NEW DAY ACADEMY 214 W. 1ST ST. ALTURAS, CA 96101

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Fall Harvest Field Trip

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OSF Field Trip Reminder

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Academic Conference Schedules

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Counselor Corner w/ Bob Eaton

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Literacy Coach Connection

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Parent Training Night

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Summer Memories Contest

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Math Tutoring Schedule

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Meet the NDA Office and Support Staff

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Welcome Back ...NDA staff is ready to rock and roll! Happy September to all! We hope your first month of school is going well. Sometimes it is difficult to get back into a school routine after a relaxing summer. It can take a few weeks for students and parents to get comfortable with daily tasks and routines. Most experienced homeschool families would suggest you take a breath and have patience

knowing that as time goes by, it gets easier. This summer, the office staff did their very best to order and distribute curriculum to all families. We hope you have what you need in your hands. If orders were placed the last few weeks, please be patient as it takes a few weeks for special orders to arrive.

We are looking forward to our back to school celebrations on September 9th in Alturas and on September 26th in Redding. A great time to meet our staff and one another. I look forward to seeing you there! All the best, Laura VanAcker, NDA Director

Sun Oaks Back to School Bash Just a reminder!

Sun Oaks is located at:

FRIDAY, Sept. 26th

3452 Argyle Rd.

From 6 to 9 PM

Redding, CA 96002

We will be providing hot dogs, drinks, chips, and cookies, but we would like to invite families to bring a potluck dish to share as well.

We have reserved the outdoor pool and lawn area. We would also like to invite any NDA families who also serve our

school as vendors to bring any pamphlets or flyers to promote their vendor services. If you have yet to sign up, please do so now! That is how we know how much food to bring. Thanks!

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Fall Harvest Field Trip ~ Hawes Farm FALL HARVEST FIELD TRIP We have reserved a Fall Harvest Field Trip on October 24th at 10:00 AM at the Hawes Historic Farm.

A fun community event for families!

Students will get to fire off the corn cannon, take a short tour of the corn maze, enjoy a farm hayride, and visit our farm animals. During our tour, students are educated on the varieties of pumpkins grown, and they will pick their own pumpkin. They will also learn how our cornfield maze was

designed and created. Please email [email protected] to sign up. Spaces limited!

Community  Announcement Although  NDA  is  not  hos ng   this  event,  we  thought  you   would  like  to  know  about  the   Civil  War  Reenactment  taking  

place  September  27th  &  28th  at   the  Hawes  Historic  Farm.                       Comprised  of  Confederate,   Federal  and  civilian  representa-­‐ ves,  they  will  recreate  the   drama  and  reali es  of  life       during  this  pivotal   me  in   American  history  —  portraying   life  as  it  was  for  members  of   both  armies  in  the  camps,  on   campaigns,  and  in                   ba le.    Watch  history  come  to   life  with  reenactors  wearing  the   clothing  of  the  period,  using  the   speech  and  mannerisms  of  the   me,  playing  and  singing  the   tunes  of  the  1860s,  and  more!  

OSF Field Trip ~ Oct. 18th “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~ Milton Berle

This is a reminder that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is on October 18th. The Student Tour is at 10:30, and we will be meeting “On the Bricks” in the courtyard outside of the box office: 15 S. Pioneer Street Ashland, OR 97520

actual play will be at 1:30 PM, and we will be seeing “A Wrinkle in Time.” We will not be attending a prologue prior to the performance, so we encourage you to discuss the story and it’s characters with your kids in advance. It’s a classic :)

If you do not plan on coming early to attend the student tour, please let me know. The

Please note, this field trip is full, and we are no longer taking sign-ups. Thanks!

Please remember that families will be responsible for their own food and transportation costs. NDA is only providing the cost of the tour and the play, so please come prepared.

Academic Conference Schedules Redding Conferences will be held on Sept. 9th and 11th at National University at 760 Cypress Ave in Suite 210. I will be calling parents one week prior to these dates to set up a meeting time. Burney Conferences will be held on Sept. 24th at Gepettos Pizzeria. I will

Our wonderful counselor, Bob Eaton

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call these parents one week prior to this date. Alturas Conferences will be held on Sept. 26th at New Day Academy, and again, I will be contacting parents one week prior to the date. If I am unable to make contact with a household member, I

will leave a message. Hopefully parents will get back to me in order to schedule the academic conference. If no contact is made, I will call back until someone is available. If for some reason you are not contacted during the times listed above, please contact me at [email protected] or 209-3150. ~ Bob Eaton

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Counselor Corner with Bob Eaton COLLEGE QUEST CQ will be held on September 22 from 5-8 at Shasta College. This is a great opportunity to explore post high school options and connect with admission representatives from the various schools. This event occurs only once a year, so please take advantage of it for you and your student. There is no charge for admission. PSATThere are two openings left for college-bound 10th and 11th grade students to sign up for this practice SAT. The cost is $14 and it will be held on Wednesday , October 15 at

National University. The PSAT is a valuable tool for those students thinking of going to a 4-year college.

