ALA Community Update

Spring Break Holiday

As a reminder, Monday, March 17th, is a staff development day and student holiday. The overview of all of our school holidays can always be found on our 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar for ALA Euclid and ALA Tech.

PTSA News

ALA-PTSA has partnered with Neighborhood Forest to provide free trees for kids (0-18yr). Register for your free tree here by Mar 15th and your tree will be distributed to the student in April, just in time for Earth Day! There is no obligation to donate to Neighborhood Forest or to make a purchase; ALA-PTSA is not responsible for any purchased items.

Natasha Benko

ALA-PTSA President

2025-2026 School Year

All families, please take a moment to log in and complete your student's registration or let us know if they will not be returning next school year. Doing this as soon as possible will help us plan thoughtfully for next school year. If your child will not be returning to ALA, declining their seat will allow us to offer spots to families on our waitlist. Below are the steps to complete your student's registration or share your plans for next year:

• Go 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)

Family Survey Deadline

This year’s Family Survey before the deadline this Friday, March 21st. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us understand your student’s experiences and your perspective as a parent.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at www.saisd.net/familysurvey before Friday!

Shelter for Severe Weather Drill

This week, our ALA Euclid students will engage in a Shelter for Severe Weather Drill. Prior to the drill, students will be informed that this is a practice drill only so they feel safe and prepared. This drill provides students and staff with the opportunity to practice important safety procedures in the event of a severe weather incident while at school. Please reach out to Mrs. Barber if you have any questions at jbarber2@saisd.net; thank you for your support in keeping our students safe!

Science Presentation from Trinity

This Friday, March 21, our students will enjoy an exciting science presentation from Trinity University! They will explore fascinating topics like liquid nitrogen, electricity, light, motion, and air pressure through fun demonstrations.

This is a great opportunity for students to engage with real-world science in an interactive way. Feel free to ask your child about what they learned—we’re sure they’ll have some exciting discoveries to share!

Kinder Field Trip to Magik Theater

Kinder will be launching their poetry, Folktales, and Fairytales PBL with a trip to the Magik Theatre to watch Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play performance on Friday. Volunteers are needed to help supervise students after the performance while they play at Yanaguana Park 12:30-1:15. You must be an approved volunteer and can register here: https://appgarden6.app-garden.com/VolTrackTX015907.nsf/OpportunityEntry.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=10791E&redir=Opportunities&b=0&ov=Opportunities

3rd 9 Weeks Report Cards

The 3rd nine weeks of the school year ended last Friday before Spring Break. We will send report cards home by Monday, March 24th, and will notify you via Seesaw when they are ready so you can check your student’s backpack. Thank you for a wonderful 3rd nine weeks–we look forward to the final stretch of the year and our Student-Led Conferences!

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.

Congratulations to our juniors for taking the SAT! Linked below is information about scores that may be helpful for students and families.

¡Felicitaciones a su estudiante por tomar el examen SAT! Se incluye información sobre los puntajes que puede resultar útil para los estudiantes y sus familias.

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-sd-understanding-scores.pdf

On Saturday, 3/1, the Diamonds competed at the American Dance/Drill Team Competition hosted at Wagner High School. The results are-

• GPA Award- 3rd place (thank you counselors for your help with this!)

• Sweepstakes

• Gussie Nell Davis Award

• Judges Award for Jazz

• Judges Award for Contemporary

• Best in Class- Silver bracket

• 3rd place in the XS team division

“Even through the busy season, we are thankful for all the support & uplifting words of encouragement. We appreciate everyone's love & patience! And we are honored to dance for TECH!”

Sincerely,

Stephanie & Yvette

GOLF

Congratulations to the girls' golf team for bringing home first place on Monday, March 3rd tournament! They beat all other SAISD teams plus Roosevelt and Holy Cross.

The boys team didn't bring home any medals, but they are still consistently beating all in-district teams and have a strong position to qualify for regionals; so keep encouraging them as they make a final push this month before District.

Soccer

• The Boys JV Soccer team acted as ball boys for the season opener for San Antonio Football Club. The SASC also provided tickets for the Tech Varsity girls to enjoy the season opener and represent the Red and Black.

• The JV Girls Soccer Team won their final game of the season Wednesday, March 12th against Lanier 2-0. Congratulations to our JV Girls and Coach Mc Donald!

• Monday, March 31st @ 8:00 am @ Mission Del Lago (Girls)

• Monday, April 1st @ 8:00 am @ Mission Del Lago (Boys)

• Contact Coach Morgan @ kmorgan1@saisd.net

• Wednesday, March 22nd- Northside ISD Meet

• Contact Coach Maney @ rmaney1@saisd.net

Tech Archery Team:

• State Qualifier Archers practice continues 3/18 and 3/20 @ 4:00-5:30

• Join the Tech Archery Team SportsYou HERE.

• Contact Coach Birmingham @ jbirmingham@saisd.net

Tech Dance

• Here is information about joining dance, pep, and pom squads for the 25-26 School Year.

• Contact Stephanie Trevino @ strevino9@saisd.net

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

On February 22, 2025 ART students, Ricardo Ramos-Saavedra (12th), Paloma Rodriguez (12th), Will Shoaf (12th), Zarek Cruz (11th), competed in the Texas Art Education Association VASE competition. All four students scored the highest rating of 4 and earned medals for their amazing art work.

Also, Art Club member Athena Barbosa's (7th) artwork has been selected for inclusion in the exhibition ¡SÍ, SE PUEDE! Student Art Inspired by Dolores Huerta. The exhibition features artwork from seventeen students at eight different schools in Bexar County. The exhibit will be at MACRI, and reception is on Saturday, April 5th.

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.