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February 29th, 2016
2/29- Leap Day!

3/3- Discover AALC- 9:00am

3/3- PTSO Monthly Meeting- after school in Room 6

3/4- Fedco Seed Order Due!

3/7- School improvement TEam Meeting- 4:30 pm Room 17

3/8- Enrollment Day

3/13- Daylight Savings Time

3/14- Fun Day Picture Day
1. Mutual Respect

2. Appreciations/ No Put Downs

3. Attentive Listening

4. Right to Participate/Right to Pass

A few Fun Leap Year facts!

It takes the earth 365.242 days to orbit the Sun-and the extra hours count!  When a leap year is added every four years, the calendar is still off by a few minutes.  
Julius Caesar introduced the idea, but the math he used wasn't quite right, creating too many leap years. Essentially, every 400 years, we ended up with three extra days, so to compensate, centuries must be divisible by 400 to count as leap years. Years like 1700, 1800 and 1900 are only 365 days long, rather than 366.

The chances of having a birthday on a leap day are about one in 1,461, according to BBC.

Leap year babies, called leaplings, are said to have unusual talents by astrologers.

(Fun facts courtesy of USA Today)

Middle School Students in ELA were asked to Interpret the phrase
"Clear Eyes. Full hearts. Can't Lose."  

" I think clear eyes means that you can see the world as it is.  I feel like clear eyes means you can see the truth through the lies, and everything in its true form.  I think full hearts means you can see the good in people and accept the bad.  CAn't lose means that with these qualities you can't lose to the world, even if it disappoints you.  I think with qualitites like a full heart and clear eyes you can't lose to people's self destructionor secrecy. That you accept people and the world the way it is, even if it leads to no where.  You can't lose to the world."
-S.R.

What do you think it means?
Dear AALC Families,

We hope this finds you well and enjoying this warmer weather!  It seems that spring is around the corner!

Last Tuesday (February 23) we held our third adult community meeting.  We are providing the slides below in case you would like to see the information provided at this meeting.  We will hold a March meeting, and will announce the date as soon as possible.  We hope that the continued dialogue aids in our improvement efforts, charter renewal, and strategic planning.  It is important to us that we hear from parents on a regular basis!         
If you are unable to attend the adult community meetings but would like to meet with one of us, please contact us by phone or email to set up a time.  

February Adult Community Meeting Slides

Best,
Cynthia & Abby
February Adult Community Meeting Slides
From Kids Club...
 
Get your spot for Summer Camp HERE! 
NO Registration fee and SUPER fun weekly themes!

Community Day Care (CDC), the organization that proudly runs Kids Club, is happy to announce that registration for CDC Summer Camp is now OPEN!!!

CDC Summer Camp is for children POST-kindergarten through PRE-6th grade. It is held right here at Ann Arbor Learning Community for 9 weeks over the summer!
 
Check out some of the fun weeks we have planned below:
Week 4 – We’re Headin’ Down the Oregon Trail!
 
Monday, July 11th – Friday, July 15th
 
Come with us as we travel down the Oregon Trail all the way to Hudson Mills Metropark for our annual CDC family overnight campout! We will begin our journey loading up at the CDC Camp general store. Hopefully, you will purchase enough supplies to make it through this week long expedition. We’ll be learning frontier town skills that will take us through this treacherous expedition. We hope you remembered to pack your tent, and are up for the adventures that await! We’ll need all of you if we are going to survive on the Oregon Trail.
Week 5 – Myths & Legends!
 
Monday, July 18th – Friday, July 22nd  
 
Have you ever heard the story of Nessie the Loch Ness monster or the legend of the American werewolf? Are you into Greek gods and goddesses? Do you know how to tell a very good fable? Then this is the week for you! We will be diving head first into the myths that we have always wondered about… Is big foot real? Can unicorns really fly? Are there people walking around us every day who have a superpower that we don’t know about? All of these tales and more will make up this interesting week of imagination and wonder!  
​Week 6 – Harry Potter!

Monday, July 25th – Friday, July 29th  

Welcome to the magical world of CDC Camp! Muggles beware- we’re only accepting witches and wizards for this enchanting week of camp! Your camper will be sorted into their proper magical house with our sorting ceremony so that their week of magic training can officially begin! They’ll learn how to brew potions, play Quidditch, and get their very own wand of course! There’s more magical mysteries packed into this week of camp than there are flavors of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans!
For full camp information, check out the attached enrollment packet! You can register your summer camper at: 

https://www.ezchildtrack.com/CommunityDayCareInc/Parent/
Camp Enrollment Packet
Dear Everybody!

Happy Leap Day! Just a few things:

- Don't forget to get those auction donations in
- March Monthly Meeting Thursday, 3/1

Kitty Heard, PTSO Co-President
Buy a Brick Order form
PTSO Would like to appreciate Megan Lotfian for being an amazing member of our community and would like to wish her a very Happy Birthday and Happy Wedding Day!
Email PTSO!
NASA Clean Air Initiative Update:

Early Primary has finished the initial plant census! Primary has finished measuring the school- the map above shows the square footage in each room. Now Intermediate is calculating how many plants we still need to meet our goal.  Next week we will start collecting plants!

Palms are rockstar air cleaners eliminating formaldehyde, xylene, and toluene from indoor air.

It’s not too late to order from FEDCO! 

Due Date Extension!  Orders DUE MARCH 4th!

Order forms are also available at the front desk.  Please make checks payable to AALC PTSO

Remember there are two forms, one for conventional seed:

http://www.fedcoseeds.com/forms/aalc.pdf

and one for organic:

http://www.fedcoseeds.com/forms/aalcOG.pdf
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