ALA Community Update

November 1st Student Holiday

As a reminder, Friday, November 1, 2024 is a student holiday for all ALA students. The purpose of the student holiday is to provide the ALA faculty with valuable time for professional learning. The overview of all of our school holidays can always be found on our 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar for ALA Euclid and ALA Tech.

Fall Family Conferences

Thank you to all the families who attended the Fall Family Conferences! Your participation is greatly appreciated. If you were able to attend, please take a moment to fill out our feedback form to share your thoughts on the conferences. We hope everyone gained valuable insights into their student’s progress. We look forward to maintaining communication with our families and supporting our students on their journey to success!

Raising Cane’s Class of 2026 Fundraiser

All ALA Families are invited to have dinner at Raising Canes on 106 St. Cloud on Wednesday, October 30th and support our ALA Class of 2026! 15% of all orders placed between 5:00-9:00pm will be direct donations to our ALA 11th Grade students to finance field trip experiences, college visits, and prom. Click here to learn more and mention ALA Class of 2026 when ordering!

Save the Date for our Annual Tamalada

Save the date for our annual ALA Tamalada celebration. The Tamalada will be held at ALA Tech on Friday, December 6th. Additional details will be shared in the upcoming weeks!

The Little Mermaid Performance

It's time to go under the sea! Tickets are on sale NOW for ALA & CAST Tech Theatre's production of Disney's The Little Mermaid! This family-friendly show runs November 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, and 9th, with shows every evening at 7:00pm plus a 2:30pm matinee on the 9th. Join Ariel and her friends as she journeys to the land beyond the ocean–tickets are available here.

October 31st - Dress Up Day

This Thursday, October 31st, is our Character Book Dress Up Day! We encourage students to dress up as their favorite book characters and bring their favorite book to school to share it with their classmates. If your student chooses to participate, we encourage school-appropriate costumes and remind our students that masks, face paint, and anything that looks like a weapon (e.g., toy swords, toy guns, lightsabers) are not permitted. That same day, our students will have an opportunity to get a sneak peek at a short performance from our Theater students’ upcoming show, The Little Mermaid, as well as receive a visit from McGruff.

Spirit Days: Red Ribbon Week Oct. 28th-31st

Red Ribbon Week is an annual awareness campaign in the United States that raises awareness about drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and violence prevention. Students and staff are welcomed to join us by participating in our Spirit Days and taking the pledge to be Drug Free! All 4th-12th grade students are invited to dress up for our Spirit Days.

On October 31st, all students will be allowed to dress up to represent their favorite book, movie or Disney character. As a reminder, costumes should be school-appropriate. We also want to remind our families and students that masks, face paint, and anything that looks like a weapon (e.g., toy swords, toy guns, lightsabers) are not permitted.

ALA Tech Yearbook

The ALA Tech Yearbook is on sale until Wednesday, October 31st! Prices go up after so buy your copy today! Order here!

7th Grade PBL Launch

On Thursday, Oct 31, our 7th grade students will kick off the Alamo PBL with a trip to tour the Alamo, followed by lunch in Yanaguana Park. While at the Alamo, students will begin to collect information about the people and stories that are shared in remembrance of the Alamo. We look forward to seeing the 7th graders' thoughts and ideas about "How the Alamo should be Remembered" later in the semester at their PBL exhibition. Since 7th grade students will be traveling off campus on the 31st, they will not be participating in the Thursday dress up day.

Congratulations to Coach Morgan and the Tech Boys Golf Team! Our gentlemen returned from their first golf tournament of the year with both the Second Place Individual and First Place Team awards. Another great Tech Win!

Middle School Athletics

• Boys Basketball: will play at Mission Concepcion Sports Complex , 714 E. Theo 78210

• ALA vs Woodlawn; 10/30 @ 6:15 Court #2

• ALA 2 vs Woodlawn 2; 10/30 @ 7:15 Court #2

• Girls Soccer : will play at SAISD Spring Sports Complex; 1000 Edwards 78204

• ALA 1 vs Mission; 10/29 @ 7:15 Field #2

• ALA 2 vs Crockett 2; 10/30 @ 7:15 Field #2

• ALA 3 vs Twain; 10/30 @ 7:15 Field #1

High School Athletics

• • HS Volleyball: Tech vs. Lanier, Tuesday, Oct. 29th @ Tech 5:00(F) 6:15(JV) 4:30(V) @ ACC. Contact Coach Molina @ SMOLINA7@saisd.net

  • HS Golf: Monday, Nov. 4 @ 7:30 am- Mission Del Lago (Girls Team). Contact Coach Morgan @ kmorgan1@saisd.net

  • HS Swimming: Friday, Nov. 1 @ 10:00 am- SWISD Natatorium. Contact Coach Willing @ lwilling1@saisd.net

  • HS Track and Field (Spring) SportsYou sign up HERE. Contact Coach Maney @ rmaney1@saisd.net

Dance

• Please see the upcoming Tech Dance events flier HERE. Contact S. Trevino @ strevino9@saisd.net

All athletic tickets for SAISD venues will be purchased through Hometown Ticketing. NO CASH will be accepted at the gate.

2nd Annual Noche Musical de los Muertos

It was wonderful seeing so many families last Thursday at our 2nd Annual Noche Musical de los Muertos. We want to thank our staff and parents who helped make the event possible through donations, selling wristbands and tickets, and assisting with booths. We also want to thank the faculty planning committee, along with our ALA faculty who assisted with the event, and our fine arts teachers who organized the outstanding student performances. This event was truly a team effort, and we are grateful for everyone’s contributions and hard work in bringing this celebration to life for our community.

Each link below has a drop down at the top to select the menu view (either breakfast or lunch). Dinner is offered but not pictured in either menu.

ECE = PreK menu

Academy = Kinder - 8th grade menu

Special Campus = High School menu (9th-12th grade only)

If an ALA family is not receiving the Community Update, please ensure they have not unsubscribed to School Messenger (the SAISD communication platform used to send out messages and emails) and also check their junk email. Families are also welcome to email their campus Operations Clerk for additional assistance, Brenda Cantu (bcantu2@saisd.net) at ALA Tech or Ce’nese Wooten (cwooten1@saisd.net) at ALA Euclid.