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ALTA Newsletter October 2016 242 Main St., Southington Phone: (860) 628-3379 Website: www.southingtonschools.org Jess Levin, Director [email protected] A Message from Mr. Levin Welcome Back! Thanks to the parents who attended our Open House and Picnic. We look forward to keeping parent involvement going strong throughout the school year. Regular attendance is crucial to academic success, so please encourage your child to come to school every day on time. Our school day starts at 7:40 a.m. and ends at 1:10 p.m. Also, in an effort to reduce paper, newsletters will only be emailed for the remainder of the year. Please contact us to request a hard copy or to update your email address. Reminder: Parent Teacher conferences will be held Nov. 17 th . CONGRATULATIONS 2016 GRADUATES Mevlan Asipi Aiden Chubet Manny Gonzalez Kaylee Goodrich Gavin Griffis Dominic Hamm Mitch Hotham Gilberto Leon Nick Melillo Jon Shine Kiersten Stanley Adam Stedman Tyler Valle New Alta Students Bailey Bonito Kameron Wilson Celia Fournier Chris Scanlon Will Conant Nathan Marco Alex Marcuccio Niko Nauss Taryn Rinaldi Thank you to all students and families who attended our Open House on Sept. 22 nd .
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Page 1: NewsletterNewsletter October 2016 242 Main St., Southington Phone: (860) 628-3379 Website:  Jess Levin, Director jlevin@southingtonschools.org A Message from Mr. …

ALTA

Newsletter

October 2016

242 Main St., Southington

Phone: (860) 628-3379

Website: www.southingtonschools.org

Jess Levin, Director

[email protected]

A Message from Mr. Levin

Welcome Back!

Thanks to the parents who attended our Open House and

Picnic. We look forward to keeping parent involvement going

strong throughout the school year. Regular attendance is

crucial to academic success, so please encourage your child to

come to school every day on time. Our school day starts at

7:40 a.m. and ends at 1:10 p.m.

Also, in an effort to reduce paper, newsletters will only be

emailed for the remainder of the year. Please contact us to

request a hard copy or to update your email address.

Reminder: Parent Teacher conferences will be held Nov. 17th.

CONGRATULATIONS

2016 GRADUATES

Mevlan Asipi

Aiden Chubet

Manny Gonzalez

Kaylee Goodrich

Gavin Griffis

Dominic Hamm

Mitch Hotham

Gilberto Leon

Nick Melillo

Jon Shine

Kiersten Stanley

Adam Stedman

Tyler Valle

New Alta Students

Bailey Bonito

Kameron Wilson

Celia Fournier

Chris Scanlon

Will Conant

Nathan Marco

Alex Marcuccio

Niko Nauss

Taryn Rinaldi

Thank you to all students and families who attended our Open House on Sept. 22nd.

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Our Yankee Candle fundraiser continues through

October 9th. Proceeds benefit our Student Activity

Fund which helps subsidize many of our field trips

and events held throughout the year.

SAVE THE DATE!

Annual Alta Thanksgiving Feast

Tuesday, November 22nd

11:30 – 1:00 p.m.

Plantsville Congregational Church

Parent volunteers are needed for this event.

Please look for more information to follow.

Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, Nov. 17th

Afternoon and evening appointments

with individual teacher(s) will be

available. Times TBD.

See page 3 for information about accessing

your child’s grades.

Alta Staff 2016-17

Jess Levin Director [email protected]

Mark Hill School Counselor [email protected]

Alyssa Bunel English [email protected]

Amy Kosienski Math [email protected]

Dan Patterson Social Studies [email protected]

George Pulley Science [email protected]

Thad Weaver Special Education [email protected]

Jennifer Vauter Phys Ed/Health [email protected]

Luciana Florio Art [email protected]

Lisa Olsen Secretary [email protected]

Joyel McEwen Paraprofessional [email protected]

Friday Football

is Back!

To view more photos of Alta events, visit our school website at www.southingtonschools.org

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Each year we need to update our school

records, and a district wide email was sent to

all parents requesting this information to be

updated online. If you have not already done

so, please provide this information as soon as

possible.

Permission slips were also mailed home at the

beginning of the school year. Please complete

this information and return to the office.

Contact Lisa Olsen (860) 628-3379 or

[email protected] with any

questions. Thank you!

Access your child’s grades

anytime – just use your

computer or smartphone!

Southington Public Schools

PowerSchool Parent Portal

Did you know that you can access grades and

attendance by logging onto the PowerSchool

Parent Portal? Log into your existing account at

https://ps.southingtonschools.org.

Need to create a new account?

Contact Lisa Olsen at (860) 628-3379 or

[email protected] to obtain your

parent access ID and password.

PowerSchool App

Download the Pearson PowerSchool app on your

smartphone!

District ID = PSPM

Early Dismissal Dates

11:50 a.m.

Oct. 18

Nov. 17

Dec. 6

Dec. 23

Jan. 24

Feb. 17

Mar. 28

Apr. 25

May 16

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From the Nurse’s Desk:

GRADE 9 STUDENTS REMINDER

A physical examination by your physician is

mandatory to enter Grade 10.

Do not wait to schedule your

appointment.

You will NOT be allowed into Grade 10 without

a completed Health Assessment Form.

PSAT

Wednesday, Oct. 19th

Sophomores and Juniors will be taking

the PSAT test during school at Alta.

SAT Saturday, Nov. 5th at Southington High

Deadline to register is 10/7/16.

Saturday, Dec. 3rd at Southington High

Deadline to register is 11/3/16.

Visit www.sat.org/register to register.

Staff and students recently visited the Big E.

Mrs. Smith, retired assistant superintendent and

Derynoski principal, has been volunteering at Alta and

has started a book club. Once a month, students will be

reading to kindergarteners at local elementary schools.

Pictured is Giulianna Montana reading “Tacky the

Penguin” at Thalberg.


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