Tempe Preparatory Academy Verum Bonum Pulchrum

1251 East Southern Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85282 Phone: 480-839-3402 Fax 480-755-0546 www. tempeprep.org

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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER February 27 2017

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UPCOMING EVENTS

March 6-10: No School (Spring Break)

SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS Senior Portrait Drawings

2017-18 School Calendar The 2017-18 School Calendar has been approved. Click here for the calendar. TPA Summer Academy – June 5-23 The 2017 TPA Summer Academy brochure is out! Classes will be held for three weeks, from June 5-23. A $10 discount per class is available for registrations received by May 4.

SHINING KNIGHTS

Congratulations to students inducted into the Tempe Prep Chapter of the National Honor Society: Claire Carmody William Bowden Daniel Burgin Katherine Camberg Joseph Campbell Blakely Carter Emily Casey Aimee Cheng Liam Collins

Makenna Colton Hannah Cornelius Isabella DiCaro Rachel Dinh Gyllian Gaylor Jasmyn Genchev Jovanna Gonzalez Nicole Gourley Ahmad Jones

Trevor Kerber Franchesca Lilly Joya Ma Emma Moriarty Samuel Nagy Lindsay Newfeld Brendan Phelan Cameron Pickard Olek Piechaczek

Maxwell Rich Carter Sampson Rebekah Smaw Solange Steadman Jacob Steineke Kiersten Thigpen Caden Van Dahm Isabella Werner Autumn Williams

ACADEMIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Click HERE for this month’s edition of TPA’s Academic Extracurricular (AECC) News. Congressional Award Club The Congressional Award Club is proud to announce its new officers, sophomore Alexis Massie (President), Teagan Coble (Vice President), Tyler Woodroffe (Secretary), and Jonathan Covarrubias (Service Projects Leader). TPA students ages 13 1/2 and above are invited to register for the U.S. Congressional Award program online at congressionalaward.org and join the club at any time. We meet on the 4th Monday of each month at TPA in Room 404 at 7 pm for short meetings that keep everyone on track with their goals and activities for the program. For more information, just show up to a meeting or contact parent volunteer advisor, Mrs. Massie at massie4@msn.com. TPA Fine Arts Events Please see the online calendar.

ATHLETIC NEWS Please use our TPA School Calendar to find all of our updates on TPA Athletics games, dates, and locations. Knight Baseball Team on a 4-0 Roll Congratulations to our Varsity Knights on their 4-0 start to the season in the Phoenix Christian tournament this past weekend. The Knights outscored their 4 opponents 44 - 10 over the course of the 4 days of competition. The most thrilling victory was a go ahead run in the last inning and a 6-5 victory against Valley Christian High School on Friday morning. Well done Knights. Tournament champs and more to come! A Different Kind of Fan: As Spring sports in the High School and Middle School get ready to begin, I would like to remind our fans of the great service our officials provide at home and away events. We live in a culture that is increasingly uncivil and undignified in many aspects of how we commonly treat one-another but let it be said of Tempe Preparatory Academy fans that we respect the men and women who are serving as officials at all competitions and at all levels. As a parent of a Knight, I am asking the parents of our Knights to lead the way in our conduct and self-control in the heat of battle. Please consider the example you and I set to those fans on the sideline, behind the backstop, and in the bleachers this Spring. Below are some bullet points from the Parent’s Code of Conduct in our Athletic Handbook:

1. Attend as often as possible.

Remember those days when our young children would say “Watch this, Mom. Check this out, Dad!”

2. Be involved in a positive way in the athletic program. Cheer for great effort from all of our Knights as well as your Knight and ask the coach how you can help.

3. Encourage and support your Coaching Staff and stand behind their decisions. This is particularly difficult when you are hearing one side of a story from your son/daughter.

4. Please refrain from sideline coaching. This undermines the designated authority of the coach and support for him or her.

5. Please display sportsmanship at all times.

Controlling yourself is the best way to help our student-athletes control themselves.

6. All athletes should only be encouraged in their endeavors. Addressing opposing athletes and/or coaches is off limits at all times.

7. Use the open door policy of our Head Coaches. Encourage your son or daughter to grow as a man or woman by bringing concerns to the Head Coach and working out any issues directly with the Coach.

Sincerely and in your service, David Brittain / Athletic Director

COLLEGE CORNER 9th Grade: Prep Course for SAT Subject Test in Biology – Begins March 18 Click here for registration form. Contact Mrs. Moffitt with questions at kmoffitt@tempeprep.org.

College Scholarships:

9th – 12th Grades: Raise.me: Students can guarantee scholarships from 200+ colleges (such as ASU, Notre Dame, etc.) as early as 9th grade. Raise.me can motivate students towards hard work and activities that will qualify them for college scholarships. Create your account and start earning scholarships at www.Raise.me.

Seniors: Paid summer Biomedical Internship – Due Mar. 17

TPA’s Scholarship List in Naviance

Tempe Union Scholarship List

Mesa Public Schools Scholarship List

SUMMER PROGRAMS Click here for a great list of summer programs for students in Grades 7-12. Even more programs are listed in Naviance (go to Colleges, then Enrichment Programs). Grades 6-7: Camp O’Connor – Due Feb. 28 The Sandra Day O’Connor Institute launched Camp O’Connor at the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law to educate and inspire the next generation of Arizona leaders. Middle school students can apply here by Tuesday, February 28.

