8:00 am - 2:30 pm
K-6th grade
Period 1: 8:30-9:45 am
Period 2: 9:50-11:20 am
Lunch: 11:25 - 12:10pm
Period 3: 12:15-1:25 pm
Period 4: 1:30-2:45 pm
7-8th grade
Period 1: 8:15-9:35 am
Period 2: 9:40-11:10 am
Snack Break: 11:10 - 11:25am
Period 3: 11:30-12:45 pm
Lunch: 12:50 - 1:25pm
Period 4: 1:30-2:45 pm
February 24th - 28th, 2025
February
February 24 - Picnic & Play Day (11:00 - 1:00)
February 25 - 26 - Unit 4 Spirit Days: Sports Days!
February 26 & 27 - Pizza Lunch
March
March 3 - Middle School Field Day (10:00 - 12:00)
March 8 - Unit 4 All Family Field Trip - Super Stem Saturday (CSUSM)
March 10 - 14 - Unit 4 Conferences
March 24 - 26 - 4th Grade Sacramento/ San Francisco Trip
April
April 14 - 18 - Spring Break
April 26 (Saturday) - Unit 5 All Family Field Trip - TCA Art Show
April 28 - May 2 - Unit 5 Conferences
Assembly Schedule:
A/B Assemblies (7:58 am)
2/25 & 2/26
C Track Assemblies:
K-6 (8:28am)
2/25, 2/26 & 2/27
2/25 & 2/26
2024-25 School Drop off Pick up times
Morning Gates Will Be Open: 7:45am-8:35 am
Afternoon Gates Will Be Open: 2:20pm-3:00pm
A/B Track Students and Parents- A/B Track Morning Drop-off & Pick Up
C'lectives Students and Parents C Track Morning Drop-off & Pick Up
Please note that we do not have after school supervision on the playground. Please make sure all kids are supervised and following playground rules!
We are excited to announce Melissa Johnson as the new C Track Assistant Principal!
Melissa brings 13 years of valuable experience at Bear Valley, making a lasting impact in a variety of roles. She began her career at TCA as a 2nd-grade A/B teacher for three years and has spent the last 10 years as both an Educational Specialist and C’lectives teacher. In addition, Melissa brings a unique perspective, having homeschooled her own three children—her two sons have graduated from CAHS, and her daughter is currently a junior.
"I am so excited to be stepping into this new role! I have seen first hand the benefits of partnering with parents as both a parent and as a teacher here at TCA. I am excited to help us work towards our Bright Future."
ASB Snack Shack!
"In need of a snack? Support the shack!"
Cash or QR code accepted (WIFI: TCA GUEST)
Unit 4 Dates (2:30-3:00 near the Gretna Green Gate):
February 26th, 27th
March 5th, 6th
We have chips, cookies, Capri Suns, water and more!
All proceeds go to an end of the year party for our ASB students.
Thank You for Supporting Our Book Fair!
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support our book fair! The funds raised will go directly back to our school.
During the book fair, students had the chance to participate in two fun games:
Guess How Many Crayons Are in the Jar – Congratulations to Kai from Mrs. Duncan's class! Kai’s guess of 210 was just two crayons off from the actual count of 208. Amazing job, Kai!
Book Fair Scavenger Hunt – Congratulations to Grace from Mr. Meisterling's class for winning the scavenger hunt!
Both Kai and Grace got to shop the book fair and pick out $15 worth of books as their prizes.
As a reminder, you can still shop online from now til February 23rd HERE and we will receive 25% back.
Thank you to all who participated and helped make our book fair a success! Happy reading!
DONATIONS NEEDED!
We need your help to make Super STEM Saturday a success!
Please consider donating supplies to support this exciting event.
Sign up using the LINK and drop off your donations at the front office by Friday, February 28th.
Thank you for your support in making STEM learning fun and engaging for our students!
YEARBOOK SALES AND ADS
It is time to purchase your 24-25 TCA Yearbook. This year, the books are available for $50.00. To order your TCA Yearbook, CLICK HERE.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with the Yearbook staff at
tcayearbook@classicalacademy.com.
