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The Vanguard Voice Volume 17, Issue 1 www.cmca12.com
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In this Issue: College Kindergarteners Walk the Red Carpet…2
Warm Welcomes to Students & Staff…………..3
Vanguard Students Receive RYLA….…...…….4
AP Scores Surpass International Standards…….5
2010-2011 4th Quarter Honor Roll …..……...…6
2010-2011 4th Quarter Principal’s List…………7
CMCA Partners with StarFit Kids………………8
Students Score in Soccer Tourneys……………..8
The Retreat……………………………………...9
Nurse’s Note…………………………………...10
Support PTO…………….……………………..11
Vanguard’s Boys’ State Attendees…………….11
Register for the Coursers Stampede…………...12
Dates to Remember:
September 13
PTO Meeting
September 14
Substitute Training
School Board Meeting
September 15
Progress Reports
September 19
Picture Day
September 30
Count Day
Progress Reports
Dear CMCA Friends and Families,
The recent change in weather reminds us that we’re suddenly in September and
summer vacation seems like such a distant memory. We’ve been in school three
weeks now and have had an outstanding start to our year. Our enrollment for
2011-12 is very strong, which helps offset some of the funding reductions we
have had to absorb from the last few state budgets. Even more importantly, the
increased numbers give us the opportunity to reach even more students, which
we are very excited about.
Over the past two weeks our staff at the various buildings have put on Back to
School Nights to reconnect with parents and discuss with them how to team up
to make their children successful. Thank you to all who were able to attend.
These are very important opportunities to set students up for success. Among
many things covered were some changes we’re making in our effort to
continually improve. Those changes include better alignment of our programs
and procedures, additional ways in which we are putting emphasis on character
and critical thinking, and new structures we’re putting in place to better support
our students and hold them accountable.
One thing that sets our school apart from other schools is that we hit the ground
running. Having completed just three weeks of school, we are fully into the
swing of things. Groups began the second day of classes. We have nearly
completed the required MAPS testing for first through eighth grades, and our
courses are already deep into the curriculum. By making the most of every day,
we help our students get more out of the year.
Our extra-curricular programs are also well underway. Our high school Girls
Cross Country Team set a record at the annual Rocky Ford meet by taking the
top six places among all 2A schools and the top three places among all schools.
Our gentlemen took third in the men’s race. Boys soccer and girls volleyball are
also underway at the junior high and high school, and handball is in season for
our fifth grade boys. In addition to sports, our arts programs are fully warmed
up, and this year’s musical has already been announced.
It’s very good to be back in school. The new year offers such promise of
learning new skills and information, gaining new experiences, developing new
friendships while strengthening old ones, growing in character and academic
potential, and achieving in pursuit of our dreams. I’m excited for this year, and
I look forward to sharing its successes with our students, our staff, and our
families.
Sincerely,
Colin T. Mullaney
Executive Director
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On August 17th, 126
precious kindergarten
students made a grand
entrance into CMCA’s College
Kindergarten! Each student was
photographed as he entered the building
on the red carpet walkway. Excitement was in the air
as the students said goodbye to their sad parents.
The day started off with The Pledge of Allegiance and
Star Spangled Banner…then got busy with the morning routine.
Quickly it was quiet as the new students were hard at work
learning. Please come over and see these wonderful kindergarten
students at work. You will be amazed!
