Principal Newsletter July 2020
Mrs. McCollum, Arts Academy Elementary Charter School
Upcoming Events. 🗓
Week of June 29: Virtual Summer Camp Session 1
Week of July 6: Virtual Summer Camp Session 2
Week of July 13: Virtual Summer Camp Session 3
Week of July 20: Virtual Summer Camp Session 4
Week of July 27: Virtual Summer Camp Session 5
August 27: Public Board Meeting, 6 pm
September 8: First Day of School
20-21 School Year PARENT SURVEY
We have been working hard to prepare for our reopening, in spite of many unknown factors remaining at this time.
As we have said from the beginning, it remains our goal to achieve a full return to school with updated practices and procedures to prevent, limit or respond to concerns related to the spread of illness. We are also planning for online instruction for students who are unable to attend due to medical or COVID19-related reasons.
At this point in the process, we are asking for your input. The link below is to a survey to tell us what your concerns are regarding your children's return to school. We also want your feedback and suggestions to improve online learning, so we are also prepared if there would ever be another state-wide closing like we experienced in March. The earlier we receive your feedback, the more helpful it will be to our process. Thank you!
AAECS Reopening Parent Survey: English
Reminder: Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer
The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 provides temporary benefits, referred to as Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT), to families of school-aged children who would receive free or reduced-priced meals if school was in session.
For each day school is closed, families of school-aged children certified as free or reduced eligible will receive the equivalent of the free high rate for lunch and the severe need rate for breakfast. Specifically, a family will receive $5.70 for each eligible school-aged child family for each day school has been closed since March 16, 2020.
If you have questions:
- If you have additional questions about Pennsylvania's P-EBT, send an email to
- RA-PWPEBTQuestions@pa.gov.
- If you would like to report a specific problem with your P-EBT benefits, such as not receiving the benefit, not receiving for every eligible child, receiving the incorrect amount for a child, or having a lost or damaged P-EBT card, please visit www.emergencymealsurvey.com/PA
Learning at Home Remains Open this Summer
Please note, that teachers are not responsible for online learning through the summer, so Google Classrooms will be archived. Students will not have access.
Yearbooks
Middle States Accreditation (MSA)
Don't forget, our Steering Committee will start meeting again in the fall, and we hope to see you there! If there's anything we learned from this closing, it's how to use online tools for virtual learning. If it helps to include parents by running a Zoom component, we'll set that up!
Follow our progress on our MSA website page and stay tuned for information on our next meeting!
Our Mission and Vision
Our Belief Statements
Our Belief Statements
Keep in Touch!
We will use e-mail, text, voice calling messages and our social media pages. Log into our Jupiter portal, go to settings and update you phone or email address. https://login.jupitered.com/login/?85438
If you have moved, please contact Mr. Rosario, Child Accounting Administrator for a moving packet.
Arts Academy Elementary Charter School
Email: cmccollum@artsacademyelementary.com
Website: https://www.artsacademyelementary.com/
Location: 601 Union Street, Allentown
Phone: (610) 841-4560
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsAcademyElementary
Twitter: @ArtsElementary