24/25 School Year Information

Hello Asante Preparatory Families-  

We are excited to begin the 2024-2025 school year!  This summer we have been busily preparing for the changes to our school moving to PK-5.  We are excited to see everyone and to greet all our new Ranger  Families as well!    

COMMUNICATION 

We are excited to be able to have the new tool Parent Square to be able to communicate with you this year!   This school year, all Dysart schools will be using ParentSquare as our primary communication tool for parents. This program will replace our current system for school and district messages, and upgrade and add many additional features to help keep you informed and engaged with us. With ParentSquare, you will be able to access the news feed and calendar through your choice of the website or app, and can receive messages in your preferred avenues (text, email, push notification) and language (over 130 to choose from). This new platform will allow you to direct message teachers, complete forms, signups and permission slips and view class or group specific information at your convenience.  On July 23, all parents/guardians will receive a welcome email sent to your primary email account of record listed in the Parent Portal, inviting you to activate your ParentSquare account. When you receive this email, please follow the included instructions to set everything up the way you would like. The Parent Portal will continue to be your resource for official records such as grades and attendance.  We also have very valuable Academic Success Guides that explain the content for every grade at our school.  Make sure to view them on our website here.  

SCHOOL ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL INFORMATION  

At Asante Preparatory Academy, school begins at 9:00 AM. and ends at 1:45 PM on Mondays and 3:45 PM on Tuesdays through Fridays.  Students who arrive to school after the 9:00 AM  bell will need to be signed in at the office. Students may NOT be on campus prior to 8:40 AM  unless attending tutoring or other activity as there is no supervision. If you have appointments and need to have your child leave early, we request that you please pick your child up before 1:30 PM. on Monday or 3:30 PM. on Tuesday through Friday.  The last 15 minutes of the day can be rather hectic and a very busy time for the office, so please note there may be delays in being about to sign out your child.  Parents/Guardians will be asked to show ID before a child may leave. Attached to this you will find the letter outlining the arrival and dismissal procedures for Asante.  If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call our office.  Please  note that we are growing again and expect slightly longer dismissal times than last year, especially at the beginning of the year. It ALWAYS takes longer for the first couple of weeks. 

CHROMEBOOKS

While only used for a portion of the time, all  students in K-5 will be assigned their own chromebooks for use as needed in the classroom. .  At Meet the Teacher, your child’s chromebook will be issued to them when you sign the form.  You will then be assigned an optional $25 fee for insurance for the year that you can pay online in your Parent Portal.  This insurance will be available until August 30th.   If you do not get the insurance, you will be responsible to pay to fix the chromebook through our IT department  or to replace it at a cost of $400 should it not be repairable. If you do not attend Meet the Teacher, your child will be assigned their chromebook after you have returned the signed form. If your child has any outstanding fees on their account, they will not be assigned a Chromebook until those fees are paid.  Here is a link on where to pay fees and view them.  Chromebooks will have the ability to be left at school this year in carts in the classroom,  so students will not have to take them to and from school.  

PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (PTO) 

Asante’s  PTO is one of the key components that make this a tremendous school! By joining you get the opportunity to vote and have a say on how the funds are spent! This dynamic group would really love your participation and it is not a large time requirement!  For more information, please visit them on Facebook at https://asantepto.org/ or you can email our president, at asanteptopresident@gmail.com To join, simply click the link here.   

MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT 

Meet the Teacher Night is July 30th  from 5:00-7:00 p.m.  On the night, you can come in through the cafeteria or the courtyard to find your child’s teacher posted. You will also be able to view this in the Parent Portal two days before school starts. We will also have our PTO in there to learn more information about joining this important organization.  In addition, DEN Club and Southwest Food Services will be here as well.   

STUDENT ATTIRE & SUPPLIES 

Supplies and uniforms are not required, however, there is a suggested supply list by grade available on our website. When shopping for school clothes and planning for that perfect first day outfit, please keep our school dress code in mind. Student dress code

FOOD SERVICE: BREAKFAST & LUNCH

The cost for breakfast is $1.25 or $0.30 for reduced if your family qualifies.  The cost for lunch is $2.60 or $0.40 for reduced if your family qualifies.  You can apply for Free and Reduced lunch or load money on to your account by clicking here.   

ASANTE  HOUSES 

Over the last few years our school has grown quite a bit, in order to help keep the small community last year we divided all of our students and staff into houses. .  The goals of the House System are to ensure that our large school has a small feel, to promote positive relationships and mentoring for students, to promote positive relationships between faculty and students, to give every student another caring adult, to instill a sense of pride in being an Asante Ranger.  New students will be divided into houses during the first days of school and will be a part of their house team for all their years at Asante. Returning students will continue in their houses.   Here are the houses:   

Here are the houses:  

House Visionarious- Innovation-Red-Eagle 

House Fortitudo-Courage- Orange-Elk 

House Compassio-Compassion-Blue-Mustang 

House Creo-Creativity-Green-Bobcat 

House Fidelius-Loyalty- Purple-Bear 

ANNUAL STUDENT UPDATE

Remember that you must complete your Annual Student Update every year  in the Parent Portal.  For a student to be seen in the health office, to use technology, and to have emergency and medical updates, you must complete it.   Directions for completing can be found here. It must be done by August 30th.  

NEW SRO  

We are so excited to welcome our new full time Student Resource Officer,  Officer Grayling Jordan to our campus this year! Make sure you say hi and introduce yourself if you see him on campus!   

The Asante Team