The Eagle Eye: 1/27/22

This week’s Eagle Eye newsletter is now available. The Eagle Eye is Eagle Ridge Academy’s translatable community newsletter that is published every other Thursday during the school year. It is a great resource to see important updates and learn what is happening around the school. Please click here to read the newsletter.

Here’s a preview of what you’ll find in this week’s Eagle Eye:

• Fifth Grader Aditi K. Wins Eagle Ridge Academy Spelling Bee. Twenty-two spellers, across multiple grades, battled it out for over an hour to crown our 2022 Eagle Ridge Academy spelling champion. See what the winning word was inside the issue.
• Music Listening Club Invited to State Competition. Music Listening Club attended their first music listening competition last week. Learn more about the club and their performance inside the issue.
• Board of Directors Approves Latin Instruction Change. Earlier this year, the Curriculum Instruction Student Achievement (CISA) group recommended removing Latin instruction for grades K-2 in order to increase the instructional minutes of 6th grade Latin. Read more about this change inside the issue.
• Marilyn R. Strand Memorial Basketball Games Next Friday, February 4. Proceeds and freewill donations from the Marilyn Stand Memorial Games will support the Marilyn R. Strand Memorial Scholarship fund. Learn more about Marilyn Strand and the Marilyn R. Strand Scholarship inside the issue.
• Thank You, ERA Volunteers, For Contributing Over 300 Hours So Far This Year. Throughout the year, families generously give back to Eagle Ridge Academy through donations of time, talent, and treasure. Read about how your gifts, in every form, impact the work we do at Eagle Ridge Academy, provide a high quality education and opportunities for our students, and support our teachers and staff inside the issue.

Read on for more and enjoy your long weekend, Gryphons!