ALA Community Update

SAISD Family Survey

ALA is excited to invite you to participate in this year’s Family Survey! This survey gives you the opportunity to tell us about your child’s school experiences and your experiences with the school as a parent. All survey responses are confidential and will not be linked back to you. Please visit www.saisd.net/familysurvey to complete the survey from February 3 - March 21.

March Family Field Trip with Mrs. Chrissy

Kick off Spring Break by helping our community. Meet Mrs. Chrissy and her family for Basura Bash: March 8th (8:30am-12:00pm - stay for as long as you can). Mrs. Chrissy has registered for the group. You’ll just need to fill out the google form, sign a liability waiver the morning of the event, and then we’ll start cleaning Salado Creek. This is open to all ALA Families Pk-12th grade. Please wear an ALA shirt if you have one. Reach out to Mrs. Chrissy with any questions or concerns at cleal2@saisd.net.

Registration for 25-26 School Year

Registration for the 25-26 school opens on Monday, February 24th. Make sure your student is registered by using the following steps:

• Got to saisd.net/enroll

• Select “returning student”

• Login using your previous credentials

• If you are having issues logging in, select “Account Lookup”

• If you do not have access to Avela or are having issues logging in, please reach out to your Campus Clerk:

• Euclid: Ce’nese Wooten (cwooten1@saisd.net)

• Tech: Brenda Cantu (bcantu2@saisd.net)

*Please note: It is crucial to fill out the registration form completely and accurately. Please ensure all information is up-to-date.

7th Grade Travel Experience

Wednesday morning, our 7th grade students depart for the HEB Foundation Outdoor Adventure Camp just outside of Leakey, Texas on the Frio River. Students will participate in activities such as kayaking, archery, high ropes course, water study, math games, and reading and writing in nature. We would like to thank the H-E-B Foundation for continuing to provide this free camp to ALA that allows students a learning and community building experience outside of the traditional classroom setting. Thank you to all of the family members who have volunteered to chaperone this three day field experience and to our 7th grade teachers for their dedication and hard work towards one of our major travel experiences for our ALA students.

SAISD Parent Field Trip

FACE is planning a special field trip to Austin on Thursday, February 27, 2025, where parents will learn how state decisions impact our schools and students. This is a great opportunity to see the legislative process in action!

Trip Details:

📅 Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025

🕗 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

📍 Meet at: SAISD Central Office – Quincy Building (514 W. Quincy)

🚌 Departure: 8:00 a.m. | Return: 4:30 p.m.

How to Sign Up:

✅ RSVP by Friday, February 21 using this link:

🔗 RSVP Here

Want to Learn More?

We’ll go over trip details and a quick overview of the legislation at our next DPAC Zoom meeting on Wednesday, February 26, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. We encourage all attendees to join!

Reach out to Chris Escobar, cescobar1@saisd.net, 210-554-2205, with any questions.

Recruiting Event

We invite you to spread the word about our upcoming recruiting event! If you know anyone interested in ALA, please encourage them to attend the SA Charter Mom Recruiting event this Saturday, March 1st. We’ll be at Hemisfair Park from 11:00-2:00 pm sharing all about our school and what makes us special.

ALA Euclid Garden Day this Saturday from 9-1 pm

"Many hands make light work." We will be spring cleaning and organizing our outdoor areas so that our upcoming PBL exhibition can be the best it can be! Come join the fun and work with our teachers and staff! Kids welcome too, we will put them to work! (This is a great opportunity for older kids needing service hours!)

Habitat Helpers PBL Field Trip to Hardberger Park

This week our K-3 Village A and B students will visit Phil Hardberger Park! Village A will attend on Monday, February 24 and Village B on Wednesday, February 26. On the field trip students will go on a hike led by Park Staff and be on the lookout for local wildlife. Please send your child in comfortable closed toed shoes, ready to be outside for the most of the day! These field trips are connected to our 3rd nine weeks K-3 PBL seeking to answer the driving question, “How can we, as scientists, learn about our campus wildlife and habitats in order to share our findings with the community?” All parents and families who plan to attend should be signed up for the opportunity in App Garden.

