ALA Community Update
September 2nd, 2024
What's happening at ALA? (PreK-12th Grade Communication)
STUDENT & STAFF HOLIDAY
As a reminder, today, Monday, September 2nd is a student & staff holiday for SAISD. The overview of school holidays can always be found on our 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar for ALA Euclid and ALA Tech.
TITLE 1 AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN PRESENTATION
We want to share the 24-25 Title 1 Presentation and Campus Improvement Plan Presentation with families. We will also be reviewing this content at the upcoming Gators Are Back events with Ms. Crystal Valdez, ALA Operations Coordinator, on September 25th at Euclid and September 26th at ALA Tech. Once you review the presentation, we ask that you complete the short Title 1 Survey or Title 1 Survey in Spanish. We value your feedback!
ALA @ Euclid
CLUBS
We were thrilled to see how excited our students were on Friday with the start of our clubs! All Kinder through 3rd graders choose their preferred club and participated in their clubs at the end of the day while our PreK students enjoyed their clubs in the morning. It was a wonderful experience for everyone and we look forward to the many Fridays to come!
SAVE THE DATE:
- ALA Euclid Gardening Day - Join us on Saturday, September 14th for our Fall Families in the ALA Garden Day from 9-12 pm. We need your help weeding, prepping garden beds and more. More information to come soon!
- K-3rd Gators Are Back - Kinder through 3rd grade families, please joining us on Wednesday, September 25th at 5:00 pm for our Gators Are Back event. Please arrange childcare so you are able to participate and engage with your student’s teacher during this time, more information can be found on this ALA Euclid K-3rd Grade Gators Are Back flyer.
PREK CIRCLE ASSESSMENT
Our CIRCLE assessment begins this week and our prek teachers will assess our prek students individually for a few minutes at a time. This assessment is used to measure a variety of developmental areas in preK students and will be completed at the beginning, middle and end of the year to assess how our students are progressing towards the goals and responding to instruction. The beginning of year assessment will be completed by October 1st and the results will be shared with families during our parent conferences.
ALA @ Tech
8th-12th GRADE PROGRESS REPORTS
Progress reports will be available for 8th-12th grade families on Frontline by this Wednesday, September 4th. These can be viewed through the Parent Portal. The Frontline Parent Portal linked HERE can be used to view your child’s attendance, grades (8th-12th grade only), and schedule. It can also be used to contact your child’s teacher by email and receive important notifications on your phone. This flier (English & Spanish) contains directions for setting up your Parent Portal account and will provide families with information about the Frontline App. More information can also be found on the Frontline Parent Portal SAISD webpage.
SAVE THE DATE: 8th-12th GRADE GATORS ARE BACK
Save the Date for our 8th-12th Grade Gators Are Back event on Thursday, September 26th from 5pm-6:30pm! Review this Gators Are Back ALA Tech Flyer for additional details. This will be a time for our 8th-12th Grade families to tour their child’s classes, meet their teachers and learn important information about upcoming grade-level travel experiences.
MAP TESTING
MAP Growth testing continues at ALA Tech this week. This beginning of year testing provides teachers with actionable data about what your child may have already mastered and what they are ready to learn next.
From the 6th Grade Team: Families, we are Science MAP Testing on September 4th and Language MAP Testing on September 5th. Please make sure your students get lots of rest the night before each exam so they can do their best. Thank you!
From the 7th Grade Team: Families, students will be taking their MAP Math on September 3rd and MAP Reading on September 4th. Please make sure your student arrives on campus on time and try to avoid making appointments on these days. Thank you!
9th-12th GRADE HOMEGROUP CLUBS
This past week was the first day of Friday clubs during homegroup. All 9-12 graders were able to choose a club to participate in from a variety of fun options, including Black Student Union, Board Games, Arts & Crafts, Model UN, Gaming, Academic UIL, Chess, Debate, Programming/Coding, Garden & Wildlife, Yearbook, Newspaper, Film, Women’s Club, Chess, and many more! We are looking for donations from our school community for the following items:
Board games
Gaming consoles
Arts & crafts supplies
Chess boards
All donations can be dropped off at the main office with Mrs. Ayala, Partnership Coordinator. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
ALA-CAST STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD
The ALA-CAST Student Advisory Board attended its first meeting of the year at Blue Star Contemporary on Friday, August 30th. This group is comprised of 1 student leader from each grade level 8th-12th. The student representatives, nominated by our ALA Tech Faculty, will help plan the CAST Youth Rally, ALA Teacher Appreciation Week, and will embark on an International Leadership Experience this January in Monterrey, Mexico!
Studios and Sports
THEATRE ARTS
Rehearsals have been underway for this year’s Three Years of Fear production! Student actors have been doing a great job working on their blocking and rehearsing their scenes, and student designers have been working on set construction, costume design, lighting design, sound design, prop design, show marketing, and more in collaboration with CAST Network. Our community performance for this show is September 12th, 2024 at 6:00pm at the beautiful Patterson Performing Arts Center.
ATHLETIC UPDATES
Middle School 7 on 7 Football and Volleyball third games of the season:
7 on 7 Football will play at Spring Sports Complex; 1000 Edwards 78204
ALA vs. Crockett on 9/3 @ 6:00 Field 3
Volleyball will play at Mission Concepcion Sports Complex , 714 E. Theo 78210
ALA 1 vs. Crockett on 9/4 @ 6:15 Court 6 East
ALA 2 vs. Twain 2 on 9/4 @ 7:15 Court 3 West
ALA 3 vs. Fenwick 2 on 9/4 @ 7:15 Court 2 West
HS Cross Country competes at the SW ISD Invitational Saturday, Sep. 7th @ 8:00 am- Contact Coach Martinez rmartinez36@saisd.net
HS Water Polo: Tech vs. Edison Friday, Sep. 6th at 5:00 pm @ SWISD Natatorium
HS Water Polo: Tech vs. Highlands Saturday, Sep. 7th at 9:00/10:00am @ SWISD Natatorium
HS Volleyball: Tech vs. Seguin Tuesday, Sep. 3rd @ Tech 5:30(F) 6:00(JV) 7:30(V)
All athletic tickets for SAISD venues will be purchased through Hometown Ticketing. NO CASH will be accepted at the gate.
Highlights
Gator News Splash: Upcoming Events!
Testing Information
PreK CIRCLE Assessment
Window: September 3rd - October 4th
8th Grade M.A.P. Testing
September 4th: 12-2:30 Science
Campus Lunch Menus
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)
Not receiving the community update?
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.
