FRIDLEY MOORE LAKE ALC
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | DECEMBER 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS - CALENDAR
12-13 | Targeted Senior Conferences 3:15 to 5:15 pm (Scheduled)
12-22 | Winter Break - No School
12-25 | Winter Break - No School
12-26 | Winter Break - No School
12-27 | Winter Break - No School
12-28 | Winter Break - No School
12-29 | Winter Break - No School
01-01 | Winter Break - No School
NEWSLETTER NOTE
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STUDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THEIR TERM GOALS DURING WINTER BREAK
Please make sure your student plans to take extra packets/school work home during the winter break. It's important to continue to work towards unit goals to keep current and not fall behind. Please feel free to contact us at 763-502-5165 if you have any questions or concerns about your student's progress.
CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!!
Principal Renee Van Gorp and the ALC staff are pleased to announce the following students have completed their high school education and have earned their diplomas:
Yusuf Abdulkadir, Rebecca Matthews, Adrian Hernandez Osorto, Dejean Davis, Kayden Tamura
Social Worker Jean's Corner
SCHOOL DAY REMINDERS/UPDATES
📌🏫 DAILY SCHOOL INFORMATION 📌🏫
STUDENT ARRIVAL
AM STUDENTS enter building at Door #3 between 7:45 and 8:15 am. Room 119 is open and breakfast is available at this time.
PM STUDENTS enter building at Door #3 between 11:15 and 11:45 am. Room 119 is open and lunch is available at this time.
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH is available to all students at no charge. Lunch orders should be placed by 9:00 a.m. each day.
STUDENT DEPARTURE
AM AND PM STUDENTS please exit the building at Door #3. Parent pick up at Door 5 and 6.
It's very important that students arrive to school on time to keep current with their goals.
LIGHTS ON! COUPONS
Our SRO, Nico, has a new book of Lights On coupons in his office for any students, families, or staff that may be in need. The coupon will help replace headlights, tail lights, brake lights and turn signals up to $250. There is absolutely no recordkeeping, income requirements or paperwork to be filled out. If someone needs a coupon, they get a coupon. You can visit www.lightsonus.org to find participating auto shops. Information on the program, (ALC students, please ask Jean for more information, we will request coupon's from Officer Nico):
"After the tragic death of Philando Castile, the MicroGrants Board of Directors discussed ways that they could prevent such a terrible event from happening again. MicroGrants already had connections to low-income drivers, auto repair shops, and law enforcement. MicroGrants CEO Don Samuels, former Public Safety Chair of the Minneapolis City Council, called a number of police departments to ask whether they were interested in joining the program. Since then, the program has grown dramatically as our story has spread. Lights On! continues to grow rapidly as interested law enforcement agencies, auto shops, cities, and nonprofits contact MicroGrants and ask to join."
Lights On! can help transform a negative, costly stop for an equipment violation into a healing moment between an officer and a community member, helping:
Improve police and community relations
Provide a positive path for low-income drivers
Put safer cars on the road
Offer a new approach to societal problems
Better prioritize community resources
SENIOR YEARBOOK PHOTO INFORMATION
Note: Deadline is December 7, 2023
AVID PROGRAM
ALC math teacher Jennifer Pearson and ALC TOSA/IL Nicole Moussette, attended the AVID National Conference in San Diego, CA, November 27-December 1 along with 27 other Fridley School staff. A school-wide AVID program will be implemented starting in the 24-25 school year in our secondary schools.
AVID's mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society.
December 2023 Featured Holidays
- Dec. 05: St. Nicholas Eve
- Dec 07: Hanukkah
- Dec. 08: Bodhi Day
- Dec. 13: Santa Lucia Day
- Dec. 21: Yule
- Dec. 25: Christmas
- Dec. 26: Kwanzaa
Source: https://web-holidays.com/holiday-calendar/december-holidays-celebrations/
Opting Your Student out of School Photographs and "Directory Information"
Under state law, “directory information” may be released to the public without permission of the student, parent or guardian. Directory information includes a student’s name, school of attendance or grade level, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, diploma and awards received, photograph, and the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended. It also includes the name of the student’s designated guardian. Directory information does not include a student’s home address, telephone number, email address or other personal contact information, or data that reference religion, race, color, social position or nationality.
If a student or parent/guardian does not want some or all of this information to be made public, they must complete Form 515F (Directory Information Opt-Out Form) and submit the form to their child’s school each school year. Fridley Public Schools designates certain records as directory information to be used only for school or district-approved programs, publications, yearbooks, cablecasts, webcasts, athletic teams, clubs, activities and other public presentations. Those records include but are not limited to student: photographs, videos and other visual representations.
FRIDLEY MOORE LAKE ALC
Renee Van Gorp, Principal | 763-502-5101
Nicole Moussette, TOSA/IL | 763-502-5113
Jean Hanson, Social Worker | 763-502-5145
Jan Caven, Secretary | 763-502-5103
1317 Rice Creek Road | Fridley MN 55432
763-502-5141 Fax 763-502-5165 Attendance Line