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IMPORTANT SCHOOL INFORMATION
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Our Mission Statement
Heritage Academy is dedicated to youth, their growth and development. The purpose of education is to build strong character. Strong character is reflected in strong families, strong communities and a strong nation.
While teaching the academic disciplines, Heritage Academy is dedicated to instilling into the minds and hearts of today’s youth a knowledge of and respect for the ideals and values of the great men and women of history, including those who founded the American nation.
As today’s rising generation gains an appreciation of these people of accomplishment, they will be ready to provide the selfless service to their fellow citizens and to their country which will be required in the coming years to assist in preserving America’s greatness. Heritage Academy exists to this end.
TOMORROW!!!
This is their first blood drive.
Please help NHS have a successful event.
The 11 Most Popular Pie Flavors to Enjoy
per restaurantclicks.com
- Apple Pie
- Cherry Pie
- Pumpkin Pie
- Pecan Pie
- Chocolate Cream Pie
- Blueberry Pie
- Key Lime Pie
- Peanut Butter Pie
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
- Coconut Cream Pie
Some Irish Words to use on St. Patrick’s Day!
♣ let the shenanigans begin ♣
Grand – ok/cool/fine
Banjaxed – broken
Manky – dirty
Kip – dirty or in a bad way, i.e “The hotel room was a kip and a half!”
Gas – funny
Culchie – someone from a remote area of the country
Jammy – lucky
Eejit – a fool or dense person
Melter – an annoying person
Lashing – raining heavily
Deadly – great/fantastic/awesome
Savage – brilliant
Sound – an affirmative response, or as a description of someone or something good or cool
Hallion – a rascal/a messer
Bake – face, i.e “Shut your bake”
Dander – a walk
Peeler – a police officer
Scarlet – embarrassed
The Pale- the Dublin region
Jacks – toilet
Sleeven – sly or underhand person
SCHOLAR COUNCIL PRESENTS…DOLLARS FOR DUDS
PTO OFFERS $1.00 DOUGHNUTS
THURSDAY, March 30th
On Dollars for Duds days, scholars are allowed to wear non-uniform clothing (INCLUDING JEANS) that meet Heritage Standards. $1.00 for shirt and $1.00 for pants/shorts. Wristbands purchased for participation must be worn on your scholar’s wrist throughout the day. Dollars for Duds is optional, and scholars do not have to participate. Money raised goes to support Scholar Council and the school activities and dances they support.
Heritage Standard means: no sleeveless or midriff shirts; shorts must be 4″ from the middle of the knee and skirts must come to the middle of the knee; no pants or shorts that are ripped, torn or frayed; no leggings; no inappropriate slogans or symbols on the clothing; and NO PAJAMAS.
If a scholar is wearing inappropriate clothing, they will be dress coded and will need to change into uniforms we have on hand in the office.
The PTO will be offering $1 doughnuts until they are gone that Thursday morning!
We will be participating in State Testing April 3-6. Please take a look at the schedule as not every grade level is testing every day. The scholars come only on the day they are testing otherwise they will have assignments in Google Classroom as we will be virtually learning that week. We will also send out reminders as the testing week approaches.
Please take note:
- Any scholar arriving later than 8:15 am will not be allowed into the testing room and will have to make up the test on Thursday afternoon. Please plan any appointments in the afternoons for that week.
- There will be NO makeup testing for ACT.
- My Hot Lunch Box will NOT be serving lunches on those days. Please cancel your orders for that week.
Hello Heritage Families with driving scholars! There are issues with scholars parking in spots that they do not own for the school year. The only scholars who can park in scholar parking are those who have paid for their spot. Unfortunately, we will have to start placing a boot on those cars who are parking illegally. You have been warned.
A special message from Heritage Maricopa parents:
We are so excited to announce that we’ve successfully met our goal of collecting enough signatures for the next phase of bringing Heritage Academy Elementary to Maricopa! Thank you all for signing our interest form and helping up spread the word to other families. We couldn’t have done this without our amazing community.
Please follow our Facebook group page HERE for additional updates as we move forward!
