FULTON’S Mission: FULTON learners are engaged and empowered to reach academic proficiency and are prepared emotionally and socially for lifelong success.
Letter from the Director
Jill Lliteras, Director of Instruction ~ Mitch Davison, Administrative Support
Newsletter - April-May
2015
The middle of the school year is a great time for families to check in with students on goals. Setting academic and personal goals helps motivate, energize, and focus students, and it is a valuable skill that will benefi t learners throughout their lives. Parents can help students set and achieve these goals.
Goal-setting can be tedious, even intimidating, for some stu-dents. Parents can support students in this process by following these steps: pick it, map it, do it, own it, and celebrate it.
Pick it. Encourage your child to consider his or her dreams and passions and pick goals that are important and meaningful. Guide your child to think about, “What motivates me? What would inspire me to give my best effort? What would make me feel good while I’m doing it? What achievement would make me feel proud?”
Map it. After your child picks a goal, help map the path from where he or she is now to where the child wants to be. Offer the following analogy: If we want to drive across the country from New York to California, we don’t just get in our car and start driving—we get a map, pick a route, and follow it until we get to California.With your child, analyze different approaches and define clear steps to reach their goal. For instance, if the goal is to get a higher test grade in a tough subject, each quiz or project is a step on the path to the higher goal: earning an A.
Do it. Once you and your child have mapped a path to their goal, encourage him or her to take action, focus on the first step and give it his or her best effort. Remind your child that no goal is ever reached without focused action.
Own it. As your child makes progress toward their goal, help him or her to take responsibility for making it happen. Teach the mantra, “If it’s to be, it’s up to me!” Refl ect with your child. Ask, “How are you doing? What’s working? What’s not working? What can you or your family change to get to this goal?” From there, analyze the map, and make changes to the plan if necessary. Help your child keep a positive attitude and own mistakes as well as successes. Remind your child that if something comes along that holds him or her back temporarily, to look at the experience as feedback. Failures, or bumps in the road, can provide us with information we need to succeed. Reinforce the message that we can learn from our mistakes and move on with new, valuable knowledge.
Celebrate it. Acknowledgment and celebration are huge parts of achieving goals. Acknowledge every effort and celebrate your child’s mini-successes along the way to achieving a goal. This builds his or her confidence and motivation. Your child will feel good and understand that perseverence will result in another mini-success and finally goal achievement.Try going through the goal-setting process as a family. Pick a family goal (perhaps a charitable activity) and work together to achieve it. After the family experience, have each family member pick a personal goal. Support and acknowledge one another as you move through the above steps. Success is assured when students believe in themselves and in their ability to achieve. Parents are key to helping them believe and succeed.
1 Letter from the Director
2 Community Garden Coming Fall 2015
3 Fulton’s 2015-2016 Academic Calendar
4 Fulton’s Annual Multicultural Celebration/ Coming Soon: APS Online Registration
5 S.T.O.P.
6 April Menu
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Community Garden Coming Fall 2015You’ve probably seen the banner on the tennis court fence that says “Community Garden Com-ing Fall 2015.” FULTON Academy of Excellence has partnered with Denver Urban Gardens (DUG), City of Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space, and Central Baptist Church of Au-rora to bring a community garden to the grassy area just north of the tennis courts and south of the school.
The City chose the location because it has easy access to water, and they will be working with us through this fall to grow our garden. DUG will be attending our Multicultural Celebration on April 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. to ask for volunteers to help remove sod during the summer. They will have schematics so parents can envision what the garden will look like.
Any donation, large or small, will help us to make our garden dream a reality. If you wish to donate, please go to www.ioby.org/project/taste-home.
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Fulton’s 2015-2016 Academic CalendarParents spoke and Fulton listened when drafting our 2015-2016 academic calendar. After weeks of drafts and taking all stakeholders’ input into consideration, our calendar is now ready. As a pilot school Fulton’s calendar is unique. However, we coordinate our calendar with the district’s as much as possible in order to support parents who have children at Fulton and other schools in the district.
