Elinore Harris The Charter News 4/14/21 A student walking into ACA may be surprised by what they see. […]
Joshua Aldrich The Charter News 4/11/21 “My experience with the club has been nothing short of magical,” said […]
By Elinore Harris “My taekwondo teacher because I want to get a black belt.” Wake Crum, 5th-grade student […]
By Daniel Rachila “Go play sports outside” Eddie Rachila, 8th-grade student “I would spend time outside , would […]
By Joshua Aldrich “I would like a pet Sonic because it could take me around the whole entire […]
Joshua Aldrich The Charter News 2/17/21 The switch from in-person learning to distance learning during the pandemic has […]
Elinore Harris The Charter News 2/14/21 Spoiler Alert: Stay away from this article if you haven’t seen the […]
Joshua Aldrich The Charter News 1/20/21 Thinking like a journalist is “being curious enough to look beyond what […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Opinions 12/19/20 Journalism is more important in this day and age than ever before. […]
Elinore Harris The Charter News 12/16/20 News reporters and other people of similar occupations often use the phrase […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter Opinions 12/15/20 We are living in an increasingly polarized environment, and accessing news in […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News Updated Thursday, Nov 30th, 2020. It’s beginning to look a lot like… March […]
Tazwell Brandabur & Madalena Larkins Image courtesy Coco Brandabur Title quote: Kimberly Repp The Charter Editorials 11/23/20 In […]
ACA’s students tell stories of red skies and bad news. Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 10/14/20 After a […]
Kailyn McKay The Charter Opinion 5/14/2020 Recently we have all been confined to being home instead of being […]
5/14/2020 Kailyn McKay In my household, desserts and sweets are such an amazing treat in times of […]
Jack Taggart The Charter News 5/20/20 Covering a broad demographic of subjects and issues, the social studies classes […]
What the World Language classes at ACA looked like during the 2019-2020 school year.
Jack Taggart The Charter Features 5/16/20 At last. I had just finished my final Zoom meeting of the […]
Cheyenna Hall The Charter News 5/11/20 During the current COVID-19 Pandemic everyone’s focus has been on staying home […]
Cheyenna Hall The Charter Features 5/11/2020 Students have been put in a difficult and trying situation along with […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 5/7/20 Statewide primary and general elections happen every two years in Oregon, and […]
Jack Taggart The Charter Opinions 5/5/20 With the month of May beginning, and little prospect of life returning […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 5/5/20 Educators worldwide have been scrambling to keep kids engaged and learning during […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 5/4/20 The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown graduation ceremony plans up in the air, […]
How COVID-19 will affect us economically
Jack Taggart The Charter News 5/2/20 A close look at the course list for the 2020-2021 ACA school […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 4/30/20 State officials released new policies for awarding grades and credit to students […]
Coronavirus, an unforeseen twist to the decade, has significantly altered people’s lives around the globe. Instead of going […]
Siena Geren The Charter Opinions 4/27/20 Loaded Potatoes It is my hope that those of us who love […]
Haladar Wright The Charter Opinions 4/27/20 Religion is an important part of culture […]
This Page is no longer updated– it will be superseded by The Charter’s reopening live updates page. Tazwell […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 4/22/20 ACA, like all Oregon schools, has been operating virtually in response to […]
Siena Geren The Charter Opinions 4/18/20 Apple Pie Tacos Whenever you get an apple pie craving, these tacos […]
Siena Geren The Charter Features 4/18/20 In these days of social distancing, on-line learning, and nothing being normal, […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 4/15/20 “It wasn’t our choice to start a pandemic our senior year, and […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 4/9/20 Twelve year old Levi Reynolds was at home without much to do […]
The CDC says go ahead and make one. Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 4/9/20 After several months of […]
To provide Distance Learning for All during the extended school closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACA […]
Jack Taggart The Charter News 4/01/20 Governments are meeting the spread of the novel virus, COVID-19, with many […]
Everything you need to know about the Coronavirus, updated daily. Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 4/21/20 The ongoing […]
Siena Geren The Charter Features 3/20/20 COVID-19 is changing our public spaces inside and out. While people begin […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 3/19/20 Nearly 600,000 public school students in Oregon are out of school. This […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 3/15/20 Teachers themselves determine how students are graded, creating a spectrum of severity […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 3/15/20 “NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City […]
Siena Geren The Charter Features 3/11/20 In a typical classroom of 30 students there are […]
Cheyenna Hall The Charter Opinions 3/11/2020 This year the Drama Jr. Class performed Lion King Jr. the Musical. […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 3/9/20 On Monday February 24th, Republicans in the Oregon state legislature participated in […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter Features 2/20/20 Whether or not a wall […]
