Monday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day, Closed

Tuesday, Jan 2: No School, Winter Break

Wednesday, Jan. 3:

• School Resumes
• All MS students are required to have a lock on their locker today

🏀Saturday, Jan. 6: HS Triple Header Boys/Girls Basketball vs Brimley-2:00 – 3:00 pm

🏀Monday, Jan 8: Boys JV Basketball vs Morrice -7:00 – 8:00 pm- Home

🏐Tuesday, Jan 9: Middle School GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE Starts-3:45 – 5:00 pm

Wednesday, January 10: Sign-up for PT Conferences will go live. Watch for your text message!

🏀Thursday, January 11: Boys JV Basketball vs Bendle-7:00 – 8:00 pm- Home

🏀Friday, Jan. 12: Girls/Boys Varsity Basketball vs Bendle- 5:30/6:30 pm- Home

Monday, Jan. 15:

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day- No School
• GCI Closed
  

• 🏀HS Boys Basketball Practice: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Tuesday, Jan. 16:

• Community Conversations Parent/Caregiver Engagement Meetings-5:30–7:00 pm
• Middle School Spirit Week Starts: Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday, Jan.17:

• Middle School Spirit Week Starts: Past vs Present Day
• Senior Field Trip to Eastern Michigan University

Thursday, Jan. 18:

• Middle School Spirit Week Starts: Sports or Jersey Day
• 🏀Boys JV Basketball vs G Christian- 7:00 – 8:00pm-Home
  

Friday, Jan. 19:

• End of Quarter 2
• Middle School Spirit Week Starts: Blackout or Hat Day

• Middle School Snowball Dance: 5:00 – 7:00 pm (More Info Below)

• 🏀Girls/Boys Varsity Basketball vs G Christian- 5:30 – 6:30 pm- Home
  

Monday, Jan. 22:

• Board Meeting*- 5:30 pm
  

• High School PBIS Celebration- 1:15 – 3:30 pm

• 🏐MS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL VS HAMADY- 5:00 – 6:00 pm- Away

🏀Tuesday, Jan. 23: Boys JV & Varsity Basketball vs Brandon High-5:30–6:30pm- Home

🏐Wednesday, Jan. 24: MS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL VS ATHERTON-5:00–6:00 pm- Home

🏀Thursday, Jan. 25: Boys JV Basketball vs Beecher-7:00 – 8:00 pm- Home

Friday, Jan. 26:

• No School- Staff Professional Development Day
• 🏀Girls/Boys Varsity Basketball vs Beecher- 5:30 – 6:30 pm- Home
  

🏐Monday, Jan 29: MS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL VS MORRICE-5:00 – 6:00 pm- Home

🏀Tuesday, Jan. 30: HS Triple Header Boys/Girls Basketball vs Durand-4:30 – 5:30 pm

Wednesday, Jan. 31

• 🏐MS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL VS NEW STANDARD- 5:00 – 6:00 pm- Away
  
• Phoenix Power Player Luncheon- 10:30-1:00 pm
  
• Last day of Senior Class Can/Bottle Drive

Plan Ahead 📑🖊️📅✔️

Thursday, Feb. 1: Parent Teacher Conferences- 4:30-7:00 pm

Friday, Feb. 2:

• Early Release: 12:30 pm
• Parent Teacher Conferences -1:30-4:00 p
• Winter MAP Testing Closes

Feb. 5: WIDA Opens

*Feb. 14: Spring Count Day

Feb. 16: No School, Staff PD Day

Feb. 19: Presidents’ Day, Building Closed

Feb. 21: NAEP, 8th grade students only

We had an awesome first annual Parent and Caregiver Retreat on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at the Fairfield Inn and Suites. This was an opportunity for parents/caregivers to connect with one another as well as with administration and community partners! We are excited to redesign our parent/caregiver involvement in a deeper way! Please keep your eye out for volunteer opportunities and engagement meetings, we would love for you to join us! Adult PBIS points awarded for participation!

Parent Academy is a framework to equip parents/guardians with valuable resources and skills to effectively support their “whole child”/ “whole family”.

There will be a variety of engagement activities and workshops to support parents and caregivers to become full partners in their scholar’s education.