Volunteering at TCA
To read more about our volunteering program and how your partnership helps our campus work CLICK HERE!
Volunteering Opportunities: CLICK HERE to complete our interest form and get started!
Record Your Volunteer Hours: CLICK HERE to record your volunteer hours.
On Campus Volunteer Form: If you're volunteering on campus CLICK HERE to fill out a form each time you visit.
Tickets for Shrek the Musical will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, February 26th!
It's a "big bright beautiful world" as everyone's favorite ogre, Shrek, leads a cast of fairytale misfits on an adventure to rescue a princess and find true acceptance. Shrek JR. is an irreverently fun show with a powerful message for the whole family. With dazzling sets, whimsical puppetry, high-energy dance numbers, and laughs by the minute, Shrek the Musical transforms the contemporary children’s book and popular animated feature film into a stage musical that is sure to entertain and make audiences believers in happy endings for all.
Performances are April 3rd - 6th at the California Center for the Art Escondido, $18
https://artcenter.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUe000001i029MAA
Activities Include:
Musical Theater Singing/Dancing
Stage Combat/Character Development
Theater Games/Improvisation
Free Swim - Certified lifeguard and supervision at all times
Campers will be divided into three groups of 15 - 20 and will rotate activities throughout the day. The day will end with optional free swim/free play/classic musicals, all with enhanced safety standards
SPACE IS LIMITED!
Click HERE to register for Musical Theater Camp 2025
Questions? Please email lorimgrimes@gmail.com
Mondays at CAHS -PLC Upper Auditorium
8:30 - 9:00 - Grades 1-2
9:00 - 9:50 - Grades 3-5
9:50 - 10:50 - Grades 6-8
Choir Interest Form HERE
Questions? Email Jacob Stubbs jstubbs@classicalacademy.com
Jr. Musical Theater (3rd - 5th)
Questions? Email Jennifer Guttiere jguttiere@classicalacademy.com
Middle School Musical Theater (6th - 8th)
Questions? Email Kara Howard khoward@classicalacademy.com
Tue/Thu at CAHS - PLC Upper Auditorium
Advanced Band - 3:30 - 4:30
Beginning Band - 4:30 - 5:30
Band Interest Form HERE
Questions? Email Jacob Stubbs jstubbs@classicalacademy.com
🏈 🏐 Middle School Girls Flag Football & Boys Volleyball TRYOUTS 🏐 🏈
NEED: Assistant Volleyball Coach - please contact me: tpowell@classicalacademy.com if you are able to help out our head coach! Commitment is one afternoon practice and one game most weeks.
Girl's Flag Tryout
Wednesday, Feb 26th @ Emmanuel Faith Field: 3:30 - 5pm
Coaches: Powell, Emley, and Brown
Boys Volleyball Tryout
Thursday, Feb 27th @ CAMS Court: 3:30 - 5pm
Coaches: Hunter, (need at least one assistant coach)
Hope to see you out there and looking forward to this final season of Badger Sports!!!
For CAMS Middle School Sport Schedule and updates, please check out the CAMS Sports Page
Don't miss special events and announcements for TCA 7th and 8th graders!
Check here every week to stay up to date (click link below):
TCA Middle School Overview
If you were not able to join the informational Q & A about our TCA Middle school program, click on the links below for the information that was covered.
Hey TCA Middle Schoolers!
Come join us for a fun Field Day on Monday, March 3rd from 10am to 12pm. We will be playing games on the field that you helped choose! We will have kick ball, water relays, and much more!
$10 for a ticket using the link below (sign ups close 2/28) or
$15 cash at the door.
Our Middle School ASB is holding a gift card drive until Friday, February 21st to help those affected by the fires in LA. Please bring gift cards to the front office that will help these families. We are looking to send gift cards to help with immediate needs such as gas, groceries, food, Target and Walmart or similar stores. Thank you SO much!
Attention 8th graders - deadline extended!