Jack Taggart The Charter Opinions 2/19/20 A long time ago, when top hats were in style, and movies […]
Haladar Wright The Charter Features 1/28/20 In popular culture, high school is painted as a landscape full of […]
Tazwell Brandabur Chartered Territory 1/22/2020 With rising tuition and increased competition, a debate is raging on both sides […]
The Student Debt Crisis in America & What You Can Do About It. Tazwell Brandabur For The Charter […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter Opinions 1/22/20 Just like other public schools, ACA students in grades 3rd-8th and 11th […]
Chloe Lute 1/22/20 This fall ACA’s musical showcase was in November as opposed to earlier years where it […]
Cheyenna Hall Chartered Territory 1/22/20
“Don’t do your homework last minute.” – Elijah Lute “It can be easy to get overwhelmed so take […]
Kailyn McKay Chartered Territory 1/22/20 “Do the floss on the highway.” -Winston Small “I once got dared to […]
Jack Taggart 1/21/20 The Charter Opinions “You shouldn’t procrastinate,” says Roy. Roy is a little man that lives […]
Connie Johnson, Parent. Mr. Toth. That man is amazing. He gets kids to learn. It’s just so amazing […]
Madalena Larkins Natasha Fedosov, 11th Grade ACA Student: “No, Because I don’t have time for it.” Diana Brainerd, […]
Chloe Lute The Charter Features 1/13/20 Over the past few years Disney has released a number of live-action […]
Oliver Heimbigner The Charter News 12/2/19 There is now a new math coffee shop in ACA. It was […]
Cheyenna Hall Featured News 12/20/2019 Teachers and students alike have heard many excuses at school. Even if they […]
By: Chloe Lute ACA’s Gender Sexuality Alliance, or GSA, has recently been reinstituted for the 2019/20 school year. […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 12/21/19 Charter schools have long been the center of an intense debate at […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter Features 12/20/19 The class of nine and their teacher, Michael Lancaster, gather in the […]
While the teacher grabs some papers from a printer, students of Mr. Silwell’s Modern World History class seize the the opportunity to doze off for a few minutes.
Kailyn McKay & Rebecca BurtonThe Charter News 11/20/19 Katelynn Reynolds, “No, my grandma’s living room is more interesting.” […]
It’s noon, and most of ACA is going on break. Ann Heppner isn’t. Instead, she’s preparing for what […]
Jack Taggart The Charter News 11/18/19 ACA’s Lego Robotics club got started when Tara McLaughlin, Lego team coach […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 11/18/19 ACA is hosting a holiday bazaar—on campus—on Friday December 6th and Saturday […]
Haladar Wright The Charter News Feature 11/18/19 You may hear the musical sounds of wind instruments emanating from […]
Cheyenna Hall The Charter News 11/18/2019 ACA has many committees that staff members are involved in. Some are […]
By Oliver Heimbigner The Charter News 10/28/19 ACA has a new archery club coming soon, and many students […]
by: Chloe Lute Students at Alliance Charter Academy are tuning their instruments and shining their dress shoes for […]
Rebecca Burton The Charter News 10/30/19 You can now see dragons, elves, and witches roaming the halls of […]
Kailyn McKay The Charter News 19 The Harvest Ball was held in the cafeteria at 7:00 pm on […]
Kailyn McKay The Charter News 10/2/19 ACA has seen some new faces, since 2007. This year there are […]
Oliver Heimbigner The Charter News 10/25/19. On the campus of ACA, a new phone policy has been ratified. […]
“Sculpting and painting, because it was part of art and I like art” – Kiera McKay, grade 7 “They […]
The second most common cause of death people ages 10-34 in the U.S. is suicide. Ranking 15th in […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 21 Oct. 2019. On October 21st, Mr Holland’s PE class found the gym […]
Cheyenna Hall The Charter News 10/28/19 Mrs. Alicia Heinsoo, ACA’s new counselor has been meeting with the students […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 10/28/19 School pictures were different this year. Stephanie Young—a longtime ACA parent—took school […]
Tracey Edson, the new choir director, was just hired. For the past month, the choir program at ACA […]
by Oliver Heimbigner & Haladar Wright Paige Stickney: “I think it helps some students, but for me personally, […]
Donna Larson, an ACA parent, declined a photo, but said: “I’d say new families should remember to volunteer- […]
By Madalena Larkins Faith Shubin: “More fun [science] experiments.” Denice Crombie: “More parking.” Winston Small: “Bigger lockers, the […]
Cheyenna Hall 10/9/19 By: Cheyenna Hall
By: Cheyenna Hall Since the first day of grade school, to the awkwardness of middle school, through challenging […]
Chloe Lute The Charter News 10/2/19 Over the summer a few of Alliance Charter Academy’s rooms got refurnished […]
Jack Taggart The Charter News 10/2/19 It’s that time of year again, as teachers, parents, and students set […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter Features 10/2/19 A recent poll of ACA staff members was conducted and sixty eight […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 9/30/19 Much of success, both in school and later life, depends upon a […]
Natalie Ramsey The Charter- 5/22/19 The team, MCSOSAR, is Multnomah County’s resource for Search and Rescue. Multnomah […]
By: Alyssa DiLoreto – 5/20/19 The ACA admin is really wanting to work on reinforcing the phone policy. […]
By Natalie Ramsey The Charter- 5/21/19 An annual spring rummage sale is one of ACA’s traditions used to […]
Rachel Shulikov The Charter News 5/22/2019 Last year’s seniors may be the last ones to have done a […]