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Students Struggle with Online School

Joshua Aldrich The Charter News  2/17/21 The switch from in-person learning to distance learning during the pandemic has […]

The Charter February 17, 2021 COVID-19, news

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

A Second Wave Rolls In, Oregon Freezes.

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Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News Updated Thursday, Nov 30th, 2020. It’s beginning to look a lot like… March […]

Tazwell Brandabur November 26, 2020 COVID-19, news

Looking Back On Oregon’s 2020 Wildfires

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ACA’s students tell stories of red skies and bad news. Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 10/14/20 After a […]

Tazwell Brandabur October 14, 2020 Chartered Territory, news

Social Studies Classes 2019-2020

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Jack Taggart The Charter News 5/20/20 Covering a broad demographic of subjects and issues, the social studies classes […]

rvaviator May 21, 2020 Archives, news

COVID-19’s Effect on Healthcare

Cheyenna Hall The Charter News 5/11/20 During the current COVID-19 Pandemic everyone’s focus has been on staying home […]

Shy Shy Hall May 11, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, news

What Will Be On The Ballot For Oregon’s May 19th Primary Election?

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Madalena Larkins  The Charter News 5/7/20 Statewide primary and general elections happen every two years in Oregon, and […]

Madalena Larkins May 7, 2020 Archives, news

What Will Graduation Look Like For ACA Seniors?

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Madalena Larkins The Charter News 5/4/20 The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown graduation ceremony plans up in the air, […]

Madalena Larkins May 4, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, News Brief

ACA Rolls out New Leadership Class

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Jack Taggart The Charter News 5/2/20 A close look at the course list for the 2020-2021 ACA school […]

rvaviator May 2, 2020 Archives, news

ODE Releases New Guidelines for Awarding Grades And Credit to Students

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Madalena Larkins The Charter News 4/30/20 State officials released new policies for awarding grades and credit to students […]

Madalena Larkins April 30, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, News Brief

Defunct: Live Updates: Coronavirus, April 23rd — May 24th

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This Page is no longer updated– it will be superseded by The Charter’s reopening live updates page. Tazwell […]

Tazwell Brandabur April 23, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, news

OCSD Bans Most Forms Of Communication Between Students And Teachers.

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Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 4/22/20 ACA, like all Oregon schools, has been operating virtually in response to […]

Tazwell Brandabur April 22, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, news

Comfort Food in Hard Times

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Siena Geren  The Charter Features  4/18/20  In these days of social distancing, on-line learning, and nothing being normal, […]

sienaish April 18, 2020 Archives, Comfort Food in Hard Times, COVID-19, News Brief, Uncategorized

Governor Brown Lets Seniors Graduate Amid Ongoing School Closure

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Madalena Larkins  The Charter News 4/15/20 “It wasn’t our choice to start a pandemic our senior year, and […]

Madalena Larkins April 15, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, news

ACA Student Creates Group Chat With More Than 150 Students

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Madalena Larkins The Charter News 4/9/20 Twelve year old Levi Reynolds was at home without much to do […]

Madalena Larkins April 9, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, News Brief

A Straight-Up DIY Mask Update:

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The CDC says go ahead and make one. Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 4/9/20 After several months of […]

Tazwell Brandabur April 9, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, News Brief

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

COVID-19 Updates– Defunct

Everything you need to know about the Coronavirus, updated daily. Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 4/21/20 The ongoing […]

Tazwell Brandabur March 22, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, news, News Brief

Students React to School Closure

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Madalena Larkins The Charter News 3/19/20 Nearly 600,000 public school students in Oregon are out of school. This […]

Madalena Larkins March 19, 2020 Archives, COVID-19, News Brief

Oregon Legislative Session Adjourns Prematurely After Republican Legislators Boycott Cap And Trade Vote

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Madalena Larkins The Charter News 3/9/20 On Monday February 24th, Republicans in the Oregon state legislature participated in […]

Madalena Larkins March 9, 2020 Archives, news

Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Club at ACA

By: Chloe Lute ACA’s Gender Sexuality Alliance, or GSA, has recently been reinstituted for the 2019/20 school year. […]

chloelute December 21, 2019 Archives, news

Underused Power-up Hiding in Plain Sight

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It’s noon, and most of ACA is going on break. Ann Heppner isn’t. Instead, she’s preparing for what […]

