Volume 3 Issue 6

Heritage Academy Pinnacle is EXCITED to partner with the American Red Cross and participate in the Kids Heart Challenge.

The official kick-off is Tuesday, September 1st

BUT...

any scholar who registers early gets a special early bird KHC retro toy.

Here are our schoolwide goals this year:

50% of our scholars sign up (you don't even have to raise $)- schoolwide free dress down day

$5000 total fundraising goal- silly string Mrs. Jenks!

All scholars who raise $250 or more get to participate in an ice cream party PLUS they earn all of the KHC prizes

To commemorate September 11th and show our appreciation, we invite our scholars' parents who are first responders and military service members to join their children for lunch on

Thursday, Sept. 10th

Kinder-3rd grade lunch: 10:55-11:35

4th-8th grade lunch: 11:35-12:15

You can either pack and bring lunch for you and your scholar OR you can order yourself an extra meal through My Hot Lunch Box, Thursday is Streets of New York.

Grandparents make everyday sweeter and on Grandparents Day, we invite our scholars' grandparents to enjoy breakfast with your grandchildren on us!

Monday, September 14th

7:15-7:50 a.m. in the cafe

Due to space, we ask that scholars please limit their guests to two grandparents.

In celebration of National Constitution Week, our whole school is participating in a patriotic and symbolic mock signing of the U.S. Constitution.

Thursday, September 17th @2:30 p.m.

parents are invited to attend and then take scholars home when the event ends at 3:15 p.m.

See flyer for more details

Sept 1- Kids Heart Challenge Kick Off!

Sept 2- snack bar

Sept 3- Happy Birthday Ms. Lenhart and Mrs. Shaw! (click for their favorites)

Sept 7- Labor Day no school

Sept 8- JH all 8 day and Kona Ice @ lunch

Sept 10- First Responders Appreciation lunch

Sept 14- Grandparents Breakfast & PTO Meeting @3:45 p.m.

Sept 16- snack bar

Sept 17- Constitution "Signing" event

Sept 23- snack bar

Sept 24- Dollars for Duds

With the first K-5 field trips coming up in the next month, we know many parents want to be chaperones. To be a field trip chaperone or to volunteer on campus, you MUST attend mandatory volunteer training AND have a valid IVP fingerprint clearance card.

The next training is offered on

Monday, September 21, 2026 @5:00 p.m.

This will be only the training offered before October field trips. Please plan to attend, we won't make any exceptions.

Click HERE to apply for your IVP fingerprint clearance card

We are excited to partner with My Hot Lunch Box again this year. Parents have the option to purchase hot lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Tuesdays- Panda Express

Thursdays- Streets of New York

IMPORTANT NOTE- we must have a minimum of 25 orders for each vendor each week or we may be at risk of losing them.

We have a fun and meaningful program where we invite our dads to volunteer during lunch time to play outside with scholars.

This serves two important purposes: it increases scholar supervision and provides ways for our dads to build relationships and engage with our scholars.

Click HERE to choose your day(s) for Quarter 1

IMPORTANT- you must have attended mandatory volunteer training and have a valid IVP on file with the front office.

If you are a parent that needs a bit longer after school before you can pick up your scholar, please consider signing up for Scholar Club.

Scholar Club is offered daily until 5:00 p.m. and is supervised by our Heritage Academy Pinnacle Staff.

COST: $350/semester

cash or check only (check made out to Heritage Academy Pinnacle)

You can use it as much or as a little as you like.

Click HERE to register

Click on the photo to download the PDF

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President- Ronda Siquieros

Vice President- Vanessa Prentice

Treasurer- John Parsons

Secretary- Rachel Mutchler

26-27 PTO Meeting Dates

All meetings are at 3:45 p.m. in the cafe on Mondays

September 14, 2026

October 12, 2026

November 9, 2026

December 7, 2026

January 11, 2027

February 8, 2027

March 8, 2027

April 12, 2027

May 10, 2027

There are MANY ways to be involved with the PTO and support our school.

Email our PTO directly at heritage.academy.pinnacle.k8.pto@gmail.com

PTO DUES

We ask that every family consider making an annual donation of $25 to our PTO, which funds and supports schoolwide events, shows appreciation to our teachers during conferences, holidays, and appreciation days, and purchases great new items for our scholars (like our soccer goals and basketball hoop).

If you have multiple scholars, perhaps you'd consider making a family level donation of $100

If you own a business, you could consider making a business level donation and as a thank you, you will get free advertising for the school year!

ALL PTO parents can be made in cash or via Venmo @HAP_PTO

All school events, breaks, and deadlines are added to our Pinnacle Public Google calendar. Click HERE to add it to your phone's calendar.