Students will begin August 11 and end June 3. We will no longer have early release days, since teachers will now have full-day professional development instead on September 4, October 9, January 11, February 5, March 11, and April 22. Students will not be in school during these days, so that teachers can improve their instruction and therefore benefi t students.
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Fulton’s Annual Multi-cultural CelebrationGet ready! On April 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. we will hold our annual Mul-ticultural Celebration. Stations throughout the school will repre-sent countries from around the world. Dance performances will be held during the evening in the gym, and delicious ethnic foods will be served in the cafeteria. Come and join us as we celebrate the wonder-ful diversity of our Fulton families. Multicultural Celebration will be an evening of community and fun.
Coming Soon: APS Online RegistrationAPS Centralized Admissions is introducing an online registration process that will shorten the time it takes to register students in Aurora Public Schools. Beginning April 17, parents and guardians will have access to online registration forms that they can complete on any com-puter. The online forms will be available in English and Spanish.
After parents complete and print the online forms, they will go to the Centralized Admissions Offi ce to verify their identifi cation and address information. Centralized Admissions can also print the forms if a parent has the confi rmation number received during the online registra-tion process.
The online registration link will be posted on the APS website at admissions.aurorak12.org beginning April 17. Registration for the 2015-16 school year runs from April 8 to May 29 to allow time for parents to complete the enrollment process prior to schools going on summer break. Parents can continue to register their children at the Centralized Admissions offi ce after May 29, although they may need to wait until the end of July to complete the enrollment process at schools.
The APS Centralized Admissions Offi ce is located at 1075 Peoria Street and is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. If you have questions, please call Centralized Admissions at 303-326-2200.
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Fulton’s Annual Multi-cultural Celebration
Get ready! On April 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. we will hold our annual Mul-ticultural Celebration. Stations throughout the school will repre-sent countries from around the world. Dance performances will be held during the evening in the gym, and delicious ethnic foods will be served in the cafeteria. Come and join us as we celebrate the wonder-ful diversity of our Fulton families. Multicultural Celebration will be an evening of community and fun.
Coming Soon: APS Online Registration
APS Centralized Admissions is introducing an online registration process that will shorten the time it takes to register students in Aurora Public Schools. Beginning April 17, parents and guardians will have access to online registration forms that they can complete on any com-puter. The online forms will be available in English and Spanish.
After parents complete and print the online forms, they will go to the Centralized Admissions Offi ce to verify their identifi cation and address information. Centralized Admissions can also print the forms if a parent has the confi rmation number received during the online registra-tion process.
The online registration link will be posted on the APS website at admissions.aurorak12.org beginning April 17. Registration for the 2015-16 school year runs from April 8 to May 29 to allow time for parents to complete the enrollment process prior to schools going on summer break. Parents can continue to register their children at the Centralized Admissions offi ce after May 29, although they may need to wait until the end of July to complete the enrollment process at schools.
The APS Centralized Admissions Offi ce is located at 1075 Peoria Street and is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. If you have questions, please call Centralized Admissions at 303-326-2200.
The Aurora Police Department, in conjunction with Aurora Public Schools and Cherry Creek Public Schools will be using a “ZERO TOLERANCE”
approach to traffic enforcement in School Safety Zones.
S - Slow downWhile walking to school, nearly 60% of parents and children encountered at least one serious hazard. A national survey of speeding in school zones found that two-thirds of drivers ex-ceeded the posted speed limit during the 30-minute period before and a�er school.
T - ThinkIn Aurora, the number one concern around elementary schools is child safety due to tra�c complaints. Children ages 14 and under are more likely to su�er pedestrian injuries in areas with high tra�c volume and a higher number of parked cars on the street.
O - Observe Observe and obey posted signs Pay a�ention to posted signs while driving in and around school zones. You may see the child, but the child might not see you.
P - Proceed with cautionBe the example: patience is a learned behavior. It is be�er to have lost a few minutes than to endure the civil, criminal, and emotional liability for unintentionally injuring or causing the death of a child.
For more information on the S.T.O.P. program, please contact the Aurora Police Department, Police Area Representatives (PAR) or you may visit our website at www.auroragov.org
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