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, […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter News 5/19/21 In March of 2021, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced that schools would […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jack Taggart The Charter News 5/20/20 Covering a broad demographic of subjects and issues, the social studies classes […]
Jack Taggart The Charter Features 5/16/20 At last. I had just finished my final Zoom meeting of the […]
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 […]
Jack Taggart The Charter News 5/2/20 A close look at the course list for the 2020-2021 ACA school […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Madalena Larkins The Charter Opinions 1/22/20 Just like other public schools, ACA students in grades 3rd-8th and 11th […]
Jack Taggart 1/21/20 The Charter Opinions “You shouldn’t procrastinate,” says Roy. Roy is a little man that lives […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tazwell Brandabur The Charter News 9/30/19 Much of success, both in school and later life, depends upon a […]
Rachel Shulikov The Charter – 4/22/2019 “The fact that if you are really good at something, then you […]
By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News – 4/5/19 The Poetree has been given new “life” and decoration through […]
By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News Feature – 1/23/19 What is the National Honors Society (NHS)? Many people […]
Listening with music while taking tests should be allowed at ACA. Teachers typically say that testing with music […]
By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News – 12/10/18 The volunteer-run organization FIDO is working vigorously to combat the […]
By Hailey Fox Charter Newsroom – 11/14/2018 Last year when the students at ACA took the science OAKS […]
By Evalina Shulikov The Charter News- 11/15/18 Did you know that our school actually has a mascot? Have […]
By Matthias Armstrong The Charter News – 11/09/18 A new Spanish speaking group has formed at ACA, and […]
By Evalina Shulikov The Charter News- 11/14/18 Looking for a good place to study? This year our school […]
By Matthias Armstrong For almost a year ACA has been helping with The Father’s Heart Street Ministry […]
Sydney Starr The Charter News In June 2019, Chad Wynne, ACA’s Social Sciences department head, will be leading […]
By Hailey Fox The Drama Club at ACA has done many plays, some original, and some classics. This […]
By: MIRIAM LEE 10/24/18 ACA’s annual Harvest Dance—previously organized by parents—has been taken over by the students. Get […]
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: 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 COLIN HUGHES The process of making a master schedule and a course catalog for a school is […]
The new course catalog is coming soon, allowing kids to finally learn about the new classes next year. […]
By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Elective options at ACA can seem fairly limited, especially for high school students. However, it […]
News Story by, Elizabeth Tarsia Starting next year our school is offering a program called the College Career […]
By OLIVIA SILBERNAGEL Anger and sadness over gun violence in America is present even in ACA. This was […]
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 […]
By Rylie Young Two years ago, the idea of Alliance Charter Academy having a school garden grew, and […]
By Elizabeth Tarsia Kathleen Mixer-Cantrell, a greatly appreciated Educational Specialist (ES) and staff member. Cantrell has been working […]
By Samantha Rands and Olivia Silbernagel We interviewed six students at ACA questions about their futures, school, and […]
By Samantha Rands The Harvest Ball was October 27th Organizers consider the Harvest Ball and Haunted House success […]
By Mackenzie Waterman Sarah Head isn’t just a ES and teacher. She is a wife, mom, and farmer, as […]
Nicole Engelke The Charter – News Although the students in this new club had probably never met before, […]
The I Love You Guys is a safety protocol that Alliance Charter Academy and many schools in […]
By Alyssa DiLoreto, The Charter News – This year, the Winter Concerts are being held in the gym […]