We are looking for one student to represent our 2025 8th grade C track class by giving a speech at 8th grade promotion. This speech should be about what life was like on C track, some fond relatable memories, and an encouragement to your classmates moving on to high school. School staff will choose the winning speech. Please note that if your speech is selected, you will be presenting the speech in front of Bear Valley and CAMS 8th graders along with their families, so it must be rehearsed until you are comfortable delivering it in front of a large group.
Click HERE to submit your speech by March 14th at 4:00 pm.
Please send any questions regarding class trips to tcaevents@classicalacademy.com
4th Grade 2025 Spring Northern California Trip
Quick Facts:
Dates: March 24-26, 2005
Registration: TO REGISTER FOR THE WAITLIST, log into www.studentsontour.com to create an account, log back into that account and register using the tour code and password below!
Tour Code T256001A
Password 145235
Cost: $1169 for quad occupancy - PLEASE NOTE If we receive enough registrations we can open up a second bus and accept everyone on the waitlist. If for some reason we do not get enough signups, you will be REFUNDED your money prior to the trip.
Please note: A parent or chaperone is required to travel with their 4th graders on this trip. This trip is for 4th graders and their chaperones only.
8th Grade 2025 Fall East Coast Trip - sign ups now open!
Attention Current 7th Grade Families
The East Coast Trip for current 7th graders that will be 8th grade TCA middle school students next school year is now accepting registrations.
Quick Facts:
Dates: November 13 - 20, 2025
Registration: Open now to the first 50 and then a waitling list (lifted around 65)
Deposit Due: April 25, 2025
Cost: $3,269
More information can be found on the attached flyer.
See the Frequently Asked Questions link below for more information. See you on the trip!
All kits must be pre-ordered online, using the links below.
The Classical Academies is pleased to offer every student one free breakfast and lunch meal kit. When students are on campus during a breakfast or lunch period, they will be able to choose from the available pre-packaged breakfast kit or pre-packaged lunch kit at the scheduled appropriate meal time.
Breakfast is scheduled from 7:45 am till 8:25 am and lunch will be provided the first 10 minutes of each lunch period.
Breakfast will be served outside rooms 18 & 20 and lunch will be served outside of the Parent Lounge (which is located across from the lunch tables and in front of the swimming pool).
Each pre-packaged breakfast kit includes breakfast cereal, dried fruit, unsweetened regular or flavored applesauce, graham crackers, and low-fat milk.
Each pre-packaged lunch kit includes an entree like chicken salad, Wow Butter cup, or hummus, along with sides like sunflower kernels, cheese stick, or soy nuts. It also includes unsweetened regular or flavored applesauce or dried fruit, a vegetable juice blend, crackers/chips, and low-fat milk.
Our meal program is available to all students, regardless of eligibility status, who are on campus longer than two hours for an educational purpose.
Questions? meals@classicalacademy.com
Here are some important reminders regarding our sickness policy:
Students who appear ill (ie. fever, stomach aches, diarrhea, stomach pains, vomiting) should not be sent to school.
If your student is sick, please email your teacher/ES (you do not need to call the front office).
A student must be fever free without the use of fever-reducing medicine (i.e. acetaminophen, ibuprofen, aspirin, naproxen) for 24 hours before returning to school.
Parents: You may not send students to school with medication (including over the counter medication).
ALL medications must be kept in the front office. Medication may not be kept in a student's backpack, lunch bag or on their person. Exceptions may be made if a licensed health care provider certifies that the student’s well being would be jeopardized unless the medication is carried on his/her person, the student has demonstrated competency in self-administering the medication, and a parent confirms the same.
Click Here to print the required medication form to get authorization to keep medication in the front office.
Questions? Email Stephanie Pillsbury spillsbury@classicalacademy.com
Please review our school's Cell Phone and Smartwatch Policy. Highlights from the policy are written below. To see the full policy and all details, CLICK HERE for the Parent and Student Handbook on pages 30-31.
Students may have personal cell phones on campus but they must be turned off or silenced and placed in their backpacks while on school grounds (including break, lunch, and after school activities).
If a student needs to contact a parent or guardian for any reason during the school day, they may use the front office phone or they may use their cell phone in the front office with permission. If a parent needs to contact a student, they should contact the front office, not the student’s personal cell phone.