More information will be given to those interested parents at the academic conferences.

ACT ASPIRE— This practice ACT test is designed to measure career and college readiness for 9th and 10th graders. Unfortunately, there are no spots open for 9th graders, but we do have 4 spots open for 10th graders. There is no cost for this test as NDA has paid for it. It too is a great opportunity to see how your student compares with other college-students. It will be given at National University on Tuesday, October 21 at National University.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or 209-3150. Welcome back and I hope you all have a great school year. Hope to see you soon!

Believe you can and you’re halfway

Sincerely, Bob Eaton NDA Counselor

there! ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Literacy Coach Connection Building Phonological Awareness Skills for Reading Success Phonological awareness skills are important in order to develop good reading skills. They are the basis for reading. They include the awareness of the sounds of a language and the manipulation of those sounds. The best way for your child to acquire these skills is to "play" with sounds, words and syllables. When

you and your child engage in word play, your child learns to recognize patterns and to use this knowledge to make connections between the spoken and written language.

slip through the knot on the end of the string. Say a word and have your child string one bead for each syllable he/she hears. For example, the word 'September" would need three beads.

TRY THIS!

For more word play activities, please email me at [email protected] , or come to our parent training night on September 30th.

Counting Syllables on A String Give your child a piece of string with a knot tied on one end. Give him/her several beads that will fit easily on the string but that will not

Sincerely, Holly Potter, Literacy Coach

Parent Training Night ~ Meet the Coaches What: Parent Night @ Heritage Roasting Company Where: 4302 Shasta Dam Blvd, Shasta Lake When: September 30th from 5:15 pm—6:15 pm.

Our Math Coach, Tosha Shaw, and our Literacy Coach, Holly Potter, will be teaming up this year to host Parent Training Nights at our tutoring location in Shasta Lake. The first session is scheduled for Tuesday, September 30th from 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm. Tosha Shaw will demonstrate "Number Talks". A Number Talk is a strategy that can be used with

any grade level or across grade levels. Holly Potter will share "word play" activities for teaching phonological awareness to K2nd grade. Come with questions or just to check out some new ideas!

Learn about Word Play with Holly Potter!

SUMMER MEMORIES PARAGRAPH CONTEST: To start the year off, we would like to invite NDA students to write a paragraph using the theme “Summer Memories.” The paragraph must be a minimum of 5 sentences. The grade ranges are as follows: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12th. Prizes will be awarded to the most engaging and well written paragraph in each grade range. To submit your paragraph for this contest, you may email it to [email protected] as an attached word document. You may also type your paragraph, print, and deliver to your teacher for submission. Grades K-2 may submit a handwritten paragraph. Entries are due no later than 9/26/2014.

Math  Tutoring  Schedule New  Day  Math  tutoring  starts  this  week.  This  is  drop-in,  no  appointment  needed. -Tuesdays,  12:30-2:30,  YMCA  Conference  Room:  Tosha  Shaw  and  Dave  Woodruff -Thursdays,  4:30-6:00  Barnes  and  Noble:  Dave  Woodruff -Tuesdays  and  Thursdays,  3:30-5:30  Heritage  Roas ng  Company  in  Shasta  Lake:  general  staff

Meet the NDA Office and Support Staff Important services available at NDA that we want you to know about: *Academic High School Counselor, Bob Eaton is happy to meet and help all high school students chart their HS career.

*Field Trip Coordinator, Kelly McGarva is working on the field trip schedule for 13-14. If you have suggestions or questions, you can email her at

[email protected]

[email protected] . *Laura  VanAcker,  Director

*Literacy Coach, Holly Potter is available to consult and work with students having difficulty reading. Ask your NDA teacher about utilizing her skills. *Math Coach, Tosha Shaw is available to help students and parents with math skills and curriculum. Check out the new tutoring opportunities above.

*Jody Nelson, VCI Coordinator, can help you with any questions you may have about using our vendor program. Contact her at [email protected]

Is  available  to  help  with  anything   you  need.    Give  her  a  call  at   233-3861  or  email  her  at   [email protected]

*Tony Cervantes, Librarian, is available at [email protected] to help you access the online library or to answer curriculum questions.

Looks  like  this    NDA                                   Kindergartner  is  all  set!