October 24, 2024
PEPPER PIKE PICTURE DAY | October 28
ANNUAL DINNER | November 8th
SPELLING BEE | November 14th
ADMISSIONS
Admissions season is upon us and online applications are officially open! We continue to see a high demand for admission to Heritage. This past year, many children remained on waiting pool lists for a number of classes. Given the level of inquiry and attendance at recent admissions events, we expect another strong year of enrollment. We offer Priority Enrollment for current families until January. We encourage you to apply for your children who are not current students by logging into your Family Portal, click "apply/enroll", select "application", then "click here to add an application" from the main screen. Contact our Admissions Director, Laura Calo, at laura.calo@heritageclassicalacademy.org with any questions.
THE GRIFFIN RUNDOWN
The Griffin Rundown podcast is back for the 2024-25 school year! Listen here every Tuesday morning for the latest episode.
CONVERT YOUR OHIO TAX DOLLARS TO HCA SCHOLARSHIPS!
The state of Ohio’s Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) tax credit authorizes donors who contribute to K-12 student scholarships through a certified SGO to receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction in their state taxes up to $750 per individual taxpayer ($1,500 per couple). Last year, families and friends of Heritage redirected over $300,000 tax dollars to HCA through this tax credit opportunity. If every HCA family participates this year, we have the potential to raise over $600,000! Learn more here.
ANNUAL DINNER SPONSORS
Our Annual Dinner is quickly approaching! Thank you to our Gold Sponsors, listed below, for helping to make this school fundraiser possible. Please click on the company name to learn more about our generous sponsors.
The Walco Organization
ANNUAL DINNER TICKETS
The window has closed for purchasing tickets for the November 8 Annual Dinner. However, if you would still like to attend, please email heidi.butts@heritageclassicalacademy.org to inquire if there have been any cancellations.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Heritage will participate in Operation Christmas Child again this year. Each family is invited to pack a shoe box to share the gospel with children all over the world. HCA will distribute a box and letter with instructions to each family in early November and collect boxes November 11-22 at each campus.
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Save the dates for our upcoming annual Christmas Concerts! Pepper Pike students will perform on Thursday, December 12 at Parkside Church and Peninsula students at Christ Community Chapel on Wednesday, December 18.
ZOOM PRAYER MEETINGS
Please join us via zoom to pray with other Heritage parents, teachers, and administrators. The next Zoom prayer group will meet on Tuesday, October 29 at noon.
HOT LUNCHES
Hot lunches are available weekly for all K-11th grade students. For Lower School students, Chick-fil-A orders are due the Sunday before (served on Tuesday), and pizza orders are due the Monday before (served on Wednesday). All orders are due on Sunday night for Upper School students. Late orders cannot be accepted.
Peninsula and Pepper Pike Lower School families, please refer to the Orientation webpage for the lunch ordering procedures.
Upper School families are now able to order lunches through Renweb and the HCA app.
ATTENDANCE REPORTING POLICY
Please note an important change to our Attendance Reporting Policy. Please do not contact the Campus Coordinator by email or by phone regarding attendance-related issues. For all attendance related communications including absences, tardies, mid-day appointments, bussing, carpooling, and early pick-ups, please do one of the following:
1) Call the appropriate Attendance Line and leave a message. You will still need to contact your child’s teacher and the nurse (when medical).
Peninsula (330)-548-1738, Ext 1, Ext 1
Pepper Pike (330)-548-1738, Ext 2, Ext 1
2) Send an email to the appropriate Attendance Email address (see below), your child’s teacher, and the nurse (when medical).
All absences, tardies, and mid-day appointments should be communicated by 9:00 a.m. Any end of day pick-up changes should be communicated by 1:00 p.m.
HCA APP
Download the HCA app to stay current on all the latest information from HCA.
SPIRIT WEEK
Celebrating Spirit Week together was so much fun! Thank you to all who participated in the week’s activities.
VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION
We are honored to invite our Peninsula campus community Veterans to our Veterans Day Celebration at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 11. Guest speaker, Veteran Mitchell Monas, will join us for convocation to speak about his service to our country and how it has impacted his faith. Following convocation, we will host a light breakfast in recognition of your service and dedication. Please use this form to RSVP. We look forward to celebrating you.
LUNCH VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION
We are honored to invite our Pepper Pike campus community Veterans to our Veterans Day Celebration at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 11. Guest speaker, Veteran Laura Hawkins, will join us for convocation to speak about her service to our country and how it has impacted her faith. Following convocation, we will host a light breakfast in recognition of your service and dedication. Please use this form to RSVP. We look forward to celebrating you.
SPIRIT WEEK
Celebrating Spirit Week together was so much fun! Thank you to all who participated in the week’s activities.
PICTURE DAY
Picture Day will be held on Monday, October 28 and retakes will be on Thursday, December 5. See Wednesday’s email for full details and ordering information. To order your pictures, please click the pre-order link below. The link will expire at 11:59 p.m. on October 28.
PRAYING DADS & MOMS
We invite Heritage dads to join together for prayer. Mark your calendar for the following dates: November 8 and December 1 from 6:30-7:30 a.m. at Heritage Coffee in Solon.
We invite Heritage moms to join together for prayer. Mark your calendar for the following dates: November 18 and December 16 from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in the Cafeteria.
LUNCH VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
Volunteers are needed! As a lunch and recess monitor, alongside HCA staff, you will assist at lunch and then recess. This is a wonderful way to see your students at school and meet other HCA parents!
VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION
We are honored to invite our Pepper Pike campus community Veterans to our Veterans Day Celebration at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 11. Guest speaker, Veteran Laura Hawkins, will join us for convocation to speak about her service to our country and how it has impacted her faith. Following convocation, we will host a light breakfast in recognition of your service and dedication. Please use this form to RSVP. We look forward to celebrating you.
SPIRIT WEEK
Celebrating Spirit Week together was so much fun! Thank you to all who participated in the week’s activities. Points are being tallied and a house winner will be announced next week.
PICTURE DAY
Picture day will be held on Monday, October 28 and retakes will be Thursday, December 5. Tuesday, October 29 will be regular uniform attire. See Wednesday’s email for full details and ordering information. To order your pictures, please click the pre-order link below. The link will expire at 11:59 p.m. on October 28.
Rhetoric School Students (Grades 9-11) should wear their Heritage Classical Academy formal attire for Picture Day on Monday, October 28. Tuesday, October 29 will be regular uniform attire.
PSAT
The PSAT will be given to 10th and 11th graders on Tuesday, October 29. These students should report to the Maynard building by 8:15 a.m. for the test with fully charged Chromebooks. They will be dismissed for the day at around 11:00 a.m. and not have any classes the rest of the day. Please arrange rides for them to leave then as there will be no bussing at this dismissal time!
LUNCH VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
We need your help with lunch and recess! Please consider volunteering to serve the HCA community during these times.
GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONS
VOLLEYBALL
Congratulations to our Junior High Volleyball team for becoming OCSAA State Champions!
The Varsity Volleyball Team will be participating in the National Christian School Athletic Association Tournament October 24 – 27 at Cedarville University playing against Christian Schools from across the country. Visit the NCSAA website for more information and opportunities to watch the live stream of games.
VOLLEYBALL BANQUET
The Volleyball Banquet will be held on Monday, October 28 at 4:15 p.m. in the Chapel on the Pepper Pike campus.
CHIPOTLE FUNDRAISER
Thank you to all who supported Heritage Athletics by dining at Chipotle in Hudson on Tuesday. The fundraising event had an excellent turnout, and the proceeds will help purchase new basketballs for the upcoming season. We appreciate your support!
BASKETBALL
Sign-ups for the upcoming basketball season are now closed. If you signed your child up for one of our teams, please fill out and turn in the following required forms. More information and links to the forms can be found on our Athletic Forms webpage.
Current Physical
Lindsay Law
Concussion
Liability Release Form (this is a new form which needs to be filled out by all players)