Welcome back to another year at Sonoran Science Academy. Yet again, we begin the year listed as a Highly Performing school, an accomplishment we are quite proud of. With the dedicated staff and hardworking student body we have assembled this year, however, we hope to increase that score to an “Excelling” this year, and I believe that with the right amount of effort from our students, parents, staff, and administration, we can accomplish that.
As you have probably noticed, SSA-Phx has switched over to being a uniform school this year. All parents must purchase a uniform for their child to wear in order to attend here. If economic difficulties make that impossible, please arrange a meeting with the Principal and Vice Principal to discuss our options. Rest assured that we will find a way to ensure your child won’t be left out.
Starting next week, we will be enforcing our uniform policy. This means students who come to school without the proper uniform (consisting of the SSA Logo shirt, and navy blue or khaki pants, shorts, skirt, or skort) may not be admitted to class. We simply cannot enforce a rule if we do not enforce it for all of our students. Students will be asked to call their parents to remind them about the uniform rule. Middle School / High School students will have to change out into their gym uniforms and wear those during the day.
We will also be holding our annual Back to School Night on Thursday August 20, from 5 to 7 PM. Please stop by the school, where you can meet the principal and vice principal, and then see your child’s classroom and teacher!
As stated on the Academic Calendar for the 2009/2010 school year, there will be no school on Friday August 21. Our teachers will spend that day learning new and interesting education techniques which we hope to employ this year to make SSA-Phx even better than we’ve been in the past. Any parents who do not yet have an Academic Calendar, which shows all no school holidays and early release days, should inquire at the front office.
I would also like to take this time to apologize sincerely to all of our parents for the inconvenient problem of our Before/After Care situation. We have been trying to find an affordable option all summer, but at the last minute some new challenges complicated the issue. Due to this, we have decided to simply offer Before/After Care provided by our own staff members. It will be available from 6:30 AM until 6:00 PM. We will be sending home a sign up sheet . Please fill it out and return it to register your child.
Finally, please watch for the Club sign up sheet, which we will be sending home sometime next week. Read it carefully, and together with your child please choose which clubs you would like him or her to attend. Be sure to send it back to your child’s teacher.
I look forward to getting to know all my students and all the parents over the course of this year. Together I believe we can make the 2009/2010 school year at Sonoran Science Academy-Phx one of the best ever. I can’t wait to improve this school working together with such a great group of students and their caring families.
Thank you,
Mustafa Deniz
Principal of SSA-Phoenix