2022-2023 CA Here to Help Guide

A Q U I C K G U I D E TO YO U R CO LO R A D O AC A D E M Y CO M M U N I T Y

Colorado Academy’s

Here to Help Guide

A Quick Guide to Your CA Community We call this our Here to Help Guide. It’s designed to help you quickly find answers to questions and to connect you with important contacts throughout campus.

You can always find detailed answers to all of your questions in the Student/Parent Handbook found on CA’s website. This “at-a-glance” guide will help you reach the people who are key to your family’s experience at CA.

Creating curious, kind, courageous, and adventurous learners and leaders.

We want to make sure we can contact you!

Things come up. It’s vital that CA has your current contact information. If you change your address, phone number, email, or any other contact information, please let us know at directory.update@coloradoacademy.org. You can access the school’s online digital directory when you log in to coloradoacademy.org.

school day

The School Day at CA Lower School and Middle School classes start at 8:10 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.

Upper School classes start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.

CA follows a six-day rotational schedule. Letter day calendars, class rotations, event calendars, arts and athletic calendars, and divisional calendars are all on the CA website. Every family receives a printed wall calendar at the start of the school year with letter days and key events noted.

Please read CA Today, sent to your email from the school each Friday, and check the website calendar for the most up-to-date calendar listings.

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ROTATING SCHEDULE KEY:

A B C D E F School Day

Mari Ryan Colorado Academy Main Desk Receptionist 303-986-1501 mari.ryan@coloradoacademy.org

attendance

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Attendance at CA In the event of illness or when emergencies arise, please keep children home. In those situations, notify administrative assistants in the Lower, Middle, and Upper School divisions by 8:30 a.m.

CA expects children to be present when school is in session. Excessive absences slow your child’s progress, and they place an added burden on both the child and teachers to make up missed class time. Please read the section of the Student/Parent Handbook on CA’s website for more information.

For Lower and Middle School records requests, please contact the Administrative Assistant for that division.

LOWER SCHOOL: Ivanna Oligny Administrative Assistant 303-914-2555 ivanna.oligny@coloradoacademy.org MIDDLE SCHOOL: Helen Romero Administrative Assistant 303-914-2567 helen.romero@coloradoacademy.org UPPER SCHOOL: Christina Garza Administrative Assistant 303-914-2519 christina.garza@coloradoacademy.org

Reporting an absence?

Please call or email your child’s division.

Lower School: 303-914-2555 lsattendance@coloradoacademy.org Middle School: 303-914-2567 msattendance@coloradoacademy.org Upper School: 303-914-2598 usattendance@coloradoacademy.org

Attendance

safety & security

Getting On and Off Campus: Safety & Security at CA CA’s experienced safety and security team is friendly and vigilant. They ask all parents to help keep CA safe for everyone. n

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T he team asks all drivers to obey the 10-mph on-campus speed limit.

Thanks for driving slowly.

T he team asks that you do not text or talk on the phone while driving on campus.

The team asks parents to wear your parent ID badge while on campus, as well as post a campus permit on your vehicle windshield. Parent badges and vehicle permits are available in the CA Store.

Please use visitor parking. Numbered parking spots are reserved for faculty and staff.

Safe2Tell hotline: 877-542-7233

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Julia Shoun Director of Campus Safety and Security 303-587-8435 Andrew Kirshbaum Campus Safety Officer 720-309-6231 Miriah Medina Campus Safety Officer 720-296-0555 Dave Ollila Campus Safety Officer 720-810-6919 Welcome Center 303-914-2581 security@coloradoacademy.org

Safety & Security

operations & transportation

CA’s Operations & Transportation Forty employees work year-round ensuring that every CA bus route is served. In addition, the Operations team makes sure that chairs, tables, buildings, and outdoor spaces are ready for CA’s many annual events.

For these staff members, the numbers say it all: nT hey serve students, faculty, staff, and

parents of CA—a community base of more than 2,000 people on any given day. nT hey run CA’s 10 bus routes, which cover some 900 square miles three times per day. nC A’s grounds crew has four year-round employees. Depending on the season, they mow 35 acres of grass every week and plant an average of 50 new trees every year— some years as many as 100 trees. (Just think of the impact for years to come!) nF our operations technicians and 17 custodians maintain all the buildings on CA’s 94-acre campus. nO perations manages CA’s recycling program through which the school’s recycling volume exceeds its landfill waste volume by a ratio of 4:1.

