Category: Message from the Director

Director Katie’s Message

Dear Colorado Skies Academy Families, I hope your family is adjusting to Daylight Saving Time and are looking forward to Spring Break! Please note that our building will be closed all week (March 20 – 24), and our staff will…

Director Katie’s Message

Dear Colorado Skies Academy Families, Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour tonight, as Daylight Saving Time begins Monday morning at 2:00 am. (On a related note, happy “How Do I Change the Clock on My Microwave” Day!) Monday,…

Director Katie’s Message

Dear Colorado Skies Academy Families, It’s difficult to believe that it’s already March! To celebrate March Madness (and highlight Cherry Creek’s excellent school breakfast and lunch program), we encourage all of our students to buy and eat breakfast and lunch…

Director Katie’s Message

Dear Colorado Skies Academy Families, It’s time for our semester 2 conferences! We are so excited to meet with our families to discuss your child’s growth and progress so far this year. Please note the schedule below, and if you…

Director Katie’s Message

Dear Colorado Skies Academy Families, I am thrilled to announce that the Cherry Creek School District has extended our charter! Charter renewal is always a long and challenging process, and our bid would not have been successful without the help…

Director Katie’s Message

Dear Colorado Skies Academy Families, Thank you for your understanding and patience last week as I personally worked through illness. I will be continuing to catch up from the days I was sick, so if you’re worried I’ve missed your…

It’s Spirit Week!

Spirit Week is Dec. 13-17. Eighth-grade learners are planning a spirit week to engage the learners throughout the school in support of CSA. This week will include:  Monday Winter Wonderland Whiteout: Wear all white Tuesday Hibernation Day: Pajama Day Wednesday…

Spirit Week is Coming Up

Spirit Week is coming up Dec. 13-17. Eighth-grade learners are planning a spirit week to engage the learners throughout the school in support of CSA. This week will include:  Monday Winter Wonderland Whiteout: Wear all white Tuesday Hibernation Day: Pajama…

A Message from the Interim Director

Greetings, Colorado SKIES Academy families, Last week was really busy with a lot of visitors in the building. CSA hosted a Leadership Cafe, which will be used in the selection of a permanent director for the 2021-22 school year. Thank…

A Message from the Transition Administrator

Thank you for the warm welcome to Colorado SKIES Academy. On behalf of Maker Learning Network, it is a pleasure to serve you as the Transition Administrator. Maker Learning Network has an outstanding reputation as they partner with organizations across…

A Message from the Interim Director

Greetings, Colorado SKIES Academy families, I am humbled to introduce myself as your new Interim School Director. I am honored to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of our inaugural school director and lead a school with such…

A Message from the Director

Hello, CSA Community! Celebrations We have so many things to celebrate: increasing our staff for the 2021-22 school year, accomplishments of our learners, and more! Our Star Search was very successful, and we have been able to find an additional…

A Message from the Director

Dear CSA Families, Today I was reminded why it is absolutely essential for our learners to be in school and with one another. Please join me in visualizing this picture of our learners that I personally saw today: a school…

A Message from the Director

Dear CSA Community, What was seeming to be unique and different, being back for in-person learning, is now becoming routine again. I am so grateful for the ongoing efforts of our staff, our learners, and you, our community, for going…

A Message from the Director

Hello, CSA! As we begin this week, our learners will be taking the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) assessments to determine how much they have learned since mid-September and what areas need reinforcement or review. This is an excellent tool…

A Message from the Director

Greetings, CSA Community! Thank you all for your support and flexibility as we transitioned to many different protocols for drop-off and pick-up procedures within the school for our learners, and thank you for your patience as we all transitioned back…

A Message from the Director

Hello, CSA! There is a lot happening in the next week to ten days to prepare for our learners to return to the building!  New Procedures and Protocols Please be sure to review the Semester 2 Return Packet sent out…

A Message from the Director

Greetings, Colorado SKIES Academy Families and Friends! In preparing for this week’s Monday Message, I took a look back at the events in the December Monday Message a year ago. On December 13, we were celebrating the groundbreaking ceremony to…

A Message from the Director

Hi, CSA! First and foremost, I hope you’ll plan to attend the CSA Town Hall on Wednesday, December 9, at 7:00 p.m. There will be a short presentation on the general plans for returning to in-person learning, the timeline, and…

A Message from the Director

Hello, CSA community! The holiday season is now in full swing with all of us in that middle time frame between Thanksgiving and winter holidays. During these next few weeks, it is important for us to determine how and when…

A Message from the Director

Hello, CSA! As we continue with our online learning for this coming week before Thanksgiving Break (November 23-27), we are preparing for everyone to return to in-person learning on Tuesday, December 1. Please note that Monday, November 30, is a…

A Message from the Director

Hi, CSA Families! We have successfully transitioned to online learning once again starting on Wednesday, November 4. It takes a couple of days to work everything out, from the schedule to finding the right Zoom link to attendance processes to…