September 21st, 2023

The Flight Plan is one of 2 primary sources for information. It will arrive in your inbox every Thursday at 5pm. Classroom newsletters 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 -

Check out the new Google Calendar on the website!

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.
September 21st 4/5 Downtown Scavenger Hunt!
September 21st Kindergarten Field Work at the Zoo
September 22nd Whole School Community with Kelly's Crew 8:45am
September 22nd AMS Student Government Elections
September 22nd 2nd grade crews visit BAM
September 25th, 26th, October 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th 2nd-6th Grade Biking Adventures Learn more here!
September 25th & 26th Community Garden Restoration
September 27th Hiking & Biking 7/8 Grade Adventure Day
September 28th & 29th School Closed for Staff Professional Development Days
October 2nd 1st Grade at Foothills Learning Center
October 6th Whole School Community with Katelyn's Crew 8:45am
October 6th Family Council's Harvest Festival! 5-7pm at Anser
October 10th Family Council Meeting at Anser 6pm
October 12th Kindergarten Bird Banding with the Intermountain Bird Observatory
October 13th School Closed for Professional Development

A Reminder Regarding our Handicap Designated Spots - We realize that pick up and drop offs can be busy but please be mindful of where you are parking. Even if its only for a few minutes we need those designated spots to be available for families and visitors that require those spots. We are crew!

Bus #1 Stop Change - Boise is under construction all over! One construction project, by Cassia Park, has made the current Cassia Park stop unsafe for the bus. Effective Monday September, 25th we have shifted the Cassia Park stop to a church on the corner of Roosevelt and Kootenai - Red Rock Christian Church. The stop will be in the church's back parking lot off Roosevelt. We appreciate our bus drivers alerting us to unsafe conditions and making the appropriate changes!

25 Days of Attendance TIME! We are getting down to the last few days where we have an opportunity to positively impact the first 80% of Anser's funding! We have just 4 more days to bump our attendance up to 95% and gain an additional $96,000!

Middle School is rocking it with a 95.66% attendance level! K-5 is hovering at 94.6% WE ARE JUST SO CLOSE! The attendance of every single student could have a huge impact on our funding in these last 4 days! Please help us celebrate our 25th anniversary, by making our first 25 days of attendance the very best they can be!

After School Programming Notes

Please check out these updated Session A rosters to see your child's activities!
Programs begin the first week of October and end the first week of November!
Sign up for Session B will be shared in the Flight Plan the third week of October!

Please contact Jess (jmcginnis@ansercharterschool.org) or Amanda (aneill@ansercharterschool.org) with any questions!

Spotlight on EL Education- Anser Crews are always excited about service in our community. Learn more about EL Education and service projects as they pertain to the classroom here.

Check out what Kate's 4/5 crew has put together.

Kate's ⅘ Crew Food Drive

Hello Anser families,

We are happy to announce that Kate’s 4/5 Crew is trying to complete a goal that we want to finish in two weeks time. We are collecting 100 pounds of food to give to the Idaho food bank. Please help donate food before October 3, which is when we count up the food and donate it. Good food to donate is bars, popcorn, canned/shelf-stable milk, peanut butter, juice, pasta, and canned foods.

The donation box will be in the gym/cafeteria. Please help the people who do not have enough food to eat. We are working super hard to collect this much!

Please ask Sarah W. or Kate’s 4/5 Crew if you have any questions. Thank you so much for helping us collect 100 pounds of food!

Written by Evangeline Juravich

Posters by E, Eli, Roslyn, Eden, Scarlett, Reu, Rosalie, Sakari, Jaymeson

Box by Emerson and Ryan

Family Council Updates - Thank you to our Family Council President, Jennifer Cozine. She has put together a welcome letter that talks about this school year's Family Council leadership, a list of ways to be involved at the school, and a sampling of some upcoming events Family Council has planned for this fall. Thank you all and see you at the Fall Festival on October 6th 5-7pm!

Save the date! Wednesday September 27th from 11:00am-9:00 pm.

Join friends in the Anser community for a fun and tasty fundraiser at MJ’s Italian Ice and Custard Cafe! Head over after school or later for dessert. MJ’s will donate 20% of the proceeds to Anser. Italian ice, custard, soft pretzels, waffle cone “nachos”, churro donuts & some dairy free options!

4103 W State Street, 83703

Family Council's Annual Fall Festival! Join Family Council on Anser's campus for games, food, music and fun. October 6th from 5-7pm. Sign up genius to follow. Or reach out to Amy Holmes for ways you can help!

Monthly Family Council Community Volunteer Opportunties

Idaho Food Bank Volunteers Opportunity October 14th 12:00-2:00.
Everyone is welcome! All volunteers are required to sign up here:
http://anserparents.idahofoodbank.volunteerhub.com. Students 8 and older are welcome to join WITH an adult.

Rake Up Boise- Anser has a team for Rake Up Boise again this year, "Leaf It To Anser". We will be raking on 11/11 at 1pm, location will be determined upon how many families sign up. Thank you to Amanda Stewart for coordinating this volunteer opportunity!

Here is the link to sign up, if you plan on bringing your family please include all their names in the first name section so we can track numbers, thank you!

Community Garden Requests Becky Morgan and Sarah Higgins, 2 of our AMS crew leaders, are hosting a Community Garden Restoration event on September 25th and 26th. World Studies and Justice Expedition students will be leading the work through six stations including planting new beds, restoring old beds, painting rocks and signs, and prepping a new pollinator garden area.

We need your help! We are seeking donations of new flowering pollinator plants, garden perennials that need to be thinned and rehomed, new and used garden supplies that you aren't using any more (gloves, shovels, trowels etc.) and flat rocks to be painted and placed in the garden to mark where plants are located.

Plants donations can be labeled and dropped off on 42nd street in front of the little free garden. Other donations might include: bags of soil, acrylic exterior paint, snacks, assistance on leading a station on the 25th or 26th, expertise on repairing irrigation/sprinkler bed lines... other things we are not thinking of??

Anyone interested in helping in person on either day should email Sarah or Becky.

For Anser Middle School Families Only -Students will again be participating in the Student Well Being Survey through Communities for Youth the week of October 9th. This survey assesses risk and protective factors in our students. I have attached a letter from Megan Smith with Communities for Youth with specifics about the survey as well as a link to opt your child in to take the survey.

Last year we had families opt out if they didn't want to their student to take the survey but this year we have to have parents opt in, so please click on this link if you would like your child to take the survey. Last year we have over 80% of our students complete it and the more students we have, the better the information is on our student body's over all well being!

Please reach out to Siler McCraw smccraw@ansercharterschool.org or Megan Smith at mlsmith@boisestate.edu with any questions!

We are crew! A group of Anser staff had the opportunity to volunteer at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival performance of Dracula: The Bloody Truth. It was so fun to connect outside of school and laugh, the play was a blast! Our favorite comment from a patron was, "I could tell this was a group of teachers, everyone is so helpful, like it was our first day of school!" We are crew everywhere we go!

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

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202 E. 42nd St.

Garden City, ID 83714