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The Responsibility Of A Journalist

Joshua Aldrich The Charter News 1/20/21 Thinking like a journalist is “being curious enough to look beyond what […]

The Charter January 20, 2021 news

What Does “Thinking like a Journalist” Mean?

Elinore Harris  The Charter News  12/16/20 News reporters and other people of similar occupations often use the phrase […]

The Charter December 16, 2020 News Brief

Student Honors Epic Poem with Original Song

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The Charter April 15, 2020 Academic Showcase, Archives

ACA Distributes Supplementary Materials, Equipment to Students on Fridays

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To provide Distance Learning for All during the extended school closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACA […]

The Charter April 7, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, News Brief

“What is nicest thing someone has ever done for you?”

By Rylie Young Charter-Ed Territory – 05/15/19

The Charter May 15, 2019 Archives, Chartered Territory

NHS Plans Prom 2019

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By Miriam Lee The Charter News – 04/29/19 High schoolers, mark your calendar for a special night of […]

The Charter May 1, 2019 Archives, news

“How would you describe ACA in two words?”

Rachel Shulikov The Charter Features – 11/18/2018 “Big and educational.” -Sam Kennedy, 13, 8th grade.  “Amazing community.” -Gracelyn […]

The Charter November 28, 2018 Archives, Chartered Territory

Julie Swanson’s New Position

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By Rachel Shulikov Since Jill Mohr stepped down from her part-time lead teacher position a couple months ago, […]

The Charter October 25, 2018 Archives, featured, news

Harvest Dance 2018

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By: MIRIAM LEE 10/24/18 ACA’s annual Harvest Dance—previously organized by parents—has been taken over by the students. Get […]

The Charter October 24, 2018 Archives, featured, news

The Book Nook

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By Mackenzie Waterman Note: Author has familial connections to the subject of the story. Owning a bookstore has […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, news

Kim Kruger Leaves ACA

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By Sydney Starr The Charter News As the 2018-2019 school year starts for families at Alliance Charter Academy […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, news

Arsonist Burns Down Our Playground

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By RYLIE YOUNG – 08/03/18 On August 13th, at approximately 2 am, the Oregon City Police Department and […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, news

Who is Denise Dille?

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by: Rachel Shulikov There is a staff member, a teacher, an ES, that not everyone knows, because she […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, news

Farewell, Phillips

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  By: MIRIAM LEE 10/03/18   Suzanne Edwards is taking over all the choirs, piano and marimba. Valerie […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, featured, news

Late Policy Reform

By Matthias Armstrong A change sweeps across ACA classrooms and it comes in the form of the late […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, featured, news

Yellow Jackets at ACA

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By: Hailey Fox – 10/03/18 If you’ve been at this school for a few years, you might know […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, featured, news

Marcus Yonce

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By: Evalina Shulikov A new Educational Specialist and teacher just joined the team at ACA this year! Marcus […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, featured, news

New Director: Seanna Bloemer

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By Alyssa DiLoreto Meet Seanna Seanna Bloemer is not just the new director of ACA, she’s also a […]

The Charter October 3, 2018 Archives, featured, news
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The Charter Newspapers – Print PDFs

Why Students Need Vacations

By Victor Heimbigner Students need vacations from school specifically, it’s good to learn, but the stress of school […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

A Healing Kiss

By Faith Burton Does kissing a child’s “booboo” help in aiding pain relief? From the time I can […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Parks and Recreation is (One of) the Best Shows of Our Time

By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Everyone has their own likes and dislikes in TV shows but Parks and Recreation (commonly […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Why “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” are Not as Good as The Classics

By Alyssa DiLoreto Star Wars has been all the rage recently with the new movie “The Last Jedi.” […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Skaters Are People Too

By Luke Burton, The Charter Opinions Skateboarding is an activity that lots of people do all around the […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Gamecube Classic coming to 3DS

By Colin Hughes Luigi’s Mansion is a Gamecube classic that I’m pretty sure that every Mario fan would […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

“Everybody learns better when they’re awake”

SAMANTHA RANDS, The Charter Opinions Schools should have later classes because lack of sleep is not good for your […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Over Usage of Opiates Today

By. Elizabeth Tarsia      Due to lack of knowledge, our healthcare system has been over prescribing highly addictive painkillers. […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Putting Sobriety First

By Constantine Van Sickle Alcohol Anonymous open meeting, 7035 NE Glisan 12×12 club Portland 12:00am This past Saturday […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Homework: Is it helping us or hurting us?