CMCA’s College Kindergarteners Walk the Red Carpet
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Warm Welcomes
Welcoming our K-6 Staff On August 1, CMCA welcomed seventeen new staff members to the K-6 buildings. Instructional coaches Patricia Schierholz and Kayla Matos, with help from Kindergarten Team Leader Lili Mueh, spent an intensive week training CMCA’s newest staff members in Direct Instruction (D.I.) and CMCA’s Direct Instruction reading, math, and spelling curricula. These staff members also practiced applying the D.I. methodology to core subjects such as history, science, and grammar. During the intense, fast-paced week, new staff members worked with great diligence and commitment, and their hard work is now paying dividends with our students. A special thanks to all the parents who brought their children in for a couple of days during training so that new staff members could practice their newly acquired D.I. skills on real kids. After a week of practicing with adults, it was an opportunity to go “live” with students, and it proved to be one of the most beneficial training sessions of the week. Students, thank you for sacrificing some of your summer to help our teachers become successful! When you see the following people, please make sure you take time to welcome them to the CMCA family:
3rd
Grade Crystal Kossow Hannah Rivas
4
th Grade
Andrea McKinley Matt Steenson
5th
Grade Brian Johnson Lindsay Millis
Donna Neumann
6th
Grade Lee Bell
Brianna Burroughs Angela DeGasero
Kindergarten Shela Jacobs
Dawn Khederian Angela LongWing
Kim Teel
1st
Grade Ruth Olson Liz Wilson
Jr. High Open House The Jr. High Open House is a great opportunity to help ease the transition from 6
th grade to Jr. High. It gave the 7
th grade students a
chance to meet their teachers and get their schedules and locker assignments. This year’s Open House was on August 15
th and was a
great success again. Thank you to the PTO for supplying snacks and refreshments for the students and parents. Also thank you to all the parents and students who took advantage of the day.
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Taking the Lead
Vanguard Students Receive Rotary Youth Leadership Award by Aaron Schreck (Senior) The 2011 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) conference at Colorado Mountain College was a great adventure for all involved. It began with a quite long but also extremely beautiful drive from Colorado Springs to Glenwood Springs. Emily Lathen, Aaron Schreck, and Thomas Luckett braved the long but gorgeous journey with incredible vitality and vigor, all ready to meet many exceptional youths from all over Colorado. Our hopes were not disappointed in the least. We found ourselves in immediate fellowship with approximately seventy-five other teens from all over Colorado. It was an indispensible experience just to meet so many great people, even if we had not had valuable leadership instruction. We were, however, provided with informative classes that made an already great experience even better. The people who structured the RYLA, however, knew that leadership is an art very seldom perfected in a classroom. As such, the main focus of the conference was various, mostly-outdoor, community activities. We were challenged with a low ropes course that required us to learn to interact in many different ways which were typically non-vocal. This stretched our way of thinking and caused us to choose new methods of communication and interaction. Later we were tested on a high ropes course. This was less about communication and more about conquering fear and trusting our fellows. Feeling secure hanging on a wire is contrary to human instinct but is quite possible if one trusts his peers to protect him. Still later we were thrust into the woods with only a compass and rather shaky coordinates and told to find all the markers. Due to undeniable amounts of user error, the course gradually turned from effective orienteering to wandering through the woods. Still we learned to work effectively with other people in stressful situations, probably more-so than if the course had gone according to plan. Finally, there were many nondescript little games and exercises incorporated into the free time of the program, such that nearly every moment was spent learning something. The learning was not always easy to see; sometimes we were learning while we were quite convinced we were having fun. All this was complimented by group discussion every night after dinner. We would form a smaller group and have a very broad-based discussion on an open topic for a considerable amount of time. With the slight guidance of the provided instructions, we delved into many questions that gave us a much fuller grasp of the leadership we were trying to understand. The night before departure, a great number of plastic coins were dumped in the middle of a room, and we were to grab as many as we liked and give them to people who had impacted our lives over the weekend. The pile of coins I received is still sitting proudly atop my desk. Overall, RYLA was simply a great program enhanced by fantastic people.