Tazwell Brandabur November 18, 2019 Archives, news

ACA’s Lego Robotics Club

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Jack Taggart The Charter News 11/18/19 ACA’s Lego Robotics club got started when Tara McLaughlin, Lego team coach […]

rvaviator November 18, 2019 Archives, news

ACA Holiday Bazaar

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Madalena Larkins The Charter News 11/18/19 ACA is hosting a holiday bazaar—on campus—on Friday December 6th and Saturday […]

Madalena Larkins November 18, 2019 Archives, news, News Brief

Beginning Band Class Created

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Haladar Wright The Charter News Feature 11/18/19 You may hear the musical sounds of wind instruments emanating from […]

haladarwright November 18, 2019 Archives, features, news

ACA’s Many Committees

Cheyenna Hall The Charter News 11/18/2019 ACA has many committees that staff members are involved in. Some are […]

Shy Shy Hall November 18, 2019 Archives, news

Archery Club

By Oliver Heimbigner   The Charter News 10/28/19 ACA has a new archery club coming soon, and many students […]

oheimbigner November 13, 2019 Archives, news

ACA’s Fall Concerts are Just Around the Corner

by: Chloe Lute Students at Alliance Charter Academy are tuning their instruments and shining their dress shoes for […]

chloelute November 11, 2019 Archives, news

Student Starts Dungeons & Dragons Club

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Rebecca Burton The Charter News 10/30/19 You can now see dragons, elves, and witches roaming the halls of […]

rebeccaburton128 November 7, 2019 Archives, news

2019 Harvest Ball

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Kailyn McKay The Charter News 19 The Harvest Ball was held in the cafeteria at 7:00 pm on […]

kailynmckay14 November 7, 2019 Archives, news

Taking in new families

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Kailyn McKay The Charter News 10/2/19 ACA has seen some new faces, since 2007. This year there are […]

kailynmckay14 November 7, 2019 Archives, news

Phone Policy

Oliver Heimbigner The Charter News  10/25/19. On the campus of ACA, a new phone policy has been ratified. […]

oheimbigner November 6, 2019 Archives, news

The Issue of Suicide

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The second most common cause of death people ages 10-34 in the U.S. is suicide. Ranking 15th in […]

rvaviator October 28, 2019 Archives, news

Astrobiology Brings Strange Visitor To ACA

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Tazwell Brandabur The Charter Features 21 Oct. 2019. On October 21st, Mr Holland’s PE class found the gym […]

Tazwell Brandabur October 28, 2019 Archives, news

ACA’s New Counselor Mrs. Heinsoo

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Cheyenna Hall The Charter News 10/28/19 Mrs. Alicia Heinsoo, ACA’s new counselor has been meeting with the students […]

Shy Shy Hall October 28, 2019 Archives, news

Stephanie Young Takes School Pictures

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Madalena Larkins The Charter News 10/28/19 School pictures were different this year. Stephanie Young—a longtime ACA parent—took school […]

Madalena Larkins October 28, 2019 Archives, news

New Choir Teacher Hired

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Tracey Edson, the new choir director, was just hired.  For the past month, the choir program at ACA […]

haladarwright October 21, 2019 Archives, news

Senior Prank or Legacy Project?

By: Cheyenna Hall Since the first day of grade school, to the awkwardness of middle school, through challenging […]

Shy Shy Hall October 2, 2019 Archives, news

Changes to ACA Building

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Chloe Lute The Charter News 10/2/19 Over the summer a few of Alliance Charter Academy’s rooms got refurnished […]

chloelute October 2, 2019 Archives, news

Back to School

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Jack Taggart  The Charter News  10/2/19 It’s that time of year again, as teachers, parents, and students set […]

rvaviator October 2, 2019 Archives, featured, news

Other Jobs ACA Staff Do

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Madalena Larkins The Charter Features 10/2/19      A recent poll of ACA staff members was conducted and sixty eight […]

Madalena Larkins October 2, 2019 Archives, featured, news

Student Planners: So Far, So Good

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Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 9/30/19 Much of success, both in school and later life, depends upon a […]

