October 2023 • Home of the Tigers
College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Program
Congratulations to seniors Dominic Mata, Eleanna Gonzalez, and Ruby Ortega Guzman who are three of 72,000 students from across the country who received a National Hispanic Recognition Award from College Board’s National Recognition Programs.
These programs honor the strong academic achievements of underrepresented students with a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher and scores in the top 10% of PSAT/NMSQT® or PSAT™ 10 assessments. Students are invited to apply during their sophomore or junior year after taking the assessments.
2024 National Merit Commended Students
Congratulations to Jackson Branum and Ivy Nichols for being named Commended Students in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, was presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although Commended Students do not continue in the 2024 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2024 competition by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
Attendance matters
In the event that your student must miss school, please be sure to call the ECA Attendance Line at 970.348.5800 and encourage your student to reach out to their instructors.
Colorado's sixth annual Free Applications Day$ will be held on October 17 - 19th, 2023 for Colorado residents. If students submit their application any time those days, they are applying for FREE! Colorado Free Application Day was created to encourage Colorado’s best and brightest students to further their education in the state of Colorado. By removing barriers for students to achieve a credential, Colorado can increase the number of students who complete their programs and enter the workforce with a degree or competitive skills.
The Student Support Center at ECA will be open all three days for students to come in and work on their applications. Staff members will be available to help students. We encourage students to begin the application process before Free Application Day$, so that come October 17-19, students can simply submit their application. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Dominguez, Aims Academic Advisor, at Kellyn.Dominguez@aims.edu.
ACCESS TO TUTORS
Aims professional tutors are committed to partnering with you to help you succeed at Aims and Early College Academy. Working with tutors can provide you with personalized attention, practice and confidence. Tutoring can offer content explanations in a wide variety of subject areas.
Additionally, students can access TutorMe, a 24/7 online tutoring service in over 300 subject areas. To access TutorMe:
Log in to D2L and locate "Student Services Support" on the right
Click on the Link "TutorMe - 24/7 Tutoring"
Enter your subject and follow the instructions
Get tutored!
Student Drop off
and pick up
In order to be good neighbors with the businesses around ECA, we kindly ask that you do not drop off or pick up in their parking lots to the east (Action Behavior Centers, formally Hope Bridge) and west (PeakView Pointe).
Drop-off and Pick-up traffic flow:
Enter ECA from the 11th street entrance, then proceed around the building to drop off or pick up on the west side of the building.
You will then continue around ECA and exit onto 11th street, making a right-hand turn only.
During pick-up, if you arrive early you can park on the east side of the building.
We sincerely appreciate your continued support. Please reach out to us if you have any additional questions.
Schedule of upcoming ECA EVENTS
October 9, 2023: No School for Students
October 11, 2023: NMSQT Testing (modified schedule)
October 17-19, 2023: Colorado Free College Application Days
October 27, 2023: No School for Students
October 30, 2023: No School for Students
November 8, 2023: Parent Teacher Conferences
November 10, 2023: Fall Dance @ Aims Welcome Center
November 20-24, 2023: No school for Students
Fall-In 2023
Photo Credit: Joshua Polson
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