Welcome to Week 7! The adventures are continuing! The Taking Chances, Making Mistakes and Getting Messy is happening in all classrooms at Luce Road! Please see the Principals Weekly Update! - https://app.smore.com/n/6e5d2
P.S. Tomorrow is Picture Retake and Donuts with Grown Ups is Wednesday!
We are off to a strong start! During the first 20 days of school, the percentage of APS students considered chronically absent decreased from 23.66% last year to 17.93% this year—a decrease of nearly 6 percentage points!
Even more encouraging, when we compare the same groups of students from last year to this year, chronic absenteeism decreased from 24.12% to 17.73%, with 10 of the 12!
Welcome to week 6! We had so many adventures this past week, see the principal's weekly update! https://app.smore.com/n/4gtwc
📢 NOW ENROLLING AT ALMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS! 🧡🖤
Give your child the best start with Panther Cubs and GSRP at the Luce Road Early Childhood Learning Center! Whether you're looking for nurturing childcare, a play-based toddler preschool experience, or a FREE 4-year-old preschool program, we have options for your family.
🐾 Panther Cubs Childcare - 2 Spots Available
• Ages 18½ months – 30 months
• Year-round care
• Safe, nurturing, play-based environment: including music, library and PE
🐾 Panther Cubs Childcare - 2 Spots Available
• Ages 2½ months – 31/2 years
• Year-round care
• Safe, nurturing, play-based environment: including music, library and PE
🎨 Panther Cubs Toddler Pre-School Experience - 2 Spots Available
• 3-year-old- 4year preschool
• HighScope® Curriculum
• All-day themed, play-based learning : including music, library and PE
• Before and after care available
🎓 GSRP (Great Start Readiness Program) - 10 Spots Available
• FREE preschool for eligible 4-year-olds
• High-quality early learning: including music, library and PE
• Transportation, before/after care, and Friday learning options available
Every child deserves a place to learn, play, grow, and succeed, and we'd love to welcome your family to ours!
📞 Questions or ready to enroll?
Call 989-466-7593
📧 almachildcare@almaschools.net
📍 Luce Road Early Childhood Learning Center
Enrollment is happening now—spaces are limited, so don't wait! 🧡🐾
Healthy students = more days at school and more opportunities to learn! 🍎📚
Every day matters!
Tomorrow is COLOR WARS!!! Students can wear their CLASS/Team COLOR to school !
Hilliard - Purple
Falor - Black
Redlawski- Blue
Hutchinson- Green
Fisher - Yellow
Koch - Orange
Cardinal - Red
Jenny - Purple
Katelyn - Yellow
Heather - Blue
Dolores - Black
Childcare - Rainbow
Tomorrow is HAT DAY!!! Students can wear their favorite or the most interesting HAT to school !
We had a great 4th week of school. Lots of adventures this week! Please review the Panther Cubs Press: https://app.smore.com/n/x2f3t
📢 NOW ENROLLING AT ALMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS! 🧡🖤
Give your child the best start with Panther Cubs and GSRP at the Luce Road Early Childhood Learning Center! Whether you're looking for nurturing childcare, a play-based toddler preschool experience, or a FREE 4-year-old preschool program, we have options for your family.
🐾 Panther Cubs Childcare - 2 Spots Available
• Ages 18½ months – 30 months
• Year-round care
• Safe, nurturing, play-based environment: including music, library and PE
🐾 Panther Cubs Childcare - 2 Spots Available
• Ages 2½ months – 31/2 years
• Year-round care
• Safe, nurturing, play-based environment: including music, library and PE
🎨 Panther Cubs Toddler Pre-School Experience - 2 Spots Available
• 3-year-old- 4year preschool
• HighScope® Curriculum
• All-day themed, play-based learning : including music, library and PE
• Before and after care available
🎓 GSRP (Great Start Readiness Program) - 10 Spots Available
• FREE preschool for eligible 4-year-olds
• High-quality early learning: including music, library and PE
• Transportation, before/after care, and Friday learning options available
Every child deserves a place to learn, play, grow, and succeed, and we'd love to welcome your family to ours!
📞 Questions or ready to enroll?
Call 989-466-7593
📧 almachildcare@almaschools.net
📍 Luce Road Early Childhood Learning Center
Enrollment is happening now—spaces are limited, so don't wait! 🧡🐾
Attendance Matters at APS! Check out this video for updates and important information on how we are promoting positive attendance!
Attendance Video Link
Monday, September 14th is the PRE-K ONLY Reveal Day and Open House. Please join the PreK team to celebrate the new school year at either event to learn about the year ahead.
Reveal Day is 8:00am to 9:15am, please meet the PREK team at the Pavilion near the playground.
Open house is 5:00pm to 7:00pm! Please park and Use door 15 or Morning Drop off door to enter the building.
We have completed the 2nd week of school. Please review the Panther Cubs Press: https://app.smore.com/n/kbpqnz
Tomorrow is REVEAL DAY for our KINDERGARTNERS! 8:00am to 9:15am - If you are planning to attend please make sure you complete the 🐾Background check link: https://www.almaschools.net/forms/alma-public-schools-district-volunteer-form.
Parents who are planning to attend will enter in the middle door (door 15) beginning at 7:45, sign -in and then proceed to line the middle hallway. Only APPROVED parents will be allowed to enter. As student placements are revealed tomorrow and their new teacher will walk them through the hallway down to their room.
Parents are asked to clap and cheer on the classes as they move down the hallway. As your child class passes you will be able to join them and go to the classroom and meet the teacher, see your students seat in the classroom, locker and spend about 15-20 minutes in the classrooms.
At 9:15, I will announce the end of the celebration and parents will exit the building!
P.S. Tomorrow is also Picture Day!
The attached QR code has been updated to open to the Alma Public Schools District Volunteer Form
Our **Spirit Gear Sale is OPEN!** Stock up on Alma gear while supporting our elementary students at the same time!
This is an **AEPTO FUNDRAISER**, which means your purchase helps AEPTO continue funding experiences and opportunities for students across Luce Road, Hillcrest, and Pine Avenue.
Funds raised by AEPTO help support things like:
🖤 Field trips and student experiences
🧡 Free books and literacy activities
🖤 STEM/STEAM experiences
🧡 PBIS incentives and student rewards
🖤 Classroom and teacher support
🧡 Free family events
🖤 And so much more!
Every Spirit Gear purchase is another way to support our students while showing your Alma pride!
🧡🖤 **SHOP THE SPIRIT GEAR SALE:**
https://www.spiritgeardirect.com/GearDrive/Store.aspx?guid=0b098986-108d-4b3c-bd9a-e25c44527532
Thank you for supporting **AEPTO and our students!** 🖤🧡
Our first week of taking chances, making mistakes and getting messy is done! Next week we welcome all our PRE-K -4 year old panther Cubs to Luce Road School for there first day of PRE-K Adventure Camp. Please see week 2 update for more information. https://app.smore.com/n/28m7w