Tazwell Brandabur September 30, 2019 Archives, news

ACA and the Phone Dilemma

By: Alyssa DiLoreto – 5/20/19 The ACA admin is really wanting to work on reinforcing the phone policy. […]

alyssadiloreto May 22, 2019 Archives, news, News Brief

Rummage Sale

By Natalie Ramsey The Charter- 5/21/19 An annual spring rummage sale is one of ACA’s traditions used to […]

natalieramsey May 21, 2019 Archives, news

Senior prank

Rachel Shulikov The Charter News 5/22/2019 Last year’s seniors may be the last ones to have done a […]

rachelshulikov May 21, 2019 Archives, news

Drama Club Performs The Tempest

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By Rylie Young The Charter News – 05/20/19 “Ten minutes!” Drama Club director, Paul Angelo shouts. “Thank you […]

acaryliey May 20, 2019 Archives, featured, news

School Counselor Leaving ACA

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By Evalina Shulikov The Charter News – 5/15/2019 ACA’s school counselor, Maryann Remburgs, is leaving and won’t be […]

evalinashulikov May 20, 2019 Archives, news

Chaos Controlled

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By Miriam Lee The Charter News – 5/17/19 Picture this: it’s 2015, the last week of school, and […]

miriamlee123 May 20, 2019 Archives, news

ACA Plant Delivery

By Hailey Fox Charter Newsroom – 5/d/19 On May 8th at seven am about six volunteers arrived  at […]

haileyfox9 May 15, 2019 Archives, news

ES Expecting Baby in October 2019

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By Sydney Starr The Charter News – 5/15/19 Jenna Friesen is expecting her first baby, a boy, towards […]

sydneystarr May 15, 2019 Archives, news

Testing opt-outs Affect ACA

Rachel Shulikov Charter News – 4/6/2019 ACA’s opting out rate for the Smarter Balanced testing is about 15 […]

rachelshulikov May 8, 2019 Archives, news

Goodbye ACA, Hello Singapore!

By Rylie Young The Charter News – 05/01/19 Expanding your horizons doesn’t mean moving to Singapore for everyone, […]

acaryliey May 6, 2019 Archives, featured, features, news

The Red Cross Comes to ACA for Our Blood

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By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News – 5/1/19 Saving three lives isn’t what most ACA students consider doing […]

Matthias Armstrong May 3, 2019 Archives, news

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

Reunification Drill

By Evalina Shulikov The Charter News- 3/10/2019 ACA is planning to have a reunification drill. Although we don’t […]

evalinashulikov April 19, 2019 Archives, news

ACA Plant Sale

Rachel Shulikov The Charter News – 4/11/2019     For about ten years the Parent Action Team (PAT) has […]

rachelshulikov April 17, 2019 Archives, news

Chemistry Class Sparks Reaction

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By Miriam Lee The Charter News – 4/10/19 Student class schedules for 2019-2020 will be out this May, […]

miriamlee123 April 10, 2019 Archives, news

Hercules Livens Up the Poetree

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By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News – 4/5/19 The Poetree has been given new “life” and decoration through […]

Matthias Armstrong April 10, 2019 Archives, featured, features, News Brief

ACA Student to Play At Ten Grands

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By Sydney Starr The Charter News – 4/10/19 On April 19th and 20th, ACA Junior Rachel Modlin will […]

sydneystarr April 10, 2019 Archives, featured, news

Three New Lunch & Learns

Three New Lunch and Learns By Rachel Shulikov The Charter News – 3/18/2019 Aside from Monday Science Lunch […]

acaryliey April 4, 2019 Archives, news

ACA Joins Marker Recycling Organization

By Rylie Young The Charter News – 02/23/19 Striving to become a more eco friendly school, ACA is […]

acaryliey March 20, 2019 Archives, news, News Brief

The Zaniac Shakes Things Up

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By Rylie Young The Charter News – 03/15/19 Parent Action Team invited, Alex Zerbe, “The Zaniac,” to perform […]

acaryliey March 14, 2019 Archives, featured, news

Welcome New Playground

By Miriam Lee The Charter News — 3/8/19 As you may have noticed, Alliance Charter Academy has a […]

miriamlee123 March 8, 2019 Archives, news

The Evening of the Spoken Word

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By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News – 2/22/19 From the wide taste of literature to the smell of […]