Ms. Schmidgall’s 7th grade History class has been learning about Arizona. After learning regions of the state, Arizona animal pelts and skulls came to the classroom. The scholars examined the items and identified the region the animal would live in and what the animal was. The Bone Box was provided by the Arizona Game and fish Department. The scholars had a great time with the artifacts.
Mrs. Miller’s Latin classes finished the unit on The Aeneid. Here they are building the beginnings of Rome out of Legos.
The Entrepreneurial Exposition with Mr. Hamblin’s help brought a lot of wealth to the scholars! Scholar profits ranged from -$22 to $618, depending on the business! They kept the money, and they have had to save $500 for their personal emergency fund this year.
Pictures from the Grade 12 Citizenship Presentation on Wednesday. Several community members came to speak to them about virtual safety and resources offered throughout Maricopa:
Face of a Survivor, Tessa Milne
Hope Women’s Center, Vanessa Behrens
A Maricopa Detective and the Community Support Specialist, Jim DeVenezia
A&P with Dr. Ormond scholars dissected sheep brains this week. They concluded their section on the central nervous system, sensory nervous system and endocrine system. Scholars were eager to dig in.
Mrs. Miller’s 6th grade and Mrs. Ormond’s 9th grade Citizenship classes exchanged letters with a citizenship buddy as part of their class service projects in February. The 6th and 9th graders got together for lunch this week and met each other for the first time. They are excited to get together with their Citizenship Buddies in the future!
Can we all agree with Enrique here? I’m Getting Murdered in the Morning was a riot!
DRIVELINE REMINDER!
PLEASE remember that 0ur driveline is being monitored closely this year. No one can park on the street outside of our campus before the driveline. Parents must park in our “cell phone lot” until our gates are open at 3:15. Our city and our neighbors need your cooperation.
Dance is working heard preparing for the show.
***JH VOLLEYBALL***
***TENNIS***
***LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS****
If you have time and are willing to help we have lots of open slots for our home games coming up. We would greatly appreciate your help. Every service helps our Heroes be presented at their best.
Click HERE to help out.
Pressing the Right Buttons
Follow Your Passion and the Odds Will Always Be In Your Favor
By Robert Huff & John Hill
Passion > Odds
“In front of you are two buttons. Button A guarantees a completely average, normal life. Button B involves a risk – a 95% chance you will be a complete failure, but a 5% chance your life will be extraordinary. Which button do you press?” The question was posed by Heritage Academy Maricopa scholar Robert Huff and answered by our guest speaker without hesitation: “You press button B . . . EVERY time.”
The guest speaker was Yuma Samie, known for her million-plus viewed YouTube videos produced by Crash Course on English composition. Her confident answer to press the button with a 5% chance of big success was not based on weighing odds. It is based on a principle she believes in: you’ll find that 5% chance of success every time if you follow your passion.
Can Success Be That Simple?
Yumna is living proof of the power of passion. She defied the odds in graduating on time with 2 degrees while working 2 jobs. She defied the odds in giving a Ted Talk at 19 years old. And she defied the odds in even visiting Heritage Academy. But she had a passion to do each of these things and that passion led to results. “The odds of her coming all the way to Maricopa were astronomically low,” said her host, English teacher John Hill, “but her passion for connecting with others who value her work (that’s us!) made it happen.”
Yumna toured our school with Mr. Hill and visited each of his A Day classes. She gave a talk to each class and then opened things up for Q&A. “I think the most inspiring part of her being here was that scholars saw possibilities for themselves through her,” said Mr. Hill. “The type of success she has had in life is there for anyone who does what she advises in finding and following their passion.”
Yuma was happy to share her story, give lots of advice, and answer everyone’s questions. “Having the opportunity to meet the academic legend was an absolute delight. She shared her story with us and offered advice to help us develop as writers and scholars,” said Huff. Junior Avory Oosthuizen, in describing Yumna’s helpful advice on the writing process, added, “Yumna answered our research project questions and gave great input! It was awesome seeing the girl in our Crash Course videos in person.”
Passion Not Pressure
In giving advice on what to do (follow your passion), Yumna also gave clear advice on what not to do: do not follow the desires of what others want you to be. That’s not passion that’s pressure. For Yumna, a big part of finding the path to success through passion is finding out what YOU want to do and who YOU want to be. And where that path leads might not be clear from the outset. She cautioned: “Sometimes passions do not always seem to fit together, but ultimately do. I love making videos, and I love public speaking.” Both ended up leading to an exciting career for her. “Doors will open – sometimes to unexpected opportunities, as it did for me with Crash Course.”
