Twin Peaks Classical Academy - "A Classical School"

We have some very exciting news! New this year, the Gala is teaming up with PTO to produce an even more fabulous event for Twin Peaks Classical Academy! Please mark your calendars and look for auction details and ticket sales soon! Gala is on March 9th, 2024!

Join PTO for the monthly dine out night next Wed, 11/15, at Chipotle. Enjoy good food, see some friends, and PTO gets 33% of all sales! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P0IFgzeJmktrV9sIwh6AeBuPjBBB_arm/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EF1WSf87VFWUlMik1o4s6jgcs3FOfIF8/view?usp=sharing

NJHS and NHS are doing a canned food drive the week of Nov 13th-17th. Let's see how much we can collect, Timberwolves!

Please see the important attached video message from Mr. Mehsling. https://youtu.be/qCq0GwhPHBo

Twin Peaks High School invites 8th grade students and their families to our Evening for the Class of 2028. We will provide light refreshments as well as information about our Ascent Free College program, high school athletics, and our high school experience. Use this link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/HF8D5N8JcThwiFeD6

We believe that everyone deserves to know that Twin Peaks Classical Academy is a tuition-free choice for their family! Our top-performing school offers a unique program in SVVSD. A commitment to Classical Education, focus on literacy and numeracy, respect for a parent's role in raising their child, conservative use of technology, and emphasis on human connection make Twin Peaks a refuge in the world of modern, public education. Please share this video and help spread the word that there are limited seats available for the 24-25 school year and we want everyone to have the opportunity to learn more. Open House is November 15th at 6PM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWRz14b1aTc&t=115s

Picture Re-Take Day is next Thursday, 11/16. Follow the link below to sign-up for re-takes. You will need to return your picture packages in order to do re-takes. https://shop.imagequix.com/g1001045289

Hopefully your children are in full swing with the Reading Challenge! Here are couple of webistes for Caldecott book winners and historical fiction books. Both kinds of books are on the BINGO sheets this month. Keep reading! https://abqlibrary.org/caldecott/all https://imaginationsoup.net/historical-fiction-books/

Save the date! It's time to mark your calendars for the Twin Peaks Classical Academy annual Gala! Our Gala will be on March 9th, 2024 at Roots at Dickens Opera House in Longmont. Keep a look out for ticket sales to begin in December!

On Monday afternoons, our Art League gathers to continue work on our The School of Athens mural. This project is a labor of love and the anticipation continues to build as we see more progress each week. Keep working, Timberwolves! We can't wait to see the final product!

Greek Olympic Day is one of 2nd grades favorite learning celebrations!

It's almost time for the first peek behind the classical curtain! Monday morning at 8:15 am, we will be discussing Plato's theory of the Divided Line as well as the Allegory of the Cave. No need to read ahead or to be intimidated. You'll leave understanding more about classical education than you thought possible. See you in the Cafetorium!

Exciting News - First ever Twin Peaks Day at a Nuggets Game - Jan 14th The first 80 ticket holders will get early access to watch warm ups! Grab your friends, your neighbors and your parents and spend a Sunday afternoon watching the World Champion Denver Nuggets vs the Indiana Pacers. https://nuggets.spinzo.com/denver-nuggets-vs-indiana-pacers-2024-01-14-JPRWN?group=twin-peaks-dkke

Middle School Girls - It is almost BASKETBALL TIME! Registration for basketball is open on the website (Parents/Students Drop Down>Athletics - First practice is November 13th, right after school. Register now, and we will see you on 13th.

We are looking for parent and community members to speak about their career experiences with our high school students! We have slots available from the end of November through March for about 20-25 minutes of sharing information and answering questions. We would love to have all sorts of backgrounds! Sign up by following this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48AFAD2EA6F9CF8-45605781-career

Last week, Twin Peaks Jazz Band had the opportunity to perform with the Guerilla Fanfare brass band. They did a wonderful job! Jazz Band is an auditioned group that welcomes numerous instruments and voice. For more information on joining Jazz Band, contact Mr. Wixom.

Kindergarten enjoys pumpkin painting, pumpkin stories, and most importantly pumpkin pancakes!

On November 1st we will be starting this year's Reading Challenge which we are calling, "Explore, Read More!" the challenge will take the form of a bingo game. We kicked the Reading Challenge off with an all school assembly yesterday. Students and teachers are working on creating exciting challenges for the month of November. For the first month, students who meet their goal will be participating in Hat Day.

First graders are learning all about adjectives, or describing words. After reading the book Creepy Carrots, they made their own creepy carrots and wrote about them!

Middle School students had their monthly House Team Building day on Friday, playing Telephone Pictionary with housemates they don't get to engage with daily! As we end October, our House Competition is off to a strong start. House Robur is in the lead with 183 points. House Aurum is close behind with 137 points. House Atomos, at 37 points, is still able to catch up! Our November competition, worth 150 points, is our National Junior Honor Society Food Drive!