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Jesse Schumacher Director of Operations 303-914-2534 Sherri Gantenbein Administrative Assistant 303-914-2536 sherri.gantenbein@coloradoacademy.org Lorie Sanchez Transportation Supervisor 303-914-2540 lorie.sanchez@coloradoacademy.org

dining hall

The CA Dining Hall Colorado Academy’s Dining Hall offers something for everyone, with multiple food stations and new and fresh options daily.

Students can find gluten-free and vegan options on the daily menu; our chefs also prepare food with attention to students with specific food allergies.

Look for the weekly lunch menu and nutrition facts each Friday in CA Today. You also can find information on the lunch menu at coloradoacademy.org/ca-now.

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Paul Worley General Manager of Sodexo Food Service 303-914-2535 paul.worley@coloradoacademy.org Christopher Kinney Executive Chef of Sodexo Food Service 303-914-2557 chris.kinney@coloradoacademy.org

CA’s lunch menu

Dining Hall

health office

The CA Health Office

How Sick is Too Sick?

CA’s Registered Nurse Kisa Owens and Health Assistant Holly Clapp provide help to children and families with anything from health plans and medication administration to wellness alerts.

Kisa Owens serves the Lower and Upper School from the administrative office in the Lower School. Holly Clapp serves the Middle School from the administrative office in the Middle School.

Please be sure to submit all medical, health, emergency, and release forms via the Magnus Portal on the Parent Resource Board. Also, please provide any medication that your child may need during the school day prior to the first day of school.

As guidelines to the latest available COVID-19 information change, CA will adjust accordingly.

Also advising CA’s Health Office is a Nurse Consultant contracted through Children’s Hospital Colorado.

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Kisa Owens School Nurse 303-914-2545 kisa.owens@coloradoacademy.org

Holly Clapp Health Assistant 303-986-1501 x2668 holly.clapp@coloradoacademy.org

Health Office

extended day at CA

Extended Day at CA CA offers Extended Day, which provides care for students in Kindergarten through Grade 8 before and after school.

The Extended Day house is located along CA’s North Road, CA’s Extended Day just west of the Operations Building.

Sign up for Extended Day on the CA website at coloradoacademy.org/ admission/affordability-tuition--financial-aid/extra-fee-services efore-school care for Lower School nB students includes breakfast and is We are offered from 7:15-8:00 a.m.

HERE to fter-school care is available until 6 p.m. nA HELP! for children in Kindergarten through Grade 8 students. Students receive a snack Carol Rosberg and have the opportunity to relax, play, Director of Extended Day or do homework.

303-914-2565 720-289-7502 (mobile) After care is available for Pre-K students as part carol.rosberg@coloradoacademy.org of our Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program.

Jenny Armstrong Contact Jenny Armstrong, Director of the ECE Director of Early Program for more information. The Pre-K After Childhood Education 303-914-2615 (office) Care Program is located in the cottages and is 720-418-0718 (mobile) available until 5 p.m. jenny.armstrong@coloradoacademy.org

Extended Day at CA

sports medicine

Sports Medicine at CA Certified Athletic Trainers provide a broad scope of sports medicine services to our students and competitive student-athletes. Our athletic trainers create and monitor injury therapy programs and conduct acute head injury evaluation and treatment, following Colorado’s youth concussion statutes.

Students see Dr. Richard “Griz” Griswold on the sidelines of many athletic events. CA adheres to the Standards of Professional Practice of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and credentialing statutes of the State of Colorado. CA athletic trainers are nationally certified by the Board of Certification (BOC) as Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC) and licensed in the State of Colorado.

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Dr. Richard Griswold Athletic Trainer 303-914-2569 richard.griswold@coloradoacademy.org

Sports Medicine

counselors

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CA’s Counselors Colorado Academy has four school-based mental health professionals on staff, serving students in all three divisions.

The counseling staff works directly with teachers and administrators to ensure that the academic and emotional needs of students are met.

Students and/or parents can schedule appointments with the school counselors to discuss any range of emotional, behavioral, social, or learning concerns.

In cases where the child or family would benefit from the help of an outside professional (e.g., psychologist, psychiatrist, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, tutor), we’ll make a referral. Don’t be bashful about reaching out.

