Order our student-designed and produced FJA Gear! The order window for sweatshirts, t-shirts, and stickers closes on Wednesday, April 12th. Payments due by Friday, April 14th. Click below to place your order.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGsltMtPRXKdsWjqjlFzgDsTWpl
Attention Families: The last day to order your child's FJA 2022-2023 Yearbook is tomorrow 4/7/2023. Just go to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order and enter school code: 14441823.
Congratulations to our FJA middle school students who presented proposals at this year's Flagstaff Youth Climate Summit! All three student proposals--A Zen Garden, Composting at Bonito Campus, and Drip Irrigation at Cedar Campus--will be funded by the City of Flagstaff. Bravo for student activism!
Thanks to the City of Flagstaff's Water Conservation Team for leading learning at our Cedar Campus last week in honor or World Water Day. The seed-bomb-making activity was a hit with students and we thank the team for sharing their passion and dedication with our school!
Congrats to our Girls Basketball teams on terrific seasons and to Varsity for taking the Championship Trophy for the 2nd year in a row! Special thanks to our amazing coaches Shelly Cundy, Tom Drumm, and Travis Crawford. And an extra special thanks to Linda Ochi for assisting both coaches and students throughout the entire season!
Below is a link to our latest monthly newsletter. When you have a little extra time, please check it out. It includes updates on our snow make-up day schedule, as well as the latest school news and announcements. Thank you!
https://fjacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FJA-Monthly-Newsletter-February-2023-rev.pdf
Special FJA recognition to our former business manager Lori Langan, who passed recently. It’s difficult to put into words how important Lori was to FJA. She was our party-planner, in-house mom, financial expert, and friend. Lori always had a smile and kind word for everyone. The student-created rock garden around our Cedar Campus Peace Pole was dedicated to Lori last spring when she first encountered her health challenges. Peace and love to Lori and the entire Langan family.
Lori's Celebration of Life will take place at The Rock of Ages Lutheran Church in Sedona on Saturday, March 4th at 1:00 p.m. Lori’s obituary can be found here:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/lori-langan-obituary?id=48401546
We hope that our FJA students and families, as well as the larger community, are safe and warm during this winter weather. If you hadn't heard yet, below are some local resources for food and shelter during the storms.
https://coconino.az.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2917
https://hotfood.org/find-food/
Hope you're having a safe snow day, FJA! Thanks to Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center for coming out recently and educating our 6th graders on backcountry safety. Slopes, angles, beacons, and more, our students loved this experience--especially locating and "rescuing" that which Mr. Cola had buried in the snow!
Celebrating the 100th Day of School is a longstanding elementary-school tradition. Our Cedar Campus students honored the milestone by participating in 100-Legos building challenges, 100-item trail mixes, and more. Some even celebrated the 101th Day of School with face paint a la 101 Dalmatians! Thanks to our teaching staff for their creativity, to our families for contributing supplies, and to our students for playing along and dressing up!
Ever since Joshua Grove visited, our students can't get their hands on kendamas quick enough! You can now use code "FlagDama" for 20% off on the Sweets Kendamas website at https://sweetskendamas.com. To use it, just copy and paste this discount code into the "Gift Card or Discount Code" field and click "Apply" prior to completing the checkout process on an order.
Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences are Wed. 2/15 and Thur. 2/16. Sign-up by clicking on the link below or going to www.fjacademy.com. We are glad to offer free childcare at our Cedar Campus during families' conference times (FJA students only please). School will be dismissed early both conference days--12:00 p.m. for Cedar Campus and at 12:15 p.m. for Bonito Campus.
https://fjacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FJA-2023-Spring-Conferences-Sign-Up-Links-v.FINAL_.pdf
Reminder: This Thursday is Parents' Night Out! Sign up today to have Thursday evening "off-duty" while the kiddos have pizza, crafts, and fun! Click below to sign up: https://forms.gle/CDjG1Y8GeuzMubFr9
Much love to the Sweets Kendamas Foundation's Joshua "Flow" Grove for traveling to Flagstaff and spending time with our students this past week! What a blast we had learning about Kendamas, mindfulness, and more. Hope to have him back out this way again soon!
We're excited to announce the new app for FJA! Stay up-to-date with school news, access staff contact information, check dates for school breaks/special events, and look up middle school grades. It's everything FJA, in your pocket! Available to download free from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store...just search "Flagstaff Junior Academy" and you're set!
Spread the word: FJA's Annual Open Houses are this week! Prospective families should attend to tour our campuses, have questions answered, and meet our staff. Elementary Campus Open House is this Wed, 1/25 at 6 p.m. and Middle School Campus Open House is this Thur. 1/26 at 6 p.m.
An FJA Shout-Out to W.L. Gore & Associates for donating $2,200 to FJA field trips program through their Volunteer Support Grant Program. Special thanks to FJA parent Beau Drumright for sponsoring our application!
Hello, linked below you'll find our monthly newsletter with updates about the Arizona School Tax Credit program, February parent/teacher conferences, and how to continue your child's enrollment at FJA for next year.
https://fjacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/FJA-Monthly-Newsletter-January-2023-FINAL-rev.pdf
Want to support FJA's extracurricular activities and field trips, as well as our mindfulness and PBIS programs? If yes, then choose FJA as the recipient of your Arizona School Tax Credit contribution! With this program, you save dollar-for-dollar on state taxes owed up to $200 per single filers and $400 for joint filers. Align your tax dollars with your value system and donate your school tax credit to FJA today!
Click below to access our tax credit brochure and learn how to donate by check: https://fjacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TaxCreditBrochure3.pdf
Click the link to donate by credit card: https://fjacademy.com/donate/
FJA is enrolling for Fall 2023! Click the link below to complete the easy, one-page application that secures your child a spot in March's first-round lottery:
https://fjacademy.com/admission/#enroll-now
Come visit us and learn more at our January Open Houses!