Students may use their cell phone after dismissal time, when the school day has concluded.
SmartWatches
The Classical Academies recognizes that students may wear or carry smartwatches or other devices for health and/or safety reasons such as emergency communication or location tracking. During the school day, students are not permitted to use their smartwatch for calling, messaging, texting, surfing the internet, social media, or taking photos except in the case of a real emergency or with permission from the teacher.
The device is to be set on silent mode during the school day so that there will not be disruptions to the classroom. If a student uses a smart watch for anything besides checking the time, the device may be confiscated until the end of the day.
Parents can help the school enforce this policy by not texting their children or calling them during the day. If a parent needs to contact their child they should phone the school office and the message will be relayed promptly.
Click HERE for the Parent Student Handbook landing page
Independent Study Compliance
Due to legislative requirements, the school must offer optional synchronous sessions for all students, and must notify families when students do not attend. Your student's teacher will communicate with you regarding the scheduling for these sessions. Teachers are required to notify you if participation rates fall below the following percentages:
TK-3 students will be notified if they participate in less than 50% of the daily scheduled times.
4-12 students will be notified if they participate in less than 50% of the once a week scheduled times.
We recognize these state added layers of requirements may not necessarily benefit everyone. Despite the required notification, you have the option to not participate. There is no negative impact for the student if they do not attend these optional synchronous sessions. They are not part of our Master Agreement and can not impact enrollment or grades.
Starting Friday, August 30, 2024 and each subsequent Friday, you will receive an email if your student’s participation rate falls below these triggers. There is nothing you need to do with the email as this is a compliance piece for us to prove that we notified you.
Thank you for your understanding as we comply with the state’s requirements.
Want to purchase some TCA apparel? Click HERE to check out our online store.
ATTENTION PARENTS:
When you want to come onto campus for the first time (during school hours) please bring your driver's license with you to the front office so we can scan it into our system and print you a visitor's badge.
After it is scanned once it will not need to be done again as your information will be saved in the system. Thank you!
While we love all of your furry friends, please know that dogs are NOT allowed on campus (unless it is a service animal).
Do you want help teaching history?
A/B and C track students in grades 1st through 6th can take an alternate TCA history course created by Mrs. Broyles. The course is designed to support families teaching history with video lessons, read-alouds, fun differentiated assignments, optional fun crafts, and videos for extension. It aligns the learning across grade levels with differentiated assignments so families can learn history together.
The class is called TCA History with Mrs. Broyles. Use this access code: Q93G-PFPT-9CJFP to add it to your student's Schoology dashboard.
Math Helpline for 4th-8th Grade Students
The Classical Academies will be offering live online math help for students and parents! Come and work on current, recent, and approaching lessons with Ms.Aguilar!
The Helpline will be available on the following days and times:
Monday-Friday
8:00 AM-12:00 PM & 1:00-3:00 PM
Join by checking your Schoology math course or tcalearn.com/mathhelpline
*The information in this section is provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only. It is independent of The Classical Academy and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by The Classical Academies. Please contact the service provider directly with all questions or concerns. *
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TCA Carpool
Are you looking to set up a carpool for your student(s)? Fill out this form and we will post contact information here for you to connect with other parents. Your information will be shared here for the duration of the school year. If you would like your information to be removed from the BUZZ please contact the front office at 760-546-0101.
Parent Name: Jane Ye
Parent Email: janee101@gmail.com
Location: Rancho Penasquitos
Track: C
Parent Name: Amy Ward
Parent Email: spencernamy@aol.com
Location: Poway near Community & Twin Peaks
Track: C
Parent Name: Rebecca Gus
Parent Email: rebeccawiki@gmail.com
Location: North Escondido / Hidden Meadows
Track: C
Parent Name: Beth Wakefield
Parent Email: Ms.beth.wakefield@gmail.com
Location: Poway - Twin Peaks & Espola
Track: C
Parent Name: Jessica Skakalska
Parent Email: jessica.dexter11@gmail.com
Location: Poway, Community Road near Hilleary Park
Track: C
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