ALA Community Update

As a reminder, Friday, September 20, 2024 is a district-wide student holiday for all ALA students. The purpose of the student holiday is to provide the ALA faculty with valuable time for professional learning. The overview of all of our school holidays can always be found on our 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar for ALA Euclid and ALA Tech.

As the school year continues in full swing, opportunities to support at our campus have begun. In order to support during any field trip this school year or for any volunteer opportunity, please be sure you have completed the App Garden application for this new school year and sign up for specific opportunities through App Garden.

Dismissal

Euclid parents, we thank you for working alongside us during the change of our Arrival and Dismissal procedures and for helping us maintain student safety during this time. We ask you to please be aware of our surrounding neighbor’s driveways, especially along Warren Street and please do not block them. Our neighbors have been experiencing difficulty leaving their properties as the dismissal line moves through while attempting to pick up their own children. Please be friendly and courteous drivers and remember we represent the Gators at ALA; thank you again for your support.

Clubs

Our students have had so much fun engaging in our clubs these last two weeks! We are currently looking for a few items to help support our clubs, if you have any of the following items and would like to donate, please drop them off in the front office with Ms. Cenese:

• Drawing paper

• Slime containers

• Glitter

• Black paint

SAVE THE DATE:

• ALA Euclid Gardening Day - Join us next Saturday, September 14th for our Fall Families in the ALA Garden Day from 9-12 pm. We need your help weeding, preparing garden beds and more! If you are unable to attend and would like to support, we are currently looking for donations of the following:

• Pots of any size

• Watering cans

• Live plant donations of fall veggies and Texas Natives such as:

• Tomatoes

• Cucumbers

• Broccoli

• Brussel sprouts

• Cauliflower

• Lettuce

• Gregg’s mist flower

• Any kind of Salvia

• Beautyberry

• Turks Cap

• Asters

• Columbine

• Gators Are Back - Kinder through 3rd grade families, please joining us on Wednesday, September 25th at 5:00 pm for our Gators Are Back event. Please arrange childcare so you are able to participate and engage with your student’s teacher during this time, more information can be found on this ALA Euclid K-3rd Grade Gators Are Back flyer.

• We will offer an opportunity for you to connect with your student’s teacher and learn more about how you can support your student’s learning at home. We will also offer choice sessions for you to learn more about:

• What is an ALA Euclid village?

• RULER/Social Emotional Learning at Home

• 3rd Grade STAAR Information

• Raising Healthy Kids in a Digital World

• Annual Title 1 Presentation

Additionally, our whole school musical auditions for🌊 Little Mermaid🌊, for students in grades 4-12, are coming up soon! They will be September 16th at 4:00pm in the theatre! To participate as a cast or crew member, please sign up on the link or the QR Code on the Mermaid invitations. Students can prepare for their cast auditions by reviewing the audition packets available for pick up Monday 9/9. Crew members must sign-up on the same form (there is a place for crew on this same audition form) and will be notified of their crew position at the read through on Sept 17th.

ATHLETIC UPDATES

Middle School 7 on 7 Football and Volleyball fourth games of the season:

• 7 on 7 Football will play at Spring Sports Complex; 1000 Edwards 78204

• ALA vs. Mission on 9/10 @ 7:00 Field 4

• Volleyball will play at Mission Concepcion Sports Complex , 714 E. Theo 78210

• ALA 1 vs. Mission on 9/11 @ 6:15 Court 4 West

• ALA 2 vs. Irving 2 on 9/11 @ 7:15 Court 3 West

• ALA 3 vs. Mission 2 on 9/11 @ 7:15 Court 4 West

The next Middle School sports seasons will be Boys Basketball and Girls Soccer beginning October 1st. If your 7th or 8th grader would like to join, but has not completed the Rank One Forms or Physical, please submit to Coach Birmingham by Sept. 30 @ jbirmingham@saisd.net

High School Girls Soccer information meeting will be held Monday, Sep. 9 @ 4:15 in the Competition Gym on the TECH Campus. Contact Coach Sanchez @ ssanchez5@saisd.net for further details.

HS Water Polo: Tech vs. Jefferson Wednesday, Sep. 11th at 5:00 pm @ SWISD Natatorium

HS Water Polo: Tech vs. Highlands Monday, Sep. 16th at 5:00/6:00 pm @ SWISD Natatorium

HS Volleyball: Tech vs. Highlands Tuesday, Sep. 10rd @ Tech 5:30(F) 6:00(JV) @ Lanier Athletic Center 7:30(V)

All athletic tickets for SAISD venues will be purchased through Hometown Ticketing. NO CASH will be accepted at the gate.

Black Student Union

The ALA Black Student Union attended a field lesson this Friday that was sponsored by CAST Schools. The students traveled to the Kress Building, where they received a private, guided tour of the new home of the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum. Afterward, students visited the current SAAACAM exhibit space at La Villita where they ate lunch and spoken with Jeff May Jr., Chief Administrative Officer for the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum. The ALA BSU is open to any student in grades 9-12 and meets every Friday during homegroup.

PreK CIRCLE Assessment

Window: September 3rd - October 4th

PSAT/ACT/SAT

Our 10th, 11th and 12th grade students will be taking the PSAT/ACT/SAT tests in October. The study guides linked below will assist your child in preparing for success on these exams. Please reach out to Mr. Esparza, our ALA Testing Coordinator, at pesparza1@saisd.net for any questions that you might have regarding your child’s testing.

• Here is the link for the PSAT study guide: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/psat-nmsqt-student-guide.pdf

• Here is the link for the SAT Study guide: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-student-guide.pdf

• Here is the link for the ACT Study guide: https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/Preparing-for-the-ACT.pdf

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.