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Coursers AP Scores Surpass International Standards Advanced Placement classes have been a critical aspect of achieving academic excellence at The Vanguard School for the last three years. These classes offer students a chance to earn college credit while receiving instruction that is even more in-depth and ambitious than our already rigorous Honors-level offerings. Every spring the College Board, the same international organization that administers the SAT, tests AP students for subject mastery in a variety of disciplines. Not only is enrollment in Advanced Placement classes traditionally an honor reserved for the highest achieving students, but most schools, unlike Vanguard, go further and encourage only those students most likely to succeed to actually take the test. This means that our scores are measured against the best and brightest students from around the country and around the world. Last year twenty-three Vanguard students took a total of forty-six AP classes which included United States History, United States Government and Politics, Microeconomics, English Literature and Composition, Calculus BC, and Biology. As the school in Colorado ranked highest with respect to academic prowess, it is no surprise that The Vanguard School boasts a wide variety of Advanced Placement classes and great student successes on each of their respective tests. What might be news to you, however, is the fact that the percentage of Vanguard students receiving a score of 3 or higher on an AP test is 28% higher than the global average. A student scoring a 3 an AP test is considered to be “qualified” for receiving college credit for that class. Vanguard AP students, all of whom were required to take the exams for their respective classes, were not only much more likely than students around the globe to achieve a qualifying score, but 48% of 2011 AP tests from our school received a score of 5, the highest possible. This year we’re offering even more AP classes with the highest enrollment rates we’ve seen yet. These students are excited to delve deeply into their favorite subjects and to work hard now in order to earn their 5’s next spring.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do
more, and become more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincy Adams
The percentage
of Vanguard
students
receiving a score
of 3 or higher on
an AP test is
28% higher
than the global
average.
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4th Grade Matthew Chavez
Erika Chien Alizabeth Clay Del Rio
Ivy Clough Mitchell Daly
Kaitlyn DiMarino Leah Hagen
Preston Hartman Carolyn Jones Madison Jones
James Le Mikaela McLean J. Adam Novak Hannah O'Dea
Madeline Palmer Colin Park
Culin Peddada Maxwell Stieglitz Annalee Tenbrink Alixandir Walters Alexandra Wolff
Leo Xiao Konrad Ziegler
5
th Grade
Lola Agboola Olivia Bolton
Elizabeth Clinger Isabella Fincher Dakota Hartzler Lydia Henline
Eric Le Lakia Rose-King
Jailynn Underwood
6th
Grade Madison Brown
Emma Card Grace Corry Krista Davis
Katherine Hall Jabarhi Hill
Jaymison Johnson Lexie Kwak
Sydney Mobley Westin Stieglitz
Juliana Wall Tristan Ziegler
7th Grade Logan Bye
Eoin Doherty Jacquelyn Drosendahl
Ryan Hughes Slade Kelling Reily Mienert
Aidan Mullaney Samson Rao Hannah Reed
8th Grade
Alyxandra Callahan Mariah Doom Rachel Hough
Gabrielle Schuck Julie Snively
9th grade Nicole Daly
Madilyn Drosendahl Amanda Jesse
Justin Luu Maddison Ratzlaff
10th grade
Savannah Baron Lydia Blondin
Austyn Callahan Tim Force
Zaynib Hassan Thomas Hetherington
Taylor Jones Claris Park
Jessy Sweet
11th grade Daniel Doherty Aaron Schreck
12th grade
David Alexander Joe Christensen
4th Quarter Principal’s List
The Principal’s List recognizes students who receive all A’s.
