Welcome Eagles and Eagle families,

With great joy and gratitude, I would like to welcome you to the 2021-22 school year at Capitol Heights Academy. As we return to on-campus learning on Wednesday, July 28th at 8:15 am, following more than a year of virtual learning, our priority will be to support the social-emotional development of our scholars while supporting academic acceleration through the meaningful engagement in rigorous Common Core-aligned content in ELA and Math. This year, we will focus specifically on leveraging culturally relevant engagement practices to empower our scholars to cultivate both knowledge/skills and a love of learning.  

Our primary goals for the upcoming year are to:

1. Build Trust and Empowerment with our Students, Families and Staff
2. Build our Mindset; Reimagine Education with Equity, Grace and Patience
3. Build our Craft: Focus on Engagement and Rigor 

I strongly believe that working together as an effective team and in partnership with our community is essential to our success. For this reason, we enlist your support in ensuring that your child:

1. Attends school daily and arrives on time, ready for the day’s learning experience
2. Completes all  assignments given by teachers
3. Reads daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills
4. Provides you will important home/school communications (check backpacks daily)
5. Informs you if they need additional support in any area or subject
6. Knows that you expect them to succeed in school and go on to college

Additionally, please consider volunteering at CHA, as our scholars can greatly benefit from your involvement and contributions to the school’s program and its operations. We seek volunteers to help us with the following activities:

1. Teacher-led instructional support, usually in the classroom
2. Reading with children
3. School-wide events
4. Student recognition events
5. Outreach and recruitment of parent and community volunteers
6. Participate in PTA and monthly family events

There is important information in this attached handbook. Please take some time to review it.  If you have any questions about it, please feel free to contact me or to discuss them with your child’s teacher. It is very important that you and your child are fully informed regarding expectations related to Aspire and to our specific school site for a safe and productive school year. This year we will be starting at 8:15 am and end at 3 pm. 

At CHA, we work very hard to listen deeply to our families to create meaningful partnerships to support your scholar(s)’s success. We urge you to reach out anytime during our school year. Should you have any questions or needs prior to our July 28th start date, please call us at (916) 739-8520.  See you very soon!

In partnership, 

Ms Chohan