Grades 8-12: FEE Economics Summer Camps – full scholarships Join the many TPA students that have attended summer economics camps through the Foundation for Economic Education. Scholarships and applications for FEE summer economics camps on college campuses for students age 14-18 are now open. Only $149 covers tuition, room, and meals. Full scholarships are available on the seminar application! To apply, go to https://fee.org/events/fee-seminars

Grades 9-11: Summer Scrubs – Due March 1 Summer Scrubs at the University of Arizona downtown Phoenix medical campus offers students the opportunity to learn more about the medical field by providing hands-on learning experiences, simulation and related lab experiences, as well as interactive lectures from medical students, healthcare providers, faculty and community members. “We strive to inspire students by offering these opportunities to get a glimpse of what it is like to work in the fast paced, ever changing, medical field.” The academy offers two opportunities:

Saturday Scrubs: a FREE monthly lecture and activity series offered during the school year.

Summer Scrubs: a fully immersive experience introducing students to medicine through a week-long program offered in the month of June.

To learn more visit, phoenixmed.arizona.edu/scrubs. Grades 7-9: Barrett Summer Scholars – Due March 3 Applications are now open for students in Grades 7-9 to apply for the Barrett Summer Scholars program. For more information or to register, go to eoss.asu.edu/bss. Grade 11: Free Summer ASU Business Program – Due March 15 Fleischer Scholars is a week-long summer program for deserving juniors aspiring to study business. Apply at wpcarey.asu.edu/Fleischer. Students selected for the program will stay with supervising mentors in Barrett, the Honors College on ASU’s Tempe campus. They will learn resume writing, college study skills, financial aid tips, and the keys to academic and professional success from current W. P. Carey students and faculty members, as well as local business leaders. Grade 11: Free QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program – Due March 22 This nationally recognized program provides high-achieving, low-income 11th graders with an early advantage in applying to college with a variety of awards, including full scholarships to summer programs such as intensive law & Trial at Stanford University, Yale University’s Young Global Scholars Program, University of Notre Dame’s Leadership Seminar, and more. Apply here. Grades 10-11: Free 2-week Journalism and Communications Camp at ASU – Due March 24 (5 pm) We’re contacting you because of your involvement in CTE, Media or Journalism to let you know about a new High School Media Innovation Camp at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State. This new two-week residential summer camp offers future journalists, game developers and other students interested in media and technology the chance to experiment with cutting-edge tools, including 360-degree and virtual-reality technology, news games and apps. It is designed to be a highly interactive, fun experience for students, who will work with faculty at the Cronkite School as well as entrepreneurs, technologists and professional journalists to create compelling content for digital audiences. The camp is free and takes place June 18-30, 2017, at the Cronkite School on the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus, For more information and an application, go to: https://cronkite.asu.edu/outreach/innovation-camp Grades 10-12: ASU Collegiate Scholars Academy – Due March 31 The ASU Collegiate Scholars Academy offers high-achieving current high school students the opportunity to fast-track their college experience by enrolling in ASU courses during the summer and earning college credit. Courses are taught by ASU faculty, take place in-person on an ASU campus, and are available in a variety of topics. Program Dates: June 5th - June 30th. Courses include:

PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology, SOS 111 Sustainable Cities

MAT 170 Precalculus

HCR 230 Culture and Health

SPAN 203 Intermediate Spanish 1 and SPAN 315 Advanced Spanish 1 Essay Writing Tutor For Tempe Prep students applying for a summer program, scholarship, or college admission, submitting a well-written essay is crucial. Since he retired as an Arizona Republic editor in 2010, Mr. Bob Schuster has helped dozens of Tempe Prep students perfect their writing skills. For an appointment to meet with Mr. Schuster after school for tutoring about your essays (no charge), email Mr. Schuster at bschuster@tempeprep.org.

Grades 8-11: Summer Camps at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott: Engineering, Cyber Security, Aviation, and more Grades 6-11: ASU Fulton Engineering Summer Programs: Click here to apply.

COMMUNITY SERVICE CLICK HERE to: Volunteer at the Italian Festival to benefit St. Vincent de Paul! – March 25

Community Service Opportunity: Broadmor Elementary School Festival of Art and Music – March 25

STUDENT NEWSPAPER

Click HERE to view the most recent issue of Tempe Prep’s student newspaper, De Equitibus.

For more Tempe Prep student news, including student art, more photos, and the latest sports, visit DeEquitibus.com.

PARENT ORGANIZATION (TPAPO)

Parent volunteer opportunities:

Scrip Coordinator

Volunteer Director

Treasurer

Lunch Volunteer Coordinator Please let me know if you have interest. Baron Smith, President, TPA Parent Organization baron.colyar.smith@gmail.com or 480-528-1228. Hot Lunch Website Order Hot Lunches on OrderLunches.com. Password is: TPA356, add account, profile(s) information. We cannot run the Hot Lunch program without parent help! We are looking for parents to volunteer from 10:30 am-1 pm on any day of the week. View the Sign Up Scrip For more information on participating in the Scrip program for fundraising for both the school and your own student fees (such as class fees, extracurricular activity fees, and the Senior Trip to Washington DC) through Scrip, contact tpaposcrip@gmail.com.

For more information on the Tempe Prep Parent Organization, go to www.TPAPO.org.

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QUICK LINKS:

2016-2017 School Year Calendar

Tempe Prep Family Handbook

Tempe Prep Student Newspaper online - De Equitibus

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