This Week:
Student Learning Conferences | October 4-5
The purpose of Student Learning Conferences is to provide time and space for the student’s learning team—made up of the student, guardian, and teacher—to be on the same page about the student’s strengths, growth areas, and needs. Student Learning Conferences are intentionally designed so that students are an active participant of each meeting. Families will sign up to meet with their student’s teachers for a 15-minute individual conference.
Go to this page to sign up for conferences. Sign up slots are first come, first serve, so please book your meetings as soon as possible. The deadline to sign up is Monday, October 2.
To accommodate for Conferences, Thursday, October 5 will be an asynchronous remote day. Students will be expected to complete their school work at home or off campus on this day.
No School | Friday, October 6
Teachers will be attending a Faculty Institute. Students will not have school this day.
Athletics this Week
Please go to our 2023-2024 Athletics page to see the different sports schedules.
Looking Ahead:
Quarter 1 ends and elective classes terminate | October 13
Fall Break | October 19 & 20
parent community opportunities:
Parent Vision Events | October 5, 10, & 17
All parents should please make arrangements to attend one of three Parent Vision Events in October. We will gather to:
Be encouraged by all that God has done in the life of UCA since April, 2014
Learn about UCA’s plans to develop the permanent location at 700 E. 170th St
Respond, in community with other parents, to UCA’s vision for the future
Identify our roles in moving toward the vision
Sign up here!
RESCHEDULED: Parent Dine & Dive: Navigating Hard Emotions with My Teen | October 11, 6:00-8:00 P.M.
Teens experience BIG emotions - how should we respond? Fix it? Change it? Listen to it? All of the above? After everyone dines in fellowship together, we will dive into discussing and learning new ways to support young people in these conversations. Content presented is being adapted from the book The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Dr. Lisa Damour.
Event Details:
No sign up fee
BYOD: bring your own dinner
UCA Parents/Guardians are welcome
Click here to sign up (if you signed up for the original October 4 date, you do not need to sign up again)
national suicide prevention month:
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. To honor the awareness campaigns taking place nationwide, we as a UCA community have the chance to bring greater understanding and support suicide prevention efforts by joining in events already taking place in our area. The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention is hosting their annual Out of the Darkness Walk at Montrose Harbor on October 21st. All students, faculty, staff, and parents are welcome to join! Follow this link to learn more and sign up! Please note that there are 2 sign up links: 1 for the walk, and 1 to sign up for UCA transportation to and from the walk!
Please reach out to Ms. Mikitka at mmikitka@weareuca.org with any questions.
Bond week:
Bond Week was a success! Thanks to all the students and parents that helped make this last week great! We received a lot of donations to go towards a local food pantry. A big thank you to all the parents who donated food, drinks, and their time to our bonfire and dance. We couldn't have done it without you!
Lunch:
You can still turn in your lunch orders for the first 2 weeks of October. Please turn them in by the end of the day today!
Driver’s ed:
Mrs. Veldboom will be sending out Driver’s Ed forms out today.
UCA Story hub:
Did you see our September Phoenix Rising Newsletter? If not, check out stories about UCA on our website! Go to weareuca.org, click on the “About” tab, and click on UCA Story Hub.
School pictures:
If you would like to order pictures from picture day, please follow the link in the flyer below. If your student was absent on picture day, there will be retakes on Tuesday, October 24.
