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USING YOUR GIFTS TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD
2020-2021
January 3, 2021
Message from the Principal
Happy 2021, Cardinal Families!
I hope you’re all looking forward to a new year with renewed hope that our future is going to be bright! I
am so excited about what this upcoming year will bring to our students. We’ve got lots of new programs,
initiatives, and enhancements that we’ll be sharing over the coming weeks that we believe will continue to
move us toward new educational opportunities that we can explore due to this pandemic. The bright side is
that we’ve all learned so much about what we can do as a school; we can take advantage of a crisis to make
new and lasting changes to the way we do education at Cardinal Charter Academy.
To ensure that you’re a part of these exciting changes, please go online tomorrow and recommit your child’s
spot for next year. Consistency in our Cardinal family is so important and we want to see each of you back
here next year! You should receive an email tomorrow with a link for reenrollment as well as instructions. If
you don’t receive this email or if you need help, please reach out to our Enrollment Manager Matt Luxen-
berg; we’re happy to assist to ensure that all our families get their seats reserved for the 2021-2022 school
year.
Aftercare will be starting up again in January for those families who wish to enroll. There’s a link here in the
newsletter to sign up. The YMCA will be running it, but it will be here on campus each afternoon from 2:45
until 6:00.
Safety Patrol will also be resuming for students in grades 4-8 who wish to help out with carpool. There’s an
application, a permission form, and a grade-check form that will be distributed later this week. Students
who are interested are encouraged to participate; it’s a great way to ensure that they’re setting a good ex-
ample for our younger students and helping to keep our campus safe.
Parents who wish to change their child’s current learning environment from at-home to in-person learning
for Quarter 3 can fill out a new survey. The link is provided in this newsletter. This information is due Janu-
ary 15. Remember that parents may elect for their student to learn from home at any time.
This new year is bringing extra vigilance from our Cardinal staff in order to keep your child and our staff
members safe. Masks will continue to be worn at all times. Social distancing will be enforced as much as
possible. Hand washing will be a priority. Sanitization of all spaces will be done several times a day. We’ve
got to work together to protect one another. Please make sure you are communicating this message at
home as well. If you traveled over the break or feel that your child or your family may have been exposed,
we encourage you to learn from home as long as you need to in order to keep us all safe.
I’m excited to start this new year, Cardinals! Let’s have a great week of school!
Becky Draper, Ed.D.
Principal
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USING YOUR GIFTS TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD
2020-2021
January 3, 2021
Upcoming Calendar Dates (as of 1/3, check Calendar for updates)
1/4 Winter Break Ends; School Resumes 1/11 7 p.m. PTC Meeting (signup)
1/4 Intent to Return Begins 1/13 Spirit Event at Buffalo Wild Wings
1/5-15 NWEA Testing Window 1/18 No School (Holiday)
1/6 5:30 p.m. Board Meeting 1/19 No School (Teacher Workday)
NWEA Testing
When we return to school, all students will take the NWEA adaptive test. This is a required assessment for all
students (both in the school building and at home) to give teachers another way to support each student’s
strengths and weaknesses this school year. These tests will be given under the supervision of homeroom
teachers. If your student has been coming into school, they will take the test in school. If they are virtual,
they will take this test at home.
The testing window is January 5-15. Instructions on taking the test, for both in-person and at-home learners,
will be provided by your child’s teacher. Teachers at the elementary level will be providing exact testing
dates for their classes. The middle school schedule may be found below. Please note there will be a modi-
fied period schedule for middle school on testing days (January 5, 6, and 7).