Passion followed. Success achieved.
Yumna believes that following your passion will always lead to opportunities. Far from being intimidated by the hypothetically low odds of button B and the 5% chance of success, Yumna claims you have already beaten the odds just by being born and making it into your teen years as the unique one in a billion person you are. “There is an infinitesimally small chance that you would be born. And the odds are even smaller that you would turn out to be exactly who you are. Be who you are. Follow your passion.”
Follow your passion. If you do, the odds are actually in your favor. You just have to go for it!
Above clockwise from top left: Class 2A locked on every word; John Hill with Yumna;
Abigail Panter and Yumna; Class 3A sharing their research paper questions with Yumna.
Author: Robert Huff is a senior at Heritage Academy Maricopa. His passion is dreaming and doodling – sometimes dreaming while doodling. He is currently in Mr. Hill’s dual enrollment English class conducting college-level research on the limits of artificial intelligence in displaying creativity.
Author: John Hill is a dual enrollment English teacher at Heritage Academy Maricopa. He has a passion for his students, and he followed that passion in getting Yumna Samie to Maricopa.
Not sure what the odds were that he’d get Samie to visit our humble school, but passion > odds.
Guest: Yumna Samie is currently a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst where she continues to dream big and follow her passion – not surprisingly, an advanced degree in educational technology.
SCHOLARS SHOULD NOT BE SIGNED OUT BETWEEN 2:30-3:30 PM
Need to schedule an appointment for your scholar during school hours? We ask that you try and schedule appointments on Fridays when the scholars are out of school. We know this isn’t always possible due to days and hours of operation, however due to our driveline, we are not able to sign scholars out after 2:30 pm. If you have an appointment for your scholar, we will need you to pick them up before 2:30 pm or wait until school is out to pick up your scholar.
COLLEGE CORNER
CLICK HERE to check the website of The College Funding Coach
Register for the FREE educational workshop HERE
Heritage Academy offers advising to every scholar on campus. Mr. McCambridge will coach them along their college prep path, get them enrolled in college while in high school, and set up for future success!
Parents and scholars….. Do you have questions regarding college or high school planning?
Below is a list of topics that you may want to consider.
- High school course selection
- Early College Program – Dual enrollment, AP & CLEP
- Earning an Associates Degree at Heritage Academy
- ACT/SAT/PSAT (Which test and when?)
- Financial Aid (Scholarships, Grants, Loans & FAFSA)
To schedule your appointment with Mr. McCambridge, please visit https://calendly.com/greg-mcca
REMINDERS
MySchoolBucks is our payment system for course fees and to make purchases through the school store.
To create your account go to MySchoolBucks.com and follow these instructions:
- Click “Sign Up Free”
- Follow the step by step instructions to add our school and your scholars to your account. Our district is Heritage Academy Inc.
- Click on “School Store” on the top menu bar for a list of options.
- If you click on “Store Home” it will take you to where you can purchase items like a parking permit, pay your PTO dues, or rent your choir robes.
- If you click on “School Invoices” this is where your current course fees and end of year school balances from last year will be listed. You will be able to make a payment right through this system!
It’s a brand new year to donate to ECA funds. 
REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR LUNCH!!
NO OUTSIDE FOOD IS ALLOWED
COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR SCHOLAR
DID YOU ORDER LUNCH?
HERE ARE A FEW REMINDERS:
- Change your scholars grade level under your profile.
- Communicate with your scholar if you ordered lunch for them so they know to pick it up.
- If a lunch is ordered and not picked up during lunch time, it will be donated.
- If your scholar is absent, cancel the order or contact the front office if you want it saved by 10:00 am, otherwise it will be donated.
- If you want a friend to pick up your lunch, it must be communicated to the front office by 10:00 am so the records can be updated.
DRESS CODE REMINDERS
Khaki pants need to be cream, beige, or khaki in color (according to the chart below). The colors that are crossed out in red are not approved.