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4th Grade Seth Adams Raelynn Blair
Michayla Bounds Josh Breford
Kaylee Cochran Sara Courduff
Pasqual DeLuna Allysen Duysen Connor Engen Joshua Fowles Bridger Frazee Hayden Frear
William Geoffroy Cloe Gomez-Osterbuhr
Alejandra Gutierrez Aden Hatton
Vasilisa Hebert Brandon Herd
Allison Hetherington Calvin Hodges
Harrison Huthoerfer Kya Johnson
Alana Khederian Caleb Knierim
Camryn LaCombe Cameron Lang Emily Ledbetter Duncan Lewis Joey Mathis
Haleye Meierhenry-Intemann
Tyler Morris Hans Mueh
Connor Nelson Darian Nguyen Vivian Nguyen Annaliese Ortiz Reina Padilla
Savanna Padilla Molly Quesnell
Mia Sells Grant Shandy Hannah Sours Arianna Strong Charles Suggs
Narumi Taico-Urrutia Kayla Teel Kirk Toland Gabriel Vigil
Thomas Walsh Lilly West
Brooke Williams Korey Winter
5th Grade
Nicole Alderman Jeremy Allgood
Elizabeth Anderson Steven Bell Aila Benz
Antonio Briggs Jessica Bye
Madeline Campbell Janine Coderre
Dylan Cross Fletcher Erskine
Seth Fuqua Krysten Gard
Eric Geist Julian Guerrero Idalia Jackson Mia Jackson
Anna Jelderks Jared Kazee KJ Kearns
Sam Kilimann Nikelle Kirkes Lauren Lee
Veronica Malkin Shelby Mathis
Hannah McReavy
Casey Meinert Caolinn Mullaney
Prisila Munoz Kinsey Neuner Kenny Nguyen
Lyn Nguyen Tyler Northcutt Amiya Peddada Heston Proctor
Eric Ryan Summer Simmons
Eden Sykes Alexa Tartaglini
Michael Tromara Hunter Umana
Kelsey Van Demarr Mikayla Vasquez
Ezykiel Vigil Amanda Wilson
6th Grade
Max Anderson Megan Donovan
Laura Green Rachel Leasure Destiny Morgan Jia Ying Peng Ethan Ratzlaff
Bethany Rowland Nichole Suarez
Mary Walsh Taryn Wingett
7th Grade
Brittany Bargers Victoria Beutel Macee Carson William Chaney
Sean Clark Alexander Eccles
Tyler Gard
Alexis Haak Arianna Hartzler
Henderson Heussner Rebecca Hurlbert Audra Ketchum Kaiden Kimball Quentin Knierim
Avery Kurtz Miramani Lenzini
Darby Linn Dakota Martin
Kaylah Samuelson Jenny Smith
Morgan Suggs Andrea Vasquez
Anthony Vo Mikayla Williams
8th Grade Ashley Ames
Zachary Donovan Leslie Duggin
Alexander Hawkins Danielle Herd Susie Kwak
Joshua Leasure Andrew Lee Riley Nelson Kailey Nickel Lilia Strigerie Noah Taase
Sophia Wilson
9th grade Jordyn Arcuri
Larry Gill Kory Hagen
Chantel Ledbetter Anna Mohr
Johnathan Nies Rachael Smith
Victor Torres Ashlyn Williams
Hannah Yu
10th grade Tim Alexander Cooper Benson
Austin Board Zach Doom David Flack
Jaqueline Gutierrez Rachel Hatton Walter Prentice Addy Reddish
Robert Stephens Cassie Sulski
Peri Rose Sykes Gracie Williams
11th grade Kelsey Gloss
Anrea Kirkpatrick Nate Lane
Thomas Luckett Patrick Murray
Carlo Sangalang April Snively
12th grade Tim Blondin Greg Bolotin
Jacky Brenton Ally Callahan
Katie Kurschner Barrett Muth
4th Quarter Honor Roll
The Honor Roll recognizes students who receive
an equal or greater number of A’s than B’s.
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Athletics
CMCA Partners with
StarFit Kids (SFK) is a local 501c (3) non- profit organization that was founded in October 2009 to combat the rise in childhood obesity and educate local kids on fitness, nutrition, and wellness. One of the first schools in the area to pilot the SFK program, CMCA has incorpo-rated parts of the SMK program into its K-4 physical education curriculum the past two years. The SFK program engages students by immersing them in interactive lessons that include seeing colorful visuals, hearing a spoken education component, and doing physi-cally-active games that reinforce the education topics. It is the goal of StarFit Kids that all children be empowered to live a healthy, balanced lifestyle. The SFK program is free of charge to schools in our community. In order to continue to have the program be available to schools like CMCA, please consider supporting the StarFit Kids annual fundraiser at America the Beautiful Park on September 24, 2011. There will be a 5K and a kid’s fun run, as well as a bike rodeo, rock wall, booths, prizes, aerial gymnastics, and more. To register for the Starfit Kids Super Nova 5K & Kid’s Run, please visit active.com or check out the SFK website at www.starfitkids.org.
