Falcon's Nest

As we celebrate Family Engagement Month, I want to take a moment to recognize the essential role our families play in supporting student success and fostering a strong sense of community within our school. At Alcova, we believe that education is a partnership, and we are so grateful for the trust you place in us to guide and nurture your child’s learning journey.

Family Engagement Month is a time for us to strengthen those connections between school and home, finding ways to work together even more closely. Whether through participating in school events, engaging in family nights, or simply having meaningful conversations about school at home, your involvement makes a world of difference.

Throughout this month, we’ll be offering a range of activities designed to deepen family-school partnerships, such as workshops, open houses, and interactive events. We hope you will join us as we celebrate and build upon the strong, supportive relationships that make Alcova a wonderful place for students to grow and learn.

Thank you for being an active part of our school family. Together, we can make this year an inspiring and impactful one for every student.

Veteran’s Day

We can't wait to honor all of our veterans who signed up for the breakfast on November 11th at 7:30 am. It's not too late to have your veteran's name added to the marquee. Click the link to add your name https://tinyurl.com/56esvwuj

Save the Dates for November

● Nov 5 Digital Learning Day

● Nov 7 Literacy STEM Night 5:30-7:30

● Nov 8-15 Book Fair

● Nov 11 Veteran’s Day Celebration

● Nov 18 Holiday Luncheon (2nd & 5th grades)

● Nov 20 Holiday Luncheon (Kindergarten & Third grade)

● Nov 21 Holiday Luncheon (1st & 4th)

● Nov 22 SOAR student Celebration

● Nov 25-29 School Closed *Thanksgiving Holiday*

Use code GS001 to give Alcova credit

https://kidcredit.bedfordfallsusa.com/kidCredit.php?fairID=16855

Dear Family Engagement Colleagues,

The Office of Family Engagement in the Department of Federal Programs invites all families to join the “Family-School Partnership Advisory Council (PAC)” meeting on November 7, 2024, from 5:30 until 7:30 PM.

We are excited to meet in person with all families at the Instructional Support Center in Grayson Room 2.124. During this meeting, GCPS families will receive information about Title I, Title II, Title III, and Family Engagement. Families will have the opportunity to provide input on how these funds are utilized to support students, staff, and schools.

Click here to RSVP or https://forms.gle/VrMMwcraom4ie4KQ7.

Please Click to sign up!

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Click the link to sign up!

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Alcova Holiday Lunch

Monday, November 18th - 2nd & 5th grade

Wednesday, November 20th - K & 3rd grade

Thursday, November 21st - 1st & 4th grade

Each student is allowed to have up to 2 guests.

The cost is $4.00 per person (cash only) paid at the school.

Help make our holiday lunches a success by being a cafe monitor or greeting guests. Come an hour before or stay an hour after your child's lunch, or stay as long as you would like helping in the cafe.

Please click the link to sign up!

https://signup.com/go/XWkAXcO

After the holiday lunch with your student, come see the new location for the Parent Center and check out fun educational games for your student! We are located outside in Trailer 3428 by the gym.

Alcova Family,

The GOTR team would like to cordially invite you to participate in our upcoming 5K run. Please find the registration link below. We hope to see you at the finish line as we celebrate with our Superstars!

Register Here

On Friday's students can purchase ice cream at the beginning of lunch for $1 exact cash.

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.

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 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.

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.