ALA Community Update

STUDENT & STAFF HOLIDAY

As a reminder, Friday, December 20th is a student & staff holiday for SAISD. Enjoy the holiday break with your family! We look forward to seeing all students back on Wednesday, January 8th. The overview of school holidays can always be found on our 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar for ALA Euclid and ALA Tech.

SAISD Digital Learning Resources

SAISD District has a Winter Digital Learning Playground available for the holiday break and accessible beginning December 19-January 6. This offers students from PreK-12th grade an opportunity to engage in interactive learning activities, available in both English and Spanish. For more information, visit the Digital Learning Playground flyer linked HERE. The direct link to the Winter Digital Learning Playground can be found HERE.

8th Grade Civil Rights Field Experience

Our 8th graders will be traveling to Alabama on Monday morning as part of their Civil Rights Field Experience. Field trips and travel experiences continue to be a core component of an ALA education, and we could not offer these enriching opportunities without the support of our teachers, families, SAISD and the CAST Network. We wish all our students and teachers a wonderful learning experience in Alabama this week and look forward to their return this upcoming Friday!

10th Grade Puebla, Mexico Trip Thank You

Our 10th graders traveled to Puebla, Mexico this week. Our trip was an unforgettable experience filled with learning, adventure, and cultural exploration! Students attended university classes at UDLAP (Universidad de las Américas Puebla), explored historic sites like the Biblioteca Palafoxiana, and visited iconic landmarks such as the Pirámide de Cholula and the Templo de Santa María Tonantzintla. They embraced every adventure, from walking miles through the city to climbing the world’s largest pyramid by volume.

We are proud of how our students represented ALA with curiosity, respect, and enthusiasm. Thank you for your trust and support in making this incredible learning journey possible!

The Little Mermaid Performance

Our 4th-12th grade students have been working on bringing our production of The Little Mermaid to life since September, and we can’t wait to show you the result of all of their hard work this January! Our amazing student leaders worked creatively and collaboratively to design the set, costumes, lights, sounds, and more! And our incredible performers are ready to share the story of everyone’s favorite mermaid princess with our community! Our show dates are January 10th at 7pm, the 11th at 2pm and 7pm, the 16th, 17th, and 18th at 7pm in the ALA and Cast Tech theatre! Please note that seats will be capped this year in order to ensure seating for all ticket-holders, so please plan to buy your tickets ASAP for all shows to get a seat. This show is appropriate for all ages! Purchase tickets HERE!

Donations for ALA Libraries

Are you cleaning up your bookshelves in anticipation of getting new books this season? The ALA Libraries accept donations of gently used books! Send them in to Ms. Heather and Ms. Sisson and we can find new homes for them. Also, be sure to double check the spines on your shelves and make sure our school library books make it back to our shelves for the break. Happy Winter Reading!

Copy and paste the link in your web browser to access resources for the holiday season!

file:///C:/Users/CJACKSON5/Downloads/ALA%20Holiday%20Resources%20(1).pdf

Reminder: Child Nutrition Services Food Drive

The Child Nutrition Services Department is currently hosting a food drive in cafeterias across the district which began December 2 and ends on December 19. Donations are accepted during the regular school day when the campus is in operation. All collections will remain at the campus and will be redistributed to students and families in need of resources over Winter Break. The Child Nutrition Department will turn over the food items collected to a point of contact appointed by Campus Administration on December 19. See this flyer for more details.

Dress Up Days

Our dress up days continue! These dress up days are optional. On Thursday, we will have a Hawaiian themed item available for any student who wishes to participate. The ALA Euclid Winter Holiday Dress Up Days flyer has more details!

MAP Testing Snacks

Thank you to everyone who donated snacks and to our PTSA who helped organize and put this together! Our students all enjoyed a treat either during or after their tests this past week.

Career Day

On Monday, December 16th, our 2nd and 3rd graders will have the opportunity to participate in a Career Fair Day. Our high school seniors will present multiple career opportunities for our kiddos to explore, feel free to ask your 2nd or 3rd grader about this after school tomorrow!

Treat Donations for Teachers

The ALA Tech leadership team will be providing holiday treats for the teachers and staff throughout this week. Families are also invited to donate holiday sweets & treats (packaged sweets, candy canes, packaged candy, bottled waters, etc). Donations can be dropped off in the ALA Tech Front Office with Ms. Campos throughout the week for our amazing teachers. Thank you in advance for your donations!

