The Alexander After Prom Committee is selling flats of strawberries for $25. Each flat contains 8 - 1 qt. clamshells. Orders are due by February 24, and strawberries will arrive the week of March 10. Please email alexanderafterprom@gmail.com if you would like to order some of these delicious strawberries! 🍓
Please see the following information for Preschool registration.
Our annual Spartans in the Spotlight Variety Show is scheduled for March 15th. Registration forms were sent home in students' folders and are due this Thursday. Any child can participate whether it’s singing, dancing, joke telling, juggling, you name it! We hope your child signs up as everyone had a lot of fun last year. You can contact the director at SpartansintheSpotlight@gmail.com with questions or to register if you don't have the form.
The PTO meeting for tonight unfortunately needs to be canceled due to issues with illness. There is a lot of sickness going through the district currently. This would be a great time to wash those hats, gloves, and jackets to try and get rid of these germs as fast as we can.
We are excited to announce new improvements to our School Guardian cell phone app "Rooms" a quick promo video can be found here (https://youtu.be/WyMWyVMLVuA) and a 1 -page guide can be found here: ( https://5il.co/352j0 ) Your can update your cell phone app by visiting your Apple app or Google Play store.
Alexander Local School District has posted openings for 2 administrative positions for the upcoming 2025-26 school year. We are looking for qualified applicants for Elementary School Principal and the Assistant Principal for Alexander JHHS. Alexander is a great place to grow, learn, and work! Check out our employment page on our website for details and intructions on how to apply. https://www.alexanderschools.org/page/employment . We also have oportunities for substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, kitchen workers and bus drivers listed there as well.
The Elementary PTO meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled. However, you can follow the info that was going to be covered by going to the Alexander PTO Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1WwEk8a48P/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Communications that are sent out regarding school closings, emergencies and general iinformation are sent via sms text or by voice robo calls. For convenience you can save 98900 to your contacts for our texting service and 1 (501) 712- 2633 to your cell phone or your home phone. The best way to stay up to date with the district is to check our website at www.alexanderschools.org or install the Alexander Local School App on your cell phone.
Spartan Nation - There is a canned food drive to benefit Goodworks being held in the lead up to tomorrow's Girls Basketball Contest versus The Athens Bulldogs. The winning school will be able to pie the losing teams AD 's face at the next contest January 30th in the Alley . Please support Goodworks and our AD, Mrs Lucas. We are low on donations, so if you are able, you can drop non perishable canned food items off at the HS office or the AD office during school tomorrow or bring items to the game.
The Knights of Columbus is holding a Free Throw Championship for boys and girls in the Athens High School Gymnasium on January 25th, 2025 from 10:30 AM to 2:00PM for students aged 9 - 14. Check out their poster here for all of the information: https://5il.co/33ag7
The Alexander Inclusive Playground Project is having a fundraiser hosted by Chipotle on Wednesday December 11th, 2024 from 4 to 8 PM. 25% of sales will be donated to the project. see this flyer for all of the details: https://5il.co/32twx
If you are looking for a good excuse to not make dinner and go out to eat head to Chipotle in Athens on Wednesday. Show them this photo and a portion of your bill will be donated to the playground committee to help build the other sections of the playground.
Two important updates for the Elementary:
1) The PTO is hosting an online Facebook auction to help raise money for all of our PTO activities. You can find the auction by clicking: https://www.facebook.com/share/E8em4J4eUgpUMwS1/?mibextid=K35XfP
2) The Stadium Blankets for our Playground Fund Raiser are in! Anyone that can stop by the movie night tomorrow, even if just to pick up your blankets, can get them between 5:30-7:30. If your students sold blankets we will hope to see you there!
Tomorrow is Christmas Movie Night in the Alexander Cafetorium! The Playground Committee is showing the film, “The Polar Express.” There will be face painting, holiday card decorating, crafts, and hot cocoa and popcorn. Admission cost is a donation to the inclusive playground campaign.
Alexander JH HS has an opening for High School Principal for the 2025-26 school year. Licensure for grades 06-12 is required. The deadline for application is December 9th, 2024. see here for submission guidelines: https://www.alexanderschools.org/page/employment
Reminder: PTO will have their monthly meeting tomorrow December 4th at 6:00pm in the library. We will also be having our mini bike raffle drawing. See you then!
It is hard to believe that December is almost here and the mid-year point is fast approaching. Attached is Alexander Elementary School's December newsletter. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfbO-9XFNKISBDGcbwvF2-DIEwSW1O7Z/view?usp=sharing
The playground committee says the arrival of the stadium blankets has been delayed to mid-December due to supply issues. They apologize for the inconvenience. They will notify us a few days before the arrival so we can let families know how to pick them up.
Kisors Barbeque is hosting fundraiser for the month of November for the Elementary Playground Committee (check out the post :https://www.facebook.com/share/15SQNixGEx/ ) Kisor's will donate 5% of every purchase to the committee to improve our elementary playgrounds made on Tuesday's in November 2024. https://www.alexanderinclusiveplayground.org/
Tonight's Elementary PTO meeting will be held in the library.