IMPORTANT DATES!

10/31 (Tue) – $ 4 Duds

November

11/1 (Wed) – Candy Buy Back  – Donate your Halloween candy (Rm. 120)

11/2 (Thu) – 9th & 10th Grade College Seminar 6:30 -7:30 pm

11/4 (Sat) – Annual Fall Festival  5:00 pm

11/16 (Thu) – Annual Hallelujah Choral Event 7 – 8 pm

11/22 (Wed) – Double Half Day Schedule – All 8 classes

11/23 (Thu) – No School – Thanksgiving Break

11/28 (Tue) – PTO Meeting 7 – 8 pm Rm 242

11/30 (Thu) – Drama Production – “12 Angry Jurors”7 – 9 pm Heritage Gateway Campus

2018-2019 Heritage Gateway Sibling Enrollment                                 
Sibling registration for the 2018-2019 will begin in the month of November.  Beginning this year enrollment applications will be completed online.  Check your email for more details to come.

Reminder: Scooters and skateboards are not allowed in the building. They pose a safety hazard.  Thank you for your cooperation.

9th & 10th Grade Scholars College Night – Nov. 2nd , 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at  Heritage Academy-Gateway room 242. Come get information about financial aid, applying for colleges, and what you should be doing NOW to get ready for life after graduation!

Visual Arts Department

Candy Buy Back – Bring your Halloween candy to Lydian Dental November 1st from 8 am – 5pm and trade it in for money for the Art Department.  All candy will be donated to the Feed My Troops Drive. Location: 21295 S. Ellsworth Loop Rd. Suite 103, Queen Creek, AZ 85142

Donate 2 ways: 1) Scholar and parent can deliver the candy to the office and receive $2 per lb. ($1 to child, $1 to participating school, up to 5lbs per child).

2) Scholars can bring the candy to Mrs. Haggerton’s Art class (Rm. 120) on Wednesday morning Nov. 1st.  The school will deliver the candy to the dental office.  $2 will be donated to the school.

Scholar Council Announcements

Rummage Sale – Scholar Council plans to have a rummage sale at the Fall Festival this year.  If you would please consider donating items for the sale, we would greatly appreciate your contributions.  You may bring in items any day this week 10/30 – 11/3.  If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Higgins: chiggins@heritageacademyaz.com

Penny Wars – The NHS Penny Wars ends this Thursday! Collect all of the change that you can and bring it in to your Homeroom (2B) class. The class with the most money will win a special prize. All donations will go to Habitat for Humanity to assist in their effort to rebuild houses damaged by the recent hurricanes. So please, empty out your pockets and purses so we can collect as much money as possible. Thanks and good luck.

Athletic Department

ECA Tax Credit – We are very proud of the fantastic fall sports season that our athletes are having. Please continue to spread the word about the ECA tax credits and recruiting new scholars to come to our campus. These will help in our chances for starting construction on the new gymnasium/auditorium.

PTO Announcements

PTO would like to thank all parents that donated to the classroom baskets.  We will have some really nice baskets to bid on at the fall festival.  We are still seeking help with the festival that is just around the corner.  The PTO is in need of cases of water, soda(regular, diet, root beer or sprite) and individual 1 oz bags of chips.  If you are out shopping this weekend and can pick up any of these items and drop them at the school office it would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you and see you at the festival.

FALL FESTIVAL PRE-SALE:  October 25 – November 2.  PTO ticket table will be set up outside at pick-up/drop-off, on school days from 7:30am – 8am.  Please bring cash or check to pay for your pre-sale tickets and activity wristbands.  Save up to 20% off regular festival prices.  FALL-WIPEOUT2-orderflyer (1)

Carpool Connection – If you have an interest in carpooling during the 2017-2018 school year contact the PTO at the following link at the Heritage Gateway website: https://hagateway.com/form-carpool-list/

2017 – 2018 PTO Officers

President – Rick Vincent, rv2@firestik.com

Vice President – Chris Anderson, macl1696@msn.com

Treasurer – Darin and Bren Palmer, bpalmer@im-rs.com

Secretary – Kami Tietjen,  tietjenclan@gmail.com

Communications Coordinator – Annie Movitz armovitz@gmail.com

Historian – Lisa Dalton, lisadalton@heritageacademyaz.com

Carpool Committee Chair – Robyn Garner, robynhosky@cox.net