Additionally, there will be empowerment opportunities for parents/caregivers to pursue lifelong learning goals through personal and professional development.

In an effort to communicate your child’s attendance (absences and tardies), on a quarterly basis, attendance letters will be mailed to families that have missed at least 5 days and/or 5 tardies per quarter. School begins at 8:00 AM and dismisses at 3:28 PM, unless otherwise noted on our annual school calendar. It is important that your son/daughter attend school daily, for the full day.

Thank you for your continued partnership with us to provide the best academic opportunities for your IAF scholar!

Missing school adds up and adversely affects a scholar’s academic performance. This is a reminder of the Attendance process for the 2023-2024 school year. The Family and Community Engagement (FACE) team is here to support if you and your family are experiencing challenges or barriers to attending school regularly.

Keri Crane, Lead Advocate, Gr K-5 (810) 600-5232

Kim Dudley, Advocate, Gr 6-8 (810) 600-5243

Ayonna Gill, Advocate, Gr 9-12 & SPED (810) 600-5244

Rosie Twitty, McKinney Vento/Homeless (810) 600-5274

Jonique S. Donald, FACE Director (810) 810-600-5214

• Bundle Up! Make sure your IAF scholar wears a proper fitting coat that zips or buttons closed.
• Cover Head, Hands and Feet! A limited supply of free hats, gloves and socks are available in the Community Closet. Please contact Mrs. Twitty at (810) 600-5274 or rtwitty@iafphoenix.org or Ms. Donald at (810) 600-5214 or jdonald@iafphoenix.org.

Please notify the school of your child’s absence by calling the Attendance Hotline at (810) 600-5249 EACH DAY FOR AN ABSENCE UNLESS IT IS KNOWN THAT STUDENT WILL BE OUT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE INDICATE THIS WHEN YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE. You will not receive a return call unless requested. It is our goal to reconcile attendance messages each day. Please do not leave homework requests on the attendance hotline. Please call the main office for assistance at (810) 600-5000.

We are very grateful to have a designed space for our Phoenix Adults! There is a laptop, internet and printer available for adult usage during the school day. If you need to check your scholar’s grades, attendance or even print off your resume, we are here to serve you! For more information, please contact Ms. Donald (810) 600-5214 or Mrs. Twitty (810) 600-5274.

Have you heard the news? IAF now has PBIS for adults! What is this and what does it mean? This is an opportunity for our IAF parents/guardians/caregivers to earn points for attending parent meetings, workshops, special events and a host of other activities. Look for the total number of points to be earned on our flyers. Scan the QR Code posted during the event to earn points. Points can be redeemed for household items in PARC.

If you are currently homeless, temporarily living with a family member or friend or staying at a hotel or shelter, please contact Mrs. Rosie Twitty at (810) 600-5274 to discuss the McKinney-Vento resources and support available at IAF.

Congratulations to the Middle School Cheerleaders for an amazing season.

To my Captains:

• Brooklynn📣
• AnDrea📣
• Zion📣
• Haniah📣

Thank you for leading your teammates! You helped them elevate in many ways.

Congratulations to the girls who made it through the entire season:

• Makiya
• Jamareona
• Madison
• Mariya
• NaKiyah
• Janaya
• Jazmine
• Unitey
• Sha’Leah
• Amor

Once again, awesome job! What a great job you did rocking our house.

Love,

Coach Kye

• Breakfast is Served at 7:35 am
• School Day Begins at 8:00 am
  
• School Day Ends at 3:28 pm
• Early Release Dismissal at 12:30 pm
• New: Late Start begins at 10:00 am & Breakfast starts at 9:30 am
  

If you are coming into the office to request early dismissal, students will not be released after 3:00. It is too challenging and too disruptive to request the number of students being asked for early dismissal. We understand that transportation reductions are challenging, and we have been consistently working with MTA on this. However, it is a county wide problem unfortunately. Thank you for understanding and your patience in advance.

Parents/Guardians- do you have a phone number/address that needs to be updated with us? We have a form in the office that you can fill out for a quick change. Or you can email either Ms. McKinley in our records department at smckinley@iafphoenix.org. It is extremely important to have the most current contact information for our families on file at all times. Please, be sure to let us know if this changes.