CMCA Students Score in Soccer Tourneys The team took part in a the "Pride of the Rockies" soccer tournament held at the Air Force Academy this past weekend and achieved 2nd place for their competitive division. These boys are not only excellent students at CMCA, but are also noteworthy highly-achieving athletes. Their commitment, dedication to excellence, and teamwork reflects highly upon themselves, their team, school (CMCA), and their community.
This same team (Cheeze, coached by a dedicated CMCA parent, Jim Stieglitz) also achieved 2nd place in the "Pride Prodigy Cup" in May after an entire season of being undefeated. The CMCA students on the Rush "Cheeze" team, coached by CMCA parent Jim Stieglitz are: Jeremy Allgood #13 (6th grade), Julian Guerrrero #8 (6th grade), Jaymison Johnson #12 (7th grade), Kevin (KJ) Kearns #20 (6th grade), Maxwell Stieglitz #10 (5th grade), Westin Stieglitz #7 (7th grade), Christopher Sudduth #99 (6th grade). Congratulations!
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On August 10-12, The Vanguard School students participated in the annual retreat at Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je to properly start the 2011 academic year. It was the school's third year at Id-Ra-Ha-Je and the first with split retreats for seniors and underclassmen. The class of 2012 assembled at the school early on Wednesday morning for the journey up to the camp for senior-only activities such as high rappel, power pole, and breath taker (a giant swing). The seniors much appreciated their unique experiences and opportunities to bond as a class, and the next day welcomed the rest of the school to Id-Ra-Ha-Je. With the school's increased attendance this year, the students were split into two sections of seven groups with a teacher and senior mentor in each. After all were settled, the activities began cycling through the rotation, such as high ropes, rappelling, survival, boulder house, and climbing tower which provided new opportunities for students to move beyond their comfort zones and trust and bond with others. The various classes taught new students different skills while allowing returning students to polish their performances from last year.
As the first day drew to a close, the sections played capture-the-flag until dusk before reconvening at the bonfire overlooking much of the camp and surrounding area to tell jokes and demonstrate their creative sides. On Friday morning after everyone had completed his final rotations, the retreat drew to a close with the cook-out during which students prepared their own food using the skills taught during the survival seminar. By the time the buses pulled into the parking lot, the entire student body was thoroughly tired yet invigorated for the start of a new year and already looking forward to more retreats in the years to come.
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by Daniel Doherty (Senior)
The Retreat
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Nurse’s Note
The back-to-school season can arouse anxiety in parents and
kids alike, especially when it comes to sickness and health.
Aside from marking the end of summer's lazy days, "back to
school" signals the start of a crazy time for many families, a
time during which we scramble to update immunizations, re-
establish more structured eating, television, and bedtime
routines, and keep our kids healthy.
1.How do I decrease my child's anxiety about starting
school?
For a happier, healthier transition, don't wait until the night
before school starts to set up sleep and nutrition routines that
might not have been strictly enforced over the summer. Try
setting bed and wake-up times a few weeks before school
starts and gradually adjusting them to be earlier as the first
day approaches.
Immunizations, which are a very necessary part of the back-to
-school routine, can be a little scary for kids. Ease kids'
worries by talking with them about the health benefits of
vaccines so they understand why the shots are important and
are less anxious about getting them. Make sure
immunizations are current and ask your health care provider
about other immunizations that might be recommended but
not required, such as the flu vaccine. The CDC recommends
the flu vaccine for kids ages 6 months and older.
2. How do illnesses spread among school children?
Colds and flu are typically spread from person to person from
respiratory droplets. Viruses enter the body through the eyes,
mouth, or nose. A sneeze can spray thousands of infectious
particles into the air at 200 miles per hour, and they can travel
3 feet. If children don't cover their mouths and spray other
children or an object, such as a doorknob, and other children
touch it and wipe their noses or mouths, they're more likely to
get sick.
3. What's the best way to help my child prevent picking
up an illness at school?
