Aspire Capitol Heights Academy

Welcome Eagles and Eagle families, 

With great joy and gratitude, I would like to welcome you to the 2024-25 school year at Capitol Heights Academy. We are excited to welcome our scholars and families to our brand new state-of-the-art campus at 7300 Folsom Blvd on Wednesday, July 31st at 8:00 am. At CHA we prioritize academic achievement as we prepare and empower students to build a fulfilling and liberated future for themselves and their communities.  

 Empowering Minds. Transforming Futures.  

 Aspire’s Mission: 

Provide a rigorous, joyful academic experience that cultivates our scholars’ skills, talents, and  gifts, such that they may pursue & persist in college or any post-secondary pathway that is  authentic to their identities; 

Promote inclusivity and disrupt systems that have historically oppressed marginalized  communities, including Black, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, and People of Color;

and Nurture our scholars’ pride in their abilities, identities, and communities. 

Our primary goals for the upcoming year are to: 

1) All scholars are meaningfully engaged in rigorous, standards-aligned, culturally responsive academic programming.
2) We will cultivate communities that foster inclusive, joyful, and safe learning environments.
3) All scholars have access to a team of diverse, effective, and thriving professionals who are developed and supported to show their best and enact culturally responsive and anti-racist practices. 

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. Complete all assignments given by teachers
3. Ready daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills
4. Provides you will read/review PowerSchool communication
5. Informs you if there is a need for additional support
6. Knows you expect them to succeed in school and their future endeavors.

 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, SSC, school-wide committees, and monthly family events 

There is important information in the 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 scholar’s teacher. It is very important that you and your child are fully informed regarding expectations related to Aspire and our specific school site for a safe and productive school year. This year we will be starting at 8:00 am  and ending at 3:05 pm. Fridays will now become our minimum days with an end time of 12:35 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 before our July 31st start date, please call us at (916) 739-8520. See you very soon! 

In partnership,  

Matthew Williams-George
Interim Principal