Flagstaff Junior Academy

Thanks to Ms. Mitchell for taking alternating 6th grade homerooms out to Elden Pueblo recently. And thanks to Mr. Cola for leading the students back at campus in making soap carvings. Fun and educational either way!

Kudos to all the FJA teachers who've recently spent off-contract time writing Donors Choose grant projects. Since the beginning of this school year alone, FJA classrooms have had $7,000 in projects funded! These monies directly benefit students. Didn't get a chance to donate yet? It's quick and easy and we still have five projects in need of funding. Just click below to get to the FJA Donors Choose homepage. You can make a positive impact now! https://www.donorschoose.org/fjacademy?active=true

Thanks to all who came out to Bushmaster Park on Friday to enjoy good food and good company! Special thanks to our Grillmasters, Tony Cola and Steph Jackson, for making do with a smaller grill than usual and grilling their hearts out all night!

Friday, September 9th is FJA's Annual Back-to-School BBQ. This event has been on hiatus since pre-COVID, and we so hope you can join us. It is a great opportunity to connect with staff and other FJA students and families! The BBQ will be at Bushmaster Park from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. FJA will provide burgers, hotdogs/brats, and some veggie alternatives, as well as fixings. We kindly ask that parents who are able bring a dish to share: Student Last Names Starting with A-I: Side Dishes Student Last Names Starting with J-R: Salads Student Last Names Starting with S-Z: Desserts Families are encourages to bring their own plates and utensils. Hope to see you next there!

FJA will be closed on Monday, September 5th for Labor Day. See you all on Tuesday!

FJA is thankful for Flagstaff Bone and Joint! How great to receive a check in the mail from them that totaled the exact amount of money they took in for providing $10 sports physicals to our students! Thanks to Flagstaff Bone and Joint for keeping students at the center of what they do.

Thanks to all of our coaches and club sponsors! For a middle school with less than 200 students, our community really steps it up to provide so many extracurricular activities to our students. Click on the link below to see all that is being offered at FJA! https://fjacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FJA-Athletics-and-Clubs.pdf

Take note of some upcoming Important Dates: Tuesday, August 23rd: Cedar Campus Family Information Night, 6 p.m. Thursday, August 25th: Bonito Campus Family Information Night, 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 7th: Monthly Governing Board Meeting, 5 p.m. at Cedar Campus Friday, September 9th: Back-to-School BBQ

Keep up with school happenings. Click below to read our most recent newsletter: https://fjacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FJA-Weekly-Newsletter-8-1-2022-rev.pdf

Summertime allows our school to freshen up and make repairs! We’ve been busy polishing floors, painting, carpet cleaning, repairing signage, landscaping, planting, and preparing classrooms. Thanks to all of our staff for pitching in before the first contract day even began. And special thanks to John and Lois Neff, Twilight Janitorial, Quality Connections, Bob Bax at Bax Custom Painting, and Brian Rees at Wild Landscape for making our campuses their priority this past month!

We're getting excited for the first day of school...hope you are too! Families are invited to our Meet the Teacher Event on Tuesday, August 9th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. We hope you can come say hello! Then, students return to campus on Wednesday, August 10th for their first day--remember, a half day--allowing us all to ease into the school year! Cedar Campus--8:00-8:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Bonito Campus--7:45-8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Hey There FJA Teachers! Here's some good news as you're gearing up to welcome students back to school: Thanks to Bill Gates, all donations to @DonorsChoose projects will receive a 50% boost on August 9th! Whether you’re hoping to refresh your classroom library, create flexible seating options, or stock up on basics, get ready to go back to school with the support of the DonorsChoose community. Make sure you have a project approved and ready to go live by the end of this week to qualify for the 50% Bill Gates' Boost! https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers

FJA can't wait to have students back on campus next Wednesday, August 10th! Families, if you haven't read it yet, here's the Directors' Summer Letter: https://fjacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Welcome-Back-Letter-2022.pdf See you all in just over a week now!

Celebrating our Bonito Campus's first zucchinis and tomatoes! By the season's end, we should have beans, squash, and pumpkins. Thanks to Steph Jackson for leading the gardening effort and to Lauren Mitchell, Carol Fritzinger, and Ellery Swan for watering all summer!

FJA will be closed July 4th through July 8th. Limited office staff will be available the week of July 11th. Enrollment inquiries will be responded to upon our full office staff's return the week of July 18th. Thank you and happy summer holiday!

Tomorrow is the last day of Adventure Camp for middle schoolers at our Bonito Campus, too. Thanks to all the great instructors and staff who led thematic week-long sessions like Photography, Mountain Biking, Arts in Nature, Indigenous Cultures, Rollerskating, and more. And thanks to the outstanding students who joined us and pushed themselves to try different things, learn interdisciplinary connections, and make new friends!

What a blast our Snow Wolf Adventure Camp has been! It's hard to believe tomorrow is the last day. Thanks to all of the Cedar Campus staff and students who joined together to create community and special memories. Field trips, water days, disc golf, mindfulness, martial arts, yoga, arts, and reading...we can't think of a better way to spend June!

If you missed the Cedar Campus Talent Show our last week of school, click below to watch the staff's finale performance. It was a hysterical and joyful way to cap off a morning of outstanding student talent! Thanks to all the staff who participated and a special thanks to to Ms. Bax for her choreography and dance lessons! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiLvkKq3mCY

Thanks to our families for supporting this year's Scholastic Book Fair. We had almost $4,000 in sales in just two short days. This means we earned over $1,500 worth of new books for our classrooms!

They staff put up a good fight today but, ultimately, the varsity volleyball players dominated and took all three sets in the Staff vs. Students Volleyball Showdown! Thanks to all those who played, and much love to the three staff who "won" the Pie in the Face Raffle. Ms. Patterson, Mr. Cola, and Ms. Mitchell are some good sports!