Welcome to the Anser Flight Plan! If you have Anser related submissions for the Flight Plan, please email them to Amanda Neill at aneill@ansercharterschool.org by Tuesday at 4:00 pm for inclusion in that week's Flight Plan. |
Important Upcoming Dates - - Coffee & Community! October 28th 8:45-1oam Celebrating Whole School Community Michelle Dunstan, Education Director, will be joining us.
- WSC Brianna's 4/5 Crew leading! October 28th 8:45am
- WSC Alexa's 2/3 Crew leading! November 11th 8:45am
- Early Release @1:30pm November 3rd for Learner Goal Setting Conferences 2nd - 8th crew levels
- No School November 4th for Learner Goal Settings 2nd - 8th crew levels
- Coffee & Community November 11th Art Show Set up
- Anser's First Art Show! Kindergarten and 1st grade November 14th -18th
- Kindergarten and 1st Opening Night November 14th
- No School Thanksgiving Break November 21st-25th
- Scholastic Book Fair December 5th - 9th in the Multipurpose Room
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Anser's Community Fundraising Expedition Reserved Parking! We are excited to reveal our raffle opportunity for the Fall Fund Drive this year. You might have noticed a parking sign in the parent lot off 42nd. This year we are putting all donors that make donations over $100 into a raffle drawing for reserved parking for a year! Consider an automated monthly donation spread out over the school year. Or challenge one friend to match your $50 donation and share the reserved parking spot. Reach out to Amanda Neill with any questions, aneill@ansercharterschool.org. A winner will be drawn on December 16th right before school lets out for the winter break. The spot will then be reserved from January 2nd, 2023 through January 2nd, 2024! As a public charter in Idaho, we receive approximately 35% less funding than a traditional school of our size. Anser provides opportunities for adventure, service, community partnerships, fieldwork and more, all with the support of our fundraising efforts. No donation is too small, we are crew! |
Thank you our most recent round of Fall Fund Drive donors! Louise Bird & Aaron Nygren, Melissa & Eric McCray, Kimberly & Jason Mora, Heather & Casey Haycock, Nancy Sullivan, Naomi Clayton, Huachan Zhai & Hua Wei, Sarah & Ryan Butler, Wesley & Lisa Labor and Natalie & Brett Keffer. |
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See you tomorrow! Last week's Coffee and Community was a great success. Thank you to Tanya- Urban PE Lab Leader, Treasure Valley Safe Routes and the Boise Bicycle Project for helping us promote and practice safe bike fun! Tomorrow, Friday, October 28th, our Coffee & Community will celebrate Whole School Community! Meet us in the gym before and after WSC for coffee, tea and time for connection. Michelle, our Education Director, will be there for coffee and conversation! Thank you! |
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Early Release Bus Schedule and Pick Up Reminders- - The Bus will run on our early release day November 3rd. We have an adjusted afternoon pick up schedule that can be found here.
- Please remember to pull all the way up on the The Drop off/Pick up line regardless of the time of day.
- If you need to pick up your child early or make adjustments to their bussing needs please call the front office, 208-426-9840. Please call before 3pm. If you call after 3pm we can not guarantee that your child will be ready when you arrive.
- The gates on 43rd open at 3:45pm. For early pick up please enter the office on 42nd street.
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Transportation Updates - As you know, this is Anser's first year of providing transportation services. We made it through these first months, have resolved some challenges and feel that the program is running smoothly. This coming month we will be looking at our ridership to see if we are able to add any additional stops. If we determine that we can add stops, we will share that information with you, and share updated schedules. Our goal would be to disrupt the current schedule as little as possible, while serving more students. If you have any questions or suggestions, please be in touch with Heather Dennis |
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| Family Council's Annual Coat Drive - Are you going through your winter gear? Do you have extra coats or other warm clothing to donate? As part of our community giving, Anser is supporting the Boise Bicycle Project in their annual coat drive. Our goal is to gather and donate 500+ winter items for BPP to giveaway at their annual holiday giveaway. Please drop gently used coats, hats, gloves, scarfs and socks (new only) in the collection bins at the office. If you have questions or would like to support in a different way please reach out to Laurel Wade (720-415-4141) or Sasha Rojas (julianwesly@msn.com). |
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Anser Art Exhibitions - Given Anser’s growth and new building we have made a revision to the way kids contribute to Anser’s fundraising in a more authentic and meaningful way. Historically children’s art has been featured at the year end fundraising event. But in light of our year long community fundraising expedition we are switching it up! It is our hope that this will be more sustainable and meaningful for the art teachers too. Each grade level will work with the art teacher/facilitators to create high quality individual artwork based generally on their grade level expedition, but through the lens of the fine arts. Students at each grade levels will have their very own public week long Art Exhibition Art Show curated and displayed onsite. We will kick off the week with a gallery opening and an invitation to family, friends and staff for a first sneak peek. All pieces will be for sale and can be picked up at the end of the exhibit. The first Art Exhibition will be Kindergarten and 1st grade the week of November 14th! We are actively seeking sponsors for these art exhibitions as we have a fun and exciting way we'd like to display our crews art. Reach out to Amanda Neill aneill@ansercharterschool.org for more information! Thank you for our Visual Art Lab Instructors, Anne Moore and Kelli Ott! |
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2nd - 8th Grade Learner Goal Setting Conferences -We are so excited to be back on campus and in person for Learner Goal Setting Conferences this year, November 3rd & 4th. Check out the link here for more information about Learner Goal Setting Conferences and here for the link to crew specific sign up genius links. |
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BSU Mathematical Invitation - 6th-8th Grade Anser students were invited to BSU to compete in a math invitational. This was a fantastic opportunity for students to work in teams on challenging math problems, promoting higher level critical thinking and productive struggle. We would like to celebrate the following students for showing Courage in challenging themselves; Ozzie Baker, Sam Black, Rosemary Butler, Jane Darrington, Owen Darrington, Edgar Godinez-Gonzalez, Kaitlyn Helder, Noan Kadyan, Aiden Lauer, Simon Moore, Oliver Morgan, Evan Padget-Waller, Eli Park, Cooper Schieffer, Vanessa Schliep, Kaira Stambulis, Dresden Sudhalter, Alex Tyree and Jason Zhai. The AMS math team would also like to thank the following parent chaperones for helping us on this adventure; Kristen Baker, Sarah Butler, Melissa Moore and Dave Zhai. And a special shout out to our Anser Math team- Heather B., Jennifer Smackey and Patrick Ames! |
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| We are Crew! We have been so appreciative of everyone stepping up to help out. We have had families emptying garbage, volunteering in classrooms and labs, and applying for open job positions. It's the definition of crew. And it has made a difference. We've also had staff step up and take on extra duties as needed. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! |
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