By Kenzie Waterman On average, students get 3.5 hours of homework a day, depending on how much procrastination […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Watch Your Step! We should be more cautious of our Carbon Footprint

By RYLIE YOUNG – 05/16/18 You have probably heard the term “Carbon Footprint” but what does that mean […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Your Twin is your best friend

    By Taylor Younger    In the spring of 2002, on April 15 two babies were born. One girl […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, opinions

Director takes new job, Compliance Officer retires

By Kenzie Waterman As this school year is coming to the end, unfortunately so is some of our […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Senior Prank 2018

By Faith Burton Although the origin of senior pranks are unknown, we do know that they are prevalent […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, features

Come to the Dark Side – CWI Saving Money, One Bulb At a Time.

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By RYLIE YOUNG – 05/02/18  Join the dark side and turn off the lights! This year’s Contemporary World […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Mario’s return to the theaters

By Colin Hughes It was announced that Nintendo was striking a deal with Illumination Studios, the company behind […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Alliance Charter Academy’s 2018 Graduation Ceremony

By Luke Burton, The Charter News As our seniors move on to bigger and better things we come […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

OBOB 3-5th grade 2018-19

By Victor Heimbigner OBOB for the ACA will not be the same next year.  What it looks like […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Destination: Globals

BY CONSTANTINE VANSICKLE Alliance Charter Academy’s very own Destination Imagination (DI) team is heading to globals! Advancing to […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Possible changes to testing weeks

By, Elizabeth Tarsia  As you all might have noticed state testing might have seemed shorter from previous years. […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Special Olympics

       By. Taylor Younger          In the 1950’s and early 1960’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw how unjustly and […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, features

Recalled Romaine

By Colin Hughes If you just came home from the grocery store with a head of romaine lettuce, […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

School Misconducts

By Faith Burton Despite news of misconduct seemingly all around, there has been no documented misconduct in ACA’s […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Oregon City Main Street Named One of Three 2018 Great American Main Streets

By Luke Burton, The Charter Feature News Oregon City’s Main Street named 2018 Great American Main Street, at […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, features

Discovering The Capes & Crowns Foundation

By RYLIE YOUNG On November 22nd, 2015, at 6 o’clock in the morning, 60,000 feet in the air, […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, features

Steve Dirks Scholarships

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By, Elizabeth Tarsia    Two students now have more funds to further their musical education. The awards were announced […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Parkour to ACA

By Victor Heimbigner Parkour has changed the way students exercise for a while now and many students at […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, features

CPR and AED Training

By Kenzie Waterman From 9:00 -3:30 on Tuesday, April 17th and Wednesday, April 18th a instructor from the […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Macbeth

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MACBETH

By Alyssa DiLoreto-  Macbeth performers anticipated so much blood and gore that they dedicated the first two rows […]

The Charter May 27, 2018 Archives, news

Letter to the Editor – OBOB story wrong

Dear Editors, I am confused because you captured the meaning of OBOB wrong.  In the spring edition of […]

The Charter May 21, 2018 Archives, opinions, submitted commentary

Tariffs hit Oregon Hazelnuts

By Constantine Van Sickle The United State’s biggest market of Oregon Hazelnuts might be in danger by new […]

The Charter May 20, 2018 Archives, news

Gun Control Looking Forward

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The Charter Features By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Now that the media buzz surrounding the Florida shooting has faded almost […]

The Charter May 20, 2018 Archives, features

Bullying

The Charter Features By SAMANTHA RANDS   What is bullying? “Bullying abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone […]

The Charter May 20, 2018 Archives, features

Under the Stars

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By SAMANTHA RANDS, The Charter News–  This year’s prom is May 25th, from 7pm to 11pm. The theme is […]

The Charter May 20, 2018 Archives, news

Story about our Best

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By Taylor Younger, The Charter Features Joy Best is one of our math teachers here at Alliance Charter […]

The Charter May 4, 2018 Archives, features

Behind the scenes of Mrs. Heppner

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Mrs. Heppner is beloved by teachers and students alike. She travels around the world to judge gymnastic events, […]

The Charter May 4, 2018 Archives, features

Any music changes?     

