This Week:
Tuesday, February 21 | Module 5 Begins
For the Culture Week | Conclusion of We Have Hope: UCA’s 2023 Celebration of Black History Month
Tuesday: Homeland Day
Wednesday: Sunday Best (please note: the soul food lunch has been cancelled)
Thursday: Hip Hop Day & Poetry Slam at 10:00 A.M. (parents/guardians invited to attend)
Friday: Blackout (wear all black) & Black History Student Choice Block
Looking Ahead:
Thursday, March 9 - Friday, March 10 | Spring Student Learning Conferences
The schedule and appointment information for these days will be released soon.
March 27 - March 31 | Spring Break
Tuition and Re-enrollment:
Click here to review again UCA’s 2023-2024 Tuition Model.
Applications for tuition assistance are due on the 10th of every month.
While UCA's 2023-2024 budget will include a significant investment in tuition assistance, there will be a limit. It is not guaranteed that families will receive tuition assistance. Applying sooner will make it more likely that tuition assistance is available.
Use this form to submit any questions you have about UCA tuition.
Student Grief Group:
On February 27th, UCA will be launching its first ever Student Grief Group. This voluntary 8-week group will be led by Ms. Mikitka and Mrs. Michelle Smith, one of UCA's paraprofessionals, who is also a licensed Social Worker. The group will meet each Monday during lunch. In this group, students who have experienced the loss of a loved one (parent, family member, friend, partner, etc.) will explore, learn, and share their journeys of grief towards wellness and healing together.
This group has been opened to the first 10 students who signed up to participate after it was announced this morning during our all-school meeting. If your student chose to sign up before the group reached its capacity, know that a permission slip will be sent home to you this week with your student so that you can discuss and decide as a family if you would like your student to participate. If your student wanted to join the group, but the capacity was already reached, know that this group will be offered again this coming fall.
Whether your student is a part of this group or not, as a valued UCA community member, there is always something for you to do to support - pray for the fruit this group will bear for our students. We are eager to allow the Holy Spirit to ultimately lead the healing and faith formation that takes place in this space each week.
Protect Young Eyes Event:
Daystar Academy is hosting a speaker from Protect Young Eyes tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22 from 7:00-8:15 P.M. They will be glad to make room/set out some extra chairs for members of our parent community who are interested in this important topic. This presentation is for adults only; no students will be admitted. Here is the letter with more information. Address: 1550 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605