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August 17th, 2023

The countdown is on! First day of school for 1st -8th is August 23rd. Kindergarteners start on August 28th. 

 

This is Anser's Flight Plan, a weekly newsletter chock full of pertinent information for our Anser familes. 

 

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

 

 Important Upcoming Dates - 

  • August 21st Back to School Picnic 4-7pm on Anser's Campus hosted by Family Council 
  • August 23rd First Day of School grades 1st-8th School starts at 8:30am! 
  • August 28th First Day of School for Kindergarteners! 
  • August 31st Anser Middle School (AMS) Back to School Night 6-8pm
  • September 1st Boise Hawks Anser Night -Join us! 
  • September 4th No School Labor Day 
  • September 7th Kindergarten - 5th Grade Back to School Night 6-8pm 
  • September 8th Anser Community Experience - Five Course Farm-to-Fork Dinner with Special Musical Guest, Joey Burns of Calexico! Join us!
  • September 20th Individual Picture Day 
  • October 6th Family Council's Harvest Festival! 4-6pm at Anser 

 

Back to School Picnic! Thank you to the Family Council for hosting this opportunity for crews to be together on campus ahead of the first day of school. It's a bring your own picnic for the second part of the evening and if you would like, a dessert to share! 

 

PLEASE NOTE: We are closely tracking the weather and as such need to make all aware that in the case of rain on Sunday OR Monday the picnic will be held Open House style indoors between 4-6pm. In an effort to continue to restore the back field grass we can't have high traffic after rain. Thank you for your understanding!  

 

See you on the 21st! 

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School Bus Information and Approved Routes SY23-24 

At the August 15th Board meeting, the Anser Board of Directors approved the updated bus routes. Thank you to the families who shared their perspectives on the draft routes. The feedback was shared with the Anser Board and the final Bus Routes were approved. Please see the attached updated routes. 
 
As a single school, we only have two buses. We have worked to support as many students as possible using the buses, and have worked to keep time riding on the bus as low as possible when implementing area busing.  
 
We will monitor bus ridership between the beginning of school and Thanksgiving and if we are able to identify additional opportunities to serve more families we will explore them at that time.
 
If you have questions about Anser's Transportation program, please email the Transportation Director, Maridee Lemieux at mlemieux@ansercharterschool.org
  • Bus Transportation Agreement - Must be filled out and signed before your child can ride the bus. 
  • Bus Routes and Times
  • School Bus Understandings
  • Day Bus Pass- if your child wants to ride the bus home with a friend this will need to be sent with your child that day. 

 
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Spotlight on EL Education Each year we welcome new staff ahead of the start of the school year to dive into all things EL Education here at Anser. We are excited to onboard these new crew leaders as we all dive deeper this school year into the Three Dimensions of Student Achievement- Mastery of Skills & Knowledge, High Quality Work and Character. Each day we grow more excited and ready for our crew members to be on campus with us. Thank you for choosing Anser. 

 
"Falling" Into After School Programming After school programming is starting to fall into place!  The first session of programming will run from the first week of October to the first week in November. (Except Girls on the Run which is up and running sooner so they can be ready for their 5K-  woot!)  So far here are all the gelled offerings for the first session:  Gansitos Club, Film Club, Stay and Play Club, Ukulele Club, Girls on the Run, D&D Club and Pokemon Club.  There are a few more offerings in the making but we could definitely accommodate even more!  If you are interested in leading an activity, or know a talented community member who might like to guide our students, please share and/or fill out this form ASAP!  If you want to occasionally volunteer as a parent helper (not a leader), you will have an opportunity to do so when you make your student's programming requests in September.   However, I do need to know if we have some YEAR LONG volunteers willing to lead small groups through this amazing science/theater/creative-problem-solving program called Odyssey of the Mind.  Take a peak at this year's challenges and if you could devote an hour and a half a week to a team of 4-6 kids, pop Jess an email at jmcginnis@ansercharterschool.org.  We wouldn't be fully competing this year, just running a small showcase performance to hopefully garner more interest in the larger community.  Let me know and I look forward to sharing more after school programming information as this new program takes shape!  

 
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EverWild Afterschool Care Program - No School Fridays registration is open. The link to register can be found here. 

 

EverWild will need a minimum of 10 children enrolled to run the afterschool program with these dates. Register here! 

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Thank you for choosing Anser. 

Back to School Information! 

  • School Hours 8:30-3:30 
  • Wednesday Late Start 9:30am 
  • The first day of school Anser will not be having a late start, school will start at 8:30am
  • Late Starts WILL NOT affect Bus Routes - On campus playground supervision, breakfast and occasional fun gym actitivies will be available 
  • All Days Playground Supervision for Students begins 8:00 am
  • All Days Breakfast Service begins 8:00 am
  • After School Supervision until 4:00 pm
  • Pick up and Drop off Information
  • August Breakfast Menu
  • August Lunch Menu
  • Free and Reduced Lunch Application
  • K-5 Elementary Pick up & Drop Off
  • 6-8 AMS Pick up & Drop Off
  • 2023-2024 Anser Crew Level Class Lists
  • New Anser Staff for the 2023-2024 School Year

Have Questions or need assistance?

Class Lists- Destin Tonkin dtonkin@ansercharterschool.org

Support for School Supplies- Siler McCraw smccraw@ansercharterschool.org

Funding Lunch Accounts- Please call the front desk for assistance 208.426.9840

Meal Info - Danielle Kieffer dkieffer@ansercharterschool.org

Infinite Campus - Please call the front desk for assistance 208.426.9840

Transportation - Maridee Lemieux mlemieux@ansercharterschool.org

Anything else? - Amanda Neill  aneill@ansercharterschool.org

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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