Picture Day Orders

Dear parents, School pictures are ready! To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's student ID number. All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card. More about the Smilesafe program here. Thank you!

End of 2nd 9 Weeks Grading Period

Thursday, December 19th, marks the end of our 2nd Nine Weeks of Grading. Families are encouraged to review their child’s academic progress through Seesaw (4th/5th), Canvas (6th-7th) & Frontline (8th-12th) throughout this week. Report cards will be sent to families upon our return to school in January . Please contact your child’s teacher(s) for additional information about their academic progress in class.

Holiday Dress Up Days at ALA Tech

All 4th-12th grade students are invited to join ALA Tech as we celebrate the days leading up to our holiday break! Our 12 Days of Holiday Dress-Up can be found HERE.

The 1st Annual ALA Physical Education Walk-a-Thon will continue the week of Dec. 15, 2004. This CAST sponsored event is an opportunity for physical education students to raise funds for class field experiences tied to the Physical Education curriculum. Students will walk during their PE class on Dec. 18 or Dec. 19th. Please consider making a pledge or donation HERE.

Middle School Athletics

• Cross Country (Co-Ed.):
• Cross Country practices will begin when we return from winter break.
• Join the CC SportsYou to access pre-season workouts.
• Join the MS Cross Country SportsYou HERE.
• All physicals and SAISD RankOne Online forms completed prior to the first CC Practice HERE.
• Contact Coach Proscelle @ bproscelle1@saisd.net

High School Athletics

• HS Golf:

• Monday, February, 10th @ 7:48 am @ Mission Del Lago (Boys).

• Contact Coach Morgan @ kmorgan1@saisd.net

• HS Girls Basketball:

• Tuesday, Dec. 17th vs Edison @ Edison, 5:00(FR); 6:15(JV); 6:30(V) @ ACC
• Friday, Dec. 20th vs Highlands @ Tech, 11:30(FR); 10:00(JV); 1:00(V) @ LAC
• Saturday, Dec. 28th vs Burbank @ Burbank, 11:30 (FR), 10:00 (JV), 11:30 (V) @ ACC
• Tuesday, Dec. 31st vs Brackenridge @ Tech, 9:00 (FR), 10:15 (JV), 12:00 (V) @ LAC
• Friday, Jan. 3rd vs Sam Houston @ Sam Houston, 10:00 (JV); 10:00 (V) @ ACC
• Contact Coach Martinez @ rmartinez36@saisd.net
• HS Boys Basketball:
• Tuesday, Dec. 17 vs Edison @ Tech, 6:15 (FR); 5:00 (JV); 8:00 (V) @ ACC
• Friday, Dec. 20th vs Highlands @ Highlands, 10:00(FR); 11:30(JV); 2:00 (V) @ ACC
• Saturday, Dec. 28th vs Burbank @ Tech, 10:00 (FR); 11:30 (JV); 2:30 @ LAC
• Tuesday, Dec. 31 vs Brackenridge @ Tech, 1:00 (FR); 11:30 (JV); 1:00 @ ACC
• Friday, Jan. 3 vs Sam Houston @ Tech, 10:00 (FR); 11:30 (JV); 2:30 @ LA
• Contact Interim Coach Maldonado @ imaldonado@saisd.net

• HS Swimming:

• Contact Coach Willing @ lwilling1@saisd.net

• HS Boys Soccer:

• Contact Coach Gonzalez @ jgonzalez9@saisd.net

• HS Girls Soccer:

• Contact Coach Sanchez @ ssanchez5@saisd.net

• HS Track and Field

• 9th-12th Students: Track & Field practice will begin January 13th at 4:15pm!

• Be sure to join our Sports You for winter break workouts and to see our spring meet schedule.

• See Coach Maney in Room 3119 with any questions and to complete eligibility paperwork.

• All physicals must be turned and SAISD RankOne Online forms (https://saisd.rankone.com/New/NewInstructionsPage.aspxcompleted) prior to any participation.

• Contact Coach Maney @ rmaney1@saisd.net

• 4-12th grade students interested in Archery should join the Tech Archery Team SportsYou HERE.
• Contact Coach Birmingham @ jbirmingham@saisd.net

• 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)

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