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ALPHA Update
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April 15, 2024 Newsletter
STAAR EOC Preparation
STAAR End Of Course (EOC) exams begin this week. Please ensure your student is at school and ready to work each day. STAAR EOC exams will be administered on the following dates:
Wednesday, April 24th: Biology
Thursday, April 25th: US History
Tuesday, April 30th: Algebra I
MEF Concert Tickets On Sale Now
Come support the Magnolia Education Foundation as they put on their Magnolia Roots Concert & Fundraiser. Proceeds go towards teacher classroom grants and student scholarships. Ticket information and line up, including student performers, is presented below:
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations to our ALPHA students of the week! These students are selected based on our Formula For Success: Be Here, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Successful!
Week ending April 12th: Nolan K & Cierra L
Week ending April 5th: Cody K & Brian G
Updated Phone Policy in CE
Here at ALPHA Academy we are always striving to ensure that your student is making sufficient progress towards earning their high school diploma. We have looked over our data for this school year and we are seeing that students who do not turn their cell phones in when they are in CE are not making progress to finish classes to get out of CE and ultimately graduate. We have decided to make a change to the cell phone policy in CE.
Starting Monday February 26, 2024, if a student is in CE, they are expected to turn their phone in at the start of 1st rotation or when they arrive at school that day. It will no longer be an option to turn their phone in or not. Their phone will be placed in a lock box that they are able to carry with them throughout the day or they can place it in one of the lock boxes that stay in the CE room. They will be able to get their phone back once they have completed 15 total activities for the day in any of their classes. We do still expect students to complete 2 assignments per rotation even after they have completed 15 for the day. The 15 assignments needed to get their phone back have to be completed during school hours of the current school day.
Attendance Matters!
We want to remind parents and students to be on time each day for school. The bell rings at 7:20am. If a student is late to school, leaves early or is absent more than 9 times, the student will be at risk of losing credit and having to make up hours in order to regain the credit. If your student is ill, please keep them at home and send a doctor's note upon their return. Otherwise, please help ensure your student is on time and here every day.
Performance Expectations
This year students are expected to complete a course every two weeks. Every week we will look at each student to ensure they have completed a course in the prior two weeks. The next progress check will be Thursday, April 11th. If your student is not meeting this expectation, instead of going to the Commons they will be placed in our Level 3 room where phones are not allowed. Students will continue to go to their teacher classroom for instruction. Please visit with your student to ensure they are on track and also look at the date "last course complete" on the Passport to Graduation to monitor course completion progress. Passports are emailed to students each Monday and to parents on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
Food Deliveries
Just a friendly reminder! Outside delivery services are not allowed to deliver food to students here at ALPHA. Parents or individuals listed in a student's TEAMS profile may bring food for their student ONLY, no friends, etc.
New to ALPHA?
Has your student been absent?
ALPHA has a designated email address to email parent and doctor notes when your student needs to be out. All notes can be sent to: ALPattendance@magnoliaisd.org
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Contact Us:
ALPHA Academy
Email: bcooper@magnoliaisd.org
Website: alpha.magnoliaisd.org
Location: 919 Cloyd Drive, Magnolia, TX, USA
Phone: (281)252-2265
Mr. Anderson, Counselor: ganderson@magnoliaisd.org
Mrs. Glover, Registrar: cglover@magnoliaisd.org
Mrs. Bullock, Nurse: kbullock@magnoliaisd.org
Mrs. Ferguson, Success Coach: lferguson@magnoliaisd.org
Mrs. Ollison, Success Coach: sollison@magnoliaisd.org
Mr. Clifford, SPED/PE: mclifford@magnoliaisd.org
Ms. Dean, English: ddean@magnoliaisd.org
Mrs. Harsch, Social Studies: kharsch@magnoliaisd.org
Mrs. Lecamus, Math: llecamus@magnoliaisd.org
Ms. Lorio, Science: alorio@magnoliaisd.org
Ms. Moore, Electives: dmoore2@magnoliaisd.org