Hello GPA parents and students! Mind a friendly suggestion from the Gateway PTO?  Some of our teacher’s have turned in a wish list and perhaps during your shopping excursions you might think of their needs and remember them at festival. 

Here’s their wish list: 

#8                                                                                                            December 12, 2008 

To all Gateway Parents:

Our first GPA Book Fair has begun.  A great idea for Christmas!  Our Teachers here at GPA have created wish lists for their classrooms.  You or your child may want to purchase one or more books for a teacher, you can put your name and childs name inside the book and give it to your teacher for Christmas.  Hours are during luch 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and after school till 5:00 pm.  Friday after school the book fair will be open until 3:00 pm.  Come see all the fun books and other stuff for your family.

To all Gateway Parents:

Please attend our first Book Fair from November 17 thru November 21, 2008.  The hours are Monday - Thursday 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (lunch hours) and Friday 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and after school Monday - Thursday 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Friday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.  The Book Fair is located in Level 2 room 110. 

#5

Student academic records are available online to parents and will be updated by school staff on a regular basis.

Parents can access their student's records using GPA's web site:

• If you are registered on the web site (http://GPACharter.org) and you are able to view the enrollment application status of your students, then you are already setup to view their student records. For logged in users there is a new menu item in the left menu titled "Student Records".
• If you aren't registered on the web site, you will need to register at http://GPACharter.org/user/register . If you register with the same email address that is already listed in a student's enrollment application then their student record should automatically be linked to your user account within a couple of hours.
• If you have registered in the past, but forgotten your web site username and/or password you may go to http://GPACharter.org/user/password to request a new password be emailed to you. You will need to supply either the email address or the username your user account is under.
• If you have registered a user account that isn't linked to your student's enrollment or student records, please email GPAInfo@gpacharter.org and provide your username and the student's names that you need linked to that username. Student records may only be linked to one parent user account at a time.

The student records page includes links to the individual student record as well as a link to their mentor's class information and email address.

Individual student records include a "Presented Competencies" section that lists core curriculum items (competencies) that have been presented, or taught, to the student and that the student is currently working on mastering.

There is also a "Past Academics" section in the record that lists competencies that the student has already mastered. To view the "Past Academics" section you must click on the section name to expand it.

You may browse competencies in the context of the whole curriculum by clicking on the curriculum link at the top of the page. For most competencies, just basic information is currently included. Over time more curriculum details will be available. Some of the elective teachers will have alternate methods of communicating what their students are working on.

Board Election Results

We'd like to welcome Linda Dowse and Cami Lovell as our newly elected Board Members.

PTO Election Results

We'd also like to welcome the new PTO Officers:

• PTO President Amy Harding
• PTO Vice-President Cassie Akins
• PTO Secretary Jill Johnson
• PTO Treasurer Annette Klassen

We'd like to thank all of those who volunteered for positions to help the school and also those that participated in the elections.

October 1, 2008

Dear Parents,

Many of you have had questions about our first Festival days especially after my most recent letter. I hope that in this letter I can clarify some of that and I apologize for my part in creating that confusion.
Festival is a special occasion and not a regular day of school. Because of that we are also operating that day on a special schedule. This is not an early out Friday but rather a special schedule for festival. These are the times when you and your child should be at school on Friday:
8:00am - 10:00am