President’s Day Holiday,  Next Monday, February 20th: School will be closed.
In honor of Black History Month and President’s Day, students in all classes are studying the achievements of famous African Americans, as well as some of our country’s great Presidents.
The Book Fair starts this week, Thursday, Feb. 16th: The Scholastic Book Fair will be in the lobby for you to browse on a daily basis from the 16th – 23rd.
Click on this link Online Book Fair Page to preview books. After the book fair, from Feb. 21 to March 12, you will be able to order more books, including some additional books not available at the book fair . The school will continue to get credit for online orders. We look forward to seeing you at Families Night Out on Friday, Feb. 17. Valentine’s Day is this Tuesday, February 14th.
To celebrate, students are invited to wear shades of red, pink, purples, or valentine heart colors. Students in grades 1-8 should wear uniform pants, but they may wear scarfs, shirts, sweaters with Valentine colors. Classroom Teachers will give information if they are having class parties.Families Night Out on Friday, Feb. 17th:
Come dressed in your
Hawaiian best! Please invite your friends to come and enjoy the evening with us!
Potluck: 6 – 6:45 p.m. upstairs
Jamba Juice Fundraiser: 6:15 – 8:15 p.m. Jamba Juice will sell tropical flavored juice drinks for $4 each! See the table outside the front door.
Book Fair and Stations Open: 6:45 – 7:45 p.m. in the Lobby.
Hawaiian Dancing: 7:45 – 8 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Final Book Fair Sales and Clean-up: 8 – 8:15 p.m.
Spirit Week begins Friday, 2/17, and runs through Friday, 2/24:
Friday, 2/17: Hawaiian Day - wear flowered shirts, straw hats, leis, sunglasses, flip flops, etc.
No School on Monday for President’s Day!  Tuesday, 2/21: Pajama and Sweatpants Day: Drop Everything and Read
Wednesday, 2/22: Crazy Hair, Crazy Hat, and Crazy Clothes (but not too crazy)
Thursday, 2/23: Nerd Day, Mismatch, Inside and Backwards Day
Friday, 2/24: Sports Day: Wear your favorite sports team, sport outfit, karate, gymnastics, dance, or anything sporty
Lost and Found is overflowing! Please come look in the Lost and Found bin for your child’s clothing. Please mark all sweaters, sweatshirts, and jackets with your child’s name so we know who to return it to.
Drop-in Care Reminders: We are happy to take care of your child, but as a reminder, according to your contract, if you are late picking up your child after your child’s program ends you will be billed for $4.50 per hour or any portion thereof. The school closes at 6:15 p.m. and after 6:15 p.m. you will be charged by the daycare provider on site at a rate of $10 per 15 minutes. Thank you for your cooperation. Please contact the school if you have questions.
Principled Academy T-shirts and Sweatshirts: Did  you want a Principled Academy T-shirt or sweatshirt but missed the last order? We are making one more order for the school year. So print the order form here and return it to the school
office with the payment.
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Teacher Workday for K-8 on Friday, March 2nd, and half day classes for first through eighth grade, half day conferences on Wednesday – Friday, March 7 – 9: School will be closed for Kindergarten through eighth graders on Friday, March 2nd. Students will be dismissed for 1st-8th grade at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 7th-9th. All teachers (preschool-8th grade) will be holding parent conferences during that time. Sign up on the forms that will be sent home to reserve your spot (first come, first served) for a conference with your child’s teacher.
Preschool will be held on Friday, March 2nd. Preschool and Kindergarten schedules will remain the same for the days March 7th-March 9th.
Mileage Club: Students are collecting more toe tokens as they continue to walk and run around the yard during lunch recess.  Please encourage your children to keep up the good work! Click here for more information.
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See the tiger, Nalin, at Discovery Kingdom!
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to Succeed: Read to Succeed Reading logs are due this Wednesday, Feb. 15. Bring them in today or return them in the Behavior Report. Your child will earn a free admission ticket to Discovery Kingdom or Magic Mountain. Print your reading loghere.
