ALA Community Update

October 14th & October 25th Student Holiday

As a reminder, this Monday, October 14th, 2024 is a student holiday for all ALA students. While Friday, October 25th is a student holiday, it is also a time for families to sign-up for a Fall Family Conference. See the announcement below for more information about these upcoming conferences. The overview of all of our school holidays can always be found on our 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar for ALA Euclid and ALA Tech.

Save the Date: Noche Musical de los Muertos

We are excited to invite you to our 2nd annual Noche Musical de los Muertos, a special PK-12 event celebrating music, culture, and community! Please mark your calendars for Thursday, October 24th. Noche Musical is not only a major fundraising event for PK-12th grade groups & organizations, but it is also an opportunity for families to experience outstanding performances from our mariachi, theater, dance and band programs! Performances will run from 5-9pm, with food and activity booths available from 5-8pm. A preview of the performance lineup can be seen on this flyer. Wristbands will be sold at the door for $5 and food & activity booth tickets will be $1 per ticket. We hope that all ALA families will be able to attend this exciting event! The event is also open to the public, so we encourage families to share this invitation with friends!

Fall Family Conferences

Fall Family Conferences, an important step in building connections between the home and school, are beginning soon for all ALA students, PK-12th grade. Friday, October 25th is a student holiday to allow time for teachers to meet with all families. At the conference, teachers will share information about how your child is doing at school, and families are invited to share information about their child as well. Time will be provided for parents to ask questions specific to their child. Sign up for a conference HERE for ALA Euclid (PK-3) and HERE for ALA Tech (4-12). 9th-12th Grade Sign-ups will be shared by this upcoming Wednesday. Please see communication from your student’s teacher for additional information.

SAISD Facilities Repurposing Survey

SAISD is committed to repurposing facilities affected by rightsizing, so buildings continue to benefit and serve the community. We invite you to share your voice and help create positive change by taking this 2-3 minute survey.

To learn more about facilities repurposing, visit https://www.saisd.net/page/study_sb_capacity_repurpose.

Title 1

A reminder to parents that you can review the Campus Improvement Plan under the community tab in the school website and The Engagement Policy and School-Parent Compact in our school website under the tab parents. Check it out and please provide any feedback to the school. Please email Crystal Valdez at cvaldez7@saisd.net should you have any feedback.

Gifted and Talented Testing

Testing for students referred to the Gifted and Talented program by October 18, 2024 will occur in November. Please click on the link to view the informational flyer. The gifted and talented Universal Screener CogAT Test will take place between Oct. 16-30th for 4th and 5th grade students. Contact Ms. Irasema Martinez with questions regarding the gifted and talented program for your ALA Fox Tech student (4th-12th grade) at imartinez6@saisd.net.

An additional screener for all 1st grade students will occur in March. Contact Ms. Natalie Walker at nwalker1@saisd.net with questions regarding the GT program for your ALA Euclid student (Kinder-3rd grade). Independent from these screeners, any parent or guardian can refer their student for the GT program by clicking on this LINK.

Field Trips

This week more students are connecting with their grade level PBLs throughout the community: On Tuesday, October 15 3rd Grade will be visiting the Witte Museum. On Friday October 18, Kinder will be going to Mission San Jose while 2nd grade is headed to Morgan's Wonderland. Please register in the corresponding app garden event if you plan to attend. See communication from your child’s teacher for more information.

Upcoming Drill

On October 18th, we will hold a lockdown drill 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. Please take a moment to review the procedures of a lockdown drill:

• 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 line of sight of windows and have students maintain silence until the lockdown is lifted. You are welcome to contact jbarber2@saisd.net with any questions.

Club Opportunity

Chess club is starting at ALA Euclid on Oct. 15th! If your student is interested, please sign them up using this link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFxj-5v7Gk/YXEepbRuY8pwO0BLNBBIKg/view?utm_content=DAFxj-5v7Gk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

Donation Request

Our Noche Musical de los Muertos event is coming up! In preparation for our PreK booth, we will be 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.

End of the 1st 9 Weeks

The end of the first 9 weeks was this past Friday. Report cards will be sent home next week!

Reminder: Character Book Dress Up Day

We are excited to announce that 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!

Middle School Athletics

• Boys Basketball: will play at Mission Concepcion Sports Complex , 714 E. Theo 78210
  
• ALA vs Crockett; 10/16 @ 7:15 Court #1
  
• ALA 2 vs Irving 2; 10/16 @ 6:15 Court #1
  
• Girls Soccer : will play at SAISD Spring Sports Complex; 1000 Edwards 78204
  
• ALA 1 vs W. Rogers; 10/15 @ 6:15 Field #2
  
• ALA 2 vs Irving; 10/16 @ 7:15 Field #2
  
• ALA 3 vs DP Stewart; 10/16 @ 7:15 Field #1

High School Athletics

• HS Volleyball: Tech vs. Burbank Tuesday, Oct. 15th @ Tech 5:30(F) 6:15(JV) 4:30(V) @ ACC

• HS Swimming: Thursday, Oct.17 @ 6:00 SA 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

Homecoming Mums are sponsored by Tech Dance. Order your Mum by Oct. 18th HERE. Please see the upcoming Tech Dance events flier HERE. Contact S. Trevino @ strevino9@saisd.net for additional information.

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.