High Point Academy Updates
October 24th, 2022
High Point Academy Community
Wishing you all a great week!
Meredith
Teaching and Learning Highlights
- In the coming year, we will work to adopt a new comprehensive curriculum for literacy, which includes both foundational skills (learning to read) and comprehension skills (reading and writing to learn). While the Colorado State Department of Education provides guidance based on what they have approved, we have the choice to pick something that will work best for High Point.
- In the next month, we will share with you the top choices and offer the opportunity for each of you to give feedback and/or review the materials under consideration.
Learning that is connected to the world
- Teachers are using their knowledge of project-based learning, critical thinking, and active participants in their own learning. Here are a few examples:
- Ms. Underdown is having students dissect owl pellets, identify bones they find in the dissection and try to determine where their owl might live!
- Mrs. Eisel's class will be applying their knowledge of fractions to create the perfect snack mix.
- In Mr. Li's 7th-grade social studies class, students didn't just read about mummification, they actually mummified a chicken-bringing their learning to life!
- In 3rd grade, students are learning about mysteries, and to build excitement and suspense, they will be solving a mystery of their own.
- Our 6th graders just returned from their outdoor education experience, where they went on a night hike, participated in team-building activities, and developed new relationships!
- Students in Ms. Jackson's 2nd-grade class are learning the foundations of a market economy, through the positive behavior system she put in place.
Welcoming our new Dean: Langston Jacobs
Employee of the Month
Strategic Planning: Next Steps
Save the Date/Upcoming Events
Meetings with Meredith: Tuesday, 10/25-8:00-9:00 am, in the school community room
Board Meeting: Wednesday, 10/26, 5:00-5:30 virtual
Book Character Day/Fall Festival: 10/31, during school
Basketball Tryouts: November 2nd and 3rd
Wednesday, November 2- Picture Retakes
Thursday, November 3- HPA Cultural Heritage Night-4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Friday, November 4- Staff Wellness Day- No School, No Innovation Learning
Strategic Planning Meeting #2: Saturday, November 12th, 8:00am-12:00pm, school cafeteria
November 17th: Family Thanksgiving Lunch
November 18th-1/2 day. Dismissal will be at noon!
November 21-25-Thanksgiving Break, no school, and no innovation learning.
Lunch Menu: Week of October 24th
Resources and Community Events
About High Point Academy
Email: info@highpointacademy.net
Website: https://www.highpointacademy.net/
Location: 6750 N Dunkirk Street, Aurora 80019