Notes from the North Campus – 9.4.20

From your North Campus Principal, Ann Taylor

It was a busy week with a lot of good rain and slightly cooler temperatures at north campus. Thank you to everyone in cooperating with our adjustment for carline arrival as well as the during the normal departure. It seems to be working better at both ends of the day. Please remember do not pull into the drive through in front of Providence Hall during arrival times of 7:30-8:00. This area will be our bus drop off/pick up area in the very near future. Our change was only for drop off – dismissal is same as always and smoothly running and on time.

I hope each family can have a restful long weekend. We have had an excellent start to our 2020-21 Griffin Strong school year! The Lord has blessed in so many ways.

Calendar Notes for this next week:

• September 7 Labor Day NO SCHOOL
• September 9 Spirit Day (Students in PK through 8th grade NORMALLY attend house meetings BUT NOT THIS MONTH we will see in October). Students may wear house or Academy shirts and are allowed to wear PE uniform or normal uniform bottoms and shoes.
• September 10 North View Event – People interested in The Academy come to the campus for a time of learning about our mission and vision, tour of the facilities, explanation of classical and Christian education. The tour is more formal than at other times with a student, teacher stepping out of the classroom, and administrator speaking about our district. Teachers just keep teaching with expectations that a group may look into your classroom.
• September 11 Dialectic/Rhetoric Night to Unite – This is for dialectic students only.

Calendar Notes for the rest of September and October:

• September 14-15 Bake Sale See the email that was sent on changes being made for this special time due to COVID protocols
• September 15 Chapel (formal uniform)
• September 17 Spirit Day
• September 18 Gregory Feast. Each house has one feast a year. It is a good time of house fellowship with usually an activity, craft, bring things in for a service ministry – teachers for the house attend.
• September 18 JCL Meeting Junior Classical League – Dialectic students participate in meetings. They meet in the Dialectic Hallway 3:45-4:45 with Anne Bradford
• September 21 Chapel (formal uniform)
• September 21-22 Individual Student Pictures (formal uniform) Students wear formal uniform on the day of their pictures. Traditional grammar, Dialectic, and Bach on September 21 and Mozart cohort on September 22
• September 22 Sixth grade Parent Check-in 8-9 This is a voluntary attendance for our new dialectic parents to touch base and see how all is going with the big change from grammar to dialectic. Come to the chapel.
• September 23 Bach Parent Check-in 8-9. This is a voluntary attendance for our new and returning Bach parents to touch base and see how all is going with home day for Bach and share experiences. Come to the chapel.
• September 24 Mozart Parent Check-in 8-9 This is a voluntary attendance for our new and returning Mozart parents to touch base and see how all is going with home day for Mozart and share experiences. Come to the chapel.
• September 25 Dialectic Spirit Day This is once a month on a Friday for 6-8 graders only. We do a modified schedule for academics for dialectic only – have some kind of activity from team building, fairy tales acted out, 4-square tournaments, etc. They may wear their spirit day attire. Usually, there is a special lunch offered (they pay for the meal – not a gift – but no need to have to do it). The grammar does not participate in this at all.
• September 29 Chapel (formal uniform)
• October 2 Knitting & Crocheting Club 3:45-4:45
• October 5 Chapel (formal uniform)
• October 6 JCL Leaders meeting at lunch
• October 5 Chapel (formal uniform)
• October 6 JCL Leaders meeting at lunch
• October 7 House Leaders Meeting at lunch
• October 8 North View Event 9-10
• October 9 Dialectic Spirit Day
• October 9 Basil House Feast in the gym 12-1
• October 9 JCL All District Certamen Tournament Midtown 4-6pm
• October 12-13 Bake Sale (Chrysostom House)
• October 12-13 Mornings with Mom Fellowship for moms and students. Moms come between 7-8:30 in the gym – it is a fun fellowship time
• October 13 Chapel (formal uniform)
• October 14 Spirit Day (Academy or House shirts with PE bottoms and shoes)
• October 14 End of First Quarter.
• October 15-16 Fall Break NO SCHOOL
• October 19 Chapel (formal uniform)
• October 19-21 TESTING WEEK We are using Stanford 10 National test.
• October 22 TESTING for Mozart only
• October 21 Kindergarten Mozart & K Trad cobbled Paddington Bear
• October 22 Kindergarten Bach/Kind Trad Paddington Bear
• October 23 Fall in-service @ North Campus – 1/2 day for Students NO LUNCH
• Dismiss is at 11:35 for Traditional Grammar and Dialectic in normal locations.
• October 26-27 Parent Teacher Conferences for Bach and Mozart (NO SCHOOL for Bach or Mozart students).
• October 29-30 Parent Teacher Conferences for Traditional Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric (NO SCHOOL for Traditional grammar, Dialectic, Rhetoric)