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By Taylor Younger    Mr. Cheskin can’t tell us what classes are going to be offered next school year […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

Clubs and Electives

BY CONSTANTINE VAN SICKLE 4/14/2018 Electives and Clubs are heading your way for the 2018-2019 Alliance Charter Academy […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

Science and Technology offerings at ACA in 2018-2019  

By Elizabeth Tarsia    Here at Alliance Charter Academy we offer many classes and among those many classes are […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

ACA Admin team makes next year’s schedule

By COLIN HUGHES The process of making a master schedule and a course catalog for a school is […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

New Languages Coming to ACA?

By LUKE BURTON Throughout the years ACA has offered a variety of languages and english language arts (ELA) […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

ACA’s France and Spain Trip as led by Chad Wynne

By Alyssa DiLoreto ACA has decided to take a group of students to France and Spain, on June […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Social Studies in the Future

The new course catalog is coming soon, allowing kids to finally learn about the new classes next year. […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

ACA MATH

Special Edition- By Kenzie It’s almost time to choose students classes for next year! The math department offers […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

ACA ART & DRAMA

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 Special Edition – By Rylie Young Art Explorers, Drawing and Printmaking, Drama Club, and Illustration Storytelling; these are […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

Physical Education/ Health of 2018-2019 classes

By VICTOR HEIMBIGNER Physical Education is wanted by most students and is required to graduate.  P.E. is a […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

PAT Fundraisers

By SAMANTHA RANDS The PAT puts on many fundraisers to support ACA, for example the rummage sale, plant […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, features

One of a Kind

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Feature story by Faith Burton Alliance Charter Academy is a one of a kind school. In the days […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, opinions

Understanding Electives at ACA

By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Elective options at ACA can seem fairly limited, especially for high school students. However, it […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, editorial

Men are in Support of a New Men’s Bathroom

By CONSTANTINE VAN SICKLE 3/24/2018 A new men’s bathroom may be heading your way! With small urinals and […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

ACA’s new CCE program

News Story by, Elizabeth Tarsia  Starting next year our school is offering a program called the College Career […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Oregon Battle of the books 3-5

By VICTOR HEIMBIGNER This is a competition for the kids who don’t love sports and do love books. […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Get your yearbook!

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By Taylor Younger   Did you know ACA has a yearbook? Our yearbooks range from twenty three dollars to […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Luke the Ballerino Is Going Cleveland? Support him in this journey!

News Story by Faith Burton In 2018, as one of the few male dancers at Classical Ballet Academy, […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Smash Bros Switch Reveal

By COLIN HUGHES On March 8th, 2018, Nintendo announced two things at once; a new Smash game, and […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Megan Coggins’ Return Plan

By KENZIE WATERMAN   Megan Coggins our school counselor and teacher of the Becoming Me class just had her […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Voting On ACA’s New Logo

By Samantha Rands The school is getting a new logo. Nic Chapin, The Executive Director of ACA, sent […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

ACA Hosting an Art Showcase and Family Dinner in the Gym, plus Live Music

By RYLIE YOUNG – 03/23/18 This year, to view and applaud all the efforts of students, ACA is […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

Middle School Battle of the Books Team Wins Big

By LUKE BURTON Our Middle School OBOB team is going to state. Madalena Larkins, Haladar Wright, Ben Snyder, […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

‘Never Again’ – ACA Students Walkout

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By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Anger and sadness over gun violence in America is present even in ACA. This was […]

