Pinnacles Newsletter: February 2021

A Note from Jill

Hello and Happy February!

I can’t believe that we are closing in on the last few weeks of our founding student enrollment application! I’m so excited to be on this journey with everyone, and I’m looking forward to officially meeting all of our founding students. We have some exciting events planned for February.

Thanks,
Jill Fineis

Upcoming February Events

February 13th - Student Purpose Workshop!

Do you have a rising 6th or 7th grade student interested in cultivating their purpose? We are excited to offer this exclusive workshop in partnership with nXu Education and Link Public Schools- This workshop is a micro version of our purpose curriculum that will be offered to all Pinnacles Prep students during our advisory time. We will be offering this workshop 1/month from now until June- We encourage all students interested in Pinnacles prep to attend one.

Mid February - Snow School and snowshoeing at Squilchuck State Park

Stay tuned for details. This would happen on February 13 and on February 15. No times have been provided yet.

What’s Coming Up:

Feb 17- Application closes at midnight.
Feb 18- Case managers contact their caseload to notify them if we will need a lottery or not.
Feb 20- Lottery (if needed).
Feb 22- Pinnacles staff sends acceptance or waitlist letter.
Registration packets need to be turned in by March 10 at 6:00 pm.

Application Closing Soon!

We are nearing our new student application deadline of February 17th. We will let families know on February 18th if we will be conducting a lottery on February 20th. We will notify families on the 20th if their child has can officially register or is on a waitlist.

Families will be assigned a Caseload Manager

Israel Garcia- Family and Community Enagagement Specialist
Nicole Cooner- Community Outreach Ambassador
Teresa Bendito- Community Outreach Ambassador
Sara Rolfs- Co-founder and Secretary
Teresa Zepeda- Community Outreach Ambassador

Make sure you know who your caseload manager is since they will be your main point of contact and help you through the registration process. (You can ask who your caseload manager is once we call you on February 20). Our registration packet will need to be completed by March 10th at 6 pm. Please make sure to fill it out and refer anybody that you might know who can benefit from this opportunity.

Waitlist & Lottery Preferences

The lottery is a random weighted lottery. A weighted lottery means that some students will receive a preference in the lottery if they meet any of the criteria mentioned below. The list below are preference criteria and do not guarantee enrollment at Pinnacles Prep. The preferences increase the likelihood of a student being selected in the general lottery, by giving them extra tickets for each criteria they meet. As a point of clarification, every student receives 1 ticket to the lottery; additionally, if a student meets every criteria in the list below, they would receive 13 total tickets.

*siblings are automatically accepted once one sibling is picked from the lottery

Children of contracted full-time staff members.
Students fitting this description will be given 5 extra tickets in the lottery
Students from economically disadvantaged situations
Students fitting this description would get 5 extra tickets in the lottery.
Students will receive this preference if they are eligible for the free or reduced-price meals program or on some form of public assistance.
This will be indicated on the original application online in order to qualify for the preference and will be confirmed via a completed and approved Meal Application form submitted in the summer prior to the beginning of the school year.
Students matriculating from underperforming schools
Students fitting this description would get 2 extra tickets in the lottery
Students will receive this preference if they matriculate from a school with a score of 5 or less on the Washington School Improvement Framework.
The school that students are matriculating from will be indicated on the original application.
Students who do not qualify for a preference
Students who submit applications for which no preference is generated based on the aforementioned list will be given 1 ticket in the lottery.

Applicants DO NOT have to be present to be picked.

Students who are not selected during the lottery will be put on a waiting list in the order they are selected via continued selection during the lottery.

Careers at Pinnacles Prep!

We also added two new positions to our founding team is a Music teacher and STEM teacher. Do you or someone you know have a passion for teaching in either of these disciplines? Visit our website to learn more or contact her at jill@pinnaclesprep.org.

Carreers at Pinnacles Prep