Luce Road Family Update
October 29, 2022
Week 10
If there is anything we can do to help you students here at school, please reach out at thahn@almaschools.net
Important Upcoming Dates
No School/Half Days
October 31 - Fall Festival
November 1 - NO SCHOOL
November 18 - 1/2 day, dismissal at 11:10am
November 21 - PTO Meeting, 6:30pm, Pine Avenue Elementary Library
November 24-25 - NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)
December 22-January 3 - NO SCHOOL (Winter Break)
Building Safety
Thank you!
Fall Festival
When you arrive for your child's scheduled time, there will be check-in tables set up outside the main entrance. Please check-in and put on a visitor's badge.
Reminder that this is a regular school day, so students should be in attendance in their classroom for the entire day. Also, this is not a costume wearing event.
The schedule is pictured below.
Drop-Off & Pick-Up Procedures
Please continue to use the yellow crosswalk in our parking lot when walking with your child in the morning and afternoon. This area is CIRCLED IN BLACK on the picture.
Areas marked with a RED X are NOT appropriate locations to cross the parking lot.
Please drive with caution through this area and stop for parents and students in the crosswalk. Especially in the morning when it is not quite light out yet.
This is to keep our STUDENTS and PARENTS safe! Accidents do happen and this is one thing we can do to prevent one from occurring.
Coins for a Cause - United Way
November is Homeless Awareness Month and here at Pine Avenue, we want to help bring awareness of homelessness and housing insecurity in our communities. That’s why we’re partnering with United Way to raise money for Gratiot County Hope House through a coin war challenge called “Coins for a Cause”!
United Way is committed to matching all funds raised (up to $10,000) so now’s your chance to double your donation! Students can bring in their spare change until November 23rd. The classroom that raises the most money will win a pizza party from United Way!
Parent Workshop
A Little Spot of Emotion
Ask your child how they can grow their's and other's Confidence Spot.
Transportation Changes
Bookworms
Title 1 Services
Alma Public Schools receives Title I funds from the federal government. The purpose of these funds is to provide supplemental support for students who need assistance in order to meet grade-level requirements. We are a Title I Schoolwide program. This enables us to work with students as they demonstrate the need. Below are the supplemental services offered at Hillcrest Elementary:
Small group instruction and interventions are provided within the classroom by highly qualified teachers and paraprofessionals.
A Title I teacher may provide lessons and/or small group supplemental instruction in the Title I classroom. This support is happening during structured intervention time each day.
Additional Reading differentiated instruction time is built into the day to provide instruction at students' learning levels.
Alma Elementary PTO
The Alma Elementary PTO is made up of parents and teachers who want to give students in the three Alma elementary schools the opportunity to participate in enriching experiences and to have the best material and equipment we can provide. Examples of PTO sponsored events include: field trips, assemblies, carnivals, concerts, science alive, reindeer visits, playground equipment, etc.
When parents get connected to the schools, children do better. In addition to the ideas and opinions that we love to hear, the children also benefit from parent volunteers who can donate a little time to make it happen. Please consider attending our monthly meetings and/or volunteering for a particular event when future messages are sent home or contact one of the representatives listed here.
To find out more about what the PTO is doing, please join us at our monthly meetings on the third Monday (usually) of each month at 6:30 pm. Free child care is always provided! The first meeting will be at Luce, the second one at Hillcrest, the third one at Pine and then the rotation begins again. The dates for the PTO meetings are the third Monday of each month unless there is no school on that Monday. If that is the case, then the meeting will be moved to the following Monday.
Behavior Expectations
ROARS
Volume Levels
Online Enrollment
Thank you!
Medical Authorization Forms
Acceptable Use Policy & Title 1 Compact
APS K-12 Parent/Student Handbook
2022-2023 School Calendar
Click the link below for the 2022-2023 school calendar.
Birthday Treats
Luce Road Early Childhood Learning Center
Email: thahn@almaschools.net
Website: almaschools.net
Location: 6265 North Luce Road, Alma, MI, USA
Phone: (989)463-1012
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Luce-Road-Early-Childhood-Learning-Center-1761159817468943