Ava Siscaretti The Charter Features 6/12/21 Music is something that many people hold close to their hearts. ACA […]
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Joshua Aldrich The Charter Features 6/12/21 Ah summer, a great time to relax and do absolutely nothing. But, […]
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 […]
Elinore Harris The Charter News 12/16/20 News reporters and other people of similar occupations often use the phrase […]
To provide Distance Learning for All during the extended school closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACA […]
By Rylie Young Charter-Ed Territory – 05/15/19
By Miriam Lee The Charter News – 04/29/19 High schoolers, mark your calendar for a special night of […]
Rachel Shulikov The Charter Features – 11/18/2018 “Big and educational.” -Sam Kennedy, 13, 8th grade. “Amazing community.” -Gracelyn […]
By Rachel Shulikov Since Jill Mohr stepped down from her part-time lead teacher position a couple months ago, […]
By: MIRIAM LEE 10/24/18 ACA’s annual Harvest Dance—previously organized by parents—has been taken over by the students. Get […]
By Mackenzie Waterman Note: Author has familial connections to the subject of the story. Owning a bookstore has […]
By Sydney Starr The Charter News As the 2018-2019 school year starts for families at Alliance Charter Academy […]
By RYLIE YOUNG – 08/03/18 On August 13th, at approximately 2 am, the Oregon City Police Department and […]
by: Rachel Shulikov There is a staff member, a teacher, an ES, that not everyone knows, because she […]
By: MIRIAM LEE 10/03/18 Suzanne Edwards is taking over all the choirs, piano and marimba. Valerie […]
By Matthias Armstrong A change sweeps across ACA classrooms and it comes in the form of the late […]
By: Hailey Fox – 10/03/18 If you’ve been at this school for a few years, you might know […]
By: Evalina Shulikov A new Educational Specialist and teacher just joined the team at ACA this year! Marcus […]
By Alyssa DiLoreto Meet Seanna Seanna Bloemer is not just the new director of ACA, she’s also a […]
By Victor Heimbigner Students need vacations from school specifically, it’s good to learn, but the stress of school […]
By Faith Burton Does kissing a child’s “booboo” help in aiding pain relief? From the time I can […]
By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Everyone has their own likes and dislikes in TV shows but Parks and Recreation (commonly […]
By Alyssa DiLoreto Star Wars has been all the rage recently with the new movie “The Last Jedi.” […]
By Luke Burton, The Charter Opinions Skateboarding is an activity that lots of people do all around the […]
By Colin Hughes Luigi’s Mansion is a Gamecube classic that I’m pretty sure that every Mario fan would […]
SAMANTHA RANDS, The Charter Opinions Schools should have later classes because lack of sleep is not good for your […]
By. Elizabeth Tarsia Due to lack of knowledge, our healthcare system has been over prescribing highly addictive painkillers. […]
By Constantine Van Sickle Alcohol Anonymous open meeting, 7035 NE Glisan 12×12 club Portland 12:00am This past Saturday […]
By Kenzie Waterman On average, students get 3.5 hours of homework a day, depending on how much procrastination […]
By RYLIE YOUNG – 05/16/18 You have probably heard the term “Carbon Footprint” but what does that mean […]
By Taylor Younger In the spring of 2002, on April 15 two babies were born. One girl […]
By Kenzie Waterman As this school year is coming to the end, unfortunately so is some of our […]
By Faith Burton Although the origin of senior pranks are unknown, we do know that they are prevalent […]
By RYLIE YOUNG – 05/02/18 Join the dark side and turn off the lights! This year’s Contemporary World […]
By Colin Hughes It was announced that Nintendo was striking a deal with Illumination Studios, the company behind […]
By Luke Burton, The Charter News As our seniors move on to bigger and better things we come […]
By Victor Heimbigner OBOB for the ACA will not be the same next year. What it looks like […]
BY CONSTANTINE VANSICKLE Alliance Charter Academy’s very own Destination Imagination (DI) team is heading to globals! Advancing to […]
By, Elizabeth Tarsia As you all might have noticed state testing might have seemed shorter from previous years. […]
By. Taylor Younger In the 1950’s and early 1960’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw how unjustly and […]
By Colin Hughes If you just came home from the grocery store with a head of romaine lettuce, […]
By Faith Burton Despite news of misconduct seemingly all around, there has been no documented misconduct in ACA’s […]
By Luke Burton, The Charter Feature News Oregon City’s Main Street named 2018 Great American Main Street, at […]
By RYLIE YOUNG On November 22nd, 2015, at 6 o’clock in the morning, 60,000 feet in the air, […]
By, Elizabeth Tarsia Two students now have more funds to further their musical education. The awards were announced […]
By Victor Heimbigner Parkour has changed the way students exercise for a while now and many students at […]
