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Director's Letter April 4, 2025
Dear ACA Community, The beautiful weather was perfectly timed for the ACA  Garden Collective ’s activities today! It’s great to see a...
Shelly Smith
4 days ago5 min read
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Director's Letter March 20
Dear ACA Community, Let’s hear it for Spring Break! Whatever plans you have, I hope everyone enjoys their time off. Over the break, your...
Shelly Smith
Mar 205 min read
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Director's Letter March 14, 2025
Dear ACA Community, One week from the end of the third quarter and Spring Break! As they say, ‘ Time flies when you’re having fun! ’...
Shelly Smith
Mar 145 min read
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Director's Letter February 21, 2025
Dear ACA Community, Let me start by saying ‘ Thank You ’  to our dynamite students! I have been pulled aside numerous times this month by...
Shelly Smith
Feb 215 min read
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Director's Letter February 14, 2025
Dear ACA Community, Wishing you all a memorable, snowy Valentine’s Day! Or as an optional reason to celebrate, today is Oregon’s 166th...
Shelly Smith
Feb 164 min read
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ACA PTO's Read-a-Thon
Our 2nd annual Read-a-Thon is starting on Feb. 21st. To find out more information, please visit our website : https://www.aca-pto.com/rea...
Jana Holland
Feb 71 min read
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Director's Letter January 30, 2025
Dear ACA Community, The chilly mornings and bright afternoons of the past week have me looking forward to springtime at ACA! I’ve been...
Shelly Smith
Jan 303 min read
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Director's Letter January 24, 2025
Dear ACA Community, I’d like to start by thanking everyone, staff, students, parents, and members of the community, for taking part in...
Shelly Smith
Jan 243 min read
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Director's Letter January 17, 2025
Dear ACA Community, It’s been a chilly, busy week and I’m sure everyone is ready to savor a long weekend! My compliments to the students...
Shelly Smith
Jan 174 min read
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Director's Letter January 10, 2025
Dear ACA Community, It was a joy to welcome everyone back to ACA after the break. Just a few days left in Semester One, then we start the...
Shelly Smith
Jan 105 min read
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Join the PTO
We are looking for people who would like to volunteer their time and commit to being part of the PTO, starting next school year...
pto462
Jan 51 min read
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Pizza Thursday Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers for the remainder of the school year. If you would like to sign up to help with pizza on Thursdays at...
pto462
Jan 51 min read
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Director's Letter December 20, 2024
Dear ACA Community, I hope you had a chance to enjoy PTO’s Holiday Bazaar  last weekend. There was live music, yummy food, and vendors,...
Shelly Smith
Dec 20, 20243 min read
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Director's Letter December 11, 2024
Dear ACA Community, It’s been a really fun and festive week at ACA! Thank you Government Club for the Spirit Dress Up Days plan, thank...
Shelly Smith
Dec 19, 20244 min read
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Director's Letter December 6, 2024
Dear ACA Community, Our great year just keeps getting better, thanks to everyone who comes together to make ACA the happy place to be!...
Shelly Smith
Dec 9, 20245 min read
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Director's Letter November 22, 2024
Dear ACA Community, As we enter the season of giving, please lean into ACA with the gift of your time. A recent study conducted by the...
Shelly Smith
Nov 22, 20243 min read
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Director's Letter November 15, 2024
Dear ACA Community, I’ve been away the last three days attending the state Oregon Coalition of Community Charter Schools conference in...
Shelly Smith
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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Director's Letter November 8, 2024
Dear ACA Community, Many students have been taking advantage of the incredible fall weather we’ve enjoyed the last few days. Lunchtime...
Shelly Smith
Nov 8, 20244 min read
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Director's Letter November 1, 2024
Dear ACA Community, Well wasn’t that a fun week? Thank you Student Government for organizing ‘ Spirit Week ’ and for all of the great...
Shelly Smith
Nov 5, 20244 min read
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Director's Letter October 25, 2024
Dear ACA Community, Yesterday was one of the highlight days of the ACA school year…Trunk or Treat combined with Spooky Science and Mad...
Shelly Smith
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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