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Progress Reports, Conferences, Early Access & Assessment

School-Family Partnership
We know that when schools and families work together, kids do better. Please see below for the variety components of School-Family partnership at AXIS.
 
"Families and school staff work together to support and improve the learning, development, and health of students. Family engagement with schools is a shared responsibility of both school staff and families. School staff are committed to making families feel welcomed, engaging families in a variety of meaningful ways, and sustaining family engagement. Families are committed to actively supporting their child’s learning and development. This relationship between school staff and families cuts across and reinforces student health and learning in multiple settings—at home, in school, in out-of-school programs, and in the community. Family engagement should be continuous across a child’s life and requires an ongoing commitment as children mature into young adulthood." Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/wscc/components.htm
 
 
School-Family Communication
We encourage ongoing school-family communication at the school and classroom level. Each week AXIS families receive a weekly school-wide newsletter posted on our special updates webpage for enrolled families only.  During remote learning teachers will communicate with children and families via email. To ensure you are signed up to receive these emails families should make sure their email addresses are updated in Infinite Campus, our student information system.
 
Connecting Directly with Teachers
We encourage families to reach out to teachers via email, via Microsoft Teams and connect with teachers during structured times, see office hours. We kindly ask families to not interrupt our teachers during the school day or right at dismissal when onsite learning is happening, as teachers are focused on safely getting kids where they need to go after school. It is helpful if you can email the teacher ahead of time to coordinate a time to meet, which ensures she does not have morning duty or another meeting or commitment. 
 
School-Family Events
AXIS hosts an array of events, which are opportunities for School-Family engagement. During the COVID pandemic we are working to hold these events virtually or socially distanced in alignment with Larimer County Health Department practices.
 
  • Get Ready for School Ice Cream Social (August)
    • This event is held the week before school starts to support families and students in getting ready for the first day of school: meet teachers and peers, visit classrooms and learn the physical space, get AXIS family badge for entering the building each day, learn about other important procedures, and have fun. 
  • Back to School Night (September)
    • This event is held a couple of weeks into the school year and offers a chance for families to hear directly from AXIS administration and teachers about more specific details happening at the classroom and schoolwide level. 
  • Family Conferences (October for all kids and April for some kids)
    • See details below.
  • Winter Festival (February)
    • At this event we celebrate kids' Carnival and Chinese New Year with festivities and a showcase of student musical performances and a student art gallery.
  • End of School Celebrations (last week/days of school)
    • 5th Grade Graduation and Partner Language Presentations
    • Kindergarten Continuation
    • Preschool Continuation