By Kenzie Waterman From 9:00 -3:30 on Tuesday, April 17th and Wednesday, April 18th a instructor from the […]
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By Alyssa DiLoreto- Macbeth performers anticipated so much blood and gore that they dedicated the first two rows […]
Dear Editors, I am confused because you captured the meaning of OBOB wrong. In the spring edition of […]
By Constantine Van Sickle The United State’s biggest market of Oregon Hazelnuts might be in danger by new […]
The Charter Features By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Now that the media buzz surrounding the Florida shooting has faded almost […]
The Charter Features By SAMANTHA RANDS What is bullying? “Bullying abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone […]
By SAMANTHA RANDS, The Charter News– This year’s prom is May 25th, from 7pm to 11pm. The theme is […]
By Taylor Younger, The Charter Features Joy Best is one of our math teachers here at Alliance Charter […]
Mrs. Heppner is beloved by teachers and students alike. She travels around the world to judge gymnastic events, […]
By Taylor Younger Mr. Cheskin can’t tell us what classes are going to be offered next school year […]
BY CONSTANTINE VAN SICKLE 4/14/2018 Electives and Clubs are heading your way for the 2018-2019 Alliance Charter Academy […]
By Elizabeth Tarsia Here at Alliance Charter Academy we offer many classes and among those many classes are […]
By COLIN HUGHES The process of making a master schedule and a course catalog for a school is […]
By LUKE BURTON Throughout the years ACA has offered a variety of languages and english language arts (ELA) […]
By Alyssa DiLoreto ACA has decided to take a group of students to France and Spain, on June […]
The new course catalog is coming soon, allowing kids to finally learn about the new classes next year. […]
Special Edition- By Kenzie It’s almost time to choose students classes for next year! The math department offers […]
Special Edition – By Rylie Young Art Explorers, Drawing and Printmaking, Drama Club, and Illustration Storytelling; these are […]
By VICTOR HEIMBIGNER Physical Education is wanted by most students and is required to graduate. P.E. is a […]
By SAMANTHA RANDS The PAT puts on many fundraisers to support ACA, for example the rummage sale, plant […]
Feature story by Faith Burton Alliance Charter Academy is a one of a kind school. In the days […]
By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Elective options at ACA can seem fairly limited, especially for high school students. However, it […]
By CONSTANTINE VAN SICKLE 3/24/2018 A new men’s bathroom may be heading your way! With small urinals and […]
News Story by, Elizabeth Tarsia Starting next year our school is offering a program called the College Career […]
By VICTOR HEIMBIGNER This is a competition for the kids who don’t love sports and do love books. […]
By Taylor Younger Did you know ACA has a yearbook? Our yearbooks range from twenty three dollars to […]
News Story by Faith Burton In 2018, as one of the few male dancers at Classical Ballet Academy, […]
By COLIN HUGHES On March 8th, 2018, Nintendo announced two things at once; a new Smash game, and […]
By KENZIE WATERMAN Megan Coggins our school counselor and teacher of the Becoming Me class just had her […]
By Samantha Rands The school is getting a new logo. Nic Chapin, The Executive Director of ACA, sent […]
By RYLIE YOUNG – 03/23/18 This year, to view and applaud all the efforts of students, ACA is […]
By LUKE BURTON Our Middle School OBOB team is going to state. Madalena Larkins, Haladar Wright, Ben Snyder, […]
By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Anger and sadness over gun violence in America is present even in ACA. This was […]
By Olivia Silbernagel, The Charter Features The Gay Straight Alliance/Gender and Sexuality Awareness (GSA) club at ACA has had […]
By Kenzie Waterman, The Charter Features Alliance Charter Academy has been around for eleven years now and many […]
By Faith Burton Does Piano really affect your brain? This is a question that has come up a […]
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By: Rylie Young Christian Students United, or CSU, is a club here at our school that meet on […]
By VICTOR HEIMBIGNER Do you like your photo? Many students do not like their photo, some say it’s […]
The Charter – Editorial – Nicole Engelke Lunchtime at ACA is a busy time – families with younger […]
By Luke Burton Many high school students plan on going to college after they graduate, but some schools […]
By Faith Burton, The Charter Features Luke Burton, teenager, skateboarder, pre-professional guitarist and something that may surprise many, […]
Luke Burton, The Charter Feature Fashion is an ever expanding part of this world we live in. There […]
By Victor Heimbigner Have you ever done Yoga before? If you would like to, we have a Yoga […]
By Nicole Engelke The Charter Feature Alliance Charter Academy (ACA) is a unique school for equally unique students […]