LOWER SCHOOL Brooke Hamman Counselor 303-914-2580 brooke.hamman@coloradoacademy.org MIDDLE SCHOOL Abby Johnson Counselor 303-914-2562 abby.johnson@coloradoacademy.org UPPER SCHOOL Liza Skipwith Director of Counseling Services and US Counselor 303-914-2518 liza.skipwith@coloradoacademy.org UPPER SCHOOL Kate O’Donnell Counselor 303-914-2588 kate.odonnell@coloradoacademy.org Gabe Bernstein Academic Counselor & Grade 12 Dean 303-914-2503 gabe.bernstein@coloradoacademy.org

Counselors

libraries

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CA’s Libraries CA’s two on-campus libraries serve as a central part of a student’s experience by providing and promoting the very best of children’s and teen literature, by collaborating with classroom teachers to support curriculum, by teaching research skills at every grade level, by promoting Digital Citizenship, and by bringing authors, book clubs, book fairs, and other events to campus.

Please see the Student/Parent Handbook for information about library policies and operations.

Allison Peters Jensen Director of Libraries Lower School Librarian 303-986-1501 x2657 allison.peters@coloradoacademy.org Lindsay Beatty Upper School Librarian 303-986-1501 x2690 lindsay.beatty@coloradoacademy.org Allie Bronston Raether Librarian 303-986-1501 x2627 allie.bronston@coloradoacademy.org Mary Leyva Lower School Library Assistant 303-986-1501 x2657 mary.leyva@coloradoacademy.org Becci Marzonie Raether Library Assistant 303-986-1501 x2627 becci.marzonie@coloradoacademy.org

Libraries

college office

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Sonia Arora ’01

CA’s College Office The CA College Office provides individual guidance and extensive resources to CA students as they explore options beyond high school. We believe that selecting a college should be a student-led process, designed to help children learn as much about themselves and their hopes for the future as they do about potential college choices.

CA college counselors travel extensively to visit colleges and universities, lead national professional organizations, and participate in the national dialog around college admission practices, trends, and philosophy.

Director of College Counseling, and Director of US Strategic Initiatives

303-914-2582 sonia.arora@coloradoacademy.org

David Jones ’09 Associate Director of College Counseling 303-914-2582 david.jones@coloradoacademy.org Cathy Nabbefeld Associate Director of College Counseling 303-914-2504 cathy.nabbefeld@coloradoacademy.org Sara Purviance Associate Director of College Counseling 303-914-2508 sara.purviance@coloradoacademy.org Cyd Tully College Office Assistant 303-914-2502 cyd.tully@coloradoacademy.org

College Office

technology

CA’s Technology Office Colorado Academy’s Technology program is one of the most innovative and comprehensive in the state. We provide up-to-date equipment, training, and a friendly tech support team (including iPad assistance) to help students, staff, and parents succeed in the digital age.

You can find information on CA’s iPad program on the CA website at coloradoacademy.myschoolapp. com/ftpimages/438/download/ download_3155165.pdf.

CA’s iPad program

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Jared Katzman Director of Technology help@coloradoacademy.org Jonathan Ender Technology Support Specialist help@coloradoacademy.org

Rory Butler Network Administrator help@coloradoacademy.org

Technology

the CA store

The CA Store This hub for all things CA is right across from the Dining Hall in the Campus Center. CA Store Manager Janet Plant can help with CA spiritwear, parent ID badges, extra vehicle permits, last-minute school supplies, and questions about textbooks.

Beginning with Sixth Grade, students have access to the CA Store and may purchase items. These are charged to student accounts, and fees appear on monthly bills. Please speak with your child about your expectations regarding this responsibility. The CA Store is open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. daily. Middle School students can visit the store during lunch.

Families of Middle and Upper School students are required to purchase all books (both textbooks and e-books) for class.

Most required books are available for purchase through our online book vendor, MBS. Some books are available at the CA Store.

The CA Store

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HERE to HELP! Janet Plant CA Store Manager 303-914-2551 janet.plant@coloradoacademy.org

business office

The CA Business Office Do you have questions about tuition, fees, and charges on your student’s account? The Business Office staff can answer questions about your account, including inquiries about tuition, bus transportation, music lessons, and other miscellaneous charges and payments.

CA uses Blackbaud’s Tuition Management System, which families can access by logging in to the CA website and navigating to Tuition Management on the Resource Board.

Whitney Johnson Business Manager & Chief Financial Officer 303-914-2524 whitney.johnson@coloradoacademy.org Dianne Fant Human Resources Manager 303-914-2523 dianne.fant@coloradoacademy.org Kristen Hume Controller 303-914-2522 kristen.hume@coloradoacademy.org Julie Key Accounting and Payroll Specialist 303-914-2506 julie.key@coloradoacademy.org Kim Stanton Accounts Payable 303-914-2521 kim.stanton@coloradoacademy.org

Business Office

registrar

Registrar Does your Upper School student have questions about course requests, adding and dropping courses, and student academic records? The Registrar can help students with these questions.

