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Welcome Back to School - August 23

Dear Parents,

Welcome to Sandpoint Jr. Academy!!! We have a miracle to share with everyone! We got our 6 kindergarteners!! Wahooey! Thank you for your prayers! We have our 6 little miracles with Mrs. Morse. You should see them! As a matter of fact, we have a school full of miracles! Our school has grown this year, and we are so pleased with each student that we have. Thank you for instilling your trust in us to educate your child. We look forward to a wonderful year. Just a couple of thoughts as we start the school year together; welcome! We have a wonderful year planned, with an amazing group of faculty members. Family Fun Day is this Thursday! This year, the weather reports show that Thursday is to be in the mid 80’s. With this in mind, the faculty has put together an afternoon on the lake in lieu of running around on the field and being very hot, like we have done in the past!! Please watch for further information and required items for this very fun event on Thursday!!

Besides wanting to welcome each of you to another school year, I want to get each of you acquainted with several things that we do at our school. As most of you know, school begins at 8:00 a.m., our doors open at 7:30. We recommend that your child be here by 7:45. Teachers will be in their classrooms to greet you and your child. This is the opportunity for your child to get their things put away, and to get ready for the school day. The bell will ring at 7:55 as a warning that class will begin in 5 minutes, and ring again at 8:00 once school has started. If your child arrives at school after the bell has rung they need to go to the office for a tardy slip. Please read in your school handbook our tardy policy. Students that arrive before 7:45 will be asked to sit and wait in the lobby. Teachers are in staff worship from 7:30 – 7:45.

Every Thursday a school newsletter will be sent home. In the school newsletter will be upcoming events, classroom info and other truly important, riveting information! You can also find out about any upcoming events by looking at the bulleting board in the hallway outside of the office. All newsletters, school events and hot lunch menus will be posted on our school website, www.sjasda.org by Thursday evening.

Please look for your child’s letter from their teacher explaining classroom procedures and activities. This will be further explained to parents at Open House on Thursday, September 9. Open House begins at 6:30, and will end by 7:30, with plenty of time left over to have some family time at home!! Open House will be hosted by the 9^th and 10^th grade class this year. This should be fun!!

Each class will be dismissed at 3:10. Students will check out with their home room teacher. They need to let their teacher know if they are going with a parent, or approved adult, walking or riding their bike. Please make sure they check out before you take them. This is for their safety, and for the teachers’ peace of mind!!

We have several parents who have asked about parent participation opportunities. This will also be listed weekly in the newsletter, and discussed at Open House. Currently we have several projects available. Once again, we will be having classroom sponsored Hot lunches served on Wednesdays. This will begin after Open House. This is a wonderful way to help our school. Hot lunch schedules for parents to sign up to help with this will be posted in the hallway outside of the Principal’s office.

On behalf of the faculty and staff, we are very excited about this school year, and very pleased that you have chosen to be a part of our SJA school family. You are always in our prayers, please keep us in yours!!

Charla Suppé, Principal

Shellie Morse, Kindergarten

Brandi Poncy, Grades 1-4

Robyn Featherston, Grades 5-8

Vanny Dye, Grades 9 & 10

Charlie Dreschel, 9 & 10 Math

Dan Featherston, Brent Featherston, 9 & 10 History

Joan Avery, 9 & 10 Spanish

KarenStates, Secretary, Treasurer, and all things organized!!