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Squaw Peak Traditional Academy is Now Offering a Foreign Language Program

Help prepare your child to excel in the global economy

Squaw Peak Traditional Academy is a kindergarten though 8th grade public elementary school that offers and accelerated academic curriculum.

Spanish immersion classes starting in kindergarten and first grade in the fall of 2010. No prior knowledge of Spanish is necessary, but students must be fluent in English.

• Instruction focuses on Math and Science
• Curriculum includes Music, Art, PE, and Technology
• Wide variety of after school athletics and activities

Please join us on January 28th at 8 a.m. or 5 p.m. to learn more about our Foreign Language Program, or call 602-381-6160 to sign up for the program’s waiting list.

School boundaries are between 32nd and 40th Streets, and between Northern and Indian School Road, but the program is open to families out of district to the extent space is available.

4601 N. 34th Street - 602-381-6160
www.squawpeakimmersion.com
Creighton School District - Educating Children Since 1884

• How to get Spanish Immersion at your child's school
• Jan-27-2010 - [azcentral.com]

• They asked for it and they got it. Parents in the Creighton Elementary School District helped create a Spanish Immersion Program at Squaw Peak Traditional Academy in Phoenix. All it took was a lot of email and help from an expert who started it all at Cave Creek Unified School District. [...More]

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• Teaching the State of the Union
• Jan-26-2010 - [azcentral.com]
• The State of the Union address is not just for adults. Teachers are using it as homework and parents as great teaching moments to understand the relevance of social studies and history. From trivia games for elementary students to analysis for older ones, there are several ways you can get your child involved in tonight's speech.
  

  WestEd helps schools improve and find money
  There is a service that can help your child's school succeed.
  

  The flexibility of online high schools
  Now is the time to enroll for online high school. There are many more choices this year for students who need the flexibility.
  

  How to get Spanish Immersion at your child's school
  How parents in Phoenix got Spanish Immersion at Squaw Peak and how you can do it too.
  

  How to teach your child at home
  just for you. It's called Parent University. It can be a school solution to enhancing your child's learning.
  
  You may have read Kari Kling's advice as part of the Arizona Republic parent counsel. Kling has been teaching, consulting and studying how the human brain learns for nearly 30 years. Now she's bringing her education expertise home to you. [More...]
  

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• Did You Know? About Census 2010?
• Jan-14-2010 - [2010.census.gov]
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  DID YOU KNOW? Fact #1
  What is the U.S. census?

  Every 10 years, the government reports the number of people who live in the United States and in our school district by conducting a count called the census. This count is required by the U.S. Constitution.

  DID YOU KNOW? Fact #2

  Why is the U.S. census count necessary?

  Census data are used to determine the number of representatives our state receives in the U.S.
  Congress, as well as Maricopa County’s representation in the state legislature. Government agencies use the data to make funding decisions for more than $300 billion each year, including:

  • Title 1 budget funding that is critical to our school and district
  • College grant and loan programs
  • Public transportation
  • Road and community improvements
  • Public health services and hospitals
  • Neighborhood improvements
  • Senior services

  DID YOU KNOW? Fact #3

  How is the 2010 Census taken?

  • Census questionnaires are given to everyone living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • The information is collected in two ways: by a questionnaire that is sent to every home in March 2010, and through confidentiality-bound census workers who travel door-to-door id the census questionnaire is not returned by mail.

   

  DID YOU KNOW? Fact #4

  Who should be counted?

  Everyone! All children, babies, and adults who live in a household should be counted, regardless of their nationality, citizenship status, race, age, or gender.

  DID YOU KNOW? Fact #5

  Why are some people reluctant to be counted?

  The U.S. Census Bureau believes these are the most common reasons that people are reluctant to participate:

  • Privacy: Some people are reluctant to give the government personal information.
  • Confidentiality: Some people worry that the information they provide could be used against them. However, census information is completely confidential. It is never shared with other government agencies, including the IRS, any office of immigration, or the FBI. Sharing census data is a federal offense.
  • Immigration and citizenship concerns: People may not want to draw attention to themselves. However, every person in every home needs to be counted as part of the census.

   

  DID YOU KNOW? Fact #6

  How does the Census help our school and community?

  Filling out and returning the Census questionnaire is like writing a $1,000 check back tour schools and community. We will all benefit from the Census. Please help. Creighton is Counting on you.

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