ALA Euclid TELPAS Testing

TELPAS Testing will take place for our Emergent Bilingual 2nd and 3rd graders on March 3rd and 4th. Our students had an opportunity to learn about the test, set goals and practice this past week. We will do the same this coming week; if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Mrs. Cantu at acantu2@saisd.net.

LockDown Drill

This coming week on Friday, we will have our last lockdown drill of the school year at the ALA Euclid campus to practice campus procedures. This exercise is only a drill and students will be notified of this prior to beginning. We encourage you to take this opportunity to stress the importance of following directions during emergency situations with your child. The lockdown drill procedures are listed below as a reminder. Thank you for your support, feel free to reach out to Mrs. Barber at jbarber2@saisd.net if you have any questions.

• A lockdown is a response action schools take to secure interior portions of school buildings and grounds during incidents that pose an immediate threat of violence inside the school. The primary objective is to quickly ensure all school students, staff, and visitors are secured away from immediate danger. During this drill, our students will not transition and all individual classroom doors will be closed and locked. Teachers will move students out of the line of sight of windows and have students maintain silence until the lockdown is lifted.

GT Screener

First grade parents, universal screening for the Gifted and Talented program will be held in mid March. All students in first grade will be assessed, with the exception of those already identified and those whose parent or guardian completes the GATE testing OPT-OUT form. If you do NOT want your first grader tested for GT, you must complete the opt out form and turn it in to Ms. Natalie. The electronic opt-out form can be found on THIS LINK. If you have questions, please reach out to Ms. Natalie at nwalker1@saisd.net.

Junior/Senior Corner

Check out this week’s Junior/Senior Corner Update here. This will be the weekly communication hub for all upcoming events and notifications for our 11th and 12th grade families. Reach out to Ryan Maney (rmaney1@saisd.net) with any questions.

• Middle School Dance:

  • The ALA MS Dance students attended the TDEA D.E.A.L. State Assessment last week. The dancers performed FABULOUSLY and the adjudicators LOVED them! On top of receiving lots of praise, our dancers earned a Division 1 rating! I could not be more proud of their work ethic, progress, & positivity. The future of Tech Dance is bright! - Stephanie Trevino; Head Director/Dance Team Director @ ALA, Fox Tech, CAST Tech

  • ALA students in 7th-12th Grade are eligible to choose Dance as a Studio Class; Contact Stephanie Trevino @ strevino9@saisd.net

• High School Dance:

• This past weekend, we had the privilege of competing at O'Connor High School with ShowMakers of America. This was not only a local competition, but the most competitive one they've ever attended.




• If you would like to see the Dance Teams in action, we are having our Community Showcase Monday, 2/24 at 7 PM @ Our Lady of the Lake University. They will be showcasing all their routines, along with OLLU Spirit, Holmes H.S., and Highlands H.S. The event is FREE!!




❤️RUBIES

• Sweepstakes

• Highest Showmanship- Military, Jazz, & Pom

• Highest Choreography- Military

• 4th place Military

💎DIAMONDS

• Sweepstakes

• Judges Award

• Highest Showmanship- Contemporary, Jazz, & Pom

• Highest Choreography- Contemporary, Jazz, & Pom

• Highest Precision- Contemporary

• 1st place Contemporary

• 1st place Pom

• 2nd place Pom

• Best In Class for the XS category (out of 9 hard working teams)

• Line of Champions

We are thrilled to share that our Varsity Mariachi competed at the UIL State Mariachi competition this past Saturday, where they earned a First Division and Sweepstakes award. The FOX TECH/ ALA/CAST TECH Varsity mariachi showcased their talent among the best in Texas, demonstrating incredible devotion, hard work, and dedication to our Mariachi program.

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.