Parents/Guardians- Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver auto dialers to our families in case of a school closure, reminders of events, or simply a dress down day, etc.

We would like to start to utilize the texting option as well on SchoolMessenger but we do not currently have that many families signed up for the text alerts.

You can participate in the free service by just sending a text message of "Y" or "YES" to our school's short code number 67587.

You can also opt out of these messages at any time by simply replying to one of our messages with the word "STOP". SchoolMessenger is compliant with the Student Privacy Pledge, so you can rest assured that your information is safe and will never be given or sold to anyone.

Locks and bus passes will be available for sale in the main office. Students who wish to purchase can do so from 7:35 - 8:00 am and 3:30 - 4:00 pm. Parents can visit the office at any time to purchase for their student(s).

Ms. Cormier

• 810-600-5210 or email tcormier@iafphoenix.org
  

Mrs. Giles: Director of Student Services & Operations

• 810-600-5269 or email kgiles@iafphoenix.org
  

Mr. Crosby: Assistant Director of Student Services 6 to 12

• 810-600-5247 or email kcrosby@iafphoenix.org
  

Mr. Shakir: Assistant Director of Student Services K to 5

• 810-600-5253 or email dshakir@iafphoenix.org
  

Mrs. Southworth- Grades K-2

• 810-600-5240 or email nsouthworth@iafphoenix.org

Mrs. Sharp- Grades 3-5

• 810-600-5260 or email jsharp@iafphoenix.org

Dr. Smeltzer- Grades 6-8

• 810-600-5239 or email tsmeltzer@iafphoenix.org

Ms. Vincent- Grades 9-12

• 810-600-5234 or email mvincent@iafphoenix.org

Ms. Alexander- Special Education

• 810-600-5233 or email salexander@iafphoenix.org
  

Mr. Brooks- Gr. K to 2

• 810-600-5212 kbrooks@iafphoenix.org

Mr. Powell-Gr. 3 to 5

• 810-600-5211 dpowell@iafphoenix.org
  

Ms. Givens- Gr. 6 to 8

• 810-600-5246 sgivens@iafphoenix.org

Mr. Jackson- Gr. 9 to 12

• 810-600-5281 ajackson@iafphoenix.org

Danielle Williams

Community School Director & Thrive Up/Thrive On Afterschool Supervisor

• Phone: (810) 600-5258 dwilliams@theflintcenter.org

Flint Center Staff

• Carlen Shoemaker: Expanded Learning Coordinator
• Hannah Steffen: Success Coach
• Deneshia Smith: Success Coach
• Shayla Boose: Success Coach

Does your child need a wellness visit, sports physical, or vaccine including COVID-19? Just make sure your child has a consent form on file with us and we can schedule an appointment for you. These can even be done during the school day without a parent/guardian having to miss work. Consent forms are also available in the Main Office or in our Health Clinic. This is a great opportunity for you to take advantage of, but you cannot do so without a consent form on file.

RAHS-International Academy of Flint gives IAF children and youth the tools they need to live a healthy and happy lifestyle. The school-based health center helps provide immunizations, health and fitness programs, and counseling services. Come over and talk to us!

What's on site at RAHS-International Academy of Flint:

• General physical exams
• Sports physicals
• Sick care
• Dental care
• Immunizations
• Lab tests
• Risk assessments

• Counseling (individual, group and family)
• Nutrition program
• Physical activity program
• Referrals to community resources
• Insurance enrollment
• Interpreter services available

Room 170
2820 S. Saginaw Street
Flint, MI 48503
(810) 600-5290
(810) 591-0577

Hours

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 7:30am-3:45pm
• Wednesday - 7:30-11:30am
• Friday - 7:30am-2:30pm

Main Office Hours:

Mon-Fri, 7:00 am to 4:30 pm

Fax Number:

810-600-5300

The International Academy of Flint, College Preparatory Classes & Tuition Free Public Charter School, is a highly regarded K to 12th grade public charter school and institution that provides tuition free, high-quality education to a diverse population in the Flint, MI area.

Email: info@iafphoenix.org
Website: http://iafphoenix.org/
Location: 2820 Saginaw Street, Flint, MI, USA
Phone: 810-600-5000
Facebook: http://facebook.com/IAFphoenix