Hello SSAE families,

Our 2021-2022 school year is fully underway, and we are off to a great start! It has been so wonderful having students back on-campus learning, collaborating, and socializing this fall. It is exciting to see the new addition to our campus being used to its full potential. Teachers have already planned engaging events and opportunities for students, including the Zoomobile from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, guest speakers from the Pikes Peak Library District, and Badges to Books, where sheriff deputies will come read to our elementary students. We are also excited to launch our very own eSports high school team this fall, so be on the lookout for more information in the high school newsletter. We had the opportunity to connect with our families during in-person and online parent trainings, and we truly appreciate your partnership. We are also in the process of determining students who may need some additional academic support, and our teachers will partner with you to provide this in the next couple of weeks. Please reach out to teachers for specific class questions and continue to check emails weekly as well as parent portals. As we like to say, remember to trust, but verify student progress. Our staff does an excellent job communicating, and they put in a lot of effort to create grade-level specific newsletters each month to provide students and parents important upcoming information. We also have a lot of information on our website for you as well at d49.org/springsstudio. Believe it or not, fall is around the corner with cooler temperatures and changing colors so enjoy the next few weeks of warm weather!

Hello! My name is Adrianne Ryland, and I am having a great time getting to know students this year. Our teachers are doing a wonderful job of making classes engaging, getting kids involved with school, and building relationships with each student.My role as the Dean of Students is to support our students and families alike. If you have any questions or concerns or need clarity, please feel free to reach out to me. I am happy to help!

Happy Semester!

Adrianne Ryland

719-964-0532

If you have not done so yet, please fill out the mandatory Affidavit of Residency. The Colorado State Board of Education must ensure that student residency is documented and verified, both upon enrollment and annually thereafter, for all students enrolled in an online school. These forms are turned into the State during our October Student Count week. Please see the form below.

More information to follow for pre-online orders.

High School

Wednesday, September 15th from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Make-up day will be Wednesday, November 3rd, from 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Elementary and Middle School

Thursday, September 23rd from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Make-up day will be Thursday, November 4th, from 8:00 am - 11:00 am

We always welcome volunteers at SSAE. Parents who are interested in volunteering will need to complete the two-step process.

• Background Check
• Volunteer Application

There is a new tool inside PowerSchool, called Ecollect, that will let you enter your student's absences in the Parent Portal. If the absence is due to illness, you will be asked to fill out a COVID Questionnaire. This will help us follow guidelines set by the El Paso County Health Department.

If you want to use this form, log in to your Parent Portal account, select the student you wish to report an absence for and then go to Forms in the left-hand menu list. Click on Student Attendance & COVID Student Health Tracking, enter the requested information, and hit Submit.

If you need your Parent Portal account username and/or password, please reach out to our Registrar, Chelly Hardman, at 719-494-8962 or email her chardman@d49.org.

If you would rather call your child's absence in, please call Luisa Vigil at 719-494-8940, and she will be happy to fill out the form for you. If you leave a message, please include the following information:

Student name, grade, and the reason for the absence. If your student is ill, please included the symptoms and the date they began, and if it is covid related.