Matthias Armstrong March 7, 2019 Archives, news

The Monday Lunch and Learn

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By: Alyssa DiLoreto Science tends to be a complicated subject and class time can’t always cover all the […]

alyssadiloreto March 6, 2019 Archives, news

Mr. Toth’s Hobby: Crabbing

By Evalina Shulikov The Charter News Briefs- 2/25/2019 Besides being a math teacher at ACA, Mr. Toth enjoys […]

evalinashulikov March 4, 2019 Archives, news

2019 – 2020 Class Schedule is Expected To Be Released Early

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By Sydney Starr The Charter News – 2/27/19 The first draft of the 2019 – 2020 class schedule […]

sydneystarr February 27, 2019 Archives, news

Bathroom redo

The Charter News – 2/5/2019 Rachel Shulikov In December, during the winter break, several students, with supervision of […]

rachelshulikov February 6, 2019 Archives, news

The Snow Ball is Here!

By: Hailey Fox The Charter Features – 1/30/19 On Friday February first in the school gym will be […]

haileyfox9 January 30, 2019 Archives, news

How to Donate to ACA’s Library

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By Sydney Starr The Charter News Feature – 01/24/19 Like many of us, you may have boxes of […]

sydneystarr January 24, 2019 Archives, featured, features, news

ACA’s Testing Scores

By Hailey Fox Charter Newsroom – 11/14/2018 Last year when the students at ACA took the science OAKS […]

haileyfox9 December 14, 2018 Archives, news

New Long Term Guitar Substitute

By: Alyssa DiLoreto After we said goodbye to ACA’s guitar/ukulele teacher, a new one came in and taught/prepared […]

alyssadiloreto December 10, 2018 Archives, news

School Mascot

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By Evalina Shulikov The Charter News- 11/15/18 Did you know that our school actually has a mascot? Have […]

evalinashulikov November 18, 2018 Archives, featured, news

Voters Approve

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By Miriam Lee The Charter News – 11/16/18 New students, new staff, a new school? A district-wide bond […]

miriamlee123 November 16, 2018 Archives, news

ACA launched a new website design

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By Rylie Young The Charter News – 11/16/18 Alliance Charter Academy launched a new and improved official website. […]

acaryliey November 16, 2018 Archives, news

New Spanish Speaking Group

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By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News – 11/09/18 A new Spanish speaking group has formed at ACA, and […]

Matthias Armstrong November 14, 2018 Archives, news

ACA’s New Positive Impact Team

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By Sydney Starr The Charter News – 11/14/18 An Alliance Charter Academy (ACA) student has created a new […]

sydneystarr November 14, 2018 Archives, featured, news

Family Study Hall

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By Evalina Shulikov  The Charter News- 11/14/18 Looking for a good place to study? This year our school […]

evalinashulikov November 14, 2018 Archives, featured, news

Student Turnover

By MacKenzie Waterman Usually Alliance Charter Academy has an extensive wait list, but since many students left last […]

mackenziewaterman October 31, 2018 Archives, news

Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Welcome Mark Silverman.

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By Rylie Young The Charter News – 10/31/18 This school year, ACA has undergone major staff changes with […]

acaryliey October 31, 2018 Archives, featured, news

ACA and The Father’s Heart Ministry

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  By Matthias Armstrong For almost a year ACA has been helping with The Father’s Heart Street Ministry […]

Matthias Armstrong October 29, 2018 Archives, featured, news

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

EF Educational Tour to Spain and France

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Sydney Starr The Charter News In June 2019, Chad Wynne, ACA’s Social Sciences department head, will be leading […]

sydneystarr October 25, 2018 Archives, news

ACA’s Next Drama Club Performance

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By Hailey Fox The Drama Club at ACA has done many plays, some original, and some classics. This […]

haileyfox9 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

Bucks For Buckets

By Alyssa DiLoreto – 10/24/18 Portland is long overdue for a large earthquake but if the Bucks for […]

alyssadiloreto October 24, 2018 Archives, 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

Photo taken by Michael Lancaster
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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

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

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

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