Important Dates to Remember

  •  SEPTEMBER 16 – 19  CONSTITUTION WEEK

  •  SEPTEMBER 17  CONSTITUTION DAY

  •  SEPTEMBER 17  Senior Picture Day 

  •  SEPTEMBER 17  PTO Meeting 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

  •  SEPTEMBER 19 JH Social 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

  •  SEPTEMBER 26 Choir Concert (FREE)  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Mesa Arts Center Piper Theater, 1 E Main St, Mesa, 85201 

A NOTE FROM Mrs. Udall:

Thank you for a great beginning of the school year!  We have the best families.  We are excited for this week.  We will be celebrating the Constitution all week with information and fun activities during lunch.  Be sure to ask your scholar about it all next week!

We have a PTO meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 17.  We have a lot of discussion topics and we would love to have you participate.  It is online and we hope to “see” you there. PTO online meeting link

Our sports teams are going strong! Be sure to check out a game or two this week.

SPORTS EVENTS CALENDER CLICK HERE

Just a few reminders:

  1. We only have a few weeks left in the quarter, so be sure to login to PowerSchool and check out your scholars’ grades.
  2. Parking: when coming to campus for any reason, please do NOT park in the gated lot.  These spots are all assigned to our scholars and not available for general parking.  Please use the 2 hour parking in the city lot off of Drew Street.  Do not park in the spaces designated for Tan Permit parking.  You will receive a ticket.
  3. Caps and gowns need to be ordered by Sept. 30

There are a number of trips/tours to enrich our scholars Heritage experience.  Sign up information is further down in the newsletter.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Heidi Udall, Principal

ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK TODAY!

Don’t miss out on the 30th anniversary edition!

Order HERE:

ID code: 15116625

Or scan the QR code:

ECA DONATION? 

Continue to have friends and family donate to a specific scholar HERE.

Or give them the url: https://hamesa.com/tax-credit/

But be sure to check out our Giving page! Exciting new information and various ways to donate are now available.

Questions? Contact the front desk at 480-969-5641 or email heidi.conn@heritageacademyaz.com

SO MUCH FUN TO COME!

DANCE FUND RAISER!

This is Dance Company’s second year offering our Mini-Heroes Hip Hop Halftime Fundraiser! In this exciting event children ages 6-11 years will learn a dance from Dance Company and then together they will perform at one of our very own Heritage Varsity Football games on Sept. 19!

The children are taught by Dance Company after school that day and then we go straight to the football game to perform. It is so fun and such a great experience for the kids.

Scan the QR code to sign up:

Our Dance Company scholars are excited to share their love of dance and performance with our upcoming Heroes. Your child will leave this experience having gained confidence, skills, bragging rights and a lot of fun memories. Register today!

HA Mini Heroes Hip Hop Fundraiser 24′ information

Night of Champions Cross Country
Athletes conquered a new course! (A golf course with rolling hills)
Congrats to the following JH individuals who received medals and placed as follows:
  • JH Cross Country Girls:
    • Paisley Skankey 2nd place (overall 7th grade girls) time: 15:44
    • Kembree Forsgren 16th place (overall 7th grade girls) time: 17:48
  • JH Cross Country Boys:
    • Casen Lawlor 5th place (overall 7th grade boys) time: 14:20
    • Dylan Bitter 16th place (overall 8th grade boys) time: 14:51
    • Jacob Bleakley 20th place (overall 8th grade boys) time: 15:10
Pictured here: Paisley Skankey Kembree Forsgren

JH SOUTHERN ARIZONA TOUR!

WHEN: Feb. 13 & 14, 2025  COST: $425/person

Exploring: Sonoran Desert Museum, Pima Air & Space Museum, Gaslight Theater, Queen Mine Tour in Bisbee
and Tombstone
Includes: transportation, hotel for 1 night, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners, and admissions to venues
Payment schedule:
$212.50 due Nov 1, 2024
$212.50 due Dec 10, 2024
Refund Policy (either tour company or student cancels)
Full refund before Dec. 15, 2024
Refund minus $100 between Dec. 16th & Jan 10th
No refund after Jan 10th.

