Falcon's Nest

Reminders for August

August 12th-16th- I-Ready Diagnostic Assessment (all students)

August 17th- Cluster Night at Cool Ray Field 6:00 pm

August 22nd- Curriculum Night 4:45 pm

https://videos.curriculumassociates.com/watch/LRc9k59Ptg9pq9SBBmM6iz?

Kindergarten to fifth-grade students will take the I-Ready Diagnostic Assessment from August 12th-16th. This diagnostic assessment will provide teachers with a complete picture of each student’s performance relating to their grade level and national norms. The assessment is adaptive and adjusts questions to suit each student's needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. Please remind your child that they will see easy, just right, and complex questions. We ask them to try their best and use their knowledge to select the best answer for each question

Parents,

Teachers are engaged with their students and have limited access to emails and Parent Square throughout the day. If you have an emergency transportation change request, you must email 978.transportation@gcpsk12.org to process the change. Please use this email only for "day of" emergency changes, where you did not send a note in with your student. Change requests must be received no later than 1:30 pm to guarantee the change request will be processed.

Parents, we need your help to create a safe and efficient car rider dismissal. We appreciated your patience during this first week of school, as we taught routines and procedures to all students. We do have some concerns with the car rider line backing up on the street and as parents exit the school. We currently dismiss car rider students 5 minutes earlier than the rest of the school to start the dismissal process as soon as possible.

• Parents cannot wait and block the city street or roundabout. Parents visiting Alcova must use the turn lane to wait. If the turn lane is full, they must keep going.

• Parents must turn right when exiting the school during arrival and dismissal hours.

We have been notified by the Gwinnett County Police Department that they will start to issue tickets for individuals violating the laws of the city street. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Join the Parent Center on Wednesday, August 14th at 10 a.m. for our first parent workshop of the school year. Learn how to sign up and navigate through MyPaymentPlus, Parentvue, and Parent Square. Parents that attend will receive 5 falcon feathers for their child!

Click to sign up!

https://tinyurl.com/5h6b37ym

Spirit wear will be sold through August 30th. https://pswear.com/Alcova

We will continue to use Parent Square this school year for weekly school and district communication, individual messages with staff, and school-wide alerts. We encourage everyone to download the app and reflect on how and when you would like to receive Parent Square messages. You can customize your notifications in the settings.

Parents/guardians will visit Parent Square to sign off on required orientation agreements and Title I Plan & Promise for all students. Documents for the 24-25 school will be available in the app starting July 22.

Please check out each grade level's school supplies list on our website. We appreciate you working to support your child and their teacher by purchasing these suggested supplies. You are welcome to bring the supplies with you to Open House or on the First Day of School.

Please login to your ParentVUE account (this is the same account used to register your child). This website/app will contain important information all year long.

Beginning July 31st you will be able to log on to ParentVUE, select your student and click 'Class Schedule', then choose 'First Semester' to view your child's 24-25 school year teachers. While you are there, select 'Student Info' to view bus route information and update any contacts and phone numbers.

NOTE: In March 2024, GCPS consolidated the Parent Portal and ParentVUE. If you have not done so already, you must reset your ParentVUE password by clicking 'forgot password'. Please continue to use your email as your username.

*** Please DO NOT create a new ParentVUE account. Visit the district website for detailed information on how to manage your current account.

• All information about the ParentVUE - https://www.gcpsk12.org/Page/26854

We will use MyPayments Plus this year for parents to add money to their child's lunch account, pay for field trips, club fees, order birthday wishes, and more. Parents can make annual contributions towards the clinic, PBIS, our All Pro Dads club, and more. Click below to access the MyPayments plus website and create your account. You will need your child's student number to create an account. You can access your child's student number and more via Parent Vue.

Please remember school hours are from 8:15 am -2:45 pm. Students may enter at 7:45 am and car riders will begin dismissal at 2:40 pm. Announcements will begin at 8:10 am, so instruction may start promptly at 8:15 am. Students are encouraged to ride the bus daily to ensure a timely arrival to school. Thanks in advance for getting your children here on time and ready to learn.

New Smart Snack Compliant Ala Carte items to include:

• Lay’s Baked Potato Crisps
• Doritos Reduced Fat Tortilla Chips
• Whole Grain-Rich Rice Krispies Treats
• Angie’s Boom Chick a Pop Kettle Corn
• Welch’s Fruit Snacks

These items are Ala Carte for $1.00

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Each day we strive to dismiss students with a safe organized process to ultimately ensure the safety of each student. In order to keep our procedures accurate and maintain appropriate processes to ensure the safe release of our students, all check outs in the front office must be completed before 2:15pm and all transportation changes must be made in writing with the front office by the parent by 1:00pm. Thank you for helping us keep our students safe.

Safety Procedures

Alcova is committed to ensuring its schools are safe. We take a very proactive approach to ensuring the safety of students, staff members, and campus visitors. We would like to share information with you about our district safety procedures that are implemented at Alcova.

https://www.gcpsk12.org/Page/24293

Parents,

Teachers are engaged with their students and have limited access to emails and Parent Square throughout the day. If you have an emergency transportation change request, you must email 978.transportation@gcpsk12.org to process the change. Please use this email only for "day of" emergency changes, where you did not send a note in with your student. Change requests must be received no later than 1:30 pm to guarantee the change request will be processed.

Just a Reminder: The Car Rider Lane will close at 8:15 am. All students arriving after 8:15, must check in at the front office with the parent. Please do not drop your child off if the doors are closed.