News and Events

We are excited to announce that the Yuba County Office of Education will offer a stand-alone monthly parenting workshop. This month, their focus will be on managing parental stress and time. This will be a virtual workshop, and we have attached the flyer. It will be on zoom on November 16, 2023, from 5-6 PM. Attendees will have a chance to win a $25 dollar gift card for participation. Please distribute and share with your families and contacts. You may register by clicking on the link below.
YCOE Parenting Workshop

We are excited to announce that the Yuba County Office of Education will offer a stand-alone monthly parenting workshop. This month, their focus will be on managing parental stress and time. This will be a virtual workshop, and we have attached the flyer. It will be on zoom on November 16, 2023, from 5-6 PM. Attendees will have a chance to win a $25 dollar gift card for participation. Please distribute and share with your families and contacts. You may register by clicking on the link below.
YCOE Parenting Workshop

Hello YES Families,
Tuesday, October 31, will be Halloween. Students are permitted to wear costumes with some guidelines. These are no:

• Masks
• Weapons
• Blood or gore
• Excessive makeup

If you would like to send refreshments for your child’s class, please check with your child’s teacher first. All refreshments must follow the YES Wellness Policy guidelines. 
Examples of foods that are not suitable are:

• Sugary drinks such as Capri Sun or sodas
• Sugary foods such as cookies, candy, or cake
• Empty calorie snacks such as chips or processed food

Examples of foods that are suitable are:

• Sliced fruit or vegetables
• Cheese sticks
• Crackers that are at least 50% whole grain 

We look forward to a fun and healthy Halloween!

Friendly reminder that any student lunches brought from home need to be edible as-is with no additional prep or staff assistance necessary. The only exception to this is if your student has specific dietary needs that are documented and prearranged in the office. We have had an influx of meals that are needing additional prep and warming, which is problematic.  Students who bring these types of meals will be directed to get a school lunch, instead. We appreciate your understanding!

YES Charter Academy cookbook is now available for $15 in the YES Office. Get it while it’s hot! Payments can be made online or in the front office. Click here to pay online

Please bring in your baked good by 4pm. This bake sale is a fundraiser for the Shady Creek field trip. YUM!

Please DO NOT allow your child/children to bring blankets to school.  We understand the warmth and comfort but with that comes more falls and messes.
Thanks in advance for your help with this!

This year, YES has a strong focus on revamping one of the most important and fun aspects of school: Recess! Recess is a time when students are able to connect with other classmates in a supportive and safe environment; Remaking Recess is an evidence-based strategy that focuses on just this. The manual reads, “The goal of Remaking Recess is to improve the recess and lunch experiences for all students at school by 1) improving social engagement with peers, 2) maximizing social time with peers, and 3) fostering good relationships with the adults who coordinate these activities” (p. 4). Katie Keith, and the recess staff and volunteers structuring the activities, have been putting hard work into the elementary basketball court, reinventing it by purchasing new equipment, adding four-square, hopscotch, and even a math game. The middle schoolers are also enjoying their brand new basketball court and gaga ball court, a variation of the classic dodgeball played across playgrounds for decades. Recess volunteers are needed and appreciated, please call the office at (530) 692-2210 or email Katie, kkeith@yescharteracademy.org for more information.

Juan Jose Domingo, having years of farming experience, has joined the YES community and is already spearheading important projects to improve our Farm to School program. So far, he has created more garden space by extending the fencing and preparing the soil, turned the greenhouse into a production greenhouse, and completed site preparation for a new orchard including installing a rain garden to retain rainwater for the orchard’s soil. These projects are already encouraging an influx in the amount of fruits and vegetables grown on our campus. The Farm to School Coordinator, Sheila Rolfer, shared “We struggled last winter to procure organic, local produce and that problem has now been solved…he’s a real professional”. With Juan Jose, our winter worries can melt away; the promise of local, organic produce grown right on campus is an important and exciting change for YES. Cherrity Leyson, our Cafeteria Manager, is also thrilled to have a Farmer on the team, saying “…the experience Juan Jose brings with him is invaluable to a small farm just getting started…We not only have the potential to feed our student body with food we know is 100% local and organic but there is also the potential to share some of that bounty with the surrounding community”. Having the bulk of our produce grown on campus largely reduces the carbon footprint at YES and encourages farming education as students are able to see the process firsthand. The breakfasts and lunches served in our cafeteria using the produce Juan Jose is nurturing are sure to be some of the most nutritious and delicious ones yet. We are so excited to have Juan Jose Domingo as a part of the YES family, thank you for your hard work!

Each year since 2011, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) selects around 100 seventh grade girls from around the state to attend a “Tech Trek” for one week in the summer at UC Davis, one of the nation’s top public research universities. During this week, they have dorm mates focused on similar topics, participate in hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) related activities, and get to know their interests better before they begin eighth grade in the fall. The selection process includes questions about their interests in STEM subjects as well as a recommendation from one of their STEM teachers. The Yuba-Sutter AAUW selected 5 girls from the area this year, including our very own Violeta (Vee) Gentry-Morales! When asked about her experience there, she shared “Tech Trek was one of the best weeks of my life. There were so many things I loved about Tech Trek for starters my favorite was my dorm mates . . . Another thing was learning about anatomy and space, those were my two favorite subjects . . . In the future when I get a career I know that I will probably have to use math and science because those two things are very important. Thank you for everything”. Violeta expressed how grateful she was for her selection to attend this year’s Tech Trek in a letter sent to the organizers. It is clear that the students who attended had an exciting, educational time leaving even more inspired than they arrived.