating committee for the 2021-2022 executive board elections who are NOT planning to run for a position on the board. If you’re interested, please sign up with this form.
If you are interested or want to learn more, please email the PTA board directly at 303pta@gmail.com, thanks!
Lunar New Year Celebration
Come learn about and celebrate the Lunar New Year together with other AEA families! Organized by AEA parent volunteers, this virtual event will be an interactive experience that includes story time, arts and crafts, a cultural dance lesson and more! This free event is open to the entire AEA community including students from all grades, families and staff.
The virtual event will be on Feb 12, 2021 at 10am via Zoom. Please RSVP by Feb 9th so the parent volunteers can better prepare the activities to accommodate the age groups of those attending. If you have any questions, you can also include them in the RSVP form.
Feb PTA General Meeting
The February PTA general meeting will be on Thursday, Feb 11 at 7pm. Please see the notice to RSVP.
Upcoming Fundraisers: Mmm, Chocolate!
Get ready because our usual Miss Chocolate fundraiser will be kicking off next week on Mon, 2/8! It will be virtual this year with more details coming soon. We’ll also be having another chocolate (and new!) fundraiser with local small business, Aigner Chocolates, at the end of April because hey, who doesn’t love chocolate?
DOE STEAM Discovery Day
The DOE is offering a STEAM Discovery Day over the Spring Break holiday. The day-long experience includes an interactive discovery class and is open to K-8 students accompanied by an adult caregiver. Please see flyer for more details and how to apply by Feb 10.
DOE School Experience Survey
The DOE wants to know about your experiences in our school to help plan for the future. Your feedback on remote learning, technology, how DOE is communicating, and health and safety in our schools will help them plan both remote and in-person learning. Please take the survey here.
Middle School Applications Open
For our 5th grade families, middle school applications are open from now until Feb 9. Please watch the MySchool video tutorial to learn more on how to apply.
Town Hall with Chancellor Carranza
Don’t miss the opportunity to be in conversation with Chancellor Carranza. He will attend the next D28 CEC meeting on Thursday, 2/4 at 6:30pm. Please see flyer for more details and to register.
Weekly FACE email
Please see the weekly FACE email for additional district and city wide school announcements, news and events. One major highlight is the application period for CEC elections is starting this week and is open for the entire month of February. If you’d like to run for a position, please see the FACE email for more details.