High Point Academy Updates
April 2nd, 2023
Husky Family,
Hope you all had a wonderful spring break! It is hard to believe we are in the final 38 days of the school year; though the days are dwindling, we have so many great things yet to come! Please take a few minutes to read below important updates, and exciting opportunities as well as some reminders for how we can partner together to keep all our students safe and focused on learning.
Have a great week!
Meredith
Teaching and Learning Highlights
Learning is coming alive with our new literacy curriculum!
- All grades have now finished their first modules of the new literacy curriculum, and there is a lot of great work happening! Students are sharing their learning and setting goals, they are connecting learning to the world outside the school (from observing the sun and moon, to teaching lessons on GMOs, to making connections between how they learn compared to students from around the world)!
5th-8th Math focusing on student engagement
- 5th-8th grade math teachers have been engaged in PD throughout this spring focused on fully engaging all students in grade-level tasks. Our teachers have been working hard to dig into math content to consider how to make it engaging, accessible, and applicable to all!
Attendance
We are setting an overall attendance goal for April of 97%. Please support us to meet this goal by making sure your child(ren) is at school by 8:00 am every day.
Additionally, we will be following up with you if your child has ten or more unexcused absences during this school year including the next steps. In cooperation, the family, teacher, and grade-level Dean will develop a plan to prevent any further unexcused absences. As a last resort, court action may be initiated by the school administration when necessary to enforce attendance requirements. If students have 10 unexcused absences in a row, without any communication with the school, the student will be withdrawn from school.
HPA Night at the Rockies
Please join us for a fun community event at the Rockies Game. Tickets are now on sale for the May 13th 6:10pm Colorado Rockies game vs. the Philadelphia Phillies. Tickets are available to HPA families and staff for just $5 each. All ticket orders and money (cash only) are due to the front office by Wednesday, April 26th at 4:00pm.
School Uniform Reminder
CMAS: Colorado Measure of Academic Success
This assessment provides our community with one important measure on how our students are achieving and growing from year to year. Throughout this year our teachers and students have been working hard to engage with the grade level standards that are covered in this assessment as we are committed to building a robust experience for our students that adequately prepare them to be leaders, advocates, and positive contributors of our community today and beyond.
The results from the CMAS assessments provide:
Valuable information about student achievement toward grade level expectations.
Evidence of student growth from one year to the next.
Evidence of the skills and competencies necessary for college and career readiness.
How the results of the assessment are utilized by High Point Academy:
Students and parents can identify areas of strength and improvement.
Teachers make decisions to better support individual students during instruction.
School leadership utilizes the results to determine the effectiveness of curriculum and instructional practices which support decisions that are made regarding professional development and use of resources.
Our school community looks at disaggregated data to determine how we can provide a more equitable education for every student we serve.
Teachers will be reaching out with ways we can work together to support and celebrate all the hard work of our students from April 10th-April 21st.
School Safety and Culture
Save the Date/Upcoming Events
April 3 Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
April 7 Assistant Principal Appreciation Day
April 10 Info Session 23-24 Field Trip to Washington DC (7th and 8th Graders)
April 10-21 CMAS TestAbout High Point Academy
Email: info@highpointacademy.net
Website: https://www.highpointacademy.net/
Location: 6750 N Dunkirk Street, Aurora 80019