We're excited to offer free tutoring for middle and high school students! Join us every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in room 407 from 3:20pm - 4:20pm.
Michigan Landmark Virtual Tour Projects!
The 6th graders are taking a virtual tour of Michigan Landmarks. We are using Minecraft and Google Slides to share our research and knowledge.
Band/Choir Reminders:
-Fundraiser forms are due!
-Fall Concert is at 6:00 pm tomorrow, Oct. 30th
(call time is 5:30 pm for all students)
Seniors, Parents, and Guardians: Mark your calendar for our FAFSA workshop on Tuesday, November 5. All seniors considering college (and their parents/guardians) are highly encouraged to attend this workshop to receive help with completing their FAFSA.
Alcona Schools recently took 60 junior and senior students to ACC for their open house event. Students had the opportunity to learn more about degree programs and career and technical education certificates available at the college. Thank you to ACC for sponsoring this visit!
Peer editing continues in the 6th grade! Compliments, suggestions and corrections. On our way to a polished piece of writing.
We hosted the North Star League Varsity Volleyball tournament today. Want to send a huge shoutout to all those involved in getting this put together for all 11 teams, volunteers for putting in a long day of work, parents and spectators for coming to watch the teams play and the athletes for a very positive and enjoyable event.
Congratulations goes to Oscoda for winning the Big Dipper trophy and Hale for taking home the Little Dipper trophy!!!
Heading to Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Michigan, Saturday November 2nd with Sara Decker for cross country.
The Tigers defeated Roscommon to finish 4-5 for the season. Way to finish strong!
Parents night for the last game of the season for our Alcona Tigers. Current 26-28 Roscommon end of the third.
MSU Extension is pleased to announce that course registrations for the Building Early Emotional Skills (BEES) online classes for both parents and for early childhood professionals are now open.
Building Early Emotional Skills for Parents: Building Early Emotional Skills is a free eight-week course that helps parents and caregivers of children ages 0-3 to develop the skills needed to support the social and emotional development of their child. This course is online and self-paced. It is expected to take approximately one hour per week to complete the course content. Fall course begins on October 28th. Registration will close on November 4th. Registration information: https://www.canr.msu.edu/building_early_emotional_skills_in_young_children/online-program-for-parents
BEES for Parents:
Trouble with tantrums? Not sure what to do to support your toddlers big emotions? Join MSU Extension's Building Early Emotional Skills eight-week online series starting October 28th! Registration closes November 4th! For parents of children ages 0-3. Register: https://www.canr.msu.edu/building_early_emotional_skills_in_young_children/online-program-for-parents
Building Early Emotional Skills for Early Childhood Professionals: Building Early Emotional Skills (BEES) for Early Childhood professionals is an opportunity to learn more about how children develop important social emotional skills, and how you can help them learn to understand and express their emotions appropriately. This course is online and self-paced. It is expected to take approximately one hour per week to complete the course content. This training is approved in MiRegistry for 8 hours. Fall course begins on October 28th. Registration will close on November 4th. Registration Information: https://www.canr.msu.edu/building_early_emotional_skills_in_young_children/online-program-for-professionals
Shareable Facebook Post for BEES for Professionals:
Join other early childhood professionals for this free, eight-week, online self-paced training beginning October 28th. Registration closes November 4th. BEES is approved in MiRegistry for 8 hours of training. There is no charge. Click here for more information and to register: https://www.canr.msu.edu/building_early_emotional_skills_in_young_children/online-program-for-professionals
The 6th graders are hard at work peer editing each other’s poems written in memoir form!
Hello Alcona community!
One of our current exchange students is in need of a new home. If you for someone you know may be interested in hosting him, please let Miss Willey know as soon as possible. Thank you!
Some Youth Advisory students participated in a training session on grants, leadership, and community engagement today at Alpena Community College.
NEMSCA Head Start still has preschool openings for 3 and 4 year old children in Alcona County. If you'd like to schedule an appointment to learn more, please contact 989-358-4641.
Every child has a special kind of genius! Slava and Muslim are back to motivate and inspire the 6th grade class.
Alcona 3rd grades headed out to Rockport State Park to enhance their classroom learning and kick off their place based projects. Thank you all our chaperones and Northeastern Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative team members for a great day!
Slava and Muslim, two of our foreign exchange students, spoke to the 6th graders about how to set goals for success. Be a better version of yourself in 71 days. Challenge accepted!
The 6th grader enrichment class is participating in the monthly Minecraft Education Edition Challenge to program an Agent to improve the efficiency of growing and harvesting crops through automation. Stay tuned!