It's important to teach kids to wash their hands before eating
and after playing outside and using the restroom. Hand
washing is one of the best ways to prevent illness. If parents
enforce that at home, we'll reinforce it at school. Teach your
child to rub his hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and
warm water before eating and after using the restroom and
playing outside Also, the CDC recommends the flu vaccine for
kids ages 6 months and older.
4. Healthy lunches for kids
Primary colors. Load up their lunchboxes with a colorful mix of
fruits and vegetables to keep them energized and ready to
learn. Apples, pears, berries, dried fruit, baby carrots,
cauliflower, and edamame are easy to pack -- and fun to eat.
Fluid motion. Drinking plenty of fluids helps active children
stay hydrated. But not all drinks are created equal. According
to the American Academy of Pediatrics, kids who drink one
can of soda a day increase their obesity risk by 60%. Offer
water and limit soft drinks (some can pack 150 calories per 12
-ounce can).
The whole truth. Whole grains are an important part of a
healthy diet for kids. Offer whole grain, low-sugar cereals at
breakfast and low-sodium whole grain snack bars or crackers
in their lunch box. Try making sandwiches with whole grain
bread (look for "100 percent whole wheat" on labels to get the
most grains).
Dairy queen. Strengthen their bones and brains with nonfat or
low-fat dairy foods, including yogurt and flavored milk (choose
products with no more than 30 grams of sugar).
5. Exercise for children
Power hour. Make sure your kids run around for at least an
hour each day. Don't have a full hour for exercise? Try short
15-minute bursts of running, jumping, or games that
encourage these activities to keep them interested and active.
6. A good night’s sleep and a hearty breakfast
Parents must also be sure the child has sufficient sleep,
usually eight hours for a growing child and even more for a
teen. Your child should go off with a good breakfast to start
the day. Have a supply of portable breakfast foods on hand
for those days that you may be running late. A nutritious
breakfast with a balance of protein, fats and carbohydrates
helps your child to focus and concentrate.
Margie Miller, RN MS
CMCA School Nurse
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Support CMCA
Two Vanguard seniors, Aaron Schreck and Carlo Sangalang, were chosen to attend Boys' State at CSU Pueblo, where a 51
st state emerges from a select group of top students. The American
Legion hosts Boys' State, a gathering of male high school juniors from across the state of Colorado, for the purpose of teaching the system of American government to and instilling a love of country in some of the brightest young men in the state with the added incentive of possible college credit. It is a week long program in which students are grouped together with others from across the state in order to create the 51
st state in the nation. Students are divided among eight
“cities”, and are also given a political party. They then elect officials, much in the way it is actually done, and pass bills to be debated and turned into law. Two students are even given the chance to become an elected “U.S. Senator” to represent the state of Colorado at Boys' Nation in Washington D.C. After this once in a lifetime chance, many pursue a career in politics and some related areas. Some prominent Boys' State alumni include Tom Brokaw, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Rush Limbaugh, and Harry Reid. Others include the graduated senior Tim Blondin and our own Principal, Colin Mullaney.
Support our PTO
The Mission: The PTO at CMCA/Vanguard School strives to capture the positive spirit of parent volunteering through engaging in meaningful fundraising and enrichment activities. PTO Meetings: PTO meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 3:30 in "The Box” at the Corona Campus, which is located adjacent to the school gymnasium. Meetings are currently scheduled for: September 13, October 11, November 8, January 10, February 14, April 10, and May 8.
PTO Members
Visit the PTO at http://www.cmca12.com/parents/PTO/
President Lori Huthoefer
Classroom Volunteer Coordinator Sylvia Eccles
Vice-President Trudy Hackenberg
Secretary Taylor Fry-Van DeMarr
Treasurer Brooke Bolton
Booster Club Lisa Villanueva and Terri Cain
Boys’ State Attendees
by Carlo Sangalang (Senior)
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Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy 1605 S. Corona Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80905
1st Annual 5K, 2K and 800m
Fun Run/Walk
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Fountain Creek Regional Park
CMCA & The Vanguard School
fun and fitness event to raise funds for
the Cross Country and Track Programs
Registration information available at
www.cmca12.com.
Forms are available in each building’s front office.