The City of Alma will be closing Pine Avenue next week (Dec. 11-15) for utility work.
Please be advised that BOTH drives will be accessible into and out of the student lot at Alma High School. ALL traffic will need to come from the North and EXIT to the North.
ALL Pine Ave. Elementary traffic will need to come from the SOUTH and EXIT to the SOUTH. All drives will be accessible at Pine Ave.
APS is hiring:
-High School Assistant Principal
-Paraprofessional
*Please see our website for postings.*
National Honor Society is helping with Toys For Tots. Bring your donations to the basketball games this Friday.
Pine Avenue and PTO are looking forward to our Family Book Fair Night! The Book Fair will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening.
Holiday Band Concert!!
APS is hiring the following positions:
-Elementary Student Intervention Specialist
-K-5 School Counselor
-MTSS Assistant - (5 positions)
-Math Interventionist
-Building MTSS Coordinator
-School Counselor - (6-8th grade)
*Please see our website for postings.*
Today our staff is wearing their "comfy clothes" and competing in a Rock, Paper, Scissors game... the top 3 winners will get a free lunch!! More to follow!
A friendly reminder, Pine Avenue Book Fair is taking place this week. All parents and students are invited to Family Night this Thursday, December 7 from 5 pm to 7 pm.
NHS members making holiday cards for residents of local nursing homes.
1st grade students had the RESD Nutrition lessons today with a focus on hand washing! That is the perfect lesson for this time of year!
Please be advised-
APS has been made aware that text messages have been sent out stating that it is "Stacey Criner" asking for donation gift cards. Please know this is a SCAM. I am not sending messages via text. We are not collecting gift card donations.
CMU STEM Experience for our 3rd graders this week! Students working on coding and creating movement in a robot! Thanks to PTO for awesome experiences like this for our students!
Due to bus driver illness, students riding bus G will be picked up an hour late today. If your child rides bus G, you will receive a call from the transportation department. We apologize for the inconvenience.
A HUGE thanks to the PTO for stocking the elementary lounges today to start the 2nd Trimester! Our teachers feel the love!
Happy Thanksgiving!
This group of (mostly) NHS members met at 6am today to peel 200 pounds of potatoes and help set up for the community Thanksgiving dinner.
Mrs. Lyon's 1st grade class had their own Thanksgiving Parade with ballon floats they designed! Someday we might see these designs on tv for the actual parade!
November's Panthers in the Spotlight.
Mrs. Benjamin's 1st grade class wanted to show how thankful they were to all of our staff members by delivering snacks and making them cards.
3rd graders have been working very hard on their writing and classes have completed a culmination project for the book The BFG!
Thank you, PTO, for your partnership in educating our children. We appreciate your time and dedication to our students at Pine Avenue. Donuts with Grownups is one example of the many events they sponsor for students and their families. This event was a huge success!
