August 31st, 2023

The Flight Plan is one of 2 primary sources for information. It will arrive in your inbox every Thursday at 5pm. Classroom newsletter will be sent every other Friday starting September 1st. There might be emails here and there in addition but we hope to keep our communications concise and consistent. Thank you!

If you have Anser related submissions for the Flight Plan, please email them to Amanda Neill at aneill@ansercharterschool.org.

Important Upcoming Dates -

Every Wednesday is a late start at Anser 9:30am! This does not impact bus schedules and your kids are welcome to join us on the playground starting at 8am. Playground supervision is on deck and breakfast will be served until 9:15am.
August 30thOnline Ordering for Indivdual Pictures available through Dorian
August 31st Anser Middle School (AMS) Back to School Night 6:30-8pm
September 1st Boise Hawks Anser Night -Tickets are still available, join us!
September 4th No School Labor Day
September 7th Kindergarten - 5th Grade Back to School Night 6:30-8pm
September 7th & 8th Rafting Adventures for 7/8 Grades
September 8th First Whole School Community 8:45am
September 12th-14th 6th Grade Bike Riding Adventure Days
September 19th-20th 6 Grade Biking Adventures
September 20th Individual Picture Day- Click here for some additional picture day info!
September 27th Hiking & Biking 7/8 Grade Adventure Day
September 28th & 29th School Closed for Staff Professional Development Days
October 6th Family Council's Harvest Festival! 4-6pm at Anser

Whole School Community- all are welcome at our Whole School Communities! Each Friday K-5 Crews will gather for Whole School Community (WSC). This weekly ritual allows other classes to share and celebrate their learning with the school community. Each crew will have at least one scheduled time throughout the year to present to the community. There will be opportunities for all crews, K-8, to be together for WSC a few times during the school year. A consistent routine is followed during WSC.

Anser Middle's WSC will be guided by their Student Government once elected.

As part of their introduction to Anser and how we do school, Kindergarteners gathered to learn our school song! Everyone enjoys singing the song together at WSC, we are excited to teach our new crew members the words and actions.

Join us for the first WSC of the school year on September 8th. It will be led by our Community Engagement Coordinator, Amanda Neill!

Drop off and Pick Up Reminders:

Please don't block the driveways of our neighbors on 42nd or UPS on 43rd.
Do not drop off or pick up in the "u" of the line. This is not safe and backs up all traffic behind you.
Never leave your car unattended in the pickup line.
Pull past the curve in the pickup line and move as far down the sidewalk as you can to drop off or pick up.
When cars in front of you move forward, you move forward
You can exit the loading lane and go around other cars if you are ready to depart
If your child requires assistance to exit the car, and gather belongings, please park on the street and walk them in, to allow the pick up line to move efficiently.
Put your children's grade and full name on your dashboard

Emergency Busing Routes - We have a bus shortage for 4 days the week of September 5th-8th, 2023 resuming regular schedule on Monday September 11th,2023.

We appreciate your patience while we work through this and do not anticipate this to be an ongoing issue. We understand that families rely on busing services and have decided to adjust to accommodate and provide transportation.

We will have one bus with high volume stops and limited stop availability. The bus will do 3 stops in North West Boise and then return to campus to pick up all bench area bus riders at 4:18pm.

We appreciate the cooperation and understanding for these 4 days.

As always, if you have any questions please reach out to Maridee Lemieux, Transportation Director, mlemieux@ansercharterschool.org.

Bench Area

Stop Location	AM Time	PM Time
Cassia Park	7:05 AM	4:33 PM
Albertsons @ Planet Fitness	7:13 AM	4:41 PM
Empire & Kirkwood	7:19 AM	4:47 PM
Fairmont Park	7:29 AM	5:03 PM
Winstead Park	7:35 AM	—----------

North West Area

Stop Location	AM Time	PM Time
Sunset Park	7:45 AM	3:55 PM
Sycamore & Taft (Fire Station)	7:56 AM	4:01 PM
W. State St & Wylie Ln (AM ONLY)	8:00 AM	NO PM
Winstead Park	—------------	4:13 PM
Anser	8:06 AM	4:18 PM

** to pick up 2nd Group of students headed to the Bench Area**

K-5 LABS! We are back up and running with our lab schedules.

Please open this doc for details but if you only have time for a few bite-size chunks of info:

Pretty please make sure your child is wearing tennis shoes and comfortable clothes to move in on their PE day!
Sign up to volunteer for Art Lab and/or Curiosity Lab if you are able. Good times!

25 Days of Attendance We have completed 7 of the 1st 25 days of Attendance! Unfortunately our attendance percentage slipped this week down to 95% from 97% last week.

We know we can do better! If we could consistently hit 97% attendance we could ensure Anser receives over $130,000 in funds that the state has stripped from the school's budget. And we can still do it!

