Weekly Newsletter Delta Charter Online 1301 W. Durham Ferry Rd www.deltacharter.net T: (209)830-6363 Upcoming Events Resource Center Schedule: As you may know, the resource center has been operating at an over flow capacity. To relieve the overcrowding I am setting up two different sessions in the resource center. The first session will be from 8:00 until 12:30. This means our first session of students will catch the 7:30 or 8:30 bus, depending on their grade level, and will return back to town on 12:30 bus. The bus will then pick up the second session students from Grant Line and Schulte road and return to school. The second session will return back to Tracy at 4:30. This new schedule will start on Monday, March 16. Please contact your teacher to schedule a session. LCAP: There will be a parent LCAP meeting on April 1 at 5:30 pm. Please mark this on your calendar and come voice your opinion. I would also like parent and student to take our LCAP survey. Please log on to https://es.surveymonkey.com/s/F5Y2VBZ Information Night: There will be a school information night on April 16 at 6:00 pm. Please let you friends and neighbors know. Dress Code: With warmer weather coming on please keep the dress code in mind. WASC Accreditation: DCO K-12 is now accredited! We are now working on getting our classes A-G approved by the university system. Mock Interviews/Senior Portfolios: I am very concerned about the lack of students scheduling their Mock Interviews and Portfolio Presentations. It is important for students and parents to remember that the Senior Portfolio Presentations are a graduation requirement for our school and if not done, the student will not graduate even if they have meet all credit requirements. The Mock Interviews are being held March 24th and Portfolios are April 20-23 & 27-30. Contact Ms. Wickline at twickline@njes.org to reserve your day and times. March 24 Mock Interviews April 1 Parent LCAP Meeting April 2 Deadline to order Cap and Gown April 3 – April 10 Spring Break- Resource Center closed April 16 Information Night April 20 – May 1 Senior Portfolio Presentations May 2 Prom 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm @ Diablo Grande May 21 Grad Night @ Magic Mountain Page 1 of 3 More Important News Caps and Gowns: Seniors may order their Cap and Gowns! Please contact Ms. Wickline or Ms. Toohey for measuring. Orders are due by April 2, 2015. Delta Charter will be purchasing the cap and gowns this year, unless you want to keep yours. If you choose to keep your cap and gown the cost will be $20.00. If you want to purchase your cap and gown please see Jolene Hughes in the office. Senior Letters: Mrs. Smith has completed all of the senior letters and your Teacher Advisor has a copy of those letters. The letters will be mailed out this week, look for them in the mail soon. If you have any questions please contact your Teacher Advisor. Spanish Students: Please contact Sra. Bauer if you need any help or have questions or concerns regarding the PowerSpeak coursework. This semester the assignments are tied to a calendar to help students pace through the course. Assignments not completed by a “due date” will register as “past due” and will calculate as a zero in the grade to date score, but as soon as the student completes the assignment(s), the score adjusts. Please note that whether or not a student is making full use of the assignment calendar, all manually graded Spanish work must be completed by May 22, 2015, for it to be scored. If you do not have a microphone for submitting the speaking assignments, you may phone them in and leave a voicemail recording of the assignment. Be sure to include your name and the assignment title and/or description. You can reach Sra. Bauer at nbauer@njes.org or (209) 830-6363 extension 2384. Sports: Girls’ soccer contact Amy Schut at aschut@njes.org. Phone extension 2216 Golf contact Josh McDermot at jmcdermott@njes.org. Phone extension 2391 Baseball contact Richie Pombo at rpombo@njes.org Phone extension 2211 Softball contact Bridget Deneau at bdeneau@njes.org phone extension 2399 In the Community VITAL: Volunteers in Tracy Complete the Volunteer Information Form and submit it to the Parks and Community Services Department, 333 Civic Center Plaza, Tracy, CA 95376. For further information call (209) 831-6200 or email the Recreation Division. Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Junior Volunteer Program The program is offered to students at least 15 years of age who must commit to working a minimum of 100 hours within a school year. Two-hour shifts are available Monday through Friday from 2 to 7 p.m., and four-hour shifts are available on weekends and during the summer. For more information, call 209-833-2328. Page 2 of 3 More Important News Senior Grad Night: This year’s Senior Grad Night trip is to Six Flags Magic Mountain. Reserve your spot today for Grad Night on May 21, 2015. The cost is $75.00 and covers admission to Six Flags Magic Mountain and dinner at the park. Space is limited to 106 students. Checks may be made payable to Delta Charter ASB. You may purchase your Grad Night spot at the Delta office. Online Driver’s Ed. Course: We will be offering eligible students the opportunity to complete an online driver’s education course through www.safetydriversed.com . There will be no fee for this course. Students, ages 15 to 18 may take the course. Once a student turns 18 there is no longer a requirement to take a driver’s education class prior to taking your written and behind the wheel driving test. Please communicate with your Teacher Advisor if you would like to take this course. Gary Phillips will then provide a URL to enter the course and he will send an email to our contact at Safety Driver Ed. to let them know to mark the course as paid. Once a student has completed the course they will provide us with a copy of the certificate, which they will receive in the mail. This copy will be provided to our registrar and 2.5 credits will be placed on their transcript with a P. Office 365: Students in need of Office 365 may click here and complete the request form. This Microsoft software will be available for students to use while they are enrolled with us. Please log into the school provided email first and then click the link provided. Mascot: Thank you Kim Just/Practical Creative for helping and designing our school logos! PLP Meetings: Parents/guardians, you are invited to contact your child’s teacher/adviser about your child’s progress. PLP meetings are a vital part of your child’s education process as they include current progress updates and an opportunity to plan and work together toward student success. Our next PLP week is March 9th through March 13th. Anti-Bullying Hotline: Delta Charter School has established and AntiBullying Hotline. STOP BULLYING NOW and report bullying to (209) 830-6363; Ext: 2300 In the Community Kaiser Permanente Tracy Medical Offices INFORMATION DESK Contact: Breanne J. Bogle Volunteer Coordinator Central-Valley-VolunteerServices@kp.org Animal Rescue of Tracy Junior Volunteers If you’re aged 14-17 years and would like to help Animal Rescue of Tracy while fulfilling your community service hours, we can help each other! Download a Junior Volunteer Application . Once completed, you may submit it in person by visiting our mall adoption fairs. You may also Contact Us with any questions. Page 3 of 3