The Charter April 30, 2018 Archives, news

ACA and the GSA

By Olivia Silbernagel, The Charter Features The Gay Straight Alliance/Gender and Sexuality Awareness (GSA) club at ACA has had […]

The Charter March 1, 2018 Archives, features

Alumni form Dreadlight

By Kenzie Waterman, The Charter Features Alliance Charter Academy has been around for eleven years now and many […]

The Charter February 1, 2018 Archives, features

Piano and The Brain

By Faith Burton Does Piano really affect your brain? This is a question that has come up a […]

The Charter February 1, 2018 Archives, opinions

Guitars I’d Like to Own

Click here to read Colin Hughes’ personal opinion column.

The Charter February 1, 2018 Archives, opinions

Christian Students United

By: Rylie Young Christian Students United, or CSU, is a club here at our school that meet on […]

The Charter February 1, 2018 Archives, features

ACA’s photos

By VICTOR HEIMBIGNER Do you like your photo?  Many students do not like their photo, some say it’s […]

The Charter February 1, 2018 Archives, opinions

Hallway Dining: ACA’s cafeteria, too small for the ever-growing student population

The Charter – Editorial – Nicole Engelke Lunchtime at ACA is a busy time – families with younger […]

The Charter February 1, 2018 Archives, editorial

College in High School

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By Luke Burton Many high school students plan on going to college after they graduate, but some schools […]

The Charter January 31, 2018 Archives, opinions

Luke The Ballerino

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By Faith Burton, The Charter Features Luke Burton, teenager, skateboarder, pre-professional guitarist and something that may surprise many, […]

The Charter January 31, 2018 Archives, features

Men’s Fashion Today

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Luke Burton, The Charter Feature Fashion is an ever expanding part of this world we live in. There […]

The Charter January 31, 2018 Archives, features, Uncategorized

Yoga With Teacher Todd

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By Victor Heimbigner Have you ever done Yoga before? If you would like to, we have a Yoga […]

The Charter January 31, 2018 Archives, news

Building Our Airplane While We’re Flying: A History of Our Homeschool-school

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By Nicole Engelke The Charter Feature Alliance Charter Academy (ACA) is a unique school for equally unique students […]

The Charter January 29, 2018 Archives, features

ACA Garden: Success Story

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By Rylie Young Two years ago, the idea of Alliance Charter Academy having a school garden grew, and […]

The Charter January 29, 2018 Archives, features

The Cantrell of Alliance Charter Academy

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By Elizabeth Tarsia Kathleen Mixer-Cantrell, a greatly appreciated Educational Specialist (ES) and staff member. Cantrell has been working […]

The Charter January 27, 2018 Archives, features

CCC Advisor: Trade-skills training leads to jobs

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By: Michael Lancaster, The Charter News –  Pretty much no matter what career you may want, the Clackamas […]

The Charter January 24, 2018 Archives, news

ACA Through The Ages

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  By Samantha Rands and Olivia Silbernagel We interviewed six students at ACA questions about their futures, school, and […]

The Charter January 22, 2018 Archives, features

Harvest Ball/Haunted House reactions

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By Samantha Rands The Harvest Ball was October 27th Organizers consider the Harvest Ball and Haunted House success […]

The Charter January 8, 2018 Archives, news

Genuine, Caring, and Humorous

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By Rylie Young Genuine, caring, and humorous. That’s how Megan Coggins, our school counselor, would describe herself. Counseling […]

The Charter January 3, 2018 Archives, features

Sarah Head’s Many Faces

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By Mackenzie Waterman Sarah Head isn’t just a ES and teacher. She is a wife, mom, and farmer, as […]

The Charter January 3, 2018 Archives, features

The ACA Winter Concerts Aftermath

By Alyssa DiLoreto As you may know, ACA held the winter concerts in the gym. In the previous […]

The Charter December 29, 2017 Archives, news

ACA Penny War

By Elizabeth Tarsia As you all might know, the PAT volunteers just finished up the Penny War fundraiser. […]

The Charter December 14, 2017 Archives, news

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