Congratulations to your son/daughter on being selected to play in the 2019 Fall Sports! There will be an informational Mandatory Meeting for all parents and athletes on Tuesday August 20th in the gym from 5:00-6:00pm. We will be discussing the following: Expectations for athletes and parents Practice times and location Game Schedule Sports Fee ($50) Athletic Handbook Sports Equipment needed to play General Questions For additional questions please contact: Mr. Sandoval gsando

Join us for our first Peter Piper Pizza- ACA Family Fun Night! It's fun AND it's a FUNdraiser for the school! 15% of all food, beverage and token sales benefit ACA. Join us for a variety of games, contests and other activities! We look forward to seeing you there! When? Friday August 30th 4-9pm Where? Surprise Location 12851 W Bell Rd. #20 Surprise, AZ 85374

Calling all nominations! The Surprise Independent is taking nominations for Teacher of the Month to be featured in the papers education section. They want to "celebrate the great achievements that teachers are doing inside the classrooms". The selected teacher will be featured in the Independent and receive a special treat bag. To nominate one of our many amazing ACA teachers please email the Independent no more than 500 words on why your teacher is deserving to be recognized

Hello Parents, We are always working to refine and tweak to first ensure student safety and then to of course always strive to be the most efficient in our processes. With that being said, please keep the following in mind: Morning Drop-Off -Our campus does not open up until 7am every day. There are no staff on campus prior to this time, so please do not begin to drop students off until 7am or after. There is no way to for us to ensure student safety prior to 7am. -As long as

August 13, 2019 Dear Member of the School Community, We are asking our school stakeholders to complete a survey as a part of our participation in the “Safer Schools in America” grant project. The project is designed to support our efforts to ensure that our school is as safe and secure as possible for our students and staff. Vital Insight™ Inventory is an assessment that will help us better understand our collective knowledge and experience so that we can determine the best w

We are a week into our new school year and things are already running smooth, students are learning and teachers are pumped for our strong start! In case you missed the welcome letter that was mailed home to all students here are a few highlights: New Dean of Students In addition to our new staff we have added a full-time Dean of Students to our administrative team. Mr. Sandoval has come onboard as the Dean of Students and is so excited to get to know the students. Mr. Sando

We encourage all ACA parents to consider joining our Bulldog Parents Committee! Next meeting is Tuesday August 13th 3:15-4:15pm. We We Are? A group of parents whom are trying to bring to life the idea/suggesstions that our parents are coming up with (ie: daddy/daughter dace, mother/son dance); however, we can't do it without you! We are currently meeting once a month for an hour with an agenda and ideas! How do you join? Email: Sheri Haberkorn at shaberkorn@azcharter.com How

Hi ACA Families, We’ve reached record breaking numbers in our dismissal times for just the first week of school! Check these numbers out: Kinder only dismissal: down to 8 minutes! K-5 dismissal: down to 25 minutes! Middle School with siblings dismissal: down to 18 minutes! Thank you so much for your help! Please continue to arrive at your designated time and you will flow quickly through the line! See you next week!

We wanted to make you aware during morning drop off, as long as your child is able to independently get out of their seat and open and close the car door without needing any assistance, you are free to use either our queuing lane or elementary dismissal gate for drop off. Both drop off gates are open for your use. This should help move our morning drop-off line along quicker. Thank you as we continue to tweak and improve our processes while always keeping student safety at th