Clubs:
Mandarin/Spanish/Gymnastics/LEGO Robotics: New sessions began the week of February 6 – 10. Payment is due if you haven’t paid yet.
No LEGO Fun Club Monday, Feb. 13 or 20. Last LEGO Fun Club class Monday, Feb. 27! After that LEGO Fun Club will end.
Chess: The 2nd session of Chess has begun as  well (February – June). The $25 payment for this session is due at this time.
For more details: See a complete description of clubs here.
It is easy to sign up online for clubshere. New students accepted anytime in all clubs.
Build the Dream Tour, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.: All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend a Build the Dream Tour, especially if you haven’t already. You’ll find this is a heartwarming overview of our school with stories of the success earned by Principled Academy alumni after they graduate from our 8th grade. Your children can go to aftercare while you attend the tour. Refreshments will be served. Invite your friends to come too!
Dinner and Auction, Friday, May 18, 2012:  This year’s event: An Enchanted Evening in Italy. The gracious Grandview Pavilion in Alameda will be decorated to evoke the romance of Italy. Cocktails and professional photos of your couple will be available for purchase. Invitations and tickets are available in the school office.The Dinner and Auction Committee would like to ask if any parents have quality donations for the Auction to please contact the office. This is a great way to showcase your business. If you have any contacts, friends, or relatives whose business/services could be a great auction item, please ask them. If you have any other suggestions or things to offer for the auction, please contact Nancy in the school office. Thank you for your support in making this a great event!
Piano Lessons After school: A college student and accomplished pianist, Jenny Hughes, who is a friend of The Principled Academy is offering lessons at school, on Tuesday afternoons. She has played piano for 14 years, beginning with classical, self-taught pop, and now intense jazz studies at Chabot College. She is currently playing in the Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Orchestra at school, and also played in the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble last year. She is a currently a Music Major.
The fee is: $15/30 minutes.
If you are interested, please contact Jenny Hughes directly at:
(home) 510 293 9104
The Principled Academy is on Facebook! Check it out at www.facebook.com/ThePrincipledAcademy Please “Like” our page and ask your friends to “Like” us too.
Hot Dog Lunches: Sign up now for Hot Dog Lunches. Sign-up for all the hot dog lunches through June! That way you don’t have to remember each week! Order online and click here for  order form – don’t forget to bring the money to the office. Click here for the printable version for orders. You can also come by the office to sign-up. This is a fundraiser for the 7th/8th grades trip to Washington, D.C. $3 for 1 hot dog, a Capri-Sun juice, a bag of chips and a piece of fruit. Extra hot dog is $0.50.
Thank you to all our parents for your continued support.
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Tickets ($30 per person) are available in the school office. Childcare is available at the Principled Academy from 5 – 10 p.m. on a first come/first served basis. (K – 3rd grades only). See the flyer
beginning Monday, June 18, for all Preschoolers. See letter and more information for parents of Preschoolers 
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Academy students have participated in The Institute of Reading Development reading programs held at various locations around the East Bay each summer.
year’s event: An Enchanted Evening 
Academy students have participated in The Institute of Reading Development reading programs held at various locations around the East Bay each summer. We highly recommend these beneficial programs. If you think your child could benefit from such a four week program go 
Sign-up for all the hot dog lunches through June! Order online and click 
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Easter Egg Hunt April 5th: We would appreciate it if every family could send in a package of at least a dozen plastic Easter eggs for our annual Egg hunt. If you would like to donate some candy for our event, we would greatly appreciate that as well.
grades are hosting a bake sale this Friday (a fundraiser for their trip to Washington, DC). Yummy cookies, cupcakes, sushi, lumpia and more will be available. Please send about $1-$2 with your child. Older students will help younger ones with the money.
which were distributed to Veterans in our local areas. Derrick Felton said he was honored to receive the cards on behalf of the veterans. The students in the older grades wrote about what freedom means to them, and they expressed gratitude to the Veterans who dedicated their lives to preserve and protect our freedom and democracy.
