First and foremost we would like to thank all of the interested parents and students who attended our free information session on Thursday, 4-24-2008 at Taza de Cafe.
We are very excited to share the following happenings with you:
ECHS at Arvada FIRST Open House
The Open House will be held at the actual facility that will be the home of Early College at Arvada! Mark your calendars now! Details below:
- Saturday, May 17, 2008
- 4905 W. 60th Ave., Arvada CO 80003
- 10am - 2pm
- Tours provided
- Refreshments will be served
- BRING FAMILY, FRIENDS, EVERYONE!!!
Please email Cheryl Lucero at cheryllucero@yahoo.com or call her at 720.299.5268 to let her know the following information, the number of people you are bringing, the names of the potential student(s) you are bringing, and about what time you think you’ll stop by. We lool forward to seeing you there!
Free Information Sessions
We will continue to host more FREE Information Sessions on the following dates:
- Tuesday, May 6, 2008
- Wednesday, May 21, 2008
- 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Location SOON to be announced. We will inform you know as soon as we have a location confirmed.
- Refreshments Provided
Please feel free to share this information with a parent(s) who is seeking a "quality" education for 9th grade students in the Fall 2008!
Notes from the Director of ECHS at Arvada, Sarah Brock
The ECHS testing calendar has been updated. All incoming ECHS students will be required to take Initial Diagnostis Assessments through Sylvan in both reading and math. These results will inform course placement as well as allow us to create individual foundational programs as needed. Accuplacer testing will not occur until later in the school year – most likely in December/January.
By now you have heard about our plan to create an ECHS Parent Advisory Council (PAC). The PAC will be made up of parents, legal guardians, aunts and uncles…anyone who has an interest in helping ECHS students succeed!
As Director of Early College High School at Arvada, I will acting as an advisor to the PAC as well as the current school liasion. The ECHS PAC will be a standing committee of the ECHS Board of Directors, and the PAC Committee Chair will serve as a regular voting member of the ECHS Board of Directors. The ECHS Board of Directors will work with the PAC Committee Chair to determine and guide the responsibilities of the group. Unless otherwise determined by the ECHS Board of Directors, the PAC shall be responsible for providing regular feedback on school academic life, school culture, management effectiveness, allocations of resources, and communication with parents and other stakeholders. In addition, the Council may advise the Board on recruitment of board members, as requested by the Board of Directors, as well as assist in fundraising and other school events and activities.
Anyone interested in learning more about or becoming a part of the ECHS PAC, please contact Sarah Brock at sbrock@echswest.org. Thank you in advance for your involvement with and dedication to Early College High School at Arvada!
La Raza Youth Conference/Education Fair
We are very pleased to announce that we shared our information (flyers) with over 1,500 students during the Education Fair at the La Raza Youth Conference held at Metro State College on Saturday, 4-26-2008. We look forward to being a part of this exciting conference again next year!
Community Update
Those of you living in the ECHS at Arvada community are probably aware of the decisions being made about Ranum and Westminster high schools. We are concerned about the plan for Ranum's current 9th graders to attend three schools over their four years of high school. We have been following this issue closely and have made an important decision to address the community needs!
We have decided to open ECHS at Arvada to a small class of 10th grade students in the Fall of 2008.
If you currently have a 9th grader or know of someone who does, please share this opportunity with them!
Once again we would like to say "THANK-YOU for your decision to select ECHS at Arvada as your "school of choice!" We are looking forward to getting to know all of you over the next four years!
The Staff of ECHS at Arvada