Middle School Schedule (Jan. 5-7)
8:00-10:30am—NWEA Tuesday, January 5—Reading NWEA
10:30-11:00am—Break and early lunch Wednesday, January 6—Science NWEA
11:00-11:25am—1st Period Thursday, January 7—Math NWEA
11:30-11:55am—2nd Period
12:00-12:25pm—3rd Period
12:30-12:55pm—4th Period
1:00-1:25pm—5th Period
1:30-1:55pm—6th Period
Weekly COVID-19 Report—Updated
Each week, Cardinal will provide a report on COVID-19 cases in our building. Cardinal strives to be complete-
ly transparent with its community while still protecting privacy. If there are known cases, Cardinal will follow
CDC and NCDHHS procedures and notify only those who came into contact with the person. If there is a pos-
itive case in your home, please email Dr. Draper here.
During break, two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. There is no known exposure since the staff
has not been in the building over break.
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Aftercare—New Q3 Learning Choice—New
Cardinal has partnered with the YMCA to bring Quarter 3 begins January 21. Families may choose
aftercare back to our school. Aftercare will be remote or in-person learning for quarter three.
available at Cardinal beginning January 4. It will Please fill out this form by January 15. One form is
be held on campus, from 2:45-6 p.m. daily and is needed for EACH student. Only families wishing to
available as weekly sessions. The cost is outlined change their learning choice need to fill out the
below. Please visit the aftercare website below form. If no form is filled out, your child’s quarter 2
for more information and to register for the pro-
learning choice will continue for quarter 3.
gram.
YMCA Member
$56 per 5-day week
Middle School Changes—New
$45 per 4-day week
There will be some changes to the learning labs once
Program Participant students return, and the numbers in Q3 may dictate
$68 per 5-day week further changes. Middle school teachers will have
$54 per 4-day week scheduled times to visit students in the labs for any-
one needing extra assistance. Lab teachers will have
https://www.ymcatriangle.org/schools/cardinal- check sheets and work monitoring processes in place
charter-academy-after-school beginning next week. After NWEA testing is complete
this week, the overall middle school schedule will re-
main the same, however Cardinal Time will be includ-
In-Person Learning Families ed for all students (remote and learning lab) per their
homeroom teacher.
In-person learning families may elect to have
their child learn from home the week after re-
turning from break. Please email your child’s Q2 Change of Learning Form
homeroom teacher so that their attendance can
Families may change from in-person learning to virtu-
be marked accordingly.
al learning at any time during quarter 2. Please fill
out this form to begin the process to request a
Q2 Conferences—New change. Completed forms should be emailed to Dr.
Draper.
Quarter 2 ends January 20. All teachers will hold
conferences with families for students who are Please note: Families may not change from virtual
behind/at-risk. If you have a concern, please learning to in-person until the next quarter. This form
reach out to your child’s teacher to schedule a is only for families to request a move back to virtual
conference. learning for the remainder of quarter 2.
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Intent to Return
Intent to Return will begin January 4, 2021. This is when current
families let Cardinal know they will be returning next year. This
reserves your child’s seat. On January 4, please log in to your
parent account in SchoolMint here to confirm your student’s seat
for the 2021-2022 school year. For any questions, please contact
Matt Luxenberg, our enrollment manager, here.
Board Meeting—New
A board meeting will take place January 6 at 5:30 p.m. Stakeholders may view the board meeting via Cardi-
nal’s Facebook page.
The Gifting Tree—Updated Spirit Event at Buffalo Wild Wings—New
Thank you to everyone On January 13, Cardinal will have a spirit event at
who voted for our tree Buffalo Wild Wings in Morrisville’s Park West Village
in downtown Cary! We from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mention you are with Cardi-
didn’t win this year, but nal and Buffalo Wild Wings will donate 10% of all sales
it was great to see all to Cardinal’s PTC. Families may earn one volunteer
the pictures of families hour for attending the spirit event by emailing a pic-
ture from the restaurant or at home with takeout and
visiting our tree.
their carpool number to cardinalchar-
terevents@gmail.com. All pictures must be received
by Friday, January 15 at midnight to receive credit.
