Legacy Ledger

Hello Legacy Families!

I hope your summer is going well and everyone is enjoying their favorite summer activities. It was good to see many of you at our Literacy Night last night. I would like to give you some updates and information as we head into the last few weeks before school begins.

As you may have heard, Elizabeth School District will no longer be providing transportation for Legacy Academy students. We are grateful that busing was provided last year, but the service will not be available to Legacy families this coming school year. I know that this is disappointing to some as it was a tremendous help to our families who opted to use it. In the coming weeks, the Legacy team will be formalizing a system where families will be able to connect for ride sharing and carpooling. Our hope is to create something that will be beneficial to a family that may need help getting their children to school. Ride sharing or carpooling is something Legacy families have done for many years, even before district busing was provided last year. As another option, we are still offering before and after school care services for families. Additionally, Legacy will continue to have class field trips and activities through alternative transportation services. This does mean there may be a slight increase in cost, but we will do what we can to keep that cost to a minimum. It is still important to us as an educational institution that our students are still continuing to create real world connections and participate in experiential learning opportunities.

This week, we welcomed Dr. Libby Bailey to our administration team! Dr. Bailey is our new Elementary Assistant Principal. Mrs. Bengtsson, our former Elementary Assistant Principal, has moved to a new position in our school as the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. Dr. Bailey is an experienced educator with many years in school administration. We look forward to working with her on our team. Please be sure to say hello when you see her! We also have hired many new staff members that will be starting at Legacy in August. This includes teachers for additional classrooms. To date, we have filled all but two of our teaching positions and are currently conducting interviews with candidates for these positions. More about our new staff will be published in the coming weeks so stay tuned.

The last update for you is in regards to our building project. After a long, long wait, things are finally moving forward! Our team is currently interviewing general contractors for the project. As soon as there is a contractor in place, permitting can start, and then work on our building expansion can begin. We will be moving some of our Specials classrooms into portables as well as moving our existing portables to the other side of the building during construction. Some of this work has already started and the trench work for the portables was done in the last week on the south side. Please be patient and flexible throughout this coming school year as we will need to shift carpool traffic patterns and work with the construction teams on our property.

We have just over a month of summer left! Enjoy it, and we will see you soon. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

Tony Vruggink

Principal

Legacy Academy

The regularly scheduled LABOD meeting for July 14th is canceled. The next LABOD meeting will be July 28th.

The school office will be open this summer every Tuesday from 9am to 1pm.

Legacy Academy is excited to welcome Dr. Libby Bailey as our new Elementary Assistant Principal. A Colorado native, Dr. Bailey is deeply committed to serving the community that has shaped both her personal and professional journey.

Dr. Bailey grew up on a commercial cattle ranch in northern El Paso County, where she learned the values of hard work, resilience, responsibility, and community. Those values continue to guide her leadership and her passion for education.

With more than 28 years of experience in education, Dr. Bailey has served in leadership roles across public, charter, and Christian school settings. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State University, a master’s degree in Elementary Education, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Northern Colorado.

Dr. Bailey is passionate about supporting teachers, strengthening instructional excellence, and helping every student grow and succeed. Her leadership is grounded in integrity, collaboration, data-informed decision-making, and a shared commitment to student achievement.

She is honored to join the Legacy Academy community and looks forward to partnering with students, staff, and families to continue building a strong foundation for success.

A huge thank you to all of our families, staff, and volunteers who helped make our Literacy Night such a wonderful success! Seven local authors attended our event to celebrate the joy of reading together.

Thank you: Amy Hancock, Misty O’Neal, Sarah Cremisino and daughters, Julie Scifo, Jamie Camasso, Karen Wittman, Robin Hirliman, Nicole and Jackson Stegmaier, Kristyn Stever, Emma Roberts, Heather Salazar, Mr. V, Mrs. LeSage, and Dr. Bailey. Thank you for investing in our students.

Kindergarten Assessments will take place on July 23 & 24 by appointment and Kindergarten Parent Meet & Greet will be on July 24th at 3pm. Be on the lookout for an email with a sign up link in a few weeks.

You are invited to donate used/clean uniforms for your volunteer hours. Every shirt is a $2.00 donation, and all other uniform items will be a $3.00 donation. Every $10 worth of product donated will count as 1 hour of volunteer time. Uniforms can be dropped off at the office on Tuesdays between 9am-1pm.

⭐Join us for the PTCO sponsored Used Uniform Sale on August 3rd at 3pm.

Join us for an informal Meet & Greet at Legacy’s playground as we welcome new families to our school community. We look forward to building new friendships and starting your journey with us—we can’t wait to meet you! This event is schedule for the same afternoon as our used uniform sale.

July 14: LABOD Meeting CANCELED

July 23: Kindergarten Assessments by Appointment (sign ups to come)

July 24: Kindergarten Assessments by Appointment (sign ups to come), Kindergarten Parent Meet & Greet 3pm

July 28: LABOD Meeting 6pm

August 3: Sports Physicals Day 10am-4pm, PTCO Used Uniform Sale 3pm, PTCO Welcome to Legacy Meet & Greet 5pm

August 4: LABOD Meeting 6pm

August 7: 6th Grade Orientation 2pm (more details soon), Back to School Night 3pm