Anser Charter School Flight Plan December 9th, 2021 |
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| Welcome to the Anser Flight Plan. If you have Anser related submissions, please email them to Maua Romano at mromano@ansercharterschool.org by Monday 4:00 PM for inclusion in that week's Flight Plan. |
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Countdown to Winter Break! |
Important Dates to Remember December 13th 6-7pm: Q & A with Board Covid Response Team and Anser Directors Link Here December 14th 6-7:30 Anser Board Meeting December 17th No School December 18th-January 2nd Winter Break |
Anser Covid Update Anser Specific Covid Data: Week of 11/29-12/5 : Number of confirmed cases in students or staff: 3 Week of 11/29-12/5 : Number of staff/students in quarantine: 2 Week of 12/6-12/12 as of today Number of confirmed cases in students or staff: 0 Week of 12/6-12/12 as of today : Number of staff/students in quarantine: 1 Staffing impacts due to Covid: minimal Anser’s weekly cases are included in the Anser Covid Tracker on the website, which is Linked here.
Wider Community Data
Cases of Covid in Ada county: 170.89 cases per / 100,000 up from 134.35 cases per /100,00.) As anticipated, Covid cases within Ada county are beginning to rise again, likely due to holiday gatherings and spending more time indoors. If parents or children in your family are not yet fully vaccinated, or need a Covid booster, resources are linked below. High levels of immunization, proper masking and social distancing continue to be our best tools to keep people safe and to keep school operating in person five days per week. For more information or to find a vaccine provider click here. |
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Sharing Your Students Vaccination Status Understanding the vaccination percentages for our students will be critical as the Covid Response Team makes recommendations on when to restore important parts of Anser’s education program. If your child has been vaccinated for Covid-19, we are asking that you send a picture of your child’s vaccine card to our health screener. This is voluntary, and no family is required to provide this information at this time. If you are willing to do so, please send the vaccine card pictures to healthscreener@ansercharterschool.org |
Important Communications for Families |
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Fall Fund Drive: 1 Week Left! We have one week left in our Fall Fund Drive! If you haven’t yet made your contribution now is the time! We’ve raised $30,000, but our goal, and the amount our annual budget includes is $40,000! Please help us close this gap. A onetime contribution, or a pledge spread out over 12 months both help Anser pay for things like playground equipment, art supplies, and more! $50 could buy glue and paper for 1st grade’s Box City. $100 could buy a case of the masks that we give out to students. $250 could buy a set of math workbooks and $500 could pay for a Junior High electives session! We know we are a powerful community, and that we can meet this goal together if we all make a contribution that is meaningful to us. Can you help us today? Thank you to the following families for making their contributions: Rebecca Brollier, Jennifer Cozine, Lisa Della Badia, Aly Dritenbas, Jo Burgoon and Evan Lynam, Kristin Hasselblad, Dru Laforge, Andy & Katie Nelson, Todd and Laura Nelson, Hannah & Shane Newbill, Sarah Plendl-Gardner, Kelli Theobald, and Huachun Zhai. Click here to donate! |
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Information Needed from Families During the pandemic, meals have been free for all families and a Free and Reduced Meals application has not been available. This creates a challenge for Anser because our Title 1, and a portion of the Special Education funding based is on the number of students that qualify for free or reduced price meals. We are asking ALL families to please fill out the Income Survey linked here. The survey does not ask for specific income information, but rather for parents to certify a range of income. No personally identifiable information will be shared. Please help us get all of the funding that Anser is entitled to in order to provide the most comprehensive supports to our students, by filling this survey right away. |
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Anser Board Parent-at large Ballot Anser is holding an election for the Parent at Large Position for our Board of Directors! The Anser Community Board currently has one opening for a Parent-at Large board member. The deadline to vote in Friday at 9:00 am! When elected, this person would serve a two year term on the Anser Community Board, and would serve on at least one board committee. We have three excellent candidates willing to serve in this position. Each candidate was asked to sumbit short answers to questions that would help the Anser parent community make a selection. Please read each person's Q and A and then select one candidate to serve in the role of the Parent-at Large. Use this link to vote! |
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Q & A with Board Covid Response Team and Anser Directors Our first office hours with the CRT+ and school directors was a wonderful opportunity to connect with families and answer questions related to Anser COVID policy and implementation. With children's vaccinations now being approved for 5-11 yr olds, the CRT has been working on making informed "next steps" in our school's COVID mitigation policies. December's office hours with the parent community will be focused on Q&A with the Anser Board Covid Response Team and Michelle and Heather on Monday, December 13 from 6:00-7:00pm. Here is the link to the zoom call we hope you can join us. |
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Anser's New Merchandise Store! *The deadline to order for the holidays is Decmeber 10th!* We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Educational Outfitters, a local company with a storefront on Americana, for some new Anser shirts, sweatshirts and more! This online store will be open year round! This month we have adjusted timelines slightly so that holiday ordering will arrive before the break. Orders for this month must be in by December 10th. Moving forward order deadlines will be the 15th of the month and can be picked up at the store, at school or shipped directly to you. Please reach out to Amanda in the front office or directly to Tracy with Educational Outfitters with any other questions. We can't wait to see Anser Crew rocking their new gear! Check it out here! https://boise.educationaloutfitters.com/categories/find-my-school/anser.html |