The Registrar also sends grade reports to parents, prepares transcripts for Upper School students, and responds to alumni requests for transcripts.

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Andrea Eckler Registrar 303-914-2563 andrea.eckler@coloradoacademy.org

Registrar

admission & financial aid

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CA’s Admission & Financial Aid Team You know them well through the application process for your child, but our Admission Team wants you to remember that they continue to be a resource for you as parents. Whether you are applying for another child, sharing that a family you know may be applying, or needing guidance with the financial aid process, the Admission Office is here for you. The staff also welcomes new parents as volunteer tour guides and host families!

Please do not hesitate to contact us at admission@coloradoacademy.org.

Here to Help with Financial Aid Lisa Dean Enrollment & Financial Aid Manager, Pre-K-12 303-914-2516

Admission & Financial Aid

Catherine Laskey Director of Admission & Financial Aid 303-914-2571 Heidi Chesley Director of Upper School Admission & Financial Aid 303-914-2572 Aidah Clinton Assistant Director of Admission, Lower School 303-914-2549 Abel Ramirez ’16 Assistant Director of Admission, Middle School/ Spanish Language Liaison 303-914-2573 Miriah Royal Strategic Recruitment and Community Engagement Officer 303-914-2591 Paige Siemers Admission & Financial Aid Office Administrative Assistant 303-914-2512

office of inclusivity

Office of Inclusivity Colorado Academy is a community that values and honors difference. We seek to be a place where students of all ages and families of all backgrounds are understood, represented, and highly regarded. Through special projects, curriculum, and community outreach, we emphasize that all students have the right to be acknowledged and feel included in the CA community.

CA ofrece servicios de interpretación a pedido.

Para más información o hacer preguntas en español, llame a Abel Ramirez ’16, 303-9142573 o abel.ramirez@coloradoacademy.org.

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Vickie Onodera Director of Inclusivity 303-914-2590 vickie.onodera@coloradoacademy.org Abel Ramirez ’16 Spanish Language Liaison 303-914-2573 abel.ramirez@coloradoacademy.org Miriah Royal Strategic Recruitment and Community Engagement Officer 303-914-2591 miriah.royal@coloradoacademy.org

Office of Inclusivity

communications

CA’s Office of Communications Always working to keep you current on everything you need to know about CA, this office is command central for communications that advance the mission of Colorado Academy. Whenever you see a publication We are about CA, consult the printed CA calendar, HERE to read about CA in social or mainstream HELP! media, check out the CA website, watch a Jacque Montgomery CA video, or read this CA publication with Director of Advancement “Here to Help” information, you know that and External Affairs CA’s communications professionals have 303-914-2553 (office) 303-961-3645 (mobile) been busy keeping you informed.

jacque.montgomery@coloradoacademy.org

Archives of CA Today and On CAmpus can be found on the CA website at CA Now coloradoacademy.org/ca-now.

CA Now

Bill Fisher Communications Officer/ Content Strategist 303-914-2542 bill.fisher@coloradoacademy.org Becky Risch Digital Media Specialist & Webmaster 303-914-2595 becky.risch@coloradoacademy.org

Communications

advancement

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CA’S Office of Advancement The Advancement Office is home to many CA school events and traditions, alumni relations, and fundraising.

Independent schools cover a portion of their operating costs each year through charitable contributions and endowment proceeds. Why? It helps keep tuition costs down and keeps a portion of your annual costs tax deductible!

CA’s annual giving program, The CA Fund, is the foundation of our fundraising efforts, allowing the school to fulfill our mission to create curious, kind, courageous, and adventurous learners and leaders. Every year, The CA Fund provides critical resources to the school’s most important priorities, including academic innovation, arts, athletics, financial aid, and more. Your participation, no matter the size of the gift, matters to every CA student. *Please contact Chris with any changes to your address, phone number, or email.

Advancement

Jacque Montgomery Director of Advancement and External Affairs

303-914-2553 (office) 303-961-3645 (mobile) jacque.montgomery@coloradoacademy.org Niki Camarena Director of the CA Fund 303-914-2559 niki.camarena@coloradoacademy.org Gravely Wilson Advancement Officer 303-914-2543 gravely.wilson@coloradoacademy.org Sue Burleigh Alumni Director 303-914-2584 sue.burleigh@coloradoacademy.org Marsha Martinez Events Manager 303-914-2509 marsha.martinez@coloradoacademy.org Chris Barnard* Advancement Operations Manager 303-914-2510 chris.barnard@coloradoacademy.org

volunteering

How to Volunteer at CA If you want to contribute to CA with your time and talent, there are lots of ways to become involved. Start with the Parent Association and the Get INvolved Fair on the first day of school. You can also sign up online, contact your class lead, your teacher, or an administrator with your ideas for how to help the CA community.

