Welcome to the Gryphon Bulletin, American Renaissance School's Weekly Newsletter for Families.

October 28, 2024

Staff Spotlight!

10/28-10/31 Elementary School News

PINK OUT DAY is  Wednesday, October 30th!  Wear as much pink as you can!  Students may wear pink shirts, pants, shoes, socks, headbands, hats, etc…  Students may not paint their face or wear a face mask.   

Our K-3 Book Character Costume Parade will take place at 9:30am on October 31, 2024.  It is a half day on Thursday and no school Friday! 

• Students will parade in their costumes through downtown.

• Students may wear costumes to school that day and are encouraged to choose costumes that reflect a favorite book character. No violent costumes, face paint, or masks are allowed. 

• Parents are invited to watch our parade from the sidewalk. We will begin with Kinder. We recommend that you arrive early and watch from the first block on East Broad Street or Center Street so that you do not miss any of the students.

• Some of the younger classes may use a shorter route by taking East Broad to turn left onto Center and walking straight down to the middle school if needed. 

WALKING ROUTE: 

K-3 Students will leave from the front door of the Donovan Cook Center on East Broad Street and take a left. At the corner of East Broad Street, we will turn left onto Center St. and use the crosswalk close in front of Andrea's Ice cream to cross over. (We are going to use these crosswalks with NO stoplight. Staff members will be in the crosswalks with stop signs to stop traffic.)

We will turn right on Center Street, go back down to the corner at East Broad and take a left to walk straight down East Broad to the Upper Room. Here, we will turn left onto Meeting St and go down one block to the corner at the Children's Museum. 

From the museum, the parade will turn left and walk straight up Court Street, using the same crosswalk to cross back over Center Street. We will turn right to walk down past our middle school. Past our middle school we will turn left on Front str, our students will walk up Cooper Street and return to ARS. We are looking forward to this fun ARS tradition!

Congratulations to our Red Ticket Winners! 10/25/24

Jada Woods, Jessalyn Houston, Ava Castillo-Lackey, Rose Free, Carson Gragg, Willow Morris, Khloe Kincaid, Andres Morales Rivera, Alanah Alexander, Florence Adams, Layna Berend, Remi Dalton, Kaela Dalton, Mateo Balbuena, Ezra Wyatt, Kevin Gates, Kara Stewart, Ella Hager, Abby Parker, Hattie Speaks , Noah Sharpe, Harper Horvath, Trey Campbell, Paisley Barnette, London McCall, Lilly Robinson

Volunteers needed to read with students on a weekly basis.  Below are times that volunteers are needed.  Please email danielle.cusick@arsnc.org if you are available to volunteer to read with students!

Monday:  7:30-8:45, 1:30-2:45

Tuesday: 1:30-2:45

Wednesday: 7:30-8:45

Thursday: 7:30-8:45

Friday: 7:30-8:45, 1:30-2:45

Intermediate and Middle  School News

Basketball tryouts are coming up soon. 

Girls' tryouts will take place on October 29th and 30th from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Bring your best effort and be ready to showcase your skills! Participants must have a current physical and concussion form!

Gryphon Dads: First Meeting Announcement!

We are excited to announce the upcoming Gryphon Dads interest meeting! This is a great opportunity for fathers and father figures to get involved and support our school community. The meeting will take place on October 29th at 5:30p in the Arts and Science Building. Gryphon Dads is open to all males affiliated with American Renaissance Charter.

PINK OUT DAY is  Wednesday, October 30th!  Wear as much pink as you can!  Students may wear pink shirts, pants, shoes, socks, headbands, hats, etc…  Students may not paint their face or wear a face mask.   

RAP News

Renaissance Association of Parents- Interested in volunteering?  Click here to see all the ways you can be part of RAP!  

ARS uniform order form for spirit wear, ice cream Friday, magnets and more available here! 

Clothes Closet is in need of donations!  

ARSYAA Game Schedules