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Student Led Conferences to be Held In-Peron-Covid Conditions Permitting Before the Winter Break you will receive information regarding Student Led conferences for 2nd-8th graders and Goal Setting conferences for K-1st graders. The Covid Response Team reviewed the current Covid conditions within the school and in the larger community, and has determined that these conferences will be held in person, as long as Covid conditions in our community continue to support that at that time. Parents will be expected to follow all of the Responsive Return Plan protocols, which include universal masking, hand washing/sanitizing, social distancing, maintaining small groups, and socializing outdoors only. We will only have two families in a classroom at a time to maintain a good distance between families. If you have concerns about being on campus with your child for their Learner Goal Setting (K-1) or Student-Led Conferences (2-8), please reach out to your child's Crew Leader. More details will be sent out with the sign up before break. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to have these times to connect with our families- we know you have missed being on campus and we have missed you too. |
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Cozy Collection for The Boise Bike Project In a year when many families are looking for connection to our school and community, I am excited to share that we have the opportunity to continue our partnership with the Boise Bicycle Project (BBP)! As a community we hope to do a "Cozy Collection" that will support more than 500 families local families at BBP's annual event. This year the event will be a drive-thru for families in need and focus on smaller cozy items like beanies, socks and hats for adults, teenagers and kids . As an Anser community we are aiming to gather 1,500 items to support more than 500 local families at BBP's annual event. How can you participate? - Drop off new and gently used gloves, hats, scarves, jackets and socks (sized for adults, teenagers or kids) at the school between November 29th and December 10th
- Bins will be outside the office and in the pick-up/drop off line starting on November 29th
- Donate and a member of family council will use the funds to purchase gloves, hats and socks on your behalf.
- Venmo @Laurel-Wade, last four of her phone is 4141
- Reach out to Laurel or Natalie (contact info below) if you have any questions or would like to participate in another way.
Please reach out to Laurel Wade at laurelwade@gmail.com or Natalie Keffer at nataliekeffer4@gmail.com with any questions . |
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The Anser Lottery is Now Open! Did you know Anser is the first school in the state to run a weighted lottery? Your friends and family members might benefit from this new opportunity! Learn more about how a weighted lottery works, and see the positive impact it is already having on our school community in this article about Anser! Part of Anser’s expansion planning has included working hard to reach into and enroll students from communities that have historically faced barriers to charter school enrollment. We’ve lengthened our lottery application period, have attended many local events to inform people about the school, partnered with Head Start and the Agency for New Americans and the Boys and Girls Club and are planning more events before our lottery is held in February. We need help from our Anser families to get the word out to their friends and families about the opportunities expansion brings to so many families in the Garden City/Boise community. You can help us out by sharing our social media posts, or forwarding the flight plan info about upcoming opportunities for families to learn more about Anser. 1. We have two Anser Information Nights planned at the school on December 2nd and February 3rd . You can send folks this link to learn more! 2. We are offering limited group size enrollment tours! You can find out more here. 3. People can apply for next year now! This next year will be a great opportunity for folks to get in as we expand! Share this link to apply! |
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SNOW SPORTS COORDINATOR NEEDED FOR DOTTY CLARK RACES AT BOGUS BASIN: Grades 6-8 Anser needs a couple of parents to coordinate the Junior High Dotty Clark Snow Sports Races at Bogus Basin for the 2022 season. FREE SEASON PASS INCLUDED!!! Parents will need to take a coaching course. There is a little leg work to prepare to coach then after, it will be coordinating students for their race and having a blast on the hill. First race is January 8th and continues every Saturday thereafter until Feb. 12th. The final Dotty Clark race will be Feb. 18th. Each athlete must compete in at least 4 days in order to qualify for the Dotty Clark final race. The race coordinators will disseminate information to the athletes that will assist them select the correct skill level (novice, intermediate and advanced) to compete in, assist the athletes get to their races and address any issues that arise on race days. Anser students have been competing and winning Dotty Clark Races for the past 10 years. Please come and help our students continue this competition. Please contact me (trush@ansercharterschool.org) if you are interested in coaching. Best, Tanya |
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Looking for Fast Covid Test Results? Boise State has testing available to students and the turn around on results is often same day! They are offering both PCR and Rapid testing so you can get answers about your child’s illness! Anser is still offering PCR saliva testing, but the turnaround is 36-48 hours for results. |
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| | Lunch Calendar Reminder that lunch and breakfast are free to all students this year! However, you may add money to their student account though Infinite Campus if they would like to purchase a la cart items such as extra milk, or PBJ. |
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