Announcements

Task Force Update: Please read this letter from Dr. DeGraff regarding important updates to our Return to School Plan.

Friday Schedule Update: Friday will continue to be a remote day for all students, but we do have a few schedule adjustments to share. Please read this letter for more information.

Harambee: We enjoyed seeing many of our students for Harambee on Friday!  Harambee is a Swahili word that means let’s all pull together. It was great to come together as an AFIA community this snowy, Friday afternoon. Mr. Gerald led us through cheers and chants and read Child of the Civil Rights Movement to all of us. Mrs. Moore reminded us that Monday is a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday.

New Student Enrollment for 2021-2022: We have opened up enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year for NEW students. For more information, please see this letter: https://bit.ly/Enroll21-22. At this time, we are only enrolling new students. Re-enrollment for current students happens later in the year. If you have a child in your household who is currently not an AFIA student and you want them to attend AFIA, you do need to complete the application on School App KC by Feb. 22, 2021. Siblings of current AFIA students do get preference in the lottery process. Students have to be 4 by August 1 for Pre-K.

Book Distribution: As a part of the “If you give a child a book campaign,” KSHB 41 Action News is partnering with Scholastic to provide three free books to every AFIA students! AFIA staff will be distributing books on Wednesday, January 27 between 10AM and noon and 4-7 PM. 

PAC Meeting: We will have our first official Parent Advisory Committee meeting of 2021 on Tuesday, January 26 (5:30-6:30PM). At this meeting we will share information regarding summer listening sessions. We will send more information to families this week. You can RSVP here for the Zoom link. 

Start at Zero: Sally Morrow is AFIA’s parent educator with Start at Zero, one of AFIA’s school partners. Start at Zero provides parent education and support to families who are expecting (prenatal) or have children ages 0-5, before they enter Kindergarten. If you have a child who is 0-5, please reach out to Sally (sally@startatzero.org or 816-945-9635).

Upcoming Dates

Monday, January 18: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

Tuesday, January 26: Parent/Guardian Advisory Committee meeting

Wednesday, January 27: Book Distribution

Friday, February 12: No School (Professional Development Day)

Monday, February 15: No School (Presidents’ Day)

Week of February 22: Family Conferences/First Semester Grade Card Distribution

Monday, February 22: New Student Application Due (including siblings of current students)