ALA Community Update

October 25th Student Holiday

Save the Date: Noche Musical de los Muertos

Fall Family Conferences

3rd Grade Field Trip

On Tuesday, October 22 our 3rd graders are headed back to San Pedro Springs Park to observe and take notes as they continue to work on their PBL. If you plan to attend please register in the app garden event. See communication from your child’s teacher for more information. All field trip attendees are expected to have received an approved district background check and have registered for the event in app garden before attending a field trip.

Lockdown Drill Recap

Our students did an excellent job during our lockdown drill on Friday; they followed directions and stayed calm. Thank you everyone for your cooperation during the lockdown drill. As a reminder, as we conduct drills on our campus, our campus is closed. If your student arrives late to campus while we are practicing a drill, we ask that you please wait with your student until the drill is lifted. You are welcome to reach out to your student’s teacher or contact Mrs. Barber at jbarber2@saisd.net with any questions.

Donation Request

Our Noche Musical de los Muertos event is coming up! In preparation for our PreK booth, we are collecting new or gently used stuffed animals now - Oct. 23. If you are able to donate, please place stuffy(ies) in a Donation box that will be located in each village.

Reminder: Character Book Dress Up Day

On October 31st, we will be celebrating Character Book Dress Up Day! This is a fun opportunity for students to dress up as their favorite book characters and bring their stories to life. If your student chooses to participate, please help your student select a costume that represents a character from a book they love. We encourage creativity while keeping costumes simple, school-appropriate and keep costumes from covering their faces. Don’t forget to have your child bring the book that features their character so they can share it with their classmates! We look forward to seeing all the wonderful characters!

10th Grade Travel Meeting & Chocolates Fundraiser

On Friday, November 8 from 5:30 - 6:15pm, there will be a mandatory travel meeting for the 10th grade trip to Puebla, Mexico held at the Learning Staircase. During this meeting, students and parents will fill out several required forms and receive final information regarding flights and packing. Following this, there will be a mandatory chaperone meeting from 6:15 - 7:00pm. During this meeting, chaperones attending the trip will receive their handbooks and review expectations.

The 10th grade students will also be selling chocolate for a month, beginning on Monday, October 21st. Each chocolate bar will cost $1 (cash only). The profits from this student fundraiser will be going towards both homecoming and the 10th grade trip to Mexico this December. Thank you in advance for indulging your sweet tooth!

District Book Competition Teams Now Forming

Teams of 1-4 students are forming for students in grades 4-12. Student groups read a set of books and then compete against other teams in the district before moving on to a city competition. See the flier for more information and to sign up. Optional practices are every Tuesday and Thursday from 4-4:45 PM. Reach out to lsisson@saisd.net for additional information and questions.

SAISD Video Contest

SAISD will be hosting a video contest open to all SAISD students, grades 4th-12th. These slides contain information, resources, filmmaking resources, and important rules and guidelines. The deadline to submit videos is October 31, 2024 using this form.

Congratulations to Noah Ruiz for breaking the existing Tech Campus Swimming 100 IM record during last week's SAISD Invitational Meet. Noah swam a 1:06.61 breaking the previous Teach Campus record held by J. Fears from 2019.

Middle School Athletics

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

• ALA vs Bonham; 10/23 @ 6:15 Court #1

• ALA 2 vs Bonham 2; 10/23 @ 7:15 Court #1

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

• ALA 1 vs Crockett; 10/22 @ 7:15 Field #1

• ALA 2 vs Bowden; 10/23 @ 7:15 Field #1

• ALA 3 vs Fenwick; 10/23 @ 6:15 Field #2

• Please see your Athletes SportsYou feed for information about our booth at Noche Musical de los Muertos and donation drop off.

High School Athletics

• HS Volleyball: Tech vs. Sam Houston, Tuesday, Oct. 22th @ Tech 5:30(F) 6:15(JV) 5:30(V) @ ACC

• HS Golf: Wednesday, Oct. 23 @ 7:30 am- San Pedro Par 3 (Boys Team). Contact Coach Morgan @ kmorgan1@saisd.net

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

• HS Cross Country: Monday, Oct 21 Region IV-4A Championships Qualifiers only @ Texas A&M Corpus Christi

• 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.

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.