To make purchasing snacks easier, you can purchase a snack bar punch card for $10. Each punch equals one regular snack, ice cream treats are two punches. You can purchase as many punch cards at a time that you want and purchase more throughout the year. Don't worry about having cash on Wednesday mornings, buy a punch card today!

You can pay by bringing cash to the front office or Venmo @HAP_pto

If you pay by Venmo, you must put your scholar's name and snack bar card in the description.

Morning driveline begins at 7:30 a.m.

Afternoon driveline for Kindergarten-5th grade starts at 3:15 p.m

Afternoon driveline for JH starts at 3:30 p.m.

A.M. drop off

Scholars can be dropped off in the back drive ONLY between 7:30-8:00 a.m. Parents should not drop off in the front drive, parking lot, or through the front office.

Parents should remain in their vehicles during drop off. We have staff available to open car doors and assist scholars. IMPORTANT- do not let scholars out of cars until 7:30 a.m. when staff is present.

At 8:00 a.m. the back drive gate will be locked. At that point, parents must escort scholars through the front office and sign them in as tardy.

P.M. pick up

NOTE- we are using staggered pick up times. Read carefully.

Kindergarten (plus 1st-5th grade siblings)- 3:15 p.m. in the front driveline (see the RED arrows on the map below). Parents should pull ALL THE WAY forward to the fence. **If kindergarten scholars have JH siblings, they will be escorted to the cafe at 3:30 for JH pick up. JH siblings will not be released at 3:15 for pick up.

1st-5th grade- 3:15 p.m. in the back driveline (see the BLUE arrows on the map below). The first vehicles to enter the driveline should pull ALL the way around to the exit (it helps us keep traffic off of the street). Parents should remain in the vehicle at all times. **If 1st-5th grade scholars have JH siblings, they will wait to be picked up until 3:30 when JH is dismissed.

JH (6th-8th grade)- 3:30 p.m. in the back driveline (see the BLUE arrows on the map below). Parents should remain in the vehicle at all times. Kinder-5th grade siblings will be waiting with JH scholars.

IMPORTANT!!

• You will be given car tags of a specific color based on the driveline you are expected to use. Car tags should be CLEARLY displayed in the driver window or dash board.
• Kinder (including their 1st-5th grade siblings)- yellow car tag
• 1st-5th (NO kinder or JH siblings)- green car tag
• JH (including k-5 siblings)- orange car tag

Avoid arriving before your scheduled pick up time. If you are picking up JH scholars, do not enter the driveline before 3:30, you will be sent around to re-enter the driveline once JH scholars have been dismissed. If you do not have a kindergarten scholar, avoid the front driveline.

Arriving early (even if you pick up kinder or 1st-5th) is not helpful. If you arrive right at 3:15 or 3:30, you will move through pick-up quickly and avoid traffic jams. Please be aware that we have no control over street traffic. We ask parents to demonstrate the same citizenship and self-governance that we teach our scholars.

Do not cut through the parking lot to bypass waiting in line. It causes frustration for other parents who follow driveline procedures.

ALL SCHOLARS SHOULD BE PICKED UP FROM SCHOOL BY 3:45 P.M.

Part of the unique Heritage Academy culture is our school uniform. It helps to maintain the clean, moral, and safe environment that we guarantee our scholars and families. Strict adherence to the uniform policy will be required starting the first day of school. PARENTS!! Our scholars probably grew over the summer, please check skirt/shorts length and shirt sizes to be sure they meet our expectations. See the link below for our approved vendors.

Dress standards

• Only Heritage Academy embroidered polo shirts are permitted.
• Shorts/pants- navy blue or khaki only. NO CARGO SHORTS OR PANTS
• Skirts/shorts length for girls- they should touch the top of the knee when sitting or standing (front and back). Some of our scholars are tall, try items on before purchasing. This will be strictly enforced.
• Leggings are NOT pants and must be solid red, white, or navy with no patterns if worn under a uniform skirt.
• Footwear- Shoes should have a strap around the back for safety. No flip flops, slides, or slippers under any circumstances (including spirit days and Dollars for Duds).

• Boys- hair must be off the collar and ears. All boys must be clean shaven.
• K-5 girls may NOT wear make-up. JH girls may wear MINIMAL make-up but it should appear as if they are wearing nothing.
• All hair color and styles (girls or boys) should be a color that a baby could be born with. Hair styles may not be extreme.
• No scholar may have visible tattoos or facial piercings. Girls ONLY may have one piercing in their ear lobes. Boys may not wear earrings or use clear plastic plugs at school.

***All parents and scholars are required to read the entire parent/scholar handbook and sign an acknowledgement (provided at the Back to School Bash).

6754 W Pinnacle Peak Rd

Glendale, AZ 85310

623-537-3535

Office Hours: Monday – Thursday 7:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.

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