Sign up HERE:

JH Southern AZ Tour flyer 2024 25

CHOIR TOUR!

The total cost of the trip is $899.00.

Registration and 1st payment of your deposit of $100.00 is due by 8/15/2024.
2nd payment of $150.00 is due by 10/1/2024.
3rd payment of $150.00 is due by 12/1/2024.
4th payment of $250.00 is due by 2/15/2025.
Final payment of $249.00 is due by 3/15/2025.

Sign up HERE:

2025 Los Angeles Choir Tour Information HAM

11TH ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS RETREAT!

 We are excited to work with your scholars during this fun, intensive, educational weekend and can’t wait to see their talents and skills grow. The retreat is open to fine arts scholars in 9-12th grade who have intermediate to advanced experience in their chosen workshop. See each workshop for specific experience requirements. The retreat is an experience like no other and a wonderful chance to grow skills, learn new techniques, make new friends and work with different teachers and professionals in their field.

This year, our retreat will return to Emmanuel Pines Camp in beautiful Prescott, AZ.   https://emmanuelpines.com/  The dates of our retreat are January 8-11, 2025 and the cost of the retreat will be $335 per scholar. We encourage and welcome parents to attend as chaperones! See you at camp!

Want to see what it’s all about?  CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

Sign up HERE

or scan QR code:

JUNIOR HIGH FINE ARTS RETREAT!

Through the Junior High Fine Arts Retreat, scholars will build strong character through a unique collaboration and performance opportunity consisting of the top Junior High performers across all campuses. The fast-paced environment lends itself to quickly build a strong community amongst the arts programs. Teachers and scholars alike take home an increased knowledge and respect of what selfless service they each could provide for their individual communities, which is what is taught by the great Founding Fathers of America.  

Sign up HERE

or scan the QR code:

Dance Company & Ballroom III Tour

Sign up HERE

SUPPORT THE SOFTBALL PROGRAM

First Saturday of each month, beginning 9/7, Frutta Bowls will donate 10% of sales to the softball program!

Questions: Bob Brown bob.brow@heritageacademyaz.com

PTO NEEDS YOU!

We are fortunate to have so many great families here at Heritage! We need your help to make our events a success and make sure your scholars have a great year.

Sign up to volunteer for one of our PTO committees to help throughout the school year.

SIGN UP HERE

Questions:  send an email to heritageacademy.pto@gmail.com

DENNIS UNIFORMS

We celebrated our 100th anniversary in 2020, and with our next 100 years of business in mind, we made it our goal to create a more streamlined, customized ecommerce platform to bring an ever-increasing level of service to our customers. Launching in 2021, our new site quickly became a uniform-industry-leading interface with fast checkout options, a wealth of helpful shopping information and a mobile-first design with many more features that cater to contemporary customers’ needs.  

COLLEGE CORNER 

Seniors – don’t forget to schedule your senior 1-on-1 meeting with Mr. Brown. 

You can scan the QR code outside Mr. Brown’s office or click here.

IMPORTANT DUAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

NOTE – if you are a current senior, be sure to schedule your senior one-on-one appointment with me for sometime in September.  Don’t wait for the last second.

If you are new to dual enrollment, you will need to complete admissions (step 1) to Rio Salado College. Enrollment and Registration Steps here .  If you need any placement tests, I will let you know.

Important links here – login is your MEID@maricopa.edu.  Here, you will be able to upload your birth certificate and photo ID, complete the financial responsibility form, and fill out the Petition for Semester Overload if you are enrolling in more than 18 DE credits in one semester, to name a few.

For those who were approved for Tuition Assistance, I have contacted Rio to enroll you accordingly.

For the rest that indicated they wanted to take part in dual enrollment, I will be emailing Rio soon.  Be on the lookout for emails with tasks to complete (if needed).

Email me at bob.brow@heritageacademyaz.com with any questions. To ensure a timely response be sure to provide the scholar’s 8-digit college ID# (starts with a 3) or indicate new to dual enrollment.  Please leave a detailed message, so I can better serve you.

Thanks,

Bob Brown