Staff Birthdays—Updated
By not having all families in the building, some of the little things may go unnoticed. We don’t want that to
happen when birthdays roll around. Each month, we will highlight staff birthdays and provide email ad-
dresses. During these difficult times, a little note of encouragement or thanks on your birthday will go a
long way! Birthdays for the month of January are below:
Mr. Block Ms. McDowell Ms. Mettler Mr. Burgess
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Open Enrollment
Open enrollment for incoming kindergarteners and new families is going on now. This is the opportunity for
new students to join our Cardinal family. The lottery for the 2021-2022 school year will take place February
22. Families may apply via SchoolMint here. Please invite your friends and neighbors to be at Cardinal!
The intent to return window, when current families let Cardinal know they will be returning next year, will
take place January 4-February 5. More information about this process can be found in the “Intent to Re-
turn” box on page 4 of this newsletter.
National School Choice Week
National School Choice Week will take place January 24-30,
2021. School choice is the process of allowing every family to
choose the K-12 educational options that best fit their children.
These options include all forms of education, from traditional
public schools, to public charter schools, public magnet schools,
private schools, online academies, and homeschooling. More
information about school choice may be found here.
DANCE!! Each January, students use the School Choice Week dance to celebrate school choice with their
classmates. The dance may be found here for students who want to practice at home!
Cardinals, don't forget to tag us on any social media posts related to Cardinal
Charter Academy! You can follow and tag us on Facebook, Instagram, and
Twitter. Happy posting!
Morning carpool begins at 7:30 a.m. During carpool, roll down your
window and mask up before you get to the temperature check person.
Be ready to get out quickly once cleared.
Use all four lanes for morning arrival; lanes are not assigned.
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School Lunch Menu for the Week of January 4
Breakfast
Lunch
Meal Pickup for Virtual Learners
Free meals may be picked up at school by parents/guardians for virtual learners. If you will be picking up
meals for your student, please email our guidance counselor, Ms. Farrington, here. Meal pick-ups take
place on Wednesdays from noon-1 p.m.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers will be limited in the building this year, however are still needed! Use the links below to find
new volunteer opportunities. A complete list of volunteer opportunities can be found on the PTC website
here. List of volunteer opportunities:
Carpool and Cafeteria Opportunities: https://signup.com/go/ZshDyMn
Staff Appreciation: https://signup.com/go/bWoqJJc
You may also sign up for areas of volunteering that you find interesting via the PTC interest survey. This
doesn’t commit you to that area, and you can pick multiple areas. The PTC interest survey can be found
here. The committee/project chair will reach out to you.
Volunteer Check-in Procedure Donation Dropoffs
We will no longer be using the tablet at the front When dropping off items to the school, donations
desk for volunteer check-in. To check-in for vol- must be clearly labeled with this form. Forms are also
unteering, please use this link from your mobile available at the front office. Every donation needs a
phone: form. This will ensure each donated item gets to its
https://signup.com/go/cvOoLCh proper destination and families receive credit towards
volunteer hours.
Absences
If students are home and sick, parents should email absences@cardinalcharter.org and their child’s home-
room teacher to let the school know. If your child is feeling well enough to participate in school from home,
they can log onto Schoology for their classwork. Non-COVID-19 absences should be reported to absenc-
es@cardinalcharter.org as well.
If a class is quarantined, parents don’t need to notify the school of their child’s absence. There is a special
code in PowerSchool for quarantine. Administration will notify parents when their child may return to
school.
If your family is home quarantined due to possible exposure to COVID-19 and your child isn’t sick, please
email absences@cardinalcharter.org and your child’s teacher. Students should learn from home on School-
ogy while quarantined.
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Ugly/Lovely Sweater Contest
We still have quite a lot of unnamed entries. All entries below are ones we still need to sort out. If you see
your child’s entry, please email ccacampusimprovement@gmail.com with their name and grade, and we’ll
sort out leaving their prize at the front desk for collection if virtual or put it in their teacher’s mailbox if in
school.
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