You can reach the Parent Association at capacommunications@gmail.com.

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HERE to HELP! Jen Wolkon President of the CA Parent Association 303-638-9340 Amy McPheeters President-Elect of the CA Parent Association 617-571-7174

Volunteering

severe weather

Severe Weather at CA CA is committed to being open every scheduled school day. In the event of severe weather, parents/guardians are responsible for deciding whether to send students to school. It is the parent’s/guardian’s responsibility to notify the school if the student will not be attending.

Information about school closings will be broadcast on local television stations and sent to families via voicemail, text, email, and social media, including Twitter and Facebook. In addition, school closing information will be posted on CA’s website, and there will be a recorded message on the school’s main telephone number: 303-986-1501.

On days when there is lightning in the area of the CA campus, students will be kept inside buildings, and dismissal may be delayed. Parents are asked to remain in their cars until students are released.

CA will text families with severe weather updates. A test message will be sent at the beginning of the year. Please respond yes.

If you do not receive a text, please text YES to 87569.

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HERE to HELP! To check whether school is closed due to weather, call 303-986-1501 or go to coloradoacademy.org.

Severe Weather

Gus, the mascot

CA’s Mascot CA’s mascot is a Mustang. Several years ago, in a contest to name the mascot, the winning choice was “Magnus,” which means “great” in Latin.

Magnus goes by Gus for short, and you’ll see Gus at sporting activities and school events. You may even remember Gus from the welcome video in your acceptance letter during the admission process.

Gus is not frightening, because we don’t want to scare younger children.

Sometimes, Gus will show up as a special treat when classrooms or grade levels of parents have achieved a special fundraising goal. Gus is a beloved member of the CA community.

Gus, the Mascot

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solving problems

CA’s Problem-Solving Pathway When problems arise for your child, we have a standard and straightforward path to help solve them. We focus on helping students advocate for themselves. When parents and students need help with a problem, we ask that they work together— no matter the age of the student—as they follow this problem-solving pathway.

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Teachers: Please go to a teacher first to work

things out as quickly as possible. This helps teach children and young adults that there are always bumps in life, and they can choose a straightforward approach to resolve those bumps.

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Advisors: In the Middle and Upper schools, your child will have an Advisor. Advisors are good “go-to” people who can help when issues arise.

Advisors are especially helpful for academic issues, and they can involve additional resources, if needed.

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Deans and/or Counselors: These are additional resources who can

help, depending on the issue. In the Upper School, there are grade-level Deans who help guide students on a variety of social, emotional, and academic issues.

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Deans and/or Counselors (continued) Upper School Deans

Dr. Camille James Grade 9 Dean camille.james@coloradoacademy.org

Emily Pérez Grade 10 Dean emily.perez@coloradoacademy.org

Ali Kittle Grade 11 Dean ali.kittle@coloradoacademy.org

Gabe Bernstein Grade 12 Dean/US Academic Counselor gabe.bernstein@coloradoacademy.org

Counselors LOWER SCHOOL Brooke Hamman Counselor 303-914-2580 brooke.hamman@coloradoacademy.org UPPER SCHOOL Liza Skipwith Director of Counseling Services and US Counselor 303-914-2518 liza.skipwith@coloradoacademy.org

MIDDLE SCHOOL Abby Johnson Counselor 303-914-2562 abby.johnson@coloradoacademy.org UPPER SCHOOL Kate O’Donnell Counselor 303-914-2588 kate.odonnell@coloradoacademy.org

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Principals or Department Directors: Principals oversee each of CA’s three

divisions. Additionally, the Directors of Athletics and Visual & Performing Arts can assist you.

Principals

Department Directors

Angie Crabtree Lower School Principal angie.crabtree@coloradoacademy.org

Bill Hall Director of Athletics bill.hall@coloradoacademy.org

Bill Wolf-Tinsman Middle School Principal bill.wolf-tinsman@coloradoacademy.org

Katy Hills Director of Visual & Performing Arts katy.hills@coloradoacademy.org

Max Delgado Upper School Principal max.delgado@coloradoacademy.org

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Head of School:

Dr. Mike Davis has an open door policy. If you’ve exhausted all other resources, contact him by email or make an appointment to meet with him.

Dr. Mike Davis Head of School mike.davis@coloradoacademy.org

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