Sunday, October 1, 2017
Dear Advanced Learning Academy,
On Thursday, October 5 from 4:30-6:15 on the 3rd floor in the commons area at ALA @ FT, we will host a Wonder Course Student Exhibition showcasing what students and teachers are doing in their Wonder Courses as "works-in-progress." Wonder Courses are a signature of learning done at ALA; students indicate areas of interest and teachers design courses around those areas. Some samples of current Wonder Courses include robotics, coding, comic-book-making, stop-motion animation, movie-making, artwork, hybrid games, world cultures, engineering, and much more. Students are welcome to present their projects or visit work done by their peers, letting their projects speak for themselves in a gallery walk format. In conjunction with this exhibit, we will offer GATE awareness and parent referral meetings in room 340. These meetings are for parents who are interested in having their children test for identification as gifted/talented. The meetings are at 4:30 and 5:15 and presented by Kimberly Nwosu, our GATE Implementation Specialist.
Several student groups will be taking field trips this week. On Thursday, students in our Exploring San Antonio course travel to the San Antonio Museum of Art and our upper division Spanish students will be visiting the Central Library. The following day, Friday, October 6, the 6th grade team, students, and I will visit the State Capitol and the Bullock Museum in Austin to kick-fff the students’ Speak Up! Speak Out! project. To learn more about the Austin SUSO Civics Fair, please go HERE. Families can view the trip’s itinerary HERE. Lastly, our 7th grade students will travel to the Witte on Friday to tour the HEB Body Adventure: Muscle Mechanics, and 2 the Xtreme: Math Alive! exhibits. Sack lunches will be provided from the school cafeteria. Many thanks to the teachers and chaperones for organizing these learning field trips for students.
Ms. Scharf, the ALA at Fox Tech counselor, has located sources of support for mental health issues that she would like to share. These resources include workshops, trainings, group sessions, and places to get general information:
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (Provides family education and support classes)
Finally, On Saturday, October 7, our 4th/5th grade students are invited to the school to work with their reading and writing teachers. We welcome the donation of snacks or other breakfast foods for these events. Anyone wishing to donate, may contact my administrative assistant, Ida Valdez, at ivaldez2@saisd.net.
Sincerely,
Kathy Bieser
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