We believe that one of the most powerful ways Telesis Preparatory Academy can help fight hunger in our community is a FOOD DRIVE.

We will be collecting canned food and nonperishable items until November 20th.  

Here is the fun part: classes will compete for a pizza party.

Care to Share Food Drive Results

Outstanding performance from not one, but four classrooms should be rewarded with a Pizza Party. They are:

4^th place Mr. Dornton’s homeroom class with 232 items collected

                               3^rd place Mrs. Hayes’s homeroom class with 257 items collected

                               2^nd place Mrs. Andreozzi’s class with 283 items collected

   1^st place is Mr. Cleland’s homeroom class with 303 items collected

Congratulations!

Special thanks to all the other classroom participants resulting in a grand total of nearly 1400 pounds donated to the LHC Food Bank, more than any church or school or organization in the community this year. Outstanding!

The appointments of our first Telesis Student Ambassadors have been made and the students have accepted: Ryan Bickford, Academy Senior, and Kara Leydekkers, Intermediate Student. Ryan and Kara will be called upon when tours of our campus are requested by families seeking to peruse our school. Ryan will speak directly to students considering joining Telesis's Junior Academy or Academy levels, traditional 7th through 12th grades. Kara will speak directly to students considering joining Telesis's Primary, Elementary, or Intermediate levels, traditional kindergarten through 6th grades. Since both Ryan and Kara have been outstanding students at Telesis for a number of years, they are the perfect choice to launch our Student Ambassador Program and will give personal attention to students who come with many questions before admission.

Congratulations, Ryan and Kara!

Today's News-Herald tells it like it is when it delivered front-page news about Telesis on Saturday, July 18th. Read all about it!

Telesis receives accreditation

By TONY WAGGONER
TODAY'S NEWS-HERALD

Telesis Preparatory Academy Superintendent Sandy Breece says the school's recently received accreditation from the North Central Accreditation agency is proof that her school is doing the right thing for students.

The kindergarten through 12th grade school now boasts dual-accreditation, meaning the school has documented proof and has been recognized for its improvement efforts in providing high standards of education.

But it also creates the opportunity for further development and improvements, providing high-quality resources and tools, as well as research-based standards.

AdvanceED, the parent company of NCA, is the largest accreditation agency in the world, Breece said. What the company provides is a foundation for schools to continually focus on advancements in teaching and learning.

There are seven standards schools must meet in order to be accredited by NCA and AdvanceED. The standards include: vision and purpose, governance and leadership, teaching and learning, documenting and using results, resources and support systems, stakeholder communications and  relationships and a continuing commitment to improvement.

Breece said for more than a year Telesis' team leaders, Tom Dornton, Amy Hanon and Doug Lawslo, and she gathered, documented proof of the school’s advancements and credential improvements.

On May 5, the school met with NCA for its culminating review. The notification of accreditation from NCA came July 1. The accreditation has made Telesis the only accredited school for grades K-8 in Lake Havasu City.

The public, tuition-free school, currently has 336 students registered for the fall semester beginning Aug. 17, Breece said.

Local parents wishing to enroll their children can come visit the school's Web site at www.telesisacademy.org to fill out an application. Applications could be mailed, faxed or dropped off at the school's administration offices or drop box in front of the offices.

The school has a process of public lottery, which is required by Arizona law. Names are drawn based upon available spots in each individual grade, Breece said.

"Open spots change from moment to moment,” she said. "The best thing to do is get the application in as soon as possible.”

The lottery drawings must be grade appropriate, Breece said, meaning if a spot is open in kindergarten, then only applications for children of that age range are drawn.

In Greek, the word Telesis means to bring each child to completion through intelligent and planned direction. With the school now being dual-accredited, Breece said they are being held accountable for adhering to the name Telesis with a curriculum like Saxon and accelerated math, intensive phonics and accelerated reader.

Breece said they have also recently added a new course thanks to GraceArts Live owner Grace Ann Etcheberria-Jacobs. Etcheberria-Jacobs will teach drama and performing arts this fall at both the Telesis Junior Academy and its senior Academy.

The classes will allow students also to be' involved in GraceArts Live studio productions. GraceArts live upcoming season will include productions of “South Pacific” and “The Wizard of Oz," in which students could possibly participate.

Breece said with the dual-accreditation and new courses this fall, the school staff couldn't be happier with the progress it is making.

"We are very pleased with the dual-accreditation,” she said. “This program holds us accountable for doing the right things for students.”

For more information visit the Telesis website at www.telesis-academy.org or call 855-8661.

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Telesis Preparatory Academy, a public tuition-free K-12 school, recently received dual-accreditation. The school for 330 students has been fully accredited, but now boasts dual-accreditation from North Central Accreditation (NCA) agency, under its new parent company AdvancED, the largest accreditation agency in the world. For more than a year, Telesis Team Leaders, Tom Dornton, Amy Hanon, and Doug Lawslo along with Superintendent Dr. Sandy Breece gathered documented proof of the school’s advancements and credentialed improvements. Members of the NCA agency visited the school for their culminating review on May 5th. Official notice of the full K-12 accreditation came on July 1st. Achieving this accreditation status makes Telesis Preparatory Academy the only school in Lake Havasu City to have accreditation for grades K-8, as well as, the more commonly earned accreditation of grades 9-12 from North Central.