How can you help us restore Anser's funding? TIME!!

Make sure your child attends school EVERY day through September 27th
Be on time to school
Make appointments for your child after school or at least after 1:30
We have a four day weekend September 28-October 1st! If you are looking for a fall getaway for your family take advantage of this weekend built into Anser's calendar.

Let's be the school community that can work together for the good of our students and our school!

Classroom Coordinators make a big impact at Anser as supports to teachers and crews in leading volunteerism and community building. Thank you to those who have already signed up! We are still looking for K-5 parents/caregivers to sign up to help as Classroom Coordinators this year. If that interests you, please click here and fill in your information next to your crew leader's name. We are hoping to get two coordinators per crew, working together to help other parents/caregivers get involved and connect. If you are unable to be a coordinator this year, there will still be ample opportunities for you to be involved. Coordinators facilitate volunteerism and help teachers meet the needs of the classroom through communicating with you and the rest of the crew. Those who sign up will receive more information from the Lead Coordinator, Sharese Clark, in the next few weeks. Reach out to her if you have any questions before then: (208) 320-0349 (text is best), hellosharese@gmail.com.

Anser Middle School Parents/Caregivers - we value your support too! If you would like to be contacted about volunteer opportunities, please provide your name, email, and phone number to the AMS Volunteer Coordinator, Alissa Lauer: alissalynnlauer@gmail.com, (208) 340-7867. Or an easy option: click here and enter your information on the last sheet labeled "AMS."

Thank you!

Spotlight on EL Education A note from Destin Tonkin, Interium Education Director, for this weeks Spotlight!

What an honor it is to be back at Anser among such talented educators and the Anser community! We have been digging into some hard and meangingful work now that we are back together. Through administration and staff collaboration we have created some strong initivatives that will continue to elevate Anser crews. Our iniatives focus on the EL Education's 3 dimensions of student achievement- Mastery of Knowledge & Skills, High-Quality Student Work and Character.

Just like students have guiding questions within their expeditions, staff also have a guiding question to inform their work! This year our guiding question is: "How do we harness the power of our indivdual and collective strengths to foster connections and growth among staff, students and our community?" Within this question lives specific target objectives and goals.

From a professional development standpoint we are focusing on high quality mentor classes for new staff, bringing Suzanne Gregg, founding Education Director, in as a K-3 EL Instructional Specialist, diving deeper into Math instruction, adding supports and structure to our Exceptional Child Services team, and having a data consultant lead our staff through data analysis and interventions in order to better understand students academic needs!

In crews we are focusing on building character and instilling the meaning of CREW! Character traits are intentionally taught by crew leaders in their classrooms using new guidelines for behavoir within the Discipline with Dignity framework, the support of our new Behavior Intervention Specialist, and improving attendance in order for our kids to learn these valuable skills and traits!

While we have some hard work on the horizon we know that our students and staff will embrace and reach these high expectations, working together to make improvements in all 3 dimensions of EL Education. I am personally exciting for the work and will be Anser's biggest cheerleader as we continue to move forward!

As I said to the staff at our Fall Launch- WE are the RIGHT people, doing the RIGHT WORK, and now is the RIGHT TIME! We are crew!

After School Activities Request Form Hooray, we are ready for you to sign up for after school activities! Follow this link and fill out ONE FORM PER STUDENT please. If something doesn't jive this session, activities, age-ranges, and days of the week will shift in coming months so do not despair. There are more opportunities on the horizon!

In order to get all our geese in a V, you will need to have this form completed by MIDNIGHT on MONDAY THE 4th. The survey will close at that time. We hope lots of parents will join in the fun by volunteering two or more days. There are so many fun options- come play along!

Communications - Missing communications from Anser or have recently accepted a spot? We post all communications on our website. If you are not receiving information from us or need Infinite Campus assistance please reach out to the front office 208.426.9840, sjepson@ansercharterschool.org or cangeletti@ansercharterschool.org .

Lunch & Breakfast - Questions regarding the lunch program can be directed to Danielle at daniellekieffer@ansercharterschool.org. Please note, the cost of an extra slices of pizza has gone up from $1.75 to $2.60. Thank you!

September Lunch

September Breakfast

Free and Reduced Lunch Program

Have Questions or need assistance?

Health Screener- Sara Jepson healthscreener@ansercharterschool.org

Homeless Student Liaison- Julia Wood jwood@ansercharterschool.org

Foster Student Liaison- Siler McCraw- smccraw@ansercharterschool.org

Who Does What at Anser!Check out this document for more support.

Interested in fun updates and more opportunities for connection? Check out our social media channels! FB- Anser Public Charter School Instagram -@ansercharter

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202 E. 42nd St.

Garden City, ID 83714